Empress, you don't want to be thrown into limbo by your father, do you?

Sacrifice!

Li Changshou never imagined that Emperor Qianming would leave him alone and hold his hand to make such a request at the last moment when the overall situation of the universe was determined and he was so angry.

What is a sacrificial burial?

That is a system that has existed in the Central Plains for countless years, regardless of the dynasties.

Especially when the emperor died, he would drag his most favored concubine to be buried for him every time.

To put it more bluntly, I don't want to leave the widow alone in the world to be sad and sad, so that they can continue to be together after death.

In fact, the bottom line is selfishness, and out of consideration of various court situations, some threats are eliminated invisible.

"Father, son..."

Li Changshou did not expect Emperor Qianming to make such a request before his death.

If it was the moment when he had just crossed over, he would at most put on a little bit of embarrassment for the request made by the old emperor, and finally he would nod and agree.

To complete a great situation of a loving father and a filial son, let this old guy go away with some peace of mind.

But today, although the noble concubine is a ruthless, vicious and vicious woman, Li Changshou also has to admit that it has been nearly a year, and the noble concubine's kindness to him cannot be denied.

"I know you love your mother and concubine, but this is my last request, you must promise me to do it!"

Emperor Qianming held Li Changshou's hands tightly. For a dying man, he didn't let go of everything before he died, and he also dragged his favorite concubine for 20 years to the underworld.

promise?

Or refuse?

Li Changshou looked embarrassed, half-truth and half-fake pretending to ponder.

"Father, as a subject, I cannot disobey your request. If I am a son, can I ask for mercy for my mother and concubine?"

Finally, Li Changshou asked tentatively.

The noble concubine is certainly not a good person, but he no longer had the idea of ​​killing the noble concubine at first. At most, after he succeeded Datong and became the emperor, he ordered her to practice on his behalf, so that he would stay away from the court and the ancient Buddha with green lights would always accompany him.

However, burial is really too cruel!

It's not that he is soft-hearted, but that he still somewhat disagrees with this system that has been passed down for countless years.

Even if you want the noble concubine to die, let her die happily, right?

"I know you definitely don't want to."

Emperor Qianming didn't seem surprised that Li Changshou would intercede for the imperial concubine. On the contrary, if Li Changshou agreed, it would make him frown.

The current situation, the old emperor seems to have expected it a long time ago.

"It's my son who is not filial, it's just..."

"If you are filial to me, you should also be filial to your mother and concubine. I can understand."

Emperor Qianming nodded, but then changed the topic. Even though he is exhausted and out of breath, he has been in power for more than [-] years, and at this moment he still has the faint aura of an emperor. there.

So I said here, "I let your mother and concubine be buried, not because of heartlessness, but because of my difficulties."

"Difficulties? My son doesn't understand."

Li Changshou frowned slightly, and said at the same time, "Father, since ancient times, most of the concubines buried in the harem were concubines who had not given birth to children. Mother concubine, she..."

Emperors of all dynasties rarely had examples of infatuation and single-mindedness, so it is not uncommon for the number of concubines in the harem to be as few as a few or as many as tens or hundreds.

And once the emperor dies, not all concubines in the harem will be dragged to be buried.

Most of the concubines who were buried by the emperor were those who had no heirs, especially those who had no princes.

That's why Li Changshou found it strange that the imperial concubine had given birth to three princes, and even though two died, he was still the prince!
When he ascends the throne as the empress, the noble concubine will be promoted to the empress dowager of the Daqian Dynasty...

Queen Mother?

Suddenly Li Changshou seemed to understand why Emperor Qianming came to this place!
Why leave him alone and explain this kind of thing to him!

"Father! Are you worried?"

"Help me up."

Emperor Qianming spoke out out of breath and tiredly, and Li Changshou stepped forward to support him, and then they came to the entrance of the main hall after being signaled by Emperor Qianming.

At this time, the officials of the court had left, and a disaster had been eliminated invisible because of Li Changshou.

It's just that the palace is still in panic, there are countless corpses and bloodstains, and someone needs to be cleaned up, and so many palace maids and eunuchs have died, and they need to be replenished.

Even the ministers who were exiled and implicated because of the rebellious ministers of Prince Li Cheng and Guo Peng before need to be appeased and recalled one by one.

"Shou'er, this palace is not peaceful."

Emperor Qianming stood at the entrance of the main hall, looking at the scene and sky outside, showing an extremely complicated expression.

He didn't wait for Li Changshou's reaction and answer, and continued on his own, "Now you have turned the tide and prevented a conspiracy to usurp the throne. It's a pity that I don't have much time. I will entrust this country and society to your hands." Rest assured."

"but!"

Emperor Qianming's tone changed, as if he had become an ambitious generation of Mingjun back then, and said word by word, "You are still too young, and many things are in the middle of the game and you can't see the roots. I don't want you to be controlled by others in the future! "

really!

He guessed the intention of Emperor Qianming's move.

"Dagan has established the country for more than 100 years, and has experienced several harem disasters and foreign relatives meddling in politics. I let your mother and concubine die for me because I don't want to embarrass you in the future."

Since ancient times, before the emperor passed on the throne, he would face some difficulties.

For example, which heir can keep the country if the throne is passed on, and further, once the throne is passed on, can it prevent the new monarch from being suppressed by powerful officials and even relatives when he is young, and the imperial power will fall?

Emperor Ganming was not a fatuous and incompetent emperor at the beginning. He used his own strength to calm down his relatives and powerful officials, and once again brought the already turbulent Daqian Dynasty to glory.

Created a whole prosperous world!

All of this, even later generations will not be able to obliterate and deny his achievements.

"Father has worked hard, and my son has been educated!"

Li Changshou hurriedly pretended to be grateful, looking as if he was in a relationship between heaven and man, but in fact he already had an idea in his heart.

He was still hesitating about what excuse he could use to arrange the concubine, if he had proposed it himself, wouldn't he be tearing his face off with the concubine?
But now, someone took on the pot for him!

Before Emperor Qianming died, he gave him an excuse!

"I know you are kind and kind, and I don't want your mother and concubine to be buried for me, but I also do this for your own good!"

Emperor Qianming turned around, held Li Changshou in both hands, and spoke earnestly, as if explaining what happened next, "I'm running out of time..."

"Father!"

"Don't comfort me, I know my body well, and your mother and concubine are in their prime, and many people have attached themselves to your mother and concubine in the court these years. In the past, there were people like the prince and the prime minister who could balance your mother and concubine, but once When you ascend the throne after I leave, this situation will be completely broken."

Who would have thought that the seemingly incompetent emperor, who has been lying on the credit book for years of pleasure, could see it better than anyone else?

He knows that the imperial concubine controls the government, and he knows that the imperial concubine secretly develops party members. Even the prince's party headed by the prime minister these years, and the exchanges with the imperial concubine's party members are all the emperor's acquiescence and even promotion?
Li Changshou suddenly felt that he had to change the way he looked at Emperor Qian Ming.

The dying old man in front of him had always been very clear in his heart!
"My son, I understand..."

"You don't need to worry if you understand me. I will make a decree on your mother's side, and I won't make it difficult for you to be a son."

Emperor Qianming was extremely exhausted after he finished speaking, Li Changshou wanted to help him go back to rest, but he shook his head, "I still want to sit here for a while, there are still many things to be done inside and outside the palace, so I will entrust the full authority to you. "

"There, the minister will leave!"

Li Changshou naturally knew that the overall situation in the capital was now favoring him.

However, if one day is not enthroned as emperor, there will be variables in that day.

But ascension to the throne and proclaiming the emperor cannot be accomplished in a day or two. Moreover, Guo Peng and his henchmen also need to be interrogated one by one.

Those people are all helpers who can stabilize the court and the world when he quits in the future.

……

"Why don't your majesty tell King Shou the truth?"

In the main hall, Emperor Qianming was sitting alone on the dragon chair, when suddenly a voice sounded beside him.

Immediately afterwards, the Dagan patron saint left and returned. This land god who had guarded the Dagan dynasty for more than 100 years was actually not willing to intervene in the change of secular imperial power, but he couldn't just sit idly by and ignore some things.

"Old ancestor, I will not tell him the truth."

Emperor Qianming shook his head, why did he try his best to let the imperial concubine die for him?

Yu Si, taking her favorite concubine to the underworld, also has a companion on the way.

Yu Gong, just like the reasons he told Li Changshou, in order to make Li Changshou's imperial power stable, in the future, the queen mother will not be bound by the queen mother to listen to the government, and will not cause foreign relatives to interfere in politics!

But there was another reason that Emperor Gan Ming didn't say.

"The noble concubine is a demon girl from the Demon Gate. If this matter is known to others, it will indeed lead to changes in the succession of King Shou. It's just that it would be inappropriate to keep this matter from him."

Dagan patron saint shook his head and sighed, he didn't know anything about courts, and he didn't care about the so-called worldly struggles.

The imperial concubine is a demon girl from the Demon Sect, and her identity is doomed not to be the queen of the Dagan dynasty, nor the mother of the country!

Naturally, she would not be able to become the queen mother, and she would have a greater chance to listen to the government behind the curtain.

"If King Shou knows, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to make up his mind."

Emperor Ganming's tone was very firm, and everyone in the world mistakenly thought that he was bewitched by the imperial concubine these years, and lost his mind and didn't understand anything.

In fact, he has known for a long time that the imperial concubine was born in a magic family, and she is not as lost as the outside world imagined, but she has always pretended not to know, until today she confides her heart.

And the only one who knows this secret is Dagan Patron Saint.

"Your Majesty has worked so hard, this old man understands."

"Everything is entrusted to the ancestors!"

"The old man will stare, and the magic gate will never have a chance."

After receiving the answer, Emperor Ganming showed a reassuring smile, as if recalling every bit of the past few decades, he knew that his time was approaching and his time was running out.

In the end, he wanted to remove all obstacles on Li Changshou's way to the throne!
"Come here, pass on my will!"

……

Guo Peng's mutiny, the prince's imprisonment, and they will be executed by Ling Chi.

The news spread quickly inside and outside the palace, and everyone who heard about it was silent.

Since ancient times, treason has been a capital crime, at least it is a crime of ransacking the family and even implicating the nine clans, but it is rare to be executed directly at the same time as today.

It is not surprising that Guo Pengling was the key to executing everyone, but the prince also ended up like this?

To be honest, many people who heard the news felt incredible!

And Li Changshou is the supervisor and beheader, and his execution will be executed at noon tomorrow.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is here to invite you!"

Just as he was hesitating whether to leave the palace first or go to the imperial concubine's side, he saw Eunuch Cao already in front of him.