Unparalleled Concubine

"sick?"

The queen mother was furious, and looked at the queen viciously: "My son's illness has become like this, and the Ai family didn't know until now?"

"Mother forgives..."

Empress Xie was terrified, she quickly lowered her head and tremblingly said: "Your Majesty ordered the people in the palace to hide it from mother, saying that he didn't want her to worry, how could a concubine dare to do such a thing..."

As she said that, Empress Xie also had tears all over her face.

"Mother, Your Majesty is also afraid that your body will not be able to bear it..."

The empress dowager coughed a few times, and finally sat down beside the emperor's bed. The old lady held the emperor's hand, her voice trembling.

"My son, what's wrong with you..."

At this moment, the Son of Heaven didn't have the strength to speak anymore. Although he opened his mouth, his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.

The eldest princess on the side put her ear to the mouth of the emperor, and barely heard a general idea.

She turned her head and burst into tears, and choked up and spoke to her mother.

"My mother, my elder brother said... Please forgive my mother for being unfilial..."

The emperor opened his mouth again, and the eldest princess wiped away her tears and continued to listen.

Emperor Taikang exhausted his last strength and spoke word by word.

"Son... I can't, I'm being filial..."

After barely finishing these few words, he no longer had any strength, and just looked at his sister quietly.

The eldest princess couldn't bear it any longer, and lay down beside the emperor's bed, crying loudly.

The empress dowager held her son's hand tightly, tears streaming down her face.

"Son..."

Her heart felt like a pain in the heart.

In this world, the most uncomfortable thing is that a white-haired person gives away a black-haired person. Emperor Taikang died of illness. For most of the people present, it is just the death of an emperor. Only for her...

A son is dead.

The eldest princess stretched out her hand to hold the other hand of the emperor, her face was already weeping.

"Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother..."

After hearing this long-lost address, the emperor's expression changed. He was speechless and could only use his own fingers to write a word on the eldest princess's hand.

Others can't feel what is written, but the eldest princess can feel it, it is a "letter".

After writing this word, the emperor no longer had the strength, he barely opened his eyes and looked at his mother quietly.

Mother and son are connected, although the emperor can't speak, the empress dowager immediately understood what her son meant.

The tears burst out in no time.

She sat on the head of the emperor's bed and said to the eldest princess, "Help your elder brother..."

Originally this kind of work should be done by eunuchs, but at this time, it is natural for the eldest princess to do it herself. Fortunately, at this time, the emperor has become terribly thin, and even the eldest princess helped him up smoothly. stand up.

The empress dowager sat on the head of the bed, holding the emperor in her arms.

The emperor glanced at her just now, just to let his mother hug him again.

After half lying in his mother's arms, the emperor, who was basically unable to move, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he was trying to smile.

He was born and died here.

In the arms of the empress dowager, the emperor of the Ji family closed his eyes and let out his last breath.

At this time, it was the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the ninth year of Taikang, and the son of Taikang had been on the throne for a full ten years.

"clang……"

The big clock in Weiyang Palace made a long and sad sound, and it rang twelve times in a row.

Twelve bells ring, which means that the emperor has passed away.

Li Xin, who was guarding at the door of the sleeping hall, knelt down facing the direction of the sleeping hall, bowing his head willingly.

The Marquis of Jing'an, who never cried very much, also had tears at this time, dripping on the cold bluestone slab in front of the hall.

Chapter 831

The Taikang Dynasty, which lasted for ten years, finally came to an end.

Looking at the entire Taikang Dynasty, although it was only about half the lifespan of the Chengde Dynasty, in the ten years of the Taikang Dynasty, the entire Dajin Dynasty was stable, and there were no major events at the border. Less local taxes, generally speaking, under the leadership of Emperor Taikang, the conservative monarch, the Great Jin Dynasty is still in good shape.

However, compared with the Chengde Dynasty, the Taikang Dynasty's official administration was much looser. After all, the emperor's temperament was here. He was unwilling to turn against some vested interests. Therefore, there were many corruptions in the local area, and the official administration was inferior to the previous dynasty. many.

This also led to many policies of the Taikang Dynasty not falling on the people.

But in any case, these things are in the past.

The Taikang Dynasty has come to an end, and what the Emperor Taikang did in the past ten years is also recorded bit by bit in the "Daily Notes", which will be left to future generations to comment on slowly.

But no matter how you say it, in ten years, what the emperor has done is not bad.

After the emperor died, the palace people knelt near Weiyang Palace and cried all night, but Li Xin didn't have the intention to kneel in Weiyang Palace and act. He stood at the gate of Weiyang Palace for a long time, and at midnight, he set off to return home.

But at this time, the eldest princess naturally had no way to leave, and Li Xin returned to Jing'an Hou Mansion alone.

The person who picked him up was still Chen Shiliu with only one arm.

After Chen Shiliu parked the carriage in the backyard, he glanced at Li Xin, and said in a low voice, "Master Hou, you haven't eaten yet, let me ask them to prepare some dishes for you?"

Since he was called into the palace in the morning, Li Xin really didn't eat much that day. He nodded and said, "Order some food and get a pot of wine."

Chen Shiliu nodded and went down to prepare to go.

Not long after, a few small dishes were served on the low table in Li Xin's study. It is worth mentioning that, thanks to the guidance of Lord Jing'an, the cooks of Jing'an Hou's mansion are all very good at cooking. But all the cooks who go out of the Jing'an Hou's mansion are very popular in Yongle Fang, and the dignitaries are rushing to get them.

Chen Shiliu put some dishes in front of Li Xin, and arranged the wine, and then he was about to leave.

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard his own Hou Ye's hoarse voice.

"Sit down and have a drink with me."