After her rebirth, she became the sweetheart of the sickly uncle.

Although she knew that the empress only had three days left, she still did not expect that her condition would deteriorate so quickly. If nothing unexpected happened, she might be... by this time tomorrow...

"Qingcheng, I want to go for a walk." The empress looked at the ceiling, her lips pale and her eyes dull.

Maybe she didn't expect that her life would end here.

"Okay." Su Qingcheng couldn't bear to refuse. She lifted the empress up from the bed and helped her out.

They came to a high place, where they could have an unobstructed view of Beiyuan Imperial City.

"Except for you and your wife, everyone else should leave first," the empress said.

The maids stepped back one after another, and Ye Tan stepped forward to support the empress' body.

"I heard that you and Prince Dongling have reached a deal, and there will be no more war between the three countries." The empress said.

Su Qingcheng nodded and said: "Yes, I did not discuss this matter with my aunt in advance. I was negligent."

"I'm not blaming you. I think your mother ran away from Beiyuan for this purpose." The empress recalled.

"Auntie, the cold outside is not good for your health. Please go back and I will give you acupuncture again." Su Qingcheng said worriedly.

She didn't believe it and could only watch life passing by.

"Give up. I know my body well. There is no cure for the poison he inflicted." The empress said with relief.

Over the years, in order to murder the empress without letting her find out, he used trace amounts of poison and accumulated it bit by bit.

"Qingcheng, Beiyuan will be left to you from now on. Whether you want to merge with Nanye or not, it's up to you. I trust your judgment." The empress said.

Only when people are about to die can they know what they want most.

She didn't want power, she didn't want gold or silver, all that flashed through her mind were happy childhood memories.

Su Qingcheng's mother has loved the person her whole life, so why shouldn't she care about her for the rest of her life...

"Auntie, Nanye is Nanye and Beiyuan is Beiyuan. I will not let them merge." Su Qingcheng affirmed.

She had thought about this problem a long time ago. The habits of the people in Nanye and Beiyuan were very different. It would not be good for both parties if they were forced to change.

"I know a request." The empress seemed not to be listening to what Su Qingcheng said and was immersed in her own world, "Bury me with him."

After saying this, she closed her eyes forever.

The breeze blew slowly, but it could no longer wake her up.

Su Qingcheng felt that the body temperature of the people around her was gradually lowering, and she naturally understood what had happened. She could obviously survive until tomorrow.

"Let me know, Empress Beiyuan has passed away." Su Qingcheng said.

The empress died, Beiyuan was mourned, and the whole country mourned together.

White mourning flags were spread all over the streets and alleys of Diqiu, and all the courtiers in Beiyuan knelt in front of the main hall to mourn in silence.

Su Qingcheng was dressed in plain clothes, and her long hair was simply tied up behind her. A few hair strands were blown by the wind, giving her a cool air.

"The empress left a will, and now it's up to me to read it out." Su Qingcheng just found out that the empress had left a will.

She opened it, and the phoenix totem appeared under the words.

"I have been writing red tape for half my life, but I don't want to go to such trouble this time. The throne is passed to the emperor's daughter, Zhu Anran, and the emperor will be in charge until she is unable to do so."

After Su Qingcheng finished reading, the ground was completely silent. The empress has been burdened with heavy responsibilities since she was born. She has been doing things in a disciplined manner all her life. However, this will finally escaped her...

"Does anyone have any objections?" Su Qingcheng put away the will and said.

No one spoke, everyone was sad for the empress' departure.

During the national mourning period, there was no need to go to court. Su Qingcheng, who had just taken over Beiyuan's affairs, was in a hurry.

There were so many things she needed to relearn.

Ye Tantai was helping her during the day, and at night he was dealing with the letters sent by Nan Ye without rest. Gu Huoyan was captured by him to help.

Yulan was in Su Qingcheng's study. After that day, she went to the flower house to find the male prostitute, but the flower house closed down.

Su Qingcheng put down the pen in her hand, nodded the absent-minded Yulan's head, and said, "What are you thinking about? Wuya is so attentive even when she is pregnant with the child."

Wu Ya, who came back a few days ago, joked: "She is busy thinking about spring."

Su Qingcheng became interested. She was so busy these days that she almost forgot about this matter. She said, "Are you thinking about that male prostitute who you fell in love with one night?"

"Don't listen to her nonsense," Yulan denied, "I just have a headache."

Seeing her poor appearance, Su Qingcheng snickered and said, "Is there a possibility that he is not a male prostitute, but..."

Before she could finish her words, Gu Huoyan rushed in.

He had long wanted to come to Yulan to settle the score, but he was hampered by too many things to do, so he finally finished his work overnight and rushed over.

"Have you been beaten? The black bruise is so heavy right now." Yu Lan looked away and said.

She didn't dare to tell others that she saw the shadow of Gu Huoyan in the male prostitute. Even recalling the details of that night, she always felt that she was with Gu Huoyan...

Gu Huoyan's face turned even darker, and he said, "This is not a gift from you!"

"Me? What's wrong with me? Nanye's affairs have nothing to do with me." Yu Lan quietly moved towards Wu Ya, wanting to have some support.

As a result, Wu Ya got up and walked directly to Su Qingcheng. She did not want to get involved in the affairs between the two of them.

"Have you really forgotten?" Gu Huoyan laughed angrily at her.

The first time, she forcefully kissed him after he expressed her feelings. As a result, she fainted and fled to Beiyuan the next day.

The second time, she got drunk and mistook him for a male prostitute, and the two of them had sex for a while but then left in a hurry.

"I, I didn't do anything, please don't accuse me unjustly..." Yulan said incoherently, her face gradually turning red.

While she was afraid that Gu Huoyan was plotting a forced kiss, she was also thinking about how she had mistaken the male prostitute for Gu Huoyan that night.

Gu Huoyan didn't know if she was pretending to be stupid or if she really didn't remember. He directly picked up Yulan's face and kissed her forcefully.

This shocked Su Qingcheng and Wu Ya.

The two of them looked at each other and turned their heads in unison, not looking at them... Yulan struggled to break away, her face turned red, and she said angrily: "What are you doing!"

"Have you remembered? If not, do it again!"

Before Yulan could react, he kissed her again.

Su Qingcheng silently opened the book in front of her, pretending not to see it, and said in Wu Ya's ear: "Should we leave."

"No, look at it for a while." Wu Ya said softly.

Yulan's eyes went from angry to unbelievable, she remembered!

She remembered Gu Huoyan's true feelings that night and the one-night stand in the flower house!

Gu Huoyan let go of her and said helplessly: "I told you, I have never liked Wu Ya. From the beginning to the end, the woman I like is you."