General

Three days later, the news that King Longxiao died of an emergency in the inner palace shocked the nations, and the people of Longxiao who had just celebrated the victory were immediately immersed in grief.

After Lan Xuan died, his only son, Lan Luo, succeeded to the throne. In the will, Li Xuan was canonized as the Great General to Protect the Country, and his younger brother Lan Jing was the new regent, who presided over the ceremony of the new emperor's ascension to the throne and the overall situation of the new emperor and the government before the crown. .

Five days later, Lan Luo succeeded to the throne.

The new emperor and the regent promulgated grace and amnesty to the world in Longxiao Palace.

Lanzheng was exempted from the death penalty and was exiled to the bitter cold in the northwest.In the bitter cold wind of the early morning, a group of wooden prison wagons passed through the market, and were escorted by soldiers to the outside of the capital.Among the crowded crowd, a handsome man wearing a tulle hat slowly turned around and boarded a simple carriage not far away.

Since then, the two have been parted and separated, each far away.

The black cloth curtains hung down between the car windows, covering the tearful amber phoenix eyes.

"Ling Feng, let's go." A faint voice came out from the car, the voice was very soft, with a bit of distressed hoarseness, "Send me to the residence and return home earlier, Lan Jing is also at the moment When employing someone, don't keep him waiting for too long."

"Yes."

Ling Feng was sitting leaning on the shaft of the chariot at this moment, when he suddenly heard Lan Xuan's order, he quickly picked up his whip, waved it high, and drove out of the city quickly.

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The night of Longxiao Palace became more and more desolate because of the white silk hanging on the palace walls.

The funeral ceremony of the "former emperor" Lanxuan is still going on. Strings of bright white lanterns are hung all over the mourning hall. Around the huge coffin of thousand-year-old agarwood, 49 monks and Taoist priests continue to sing the scriptures of salvation.

Fly ashes scattered and cigarette smoke curled up.

Lan Jing half leaned on the white marble steps outside Longxiao Palace, looking at the endless black sky, neither sad nor happy.

The emperor's brother abdicated, and the new emperor was young, everything around him seemed to carry the shadow of the past.But the only difference is that he is not Lan Zheng, and he will not hold all the power tightly in his own hands.Not only does he have to cheer up and cultivate Lan Luo to become a man, but he also wants to make Long Xiao, who was devastated after the war, rich and strong again...

Suddenly, I felt that the burden on my shoulders seemed a bit heavy...

"It's cold at night, why are you standing here alone?"

Li Xuan quickly walked over from the gate of Longxiao Palace, untied the tie of the cloak with one hand, and draped it on Lan Jing's somewhat thin shoulders with a light lift.

"Can't sleep, waiting for you."

The corners of Lanjing's mouth raised slightly, it was indescribably beautiful.

Things have been busy recently, and the two of them temporarily stayed in the palace.Since Li Xuan took office, he has been counting troops in various places, deploying generals, and redeploying border guards.

Lan Jing knew that every time it was late at night, Li Xuan would quietly return to the sleeping hall, and couldn't bear to disturb her sleeping self, so she slept alone on the small couch in the outer hall.

Today, it is the same again.

"Come back to the house with me to warm you up." Li Xuan took his hand and walked towards the palace door, gentle but domineering, without any resistance, "I happen to have something to ask you."

Lan Jing was dragged by him and trotted all the way into the palace gate, but his brows were frowned. He tilted his head and looked at Li Xuan's mysterious look, and asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"

"Today when we were renovating the main hall of Longxiao Hall, the craftsmen found a secret letter from behind the plaque, and saw that the wax seal on it was a relic of the former emperor. They didn't dare to tamper with it, so they handed it to me in the end. Do you know that this letter was released What is the purpose of that place?"

While talking, Li Xuan took out the letter from his skirt, and handed it to Lan Jing carefully.Perhaps due to too much time, the edge of the envelope has become a little old and yellowed.

"Eh..." Lan Jing was stunned for a moment, and the scenes of the secret conversation between her father and him before his death suddenly came to mind.Holding the letter in his hand, he looked at the wax seal over and over again. The golden wax stain was very clear under the bright candlelight, "Do you still remember when you asked my father if he left any will about the regent?"

"Remember." Li Xuan nodded, looked at his suddenly serious face and continued, "You only said one sentence, but the time has not yet come."

"Father said, if Lan Zheng dies, resigns, or usurps the throne, let me get this secret letter behind the plaque..." Lan Jing seemed to tear open the envelope casually, and took out a piece of paper. The cloud pattern paper with black handwriting was slowly opened, "Now that it has been taken out, let's take a look at what is written on it!"