Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 830 The death knell sounded

   After the emperor's condition became worse and worse, Li Xin withdrew and let the prince and the princes in the palace, as well as the empress and several Zaifu enter the emperor's bedroom.

   After all, Li Xin was only a courtier. It would be very difficult to enter the bedroom at this time to meet the emperor and say a few words. It is impossible to say that before the emperor died, the last person he saw was Li Changan.

   That is too illusory and unrealistic.

After    exited the dormitory, Li Xin didn't go far, but found a scarlet pillar at the entrance of the hall. He didn't care about his image, he sat directly on the ground, leaned his back against the pillar, and lowered his head a little dejectedly.

   He was wearing a court robe, with wide sleeves, his hands together, and then lowered his head, his head was buried in the clothes, and his eyes were pitch black.

To be honest, the sudden deterioration of the emperor's body was far beyond Li Xin's expectations. He had imagined many situations in the capital before, and even imagined what means the emperor would use to cross the river and demolish the bridge in the future. Coping has been simulated.

   But he alone never thought that the young Emperor Taikang would die so soon...

  You must know that he is only thirty-three years old, put into another world, and can even be said to be a "young man".

   Li Xin was squatting at the entrance of the emperor's bedroom, his mood was heavy and complicated. After about an hour, someone pushed Li Xin's shoulder, and the voice was familiar.

   "Chang'an, Chang'an..."

Li Xin didn't fall asleep, he was just a little uncomfortable, and he needed to carefully consider the situation in the future, so he hid here and closed his eyes and pondered. people.

   is the eldest princess.

The eldest princess entered the palace with Li Xin, but after entering the palace, she went to the Queen Mother's Kunde Palace. She just came out of the Kunde Palace at this moment, her face was a little anxious, and she pulled Li Xin's sleeve and said: " Chang'an, how is the situation here?"

   "I was in Kunde Palace just now, and I heard from those palace maids that the emperor's brother..."

   Li Xin took a deep breath and stood up from the ground, his face quite heavy.

   "The queen mother is here too?"

  The eldest princess nodded: "The queen mother is also on her way..."

   The matter of the emperor's illness over the years, under the emperor's instruction, whether in the outer court or the inner court, is strictly confidential. In order not to worry the empress dowager, the empress dowager does not even know that the emperor has become so ill.

   But now, the emperor is about to die, so naturally it is impossible to hide it from the queen mother. The old lady is already on her way to Weiyang Palace.

   Li Xin was silent for a while, then reached out and patted the princess on the back.

   "Your Majesty should still be here at the moment. The Crown Prince and the Empress are with you. You should also go in... and have a word with him."

Although the eldest princess has a very good relationship with the emperor, she has long been mentally prepared for this matter. Although she was sad when she heard the words, she did not lose control. She just took a deep breath and rushed to the emperor's bedroom. .

   She took a few steps and looked back at her husband.

   "Chang'an, you... won't you go in?"

   Li Xin said silently, "I've already gone in."

   Soon, the eldest princess and the empress dowager crossed the crowd and entered the palace of the emperor.

   At this moment, the Son of Heaven has come to the real end of his life.

   His face was terrifyingly pale, almost bloodless.

  His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knelt beside his bed and couldn't stop choking. The Empress also crouched beside the bed, trying to talk to the Emperor.

   At this time, the empress dowager and the eldest princess in a palace costume led the palace servants in.

  The old lady walked all the way to the edge of the emperor's bed, and when she saw her son like this, she was shocked and angry, shaking with anger.

   "How did my son become like this?!"

  Unfortunately, the emperor was no longer able to speak at this time. The empress at the bedside, knelt down in front of the queen mother, bowed her head and said in a trembling voice: "Mother, Your Majesty, he...is sick..."

"sick?"

  The Queen Mother was furious and looked at the Queen fiercely: "My son has become so ill, how did Aijia know until now?"

   "Mother forgives..."

   Queen Xie was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head and said in a trembling voice, "It was His Majesty who ordered the people in the palace to hide the truth from her mother, saying that she didn't want her to worry, how could a concubine dare to do such a thing..."

   said, Queen Xie was also full of tears.

   "Mother, Your Majesty is also afraid that your body can't bear it..."

   The Empress Dowager coughed a few times, and finally sat by the emperor's bed. The old lady took the emperor's hand, her voice trembling.

   "My son, what's wrong with you..."

  The emperor has lost the strength to speak at this moment. Although he opened his mouth, his voice was so low that he could hardly hear it.

The eldest princess on the side of    put her ear to the emperor's mouth, and barely heard an outline.

   She turned her head and burst into tears, choking at her mother.

   "Mother, my brother said... Please forgive him for being unfilial..."

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

   Emperor Taikang used his last strength to speak word by word.

   "Son... I can't, I'm doing my filial piety..."

   reluctantly finished saying these words, he no longer had the strength, just looked at his sister quietly.

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

  The Empress Dowager held her son's hand tightly and burst into tears.

   "Son..."

   Her heart was aching.

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

   is a dead son.

   The long princess stretched out her hand to hold the emperor's other hand, and her face was already crying.

   "Seventh brother, seventh brother..."

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

  What word is written, others naturally can't feel it, but the eldest princess can feel it, it is a "letter" word.

After writing the 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 cannot speak, but the empress dowager immediately understands the meaning of her son.

   Tears burst at once.

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

Originally, this kind of work should have been done by eunuchs, but at this time, it was natural for the eldest princess to do it herself. Fortunately, the emperor was already thin and frightening at this time. Even the eldest princess helped him smoothly. stand up.

  The Empress Dowager sat on the head of the bed and held the Son of Heaven in her arms.

  The Son of Heaven glanced at her just now, just wanting his mother to hug him again.

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

  He was born here 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 emperor of Taikang succeeded for ten years.

  “Clang…”

  The big bell in the Weiyang Palace made a long and sad sound, ringing twelve times in a row.

   Twelve bells ring, which means that the emperor has died.

   Li Xin, who was guarding at the door of the dormitory, knelt down in the direction of the dormitory and bowed his head willingly.

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

   I recommend Brother Cheng Zhi's new book "1997 Reboot", which was written about history before. This book has been transformed into a city. Interested friends can go and read it!

   (end of this chapter)