After eating the hot pot, Xiao Xixi and Luo Qinghan went to the night market for a walk.
They didn't go back to the palace until they had enough to eat, drink and play.
Both of them were a little tired and didn't want to do anything else, so they washed and fell asleep.
As soon as the next day dawned, there were 800 miles of urgent security guards who were rushed into the palace.
At this time, Luo Qinghan had just left Yunxiu Palace when he saw Zhao Xian running quickly with a secret security.
He knelt down on one knee: "Report to Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from Nanyue Kingdom, kiss you!"
Hearing that it was an urgent report from Nanyue Kingdom, Luo Qinghan's heart sank, and a bad premonition arose spontaneously.
When the civil strife broke out in Nanyue, Xiao Xixi, as Princess Nanfeng, followed the Nanyue mission to Shengjing for help. Luo Qinghan, the emperor of Dasheng, agreed to lend 30,000 troops to Nanyue to help them settle the civil strife as soon as possible.
After the 30,000 soldiers and horses went to Nanyue, there has been no news.
Two years have passed since now.
Many ministers in the DPRK mentioned this matter with apprehension, but the civil strife in a small country should have ended long ago. Why hasn't there been any news yet
Now suddenly receiving the urgent report from Nanyue, Luo Qinghan instinctively felt that it would not be any good news.
He launched the emergency report and quickly read the contents of the letter.
The winter morning was particularly cold, and the wind whistled past my ears, slashing like a knife.
However, Luo Qinghan didn't seem to notice.
He held the thin piece of letter paper and was silent for a long time before slowly exhaling.
"Let's go."
Long Nian continued to move forward and arrived at the Council Hall smoothly as usual.
Civil and military officials stood according to the rank and respectfully greeted the emperor.
Luo Qinghan looked at the drooping heads below, and said after a long time, "I just received an urgent report from Nanyue Kingdom that King Nanyue has passed away."
A simple sentence, but like a bomb, it exploded in everyone's mind.
Everyone was stunned, and it took a long while before they came back to their senses.
They have heard about the serious illness of King Nanyue, but it has been two years since they thought that King Nanyue's illness had been cured, but they did not expect that the person would actually die.
Someone couldn't help but ask: "Since the Nanyue King is gone, who is in charge of the Nanyue Kingdom now? And what about the 30,000 soldiers and horses we sent to Nanyue? Will the civil war in Nanyue continue? "
Luo Qinghan didn't answer.
He was thinking all over his head now, how should he tell this to Xixi
Even if she is not the biological daughter of King Nanyue, she still has affection with King Nanyue. She must be very sad to learn of King Nanyue's death.
Just then, someone mentioned the imperial concubine.
"King Nanyue has no children, only the noble concubine, the concubine, a daughter. Now that the king of Nanyue is gone, the Nanyue kingdom can't be without someone in charge. As the princess of Nanyue, is the noble concubine going back to preside over the overall situation?"
Nanyue is different from Dasheng. Dasheng's throne is only passed down to sons, but Nanyue's throne can be both male and female.
That is to say, the noble concubine, who is the only princess of Nanyue, is the only orthodox heir of the Nanyue King today.
It is justifiable for her to preside over the overall situation.
As soon as these words were finished, someone immediately jumped out to object.
"The noble concubine has already married to Dasheng. The so-called marrying chicken follows the chicken. Since she has become Dasheng's concubine, she is already a Dasheng person. No matter what happens to Nanyue, it has nothing to do with her!"
The ministers in the DPRK and China were divided into two factions because of different opinions on this matter.
One faction thinks that the imperial concubine can go back to preside over the overall situation, so that Nanyueguo can be taken into Dasheng's pocket logically.
Another group of people thinks that imperial concubines are women, and women are not allowed to intervene in politics. This is a rule that cannot be changed!
The two sides quarreled over the matter.
Luo Qinghan was impatient to listen to their chatter and ended today's morning court ahead of schedule.
After he left the council hall, he did not go directly to the imperial study to review the memorials as usual, but looked at the direction of the Yunxiu Palace in a trance.
Eunuch Chang stood quietly beside him, dutifully acting as the backdrop.
It took him a long time to hear the emperor speak.
"How do you think you should tell your concubine about this?"
Eunuch Chang knew that the emperor was talking about the illness of King Nanyue.
He thought for a moment before saying it cautiously.
"This matter can be concealed for a while, but it cannot be concealed forever.
Instead of letting your concubine know about it from someone else's mouth, it's better for you to tell her about it yourself, so that she won't think too much about it.
And from what the servants saw, the noble concubine was not the kind of weak woman who would be easily defeated.
In fact, she has a good plan in her heart, so you might as well tell her the truth. "
Luo Qinghan slowly exhaled: "Let's go, let's drive the Yunxiu Palace."
Xiao Xixi just crawled out of the warm bed just now.
She sat in front of the vanity mirror, yawning lazily.
Broken branches help her comb her hair into a simple chic bun.
Because she didn't have to go out, she didn't wear too many hair accessories for her, but simply inserted two gold hairpins.
The sound of green pine passing through the door rang out.
"Qi reported to the noble concubine, the emperor is here."
Xiao Xixi was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise on her face. Usually, at this time of the week, the emperor was handling the evidence in the imperial study. Why did he suddenly come to Yunxiu Palace today? Is something wrong
Zhezhi helped the imperial concubine to get up and walked towards the door.
The people greeted the emperor.
Luo Qinghan took Xixi's hand and whispered, "Didn't I tell you not to go out to pick me up?"
Xiao Xixi smiled at him sweetly, and said softly, "It's not a few steps away anyway, what does it matter?"
Luo Qinghan led her into the warm house.
He screened back, leaving only him and Xiao Xixi in the room.
Xiao Xixi was keenly aware that Luo Qinghan had something to tell herself, she blinked and looked at him curiously.
"Why is your expression so serious? Did something happen?"
Luo Qinghan looked at her fixedly, and after a long while he said awkwardly: "I just received an urgent report from Nanyue that King Nanyue has passed away."
Xiao Xixi was stunned.
She opened her eyes in disbelief: "How could this happen? When did it happen?"
Luo Qinghan: "About two months ago."
He stared at Xixi closely, for fear that she would not be able to withstand the blow.
Xiao Xixi murmured, "I thought she should be fine with Master here, but I didn't expect..."
Unexpectedly, such a powerful master could not cure King Nanyue.
Although she and King Nanyue are not biological mothers and daughters, King Nanyue treats her very well, and she sincerely treats King Nanyue as her mother.
Now that she heard the news of King Nanyue's death, she really couldn't accept it.
Luo Qinghan reached out and took her into his arms, hugged her tightly, and stroked her back with his palms, comforting her silently.
Xiao Xixi said sullenly, "I'm very worried about Master."
Compared with her, the grief and pressure on the master must be much greater.
I don't know how Master is doing now.