Luo Qinghan: "I have sent someone a secret letter to Nanyue Country, asking them to inquire about Xuanjizi's current situation."
Xiao Xixi was silent for a while and said softly.
"I want to go to Nanyue."
Luo Qinghan paused, then continued to caress her back, and asked in a hoarse voice, "You went to Nanyue, what should I do?"
Xiao Xixi couldn't answer.
Luo Qinghan actually wanted to accompany her to Nanyue regardless.
But this is not realistic.
Without mentioning his identity as the Emperor of Dasheng, it is impossible for him to leave Shengjing with the current situation of the Empress Dowager.
Xiao Xixi snuggled into his arms, and when she calmed down a little, she whispered.
"I just said that casually, don't take it seriously, even if I go to Nanyue, I may not be able to help Master.
When I look back, I will let Senior Brother and the others go to Nanyue.
With them around, the pressure on Master should be much lessened. "
Luo Qinghan lowered his head and kissed the top of her hair: "I'm sorry."
He knew that he was too selfish, and he didn't want to let Xixi be too far away from him.
He didn't want to be separated from her.
Xiao Xixi comforted him in turn: "It's okay, there's no need to talk about this between you and me."
The guilt in Luo Qinghan's heart grew stronger.
He couldn't help holding Xixi tighter.
He said softly in a very low, hoarse voice.
"Xixi, I can't live without you."
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Xiao Xixi asked Fang Wujiu to come over.
She told him the news of King Nanyue's death, and asked him to go to Nanyue to see how Master is doing now
Fang Wujiu didn't react much to the illness of King Nanyue.
He even expected this result.
Back then, the reason why King Nanyue was able to survive was entirely due to Xuanjizi changing her life against the sky for her.
Xuanjizi used his half-life to give her more than 20 years of life.
This is his limit.
Presumably Xuanjizi himself was already prepared for this.
Fang Wujiu replied in a low voice: "Well, I'll go back and pack up first. I will go to Nanyue with the third junior brother tomorrow morning. If you need help with anything in the future, you can go to the second junior brother."
Xiao Xixi nodded and said yes.
However, that night, a message came from the Taimiao side.
The Empress Dowager can't do it!
Luo Qinghan kissed Xixi's forehead and whispered soothingly.
"Don't worry, you sleep with yours, and I'll be back when I go."
He lifted the quilt and got out of bed, without anyone waiting on him, he put on his clothes, shoes and socks, and strode out.
Eunuch Chang put the cloak he had prepared on the emperor and said in a low voice.
"Listen to what the imperial doctor said, the empress dowager is really bad this time, you have to be mentally prepared."
Luo Qinghan had no expression on his face, and he was always light.
"Prepare the carriage and horses, I will go to the Tai Temple to see."
"Here."
The emperor's chariots and horses quickly left the palace and rushed to the Taimiao by night.
Luo Qinghan almost walked into the Taimiao when he heard a harsh shout coming from the front.
"The Empress Dowager passed away!"
Luo Qinghan's footsteps stopped, and then he accelerated and walked forward.
Eunuch Chang and other palace servants hurriedly followed.
When they hurried to the bedroom where the Empress Dowager lived, they saw that the Empress Dowager was lying upright on the bed, her eyes were closed, her face was gray and motionless, as if she had lost her breath.
The imperial doctor knelt down on the ground and choked.
"Report to Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has passed away!"
Luo Qinghan stared blankly at the Empress Dowager on the bed, her eyes stayed on her old, thin, lifeless face, and it took a long time before she spoke in a low voice.
"Go on and call the clansmen to the Taimiao Temple."
"Here."
After the royal family received the news that the Empress Dowager had passed away, all of them were so frightened that they lost sleep. From the temple.
Soon all the clan members were gathered in the Taimiao Temple.
Wearing plain white clothes, they knelt down on the ground and cried loudly at the body of the Empress Dowager.
Even the most carefree British king, Luo Yechen, cried for a while tonight.
Luo Qinghan was the only one present who didn't cry.
He stood beside him so quietly, watching helplessly as the imperial doctor covered the body of the empress dowager with a white cloth.
A military commander's voice sounded outside the door, saying that he had something to ask for the King of England.
After getting the emperor's permission, the British King Luo Yechen stood up and walked out.
The general whispered something in the ear of the King of England.
Luo Yechen's face changed greatly after hearing this: "Is this true?"
The general said: "Of course it is true. People are already outside the city gate. If the prince doesn't believe it, you can go and see for yourself."
Luo Yechen expected that the other party would not dare to lie about such an important matter, and immediately turned around and walked into the room, and quickly said to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, there was news from the patrol department just now that the King of Qingliao, the King of Linnan, and the King of Fengyang were summoned by the Empress Dowager and wanted to enter the city to discuss a very important matter with the Empress Dowager. People are already outside the city gate, what do you think about this matter?"
Although Luo Yechen deliberately lowered his voice, it was still heard by many people present.
Those people changed their faces.
It has been an iron rule since ancient times that vassal kings cannot enter the capital without summons.
All vassal kings who enter the capital without permission will be punished for the crime of conspiracy!
Even if King Qingliao, King Linnan, and King Fengyang claimed that they were summoned to Beijing by the Empress Dowager, the decree of the Empress Dowager and the imperial decree of the Empress Dowager were two different things and could not be confused.
Everyone held their breaths and waited for the emperor's reaction.
Luo Qinghan looked at the body of the Empress Dowager and finally understood what she said before her death.
She said that even if she died, someone else would come to drag him off the throne.
The other people she mentioned should be referring to those vassal kings who were coveting them.
Since the early days of the founding of the Dasheng Dynasty, the power of the vassal kings in various places has become more and more powerful, and it has become a thorn in the hearts of the emperors of all dynasties. Almost every emperor wants to cut the vassal, including Luo Qinghan's father Sheng Yongdi.
Too bad they didn't succeed.
The vassal kings in various places still have their own troops, and they have absolute control over all the population, taxes, and laws in the fief.
It is no exaggeration to describe them with a word of soil emperor.
However, the Tu Emperor was always the Tu Emperor, and there were many ambitious people among them, who wanted to get rid of the word "Tu" in front of them and become a real emperor, such as the deceased King of Xiling.
Luo Qinghan thought that King Xiling's failed lessons would make those vassal kings jealous, and at least there should be no major moves in the next few years.
What he didn't expect was that the Empress Dowager would dig a big hole for him before she died.
The Empress Dowager clearly knew that the vassal kings were eyeing the imperial power, but at this juncture, she had to recall people to Shengjing, clearly wanting them to compete with Luo Qinghan for the throne.
Even if she is dead, even if she is fighting the danger of Dasheng Chao's demise, Luo Qinghan will fall to the ground!