The emperor woke up early in the morning. I don't know why. Although the emperor is still a little pale today, he is in good spirits. He hesitated because of the emperor's illness in the past few days, so he skipped the morning court.
Early in the morning, he ordered the people in the imperial dining room to say: "I'm going to hold a family banquet today, you can go ahead and organize it according to the usual scale."
"Yes, the servant (servant) obeys the order." Because the emperor wanted to arrange a family banquet, the people in the palace became even more busy.
The emperor called the eunuch and asked several sons to come over, including Yang Yanjing, Yang Yanxing, Yang Yanqing and the third prince. The emperor's brothers, Lord Ning and Prince An, as well as the little prince and the regent were also invited.
This time it was also very lively, with these princes and high-ranking concubines in the palace all present.
The emperor held a banquet in Wanyue Pavilion, and when everyone was present, the emperor slowly arrived, and the first person to speak was the emperor: "This time is a family banquet, everyone don't need to be too restrained, just let go. Eat what you should."
"The ministers and others obey the order (the ministers and concubines obey the order)." All the people stood up and saluted. Although it was a family banquet, they were monarchs and ministers after all, so there should not be too much rudeness.
"Get up, I have something I want to tell you today. In the future, Yang Yanxing will be the crown prince, and everyone here is my most trusted person. I am getting old, and Xing'er will have fewer days by my side. , in the days to come, you will be with him, and I hope that you can take good care of him in the days to come. As a qualified prince, he is not enough."
The emperor's words are all about protecting Yang Yanxing. Among all the sons, he cares most about him. No matter what time it is, he is willing to take care of him in the last time and pave the way for him. good way.
"Of course I will. Your majesty is just worrying about it now." The regent is the emperor's servant, and the emperor's words touched him a lot.
"Stop talking, let's have dinner." After finishing speaking, everyone started to move, listening to the silk and bamboo wind music rehearsed by the musicians in the palace, watching the beautiful dance, I don't know if they are tired or what, the emperor Now I'm a little overwhelmed.
"Father, my son wishes you good health." Yang Yanxing picked up a wine glass and said to the emperor, and drank the glass of wine after speaking.
The emperor smiled, "As long as Xing'er has a heart." Although Yang Yanxing is not keen on the dragon chair, it is not what he wants, but now he has been assigned a mission.
Most of the people stood up, drank wine to the emperor, and said words of good health and blessings for thousands of years.
"Father, you are still appointed as the crown prince." Yang Yanjing said to him.
"Father always knew that I didn't have much pursuit of that position, and now he has no scruples about whether I want it or not, so he just gave it to me." Yang Yanxing's tone was a little helpless, his wit Not here, but now he has no choice.
Not long after, the banquet ended, and the family banquet went quite smoothly. The emperor suddenly said: "Concubine Li, please go with me." Everyone stayed where they were, only Concubine Li and the emperor left the banquet first.
"Congratulations to the emperor."
At night, "Your Majesty, let's go to bed early, it's getting late, is your illness well?" Concubine Li spoke with a gentle voice, and Li was likened to dawn, which meant hope.
"You too." The emperor said lightly.
"Concubine Li, if you were allowed to leave the palace, what would you choose to do?" The emperor's tone was very calm, as if he said it casually.
"Your Majesty, is this going to drive the concubine out of the palace? Although the concubine has not stayed in this palace for a long time, if she leaves here, the concubine will not know what to do." Concubine Li's words were heard I can't tell whether it is true or false, but there are some truths.
Leaving here all of a sudden, she didn't have a plan, maybe because no one can go out of this palace, so she didn't give up any hope.
The emperor heard Concubine Li's words, and did not continue talking. Both of them had their own thoughts, and the surroundings were very quiet, and the quiet two could hear each other's breathing.
Although both were awake, neither of them wanted to continue talking.
"Concubine Li, how much affection do you have for me?" The emperor broke the silence and asked first, Concubine Li was sent by Concubine Meng, he always knew.
"Life and death go hand in hand." Concubine Li said jokingly, she had to coax the emperor to have a higher status in the harem.
"Okay." The emperor laughed, and the two of them didn't speak anymore, they didn't expect that tomorrow would be Yin and Yang.
The next day, news came from the palace that the emperor had passed away.
This news is not too surprising for everyone. What happened yesterday may be a flashback of the emperor.
There was chaos in the palace, and the eunuch took out an imperial decree and said to the ministers who rushed in: "The late emperor ordered that concubine Li be buried with him. Anyone who has nothing to leave in the palace must be buried with him, but the late emperor was generous and only chose concubine Li. Other empresses who had nowhere else moved to nunneries."
Concubine Li was already in shock, but she felt ashamed when she heard it. No wonder she asked her like that yesterday. It turned out to be like this...
"No, no, I don't want to train, I don't want!" Concubine Li struggled, trying to run out of the bedroom, but was stopped by the maids and guards.
Seven Palaces.
"My lord, the emperor has passed away." Chu Ge said outside the door.
Looking at his wife's sleeping face, he couldn't bear to wake her up, but he had to leave and enter the palace, kissed Fenghuang's forehead, and then carefully got up.
But even when Fenghuang was sleeping, she was still very alert. When Yang Yanjing woke up, she had already woken up, opened her eyes, and watched him put on his clothes.
He felt someone watching him, turned his head and saw that Fenghuang had woken up, and said with a smile, "Did I wake you up?"
"No. What happened, you want to enter the palace?" It's still early, and I have some doubts in my heart. Could it be that the emperor died
"Father is dead, I want to enter the palace, you continue to sleep." Yang Yanjing put on her clothes, left a light kiss on Fenghuang's lips, and then said a few words before entering the palace up.
Sure enough, Fenghuang guessed it right, but Fenghuang didn't feel any joy in his heart. Yang Yanjing's father died, although he didn't know how to comfort him, but he understood him.
Yang Tingjing didn't have any feelings for the emperor, but after all, she had hoped that Yang Tingjing would feel somewhat sad when the emperor died.