Half a month later, the emperor announced that he was unwell,
Officially abdicated, Sheng Cen took over as the new emperor of the empire.
On the day of the ceremony, Tang Qiyuan came to Lan Palace early, Empress Xia looked very nervous, walking up and down the living room, Sheng Xi and Yan Fei also came early, and kept comforting him.
Only Sheng Cen remained calm. When Tang Qiyuan went upstairs, he hadn't gotten up yet.
Tang Qiyuan was helpless for a long time before reaching out to pat him and calling him up. After he was woken up, he became angry and sat on the bed with a dark face, with fluffy hair on his head. The one who wants to be emperor.
Seeing his appearance, Tang Qiyuan couldn't help but pursed her lips and laughed, reached out and touched the top of Sheng Cen's head, teasingly said, "Your Majesty, how old are you this year?"
Sheng Cen glanced at him with a frown, and said displeasedly: "Don't call me Your Majesty."
Tang Qiyuan thought for a while, "Then you are called His Majesty the Emperor?"
Sheng Cen frowned, looked at him angrily, and suddenly stretched out his hand to drag him onto the bed, reaching out to scratch his itch.
Tang Qiyuan hid and laughed loudly, "Stop making trouble... Is it okay if I stop barking... Hahaha..."
Tang Qiyuan has always been the most ticklish, sometimes when Sheng Cen blew behind his ear, he would be so tickled that he would laugh for a long time.
Sheng Cen didn't let him go, pressed him on the bed and continued to tickle him, "Tell me what should I call me?"
"Brother Cen...Brother Cen!" Tang Qiyuan couldn't stop laughing, and immediately begged for mercy without any bottom line.
Sheng Cen pursed his lips, and finally stopped his hands in satisfaction. He lowered his head with a smile, but looked straight at Tang Qiyuan, and he didn't look away for a long time.
Tang Qiyuan's black hair was scattered on the bed, some naughty strands stuck to his cheeks, his fair face was flushed with crimson, his long eyelashes were stained with tears from laughter, his mouth was still smiling, and he curled up The curvature is pure and beautiful.
Sheng Cen's gaze finally fell on Tang Qiyuan's bright red lips, he unconsciously lowered his head, and gradually approached.
Tang Qiyuan laughed enough, and seeing that Sheng Cen hadn't let go of him for a long time, he looked up, the two of them looked at each other, unconsciously stunned at the same time, Sheng Cen's body froze suddenly.
After a while, Sheng Cen took the lead to look away, let go of Tang Qiyuan, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom without saying a word.
"...Aren't you overwhelmed when you wake up..." Tang Qiyuan murmured, sat up from the bed, and stretched out her hands to straighten her hair.
He glanced in the direction of the bathroom, and reached out to touch his cheeks. He felt that his cheeks were inexplicably hot, and his heart was beating thumping, as if it was beating much faster than usual.
When Sheng Cen came out of the bathroom, his face looked calm. Tang Qiyuan was a little relieved. It seemed that Sheng Cen's anger of getting up should have passed, but he frowned a little strangely, and he always felt that Sheng Cen seemed to be dodging his look.
Tang Qiyuan couldn't help but shook his head, the deskmate seemed a little weird today, he thought that although the deskmate might not have shown it, but he was about to become emperor, maybe he was still very nervous.
He walked over and patted Sheng Cen on the shoulder, comforting him, "Don't be nervous."
Sheng Cen finally took a look at him and denied, "I'm not nervous."
"That's good." Although Tang Qiyuan felt that the tablemate was trying to be brave, she still nodded.
"Go downstairs." After Sheng Cen finished speaking, he went downstairs first.
Tang Qiyuan originally went down with him, but in the middle of the walk, she found that her mobile phone was left on the bed during the madness, so she went back to get her mobile phone, and Sheng Cen went down first.
When Tang Qiyuan came down, Yan Fei and Sheng Xi didn't know where to go. There were only Sheng Cen and Empress Xia in the room. Empress Xia was tying a bow tie for Sheng Cen.
Tang Qiyuan stopped in his tracks, as if he didn't want to disturb them. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard Empress Xia say to Sheng Cen with a smile: "Now the matter has been settled. After you become the emperor, you should find a time to get you and Sheng Cen together." Xiaoqi's marriage is done, and then mom will have nothing to worry about."
Tang Qiyuan stopped involuntarily, and looked at Empress Xia in surprise. Empress Xia seemed to have misunderstood his relationship with Sheng Cen.
He opened his mouth to explain, but inexplicably, he felt nervous in his heart, and unconsciously looked at Sheng Cen.
Sheng Cen's back was slightly stiff when he heard Empress Xia's words. He was silent for a long time, looking down at the wrinkles in the corners of Empress Xia's eyes and the few strands of white hair around her ears, and said slowly as if he had made up his mind: "Mom, You misunderstood, Xiaoqi and I don't have that kind of relationship."
"...What?" Empress Xia didn't react for a while, she was stunned, and stopped tying the bow tie, "Aren't you dating?"
Sheng Cen pursed the corners of his lips, and after a while, a smile curled up on his lips, and he said calmly, "Am I crazy? It's not enough for me to be in charge of him for so many years, and I still want him to control me for the rest of my life?"
Empress Xia frowned and remained silent for a long time.
Tang Qiyuan blinked her eyes, she didn't know why she felt a little uncomfortable, stuffy, as if she was sick.
He turned around and went back upstairs. In this situation, it seemed a little awkward for him to appear, so let's go down later.
He sat down on the sofa in Sheng Cen's room blankly, without moving for a long time, his head was blank, as if he had thought about a lot of things, but he seemed to have thought of nothing at all. When he came back to his senses, Sheng Cen had already Standing at the door and looking at him, he asked, "Why haven't you come down for so long?"
Tang Qiyuan came back to his senses in a daze, looked at him and said, "Come right away..."
Sheng Cen frowned, walked over and touched his forehead, "Why is your face so pale, is it uncomfortable?"
Tang Qiyuan avoided his hand and said in a low voice: "No..."
Sheng Cen's hand was hanging in mid-air, his brows were furrowed even tighter, but he was silent for a moment, but he didn't say anything else, he just put his hands back in his pockets and said, "Come down quickly, it's almost time."
Tang Qiyuan nodded and followed him out silently.
Sheng Cen's succession ceremony was very grand, with national attention and unlimited lights. Tang Qiyuan stood in the crowd and looked at Sheng Cen who was not far away, feeling relieved but also a little sad.
He always thought that Sheng Cen should be admired by thousands of people, and he also believed that Sheng Cen would become a good emperor, but when he looked at the reporters' flashlights and everyone's admiring eyes, he suddenly realized that he and Sheng Cen had grown up .
They are no longer the tablemates who sit next to each other every day, but two people with a long distance between them. Maybe he has understood it a long time ago, but only now he has to admit it.
After Sheng Cen took over the crown representing supremacy, he looked up at Tang Qiyuan. His deep eyes were full of anticipation, just like when he was in high school, every time he got a high score, he would look at Tang Qiyuan with such eyes. Qiyuan is waiting for Tang Qiyuan's praise.
Tang Qiyuan met his gaze, pulled the corners of her mouth hard on her stiff face, and revealed a smile.
After Sheng Cen's succession ceremony, there was a dinner party. Everything at the dinner party was the same as before. It seemed that there was no difference without His Majesty. It was just that the object of everyone's flattery became Sheng Cen.
Tang Qiyuan stood in the corner, staring quietly at the beautiful banquet hall. There were exquisite murals hanging on the roof here, and carefully carved portraits of emperors from past dynasties on the walls. The chandelier in the middle was brightly lit, illuminating the The banquet hall is exquisite and reveals nobility.
He smiled faintly, looked up at Sheng Cen who was surrounded by everyone, watched quietly for a while, and walked out silently.
There are also many people outside the house, and there are people toasting to drink from time to time, but the air here is ventilated, and it will not make him feel an inexplicable sense of suffocation like inside the house.
After Tang Qiyuan walked out, Sheng Cen raised his head, looked at his back, his eyes were heavy, he was very focused, and the person opposite him talked to him for a long time, but he didn't respond.
Yan Fei looked up at him in surprise, followed his line of sight, and only saw Tang Qiyuan's back. He approached Sheng Cen, lowered his voice and asked, "Do you want to go and see Brother Seven? Brother Seven You don't look too happy today."
"... No need." Sheng Cen withdrew his gaze, his brows were deep, he lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, and said in a flat voice: "He doesn't like such occasions, and he's not used to socializing, so let him go."
Yan Fei froze for a moment, watching Sheng Cen hesitate to speak, but he was silent for a while, after all, he didn't say anything, he just looked at Sheng Xi who was not far away and gave a wry smile, his own feelings were still in a mess, so what right did he have to deal with it? Other people's feelings, now that Sheng Cen is the emperor, according to the agreement, he has no way to keep Sheng Xi by his side.
Sheng Cen lowered his eyes to cover up the emotions in his eyes, and continued to chat with everyone in a hypocritical manner, but a wry smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Tang Qiyuan's character is sincere and pure, she shouldn't be polluted by the complex and changeable in the palace, and she shouldn't waste time dealing with these people with different thoughts. He can't let Tang Qiyuan become like his mother and be bound for a lifetime In this palace and rules, like a canary with broken wings, it gradually loses its freedom and happiness.
According to the rules, if Tang Qiyuan marries him, he will not be able to go out to work in the future, and he will not be able to freely go out to meet the people he wants to meet. He will be bound by too many people with the so-called rules every day.
Sheng Cen curled the corner of his mouth bitterly, his little deskmate liked being a teacher so much, and was so caring, how could he restrain him in this cold palace
Sheng Cen drank a glass of wine with his head up, put down the glass with heavy eyes, and picked up another glass.
At the banquet, Sheng Cen was the protagonist, and he drank a lot of wine. After the banquet, he staggered a little when he walked. Naturally, he couldn't drive Tang Qiyuan home. Fortunately, General Tang also came to today's dinner, and Tang Qiyuan sat on his father's chair. The car went home.
He was sitting in the car, lying on the window looking at the lights, thinking in a daze, it seems that he didn't have to ask Sheng Cen to take him home.
Sheng Cen is the emperor now, and he is busy with official duties. He shouldn't bother Sheng Cen anymore. In the future, he should learn to go home alone, and learn to go to and from get off work alone. Maybe he can try to get a driver's license again. Can he pass the exam once
Tang Qiyuan was thinking in a daze, and slowly closed his eyes, and when Tombot looked over, he had already fallen asleep.
Seeing his son sleeping so soundly, Tombot couldn't help but smiled lovingly. He picked up the blanket and gently covered his son. There was only one cabbage left in his house. He had to take good care of it and not let anyone Someone cheated his little cabbage away.