In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, it was the twenty-fourth day of the eighth lunar month.
night.
In the rolling tide of history, this is an ordinary night, but at the same time, it is also an extraordinary night.
Kunning Palace was silent.
Queen Ma lay quietly on the bed, her eyes full of nostalgia for the world.
"Chongpachi, take care of yourself."
"I go first."
After the words fell, she closed her eyes forever.
Queen Ma, let’s go!
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This news was like a bolt from the blue to Lao Zhu.
His lips were slightly open, and he sat blankly, with no color in his eyes.
He wanted to stand up, but found that he couldn't do it at all.
It's like, the whole body doesn't belong to you.
I don't know how long it took, but a little color returned to his eyes.
Immediately, he rushed out of Qianqing Palace and went straight to Kunning Palace.
When he arrived, Prince Zhu Biao, King of Qin Zhu Xi, King of Jin Zhu Fan and other princes and princesses had already arrived.
They knelt on the ground, their expressions filled with sadness.
The whole Kunning Palace burst into tears.
Lao Zhu looked at the woman on the bed and suddenly roared angrily, driving everyone present out.
"What are you doing?"
"go out!"
"Get out of here, our girl is just asleep."
Among the crowd, Yang Xuan followed the crowd and retreated. Before leaving, he looked back at Lao Zhu.
At this moment, only Lao Zhu and Queen Ma were lying on the bed.
Lao Zhu slowly walked towards the latter, she looked like she was asleep.
"Sister, let's see you come!"
He sat down on the edge of the bed, holding Queen Ma's hand, his body trembling a little.
"Sister, your hands are so cold! Let me warm them for you."
"Sister, we know you are angry with us."
"It's our fault."
"Please, please open your eyes and look at us."
"ah!"
Outside, Yang Xuan, Zhu Biao and other princes and princesses were kneeling neatly, looking sad.
They could hear Lao Zhu's voice inside.
Just like now, Lao Zhu said loudly:
"The Queen obeys."
"We order you to open your eyes and talk to us immediately."
"Open your eyes and talk to us now."
The more he spoke, the louder his voice became.
It seems that this can wake up Queen Ma.
But anyone can hear the sadness in this voice.
The next moment, Lao Zhu burst into tears.
The cry of pain resounded throughout the palace.
Lao Zhu is a man whose heart is harder than stone. Since his parents died, he rarely sheds tears.
Because he knows that crying can't solve any problems.
But at this moment, he couldn't control his emotions. Only by crying could he mourn the person in front of him. Only by crying could he vent the extreme pain in his heart.
He finally realized that the person in front of him was everything to him, the only one.
Miss Ma, this ordinary woman, in the past difficult years, she did not despise Lao Zhu, who was born in a humble background, but followed him and dedicated everything she had to him.
No matter life or death, we will never abandon each other.
After Lao Zhu became the emperor, she did not forget her original intention, was tolerant to others, and saved many people from Lao Zhu's butcher knife.
She cares for everyone with kindness.
She is a great woman.
Live like summer flowers, die like winter snow;
Life is like this, no regrets.
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On Bingxu day in the eighth lunar month of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Empress Ma, a virtuous queen of a generation, died of illness at the age of fifty-one.
The emperor mourned and refused to re-establish his throne.
Posthumous title: Queen Xiaoci.
Buried in Xiaoling Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty.
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Queen Ma is gone, and the entire capital has not yet come out of this sad atmosphere.
This is true for Lao Zhu, and so is Zhu Biao.
State affairs have been affected.
Yang Xuan not only wanted to enlighten Anqing, but also went to the palace to enlighten Zhu Biao, and then chatted with Zhu Biao together with Zhu Biao.
Mentally and physically exhausted.
It's not that he isn't sad, it's just that he has experienced this kind of thing several times more than ten years ago.
A month later, the court resumed normal operations.
Yang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He took time to take An Qing and Xiuhe to Qixia Mountain to relax.
The scenery in this era is still in its original state, without development, and the ecology is very good.
At the end of the day, An Qing had a lot of smiles on his face.
the other side.
Without Queen Ma, Lao Zhu's butcher knife came down again.
Jinyiwei arrested people everywhere for the Hu Weiyong case, and from time to time someone's head fell to the ground.
I have to say here that the Jinyiwei organization was established by Lao Zhu this year.
He abolished the pro-military Duwei Mansion and Yiluan Division and replaced them with Jinyi Guards.
The Jinyiwei is independent of the six departments and only serves the emperor.
It has great power and can arrest anyone.
In this atmosphere, time came to the end of the fifteenth year of Hongwu.
This year, there aren’t many smiles.
On New Year's Eve, Lao Zhu stayed alone in Kunning Palace until dawn the next day.
March of the 16th year of Hongwu.
Spring has begun.
Yang Xuan assisted Zhu Biao to implement the improvement of the treatment of border guards.
Prepare to take a long vacation.
Queen Ma's incident gave him a reminder that people will eventually grow old, sick, and die.
He didn't want to see An Qing, like Queen Ma, lying on the bed one day, tortured by illness until he died.
He wanted to find a way to strengthen his body and prolong his life.
East Palace.
"Your Highness, I would like to take a long leave."
Yang Xuan explained his intention.
"How long will it take?" Zhu Biao asked.
"At least half a year, more, I don't know." Yang Xuan said, he didn't know how long it would take to get there.
"You... how can I agree?" Zhu Biao choked.
Yang Xuan was silent.
"Tell me, what are you doing on leave?"
"I can think about it."
Zhu Biao walked to sit on the chair opposite Yang Xuan and asked.
"Go to Wudang Mountain and find the old god Zhang Sanfeng."
"I heard that he lived in the late Southern Song Dynasty and had lived for more than a hundred years."
"I want to ask for his method of prolonging life."
Yang Xuan answered.
"For my little sister?" Zhu Biao guessed Yang Xuan's intention.
"Yes." Yang Xuan did not deny it.
Zhu Biao was silent, and Yang Xuan did not urge him.
"Are you going alone, or?" After a while, Zhu Biao spoke.
"I plan to take the princess with me."
"Since the day of the Queen's funeral, the princess's emotional state has not been very good."
"I also want to take this opportunity to help her come out."
"Okay, I agree."
"Father, leave it to me."
Zhu Biao thought for a while and agreed.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Yang Xuan thanked him.
"Don't thank me in a hurry. If you really get the method to prolong your life, you must teach it to your father."
Zhu Biao said that he had lost his mother, and now he just hoped that his father could live longer.
"It's natural."
Yang Xuan did not refuse.
"You go back first, I'll go find my father right away."
"I excuse myself."
Zhu Biao took action, and things naturally went smoothly.
Lao Zhu approved Yang Xuan's leave and did not ask when he would come back.
By the way, a Jinyi guard from Baihusuo was also sent to protect him and Anqing.
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