Emperor Yuan He still did not survive the winter and passed away on the tenth day of winter. Fortunately, he left peacefully, with his children by his side, and even Situ Li was allowed to enter the palace.
When the emperor passed away, the whole country mourned and the world was in mourning.
Crown Prince Situ Ce endured grief and succeeded to the throne, presiding over the funeral ceremony.
"Your majesty should take more care of your jade body with such a deceased person. The late emperor is still alive in heaven, and I don't want to see your majesty so sad." Cheng An stood in front of Situ Ce and consoled him in a harmonious voice.
Situ Ce let out a long sigh and asked, "When will Shangshu Ling and Protector Lu come to Beijing?"
"The obituary has been out for more than ten days, so it should be soon." Cheng An replied.
Situ Ce nodded, unable to hide the tired look on his face, "Master has worked hard these days. Let's go back and rest today."
"The enthronement ceremony will be held on the 28th. Your Majesty should not work too hard. You should rest early today." Cheng An said.
Situ Ce responded, and Cheng An retreated. Li Ping helped Situ Ce stand up, "Fu Sigui sent someone to say that the queen has woken up, so your majesty should not worry."
Cheng Shuhe passed out due to overwork at the funeral of Emperor Yuan He. In addition, Emperor Yuan He transferred Xu Jingguang and his son out. Situ Ce refused to comment on her suggestion of transferring Xu Zhen back. There was some dissatisfaction between him and Situ Ce these days.
"Come and take a look. The Queen has been working hard these days."
"yes."
…
Cheng Hehe lay on the bed with a sad face. Fu Qingchu coaxed him for a long time but refused to take medicine. Fu Qingchu put down the medicine bowl, looked at her helplessly, and coaxed softly: "If you don't take the medicine, how can you argue with him in the future?"
Cheng Hehe raised his eyes to look at her and snorted: "Stop coaxing me, you and he are in the same group!"
Fu Qingchu pursed his lips and smiled, "I'm telling the truth. You look so sick, and if we make a quarrel, your voice won't be as loud as his. Even if we're reasonable, you'll look like you have a guilty conscience."
"Really?" Cheng Hehe raised his eyebrows and looked at Fu Qingchu with suspicion.
"What else?" Fu Qingchu said matter-of-factly, "Drink the medicine and take good care of yourself. After the enthronement ceremony is over, you can talk to him again."
After the enthronement ceremony, in order to show the new emperor's great grace, he would offer a general amnesty to the whole world. It would be perfect to bring back Xu Jingguang and his son at this time.
Cheng Hehe thought for a while and drank the medicine herself, which made her frown in pain. Fu Qingchu hurriedly brought water for her to rinse her mouth. She hurriedly picked out a piece of candy and put it in her mouth, and her expression softened slightly.
Just as she was about to say something, she heard someone say from outside the house: "Your Majesty is here."
Fu Qingchu hurriedly greeted her out. Situ Ce reached out to help her up and looked inside, "Where's Hehe?"
"In the house, she just took medicine, so don't talk to her." Fu Qingchu warned.
"How dare I mess with her?" Situ Ce laughed.
The two of them said that and walked into the house.
When Cheng Hehe saw Situ Ce come in, he snorted angrily, pulled back the quilt and hid inside.
Situ Ce: "..."
He came forward, sat on the edge of the bed, and asked harmoniously: "Are you feeling better?"
Cheng Hehe: "..."
"My father-in-law just asked me to say hello to the Queen. I will send someone to reply and say that the Queen is uneasy."
"you……"
Cheng Hehe lifted the quilt and looked at him angrily, then snorted angrily and turned away from him.
Situ Ce didn't take it seriously and smiled, "You still have the energy to be angry with me. It doesn't seem to be a big deal."
Cheng Hehe turned to look at him, sat up, and said in a very serious tone: "Your Majesty, even if Xu Jingguang and Cheng Zhongshu are at odds, how can Xu Zhen be blamed?"
Hearing this, the smile on Situ Ce's face faded a little, but his tone was still gentle, "You, a woman, don't have to say much about government affairs."
Cheng Hehe looked unwilling, "But Xu Zhen was implicated because of His Majesty's affairs..."
"Hehe," Situ Ce's face was already not so good, "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Such words are not allowed in the future."
Cheng Hehe looked at him, not daring to say anything in anger. He snorted angrily, pulled the quilt over his face and lay down.
Situ Ce sighed helplessly, thought for a while and then said harmoniously: "You have a good rest, I will come see you tomorrow."
"Your Majesty has a lot of things to do, so I don't dare to disturb you. You don't have to come here every day." She hid in the quilt and said angrily.
Situ Ce laughed in anger for a moment, thought for a while and said: "My queen is sick, why should I not come?"
Hearing this, Cheng Hehe immediately got out of the quilt, anxious and annoyed, and said indiscriminately: "Situ Ce, you must be honest in life!"
"Recuperate in peace."
Situ Ce said that, regardless of Cheng Hehe's expression, he stood up and left, leaving Cheng Hehe cursing behind him.
Fu Qingchu looked on and tried to persuade no one. When Situ Ce passed by her, he took her hand and left.
"You leave Fu Sigui here!" Cheng Shehe said angrily from behind.
"The queen is sick, so you should rest well. I won't let her disturb you here today." Situ Ce said with a smile.
"Situ Ce!" Cheng Shuhe was extremely angry, but he didn't dare to scold too much. He held it in for a long time before shouting, "You scoundrel!"
Situ Ce led Fu Qingchu outside, as if he hadn't heard anything. Fu Qingchu turned around frequently, trying to break away from his hand, but Situ Ce pulled him tighter and tighter.
"She is already sick, so I'd better stay here to take care of her." Fu Qingchu frowned and said worriedly.
"The imperial doctor said it's fine, so don't worry about it." Situ Ce said with a smile, "You have been tired during this period, so just take a good rest today."
Seeing that he looked tired, Fu Qingchu said nothing more.
…
After serving Situ Ce to drink medicine and lie down, Fu Qingchu just washed up and went to bed. As soon as he lay down, Situ Ce hugged him.
She stretched out her hand to tuck the quilt behind him and said softly: "Go to sleep."
Situ Ce sighed, "Am I really unfaithful and ungrateful?"
Hearing this, Fu Qingchu couldn't help laughing, "Do you believe what she said when she was angry?"
"From her point of view, it seems to be true." Situ Ce thought for a moment.
"But you have to take the overall situation into consideration when doing things. If the late Emperor's body is still cold, if you rush to bring back the officials he demoted, others should say you are unfilial." Fu Qingchu said in a harmonious voice, "I will explain to her tomorrow. She is sensible." of……"
"You think I didn't tell her? But what did they say? Xu Zhen is already loyal to me. Just demoting Xu Jingguang, what does it have to do with Xu Zhen?" Speaking of Situ Ce, he was helpless and funny, "After all, he feels sorry for his sweetheart. "
Hearing this, Fu Qingchu also laughed, "It's bitterly cold in Yingzhou, especially in winter. What's wrong with her feeling sorry for her sweetheart?"
"Then you have to consider my situation." Situ Ce couldn't help but sigh, "I don't understand either. Master and Xu Jingguang are old enemies. How can our children be so affectionate?"
"How can you explain this kind of thing clearly?" Fu Qingchu smiled, "My fair lady, a gentleman is always jealous."
Situ Ce smiled and said, "Yes, I still have to find a way to fulfill them."
Hearing this, Fu Qingchu couldn't help but laugh, "That will happen in the future. Just have a good rest tonight. I will persuade her tomorrow."
Situ Ce sighed and could only say, "Thank you for your hard work."
Fu Qingchu smiled and said, "It's not hard."
…
Three days before the enthronement ceremony, the former Shangshu ordered Cui Qi and Lu Dingyue, the general of Fuguo and the protector of Yunzhong, to go to Beijing for the funeral.
Situ Ce met his two uncles at Xuanhe Hall, and then went to Chongming Hall to express condolences.
The two uncles and uncles cried till their hearts broke in front of the late emperor's spirit. Those who heard this made everyone sad, and it also made Situ Ce burst into tears.
The chamberlain hurriedly helped the two old uncles up, "General, Shangshu Ling, you two should not make His Majesty sad again. You should comfort His Majesty that your jade body is the most important thing."
The two uncles and uncles just stopped crying and shouted to His Majesty that he expresses his condolences and should not grieve too much.
Situ Ce nodded yes and asked the waiter to help the two of them down to rest.
"Uncles, thank you for the hard work of traveling all the way." Situ Ce said.
"After receiving the obituary, I was both sad and anxious. I hurriedly hurriedly and slowly arrived before the enthronement ceremony." Cui Qi sighed, "Is the Ministry of Rites fully prepared?"
Situ Ce turned to look at Lu Dingyue, "Song Huai always does things properly, uncle, you can rest assured."
"I see that Your Majesty has lost a lot of weight, and your Majesty has passed away like this. Your Majesty still has to put the dragon body as your priority." Lu Dingyue said.
Situ Ce nodded, "It's true as uncle told me."
"How is the Queen Mother?"
Speaking of Queen Mother Lu, Situ Ce couldn't help but sigh, "My mother is too sad and is recuperating in the palace. Today I heard that my uncle has returned to Beijing and is waiting in the palace. I was about to go with my uncle to visit my mother."
Hearing this, Cui Qi couldn't help but glance at Situ Ce, frowning slightly, but quickly regained his composure.
"Then I will leave first." Cui Qi stood up and said.
"Uncle," Situ Ce called to Cui Qi, "I will leave it to my uncle to take care of the affairs of the Chancellor's Desk from now on."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not giving up."
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Lu Dingyue lost his mother when he was young, and was raised by his sister, the Empress Dowager Lu. Last year, Sui Yuan and the emperor were marching to the west. They were afraid that Yunzhong would be unstable, so they sent Lu Dingyue to Yunzhong to guard it.
When Empress Dowager Lu saw her brother coming back, most of her illnesses were immediately cured. Looking at her brother's weather-beaten face, she couldn't help but choked up and said, "It's a lot darker."
Lu Dingyue smiled nonchalantly, "I'm not a woman, so what do I do for nothing?"
Seeing that he was still so cheerful, Queen Mother Lu couldn't help but laugh, "You haven't eaten yet? I've prepared some food you like."
Lu Dingyue smiled and said yes.
Queen Mother Lu turned to look at Situ Ce, "Cer, please come and eat some too. I heard from my servant that you haven't eaten well in the past few days, and you didn't take more than a few sips of the soup I sent over."
Situ Ce smiled and said, "Mom, don't listen to their nonsense. When they saw that the child didn't eat much, they said that the child didn't eat well, so he really deserves a beating."
Queen Mother Lu smiled and shook her head, "I don't know you yet?"
After lunch, Situ Ce went to keep watch for another afternoon. After being persuaded by his brothers, he went back to rest. Just after returning, Fu Qingchu went out.
"Where are you going?"
When Fu Qingchu saw someone coming back, he couldn't help but sigh, "I had just served the queen to bed, but when I saw that you hadn't come over, the palace servant said that you hadn't come back yet, so I was about to go look for you."
Situ Ce took her hand and returned to the palace, "The Queen Mother and the Empress have both fallen. You are responsible for everything in the harem. When it gets dark, just rest first. What else are you looking for?"
Fu Qingchu is now a female official in Cheng Hehe's palace, but everyone knows that she is a popular person around the emperor, and she is responsible for many things in the harem.
"I'm not the only one doing the work. All the aunts and sisters around the Queen Mother are also helping."
Situ Ce nodded, "Don't work too hard."
"This is what I should say to Your Majesty. The enthronement ceremony will be in three days. Your Majesty should get more rest to ensure that you are in good condition on that day."
Hearing this, Situ Ce couldn't help but sigh, "I never thought that this day would come so quickly."
When Fu Qingchu heard this, his expression turned gloomy, "No one expected it."
"I always thought Aye had recovered. Who would have thought..."
Emperor Yuanhe was injured during his western expedition and his life hung on a thread. Thanks to his strong willpower, he escaped. Everyone thought he had recovered. Who would have thought that being aroused by Situ Jian's incident would cause an old illness to relapse.
Fu Qingchu held his hand tightly and said comfortingly: "Everyone is destined to die. The late emperor has made great contributions to the country and his family. The people will not forget him, and his children will not forget him. He will live on forever."
Situ Ce turned to look at her, and finally there was a sincere smile on his tired face.
"Early Qing Dynasty." He shouted softly.
Fu Qingchu turned to look at him, smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nice to have you."
Fu Qingchu pursed his lips and smiled, reaching out to touch his face, "So for the sake of our family and the world's family, you have to cheer up."
Situ Ce held her hand and responded with a smile, "Okay."
