Qiu's footsteps did not stop.
It went further and further amidst the sudden change in Yujing City.
As a result, the originally brilliant autumn chrysanthemums withered, the grass in the mountains and fields became even more withered, and the world between heaven and earth became more desolate.
Winter is coming.
November 28, the 23rd year of Zhaohua, is the winter solstice!
This day has been more than a month since the events in Kyoto.
On this day, it snowed for the first time since the beginning of winter in Yujing City.
For the rest of the month, Li Chenan was too busy to keep his feet on the ground.
During these days, he built a new tomb on the mountainside of Shuiyun Mountain.
This tomb is right next to the Sun Tie Line.
Buried in the grave is naturally Changsun Jinghong.
A monument was also erected in front of the tomb, but not a single word was engraved on it.
He then spent three days hastily activating the ministers who had been imprisoned by the Imperial City Department, and after temporarily entrusting them with important tasks, he went to Guangling City.
Non-stop all the way.
There is an additional tomb on Peach Blossom Island in Guangling City.
Buried in the grave is Shang Di, the great composer of Ningguo.
A monument was also erected in front of Shang Di's grave, and the song "Tian Jing Sha" was engraved on it.
Later, two more tombs were built on Peach Blossom Mountain in Guangling City.
One belongs to Fan Taohua and is buried under a peach tree.
The other one belongs to Wu Xichen.
Buried next to Tingtao Pavilion, you can see Peach Blossom Villa at the foot of the mountain.
Then, he went to Li's Mansion. The building was empty and the yard was very desolate.
Afterwards, he hurried back to Kyoto and held a simple state funeral——
The emperor dies!
Concubine Ji and the prince committed suicide!
The true way of their death cannot be disclosed to the public, and what they promote... is all false news to deceive people.
For example, the emperor’s corpse was charred black!
He was not assassinated, but... struck by lightning!
On a certain day in October, there was a burst of winter thunder in Changle Palace, and the emperor flew a kite.
This made Li Chenan feel a little guilty, thinking that the emperor actually trusted him.
In this era, being struck by lightning and dying is a punishment from heaven, which of course cannot be said to anyone.
So what was announced to the outside world was that the emperor had achieved great success in cultivating Taoism, and now he has reached heaven!
For example, Concubine Ji fell in love with the emperor and left.
For example, the prince thought of his father's deep love, fell asleep in grief, and never woke up.
In short, no one can commit suicide, let alone anyone be killed by God.
On the day of the funeral, Li Chenan wore mourning and carried the coffin with the third prince Ning Zhiyuan, and the people of Kyoto saw each other off——
I don't know if I want to say goodbye to the emperor, or if I want to see the future new emperor.
But in any case, the late emperor's coffin was sealed and entered into the mausoleum, which announced the end of an era.
It also means the beginning of a new era.
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The heavy snowfall has transformed the plum garden into a blanket of snow.
The plum trees in the plum garden were already in bud without knowing it, and there were even two or three that couldn't wait to bloom.
The red plum blossoms reflect the snow, which makes them look particularly beautiful.
Li Chenan did not live in the palace, but in the Plum Garden.
He still got up early, and when he came to the yard, he found someone earlier than him——
Amu is already practicing his sword.
Xiao Wu is clearing the snow.
Ning Chuchu... was looking at Yishumei in a daze.
The one who was most hurt by this change was Ning Chuchu.
She lost her father, although this father usually didn't care much about them.
She lost her brother.
The fat man who depended on her for life.
She also lost Li Chenan, the man she had hoped to rely on for the rest of her life.
Therefore, in her eyes, the color of the red plum was not beautiful, and even a little eye-catching.
Li Chenan sighed slightly and walked over.
"Why don't you sleep more in such a cold weather?"
Ning Chuchu lowered her head and rubbed one foot back and forth on the snow. After a moment, she made a pit on the ground, and the snow in the pit turned into water.
"Can't sleep."
"I think... I should go for a walk."
Li Chenan pondered for a moment and nodded, "It's good to go and relax. Where do you want to go?"
"have no idea,"
Ning Chuchu suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Chenan, "When are you going to Shuzhou?"
"Wait another half month."
"I wish I could leave now!"
Li Chenan raised his head and sighed, "But there are still many things in the court that have not been dealt with. I will try to deal with them as much as possible in these half months. At least I have to arrange the personnel and make arrangements for next year to make them clear. What’s the main thing to do next.”
Ning Chuchu thought for a while and couldn't help but ask:
"You...you don't ascend the throne just because of Ruoshui?"
Li Chenan nodded, "You know Ruoshui's illness. I will take her to Wu State no matter what next spring."
"If I become the emperor of Ning, going to Wu will become a state matter and not my private matter."
"There is not much hostility between the State of Wu and the State of Ning on the surface, but the State of Wu has stationed 100,000 troops outside Wuya Pass, and has also sent envoys to the State of Ning... The State of Wu does not have much goodwill toward the State of Ning."
"There is no goodwill between countries, only interests!"
"Besides... I also want to go to Shuzhou to find your eldest brother, see him, and hope that he has the ability to inherit the Ning Kingdom."
"As for me, actually what I prefer is to be free in the world, and to be happy and make more money."
Li Chenan's words suddenly gave Ning Chuchu a glimmer of hope——
If he really finds the eldest brother in Shuzhou, if he supports the eldest brother to ascend the throne as emperor... then he will naturally no longer be the eldest son of the emperor!
He is not the eldest son of the emperor, and he no longer has any blood relationship with him in name.
Ning Chuchu's originally dead heart suddenly had another ripple at this moment, and she had a direction of where to go next.
"I hope you get your wish."
"You go and do your work, I plan to stay for a while and then leave."
"I'll send people from the Imperial City Department to protect you!"
"No, I'll take the Detachment of Women with me."
"Okay, where are you going?"
Ning Chuchu smiled slightly, "Go and see the winter at Huaping Lake."
Xiao Baozi stretched and yawned and walked over.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked, "What's the difference between the winter at Huaping Lake and the winter here?"
"Sister, Dongdu is the same. It's just that there is a memory of mine in that place."
Xiao Baozi couldn't understand. Her slender eyes glanced at Li Chenan and then at Ning Chuchu, "How about we leave tomorrow?"
"What's the difference?"
"Today is the winter solstice. That boy Wang Zhenghaoxuan said that today we will cook dog stew."
"...That's not necessary. My sister will leave after a while."
“What about your cow?”
Ning Chuchu's face turned slightly red, "With my sister watching, I guess it can't eat weeds!"
Li Chenan: "What kind of cow?"
Xiao Baozi: "Cows for plowing fields!"
Li Chenan looked at Ning Chuchu suspiciously, "Dear Princess Ning Guo, what kind of cattle do you raise?"
Ning Chuchu raised her eyes and looked at her cow.
"Don't work too hard, take care of yourself, it's time for you to go to court!"
Xiao Baozi: "Remember to come back early tonight!"
"What's the matter?"
"It's okay, just eat dog meat."
"good!"
Li Chenan left Meiyuan with Zhou Shiba, Amu and others.
The team walked in Yujing City in heavy snow.
Many food shops in the streets and alleys have opened their doors, and hot smoke is already rising from the food shops.
In just over a month, there are no traces of the riots in Yujing City, and everything remains as before.
Li Chenan was sitting in the carriage, lifting the curtain and just looking at it.
Ningguo's history has turned a page, without leaving too many traumas, but those serious illnesses in the past still need time and means to deal with.
This snow is very heavy, and the Yujing City covered with heavy snow is very beautiful.
I imagine that in this first snow, many students in Kyoto will recite poems and compose poems by the Huanhua River.
At this moment, Li Chenan couldn't afford such elegance.
Because of the cold winter, people are suffering!
"Amu!"
"Go to the Imperial City Department and ask Wang Zheng Jinzhong to come to the Imperial Study!"
