Strong winds are blowing, heavy rain is coming.

The night sky above Taicheng was covered with solidified low dark clouds. The sky turned into a strange dark beast, glaring at me, as if it was about to devour all living things under it at any time.

A dazzling lightning suddenly tore through the haze, slashing from the clouds and slashing on the eaves and corners of the highest golden palace, the palace.

The glazed green tiles collapsed with a bang.

Xiao Yongjia quickly walked along the vermilion pillars in front of the palace corridor. Amid the footsteps he made in his ears, he stepped into the palace where the emperor was.

After the emperor survived for several days, tonight, he finally reached the end of his life.

After seeing the Eastern Pavilion that day, the order of the crown prince was changed to be framed into an imperial decree that looked supreme.

The palace used Jiankang.

The King of Dongyang and his wife should be on their way to Jiankang.

And Xiao Yongjia, from that day on, left the palace.

Until tonight, the palace servant came to pass the message saying that Your Majesty was restless. After many speculations, the palace servant finally guessed what the emperor thought.

The emperor wants the company of the eldest princess.

The imperial physician, palace servant, close minister, all retreated.

The palace was empty and dark. Xiao Yongjia stood in front of the dragon bed, staring at the lying down, half open and half closed, as if he was looking at the person he was looking at, suddenly raised his hand and slapped him with a "pop".

The face was beaten to the side by her, and the neck remained in a strangely stiff position, motionless.

"Ahu!"

She called the emperor's nickname.

"Do you know why sister beat you?"

"It's not because you lied to my sister in the East Pavilion that day! Is it a mistake or because I was negligent! My sister already knows what kind of person you are!"

"The reason why my sister beat you is because she hates you for being useless and not counting her life. Before she dies, she still refuses to let go of my husband who has been working hard for you for so many years!"

"My sister knows that you blame him. When you wanted to regain power and were under the pressure of Xu Lu's two families, he did not stand up for you. You even suspected that he wanted to usurp your position. Your brother-in-law really couldn't do it. But why don't you think about this court, the position of your father and ancestor, and all the honors of my Xiao family were supported by the gentry. How do you want him to break up with the entire gentry for you? Besides, it's not that my sister looked down on you. An emperor like you deserves such a price for you?"

"You want to do something big, but my sister can't see that you have the ability to distribute your ambitions. I knew your intention back then, and tried my best to dissuade you, asking you to keep a low profile, so as not to harm others or yourself. The Xiao family can't fight them. Naturally, you don't listen to me. After the failure, you were not just complaining and indulging in pleasure. What else have you done in recent years? The court has been turbulent and natural disasters for years. When will it be true peace? Which time, isn't your brother-in-law dealing with you?"

"Sister knows that you are wronged, you are helpless, and you hate it, but this is the fate of my royal family in the south. This is the case, and it is not your brother-in-law who hurts you to this point. This time, if you don't listen to his advice, you will eventually kill your own life. When you see that you are going, can't you let him go? Why do you still trap him in the mud of the court?"

"Ahu, where is your conscience?"

Xiao Yongjia almost gritted his teeth and asked the last sentence.

Outside the palace, a blue lightning flashed through the night sky above Taicheng again.

The emperor's face, full of death, was suddenly illuminated by lightning.

He didn't want to die, but he knew that he must be dying.

Fear, regret, hatred. But it's too late.

Just before his death, the sister's arrangements for his affairs made him smell the slightest smell of Gao Qiao's desire to leave.

The instinct of the emperor in his bones and blood made him stage such a scene in the East Pavilion that day.

King Xin'an is a branch and he survives with his own dependents. Only by establishing King Dongyang can Gao Qiao be bound and allow him to continue to maintain his Xiao family's world.

If he dies like this, he will not be ashamed of the ancestors of the Xiao family.

He resented Gao Qiao and feared Gao Qiao. Before he died, he had to continue to rely on his brother-in-law.

At the end, it seemed that he was the only one he trusted.

He has been an emperor for nearly twenty years, and he has been suppressed by his brother-in-law.

Before his death, he finally took his army.

In Dongge, he temporarily changed his previous decision. When he looked at Gao Qiao, the frustration and helplessness in Gao Qiao's eyes made him feel like he had never achieved anything.

He is the emperor. He can only be his own minister.

He felt the anger in his body, accompanied by breathing that seemed to be leaving him without going in.

Half open and half closed, two tears slowly flowed out from the eyes of the two dead fish.

"Ahu!"

Xiao Yongjia burst into tears, straightened his head, hugged his body tightly in his arms, and called the imperial physician loudly, just like when he was a child.

The elder sister's cry, the messy footsteps of the imperial physician and the palace servants, the faint sound of lightning and thunder that broke the sky above Taicheng...

Gradually they all left him.

At the last moment before his death, a person's name suddenly popped up in his mind.

Li Mu.

The kite he flew out once brought him a great sense of accomplishment.

In the past, the emperor always couldn't help but secretly combined himself with that man.

In his imagination, he is Li Mu, and Li Mu is him.

He is just a self-contained, fulfilling his inaccessible dream in reality.

That kite may fly higher and higher in the future.

And he could no longer control the rope.

...

The letter was sent by Ah Niang, and it was urgently accelerated by eight hundred miles.

"What did my mother say?"

Because his expression became a little serious, Luo Shen became worried and guessed that Aye was forcing him to go back again?

She looked at him nervously.

Li Mu looked at her, picked her up, and placed her on the bamboo couch by the window.

"Your Majesty has passed away." Then he told her.

In just a moment, he seemed to have already returned to Shen'er from the news. His tone was calm.

But Luo Shen was shocked.

He grabbed the letter from him and read it quickly.

After reading the letter, after a while, I still couldn't recover.

Ah Niang’s letter was sent half a month ago.

The letter said that her uncle had a sudden stroke, deposed the crown prince, and changed the King of Dongyang to the crown prince. He then passed away and the country was mourned.

Ah Niang said that she knew she was in love with the emperor, but considering that the journey was long and the incident happened suddenly, even if she set off immediately after receiving the letter, she would not be able to catch up with the grand funeral ceremony. She told her not to go back to Beijing to attend the funeral, and stay in Yicheng.

Since childhood, the emperor has always been good to her.

In addition to later, she was forced to marry Li Mu despite her wishes.

But now that I think about this, it was just a coincidence and a mistake. How could she blame him?

He heard the bad news and held the letter in his hand. He was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes turned red with sadness.

She lay down into Li Mu's arms and buried her face in front of his chest.

Li Mu hugged her, patted her back gently, and comforted her.

When her mood gradually recovered, she ordered Aju and others to accompany her first and pass the news to Jiang Tao.

He hung a trouser on the top of the city and mourned the whole city for three days, mourning for the Emperor Daxing.

He also knew that Hou Ding had sent envoys to send a funeral. Li Mu also wrote a memorial letter as the governor of the court outside, and sent it to Jiankang together with the funeral of Qiu Chi Kingdom, with the full etiquette.

The location of Yicheng has far exceeded the geographical scope effectively controlled by the Dayu court.

Strictly speaking, before Li Mu arrived, this place was not considered the territory of Dayu.

Li Mu's reaction to the death of the emperor's uncle made Luo Shen feel very pleased. After his mood gradually stabilized, he picked up a pen and wrote a reply to Ah Niang, saying that everything was fine and that she must be mourned and not be too sad. He also asked her to greet Aye on his behalf, and told him to take care of his health, not to just work hard on national affairs, and to be exhausted.

In Ah Niang's letter, the King of Dongyang was made the crown prince.

Although she didn't know much about what happened to Jiankang during the days when she was in Yicheng, so that such a huge change occurred in the palace.

But since my grandmother said that, the matter must have been decided.

King Dongyang is one year younger than his cousin.

After his mother died, the King of Dongyang continued to marry, and then loved the house and Wu.

As the prince, his status was once threatened by his younger brother.

Fortunately, in his early years, his mother had made a marriage for him and his cousin. His mother's family was also very close to the Gao family.

After he married his cousin, the threat of his status was finally completely eliminated.

When King Dongyang died, he inherited the throne. The affairs of the palace were handled by his capable sister.
To be continued...