Chapter 201 A Quick Tour
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In the early morning, the news of Shen Yu's sudden death reached the palace.
"Are you serious?"
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. The spy who was monitoring the Anding Palace has returned to report."
"Not a fake death?"
"The spy reported back that he had indeed seen with his own eyes King Anding drink the poisoned wine that Your Majesty had given him."
After confirming again and again, Emperor Showa, who was sitting on the dragon throne, closed his eyes and leaned decadently on the dragon throne. At this moment, he seemed to have lost all his strength and completely lost the majesty of his former emperor.
The biggest obstacle in his life was gone, so logically he should be happy, but why did he feel like something was blocking his heart and he felt so uncomfortable?
Perhaps it was because he lost the last relative in his life.
The discomfort he feels now is probably God's punishment for him.
Emperor Showa leaned on the dragon chair for a long time, until he felt the air in his chest smooth, he opened his eyes, straightened his body, restored his original imperial majesty, and said indifferently: "Pen and ink are ready."
Eunuch Wang on the side hurried forward to the imperial table. He could see that His Majesty looked unwell, so he added water and ground the food very carefully, not even daring to breathe.
After grinding the ink, he immediately stepped aside.
Emperor Showa wrote an edict and sealed it with the imperial seal. "This is the imperial edict of succession. Keep it safely."
Today, Eunuch Wang is the most trusted eunuch in charge of Emperor Zhaohe, so it is most appropriate to hand over the imperial edict to him.
However, when Eunuch Wang received the imperial edict of succession, he was terrified.
His Majesty has not passed away yet, but this edict has come into his hands. If someone with ulterior motives finds out and uses it, his life may be in danger.
But he had to obey His Majesty's order and had to keep this hot potato carefully.
Without Chen Yu, his son could inherit the throne with peace of mind, without having to worry about his uncle Chen Yu.
"Also, pass on my decree that King Anding rebelled on New Year's Eve and has now been executed. Considering his many years of contributions, he will be buried in the mausoleum of the late emperor, always with the late emperor. His merits and demerits offset each other, and all of King Anding's achievements will be erased, leaving only an ending."
After saying this, Emperor Showa picked up the memorial next to him and began to review it.
"I obey your command." Eunuch Wang put the imperial edict into his arms, bowed, and quietly left the Xuanzheng Hall.
Eunuch Wang grew up in the palace. He was accustomed to the indifference and ruthlessness of the royal family and knew the ruthlessness of the emperor. Living in a high position in the temple, he felt lonely and had worries that others could never understand.
King Anding worked tirelessly for the country and the people, and did not do anything to harm the country.
So even if he felt that His Majesty should not treat Prince Anding like this, he was His Majesty's only brother.
But he was just a small eunuch, he felt that he was the most useless thing and could not change any outcome.
It is said that serving the king is like serving a tiger. His words are of little importance. If he opens his mouth, I am afraid his head will fall to the ground.
In this deep palace, the most important thing is to protect yourself.
What does anything else have to do with a little eunuch like him?
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Xu Zhao didn't know what Emperor Zhaohe was planning in the palace, so she just stood aside silently, not looking at Chen Yu, who was lying in the coffin and had already died.
She was afraid that if she turned her head to look, she would burst into uncontrollable tears.
There were no other servants in the palace. Only Butler Zheng and Ming Kang were preparing for Shen Yu's funeral.
The news of Shen Yu's death was not concealed, but no one came to pay tribute in front of the mourning hall.
Mingkang and Butler Zheng knelt in front of the seats. Since they had no blood relationship with Shen Yu, they did not wear mourning clothes, but just tied a white silk around their waists.
Ming Kang took the yellow paper and threw it into the brazier in front of him, looking unhappy. "Uncle Zheng, I feel bad for the prince."
"Be careful with your words!"
Uncle Zheng looked around, worried that Emperor Zhaohe had arranged secret guards to watch near the palace.
He approached Ming Kang and whispered in his ear, "Your Majesty's arrangements are not for us common people to discuss. When the prince is buried in the imperial mausoleum, you should just pretend that you have never experienced anything in the palace, and you must not mention anything about the prince."
Uncle Zheng gave careful instructions to everyone who left the palace.
Ming Kang has been with Shen Yu for some years and has learned a lot from him. He naturally understands the prince's good intentions. "Uncle Zheng, don't worry. I will protect myself."
It was only during a later conversation between Ming Kang and Zheng Shu that Xu Zhao learned about Emperor Zhaohe's arrangements.
It turned out that at this time, Emperor Showa had already committed the act of "falsifying history" and even erased all of Shen Yu's achievements.
It is also difficult for modern historians to understand that Chen Yu was the War King of the Yue Kingdom under such conditions.
After Chen Yu left, everything in Yue Kingdom seemed to be moving at double speed, and for Xu Zhao, it was just a passing visit.
The gate of Prince Anding's Palace was completely closed. Xu Zhao went to the palace and watched the changes of time.
Half a year after Shen Yu's death, Emperor Zhaohe was critically ill, and Shen Lingge, who was far away in Zhongjin State, returned to the country to take care of him.
The Emperor of Zhongjin also knew that Shen Lingge would not come back this time, so he specially arranged for an unknown princess from Zhongjin to accompany him, under the pretext of a marriage alliance.
After returning to Yue Kingdom, Shen Lingge saw Emperor Showa for the last time.
In the summer of the 20th year of Showa, which was also the 20th year of Tianyou, Emperor Showa passed away. The next month, Shen Lingge succeeded to the throne, changed the country's name to Dayu, and named the princess of Zhongjin who came back with him as the queen.
In the following two years, Xu Zhao watched Shen Lingge work hard to govern the country, reduce taxes for Yue State, attach importance to agriculture and sericulture, and while strengthening the national strength, he attacked the other two countries, Mobei and Yunsheng, and incorporated them into Yue State.
At this time, the ruler of Zhongjin State passed away without leaving any will. Zhongjin State was faced with internal and external troubles. The capable princes fought to the death for the throne in front of the old ruler. In the end, whether it was an accident or destiny, a sudden fire took away all the surviving princes.
According to an escaped palace maid, it was divine fire sent down from heaven to punish those greedy princes.
As for the truth, no one knows.
The Zhongjin Kingdom was leaderless for a time, and its only bloodline was the princess who became the queen of the Yue Kingdom two years ago.
Therefore, with the help of the queen, Shen Lingge successfully took over Zhongjin without any soldiers and completely realized the unification of the four countries.
Xu Zhao was surprised. This time she traveled through time like a spectator, watching the rise and fall of nations and the changes of the times. However, she also unexpectedly learned how Shen Lingge unified the four countries.
It was a pleasant surprise and it was worth the time she spent on it.
Since Shen Lingge succeeded to the throne, Xu Zhao has been trapped in the Xuanzheng Hall, and everything can only be speculated based on what the people in the hall say.
Fortunately, time flows at different speeds. When encountering important nodes, time will pass slower, making it easier for her to understand. But once it came to unimportant things, all the scenes flashed by her.
As time went by, Xu Zhao lost his concept of time. If the people in the Xuan Zheng Hall had not mentioned what day it was from time to time, Xu Zhao would not have known that two years had passed.
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