On the way back from the temple fair, Qi Yuning saw that Lu Baozhu was always unhappy, and didn't know how to make her happy.
It would be great if Lingling were here. Lingling has a lot of words to comfort people.
At this moment, he would stick to Lu Baozhu's arms, speak sweet words in a baby voice, and comfort Lu Baozhu to be happy.
As soon as they arrived at the princess's mansion, eunuchs came outside to invite Lu Ze to enter the palace. They came in a hurry, so Qi Yuning followed Lu Ze to the palace.
All the princes are in the Taiji Hall.
Even Prince Ning, who was demoted to a commoner, and Prince Liao came. They must have known that Your Majesty would not live long. Princess Pingrou knelt and sat as close to Your Majesty as possible.
Qi Yuning hadn't seen Emperor Shi Yuan for a long time. Now she couldn't bear to look at the emaciated Emperor Shi Yuan lying on the sickbed, only skin and bones.
When Emperor Shi Yuan saw Lu Ze and Qi Yuning, he said, "Yuning, your mother told me that you are pregnant?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, I am pregnant."
She was only 80% sure about her pregnancy, but in front of the dying Emperor Shi Yuan, she did not want him to have any regrets.
Emperor Shi Yuan said: "It's a pity that I can't see her coming out."
Qi Yuning knelt in front of Emperor Shiyuan and said, "You will definitely live a long life."
Emperor Shi Yuan chuckled and said, "I almost gave up my throne to someone else just to live longer. Now, being able to live one more year is enough."
Emperor Shi Yuan forced himself to stand up and said, "Ze'er, come and help me get dressed. Summon all the civil and military officials to the court immediately."
After Emperor Shi Yuan put on the dragon robe, his whole body looked more radiant and his complexion looked much better.
Queen Qin's hair had turned white in the past few days. Looking at Emperor Shiyuan wearing a fine dragon robe, she said with tears in her eyes: "You are even more handsome than the first day you ascended the throne!"
Emperor Shi Yuan took Empress Qin's hand and said, "How can you compare with when you were young? Have you ever hated me? I ordered the extermination of all nine clans of the Qin family..."
Queen Qin shook her head calmly and said, "The Qin family was at fault first, so how could I blame you?"
Emperor Shiyuan said, "Send me to court."
The white-haired emperor and empress supported each other as they walked up to the hall.
Half an hour later, all the civil and military officials rushed over and shouted "Long live the emperor".
Emperor Shi Yuan said to Qi Yuning, "Yuning, read the edict of succession."
Qi Yuning respectfully took the bright yellow imperial edict with a golden dragon embroidered on it from the eunuch beside him with both hands, and said, "The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, decrees that Zhao Jie, the son of the Emperor's third son, is kind and filial, and is very similar to me. He is able to inherit the orthodoxy of the Great Sheng Dynasty, and he is hereby decreed to succeed me as the Emperor! Announce this to the whole world, and let everyone know!"
When this will was released, all the court officials were shocked. They couldn't believe that His Majesty would actually pass the throne directly to his grandson.
Just when some court officials were thinking about whether they should take this opportunity to gain wealth and power and help Prince Shou and Prince Xu ascend the throne, Emperor Shi Yuan coughed.
"I have appointed Lu Ze as the Prince of Chen, and the throne will be passed down to his descendants. After I am gone, the Prince of Chen will serve as the regent to assist Zhao Jie until Zhao Jie gets married and takes power!"
Lu Ze knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Emperor Shi Yuan looked at the ministers in the court and vomited a mouthful of blood. Everyone understood that the improvement in His Majesty's complexion just now might be a last gasp of energy.
Several princes and Princess Pingrou Lu Ze stepped forward one after another.
Emperor Shi Yuan looked at his sons and said, "I have left letters for each of you. It has not been easy for the Zhao family to establish the Great Sheng Empire to this day. I cannot let Brother Qi Yang's empire fall into your hands. Ahem!"
Emperor Shi Yuan looked at Qi Yu'an again and said, "Take good care of Shu'er. I owe her a lot."
Qi Yu'an responded repeatedly: "Yes, Your Majesty."
"Zer, Jiangshan and Zhao Jie are both handed over to you..."
Lu Ze clenched his hands and said, "Grandfather, don't worry, I will definitely live up to your expectations."
The Emperor Shi Yuan slowly closed his eyes. Everyone asked the imperial physician to come forward. The imperial physician felt his pulse, knelt down and said, "The Emperor Shi Yuan has passed away!"
Throughout the hall, court officials knelt down one after another.
Qi Yuning couldn't help but let the tears fall from her eyes. Over the past year, she knew that this day was very near. Ever since Lingling came, she knew that Emperor Shi Yuan would not live long. But she didn't expect that it would still feel so sudden.
Qi Yuning saw the palace maids from the Shanggong Bureau coming in one after another, delivering the white clothes that had been prepared long ago.
Princess Pingrou suppressed her sadness and said to Qi Yuning: "You are probably pregnant. You should go back home first. You don't need to stay here."
Qi Yuning said, "Mother, please let me see His Majesty off. I think Lingling in my arms must also want to see Grandpa off. She was thinking about going to see Grandpa before she left."
Princess Pingrou sighed, "My father is gone, and my mother is very sad. I have to go and spend more time with her, and I can't take care of you. Ze'er is busy with the new emperor's coronation and the late emperor's funeral, so I'm afraid he won't be able to spare time. You have to take good care of yourself."
Qi Yuning nodded lightly and said, "Don't worry, I won't be stubborn. If I feel uncomfortable, I will go back and rest. Nothing is more important than Lingling."
Qi Yuning took off all the hair accessories on her head, put on a white flower, and changed into white plain clothes. Then she saw Princess Duan, who was dressed in mourning, leading little Zhao Jie towards her.
Little Zhao Jie, who was five or six years old, had a vague idea that his royal grandfather had passed away. When he saw Concubine Zhu kneeling in front of him with a dragon robe in her hand, he raised his eyes and looked at Princess Duan.
Princess Duan is still in a fog. She never expected that her son would ascend the throne, and she never thought that she would become the empress dowager.
Qi Yuning walked to Xiao Zhaojie, who looked up at Qi Yuning and said, "Sister-in-law, where is Lingling?"
Qi Yuning said: "Lingling has gone to the Taoist temple to become a nun. You should change into this dress obediently. It's time to ascend the throne and become the emperor."
Little Zhao Jie allowed the maids from the Shanggong Bureau to change him into a dragon robe. Qi Yuning put a linen shirt on him and touched Zhao Jie's little head: "You are so handsome."
Zhao Jie raised his eyes to look at Qi Yuning and said, "Is he as handsome as my eldest cousin?"
Qi Yuning coaxed little Zhao Jie, "Well, he's more handsome than your older cousin."
Lu Ze came forward and saw little Zhao Jie wearing a dragon robe. He walked up to Zhao Jie, knelt down and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty."
Zhao Jie didn't understand why his cousin knelt down to him. When he was about to kneel down like him, Qi Yuning stopped him, "Your Majesty, you should speak to him."
Zhao Jie said, "Cousin, get up quickly."
Lu Ze walked up to Princess Duan and bowed, saying, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
"Quickly, excuse me."
Lu Ze said to Empress Dowager Zhou in front of him, "Empress Dowager, the country was in turmoil last year, and the treasury is not very abundant now. I think the funeral ceremony of the late emperor is more important now. Your Majesty has been the emperor for more than 40 years, and all the foreign countries in the world will come to mourn, so the funeral ceremony must be grand."
Queen Mother Zhou nodded and said, "This is as it should be."
Lu Ze said, "But if you do this, the ceremony of your coronation will be a little awkward. I want to wait until ten years later when your majesty gets married and takes power, and then hold a grand ceremony. What do you think?"
Queen Mother Zhou said repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay. Zhao Jie is still young. If there is really a grand coronation ceremony, I am afraid that he will make mistakes. There is no need to hold a grand coronation ceremony."
Lu Ze ordered someone to escort Queen Mother Zhou to Ci'an Palace to see what the palace was like. Taking into consideration that Zhao Jie was still young, the temporary residence chosen for Zhao Jie was also very close to Ci'an Palace.
After Queen Mother Zhou and Xiao Zhaojie left, Lu Ze ordered all the palace maids and eunuchs to go down, hugged Qi Yuning in his arms, leaned his head on Qi Yuning's shoulder, and choked with sobs.
"I didn't expect my grandfather would make me the King of Chen."
The word "Chen" carries a lot of weight.
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