Chapter 412 Married in Our Youth
Hahahaha.
Murong Jingyi laughed again, this time louder than ever before, as if his previous sadness had been washed away.
Looking at Ye Wan, he said, "Since you can call me 'Dad,' we're family. My family is blessed to have such a good daughter-in-law like you."
Seeing that Murong Jingyi's expression was not good, Ye Wan took out a small medicine bottle, "Father, this is medicine made by Aunt Hui..."
Emperor Murong Jing shook his head. "No need. My lifespan is over. No medicine will help. My Xia Dynasty is fortunate to have you."
"Wanwan, you must take good care of yourself too."
Ye Wan's eyes stung and ached, but she forced herself not to let the tears fall.
Having met the other children since New Year's Eve, Murong Jingyi finally turned his gaze to Lin Suying.
"You can leave now. I want to spend the rest of the time with your mother."
Ye Wan pulled Lin Anyuan and Murong Yuanzhou out of the hall.
Murong Jingyi raised his hand and touched Lin Suyi's hair. "I'm really leaving this time. After I'm gone, you'll live with the children."
“Yuan’er and Azhou are both good children with a conscience, and Wanwan is also filial. They will not mistreat you.”
He was glad that he left in a dignified manner, not in such a sorry state, otherwise Su Yi would have been heartbroken.
"Okay," Lin Suyi replied gently.
Murong Jingyi looked at her with reluctance in his eyes, "You agree with everything I say, and you've never contradicted me."
Lin Suyi grasped his hand. "What you said makes sense, of course I agree."
"Yiyi, even in your old age you are still so beautiful. I must look terrible now, right?" Murong Jingyi seemed to want to imprint her in his mind.
He thought that he would definitely not drink Meng Po soup on his way to the underworld.
"Jinglang, you are just as I first met you, a man of great spirit and a peerless hero."
Lin Suyi lowered her head and pressed her forehead against the back of his hand.
Murong Jingyi smiled and slowly closed his eyes.
Thump—
The somber chimes rang out.
Li Dequan cried out, "The Emperor Emeritus has passed away!"
"Father, Father!"
"Grandfather!"
As the sun set, a crowd of people knelt outside the Chaoyang Palace, and cries rang out.
Ye Wan and Lin Anyuan knelt side by side outside Chaoyang Hall, neither of them uttering a sound.
Murong Yuanzhou was sobbing softly, and Lin Mingqian was comforting him.
I don't know how much time passed.
Just as Ye Wan felt her knees go numb, the doors of Zhaoyang Palace opened, and Lin Suyi, dressed in full regalia, walked out.
"Wanwan, Azhou, get up, don't kneel. I have a few words I want to say to Yuan'er alone."
Ye Wan stood up and told everyone to get up and wait in the side hall.
Lin Anyuan followed Lin Suyi into the inner hall.
The person on the dragon bed had changed into a dragon robe and looked as peaceful as if he were asleep.
Li Dequan waited nearby.
"mother?"
Lin Anyuan looked at Lin Suyi, who was acting out of character.
Lin Suying raised her hand, making him look at her, "Yuan'er, do I look pretty?"
"He's handsome. Sons take after their mothers, that's why they're so good-looking." Lin Anyuan tried to smile, but his smile was stiff and he couldn't manage it.
Lin Suyi asked him to sit down and personally poured tea for Lin Anyuan. "Yuan'er, the person I have wronged the most in my life is you, and the second most is Jinglang."
Lin Anyuan looked at his mother, but didn't say anything; he just waited quietly.
"I……"
Lin Suyi remained silent for a moment before finally speaking her mind.
"I want to walk with him, I promised to be with him for all eternity."
She dared not look into her son's eyes; at that moment, she was a selfish mother.
"good."
"I will take good care of my younger brother."
Lin Suyi suddenly looked up, and her voice choked as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Yuan'er, I thought..."
"Mother, I understand. Wanwan and I will be together for all eternity." Lin Anyuan picked up his teacup and took a sip, unable to express the bitterness in his heart.
"Then...you should take good care of yourself and Wanwan from now on."
Lin Suyi's tears fell to the ground with a thud, but she looked up and laughed again.
"A-Zhou, come in too. Stop eavesdropping at the door."
Ye Wan patted Murong Yuanzhou on the shoulder at the door.
They both heard what was just said.
Ye Wan realized that her intuition was correct; Lin Suying was indeed going to leave with Murong Jingyi.
“A-Zhou, stay closer to your mother and let me take a good look at her again.”
Lin Suyi waved to her youngest son.
Murong Yuanzhou walked over.
Lin Suyi patted Murong Yuanzhou's head. "Azhou, your older brother is a kind-hearted boy. When you become emperor, will you treat him better?"
Murong Yuanzhou's eyes were red like a rabbit's. "Mother, I know. My eldest brother is the best. I grew up on his back. My sister-in-law is also good. I don't care if I become emperor. I just want my brother and sister-in-law."
Lin Anyuan said, "You're dreaming. You've been going to court with me since you were four years old. Who else could be the next emperor but you?"
"Mother, do you really want to stay with Father..."
Murong Yuanzhou burst into tears before he could finish speaking.
He only saw his parents frequently until he was four or five years old, after which he grew up with Lin Anyuan and Ye Wan.
My father just passed away today, and now my mother is going to be gone too?
“A-Zhou, I can’t let your father leave alone, I…”
Lin Suyi couldn't continue speaking.
"Get out of the way! Why can't I get in!"
Just as the atmosphere was becoming heavy, a commotion broke out outside.
"Where is the Empress Dowager? I want to see the Empress Dowager! Why are you stopping me from seeing her?!"
The current Noble Consort Xian, formerly Lady Qing, shouted loudly.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has just passed away. Now is not the time for you to cause trouble."
Murong Wan'er also advised, "Mother, what are you doing making a scene at a time like this? Hurry up and come back with me."
Consort Xian raised her voice, "What's wrong? I was also one of the Emperor Emeritus's concubines, and now I'm a Consort Dowager. Why can't I come to see him?"
Murong Wan'er was extremely anxious. Had her mother gone mad? Was this the time to make a scene?
Just as Li Dequan was about to go out and calm the person down, Lin Suyi spoke up.
"Let them in."
Consort Xian entered in a flurry of activity.
Murong Wan'er followed in and bowed, "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, I'm sorry, my mother..."
"It's nothing." Lin Suying turned her gaze to Madam Qing. "I sent someone to invite you before, but you didn't come. Why are you here now?"
"Didn't I feel it was pointless before? After thinking it over, I decided to come and see the Emperor Emeritus one last time, but I didn't get to see him."
She became much gentler when she saw Lin Suyi.
"This...did the Emperor Emeritus really not leave me a single word?" Madam Qing originally wanted to say something to this damned man, but in the end, she didn't say it.
“Yes, he didn’t come because he was afraid he would ask me to tell you that he can’t give you anything else in this life, but he can still give you wealth and status. After the funeral is over, you can go to her princess’s mansion with Wan’er.” Lin Suyi glanced at Murong Wan’er.
Madam Qing pouted, "I'm not going. That's my daughter's home. What would I do there? In the palace, I'm still the Imperial Concubine Dowager. But once I leave the palace, I'm just a disliked old woman."
Lin Suying nodded, "Then let's go to the hot spring palace to live, and we won't have to work anymore. We can enjoy a peaceful and carefree life."
Lady Qing looked up at her. "Empress Dowager, where are you going? You have to come with me. There are no other concubines left in the palace, only you and me. You are the principal wife and I am the concubine. You can't just abandon me, can you?"
Something's not right. Lin Suying has never dressed up so flamboyantly before.
Something's not right.
Lin Suying nodded, "Guan, I have a lot of good things here. I can give you some of them slowly later. You've always been envious of them, haven't you?"
Madam Qing breathed a sigh of relief. "Then it's settled. I'll come over every few days to ask for it back."
"Alright, you two talk, I won't bother you any longer."
"Your Highness, please take care."
Eunuch Li personally saw the person out, and Murong Wan'er hurriedly followed.
Madam Qing turned her head as if she wanted to say something, but after glancing back, she left without saying anything in the end.
After everyone left, Lin Suying looked at Lin Anyuan and Ye Wan, "Yuan'er, Wanwan, you two go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about me. I want to stay here with Jinglang for a while longer."
"good."
Lin Anyuan personally knocked out the dazed and crying Murong Yuanzhou, then carried him out.
"Lin Anyuan..."
After leaving Chaoyang Palace, Ye Wan wanted to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.
On the same night that the Emperor Emeritus passed away, Empress Dowager Lin Suyi poisoned herself and died with him.
The two made a pact to live together, die together, and never be separated for all eternity.
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