I just didn't expect that she didn't choose before their wedding.
After all, if he died before that, Fu Yao would have to observe the mourning period, and the originally scheduled wedding date would have to be postponed.
Who knows what will happen next?
Isn't this a kind of revenge against them?
But she didn't.
Whether it was intentional or not, Jiang Jiang still felt a sense of affection.
The Cining Palace was locked.
After Jiang Jiang returned to the palace, she heard Fu Yao say that he wanted to disband the harem.
This is not a good thing of course. There are so many beauties in the harem, and he has never been to any of their palaces, and he will never go in the future. Wouldn't that just let them waste their time?
Jiang Jiang wholeheartedly agreed with this matter.
"But isn't that a bit too hasty? We're still in mourning."
"There's no conflict." Fu Yao said, "This is what the Queen Mother meant."
Jiang Jiang then realized that the day before the Queen Mother passed away, she sent palace maids to invite Fu Yao, and the two chatted for half an hour.
"The imperial physician said the empress dowager died of illness...?"
Fu Yao shook his head: "People like her, once they realize they have no chance of turning things around, they lose much desire to live."
The candlelight cast a flickering shadow between his deep brows and eyes.
"She finally said that the Jiang family's sins were too great, and she couldn't escape blame." He paused, a complex arc curling up at the corner of his lips. "It's rare for her to say something clear."
Jiang Jiang looked at the darkening dusk outside the window, and suddenly remembered the empress dowager's thin figure when she left that day.
The woman who was once so powerful finally chose to quietly exit the stage when the power transfer was completed, thus preserving her last bit of dignity.
"Did she...say anything else?"
Fu Yao reached out and pulled her into his arms, resting his chin lightly on the top of her head. "She said that the people she felt most sorry for in her life were the people whose families were torn apart by the Jiang family. Before she died, she hoped to ask for the grace to return home for the women in the harem." A warm breath brushed past her ear. "She also asked me to tell you..."
"What?"
"She said thank you for the tea and the words that day."
Jiang Jiang was stunned.
The night wind blew through the hall, bringing with it the coolness of early autumn.
Jiang Jianghu was the final choice of Queen Mother Mingqi - the woman who had been proud all her life finally regained some of her heart at the end of her life.
But it was too late.
Jiang Jiang couldn't evaluate her from any perspective, and thus felt complicated emotions in his heart.
Fu Yao hugged her, put his coat on her, and led her to the highest building in the palace, overlooking everything within the palace walls.
"I always felt that God had been unkind to me."
"But if all the suffering I endure is for the sake of meeting you later, then I am willing to endure it."
Jiang Jiang told him to shut up.
No one deserves or is destined to suffer. Suffering is suffering, and there is no need to sing its praises.
Fu Yao's mother, or to be more precise, his biological mother, was the palace maid who became pregnant after being favored by the previous emperor and was never given a title until her death.
When she got pregnant after one good fortune, everyone around her envied her luck, saying that as long as she gave birth to a child, she would enjoy endless wealth and glory.
And when she gave birth to a prince, but the late emperor had no intention of conferring him a title, a group of people began to ridicule her, saying that she was not destined to have such a prince but was still dreaming.
In the final analysis, wasn't it the late emperor who made the mistake?
Qi's identity as the biological mother was awkward. Although Fu Yao's name was on the jade record, she did not have a proper palace to live in.
At first, the palace servants who were ordered to serve him were quite dedicated, but after they found out that His Majesty really didn't care about him as a prince, they became too lazy to pay attention to him.
It would be fine if it was a lord, but it happened to be a prince.
This also led to his brothers looking down on him for his background, and at the same time bullying him because of his gender.
But all that is over.
Jiang Jiang pointed to the distance and said, "Look, there are thousands of lights outside the palace walls."
Fu Yao looked in the direction of her slender fingers. The streets of the capital city were crisscrossed, and dots of light flickered in the night, like scattered stars.
"Even deep in the palace, I can hear the palace people talking about how since Your Majesty came to power, the people in the capital have more smiles on their faces."
The night wind blew her clothes up. Jiang Jiang suddenly stood on tiptoe and gently touched the corner of his lips. "Your Majesty grew up in such an environment, but he is still a wise ruler who cares about the people. So if there were no unnecessary suffering, you would become a better person."
"But the one I love is Fu Yao, and that won't change."
Fu Yao's eyes darkened, and he held the back of her head and kissed her deeply.
When they parted, he stroked her flushed cheek with his thumb, and suddenly heard the melodious sound of a bell in the distance.
That is the morning bell, heralding the beginning of a new day.
Fu Yao took her hand and interlocked their fingers: "It's dawn."
===END===
There is a sweet post-marriage extra story later, don’t go (Erkang hand)
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