After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she stood up and returned to the harem.

People came out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in twos and threes, discussing the issue of appointing a crown prince in low voices.

The old marquis, Wei Xu and Su Cheng were the last to come out.

These three people knew more about Emperor Jingxuan's condition than anyone else, and the one who really made the decision was probably the empress dowager.

Su Cheng pondered, "Did the Queen Mother look at us in a strange way just now?"

Wei Xu said: "The Queen Mother is a smart person, she knows what to do."

The Queen Mother went to Emperor Jingxuan's bedroom.

After the unremitting treatment of the imperial physician, Emperor Jingxuan was able to open his eyes.

However, although he was conscious, he could not speak or move.

Eunuch Fu, the eunuch in charge of seals, the eunuch in charge of pens, and the editors of the Hanlin Academy knelt in front of the dragon bed.

At this time, Jiang Bianxiu from the Hanlin Academy had just finished writing an imperial edict, and the eunuch in charge of the seal was about to stamp it.

Hearing the announcement outside that "The Queen Mother has arrived", several people stopped what they were doing, turned around on their knees, and saluted to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother walked in slowly with the Queen, and glanced at everyone with a cold look: "Bring the imperial edict."

Editor Jiang glanced at Emperor Jingxuan lying on the dragon bed.

Emperor Jingxuan stared with his eyes wide open, his body trembling slightly, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth, but he could not utter a sound.

The Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "Jiang Bianxiu, do you want to disobey my imperial decree?"

"I dare not."

Editor Jiang gritted his teeth and presented the imperial edict he had just written to the Empress Dowager.

Eunuch Cheng took the imperial edict and handed it to the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother opened it and took a look: "You guys, go wait outside the palace."

Several people stood up and left.

The Queen Mother said, "Fu Dequan, you stay."

Eunuch Fu stayed behind in fear.

After Editor Jiang, the seal-holding eunuch, and the pen-holding eunuch left, the empress dowager looked at Eunuch Fu and said, "You are truly a good servant of His Majesty."

Eunuch Fu knelt down and said, "Please forgive me, Queen Mother!"

The empress dowager walked slowly to the bed and threw the imperial edict into the incense burner.

The veins on Emperor Jingxuan's forehead were throbbing.

The Queen Mother looked at him calmly: "Appoint the second son as the crown prince? Have you considered the consequences?"

Emperor Jingxuan stared at the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother: "You only have two choices, to establish the third son, or to establish the grandson of the King of Nanyang."

Emperor Jingxuan's pupils trembled! The Queen Mother said: "That's right, the King of Nanyang has descendants. You can only make one of these two the king, so that the Qin, Wei, and Su families will not rebel. If you think the second son can withstand the rebellion of these three families, just pretend that I have never been here today!"

After saying this, the Queen Mother left without looking back.

The Queen didn't even look at Emperor Jingxuan and followed the Queen Mother out.

"Mother."

The Queen spoke outside the Qianqing Palace.

The Queen Mother closed her eyes in sorrow and said, "Want to ask about the grandson of the King of Nanyang?"

"No." The Queen shook her head, "The daughter-in-law is just worried about her mother."

Queen Mother: "Sometimes I envy you for having only one child, so you don't have to worry about sibling violence. Among the three grandchildren, the second one is closest to me. I raised him for two years, and he is sensible and motivated... The third one is also my grandson. We are all made of flesh and blood, but who made them born in an imperial family? If possible, I would rather never have entered the palace and never been the Queen Mother."

The next day, the Queen Mother went to court on behalf of Emperor Jingxuan and read out the edict to establish a crown prince.

When they heard that it was Prince An Xiao Chonghua who was enthroned, Xiao Duye and Xiao Shunyang were both shocked.

Xiao Duye felt that it would either be him or the second oldest, and it would never be the third oldest's turn.

However, Xiao Shunyang understood that his father would definitely appoint him as the crown prince.

Why is it Prince An Xiao Chonghua?

He glanced at Xiao Chonghua! Xiao Chonghua calmly took the imperial edict and knelt down to thank the emperor for his grace.

The old marquis held the tablet in his hand and knelt down to pay respect: "Long live your majesty! Long live the crown prince!"

Su Yuan and Su Cheng: "Long live His Majesty! Long live the Crown Prince!"

Civil and military officials all knelt down and saluted.

Xiao Shunyang clenched his fists. -The weather was fine and sunny.

Su Xuan, who had been in a coma for two days, finally woke up.

The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to escape.

But as soon as he stepped out of the house, his feet were bound by an extremely thin silk thread.

He fell forward and sprawled flat on the grass.

The old man sat under the crabapple tree, playing with the kaleidoscope leisurely.

Su Xuan glanced at him coldly, turned his head to look inside the house, moved his hand back, and used his internal force to absorb the Rakshasa Sword into his palm.

He cut the silk thread on his feet with a sword and stabbed at the old man with the sword.

The old man still held the kaleidoscope and looked at it with his right eye, as if he was unaware of the Rakshasa's attack.

However, just as the long sword hit his temple, he raised his hand, put his two fingers together, and clamped Su Xuan's Rakshasa sword.

Then, he circled his fingers and flicked them.

A powerful internal force flowed along the Rakshasa Sword and hit Su Xuan's arm.

Su Xuan's arm felt numb and he took two steps back.

The old man then moved his eyes away from the kaleidoscope and looked at the distance Su Xuan had retreated: "Hmm."

I was surprised that the other party only took two steps back.

As expected, he is a Rakshasa.

When Su Xuan was about to use his third move, Cheng Sang came over with a food box.

"Xuan'er, you're awake."

After coming back from southern Xinjiang, Cheng Sang liked these children very much after spending time with them.

Su Xuan put away his sword in time: "Master Cheng."

Cheng Sang smiled and said, "You just woke up, don't rush to practice. Go into the house first and eat something, then drink the medicine."

Su Xuan didn't move.

"What are you standing there for?" Cheng Sang took his hand with a smile and led him into the house as if he was leading Su Ergou.

The two sat down.

Cheng Sang opened the lunch box and took out the barley porridge and a plate of blanched vegetables from the first compartment.

The medicine was placed in the second Grievan.

"Here, eat it while it's hot."

Cheng Sang handed the spoon to Su Xuan.

Su Xuan took it and took a light sip.

Cheng Sang looked at him gently: "Xuan'er, it's hard, right?"

Su Xuan said softly: "No."

Cheng Sang looked at him lovingly: "Although I don't know why you have to bear all the hardships alone, leaving alone is not the best solution. You may feel that there are many brothers in your family. Even if you are gone, your brothers will soothe your family's pain quickly. What I want to tell you is that family is irreplaceable, and the pain of losing a loved one will never be soothed. Weiwei left Xiaoxiao and Ergou behind. I am very happy and satisfied every day when I look at them, but I always hope that my Weiwei is still alive. If you are gone, your mother will be like me and will ache for you all her life."

Su Xuan was silent.

Coming out of Su Xuan's room, Cheng Sang discovered that Zong Zhenghui had come over at some point and was playing with the little toy with the old man.

"Sangsang."

Zong Zhenghui greeted her with a smile, "Give me the food box."

He walked over and took the food box from Cheng Sang's hand.

"I heard everything you said just now, Sangsang. If you want to have another child, it's not too late now."

Cheng Sang glared at him.

Zong Zhenghui said very seriously:

“If you don’t want to have a baby yourself, there are other options.

“For example, if you become the Queen Mother of Southern Xinjiang, all the millions of people in Southern Xinjiang will be your subjects.”

Cheng Sang: “…”

The third update that everyone has been asking for is here. Guys, continue to clear your votes. Love you.

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