"Your Majesty..."
There was a hint of pleading in Concubine Wen's tone.
Today she summoned all the concubines to come. The Queen must have guessed their purpose. She did not want to offend the Queen, but Her Majesty's health might deteriorate at any time...
For the sake of her own life and the lives of her sisters in the palace, she had no choice but to take the risk and come here.
She knew the queen's temper well. If her life wasn't at stake, she wouldn't take such a risk.
The queen gently coaxed Yuan Xi and Yuan Mo on her legs, then looked at the two of them.
There was a hint of mockery in her tone: "You seem to be at peace coming here this time. I don't usually see you eating vegetarian food or chanting Buddhist scriptures, but now everyone is rushing to come here. You know why."
Concubine Wen and Noble Lady Wang lowered their heads and did not refute.
The Queen was right, they did have ulterior motives, but they also had a clear conscience.
Seeing that Concubine Wen and Noble Lady Wang were silent, the Queen continued, "Forget it. You are just trying to survive. Your Majesty has already drafted the imperial edict. You may leave now."
After hearing what the Queen said, Concubine Wen and Noble Lady Wang looked at each other, knelt down again to express their gratitude, and then walked out.
As they left the palace, Jiang Zhili couldn't help but reach out and hold the Queen's hand: "Mother, your father is a man of good fortune."
Such words of comfort sounded pale and powerless.
I'm afraid the emperor won't be able to endure this time...
The Queen sighed, tears glistening in her eyes. She said, "You are a good child. Being with His Majesty and me is the greatest comfort."
If it weren't for Xiao Li, Yuan Mo might still be in that temple.
"Grandma Empress, don't be sad. Grandpa Emperor will definitely get better. Xiaoxier and brother will always be with you," Yuan Xi noticed the Queen's mood and comforted her in a baby voice.
After she finished speaking, she stretched out her short little hands and hugged the Queen's neck. When Yuan Cong saw his sister doing this, he also followed her example and hugged the Queen's neck.
Looking at the actions of the two little guys, her heart warmed.
"With you two little darlings accompanying Grandma Huang, Grandma Huang and Grandpa Huang are very happy..."
The queen teased Yuan Xi and Yuan Cong for a while, and after the emperor woke up, she asked Jiang Zhili to take the two little babies away from Qingyang Palace.
The days passed like this, and Yuan Mo almost never returned home until after midnight every night. The first thing he did when he returned to the East Palace was to go to the side hall to check on the two little guys, and then go back to the bedroom.
Three months passed like this. The emperor, who was bedridden, finally didn't want to suffer any more and stopped taking the medicine despite the queen's opposition.
Seven days later, the emperor passed away and the whole country was in grief.
The entire palace was hung with white.
The national mourning lasted for a month, during which the queen fainted twice and became visibly weaker. Her hair, which had been kept jet black, also turned gray during this period.
The emperor's body was personally carried to the imperial mausoleum by the empress, and she fell ill after returning from the mausoleum.
Jiang Zhili was guarding the bed. She felt a little sad when she saw the emaciated queen lying on the bed.
During this period, the queen seemed to have aged twenty years, especially after the emperor's body was sent to the imperial mausoleum, the queen's mental state became particularly depressed.
"Mother, you have to get better soon. Yuanxi and Yuancong want you to hug them," Jiang Zhili said with a heavy expression.
Just now, the imperial physician came to check the Queen's pulse and said that she was worrying too much and needed to adjust her mood. If she continued like this, it would be very dangerous.
In modern terms, it is depression. This disease may not seem serious, but it actually carries considerable danger.
"Xiao Li, you are a good child," the queen patted Jiang Zhili's hand.
Then she sighed again and said to herself, "This person always waits until he loses, or is about to lose, before he regrets why he didn't treat him better in the beginning.
Even though she knew he was not feeling well, she still found ways to make him angry. She would not feel at ease until she saw him unable to sleep due to anger.
At that time, I was still gloating over my ability to control his emotions, but I didn’t realize that I was overdrawing his lifespan and was truly unworthy of being his wife…”
As she spoke, the queen began to cry. Her eyes were hazy, as if she was looking at the deceased emperor through the bright yellow curtain.
Looking at the queen in this state, Jiang Zhili felt a little sad.
{Oh, it’s rare to find true lovers in this world,} I feel so emotional.
Jiang Zhili sighed, comforted the queen, and then returned to the East Palace.
Yuan Mo was working in his study. His coronation ceremony would be held in three days, and many matters needed to be prepared.
Three days later, Yuan Mo held a coronation ceremony in the Golden Palace, and Jiang Zhili officially became the queen.
Less than three days after the ceremony, the Empress Dowager passed away with the late Emperor.
The Empress Dowager left a letter before she passed away, which read:
The late emperor was weak and needed her to take care of him, so she handed Mingyuan over to Yuan Mo and Jiang Zhili, hoping they would not be sad.
The Empress Dowager's funeral lasted for seven days, and after seven days she was buried in the imperial mausoleum together with the late emperor.
at night.
Yuan Mo hugged Jiang Zhili. The candlelight in the hall flickered. The cold wind from outside the window blew in, bringing a chill.
"Zhizhi, I love you," the man buried his head in her neck, and the breath from his mouth caused an itch on her neck.
Jiang Zhili hugged the man's strong waist back. The man had lost a lot of weight recently and was in a very low mood. He had to cheer up and deal with state affairs, while also suppressing the pain of losing his loved ones.
"I love you too," she used sweet words to soothe the pain in the man's heart.
Yuan Mo hugged the beauty in his arms tightly, then carried her to the bed, and Jiang Zhili also cooperated with him.
The two of them were enjoying themselves...
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Time came ten years later.
Yuanxi and Yuancong are already fifteen years old and they just held their coming-of-age and coming-of-age ceremonies a few days ago.
Yuan Xi was a lively person who loved to travel around. She sneaked out of the palace when she was thirteen years old. She always asked Yuan Cong to cover for her. Yuan Mo punished Yuan Cong every time. On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony at the age of fifteen, she left the palace overnight. Fortunately, she was accompanied by secret guards, otherwise Jiang Zhili would hang her up and beat her if he found her!
Yuan Cong, as usual, helped Yuan Xi to cover up. I don't know how many black scapegoats he had taken for Yuan Xi in his life...
Yuan Cong is a very introverted person, but he is a very opinionated person, especially in political affairs, and he can often make accurate judgments. Yuan Mo started to train him early on, and now he is able to stand on his own.
On the night Yuan Xi left the palace, Jiang Zhili and Yuan Mo left all the affairs of the court to Yuan Cong, and the two of them left the palace to relax.
If you take the blame for your sister, you will have to bear the consequences!
From then on, Yuan Cong became Ming Yuan's acting emperor until Yuan Mo retired and he became the real emperor...
Jiang Zhili and Yuan Mo went to the grassland and lived in the tribe for several years. During this period, they kept in touch with Yuan Cong through letters, and Yuan Xi was also contacted.
This girl had actually infiltrated a prominent Jianghu family, bewitching the son of the largest family to the point of bewilderment. She even established a mysterious organization within the Jianghu...
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