Chapter 348 Finale 7
There has been no war in Dashun in recent years.
Whether it was with the Xiongnu in the north, Ningguo in the west, or other countries, although there were occasional frictions, they did not develop into large-scale wars.
This gave Dashun enough time to develop and expand its military forces.
Although there have always been people trying to sow discord between the Qin family and the emperor in recent years, fortunately the emperor was still sober-minded and did not believe them. He also severely punished those people, resulting in fewer and fewer people daring to provoke the Qin family.
The status of the Qin family seemed to have returned to the period of Emperor Taizu. Although the relationship was not as close, the reliance on the emperor was still the same.
The emperor is getting older and older, and now his hair is full of silver.
He was no longer worried about the Qin family's heirs, but began to worry about Qi Ze.
She is already very old, and many people have entered her harem, but none of them is pregnant.
To be honest, the emperor suspected that Qi Ze had not let go of Qin Sheng and was still guarding her virginity for him.
But every time he was asked, Qi Ze refused to admit it.
Having children is a big deal, but no matter how hard you try, it won’t happen, and no matter how you take medicine, it won’t work.
The younger princes are also older, and many of them have already married and have children.
However, Qi Ze's growth in recent years made the emperor reluctant to depose him and appoint another son as the crown prince because of the issue of heirs.
After reading through all the historical books overnight, the emperor couldn't help but ask Qi Ze, do you really want the Dashun dynasty to have no successor?
As the crown prince and the future emperor, how could he not have his own children?
Qi Ze didn't know what he was thinking.
Does he still care about Qin Sheng?
The things that are unattainable when young and the people that are untouchable are the most precious. No matter how old you are or how much you have experienced, you will always miss them.
He... after so many years, he should have let it go long ago.
But it still hurts to see Qin Sheng living like a walking corpse.
Qi Ze thought that he still liked Qin Sheng.
Even though Qin Sheng never had him in his eyes.
All the men who had competed with him for Qin Sheng in the past have already gotten married and had children. No one is still standing there foolishly waiting for Qin Sheng to get over Chu Yian's death.
Without getting married and having children, everyone faces pressure from all sides.
Especially since there is no hope at all from Qin Sheng, who would be willing to wait without any result?
You can be willful for a while when you are young, but you always have to return to your original life.
Even though they still love Qin Sheng, they have to shoulder their responsibilities.
It seems that only Qi Ze... Qi Ze is actually already married, but he has always been unwilling to sleep with those women.
He knew it was wrong to do so, but he couldn't force himself.
Not now, not in the future...
The emperor probably knew what Qi Ze was thinking and sighed silently. Qi Ze was good in everything except his love, which was not what an emperor should have.
People like Qi Ze are very suitable to be the kind of sour literati who always say that if love lasts for a long time, it doesn't matter if they are together day and night.
He is also suitable to be a powerful official with great power, but he will never be qualified to be an emperor in this regard.
If there were other choices, the emperor thought, he probably wouldn't choose Qi Ze.
However, the other princes were much less capable than Qi Ze, and his illness came on more severely that winter. He died within the palace walls before spring came, and the whole country mourned him.
After the emperor's death, Qi Ze ascended the throne. That year, he was 34 years old and still had no children.
After he came to power, he selected many children from his younger brothers to train.
…
In the spring when he was 35 years old, Qin Sheng sat under the peach tree in Fuhua Courtyard, looking at the pink peach blossoms all over the yard, and the petals fell on his snow-white hair.
Over the years, he has become ill due to longing and overwork, and his health has been getting worse day by day.
Perhaps he had a premonition that his life was coming to an end. When he was sitting in the peach blossom forest, he seemed to see a charming figure jumping among the flowers, and his eyes became wet.
Qin Sheng actually regretted that he didn't have the guts to tell Chu Yian that he liked her when she returned.
But when I calmed down, I thought, it’s a good thing I didn’t tell her…
Qin Sheng slowly closed his eyes, his breathing becoming weaker and weaker until it stopped.
The Qin family members were by his side, and everyone had red eyes.
Ever since Chu Yian left, everyone knew from Qin Sheng's condition that he wouldn't live long.
It was not easy to endure for 12 years. Now that Qin Sheng is gone, I am relieved.
I just hope that he won’t have such a hard life in his next life, and won’t mature so precociously, and can have a normal life like other young men.
Even if it is not easy, at least you can live your life according to your own wishes.
Instead of being bound like this in this life, with the lover right in front of you, yet so far away that you cannot reach him or her.
After Qin Sheng died, the Qin family held a grand funeral for him. Many people came, including Qi Ze.
Perhaps he had expected this, so Qi Ze was still calm.
He calmly saw Qin Sheng off for the last time, and then returned to the square palace.
If you were to ask who is the person who understands him best in this world?
The first name that came to Qi Ze’s mind was Chu Yian.
After Chu Yian left, Qin Sheng guarded Dashun for 12 years. Qin Xinghuai was also old. Although he was sad about his son's death, what seemed most distressing was that Qin Sheng had been living in a half-dead state.
Death is actually a relief for Qin Sheng.
Qin Xinghuai died eight years after Qin Sheng's death, and Qin Huaishu became the new King of Zhenbei, which to a certain extent meant that he could not just be a civil official.
Instead, he should be like his title suggests, guarding the Huns in the north and making them dare not invade. Otherwise, how can he be worthy of the name "Zhenbei"?
As expected, Qin Xinghuai had just died when rebellion broke out in the north, and Qin Huaishu led his troops north.
Over the years, Dashun has already made preparations, and its military and financial resources are far greater than before.
It took two years to pursue the troops for thousands of miles, deep into the heart of the Xiongnu, kill the Xiongnu royal family, and drive them to the most remote place.
Qin Huaishu suddenly remembered the story of General Huo Qubing conquering the Wolf's Lair, which he had heard from Chu Yian many years ago.
He was already quite old and not as youthful and ambitious as General Huo, but he suddenly wanted to learn from him.
So he led his troops to build an altar and worship the gods in the sacred land of the Xiongnu, taking Qin Sheng's tablet with him.
He wanted to tell Qin Sheng that he had done it.
After returning to Shengjing, the Song State in the south attacked Dashun, so he led his troops south again.
The two children adopted back then have grown up and it is time for them to gain experience.
Qin Huaishu took them with him.
It has to be said that the Qin family's bloodline is indeed impeccable when it comes to leading troops in battle. Even though it was their first time on the battlefield, the two children performed very well.
Qin Huaishu was very pleased to see them grow up.
Qin Rang merged Baiyu Tower and Jiuan after Chu Yian's death.
Today, Jiuan has been fully developed and no longer needs to invest a lot of money to make it run like in the early days. Even if you don't invest money now, you can actually make a little profit.
Jiuan has spread to every corner of Dashun and helped countless people.
For now, Jiuan's development is healthy, but he cannot guarantee what it will be like in the future.
I can only hope as best I can that it will continue to be so.
After Qin Xinghuai's death, Qin Rang never left Shengjing again, and stayed with his mother Tao to fulfill his filial duties.
With Qin Rang's company, Tao felt a little better.
She lost her son in middle age and her husband in old age, and each time was a huge blow to her.
Tao's health was no longer as good as before, but he still managed to survive for a few more years.
At the age of 70, Tao also passed away.
Only Qin Huaishu and Qin Rang were left in the Qin family, along with the two adopted children, and the family became increasingly deserted.
Looking at the peach trees all over the yard, Qin Rang recalled the scene when Qin Sheng planted peach trees many years ago.
At that time, I even laughed at him, saying, "Why are you planting so many peach trees? Do you want to eat peaches?"
Qin Sheng smiled and told him that Yi An liked it.
I teased him a few times at that time, but Qin Rang couldn't remember what we said.
I only remember that Qin Sheng's face was a little red at that time. He was obviously happy, but he was too arrogant to pay attention to him.
He wanted to help plant trees, but Qin Sheng wouldn't let him and only allowed him to watch from the side.
But the peach blossom forest remains, where did they go?
Qin Rang strolled along the streets of Shengjing and couldn't help but look back on his life.
When he was young, he traveled around, doing business on the surface, but secretly helping to build an intelligence network, and thus the Baiyu Tower came into being.
He devoted all his efforts to Baiyu Tower, but in the end he found that he had very little time to spend with his family.
After witnessing the death of Chu Yian, the death of Qin Sheng, and the death of his father, he finally came to his senses, but it was too late.
As night falls, lights are lit everywhere in Shengjing.
Qin Rang casually walked into a teahouse by the river, leaned against the window, and looked at the young men and women boating on the lake downstairs. He couldn't help feeling a little desolate.
The desolation made him feel cold all over.
Not long after, a drizzle began to fall from the sky. People who were boating on the lake ran under the eaves to take shelter from the rain. Their happy voices could be heard even from the upstairs building.
A cup of wine in the spring breeze, a lamp for ten years in the night rain...
After wandering for decades, looking back on the past, there are very few memories related to my family in my mind.
Qin Rang left the teahouse and returned to the Qin family.
As he grew older, Qin Huaishu's health began to deteriorate.
They are all old.
Qin Huaishu passed away at the age of 56.
While sorting out the relics, Qin Rang saw a painting he had hidden.
The painting shows Qin Sheng and Chu Yian. They are standing together, laughing and joking, as if they were still young.
So... do they look like this?
After so many years, Qin Rang can no longer remember what they look like.
In my memory, Qin Sheng was always worried, unhappy and unhappy.
In contrast to him, Chu Yian is always full of energy, as if nothing can make her unhappy.
If you are really unhappy, get angry for a while, then cry and you will be fine. It will be easy to comfort you.
Qin Rang couldn't help but shed tears.
On the second day after Qin Huaishu's funeral, Qin Rang was found dead under the peach tree in the yard.
He committed suicide by taking poison.
No one knows why Qin Rang took poison.
He did not leave any last words, making his death a secret throughout the capital and a regret for many people.
Others didn’t know, but Qi Ze could roughly guess it.
The three brothers of the Qin family are all precocious, but excessive intelligence will lead to harm.
Qin Huaishu is, Qin Sheng is, Qin Rang... probably too.
All the good friends from that time died or left, and the whole Shengjing became deserted.
Qi Ze couldn't bear it any longer, so he passed the throne to the crown prince and went to the Qin family's ancestral tomb to visit Qin Sheng and Chu Yian.
I wanted to say something, but I sat in front of the two people's graves for a long time, but I couldn't utter a word.
In the end, he just poured two glasses of wine, left the Qin family's ancestral tomb, and traveled around.
He retraced the route he had traveled with Chu Yian. Along the way, memories of his youth kept coming to his mind.
Those forgotten and neglected memories came flooding back like a tide.
Qi Ze couldn't help but have tears in his eyes. So much time had passed. It turned out that she had been dead for so many years.
Qin Sheng has been dead for so many years.
It seemed as if he was the only one left in the world...
The moment he lifted his foot and moved forward again, he seemed to hear a sweet voice calling him from a distance: "Qi Xiaosi, can you please hurry up? You're so slow."
Qi Ze looked up and saw nothing.
He gave a wry smile, a look of nostalgia rising in his weathered eyes, and murmured softly: "I'm old and weak, I can't go any faster, you... wait for me."
After this trip, Qi Ze was unable to return to Shengjing.
He died of illness on his way back to Beijing at the age of 67.
But he didn't feel any regret. Before he died, he seemed to see Chu Yian squatting beside him and asked him crisply: "Qi Xiaosi, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"
She still looks the same as she did when she was young, but he has grown old.
What's wrong?
It’s nothing, he just... missed her and them.
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