Everyone was already used to similar examples. Although the queen had a special status and was very capable, she was no different from other women in this matter, and the gods treated everyone equally.
But Zuan wasn't used to it, and it took him a long time to catch his breath. Xiao Tuo gently comforted and reassured him from the side.
Although the king was somewhat dejected, the court continued to operate as usual, and important ministers such as Fu Yue studied the queen's funeral arrangements.
Because the king was so devoted to her, and because of the queen's unparalleled achievements, everyone arranged the most solemn funeral and the most magnificent tomb for her.
Zuan couldn't keep delaying the queen's burial indefinitely, so he had no choice but to personally preside over the funeral and send her off on her final journey.
Because of Pei Mianman's death, Zu An seemed to have lost his soul. He often hid in the palace to drink and then indulge in pleasure with Xiao Tuo and other concubines in the harem, as if only in this way could he numb himself and keep him from thinking about certain painful things.
Fortunately, over the years he and Pei Mianman have managed the country together, defeating the neighboring powers and making their own country stronger. In addition, the court officials have matured, so even though he doesn't deal with politics much now, the country can still function normally.
Time flies like an arrow, and decades have passed in the blink of an eye. Zu'an is very old, and his longevity is a miracle in this era.
He personally saw off batches of ministers, including Fu Yue, and even Xiao Tuo passed away in his early years. After that, he also saw off many concubines whose names he could not even remember.
Over the decades, after each period of revelry, when he lay alone in the deep palace late at night, he always felt vaguely that he had forgotten something, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember it.
At first he was a little conflicted, but as time went by, he even forgot about it.
In recent days, he suddenly seemed to have an epiphany, as if he could faintly smell the breath of death, and he knew that his days were numbered.
But he was at peace. He had been an emperor for over fifty years, and he had enjoyed everything. What more could he possibly want?
One night, unable to sleep, he got up and took a walk in the palace. Unknowingly, he came to a dilapidated house and froze.
He vaguely remembered that this was his old residence, but he couldn't remember why he had kept the room in the first place.
I instinctively pushed the door open and found the room was covered in dust.
Clearly, the palace maids could also sense the master's thoughts. In the early years, he would come back to visit from time to time, and at that time no one dared to neglect him, so the rooms were kept spotless.
But later the king gradually stopped coming, and they naturally neglected to take care of it.
Zuan sat down by the bed, completely silent, seemingly lost in thought. After sitting for a while, just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt a glimmer of light in the corner of his eye.
The moonlight shone in through the window, and something seemed to be reflecting light.
He instinctively looked over and found something stuck deep in a crevice by the bed. The location was so tricky that no wonder so many palace maids hadn't noticed it while cleaning.
He reached in and groped around for a while before finally managing to take the contents out.
It was a pendant with a flame symbol on it.
As the ruler of a country, he had seen too many rare and precious treasures, and this pendant in front of him was really nothing special.
But the moment he saw the pendant, he trembled violently. He finally remembered what he had forgotten all these years, and he also remembered the purpose of his coming to this world.
Because this was the pendant Pei Mianman gave him to ward off the black flames.
Perhaps because the two of them had been making love so wildly in this room back then, the pendant accidentally fell into this gap. Both of them were busy with state affairs and quickly forgot about it.
"Manman..." At that moment, the old man on the bed burst into tears.
Then, his vision blurred and the surrounding space distorted. When Zuan woke up, he found himself in another world.
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I'm having trouble sleeping and I'm just too tired right now, so this is all for today.
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