Before Si Han left the city, he released the four hostages Liu Boxing, Jiang Chenxi, Chen Qibao and Gongsun Lanyue.

Because of the turmoil in the capital, An Xin and his group of people did not stay in the northern border for long. After a short rest, they said goodbye to Yuchi Yi, Gao Tai, and Zheng Xiaoling who was reluctant to follow An Xin back to the capital, and rushed back to the capital at full speed.

After traveling for several days and nights, they finally arrived at the imperial city. However, as soon as they entered the city, they heard dull bell sounds.

When everyone heard the bell at this time, their expressions changed. They no longer cared about anything else and rode their horses quickly towards the palace.

The guards at the palace gate have been replaced by the elite royal soldiers who had followed Kong Xun and had fought side by side with the female official An Xin in Lingnan.

When he saw her hurriedly bringing people into the palace, he did not stop her.

An Xin passed through the palace gate smoothly. A trace of sadness flashed in her eyes. She certainly knew what the bells that just rang from the palace meant.

The emperor died.

She had anticipated such a result when Emperor Sheng An lay on the dragon bed with a pale face that day, as if he was leaving his last words.

When this moment really came true, An Xin couldn't help but see sadness in her eyes.

After all, to be honest, the old emperor was really good to her except that he treated her like a donkey.

Not only did he give her a golden dragon token that was no less valuable than the prince's token, he also gave her the jade dragon whip and did not take it back.

Although at that time it was intended for her to fight against Prime Minister Xiao and other powerful people who were of higher official rank than herself.

But An Xin had this imperial whip, and those powerful officials and nobles in the capital who originally looked down on women as officials and wanted to step on her would not dare to be too presumptuous when they saw her, otherwise she would not be a soft persimmon and would really use the Jade Dragon Whip to beat them.

As An Xin thought about it, her eyes turned red.

Jiang Xuan, Liu Boxing, Jiang Chenxi, Chen Qibao and the others who followed behind, whether real or fake, all followed An Xin into the emperor's bedroom with sad faces.

Kong Xun, who was lying on the bed of Sheng An Dilong and crying silently, suddenly felt a warm hand patting his shoulder gently.

Kong Xun's eyes moistened as he looked up at the person who came.

At this moment, he suppressed the dull groan in his throat, as if he had completely collapsed. He hugged the visitor's slender legs, pressed his face tightly against her abdomen, and cried bitterly.

"Little Shanzhang, my father has passed away. I have no relatives in this world anymore."

An Xin didn't know how to comfort Kong Xun, who had lost his only relative at this moment. She could only pat his back gently, trying her best to calm his out-of-control emotions.

At this moment, An Xin only allowed Kong Xun to grieve for his father as much as he could.

After that, he must enter the court, sit in the position that belongs to him, and engage in the next power game with those aristocratic families and ministers who believe that if the king is weak, I will be strong.

The jackals, tigers and leopards in the court will never disappear just because Prime Minister Xiao and the virtuous concubine Anguogong's party are eliminated.

If Kong Xun fails to establish himself quickly during this transition of imperial power, other ministers and aristocratic families will quickly reach out to various positions in the court and place their own people there.

By the time Kong Xun recovered from the grief of Emperor Sheng'an's death, he realized that even though he had ascended the throne, his control over the court had been greatly weakened.

There are always many people who want to seize power in this world.

An Xin was dressed in mourning clothes and wore a plain crown. Except for Kong Xun, the crown prince who was about to succeed to the throne, she and some other first-rank officials knelt in the front row of the emperor's mourning hall.

Not only does she now serve as the chief academic officer of the Imperial College and the second-rank tutor of the Crown Prince, but she was also personally entrusted with the care of the orphan by Emperor Sheng'an before his death, and was personally appointed as a super-rank minister of state by the emperor in front of all the court officials.

Therefore, she was arranged to kneel in the front row this time, leading all the officials to mourn for Emperor Sheng An.

Since An Xin rushed back to the capital from Jibei, he brought people to help Kong Xun organize the funeral of Emperor Sheng An. Because he had not had a good rest for a long time, his face was a little pale at this time.

Although the royal funeral was managed by the Ministry of Rites and An Xin did not have to do everything himself, the royal funeral rituals were complicated and it was a headache to avoid mistakes.

If anything unexpected happened at the emperor's funeral, someone would definitely put the blame on Kong Xun, the crown prince who had not yet succeeded to the throne.

In order to prevent these unpleasant things from happening, An Xin and her students including Li Ziyu suppressed those officials and aristocrats who were ready to take advantage of the chaos to seize power.

On the other hand, there was also the fear that someone was secretly making trouble at the emperor's funeral and hindering Kong Xun's path to the throne.

Li Ziyu, the successor to the Prime Minister trained during Emperor Sheng'an's lifetime, demonstrated his abilities during this turbulent period of imperial power transition.

Led by some true royalists including Shan Yushi, Gongsun Hong and Chi Huanong, they did their best to maintain the normal operation of various departments of the court during this period.

Even so, there were still some ministers and aristocratic families who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power and make secret moves during this change of imperial power, but they were severely suppressed.

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Those who wanted to place their own people in the positions vacated by this turmoil in order to increase their power and voice in the court in the future have been quiet in recent times.

However, the undercurrents in the court were surging, and the struggle for power had not disappeared.

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Emperor Sheng'an was successfully buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Kong Xun was immersed in sorrow for a while, and treated the following coronation ceremony in a dejected and negative manner.

That day, An Xin entered the palace and looked coldly at Kong Xun, who was still immersed in sadness and had a decadent look on his face. His eyes darkened slightly, and he pulled the corners of his mouth and said unceremoniously: "If you don't want to be the emperor, just say so."

"Anyway, those ministers and dignitaries can find someone they like more from the royal family's side branches to be the emperor.

This way, they can more happily control the kingdom that the ancestors of the Si royal family fought for with their lives. It doesn’t really matter whether you are there or not.”

An Xin finished speaking indifferently, turned around and walked out of the palace, leaving only one sentence: "I am also preparing to resign and return to my hometown to live a carefree life. If we meet again in the future, we will pretend that we don't know each other."

"No." Kong Xun, who was sitting there, came to his senses from his sadness and shouted hurriedly, "Don't go, please don't go."

Then he stood up and strode over, grabbing An Xin who was about to cross the palace threshold, "I know I have disappointed you during this period, please don't leave, isn't it enough for me to listen to you?"

An Xin's mouth twitched.

"..." What wicked words are these? It seems as if the emperor is forcing him to do it.

However, seeing that the boy who had been half-dead for some time finally had a change in expression, An Xin didn't say anything to him anymore.

The people in the Ministry of Rites, who were supervised by Leng Xiangbai, had already made sufficient preparations for the coronation ceremony, and were just waiting for the main character to attend.