Qiu Ling returned from the garden, bearing the latest announcement, and headed for the main house. He had already lived here for over half a month. The master and mistress had personally named the garden "Yuanzhi." Although he felt it didn't make sense and didn't sound like a name for a residence, he had no right to question it.
After announcing his departure and waiting in the corridor, Qiu Ling vaguely heard the master in the room ask in disbelief, "You don't find the coffin unlucky, and you're not afraid of it?"
The lady continued, "What's the big deal? Dead people don't count, and I'm a living person!"
I had just heard these two incoherent sentences when they were passed in.
"Master, Madam." Qiu Ling bowed. "The new emperor changed the reign title to Daye, and this year is the first year of Daye. Furthermore, the funeral arrangements for the late emperor, including posthumous honors and burial in the imperial mausoleum, have all been completed. The Hu envoy will soon arrive in Beijing to ally with our Great Xia."
After saying this, Qiu Ling stood aside and listened quietly to the instructions.
Lu Anyuan nodded slightly, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes: "Look at my younger brother, this is all a biological son can do!" After saying that, he waved his hand and told Qiu Lingxia to leave.
Xu Yixing shook his head and stabbed the dates on the plate with a fork, and he was also very happy: "He is waiting to finish your funeral as soon as possible, so that he can go back to be the emperor with full legitimacy. Why are you so proud!" He said this, but in fact he was relieved in his heart. The new emperor's ascension to the throne meant that Lu Anyuan had completely withdrawn from the court and could finally settle down.
"Oh, by the way, what is your reign title? Why haven't I heard anyone mention it?"
"Me?" Lu Anyuan pointed at himself and reached out to pinch Xu Yixing's gradually round face. "You forgot, the emperor's reign in my dynasty is based on years. When I ascended the throne, the new year had already passed, and I still used my father's reign. I died within the past year, so naturally there was no chance to promulgate a new reign."
Xu Yixing slapped his head in sudden realization. He had been so busy escaping and having children last year that he had indeed neglected this matter.
"It's really unfair to think about it this way. After all, you did such a great thing for the people of Daxia, yet you didn't even leave behind a reign title. This posthumous title was bestowed posthumously by the new emperor. If it's passed down for a long time, won't you be forgotten in the future?"
"The sun turns, the moon passes, the grass withers, the sun sets, and when we die, we're all buried in a pile of dirt. Who cares about these superficial reputations?" Lu Anyuan thought clearly. Fame and great achievements were not as real as the plate of sweet red dates in front of him. Besides, he had accomplished everything he wanted to do in this life, and obtained everything he wanted. What else was there to be dissatisfied with?
"It's best if you think this way. I'm afraid you'll regret it in a few years. Don't say you did it for me then, and I won't be your scapegoat."
"Of course not. Only useless people make excuses for themselves. If I really regret it in the future, even if I lead an army to attack the palace and seize the throne, I will not blame you a single word."
"Hmph, that's more like it. Oh, right, I was talking about my trip to Miaozhou in a coffin. Actually, your soldiers guarding the city were quite responsible. They even checked the bottom of the coffin. It's just that Yingwu's disguise skills are so powerful that I got away with it."
"You've suffered." Lu Anyuan didn't blame her. They both had their own thoughts about what happened at that time, so there was really no need to bring up the past.
"I'm also curious. Since you sent people to check on me, you must have gone to the car dealership. How could you not know that I didn't reach Xiaoxi Town, but got off the car in advance?" When Xu Yixing was in the bandit's lair, he always thought that these pursuers were useless. They couldn't even find such obvious clues. They were really useless.
"If you hadn't silenced the driver, how could I not have found out?"
"I didn't..." Xu Yixing looked confused. The driver listened to him and continued to the destination. He never saw him again after that. How could he be considered as someone who killed someone to silence him?
"You didn't?" Lu Anyuan was also surprised: "The driver suddenly went crazy on the road when he was returning to the capital after completing his mission, and died on the official road." He always thought that Yixing did it, but now it sounds like that is not the case.
"It's not me. I'm not a person who kills indiscriminately. Besides, I didn't bring any shadow guards with me when I left. I don't have the ability to silence anyone."
Lu Anyuan only found out today that she had left alone. Thinking of the bandits killed on the mountain, he couldn't help but feel a pang of fear. "So you didn't kill those bandits on Yanshan Mountain?"
Xu Yixing was even more shocked when she heard this. Even when she wanted to report it to the police, Ying Wu stopped her for fear of revealing her whereabouts. How could she possibly have killed the bandits? "I didn't know it happened. It wasn't me." Then a flash of inspiration struck her. Ying Wu had gone to Yanshan to retrieve her banknotes and documents. Could he have done it?
"Why, what did you think of?"
"Ah, nothing much. I just thought that there were actually some villagers who were captured on the mountain. Are they dead too?"
“No one is spared.”
Xu Yixing was silent for a long time after hearing this. She couldn't blame Ying Wu for being cruel, but she also had to resent him for killing those innocent villagers. Ying Wu... How do you want me to deal with you?
But she felt relieved immediately. She had made it clear that day outside Pingyun Pass to let them go free. She thought that she would never have the chance to see them again in the future, otherwise she would feel uneasy.
"Tell me, could it be that you thought you left the capital alone, but in fact your shadow guard followed you and helped you take care of these tails?" Lu Anyuan made a very reasonable guess.
Xu Yixing thought for a moment and shook his head. "No, I had already sent them out. There were only Shadow Three, Shadow Five, and Shadow Nine in the capital. One of them followed Chao Jianyi, one was guarding the palace gate, and one was transferred by me to see Si Wen, so he had no chance to follow me out. Besides, if there really was someone secretly protecting me, how could they let me be captured by bandits?"
Lu Anyuan thought what she said made sense and couldn't find any other explanation for a moment. He could only assume that the unfortunate driver really had an illness and unfortunately passed away. It was really a coincidence.
"Yixing, you asked Chao Jianyi to follow my father. Are you really just sending him to keep an eye on things?"
A gaze shot over, and Xu Yixing felt his face flush slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable: "Otherwise, should I poison the king?"
"Alas." Lu Anyuan's eyes slightly shifted away from her face, and he said, "I have seen the pulse of the emperor, and he is far from the end of his life. However, if the pulse is false, it is difficult for me to judge."
Xu Yixing shook her handkerchief, not making any comment. Some secrets can be shared, but some absolutely cannot. But for a moment, her mind wandered to a realm she had never considered before: why did Lu Anyuan care so much about Chao Jianyi's role?
Could it be that he actually cares more about when and how the emperor will die than he does?
Ah, Mr. Yao! Xu Yixing's eyes lit up, and then he quickly restrained his emotions. Yes, some secrets can be shared, and some can never be shared. Lu Anyuan was the same with him!
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