Shortly after the palace banquet of the 24th year of Jingrui ended, on the 14th day of the first lunar month, a battle report was sent back from the border. Marquis Cheng'en Lu Ziyan had repelled the Tatars, and the Tatars had submitted a letter of surrender. Marquis Cheng'en Lu Ziyan was on his way back to the court.
On the first day of March in the twenty-fourth year of Jingrui, Marquis Cheng'en Lu Ziyan led the army back to the capital. The emperor, despite his illness, came to welcome the victorious army back to the capital.
On March 15, the 24th year of Jingrui, Emperor Jingrui passed away. On the third day after his death, in the presence of Prince Jing Situ Hao, Prince Cheng Situ Yi, Prince Jing Situ Chen and Lu Zifeng, Situ Jin's second legitimate son Situ Zhen inherited the throne. The reason why he was the second legitimate son was mainly because the eldest legitimate son had resigned from the position of crown prince ten years ago due to health reasons. Later, several sons of Situ Jin began to compete for the position of crown prince. Later, Situ Jin, under the advice of Lu Zifeng, came up with this secret method of appointing the crown prince. It was not until the eve of his death that he told all the ministers where he had hidden the edict of succession. He also had four keys, which were given to four people respectively. Only if the four were present at the same time could they take out the keys to open the box, take out the edict of succession, and announce the heir.
The second year after Situ Zhen ascended the throne was the first year of Zhen's reign.
In the third year of Joan of Arc, Empress Dowager Lu Mingshuang passed away.
In the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Zhen'a, Lu Mingyuan and Tan Yunniang died simultaneously on a winter night.
The three brothers Lu Zifeng, Lu Ziyan and Lu Zimo handled the funeral of their parents.
In the autumn of the twenty-fifth year of Joan of Arc, Lu Zifeng stood in the courtyard of Duke Dingguo's Mansion, looking at the desolate courtyard, his heart filled with grief. His old wife Situ Yao had passed away.
Several teenagers standing not far away looked at each other and motioned for an older one to come forward.
"Brother, is Great-Grandfather grieving for Great-Grandmother? Why don't you go over and try to comfort him?"
The slightly older boy glared at the boy who spoke.
"Why don't you go? Grandfather said that great-grandfather is missing great-grandmother, and we can't disturb him."
Hearing the conversation between his great-grandchildren, Lu Zifeng smiled, and the sadness he had originally felt had dissipated a lot.
In the spring of the 30th year of Joan of Arc, Lu Zifeng closed his eyes forever. He had a premonition before his death. He had lived to be nearly 80 years old and was very satisfied with his life. After all, he only lived to be in his twenties in his previous life. In this life, he had a wife, a son, and now more than ten great-grandchildren. How could he be dissatisfied?
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