Chapter 57
Half a month later.
"By the will of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: From today on, Emperor Zhou Xuanqing of the Great Zhou abdicates, and his brother Zhou Erlan is appointed the new Emperor! He ascends the throne immediately!"
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: Tang Mi, grandson of the old imperial physician Tang, has saved my life many times. I hereby designate her as the first princess of a different surname in the Great Zhou Dynasty, bestowing upon her the title Xingyue, and changing her name to Tang Mi Tang. I also grant her a golden medal of immunity from death, promising her eternal life of never kneeling!"
Two imperial edicts spread throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, declaring Zhou Erlan the emperor and Tang Mitang the Princess of Stars and Moon. The former emperor, Zhou Xuanqing, remained absent.
On the day Zhou Erlan ascended to the throne, Zhou Qiyu rushed into Changle Palace like a madman. Ten days ago, his mother was suddenly imprisoned, and Zhou Erlan returned without saying a word. Only today did he learn that his mother had actually sent people to kill his sister and brother!
"Yu'er, your mother did all this for you..." The concubine, dressed in formal attire, looked at Zhou Qiuyu, whose face was full of grief.
"For my own good? I'm not cut out to be an emperor! You can't see yourself clearly! If my sister is really dead, how can I live... You're committing regicide!"
"It's not that serious! Zhou Xuanqing is no longer the emperor! Not anymore!" It was the first time that the concubine saw her son being so disrespectful. She was so angry that her whole body was shaking. What a loser!
Zhou Qiuyu didn't say anything, returned to the palace, and never came out again.
Tang Mitang, holding a jar of wine, sat with Chang Xi in the largest princess mansion in the capital, looking at the moon in the sky.
"Stars and Moon? I wish I could be like the stars and the moon, shining brightly every night. Chang Xi, why do you think Zhou Xuanqing gave me the words Stars and Moon?"
"My master has believed that the stars and the moon are the most beautiful things since she was a child. When the late emperor was still alive, my master begged him to give her this title. I never thought that my master would give it to you."
"Chang Xi, I think Zhou Xuanqing is still alive. This white jade ring was not found at the scene, and there was no female corpse." Tang Mitang pinched the ring in her hand and kissed it.
Sometimes, the ending doesn't change at all. Zhou Erlan still ascended the throne this month, but Zhou Xuanqing and Cheng Zhixuan were gone. The body that was dismembered must have been Cheng Zhixuan's!
Zhou Xuanqing left two secret instructions, one for Zhou Erlan and one for her. In fact, Zhou Xuanqing knew that he liked her, and maybe Zhou Xuanqing liked her too. Otherwise, why would he let himself do what he wanted?
Chang Xi nodded. He also felt that his master would not die...
"The people the master cares about most are in the imperial city. The master will definitely come back. The emperor has also sent people to look for them, and they will definitely come back!"
"I want to look outside..."
The next morning, Zhou Erlan received the news that Tang Mitang and Chang Xi had left the city. He sighed and asked Xuan Yi to go.
He also wanted to go find the imperial sister, but he had to take care of these things. The Great Zhou was the imperial sister's hard work, and nothing could happen to it.
"Your Majesty, General Lu sent troops to quell the Western Rong, and is preparing to return to the court with the head of the Western Rong king." Xuan Er came out from the dark and said to Zhou Erlan who was about to enter the hall to attend court.
"Send someone to respond." Zhou Erlan said, holding the ring on his thumb and walked into the hall.
Spring goes and autumn comes, and Zhou Erlan has been on the throne for two years. He has already achieved 90% of Zhou Xuanqing's style in governing the country.
In the past two years, everyone has been wondering where the empress went, but the emperor has never given a clear response.
The three characters Zhou Xuanqing seemed to have become legendary, often uttered by the people. People in the imperial city still remembered the sight of the empress riding a horse to Nanshan Temple.
There was no fighting at the border, General Lu Zehua began to travel around, Shaoqing Song Henian had become the Minister of Dali Temple, and Li Jue, the son of Grand Tutor Li, married a woman who looked like the empress, and their child was already four months old.
Everything was going smoothly, just like at the Siqing Medical Clinic in the capital, where Princess Xingyue often saw patients, and a fat man with small eyes always followed her.
When people passed by, they often saw her playing with the rings on her fingertips, wearing a white dress, with her hair tied up with only a wooden hairpin, looking at the birds in the trees outside the window, her eyes full of sorrow, and no one knew who she was missing.
Tang Mitang held up his chin, looked at the bird on the tree, and said to Chang Xi: "You know what, this bird comes here every year. It comes back every autumn and even brings a female bird with it."
"Yeah~ Prince Pingning is getting married today, why don't you change your clothes and go and see him?" Chang Xi was quite dissatisfied with Tang Mitang's white clothes. It was too dirty! It also looked unlucky.
"Get married? Zhou Xuanqing hasn't come back yet, how dare he hold a wedding? Will the emperor go?" Tang Mitang asked speechlessly, speechless about Zhou Qiuyu's behavior.
"The Concubine Dowager arranged the marriage, so she sent a letter to the Princess's residence, but she didn't expect us to go." Chang Xi said this, feeling unhappy when he thought about how comfortable the Concubine Dowager had been in the past two years. He knew that the Emperor didn't punish the Concubine Dowager because he wanted the Emperor to handle it personally, but the Concubine Dowager was becoming more and more arrogant.
Tang Mitang obviously thought the same as Chang Xi. She pinched her ring and nodded, saying, "If they don't expect us to go, then we must go and take a look. Let's go back to the mansion and make a big fuss!"
"Okay! Let's go do something." Chang Xi responded, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and followed Tang Mitang staggeringly.
In the forest of Luan County, a woman in a red dress was galloping happily on her horse. A tall man was following behind her, protecting her with his light skills.
After a circle, the woman pulled the reins. The ring on her hand was very beautiful, and the horse stopped.
"Haha~Brother Lu, riding a horse is so fun! My mother-in-law doesn't let me play like this, cough cough..." The woman said, covering her mouth and coughing uncomfortably, and the little red on her waist poked its head out to look at her.
Lu Zehua looked at her worriedly. Seeing that she was pale, he didn't care about etiquette and just hugged her in his arms.
"Just ride it this time. You have to listen to your mother-in-law in the future..." Lu Zehua hugged her and said softly when he saw that she had recovered.
I didn't dare use too much strength when holding her arm, and held it carefully.
If the horse had not been bitten by a snake, he would not have known that there were people living in the woods, and he would not have discovered the Empress Zhou Xuanqing whom he had been looking for for a long time.
Everything is fate.
Zhou Xuanqing frowned unhappily, clutching his clothes uncomfortably, and said calmly: "No, I've been lying in bed for so long, I just want to run..."
"Tang Qing! You little stinky girl! Who told you to get out of bed and ride a horse? Don't you know how to control your broken body?" An old lady in red clothes and a hat came out of the wooden house with a snake-head cane and shouted at Zhou Xuanqing.
He quickly put her on the bed and looked at Lu Zehua who was standing at the door, unable to get in because of his size. After letting Zhou Xuanqing fall asleep, he sighed and walked out.
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