"Will the imperial concubine stay by my side like she is with her royal brother?"

Always be with her?

Always……

This sentence kept recalling in Gu Xizhao's mind. In her eyes were Zhao Sansi's swollen peach blossom eyes. She was a little stunned and subconsciously wanted to raise her hand to cover the expectations in these eyes. As a result, as soon as her hand was raised, she was held in her hand.

"The mother's mother doesn't want me anymore, the nanny doesn't want me anymore, the emperor's brother doesn't want me anymore, the imperial concubine... the imperial concubine can't want me. I will always listen to the imperial concubine and will always be kind to the imperial concubine. The emperor said, "I am the emperor, and the whole Zhao is mine. I can enjoy all the good things, and I will give them to the imperial concubine... okay?"

I don't want to refuse one thing.

Gu Xizhao swears, there is really only one thing.

However, "Your emperor is right, the whole of Dazhao will be yours." Gu Xizhao broke away from her hand, raised his hand to cover her eyes, and wanted to make a smile, but he really couldn't laugh, so he had to give up. "Your Highness will be the support of the people of Dazhao in the future."

The implication is not good.

Zhao Sansi bit his lip and his expression drooped. Gu Xizhao took his hand away and looked out the window. For a moment, both of them were speechless and the room suddenly became quiet.

Soon, the bell suddenly rang outside, and the bell sounded dullly like a mourning sound. Zhao Sansi, who was immersed in his thoughts, couldn't help but tremble involuntarily by the sudden bell sound.

Gu Xizhao hurriedly held her hand and comforted her, "Your Highness is not afraid, this is a death knell." She paused for a moment and continued to lower her eyes to explain, "The emperor is still alive, and all temples and palaces are about to hit the bells 30,000 times. Now this is the hour, I guess I have received the letter."

Zhao Sansi nodded, and tears fell unknowingly. She bit her lips and endured it, but the bells fell into her ears, as if they were knocking on her heart, making her panic and afraid, "Concubine..."

The prince, who was wronged, born, and grew up, became emperor in the future. I wonder if he had to endure the loneliness and fear of being incomparable to the high places and the ability to reach. Gu Xizhao hoped from the bottom of his heart that the little prince in front of him was still the one who was satisfied with stealing a chicken in the imperial kitchen.

"Your Highness." Gu Xizhao stood up, deliberately ignored her fear and extended her hand to her, "The bell of death rings, and the princes and ministers are afraid that they have all entered the palace. I will take you to change your filial piety clothes."

Zhao Sansi looked at Ruyu's finger in front of him, hesitated for a moment before putting his hand on her palm, and followed her slowly out of the Xihun Pavilion.

The palace maid had already prepared the mourning clothes. Chan'er was serving her to change her clothes. She came out and didn't tie the white silk on her head. Gu Xizhao didn't ask Chan'er to help. She took the white silk from the palace maid's hand and personally helped her tie it to her forehead. She opened the broken hair in the forehead. She noticed that the person's forehead had a bag, "How did this bag come up?"

"It fell." Zhao Sansi didn't raise his eyes, his hoarse voice was a bit strange and sharp. She coughed and cleared her throat, and then said in a low voice: "It fell on the steps in front of the hall."

"How do you serve people?" Gu Xizhao was a little angry when she heard this. She turned around and pointed at Hua Rong who was serving her close. Liuye's eyes became cold and very sharp. "You don't even know how big the bag is on your forehead. If your highness has something, you can afford it..."

"Concubine, it doesn't hurt, I don't hurt, it doesn't matter to them..."

Her words were unintentionally added fuel to the fire. Gu Xizhao raised her hand and poked heavily on the big bag on her forehead. When Zhao Sansi bit her lip and made a muffled groan, she was angry and distressed, but more of it was annoyance of being unwilling to the iron, not annoyed Zhao Sansi, but annoyed herself.

Zhao Sansi was ignorant and did not know the beauty. But she understood, and she knew that she had some secret feelings behind her increasingly reluctant pity for the prince. It was because she understood that she became more and more annoyed by her uncontrollable heartache.

Gu Xizhao pinched his palms, turned his face away and stopped looking at Zhao Sansi. She calmly told Chan'er to take the medicine oil to apply, and then walked out with a sense of depression.

Li Zhongxian had already calmed down and waited outside. Seeing Gu Xizhao coming out, he quickly stepped forward and whispered: "Empress, is your highness better? The nobles of the royal family and ministers have already entered the palace."

Gu Xizhao lowered her expression and glanced in, "Your Highness is young and has a person with a temperament. His emotions are exposed. The clan relatives and court officials can understand it. And he will feel that your Highness has a deep brotherly relationship with the Emperor Daxing. It's okay, just let's arrange it."

Li Zhongxian nodded, Gu Xizhao paused, and whispered to him again: "Emperor... Who did you give the will to before he left?"

Zhao Jin was cautious in his work. Although Zhao Sansi was a little hasty, in order to make this emperor who had not grown up legitimately ascend the throne, there must be no criticism in the future.

"The emperor never gave the things to anyone, but put them in the dark compartment of the dragon couch with the jade seal." Li Zhongxian's eyes were slightly astringent again, and he pulled his sleeves to wipe his tears. "Now all the princes and ministers are here, do you want to read the edict?"

"This is natural. Although everyone in the palace knows that the emperor wants to entrust the country to His Highness, there are always some people who are interested in taking the opportunity to mess up the water. Now that the noble relatives and all the officials are waiting outside, please order someone to read the edict."

Li Zhongxian bowed to respond. When Yu Guang saw Zhao Sansi coming out, he hurriedly bowed to her side. Seeing that her eyes were red and her nose was red, like a little unweaned baby, he secretly hated the prince's incompetence, but when he thought of Zhao Jin's short life, he could understand a little, and his tone slowed down again, "Your Highness, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Rites is already preparing the Lubo and Dajia. The Imperial Heaven Supervision has measured auspicious times. The last moment is auspicious times. The Emperor of the Great Travel... is buried, and he is busy at that time. You are here in a hurry this morning, so you should go and use some meals first?"

"Can I eat..."

"Go and arrange it." Before Zhao Sansi finished speaking, Gu Xizhao snatched her words and did not look at him.

Li Zhongxian paused, and saw that Zhao Sansi was pursing his lips and did not speak. After responding to Gu Xizhao's order, he bowed and stepped back and arranged.

According to the rules, after the Emperor Daxing was in peace, he would first choose the auspicious time to bury the coffin, carry the coffin to the main hall of the Qian Palace of Ming Dynasty, and the emperor would guard the spirits. He would also hold rituals and various condolences continuously, and then choose the auspicious day to bury.

During this period, the heir emperor not only had to keep a guard for Emperor Daxing, but because the country could not be without a monarch for a day, he also had to cooperate with the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the throne ceremony. The throne ceremony should not be too early, but not too late. If nothing goes wrong, it is mostly three days after Emperor Daxing's death, after the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was ready, the Minister of Rites requested to succeed the throne.

In other words, in the next days, this thin and small prince will only spend one day busy. If he loses his body today, he will probably cause trouble for no reason.

After Li Zhongxian left, Gu Xizhao stopped in place and then ordered Zhu'er to help her return to the palace. If Zhao Jin dies, the harem will inevitably be in chaos. She can't help with anything else, but she will clean up the little prince before leaving.

"Concubine..." Seeing that she was about to leave, Zhao Sansi subconsciously called her.

Gu Xizhao did not look back, but he took his feet back and said with her back: "Your Highness should be more obedient and never make any more fools with your temperament. Now, there are countless eyes looking at you in and outside the palace. You should eat well when you should eat, and rest well when you should rest. You are the future heaven of Dazhao, and you must hold on..."

Zhao Sansi covered her ears and shook her head. She didn't want to listen to these words. Every word seemed to be saying goodbye, "I listened to the imperial concubine, don't leave..."

Gu Xizhao closed her eyes, pursed her lips, and after a while, she turned around. Although she was only a few steps away, her eyes were far away, "That day, you were so hot that day, and I mistakenly thought of your mother's mother. But, Your Highness, I am not your mother Yao Concubine."

Zhao Sansi moved his lips, but she didn't know what to say for a long time. Gu Xizhao actually didn't know why she wanted to say this to the little prince, nor did she know what she wanted to hear what the little prince said, but she still felt uncontrollably lost in her silence.

After a long time, she suddenly lowered her head and smiled, as if she was saying to Zhao Sansi, and as if she was talking to herself, "I am your favorite concubine of the emperor's brother, Concubine Xi."

After saying that, she was blessed again and turned around and walked out. Zhao Sansi stood there, watching her leave. The increasingly faint plain back seemed to be walking into a misty unknown area in her heart little by little. She seemed to understand something, but when she wanted to figure it out, she seemed to understand nothing.

Just when she was stunned, Huarong came over, "Your Highness, the meal is ready."

His emotions were so ups and downs, and he didn't have the appetite to eat. But when he thought of Concubine Xi's words, Zhao Sansi paused, nodded and responded, and followed Huarong to the side hall for dinner.

The emperor's death was a national mourning, and everyone had to fast from top to bottom. Even as the crown prince, she could not eat meat in the past few days, and the meal she prepared was just a bowl of porridge and a plate of pickled vegetables.

"Your Highness gritted his teeth and used some, and now... can only prepare these things. You have to work hard day and night these days. If you don't use some things, you may not be able to hold on. The imperial concubine was worried that you could not hold on, so she decided to ask Eunuch Li to prepare." Seeing that Zhao Sansi was reluctant to speak, Hua Rong hurriedly persuaded in a low voice.

Zhao Sansi shook his head and took a sip with the bowl of porridge. The prince who grew up in a corner was not a picky person.

"Hua Rong, the imperial concubine said that I will be a wise king like the emperor in the future. Do you believe it too?"

Hua Rong didn't expect that she would suddenly ask this. She paused for a moment, and hurriedly bowed and replied, "I naturally believe it. The Imperial Concubine has always been a person with vision."

Zhao Sansi didn't believe it. How could she become a person as powerful as her emperor brother if she could not even understand memorials? If she could be as powerful as her emperor brother, the imperial concubine would not want it...

Thinking of this, Zhao Sansi's heart suddenly thumped. She grabbed her fingers, lowered her head and drank the remaining porridge in the bowl in one sip. "I also believe that I will be a wise ruler in the future."

She believed what the imperial concubine said.

Hua Rong looked at the bright colors in her eyebrows and eyes. Although she didn't know what happened suddenly, she was happy from the bottom of her heart. The Crown Brother is such an ambitious person. "Your Highness will definitely do it."

Shortly after the meal, Li Zhongxian, who went outside to cook affairs, suddenly rushed over and saw that other palace servants were present around Zhao Sansi, hesitated for a moment before bowing his head to reply: "Your Highness, the will of Emperor Daxing's throne has been read, but..."

"Huh?" Zhao Sansi looked at his avoidant eyes and understood, and ordered Hua Rong to take his people back down. He waited until the door of the side hall closed before saying, "But what?"

"The emperor hid two wills in his secret compartment, one for passing the throne and you, and the other for...yes..." Li Zhongxian knelt down and said, "When the funeral is over, let the imperial concubine be buried with him..."

The side palace suddenly had only Li Zhongxian's sobs quietly. After a while, Zhao Sansi swept the bowls and chopsticks on the table that had not yet been removed to the ground, his eyes red, "Scammer, the emperor is a big liar..."

"Your Highness, what should I do now?"

Zhao Sansi trembled all over and pinched his fingers to his palms. After a long time, he said, "Where is that will now?"

Li Zhongxian trembled and took out the will from his arms, "The emperor must be ill and confused. It is impossible for him to issue such a will..."

Zhao Sansi opened the edict and looked at it with a glance. She couldn't understand the fancy things in front of her and didn't bother to read them. She only fell in the words behind her: "... Concubine Xi Gu is very close to me, and no one can compare with the concubines in the harem. If I ascend to the Pure Land, I will definitely not be able to let go of Concubine Xi. Concubine Xi is under the harem. All concubines under the harem can go out to accompany the green lamp or guard the tomb. Those who have not favored her can choose to return home. Only Concubine Xi, I will accompany her in life and death..."

Zhao Sansi couldn't recognize who the handwriting on the edict was, but the one stamped on it was the emperor's seal, which shows that it was not a false statement.

Zhao Sansi raised his head and tightened the edict in his hand, "Who else knows about this last edict today?"

"The old slave was in a hurry to be in prison. The edict was taken by the Prime Minister and the Grand Tutor. Now... it is known to all the princes and ministers... Your Highness..."

Zhao Sansi closed his eyes, threw the edict in his hand to the ground, and stepped on it, "The emperor said, let me succeed to the throne, the whole of Dazhao belongs to mine. I will not allow the imperial concubine to die, and no one can let her die..."

"Your Highness..." Li Zhongxian has been with Zhao Jin for so many years. Although he knew that the edict was true, he knew that Zhao Jin would not make such a decision. Moreover... except for his gratitude to Concubine Xi's selfishness, more importantly, the young lord is pure and willful. Only Concubine Xi can suppress others. He is afraid that people will die. The young lord... "Now all officials know that Concubine..."

Zhao Sansi knelt on the ground, looked at the will on the ground again, and then lowered his head after a long time, "Concubine Xi had an affair with this palace and betrayed the emperor's brother. Such a vicious concubine is not worthy of being buried with the emperor's brother. Eunuch Li passed the order and immediately sent someone to take over Concubine Xi's jade butterfly, withdrew all the imperial concubine's arrangements, and moved to Yunyang Palace."

Li Zhongxian was completely confused and came back to his senses and was shocked: "Your Highness, no..."

"What's wrong?" Zhao San thought tore the will of the emperor, but he still endured it. "I will go to the emperor's brother to apologize, but I will never let the misconduct Concubine Xi devil's sage of the emperor's wise."
Chapter completed!