Li Jiao's death was like a splash of water at this sad and misty moment. Although it aroused many speculations and panic among the concubines in the harem, it did not cause any storm.

On the contrary, adopting the royal family as a prince and handing over the eldest princess to the newly-private Concubine De, all the measures indicate that Emperor Taixiang's situation is not good.

There were depressing crying everywhere in the harem.

Many concubines did not have the luck of the queen and Defei. They had no children, and they had no fate. One was to be buried with their own children, and the other was to go to the royal temple. From then on, the Qinglantern and Ancient Buddha's life was born.

Their lives seemed to have just bloomed and ended in a hurry, but they could do nothing.

At this time, no one outside the palace cared about the fate of these concubines, but was waiting for Emperor Taixiang to summon him again.

When the prince is young, he will inevitably need a minister to be regent when the emperor is young. This power is too tempting.

Emperor Taixiang knew his situation and did not let those people wait for long, so he told Wei Wuxie: "It is said that the cabinet assistant Xu Mingda, second assistant Su He, six ministers, Changshan Wang, champion Hou, Jinlin Guard commander and others met..."

Seeing that Emperor Taixiang was not even able to speak, Wei Wuxie hurriedly beat the eunuch and went to pass the message everywhere.

Everyone who received the news rushed to the palace.

Emperor Taixiang was already in a difficult position to get to bed, and it was convenient to meet the ministers in the bedroom.

The huge palace of Yangxin is empty and quiet, with only the sound of friction between the clothes and footsteps of the ministers walking through.

Through the sky-green gauze tent embroidered with longevity patterns, the ministers knelt on the ground: "I am paying homage to the emperor, long live my emperor."

There was no movement in the tent.

The ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

Could it be that the emperor had not had time to explain his funeral?

As soon as this thought came, the ministers became more nervous.

Wei Wuxie came out of the tent and said aloud: "Your Majesty, please go to the outside room for a while."

The ministers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It turned out that the emperor planned to summon someone alone.

Under the guidance of the eunuch, the ministers came to the outside world and waited silently.

Soon Wei Wuxie came out, glanced at the ministers, and finally his eyes fell on Shao Mingyuan: "Marty, the emperor, please come in first."

All the ministers looked at Shao Mingyuan one after another.

Shao Mingyuan was the first to be summoned. Although he was surprised, he showed no expression on his face. He nodded at Wei Wuxie and walked in with him.

The ministers who were left behind exchanged silently with their eyes, all confused why the person the emperor summoned first was the Champion Marquis.

When Shao Mingyuan saw Emperor Taixiang, he was shocked.

When he learned that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had fought against Zhao Zhao, he was very angry and did not hesitate to attack the Empress Dowager, and intentionally left an impression on the Emperor, which was considered a shocking sound.

But what he didn't expect was that the emperor was so scared that he had become like this in a short time.

Of course, since he had taken action, he had nothing to regret, but he couldn't help but feel moved.

"I have met the emperor."

Emperor Taixiang looked at Shao Mingyuan, and after a while, he whispered: "The Marquis is here, come to sit next to me."

Shao Mingyuan walked over and sat down as he said.

Emperor Taixiang moved his eyes and looked at Wei Wuxie: "Wei Wuxie, I want to talk to the Marquis alone."

Wei Wuxie hurriedly retreated and guarded outside.

Only Shao Mingyuan and Emperor Taixiang were left in the room, and the smell of the medicine seemed to be getting stronger.

Shao Mingyuan looked respectful and waited for Emperor Taixiang to speak.

Emperor Taixiang just looked at him without blinking.

Time passed little by little, and Shao Mingyuan was surprised after a long time, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes to meet Emperor Taixiang's gaze.

Emperor Taixiang's eyes were deep, and people couldn't tell the emotions for a while.

Shao Mingyuan lowered his eyes and continued to wait.

Emperor Taixiang finally spoke: "That night... was it the marquis?"

Shao Mingyuan's eyebrows moved slightly.

He never expected that the emperor's first words were to ask this.

Is it surprising to say that a person is about to die?

"I don't understand the emperor's meaning." Shao Mingyuan replied calmly.

Could it be that when the emperor saw that he was unable to succeed, he tried every effort to vent his anger besides him?

This thought just flashed through Shao Mingyuan's heart, and his face was still calm and calm.

Emperor Taixiang took his expression in his eyes and actually chuckled: "Marty, I know that it was you that day."

How could I not know? Since Qingliang Mountain, this person has saved him from water and fire in countless nightmares. His eyebrows and eyes have been depicted in his dreams thousands of times.

That night, although the man was so far away, he would not admit his mistake in the darkness.

Shao Mingyuan simply lowered his eyes and said nothing.

At this time, he disdains to deny it, but cannot admit it.

No matter how the emperor is preparing to treat him, he will not let down a handle on his mouth.

To Shao Mingyuan's surprise, Emperor Taixiang did not ask any further, and instead asked: "Marty, will you protect your most precious things, right?"

Shao Mingyuan was silent for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Taixiang, and replied seriously: "Yes, for me, whoever wants to destroy my most precious thing, then I will do my best to respond."

This is the answer he gave to the emperor. I believe the emperor understands it.

Emperor Taixiang smiled after hearing this: "So is the peace of the people of Daliang the most precious thing in the hearts of the Marquis?"

Surprise flashed from Shao Mingyuan's eyes, but he quickly replied: "The peace of the people of Daliang is one of the precious things in the hearts of Weimin."

Since he was fourteen years old, he went north to fight on the battlefield, fighting countless bloody battles, wasn’t he just to protect the people of Daliang from the suffering of the Tartars?

Because of the hard work, I can't let go.

"Then I'll feel relieved, cough cough--" Emperor Taixiang coughed, and his cheeks soon turned red due to the violent cough.

Shao Mingyuan glanced at him and bent down to hold up the golden spittoon beside the bed.

Emperor Taixiang shook his head and pointed at Wei Wuxie weakly outside.

Shao Mingyuan had no choice but to stand up and shout, "Eunuch Wei, the emperor asked you to come in."

Wei Wuxie hurriedly walked in. When he saw Emperor Taixiang like this, he immediately took the spittoon from Shao Mingyuan and handed it over. Emperor Taixiang did not vomit and pointed at Shao Mingyuan again.

Wei Wuxie was stunned for a moment, and soon reacted, and smiled bitterly at Shao Mingyuan and said, "Marty, the emperor asked you to go out first."

"I'm going to leave." Shao Mingyuan solemnly kowtowed to Emperor Taixiang and retreated.

Emperor Taixiang then opened his mouth and spit out a few mouthfuls of blood.

"Emperor—" Wei Wuxie was so shocked that his face was gone, and his hands holding the spittoon were trembling violently.

"Go and call them all in."

Soon after, the ministers knelt on the ground and heard Emperor Taixiang say slowly through the gauze tent: "Xu Fu, the prince is young, and you will have to worry more about national affairs in the future... Uncle Wang, you are highly respected in the clan. Please restrain the prince for me in the future..."

There was a slight silence in the gauze tent.

The ministers cried.

Soon after, the death knives rang, and there were endless sorrows inside and outside the palace.

In the late spring of the second year of Taixiang, Emperor Taixiang passed away and appointed Assistant Xu Mingda and King Changshan as ministers. Jiang Shiyi was re-elected as commander of Jinlin Guard. The champion Hou Feng Zhenbeiwang. From then on, he guarded the peace of the northern part and was allowed to enter the capital without summoning.

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