Chapter 1 Where Love

The courtiers who heard the news of Xiao Ze's death knelt outside the hall, and the princes and princesses knelt down in the hall. Xiao Yuanqi and Shen Sirong knelt on Xiao Ze's dragon collapse. This night was very quiet, quiet to the bottom of my heart. The low whimper only made the night more ethereal sighs.

Not far from dawn, at dawn, ferocious candle tears under the candlestick in the house.

"Remove all, I want to be alone." Xiao Yuanqi looked at the people in the harem with different looks, and his low and hoarse voice showed his fatigue.

Before the emperor's death, he had established Xiao Yuanqi's position, which was just a lack of form after the national mourning. Everyone saluted and retreated one after another. The courtiers knelt aside and waited for Xiao Yuanqi's order. Guo Guanghai, Shufei and Shen Sirong were the last to come out.

Concubine Shu looked sad and lacked that calculating appearance. Shen Sirong sighed in his heart. Maybe she really loved Emperor Yongkang.

Guo Guanghai's back was slightly carried, as if the thing supporting him on his shoulder disappeared overnight. He looked at the kneeling courtier, and Prime Minister Chen Xun took out Xiao Ze's edict from his sleeve and handed it to Guo Guanghai for publicity.

nodded slightly, Guo Guanghai received the edict, with thousands of emotions in his heart, and his eyes were full of a little sadness. Wang Chu knelt down and lowered his head, but his eyes stared up desperately. His eyes touched the bright yellow and retreated as if he had been stabbed. Guo Guanghai looked at Shufei. When she heard the word suicide, she suddenly "convered" a lot, but looked straight at Xiao Yuanfeng.

Compared with these two, Xiao Yuanfeng's tears are sincere. His eyes were stunned, and he was no different from the edict to be announced.

Guo Guanghai cleared his hoarse voice and unfolded the bright yellow scroll in his hand: "Feng Tian Chengyun, the emperor's edict said: Prince Xiao Yuanqi has both virtue and talent, and has the talent for governing the world. Wen Tao and martial arts are all top quality, which is really the great luck of our Changli country. Now I will pass on the throne to the prince. Make all the ministers do their best to assist it, and there must be no mistake. I admire this."

"Hangtray, my emperor."

Everyone did not hesitate to understand the will.

shook the dust in your hand: "All adults, please come back. During the national mourning, the whole country will avoid singing and dancing. In addition, take a three-day period of mourning."

"I will leave." The ministers led by the left and right prime ministers led everyone out of the palace, and the princes and princesses also returned to their places one after another. Xiao Yuanfeng touched the light in Shufei's eyes, and his back stiffened and hurried away.

Concubine Shu looked at Xiao Yuanfeng's back and was disappointed. She looked up at the gilding characters of Shangyang Palace, remembered the first time she entered the palace, remembered the first time she was brought here to serve, remembered the first time she saw the emperor here, and remembered that she had delivered herself and a heart here...

The lost emotion made Shufei tremble at the bottom of her heart. Half of Xiao Ze's death was caused by her.

Shen Sirong watched Shufei leave unsteadily and turned back to Shangyang Palace.

Wang Guangrong guarded at the door of the former emperor's bedroom. Seeing Shen Sirong coming, he saluted and stopped Shen Sirong: "Mother, don't go in, Your Highness..."

"Don't worry, I'm measured." Shen Sirong smiled and passed Wang Guangrong. Wang Guangrong stretched out his hand to stop him. He thought about it and finally put down that hand.

"Squeak..." Shen Sirong stepped into the bedroom. The candles in the hall had been extinguished at some point, and the air was suffocating.

Before Shen Sirong approached, a cold voice echoed in the hall: "Get out."

Xiao Yuanqi's voice was not warm at all, and Shen Sirong couldn't help shivering. She was not scared by the chill.

"I'll accompany you."

** Xiao Ze lying down is already stiff. Shen Sirong raised his head and forced back the tears in his eyes. She didn't get along much with Xiao Ze, but the sound of "father" was also full of feelings for her father's love.

Shen Sirong has always known that Xiao Ze is good to her because of Xiao Yuanqi. She was just a pawn between Xiao Yuanqi and Xiao Yuanfeng.

She walked lightly to the edge of the dragon collapse. She held Xiao Yuanqi's cold hand and wrapped her fingertips around him. Shen Sirong could feel his hand holding her back.

Shen Sirong doesn't know whether his and Xiao Yuanqi's past can fade away, and he doesn't know what the huge harem he is about to face will look like. But at this moment, she just wanted to hold his hand and not let go.

Xiao Yuanqi regained some temperature. He put his arms around Shen Sirong's waist and put his head on her neck. As a drop of hot tears fell on Shen Sirong's skin, Xiao Yuanqi trembled unconsciously. Xiao Yuanqi, who has always been so arrogant and unrestrained in people's eyes, has too many emotions that are bound.

Xiao Ze's death was like the attack of the drifting flood peak, and the already full of loopholes collapsed, releasing his already overflowing emotions. Shen Sirong's other hand gently stroked his back, and the gentle ** under the palm of his hand spread from the palm to the bottom of her heart.

"Do you know? My father committed suicide. Xiao Yuanqi's throat was blocked because of crying. Shen Sirong was stunned and his body was stiff. The words in my ear gradually came to my mind.

Xiao Yuanqi gently rubbed his cheek on the side of her neck. He hugged her tightly, and the fragrance was mixed with a shallow cold plum fragrance around them.

"My father's poison was done by herself. Ruolan is from there. That's right, but she didn't do it that day. The father knew that the people over there would move after you met the assassin. That time I got sick was to relax their defenses.

Xiao Yuanqi's faint tone seemed to be talking about other people's affairs, but Shen Sirong clearly felt that it was a kind of self-blame and pain.

"Why does your father have to do this..." Shen Sirong thought about countless possibilities, but he didn't expect that an emperor would bet his life so easily.

Standing up from Shen Silong's arms, Xiao Yuanqi looked at Xiao Ze, who was wrapped in black gas: "Father, he wants to solve the future problems for me when he can still do something. However, the persecution did not make the people over there take any action. They were more patient than I thought.

"But my father should not use his life as bait." Shen Sirong can understand Xiao Ze's intentions, but he can't agree.

"My father knew Ruolan's identity and knew that there would be an external force to interfere with my Changli's situation, so my father wanted to exchange his life for the peace behind him."

Shen Sirong is puzzled, Ruolan's identity, and the peace behind him.

......

Xiao Yuanqi also had no intention to go deeper. The tears in his eyes faded a little. These things should not have been taken care of by Shen Sirong. This will only get her into this chaotic situation.

"My father is the most respected person in my life. I once hated him, but later, I found that he loved me far more than other brothers." Shen Sirong wants to know if his hatred has anything to do with his mother? But it is not suitable to ask anything at this time.

"My father really cares about you, and this love is even more rare in the royal family." Shen Sirong sighed that the sound of drums came from outside, and it had been four days. After dawn, Xiao Ze will leave Shangyang Palace and go to the place where he should finally go.

Xiao Yuanqi smiled palely and stopped talking.

Sometimes, two people don't say anything, but just stay with them when they need it most. This is the best way to get along with each other. After experiencing too much overnight, she was very tired. She closed her eyes against Xiao Yuanqi's shoulder and silently felt the uneasiness in her heart.

"Thank you..." This is the first time Xiao Yuanqi thanked her.

The slightly stunned expression became a moment on Shen Sirong's face. Xiao Yuanqi's eyes were moistened by tears and were shrouded in water vapor.

"I want to thank you, thank you for being by my side, thank you, let my father finally leave with a smile. I want to know what you said to your father in the end?

Xiao Yuanqi's exploratory eyes made Shen Sirong feel a little panicked. Her breathing suddenly suffocated, but her mind had turned thousands of times. After a long time, she said in a steady voice, "I said to my father that I will always be by your side and never give up."

Shen Sirong can't tell him what she said to Xiao Ze, which is just her guess. Xiao Ze cared, and Xiao Yuanqi cared more. She said that, just to reassure Xiao Ze and that someone remembered what he was worried about. And in the face of Xiao Yuanqi, this can't be said.

What she said to Xiao Ze was: I saw the real Mother Lan in Fengming Palace. She must be an insider in those years, and my daughter-in-law should try her best to be fair to her mother.

This is what she thought after seeing Xiao Ze's worry in her heart, and the truth of this words accounted for half. Shen Sirong really wants to give Queen Hui'an justice, which must also be what Xiao Yuanqi thought, but if there is no evidence, I'm afraid it will make Xiao Yuanqi furious. After all, it's the criminal who bullies you.

What happened to Empress Hui'an in those years may also have something to do with it. If this puzzle is solved, will it ease the situation faced by Xiao Yuanqi?

Xiao Yuanqi stared at Shen Sirong's eyes, which were as bright as jade, without a trace of avoidance. He exhaled heavily and stopped asking any more questions.

"Sirong, do you want to be a queen?" Xiao Yuanqi suddenly asked this, which really made Shen Sirong unable to deal with it.

Shen Sirong shook his head, and the prince ascended the throne. It was natural for the princess to be appointed as the queen. But Shen Sirong also knew that since Xiao Yuanqi asked, he didn't want her to sit in that position.

"Your Highness, how do you want to arrange it?"

In just a few words, the original atmosphere disappeared. The bright color outside the window gradually stole in, and Shen Sirong lowered his head with a wry smile on his face. Perhaps, Xiao Yuanqi's gentleness and Xiao Yuanqi's fragility will only appear in such a night. The morning light shone on his clear side face, and Shen Sirong also withdrew his tenderness.

"I won't let you be wronged."

Is this his promise to her not to be wronged?

"My father has done half of the things, and I must continue to do it. Loneliness won't let you be wronged. The stiff words were Xiao Yuanqi's explanation, and the last words added an emperor's priority to this promise.

Shen Sirong took up the pink corners of his lips and smiled.