Chapter 189: The Death Knell Rings

After the state of the Son of Heaven became worse and worse, Li Xin withdrew, and let the crown prince and all the princes in the palace, as well as the queen mother and several Zaifu enter the Son of Heaven's bedroom.

After all, Li Xin is just a courtier, and it is not easy to enter the dormitory to see the Son of Heaven at this time, and say a few words, it is impossible to say that the last person the Son of Heaven saw before he died was him Li Changan.

That's too illusory and unrealistic.

After exiting the dormitory, Li Xin did not go far, but found a vermilion pillar at the entrance of the hall, and regardless of the image, he sat directly on the ground, leaning against this pillar, and bowed his head a little dejectedly.

He was wearing a first-class court robe, with wide sleeves, two hands together, and then lowered his head, his head was buried in his clothes, and his eyes were dark.

To be honest, the sudden deterioration of the Son of Heaven's body into this state was far beyond Li Xin's expectations, he had imagined a lot of situations in the capital before, and even imagined what means the Son of Heaven would use to cross the river and demolish the bridge in the future, and he also simulated the way to deal with it in his heart.

But he never thought that the young Emperor Taikang would die so soon......

You know, he is only thirty-three years old, and in another world, he can even be said to be a "young man".

Li Xin squatted at the door of the Son of Heaven's dormitory, his mood was heavy and complicated, and after about an hour or so, someone pushed Li Xin's shoulder, and the voice was familiar.

"Chang'an, Chang'an......"

Li Xin didn't fall asleep, he just felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he needed to carefully consider the future situation, so he hid here and closed his eyes and pondered, and after being pushed by someone, he immediately came back to his senses, and he glanced up at the person who came.

It's the eldest princess.

The eldest princess entered the palace with Li Xin, but after entering the palace, she went to the Queen Mother's Kunde Palace, and just came out of the Kunde Palace at this time, her face was a little anxious, and she pulled Li Xin's sleeve and said, "Chang'an, how is the situation here?" ”

"I was just in Kunde Palace, and I heard those palace maids say that the royal brother is ......."

Li Xin took a deep breath and stood up from the ground, his face rather heavy.

"The Queen Mother is also here?"

The eldest princess nodded: "The queen mother is also on the way here......"

The illness of the Son of Heaven over the years, under the instruction of the Son of Heaven, whether it is in the outer court or the inner court, is strictly confidential, in order not to worry the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother does not even know that the Son of Heaven has become seriously ill to such a point.

But now, the Son of Heaven is about to die, and it is naturally impossible to hide it from the Queen Mother, and the old lady is already on her way to Weiyang Palace at this time.

Li Xin was silent for a while, then reached out and patted the eldest princess on the back.

"Your Majesty should still be there at this time, the prince and the queen are accompanied, and you can also go in...... Just say a word to him. ”

Although the eldest princess has a good relationship with the Son of Heaven, she has long been mentally prepared for this matter, although she is sad when she hears it, she is not too out of control, she just takes a deep breath and is about to rush to the Son of Heaven's bedroom.

She took a few steps and glanced back at her husband.

"Chang'an, you... Don't you go in? ”

Li Xin said silently: "I have already gone in." ”

Soon, the eldest princess and the queen mother, together with the queen mother, crossed everyone and entered the bedroom of the Son of Heaven.

At this time, the Son of Heaven has reached the real point of death.

His face was frighteningly pale, and there was almost no blood.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knelt beside his bed, choking up, and the Queen Mother also knelt beside the bed, trying to talk to the Son of Heaven.

At this time, the queen mother, dressed in palace clothes, and the eldest princess, led the palace people in.

The old lady walked all the way to the edge of the bed of the Son of Heaven, and when she saw her son's appearance, she was shocked and angry, and trembled with anger.

"How did my son become like this?!"

It's a pity that the Son of Heaven can't speak at this time, and the queen mother who was beside the bed knelt down in front of the queen mother, bowed her head and said tremblingly: "Mother, Your Majesty is he...... Sick..."

"Sick?"

The Queen Mother was furious and looked at the queen viciously: "My son is sick like this, and the mourning family only knows about it now?" ”

"Mother's Forgiveness ......"

Empress Xie was frightened, and hurriedly lowered her head and said in a trembling voice: "It was Your Majesty who ordered the people in the palace to hide from her mother, saying that she didn't want her mother to worry, how could the concubine dare to do such a thing......

Saying that, Queen Xie was also full of tears.

"Mother, Your Majesty, he is also afraid that your body will not be able to bear it......"

The Queen Mother coughed violently a few times, and finally sat down on the side of the Son of Heaven's bed, and the old lady took the Son of Heaven's hand, her voice trembling.

"My son, what's wrong with you......"

At this time, the Son of Heaven no longer has the strength to speak, although he opened his mouth, his voice was so low that he could hardly hear it.

The eldest princess on the side put her ear to the mouth of the Son of Heaven, and barely heard a general idea.

She turned her head to burst into tears and choked up at her mother.

"The queen mother, the elder brother said...... Please forgive him for his unfilial piety......"

The Son of Heaven opened his mouth again, and the eldest princess wiped her tears and continued to cling to her ears.

Taikang Tianzi used his last strength to speak word by word.

"Son...... No, it's ...... filial piety."

After barely saying these words, he no longer had the strength, just looked at his sister quietly.

The eldest princess couldn't bear it anymore, and lay on the side of the Son of Heaven's bed, crying loudly.

The Queen Mother held her son's hand tightly and burst into tears.

"Son......"

Her heart ached.

In this world, the most uncomfortable thing is probably that the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, Taikang Tianzi died of illness, for most of the people present, it is just the death of an emperor, only for her......

It was a son who died.

The eldest princess reached out to hold the other hand of the Son of Heaven, and her face was already crying.

"Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother......"

After the Son of Heaven heard this long-lost title, the expression on his face moved, and he was speechless, so he could only use his fingers to write a word on the eldest princess's hand.

Others naturally can't feel what words are written, but the eldest princess can feel it, it is a "letter" word.

After writing this word, the Son of Heaven no longer had the strength, he barely opened his eyes and looked at his mother quietly.

Mother and son are connected, although the Son of Heaven can't speak, but the Queen Mother immediately understood what her son meant.

Tears burst in one fell swoop.

She sat at the head of the bed of the Son of Heaven and said to the eldest princess, "Take your brother... Lift it up......"

Originally, this kind of work should have been done by eunuchs, but at this time, it was natural for the eldest princess to do it herself, but fortunately, at this time, the Son of Heaven was already so thin that he was terrible, and even the eldest princess successfully helped him up.

The Queen Mother sat at the head of the bed and held the Son of Heaven in her arms.

The Son of Heaven glanced at her just now, just to let his mother hug him again.

After half lying in his mother's arms, the Son of Heaven, who was basically unable to move, moved the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he was trying to laugh.

He was born here and died here.

In the arms of the Queen Mother, the son of the Ji family closed his eyes and exhaled his last breath.

At this time, it was the thirteenth month of the ninth year of Taikang, and the heir of Taikang was a full ten years.

"Bell ......"

The big bell in Weiyang Palace rang a long and sad sound, and it rang twelve times in a row.

Twelve bells ring, which means that the Son of Heaven has passed away.

Li Xin, who was guarding at the door of the dormitory, knelt down in the direction of the dormitory, and bowed his head willingly.

The Marquis of Jing'an, who has never cried much, also had tears at this time, dripping on the cold bluestone slab in front of the hall.