The little dark guard who travels between two lives

The queen's face became paler and paler, but the light in her eyes became brighter and brighter. She looked at the emperor, then at the weeping prince: "Jingrui, you are a good child. I have finally lived up to the expectations of my family. I drank that bowl of sterilizing soup voluntarily, just to stop myself from thinking about it, to be worthy of my family and my sister, and to raise you carefully."

She turned to the emperor again: "Your Majesty, I don't want to be born into a wealthy family in my next life. I want to be an ordinary person and live for myself. Your Majesty, take care!"

After he finished speaking, the light in his eyes instantly faded, and he died. The emperor shouted "Ruohua!" and spat out a mouthful of blood, then fainted while holding the queen.

Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian cried out inwardly that something was wrong, and immediately rushed over with the imperial physician to check the emperor's pulse. The two imperial physicians standing by were stunned, seeing a palace coup, the queen mother had just passed away, the queen was gone too, and the emperor in front of them had also fainted. If the two of them could not save the emperor, they would probably have to execute the whole family!

There was chaos in Kunning Palace. Shen Taiwei, who was pinned to the ground, laughed loudly: "Good, all dead, all dead, dead and clean, good death!"

The imperial guard beside him slapped him on the mouth with the handle of a knife, and Shen Taiwei's mouth was immediately full of blood, but he continued to laugh wildly. His ferocious smile frightened everyone. Qin Mingxuan ordered the imperial guards to take Shen Taiwei away and lock him up. He also asked the Concubine Shu to arrange the bodies of the Queen Mother and the Empress, and then took the imperial physician to place the Emperor on the bed and give him emergency treatment.

Concubine Shu was so shocked by what she saw that she forgot to cry until Qin Mingxuan asked her to take care of the palace affairs. She took the palace maids to place the bodies of the empress dowager and the queen in the inner hall and asked the palace maids to cleanse the queen and the empress dowager and change their clothes.

Shen Yining had been guarding the Empress Dowager. She stared blankly at Concubine Shu busying around, and said nothing. The Fourth Prince and the Third Prince knelt in front of the coffins of the Empress Dowager and the Queen, while the Crown Prince had been guarding the Emperor.

Xinhe had never expected that there would be such a tragic scene in the palace in her previous life. She was floating in the air above the palace, watching all these scenes happen, but she was powerless to do anything.

When the queen closed her eyes, Xin He couldn't stop crying. The queen was a gentle and kind woman who treated her with great affection. She always thought that the queen had no desires for the sake of the family and the prince, but who knew that she actually endured her deep love for the emperor. How did she feel when she watched the emperor pamper the concubines in the harem for so many years?

The queen has sacrificed too much, and now she has given up her life for the prince. Why can't such a good queen live happily?

Xin He stared blankly at the mourning halls set up for the Queen and the Queen Mother in the palace, remembering that the Emperor was still in critical condition. Based on what she knew in her previous life, it was estimated that the Emperor would not be able to escape this time. Things were about to change in the palace.

Xin He hurriedly looked for the Emperor and found that her father and Uncle Yu had placed the Emperor in the Queen's bedroom. Several imperial doctors were nervously treating the Emperor. Judging from their serious expressions, the situation was not good.

Xin He saw her father and Uncle Yu sitting aside with serious expressions, waiting for the result. Prince Cheng was also standing by. Several imperial doctors hesitated for a long time, and finally one who seemed to be an imperial doctor knelt down in front of Prince Cheng tremblingly: "Your Highness, the emperor has been poisoned, and the remaining poison has not been completely removed. He has also experienced the heart-wrenching pain of the queen's death. The poison has already attacked his heart. I'm sorry that we are powerless. If there is an antidote, there is still a glimmer of hope."

Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian cast their expectant eyes towards Prince Cheng. Prince Cheng shook his head and sighed: "The genius doctor beside me has already set off to return to southern Xinjiang to get the medicine to prepare the antidote. I thought the emperor could hold on for a few more days, but who knows..."

Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian were completely disappointed and fell into their chairs. The prince cried and threw himself on the emperor's bedside: "Father, please don't abandon me again. Mother is gone, I can't live without you anymore."

"Jingrui, don't cry!" A weak voice came over, and it was the emperor who woke up. Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian rushed over and knelt in front of the bed, both of them bowed their heads and cried.

The emperor first looked at Prince Cheng and said, "Royal brother, you have been away from the court for so many years and have ignored the affairs of the court. Now my brother is leaving too. The prince is still young, and the royal family still needs you to support them. You should come back to preside over the clan house and help Jingrui."

Prince Cheng was embarrassed and wanted to refuse, but the emperor coughed and ordered the prince: "Go, kneel down for your uncle, and consult your uncle on royal family affairs in the future." The prince sobbed and knelt down to Prince Cheng. Prince Cheng hurriedly helped the prince up and said to the emperor: "Since the emperor has entrusted me with this, I will do my best until my death."

The emperor thanked Prince Cheng and said, "Please gather all the royal family members here. I have important instructions for you later." Prince Cheng glanced at Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian and left.

Watching the back of Prince Cheng leaving, the emperor ordered the eunuch to help him up and lean on the bed, and waved his hand to let all the doctors and palace servants in the room leave. The eunuch wiped his tears and led everyone in the room to leave, leaving only Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian to guard the prince.

The emperor looked at his prince with great longing. The 14-year-old prince had grown into a handsome man with an elegant demeanor. But today, the prince lay in front of him and cried like a child.

The emperor reached out and stroked the prince's black hair: "Jingrui, your mother has brought you up very well. You must be a wise and enlightened ruler and do not disappoint your father and mother's expectations."

The prince cried and shook his head: "No, I don't want to be the emperor. Father will not die. Father, please don't leave me." The emperor laughed: "Silly child, how can father not die? Father is wrong. If father hadn't doted on Concubine Shen, he wouldn't have fallen into the evil scheme of General Shen."

"Father always thought that you had no chance to be with your mother in this life, so other women didn't matter, anyone would do. Father regretted it, he should have made his feelings clear to your mother, then we wouldn't have been fighting for our whole lives. Perhaps, when the late emperor granted us the marriage, I should have been brave enough to make my feelings clear, but the empress dowager told me not to disobey the late emperor and to win his favor. Father is sorry for your biological mother and your mother."

The emperor held up the prince's tearful face with his hands and said, "Jingrui, do you know why I entrusted the affairs of the royal family to your uncle?" The prince shook his head in confusion. The emperor then looked at Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian who were kneeling behind the prince and asked, "Do you two understand?"

Qin Mingxuan cupped his hands and said, "I have a guess, but I don't know if it's correct. I think the timing of Prince Cheng's appearance is too coincidental. Although General Shen's accusations against Prince Cheng were refuted by Prince Cheng, we must be on guard."

Qin Mingxuan saw the emperor nod without saying anything, and continued, "The emperor once ordered me to thoroughly investigate the crimes of Shen Taiwei, but we have lost track of him time and again. Prince Cheng stayed away from the court, but he investigated Shen Taiwei's affairs thoroughly, which makes me terrified when I think about it carefully."

The emperor nodded and praised: "What Mingxuan is thinking is also what I am confused about. There is one more thing you don't know. This is a secret in the palace. The mother of Prince Cheng, the current Concubine Li, is a princess presented by Southern Xinjiang. When Concubine Li fell out of favor and committed suicide in the cold palace, it seemed to be related to the rebellion in Southern Xinjiang. The Southern Xinjiang miracle doctor beside Prince Cheng is very suspicious."

Yu Huaian was shocked at this time: "Could it be that Prince Cheng has a connection with Southern Xinjiang? Then he must have kept a trick to detoxify the emperor. I will go and capture him."

The emperor raised his hand to stop him: "Huai'an, don't get excited. How can we punish him without any evidence? I entrusted the affairs of the royal family to him so that he can come to the court. If he still hides in the back like before, it will be difficult to find his tracks."

The Emperor handed the Crown Prince's hand to Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian: "Mingxuan, Huaian. I trust you two the most. I will entrust the Crown Prince to you two now. I will issue an edict to appoint Mingxuan as the chief assistant and Huaian as the admiral. You two, one civil and one military, will assist the Crown Prince well. I will promote the concubine in the palace to the imperial concubine and she will be in charge of the affairs of the harem. There will be no more empress dowager in the palace to prevent the foreign relatives from causing trouble again."

When the emperor said this, he felt a little short of breath. He asked the eunuch to come in and grind the ink. He asked Qin Mingxuan to draft the imperial edict according to his own arrangements, stamp it with the imperial seal, and hand it to the eunuch for safekeeping. Only then did he feel relieved.

The emperor took a break and continued to make arrangements: "As for Concubine Shen, since I have promised the Queen Mother to only punish Shen Tuo, Concubine Shen will be sent to the cold palace. Shen Tuo will be executed, and the rest of the Shen family will be pardoned and allowed to return to their hometowns. As for Jingyu, he is a good child. The prince should take good care of him and don't let others bully him."

The prince nodded with tears in his eyes and replied: "I will definitely treat my younger brothers kindly, don't worry, father." His father had made all the plans for him. He had arranged for the civil and military officials, and there was no empress dowager left in the harem to prevent him from being constrained.

His mother had lost her life for him, and his father had properly arranged his affairs after his death, leaving him with nothing to worry about. The prince kept crying and fell into the emperor's arms again.

The emperor gently stroked the prince's back and spoke in a softer voice: "Jingrui, you must follow the two adults to learn civil and military skills, and govern our Xiao family's country to prosperity. Your mother and I will be proud of you in heaven."

The prince was still crying bitterly, and suddenly he felt his father's hand fall from his back. He looked up and saw that his father had closed his eyes. He shouted for the imperial physician, who came in quickly, felt the emperor's breath, and took his pulse, then stepped back and knelt on the ground: "The emperor has passed away!"

There were cries everywhere, and a mourning hall was set up in the palace again. Everyone in the palace was shocked by this night. Overnight, the three most powerful masters in the palace were gone, and the imperial concubine who was once favored was also sent to the cold palace. White flags fluttered in the huge palace, and there was a sound of wailing.

Xin He never thought that the emperor and queen in his previous life would pass away like this. He only knew that the prince ascended the throne at a young age, but he didn't know that the prince inherited the throne in such a scene.

She stared blankly at the weeping prince. The usually dignified and calm little prince cried until his eyes were red. He threw himself in front of the emperor and the queen's coffin and cried several times until he almost fainted. In the end, it was Daddy and Uncle Yu who came forward to help the prince up and forced him to go to the back hall to rest. Yu Shen also entered the palace to accompany the prince, and several princes were also keeping vigil.

The eunuch took out several imperial edicts left by the emperor before his death and read them out in front of the royal relatives and ministers who had heard the news and entered the palace. The emperor's edicts instructed that the country should not be without a ruler for a day, and arranged for the crown prince to ascend the throne in front of the coffin, and that Prince Cheng was named the head of the clan affairs office. The edicts for Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian's promotions were also read out one by one.

The royal relatives and ministers were all surprised when they heard the decree. First, they were surprised that Prince Cheng, who usually did not care about state affairs, had become the leader of the royal family. Second, they were surprised that the emperor left the civil and military power to Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian. It was obvious that these were the emperor's entrusted ministers.

Whether they were satisfied or not, the will of the late emperor could not be violated, so they could only bow their heads and accept the order and kowtow three times and nine times to the newly enthroned emperor. From then on, the court was completely changed. With the new emperor on the throne, every minister was worried about his future.

Prince Cheng had a sad expression on his face. He calmly accepted the scrutiny of the royal relatives and ministers, and was responsible for arranging the funeral affairs of the emperor, empress, and queen mother in an orderly manner.

Xin He wandered in the palace, feeling that the palace had lost its former joy and laughter, and had become deserted and lonely. All this was because of the ambition of the Grand Commandant Shen, who had destroyed this peaceful palace and the happiness of the Crown Prince.

Looking at several princes crying in front of the coffin, Xinhe was powerless to comfort them. She felt that she was also very sad. Suddenly, Xinhe felt a black screen in front of her eyes, and then she woke up on her bed.

It turned out that the time for the second incense stick had come and he was back again. Xin He felt a little regretful that he could not see further. He wanted to see what the Cheng Jun Wang would be like in the future. After all, he was the biggest enemy of himself and Yu Shen in the previous life, but he was back like this.

Xin He touched her eyes and found tears in them. It turned out that a ghost could also cry. Thinking about the tragic scenes of separation and death in the palace, Xin He was still very sad. Regardless of what will happen to Prince Cheng in the future, the most important thing at the moment is that she must stop General Shen. The emperor and the queen should not die like that.

But when it comes to General Shen, the affairs of the court, and Concubine Shen in the palace, it is not something that Yu Shen and I can do alone. What should I do? Should I tell my father my secret?

After all, she had the ability to travel between two lives in her dreams, and not everyone could believe it. Her mother certainly couldn't tell her, and Xinhe was afraid of scaring her weak mother. But would her father be able to believe her as easily as Yu Shen? Xinhe was not sure.

Last time, I told Yu Shen that I saw it in a dream, and I used the name of Master Guangji to fool him. But my father is not as easy to fool as Yu Shen, so what should I say?