After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Qin Junyu raised his head, tightly grasped the emperor's hand that was about to fall, and said with tears in his eyes, "Father, I am here."

The emperor's eyelids opened and closed, and the amplitude of opening and closing his eyes was very small, as if he would never be able to open his eyes again in the next second. Because of his weak body, his voice was almost breathy, and it was difficult to hear clearly without listening closely.

"Ayu... I have been the emperor for more than ten years. During my reign... I can honestly say that I have done nothing to let Liuli down..."

He spoke intermittently, and took a long time to breathe after finishing a sentence before continuing.

"Now that Southern Chu and Northern Wei have been defeated by us, they should not dare to commit crimes again in the next ten years. I can be said to have... accomplished my mission and died without regrets... cough cough cough..." The emperor began to cough, his upper body rising and falling, and his cough was suppressed and dull.

Qin Junyu clenched his palms and choked up, "Father, don't say that. You will definitely get better."

Although his relationship with the emperor was not deep, and he once hated him for the death of his biological mother, it was difficult for him to stand by and watch when the time came for life and death.

He lowered his head. "Last night, the prison accidentally caught fire and the queen was burned alive in the cell. Qin Fengtian was detained in the Penalty Department awaiting interrogation. The party members who protected him in the past are now avoiding him. Everything is moving in the right direction."

"Father can rest assured."

When the emperor heard that the queen was burned to death, there was not much emotion on his face. Instead, he felt relieved. He closed his eyes and relaxed for a long time.

Qin Junyu told him about some changes in the court and the post-war reconstruction plans for Liangcheng and Qingshan City. He didn't know whether the emperor was awake, but he said everything he needed to say. Just like before, the two met alone in the imperial study, he reported on the progress of official business, and the emperor gave advice.

"I understand." The emperor opened his eyes again.

He stared at Qin Junyu for a long time, his eyes filled with relief, admiration, reluctance, but more of happiness.

A line of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. Although he was choking with sobs, he tried hard to pronounce the words clearly so that Qin Junyu could hear them clearly.

"I have already drafted the imperial edict for the succession, and it is hidden under the dragon throne in the Yangxin Palace."

"Qin Zehai is guilty of treason and is to be...minced into pieces."

Qin Junyu's heart skipped a beat and a flash of surprise crossed his face, but it was fleeting.

The so-called "minced meat punishment" is to put the prisoner into a pot, boil water over a high fire until the prisoner dies, and then chop him into meat paste. Only those who have committed heinous crimes will be sentenced to "minced meat punishment". Since the founding of Liuli, no prisoner has ever been punished with this punishment.

Collaboration with the enemy and treason are both serious crimes, but Qin Zehai is a member of the royal family, and beheading him is enough. He did not expect that his father would use the punishment of mincing him. Is there something he does not know? Did Qin Zehai commit other crimes?

"Yes." Qin Jun lowered his eyes and did not raise the doubts in his heart.

The emperor paused again and ordered in a very slow tone: "The empress does not need to have a separate mausoleum built for her, nor does she need to be enshrined in the ancestral temple, nor does she need to be posthumously honored. She can be buried as an ordinary concubine."

Qin Junyu was even more confused. The queen had indeed committed many evil deeds and harmed many people, but the emperor did not depose her, nor did he implicate her family members. He just buried her as a concubine after her death.

Perhaps Qin Zehai and the Queen had some other secret dealings, which the Emperor had already discovered, but he was unaware of it.

After explaining all this, the emperor was tired and fell into a deep sleep. Qin Junyu stayed with him for a long time before leaving.

-

Nian Susu woke up from a nightmare and opened her eyes suddenly, thinking that she was finally alive. Unexpectedly, it was pitch black around her, with only an incandescent lamp above her head barely illuminating the surroundings.

She saw the true form of the system again, and this time it was more real than the previous times she had seen it.

She sat on the ground and asked doubtfully, "Have you become a physical body?"

Judging from her blurry figure, she is a beautiful woman with a great figure, but her voice is a bit mechanical.

[The system is still being improved, and is just beginning to take shape. ]

Nian Susu didn't have time to care about this now, and asked hurriedly: "Why did I come to this damn place again?"

Just after she asked, she remembered what happened before she fainted, "No..."

She frowned and recalled carefully. At that time, a young eunuch said that there was a fire in the prison. Then the system warned her that Nian Qiaoyue's vital signs were abnormal. Then she fainted and woke up in a small dark room.

[Have you forgotten the necessary conditions to stay in this world? ]

Nian Susu's eyes darkened and he hung his head and said dejectedly: "I know, I have to kill Nian Qiaoyue with my own hands..."

Nian Qiao Yue set herself on fire, which implicated her.

"How is Qiao Yue doing now?"

[Still alive.]

"So I haven't been wiped out yet?!" Nian Susu asked in surprise. She got up from the ground, patted her skirt, and regained her fighting spirit. "As long as I'm not dead, there's still a chance to change everything!"

[Not dead yet, but almost dead, only one breath left to rely on the ginseng heart-protecting pills to keep him alive.]

Years: ...

She sat back down and sighed, "It's over. I'm going to die too."

The more Nian Susu thought about it, the more upset she felt. Everything had just gotten better, and now she was going to die. It was simply God's pity for such a talented person!

She stood up again and asked angrily, "Since I can't return to my body now, can I get out in the form of a soul?"

"Otherwise it would be too boring to just wait." She muttered softly.

[Theoretically, it is possible to control the spirit consciousness and return to the real world, but...]

Before the system finished speaking, Nian Susu lifted her skirt and ran towards the only small bright spot in the darkness.

【…】

【Wrong, this way. 】

Nian Susu hurriedly braked and turned around to see that there was indeed a small bright spot flashing.

She gritted her teeth, held her breath and walked forward.

The small bright spot grew bigger and bigger until it turned into a blinding white light that completely swallowed her up.

Nian Susu squinted his eyes and raised his arms to block the strong light.

After a moment, she slowly lowered her arm and carefully opened her eyelids, "Huh? Is it really out?"

Unable to suppress the smile on her face, she turned around on the spot and found that she was actually a physical being, with her feet firmly standing on the ground, almost indistinguishable from a normal person.

"Have I... returned to my own body?" Nian Susu began to doubt himself.

[Host, you are now in the form of spiritual consciousness. People in the real world cannot see, hear, or touch you. ]

Nian Susu's face fell in an instant, and his joy was in vain.

"Then I'll trouble you, father-in-law."

"Hey! What are you talking about? We are all family. Besides, as a subject, I also have the responsibility to protect the emperor."

Two familiar voices came from behind Nian Susu. When she turned around, she saw that it was Qin Junyu and her father!

The two walked towards her while talking, and her current location was...

Nian Susu raised her head and looked around, and was surprised to find that she was right at the door of the prime minister's residence!

"I actually went home?"