The besties traveled through the book together, and the prince and general became abandoned husbands

A huge wave of sadness overwhelmed Xu Junjun. She nodded vigorously, unable to utter a word. She could only cover her lips and cry until she could no longer see the pale and weak face of the little emperor.

People will always be trapped throughout their lives by things that they can never obtain.

The little emperor finally felt the warmth of his family, which he had never experienced in his entire life, before his death.

The candles are burning brightly on the exquisite copper tree candlesticks.

After getting permission, the little emperor stood up and hugged Xu Junjun carefully and solemnly.

"Mother."

An inaudible murmur was heard, and Xu Junjun hugged the little emperor's shoulders tightly, tears dripping down her face.

It seemed like a century had passed, yet it also seemed like only a breath had passed.

The little emperor heard Xu Junjun's hoarse and choked response.

“I’m here, kid.

Sleep well.

Mom is here."

……

Just before dawn, the death knell of the emperor rang throughout the imperial capital, casting a thick shadow over the newly awakened Apocalypse.

A mixture of genuine and false cries were heard everywhere, and an endlessly oppressive martial law filled the entire imperial city.

As the regent of Tianqi, Jun Xiaochen personally took charge of the emperor's funeral, suppressed the ministers in the court, and continued to run the court.

For a whole month, the entire imperial capital was covered with white sails, without a trace of color.

A month later, the deceased young emperor was buried in the imperial mausoleum, and the order of the Apocalypse was gradually restored.

But the new emperor had not yet been decided, and the officials of the Tianqi court could never feel at ease.

The ministers who had some clues had already begun to quietly place their bets and take sides. Jun Xiaochen watched everything coldly, ready to take this opportunity to eradicate Tianqi's deep illness in one fell swoop.

Half a month after the little emperor's death, Xu Junjun returned to the Regent's Palace from the imperial palace.

After returning to the palace, she spent every day in the pharmacy making medicine. During this time, she wrote several letters and asked Chen Liu to send them back to the Great Sage.

Before the reply arrived and Jun Xiaochen returned home, she filled her time with miscellaneous tasks. She was so busy that she only slept two hours a day. The brightness on her face disappeared without a trace in just half a month.

The maidservants who served Xu Junjun were worried every day. Seeing that Xu Junjun seldom ate and was always busy, they were afraid that she would ruin her health. Every day when it was time for meals, they would come to invite her to eat again and again.

After a long time, Xu Junjun found that they were restless and would eat a little at mealtime regardless of whether they had an appetite or not.

Counting the days, Xu Junjun and Jun Xiaochen have not been alone for thirty-two days since the death of the little emperor.

On the day when the little emperor was buried in the imperial mausoleum, Xu Junjun did not go there. Instead, he sat on the roof of the Regent's Palace, looking into the distance in the direction of the imperial mausoleum, and sat on the roof for the entire day.

As the sun rises and sets, she seems like a sculpture under the silhouette of the setting sun.

On the same night, Jun Xiaochen returned home.

He was wearing a white robe, and the two sat facing each other in silence.

The exquisite room was brightly lit with candles, and dinner, just delivered by the servants, was placed on the table.

Looking at the plain dishes and then at the person who had lost a lot of weight in front of him, Jun Xiaochen frowned with distress:

"Jun'er, you are not a citizen of Tianqi, so you don't have to follow us and become a vegetarian."

Xu Junjun is in a very bad condition now. She doesn't look gloomy, but rather exudes deep sadness from the inside out.

Jun Xiaochen just looked at her, as if looking at a withered sunflower. This feeling of fading vitality made Jun Xiaochen feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Xu Junjun picked up some tender tofu with chopsticks and put it into her mouth, then lowered her eyes and shook her head:

“Don’t bother, just leave it at that.

The chef at the palace is very skilled and these vegetarian dishes taste great.

I just feel like my waist is getting a bit thicker, so I'm thinking of eating vegetarian food as a way to lose weight."

These words sounded like excuses, so Jun Xiaochen directly exposed them and frowned:

"You've lost a lot of weight, you can't go on like this.

You haven't had a good meal since you came back. If I hadn't come back, you would have skipped dinner. Jun'er, the dead are gone, so you have to take care of yourself."

Xu Junjun poked at the rice in the bowl and waited until Jun Xiaochen finished speaking before looking up:

"I know all this."

Xu Junjun's voice was regretful and lonely:

“But Jun Xiaochen, knowing is one thing, facing and accepting it is another.

I can't stop remembering and thinking about it, I can only numb myself with more things.

Give me some time, I will be able to adjust over time.

do not worry. "

Jun Xiaochen reached out and covered the back of her slightly cold hand.

"Jun'er, the imperial decree granting marriage before the emperor passed away is still kept in the palace.

If you are in a bad mood and don't want to get married, I will keep the imperial edict in the palace."

"Need not."

Xu Junjun looked back at Jun Xiaochen and refused very bluntly:

"We will get married sooner or later. Since it is the little emperor's last wish, we can just hold the wedding directly.

Did the imperial edict set a wedding date?"

Jun Xiaochen read the imperial edict in its entirety and remembered everything in it:

"It's settled, the wedding is in two months.

It was an auspicious date calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory during the Emperor's lifetime."

Xu Junjun suppressed her discomfort and lowered her head to eat a mouthful of rice:

"In that case, let's hold the wedding in two months.

Once you finish your work, we can discuss the wedding.

However, since the little emperor just died and your status is sensitive, we can keep our wedding simple."

Jun Xiaochen disagrees:

“Why keep it simple?

Jun'er, I don't want to wrong you."

Xu Junjun is the jewel he has found with great difficulty. No matter when or where, Jun Xiaochen will marry her back home with the highest wedding etiquette and make her the legitimate regent princess.

He didn't want her to be wronged because of anyone or anything.

Jun Xiaochen's face was serious and his eyes were firm. Xu Junjun looked at him carefully and realized that she was not the only one who had been tortured during this period.

Jun Xiaochen has also lost a lot of weight, and there is a hint of fatigue and frost in his eyes.

Xu Junjun hesitated to speak, and finally nodded obediently:

"Okay, then you arrange the marriage.

I only have one request. If Niao Niao comes to Tianqi to attend our wedding, you must ensure her safety in Tianqi.

If anyone bumps into her, I will show no mercy."

Recalling the love that the Great Sage's Imperial Concubine had shown Xu Junjun, Jun Xiaochen nodded immediately:

"It's natural.

As long as she is willing to come to Tianqi in person, I will receive her as a distinguished guest."

Xu Junjun is satisfied:

"Please bring back the imperial edict tomorrow. I will write to Niao Niao to tell her the date of the wedding."

The next day, the imperial edict granting the young emperor's marriage during his lifetime finally saw the light of day.

When the court officials heard that the Regent was going to marry a woman from the Great Saint, they were shocked at first and then wanted to object.

But before they could utter a word, the court officials were instantly speechless when they saw the bright yellow imperial edict in the hands of the Regent.

They wanted to stop it, but there was an imperial decree. Even if they said anything, they could not change the result of the Regent marrying the Great Saint.

That's bullshit.

Xu Junjun knew the attitude of the Tianqi court officials towards Jun Xiaochen marrying her, and also heard Wei Dong describe the scene that day when the officials were angry and tried to stop Jun Xiaochen.

But Xu Junjun didn't care about these. She believed that Jun Xiaochen could handle everything.

What Xu Junjun cares about is when Niao Niao will receive the letter she sent.

Can she come to Tianqi to attend her wedding with Jun Xiaochen?

Thousands of miles away in the Great Sage's capital, a secret letter from the Qilin Guards to the Great Sage's imperial study arrived before Xu Junjun's letter.