kingnovel Chapter 462 Don’t Pick Up 19
Chapter 462 Don’t Pick Up 19
The newly tributed ambergris was burning in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, with white smoke curling up. The emperor in the hall felt a little drowsy.
The emperor recently revisited the old place and met an old Taoist priest in the temple.
The Taoist saw at a glance what had troubled him for many years, "Your Majesty, you are worried."
"I am the Son of Heaven. I worry about the country and the people. It is normal for me to have worries." The emperor narrowed his eyes. Even though he was old, the majesty of an emperor still remained.
The old Taoist holding the whisk shook his head and said, "Your Majesty must have been unable to sleep for a long time because you feel guilty towards someone."
"How dare you!" The emperor was furious. "You old Taoist priest, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
The Taoist priest still looked calm and composed, "Your Majesty, you met me because you came to visit the old place to reminisce about the old friends. If Your Majesty really kills me, you will never see the late queen again."
"Do you have a way to let me see Zi Tong again?"
Perhaps it was because he was getting old and his time was running out, and he always recalled his youth. The emperor's hard heart gradually softened, especially towards the woman he once owed.
"Your Majesty, I have a way not only to allow you to see the Queen, but also to grant Your Majesty immortality."
If the emperor was a little hesitant about the previous sentence, then the word "eternal life" undoubtedly hit the emperor's heart.
He was moved.
If he could live forever, see Zi Tong again, and see the vast landscape with her, then there would be nothing to regret in life.
The emperor vaguely remembered what the queen looked like when she was still the legitimate daughter of the Wang family. At that time, she was young and beautiful, and her eyes were full of only him.
He was born to a palace maid and had no support from his maternal family. He had no chance of becoming the emperor, but it was Wang, who was behind the queen, who helped him.
The emperor once promised the queen that he would only have her as his wife for the rest of his life, but he broke his promise in the end.
The queen was not disappointed and still looked virtuous. However, there was no longer the innocence of a girl in her eyes, and the warmth of love for him in her eyes was gradually fading.
She is being a good queen.
The emperor felt a little regretful, but he was the emperor and was destined not to have only one woman.
He could only guarantee her position, nothing more.
He even believed in slander and, fearing the queen's maternal family, Wang, he attacked the fetus in the queen's womb.
It was because it was a boy. If the baby was born, the Wang family's power would be even greater, and it would even threaten his position.
Does this country belong to Xie or Wang?
He still loved her, and even though he was afraid of her, he didn't dare to take drastic measures to kill her, but the Queen still found out.
Her questioning left him speechless and he could only remain silent.
The queen gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The boy was born weak, which made the emperor feel relieved. He did not dare to see the queen, so he gradually ignored her and often went to other concubines' palaces.
But the queen seemed not to care and just taught the child carefully.
The Kingdom of North Vietnam wanted to exchange hostages. Even though the emperor loved the queen, he was still wary of her and her mother's family behind her.
So he planned to send the weak Xie Siwei away.
The queen, who had not seen him for a long time, knelt in front of the palace and begged for a long time. Wang also returned the power under her command and begged him to take back his fame and replace him with someone else.
The emperor replaced Xie Si'an, his daughter.
But soon, Xie Siwei came forward and volunteered to go to North Vietnam.
The imperial edict was issued, and when the queen looked at him, her usually gentle features became cold and sharp, without a trace of warmth.
Until the hostage of the North Vietnam Kingdom died in the Nanlin Kingdom.
The emperor did have this idea in mind, but he had not yet implemented it. He was hesitating. If the hostage really died, Xie Siwei, who was far away in North Vietnam, would also be blamed and die in North Vietnam.
But soon, the emperor made up his mind. Since the child was weak, he and Zi Tong might have other children.
In order to show their loyalty and also to avoid arousing the emperor's suspicion, the Queen's mother's family, the Wang family, has become weak over the years and no longer as powerful as before.
The emperor no longer wanted to punish the Wang family, and wanted to restore the friendship between the emperor and the empress. However, the empress had always been indifferent to him and treated him with respect, without the passionate and sincere love she had when they were young.
The emperor finally took ruthless action against the North Vietnamese hostage. If Xie Siwei died, Wang would definitely let the queen have another boy. By then, he would be able to repair his relationship with her and then naturally make their newborn son the crown prince.
But he overlooked the queen's feelings for her son.
She hates him.
The queen was so sad that she vomited a large pool of blood and fainted.
This was the first time that the emperor felt panicked, as if something was out of his control and he could no longer grasp it.
He coaxed her and whispered in her ear, "If Wei'er can come back alive, I will make him the crown prince."
"Does your Majesty's words count?" The Queen raised her eyes, without a trace of warmth, only deep fatigue.
And a hint of death.
She is tired.
She had been depressed for many years and thought she didn't care if he took other concubines. She thought she could be a virtuous queen, but human hearts are fickle.
She was wrong, very wrong.
The queen no longer wanted to gamble on whether the emperor's words were sincere.
She wanted to find a way out for Wang and Si'an Siwei.
The queen cut her fingertips, leaving bloody marks on the handkerchief that they had used to express their love when they were young.
The bloodstains gathered into countless blood words.
After doing all this, her vitality and spirit seemed to be drained away by the devil, and gradually declined.
She didn't want to see the emperor. The queen knew that she must be extremely ugly at this moment as she was seriously ill, and she must not be seen by the emperor, otherwise, when he thought of her for the rest of his life, all he would think of her would be the ugly her who was seriously ill in bed.
The queen no longer loved the emperor, but she had to make plans for her children.
As it turns out, she succeeded.
"I don't have much time left, but I have one regret. My children are still young, and my mother's family has no one to support them. I hope Your Majesty will take care of them more. Looking back over the past ten years, I dare not have any regrets. I just hope that I will not meet Your Majesty again in the next life."
Death and life will never be seen again.
"Do you really think these can threaten me?" The emperor sneered, but the pain in his heart could not be stopped.
He regretted that he should not have thought of harming their child.
When the emperor saw her blood letter and thought of the past, he finally let Wang go and did not choose a reason to execute the entire family.
It also allows Xie Si'an to stay safely in the palace and be the eldest princess.
When Xie Siwei returned, the emperor made him the crown prince as promised.
However, when the third and fourth brothers attacked him, he ignored them and did not pursue the matter.
He still resented this child in his heart. If Xie Siwei had died on the way to North Vietnam, why would he attack the North Vietnamese hostage?
Why did the Queen hate him so much, and why was she so heartbroken?
Over the years, the emperor has had many concubines, but the throne of empress has always been vacant.
That is Zi Tong's position, and none of the concubines can get involved.
The Taoist's whisk brushed across the wrinkles on the emperor's face, and the emperor woke up.
"Master, your magic is really useful. I dreamed of her again."
"Your Majesty, if you go to the underworld a few more times, you can bring back the Queen's soul."