That night, Ji Xiaotang almost didn't sleep, and Qin Zhen also accompanied her.? Ji Xiaotang asked Qin Zhen about Empress Han. Empress Han married Emperor Longqing when she was in the residence of Emperor Longqing. The two of them were kinship and had a marriage between the late emperor and Empress Dowager Han since childhood.

As the niece of Queen Han's legitimate relatives, Queen Han has frequently visited and went to the palace since she was a child, so Qin Zhen is also familiar with her.

"...I was the first beauty and talented woman in Beijing back then. Xiaotang, you can't think of her now." Qin Zhen sighed a little emotion.

Queen Han is also his cousin, more than ten years older than him. When he was a child, Queen Han would also go to see the noble concubine and treat him very kindly.

"Your Majesty and the Queen are childhood sweethearts. Who would have thought that they would become a pair of resentful couples in the end?" Ji Xiaotang sighed.

How Emperor Longqing and Empress Han became a pair of resentful couples does not seem to be because they have never had any children.

"Is it because of the imperial concubine?" Ji Xiaotang asked Qin Zhen.

Qin Zhen nodded and shook his head again.

Emperor Longqing is actually a man with a very soft heart and a strong affection. He and Empress Han grew up together since childhood and always have some feelings for this cousin. Even if it is not love, there is always some family affection.

But in Ji Xiaotang's opinion, Emperor Longqing seemed to have no affection for Empress Han.

"Is it because of the Empress Dowager..." Ji Xiaotang actually said his own guess, and she vaguely felt that she might have touched the truth of the matter.

"It's very likely." Qin Zhen nodded, obviously thinking so.

The two of them were wearing clothes on the kang, snuggling to each other and talking. Before dawn, they both got up.

I prepared breakfast in advance in the kitchen, but Ji Ji Xiaotang had no appetite.

However, Qin Zhen insisted on passing on breakfast.

"I don't have much appetite, but I don't need it now, I'm afraid I can't get through this day." Today I went to the palace to keep a guard for Queen Han. The etiquette was heavy, and even if I prepared meals in the palace, that meal was not useful.

Qin Zhen is very experienced and asked Ji Xiaotang to eat some no matter what, and it is best to eat more.

Ji Xiaotang knew that what Qin Zhen said made sense, so he obeyed.

After the two of them had breakfast, the serving people prepared plain clothes and brought them to them.

Ji Xiaotang first asked Xuan'er about Madam Cheng, knowing that Xuan'er was still asleep. Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen were not planning to take Xuan'er into the palace. Xuan'er was still young, and no one would choose gifts if they didn't go to such an occasion, as long as they just wanted an excuse. That's it.

Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen changed into plain clothes, leaving the wet nurse and others to stay in the palace to take care of Xuan'er and Qin Ying. Ji Xiaotang only brought Madam Cheng and Xiu'er next to him, and then got on the carriage with Qin Zhen and came to the forbidden palace.

When the two arrived outside the Forbidden Palace, the Dongshun Gate was lined up with civil and military officials and wives from various prefectures who came to salute.

Seeing that the carriage from Prince An's mansion was coming, everyone moved away. Ji Xiaotang got off the carriage in front of Dongshun's door and was about to meet Zheng Gui.

Qin Lin and Zheng Gui arrived a while ago before them and saw their carriage. They didn't enter the palace and waited for them in front of the door for a while.

Four people greeted each other.

Qin Lin and Zheng Gui also looked a little haggard, and it seemed that they were not sleeping well.

After a brief greeting, the four of them entered Dongshun Gate together. The officials and the wives followed closely behind and all entered the palace to salute in front of Queen Han's spirit.

Empress Dowager Han and Emperor Longqing are both here.

Empress Dowager Han sat there, holding a handkerchief in one hand and wiping tears. Emperor Longqing sat next to Empress Dowager Han, his whole body was muddy and his face was gray. His eyes were dull and without any spirit.

Emperor Longqing did not cry, and even his expression was not very sad, but Ji Xiaotang felt that Emperor Longqing was even more sad than Empress Han's death.

Emperor Longqing is really sad.

Due to Emperor Longqing's physical condition, he insisted until everyone finished the cumbersome etiquette and sat there motionless.

After the ceremony, Qin Zhen, Qin Lin, Ji Xiaotang and Zheng Gui stood up, walked to Empress Dowager Han and Emperor Longqing, and said to them.

Empress Dowager Han asked several people to get up and sighed.

Before Empress Dowager Han could say anything, Emperor Longqing next to him suddenly smiled.

The laughter was very abrupt in the hall, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

The corners of Empress Dowager Han's mouth twitched, turned his head to see Emperor Longqing. He was thinking about what to say, covering up Emperor Longqing's laughter. But before she could say anything, Emperor Longqing smiled and spoke.

"Good death!" Emperor Longqing said with a loud laugh, but the corners of his eyes were wet and moist.

Everyone didn't know how to react for a while.

Empress Dowager Han's face also changed completely.

"Your Majesty..." Empress Dowager Han called out in a deep voice, and his eyes looked at Emperor Longqing became a little more severe.

Emperor Longqing said that he was good to die, so he stood up staggeringly. Before he could stand up completely, his legs became weak and his eyes were dark, so he fell forward.

Qin Zhen and Qin Lin stepped forward almost at the same time, supported Emperor Longqing, and the young middle-aged official next to him hurriedly came forward to support him.

Han Tianhou also stood up with a blue face.

Emperor Longqing was supported by everyone, but he started coughing again, accompanied by a whimpering sound.

Emperor Longqing vomited.

The few people closest to Emperor Longqing had no time to react and watched Emperor Longqing vomit on the ground.

It was a small stall of red liquid. Everyone looked up and saw that Emperor Longqing's mouth was also scarlet.

Emperor Longqing vomited blood again.

I didn't know who it was, so I screamed.

"Your Majesty..." Everyone shouted randomly, among which Qin Zhen and Qin Lin had the highest voices, and the two of them shouted Doctor Xuan repeatedly.

"Everyone retreat!" Empress Dowager Han's voice passed through all the voices of everyone.

Then, the guards and officials of the Forbidden Palace rushed forward. They supported Emperor Longqing and separated everyone's eyes. Qin Zhen and Qin Lin were also pushed away by Queen Mother Han's people.

Empress Dowager Han's face turned pale and his eyes were cruel, but he was still very calm when speaking.

"Your Majesty and the young queen couple are deeply in love and very sad. They are in a hurry for a moment. The imperial physician has seen it for His Majesty for a long time, and it is not important. It is okay. As long as Your Majesty has a good rest and forgets the grief as soon as possible..."

After explaining this a few words, Empress Dowager Han ordered someone to send Emperor Longqing back to his bedroom to rest.

Qin Zhen and Qin Lin stepped forward at the same time, wanting to escort Emperor Longqing back to the palace, but they were still stopped by Empress Dowager Han.

"Zhener, Liner, I have made arrangements for Your Majesty. Now that I am old, Your Majesty is overly mourning. You can only rely on you two for your princess' funeral."

Empress Dowager Han announced an order to let Qin Zhen and Qin Lin be responsible for all matters of Queen Han’s funeral.

"Don't bother you brothers, everything is up to you. If you really don't decide, come and ask me."

Empress Dowager Han issued an order to send Emperor Longqing back to his bedroom. He also arranged strict guards outside the bedroom. Not only was no one allowed to enter, but even those who served by Emperor Longqing could not go out.

Afterwards, Empress Dowager Han sat in the hall for a while and then went backwards.

Zheng Gui winked Ji Xiaotang, and Ji Xiaotang understood and came back with Zheng Gui.

Empress Dowager Han seemed to be tired and was lying on the imperial concubine's couch, with a thick blanket on her body. The weather is not cold now, so the ground dragons in the palace have not started to burn.

Empress Dowager Han is indeed old and afraid of the cold.

Seeing that Zheng Gui and Ji Xiaotang were coming, Empress Dowager Han did not get up either.

Ji Xiaotang and Zheng Gui stepped forward to pay tribute to Empress Dowager Han. Empress Dowager Han asked the two to sit in front of her couch.

"Yu'er caught a cold..." Zheng Guixian said.

Before Zheng Gui finished speaking, Empress Dowager Han interrupted her.

"It's okay, just bring him to pay tribute when the queen is mourning." Empress Dowager Han seemed very tolerant.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your understanding." Zheng Gui smiled, but his smile was not at all warm, and his eyes were even more confused. Obviously, she did not accept Empress Dowager Han's affection, and she also suspected that Empress Dowager Han was going to play a trick.

"Xuan'er..." Ji Xiaotang simply took the opportunity to say.

Before she could finish her words, Empress Dowager Han said: "Xun'er is too young. You can take him home and kowtow, as long as you have the intention."

"Yes." Ji Xiaotang of course agreed happily.

Xuan'er is several years younger than Qin Yu, but in Zheng Gui's opinion, it is clearly Empress Dowager Han favors and protects Xuan'er. Although she smiled on her face, her eyes looked at Ji Xiaotang a little complicated.

Ji Xiaotang didn't want to explain anything to Zheng Gui either.

Fortunately, Zheng Gui still knows the importance of this, so he won’t show anything in front of Empress Dowager Han in front of Ji Xiaotang.

"The Empress is in her prime, why did she suddenly..." Zheng Gui asked carefully, while looking at Empress Dowager Han's expression. She secretly looked at Ji Xiaotang.

Ji Xiaotang entered the palace yesterday and met Empress Han in the Qianqing Palace, and quarreled with Emperor Longqing. These things should not be hidden from Prince Su's Mansion.

When it comes to Empress Han, Empress Han seems to be sad again.

"...You don't know that she has been sick for so many years. Since this year, the symptoms have become more serious. She loves to worry and doesn't know how to take care of it. Poor child, I thought it would be okay to go through this winter..."

Empress Dowager Han was very sad about Empress Han's death, but she was mentally prepared. As she told Zheng Gui, Empress Han's death was not sudden and was something that everyone had expected long ago.

In fact, it is a miracle to some extent that Queen Han was able to survive until now.

Zheng Gui naturally knew this, and asked that just now on purpose, trying to test something.

Empress Dowager Han obviously guessed Zheng Gui's intention, and just dealt with Zheng Gui's question indifferently.

"...I pity my white man sent black man. His Majesty, who didn't close his eyes all night, stayed in front of the queen's spirit, so I just felt exhausted. I was heartbroken and didn't even care about my own body. In the end, it was still me, the old man, who was still worried..."

Zheng Gui and Ji Xiaotang left Empress Dowager Han, and Zheng Gui turned around and went to find Qin Lin.

When he walked to the point where no one was left, Zheng Gui whispered to Qin Lin.
To be continued...