Luo Qinghan: "I have sent someone a secret letter to Nanyue Kingdom to ask them to inquire about Xuan Jizi's current situation."

Xiao Xixi was silent for a moment and said softly.

"I want to go to Nanyue."

Luo Qinghan paused, then continued to stroke her back gently, and asked in a hoarse voice: "You went to Nanyue, what should I do?"

Xiao Xixi couldn't answer.

Luo Qinghan actually wanted to accompany her to Nanyue regardless of the situation.

But this is not realistic.

Not to mention his identity as Emperor Dasheng, just talking about the current situation of the Empress Dowager, it is impossible for him to leave Shengjing.

Xiao Xixi snuggled in his arms, calmed down a little, and spoke in a low voice.

"I just said casually, don't take it seriously, even if I go to Nanyue, I may not be able to help Master.

Looking back, I will ask my senior brother and the others to go to Nanyue.

With them here, the pressure on Master should be able to be relieved a lot."

Luo Qinghan lowered his head and kissed her hair: "I'm sorry."

He knew that he was too selfish and he didn't want Xixi to be too far away from him.

He didn't want to be separated from her.

Xiao Xixi comforted him in turn: "It's okay, you and me don't need to say this."

Luo Qinghan felt more and more guilty.

He couldn't help but hug Xixi tighter.

He said softly in a very low hoarse voice.

"Xi Xi, I can't live without you."

...

Xiao Xixi asked someone to invite Fang Wujiu over.

She told him the news that King Nanyue died of illness and asked him to go to Nanyue to see how his master is now?

Fang Wujiu did not react much to the death of Nanyue King.

He even expected this result.

The reason why King Nanyue survived was that Xuan Jizi changed her fate by changing her fate against the will of heaven.

Xuan Jizi used half of her life to extend her life span for more than 20 years.

This is his limit.

I believe Xuan Jizi himself has been prepared for this.

Fang Wujiu replied in a low voice: "Well, I'll go back to pack my things first. I'll go to Nanyue with my third junior brother tomorrow morning. If you need help in the future, you can go to find my second junior brother."

Xiao Xixi nodded and said yes.

However, at that night, a message came from the Taimiao-

The Empress Dowager is no longer able to do it!

Luo Qinghan kissed Xixi's forehead and whispered to comfort her.

"Don't worry, you sleep with yours, I'll go back."

He lifted the quilt and got out of bed without anyone serving him. He put on his clothes, shoes and socks, and strode out.

Eunuch Chang put on the cloak that had been prepared long ago on the emperor and whispered.

"Listen to what the imperial physician said, the Empress Dowager is really not good this time. You must be mentally prepared."

Luo Qinghan had no expression on his face, and he was always faint.

"Prepare the carriage and horses, I want to go to Taimiao to see it."

"Here."

The emperor's carriage and horses quickly left the palace and rode to the Tai Temple in the night

Almost as soon as Luo Qinghan walked into the Taimiao, he heard a harsh scream coming from the front.

"The Empress Dowager is dead!"

Luo Qinghan paused and then accelerated to move forward.

Eunuch Chang and other palace ladies hurriedly followed quickly.

When they hurried to the bedroom where the Empress Dowager lived, they saw the Empress Dowager lying straight on the bed, her eyes closed, her face gray and motionless? She seemed to have no breath.

The imperial physician knelt on the ground and said with sobs.

"Report to Your Majesty? The Empress Dowager is dead!"

Luo Qinghan stared at the Empress Dowager on the bed in a daze, and his eyes remained on her old, thin, lifeless face, and it took a long time to speak softly.

"Send the order and call the clan relatives to the Taimiao."

"Here."

After receiving the news of the death of the Empress Dowager, the royal family members were all scared and lost their sleepiness. They almost crawled up from the bed, put on their clothes as fast as possible, and rode straight to the Taimiao.

Soon all the clan relatives gathered in the Taimiao.

They were wearing plain white clothes, kneeling on the ground, and cried loudly at the body of the Empress Dowager.

Even the British King Luo Yechen, who is the most careless on weekdays, cried for a while tonight.

Luo Qinghan was the only person present who did not shed tears.

He just stood by the side quietly? He watched the imperial physician cover the body of the Empress Dowager with white cloth.

The voice of a military general sounded outside the door, saying that he had something to do to meet the King of England.

After receiving the emperor's permission, King Luo Yechen of Ying stood up and walked out.

The general whispered in the ear of the King of England.

After hearing this, Luo Yechen's face changed drastically: "Be serious about this?"

The general said, "Of course it's true? The person is already outside the city gate. If the prince doesn't believe it, you can go and see it yourself."

Luo Yechen thought that the other party would not dare to lie on such an important matter, so he immediately turned around and walked into the room, saying to the emperor quickly.

"Your Majesty, the people from the Patrol Department just heard news that it was King Qingliao, King Linnan, and King Fengyang who were summoned by the Empress Dowager and wanted to enter the city to discuss a very important matter with the Empress Dowager. They have already arrived outside the city gate. What should you do about this matter?"

Although Luo Yechen deliberately lowered his voice, many people present heard it.

Those people changed their faces one after another.

The vassal kings were not allowed to enter the capital without summoning, which is an iron rule that has existed since ancient times.

Any vassal king who enters Beijing without permission shall be punished as a crime of treason!

Even though King Qingliao, King Linnan, and King Fengyang claimed that they were summoned to the capital by the Empress Dowager, the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager and the emperor's imperial edict were different and could not be confused.

Everyone held their breath and waited for the emperor's reaction.

Luo Qinghan looked at the body of the Empress Dowager, and finally understood what the words she said before her death meant.

She said that even if she died, there would be others to drag him off the throne.

The others she mentioned should refer to those vassal kings who were eyeing each other.

Since the beginning of the founding of the Great Prosperity Dynasty, the power of the vassal kings in various places has become increasingly greater and has become a thorn in the hearts of emperors of all dynasties. Almost every emperor wanted to reduce the vassal states, including Luo Qinghan's father, Emperor Sheng Yong.

Unfortunately, they failed.

The vassal kings in various places still held their own troops, and they enjoyed absolute control over all populations, taxes and laws in the fiefdom.

It is no exaggeration to describe them as a local emperor.

However, the Tu Emperor was always just the Tu Emperor. There were many ambitious people among them who wanted to remove the word "tu" in front and become a real emperor, such as the deceased King of Xiling.

Luo Qinghan originally thought that the failure of King Xiling would make those vassal kings afraid, and at least there should be no major moves in recent years.

What he didn't expect was that the Empress Dowager would dig a big hole for him before his death.

The Empress Dowager knew that the vassal kings were eyeing the imperial power, but she still wanted to recall people back to Shengjing at this critical moment, obviously trying to let them compete with Luo Qinghan for the throne.
Chapter completed!