The King's Stunning Concubine

Chapter 99 A Lifetime Promise (The Finale)

"Xuan Ye..." Lin Qianqian lightly touched Nangong Xuanye's other intact palm, and first took one of his fingers. Seeing that he didn't respond, but didn't resist either, she took another finger and held it together. One root, another, and finally put his entire palm in the palm of his hand, tighten it tightly, and hold it.She wanted to hold it tighter, tighter, tighter.I hope she can make him feel warm and not hurt so much.

From the moment he watched the old emperor die with his eyes closed, Nangong Xuanye's heart was like a cold pool, bottomless, but a cold air emanated from the deepest part, extremely cold.What is even more frightening is that his spiritual idol is gone, and his belief is gone.

What goal does a person have if he has no faith?What is the meaning of living?How is he going to keep letting himself go?

It is as if a person is walking alone in the long and boundless cold winter season, looking far away, everything is pale, the world is vast and silent, the sky is silent, and everything is lonely. He can feel his heart trembling, but even his steps No sound can be heard.There was not even a little green, and he couldn't even find other colors, so the paleness turned pale, and finally turned into a blank, which was about to swallow everything about him, thoughts, emotions, ambitions, all good or bad expectations of life...

There was only one faint thought in Nangong Xuanye's mind - the father was born noble, his life was glorious, he was worshiped by thousands of people, even if he passed away, he should not be silent, everyone should mourn together, Qingluan Kingdom is the same. Just cry!
As for his being admired by Nangong, the fact that his father handed down the throne did not leave a trace in his heart at all.

The throne was never what he wanted. If the crown prince Nangong Xuanleng hadn't pressed hard, he wouldn't have come to this point, and neither of them would have come to this point.

If it wasn't for fighting for the throne, Nangong Xuanleng would not have taken control of the Forbidden Palace. He wanted to force out the imperial decree and the imperial seal from his father, making him suffer all the things he shouldn't have to bear.Maybe the royal father won't just pass away like this!

"Ah!!" Nangong Xuanye raised his head suddenly, and let out a long cry, as if he wanted to vent all the grief, all the pain, all the dissatisfaction, and all the regrets in his heart.

There was a strong night wind in the attic, and Lin Qianqian rang the bell again, watching his long hair fluttering and his clothes fluttering.

The blood on Nangong Xuanye's hands finally solidified, and he stopped bleeding. He stood there fixedly, looking into the distance, motionless.

Lin Qianqian reluctantly raised the corners of her mouth, smiled, and called out in a low voice, "Xuan Ye..."

Nangong Xuanye turned his back to her and waved his hands, "Yes."

Lin Qianqian was taken aback for a moment, there was clearly a choke in that voice, is he... crying?Is he finally willing to cry?

The distant sky has been changing silently, unmoved by people, unstopped by everything.At this time, the colors are constantly changing, the clouds are floating, and the earliest fish-belly white gradually turns into a cool light white, a slightly bright pink white, a beautiful light blue, and a quiet indigo, and slowly spreads into a deep purple. Change, into a bright and gorgeous light gold.

On the top of the mountain in the distance, a round of red sun is rising. In an instant, the clouds that are floating in the sky and the ever-changing clouds in the sky are all dyed with beautiful gold at this moment, and the whole sky becomes warm. toned.

In an instant, the capital city that had been silent all night was illuminated by warm sunlight, and the bright golden color dyed everything at a speed visible to the naked eye, from flowers and plants to trees, across rivers, mountains and rivers, to houses, to the few trees on the street. Man, ends up climbing over tall buildings...

The bloody night that filled countless people with pain has finally passed, and a new day has arrived.The new chapter of Qingluan Kingdom is about to open.

Lin Qianqian and Nangong Xuanye, who had already been illuminated by the sun, were bathed in the sun's rays, and now they were covered with warm sun. They were already extremely outstanding people, and they looked even more dazzling at this moment.

According to historical records, on the seventh night of the fourth month of Renxu year, Xihe Emperor Nangong Xuanye led a crowd into the palace.If my emperor had God's help all the way, the situation was like a broken bamboo. The rebellious king Nangong Xuan Leng saw that the situation was over, drew his sword and killed himself in front of the three armies, committed suicide in fear of crime, and abandoned all his followers. This person even ignored the way of being a king.Such inhumane and unrighteous, unfaithful and unfilial people, perverted behaviors, vain as sons of men, ministers of men, and heads of men, should be reviled by the subjects and condemned for thousands of years.

But on the day when Xi and Emperor Nangong Xuanye ascended the throne, they ignored the letter from the officials asking several princes to change their names with the same character as the emperor, and only ordered that the whole family of Nangong Xuanleng be buried with them. Ash, no peace!

It stands to reason that the crime committed by rebelling against Wang Nangong Xuan Leng is not too much.But Qingluan Kingdom has always been governed by Confucianism and implemented a benevolent government.The subjects and the people could not accept their king's actions in any way.I just feel that this matter is too insidious, others can do it, but the newly enthroned Emperor Xihe can't do it-this cruel, inhumane, ruthless and domineering method made the hearts of all the people and courtiers feel cold, and they deeply felt that the newly enthroned emperor could do nothing. He must be a person who will retaliate and care about every detail, and maybe he will amend the law and send cruel officials.

Compared with the former emperor Nangong Mu, this even more highlights the ruthlessness of the new emperor Nangong Xuanye.

It was rumored that Nangong Xuanye, who had just ascended the throne, was busy with the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky and worshiping the ancestors of the emperor's temple.

The ministers wrote several times that the harem of the new emperor is empty. The position of the mother of a country is as important as that of the king of a country. A country cannot live without a king, nor can it live without a queen.Is it time to hold a selection to enrich the harem?

Emperor Xihe lost his temper once again, and then left in a huff.

After looking at each other in blank dismay, the courtiers shook off a cold sweat, and decided that there must be no compromise on this matter. The so-called "remonstrance to the death of literature, and war to the death of martial arts", they must die for the sake of the country, and they must go back to discuss. Continue to write letters until the emperor agrees to pick and choose.

Lin Xiang and Fang Taiwei came out of the hall, looked into the distance, both sighed involuntarily, and then turned around when they heard each other's sighs.

Lin Deng waved his hand towards Fang Taiwei, "Fang Taiwei, what can you do if you talk about this..." Of course he knew why Nangong Xuanye refused to be the queen, and he didn't even agree to Caixuan.He loves his daughter Lin Qianqian deeply, but Qianqian has long since disappeared.Even if Qianqian is there, he has to say that his daughter knows that not only because she is a concubine, her status is not enough to be the mother of a country, but with her personality, she is not suitable to be a dignified mother of a country at all.

So Nangong Xuanye insisted on refusing to draft. As a father, he felt gratified for his daughter, but also felt very uneasy, and also felt a little guilty. His incompetent daughter, besides having a good-looking face, also had What should the emperor miss so much?

The most important thing is that she has disappeared. I don't know when she will come back, and I don't know if she will be able to come back. Is the emperor going to hang in the back seat, hang in the harem, and wait for the return of a woman who doesn't know when she will return?

I'm afraid the whole world won't agree!
That's why Linden sighed after he went down.

Fang Taiwei seemed to have heard about the matter between the emperor and Lin Xiang's daughter. Hearing his sigh, he immediately said angrily: "Lin Xiang, your daughter is too ignorant! Does she still want to dominate the harem?" He didn't know about Lin Qianqian's sudden disappearance. He thought it was because she relied on Nangong Xuanye's favor and refused him to follow the wishes of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty to select a beautiful girl.

Lin Deng lamented again, shaking his head again and again, "Fang Taiwei, you misunderstood, alas, you misunderstood, the source of this matter is not the little girl!" Tell Nangong Xuanye to know?Although it was really her that was the reason, she didn't say anything about her objection, she didn't threaten Nangong Xuanye, and she didn't even cry. After all, it's the new emperor's problem.If he wants to choose, who can stop him?In other words, he is unwilling to choose, but no one can force him to agree.

This matter seems to have become a deadlock.

Anyway, for a while, he, the prime minister, couldn't solve it.

Fang Taiwei obviously didn't believe it, and snorted again, "Isn't it on your daughter? Could it be that she was relying on the emperor's favor behind her back, so she cried, made trouble, and hanged herself?"

Fang Taiwei seems to be well versed in the tricks of the women in the backyard.

After Lin Deng was stunned for a while, he reluctantly continued to wave his hands, "This is really not... Although I dare not call myself a famous minister, a virtuous minister, but such a major event that hinders the emperor's heirs, I must not watch my daughter do it and be scolded by thousands of people." The ministers accused."

"You mean, your daughter really didn't get jealous behind?" Fang Taiwei still had doubts.

Even if she really wanted to, she had to be around to speak!Lin Deng shook his head and sighed, with a helpless expression on his face, "I can guarantee that it is not my daughter's fault. Didn't Taiwei Fang notice? The first time the court played, the emperor had already pushed it directly, and then got angry in court. She didn't hesitate to go down to the court, or say she refused after thinking about it. If the little girl wants to play tricks, she must know that someone wants the emperor to choose her before she is jealous, so she can act like a baby to stop it? But the emperor refused from the beginning. So, it's not about the little girl."

Taiwei Fang thoughtfully stroked his long gray beard, "It's reasonable, it's reasonable." He nodded, "Then why does the emperor refuse to choose? If it's not feminine, the emperor is in his prime. Shouldn't it? Or your daughter..." The meaning is still incomplete.

But Lin Deng, who has been the prime minister for many years, couldn't hear the implication, so he could only say angrily: "Although I, Lin Deng, can't teach my daughter well, I still dare to admit that I am attentive. Not someone who flatters the Lord! Fang Taiwei, you are such nonsense, where will the little girl put me, Lin Deng? And where will the emperor be placed?!" After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and strode away.

Fang Taiwei's eyes flashed brightly, and he nodded secretly, only then was he sure that it was not Linden and his daughter's problem, and then raised his eyebrows to think of other ideas.

In the main hall of the imperial palace, Nangong Xuanye was holding a note that he received three days ago. There were a few scrawled characters on it. This was a note that Lin Qianqian had left for him before he left.

"Xuan Ye, now that you are enthroned as emperor as you wished, it was impossible to fulfill your promise to me before. Now I am leaving you and wandering the world. I hope we all have a bright future." The signature was Lin Qianqian.

For the past three days, Nangong Xuanye would take out this note and read it every day, and he would clenched his fists every time he read it. He knew that the promise Lin Qianqian referred to in the note was a couple for a lifetime, but he Now that he is enthroned as emperor, this promise cannot be fulfilled. Even if Nangong Xuanye is willing to marry only Lin Qianqian, the people of the world will not agree.

"Qianqian, a bright future? You know, I only have you in my future!" Nangong Xuanye felt a little dignified in his heart. These days, he has been dealing with state affairs day and night every day. After all, he has just ascended the throne and the court is not stable enough, so he He worked tirelessly to solve many major national affairs.

Not only that, he also personally wrote an edict, passing the throne to his younger brother Nangong Xuanshuang. For Nangong Xuanye, he would rather fail the world than Lin Qianqian.

And Lin Qianqian left without saying goodbye in order not to embarrass Nangong Xuanye. Nangong Xuanye naturally understood Lin Qianqian's painstaking efforts, but he couldn't let Lin Qianqian leave him like this.

The next day, the entire Qingluan Kingdom issued an edict for the new emperor's enthronement, passing the throne to the Ninth Prince Nangong Xuanshuang. Since then, no one knows the whereabouts of Nangong Xuanye.

A year later, in a border town of Qingluan Country, Lin Qianqian who runs an antique shop saw a familiar figure on the street.
(End of this chapter)