The long and mournful sound of the bells floated all the way outside the palace. Even in the Prince Cong's Mansion in Yongpingfang, you can hear such tragic and solemn bells.

When Qi Jingyang heard the first bell, he jumped out of bed. After discussing the action plan with Yu, Chen and Daiwang, he sat on the bed and couldn't fall asleep. He kept thinking about what he would do to him now.

Not a favorable situation.

When the bell rang, it was so familiar to Qi Jingyang that he would never forget this sound forever - that rainy night eight years ago was the day Empress Mingxian passed away.

It was the first time after the death of the Queen Mother that Qi Jingyang heard the long and distant sound of the bells on the mourning platform. It was a rainy night. Qi Jingyang was disturbed by the sound of rain hitting banana trees outside the window, but it was still like this until late at night.

After falling asleep, half asleep and half awake, I heard the bell ringing on the altar.

In the palace, anyone who uses bells to announce death is a high-ranking person. Only the emperor, queen, queen mother, and prince can use such a bell ceremony.

Qi Jingyang was suddenly frightened and woke up. He sat half-sitting on the bed and listened carefully to the bells outside. As the prince himself, the queen mother died early, so naturally there were only the emperor and the queen.

But the bells also have specifications. Except for the emperor's nine bells, the rest are six.

When the bell stopped at the sixth stroke, Qi Jingyang fell out of bed. He knew clearly what the bell meant. He would never forget that when his mother passed away eight years ago, he was just a child, but

However, he lost his mother at an early age and was alone in the imperial city. From then on, no one really treated him.

As soon as he heard the sound, Qi Jingyang was stunned. He sat motionless on the bed and counted the number of bells in his heart: one... two... three...

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Kong Yan and Rong Fu heard this voice and hurried over to see Qi Jingyang's current situation.

Yu Chen and Dai Wang heard the sound and hurried over. As the former prince's secret guard camp, they were of course familiar with all the affairs in the palace. When they heard the sound of the bell, they knew very clearly what was happening in the palace.

Something happened.

But it was a coincidence that Yu Chen and Dai Wang came to the door yesterday, saying that they could remove Qi Jingqin for Qi Jingyang after the emperor's death, so that he could ascend to the throne naturally. Now that something like this happened, it is really amazing, even if

I had made all the plans, but I was still frightened by such a sudden thing. No one thought that these things would happen so quickly, and they happened so quickly.

Yu Chen and Dai Wang were ready. The people who were buying and selling in the arena had already followed them and lurked in Shangjing City. They had always lived in the shadow of others, in the shadow of the corner.

Living in darkness, never seeing the sun, and not daring to walk openly among the crowd.

Yu Chen and Dai Wang are fed up with such a life of no one and no ghosts, and want to make changes. Now they seem to be helping Qi Jingyang, but in fact everyone has a selfish intention. Since they can help Qi Jingyang get this

Jiangshan, I think Qi Jingyang will also prepare a generous gift in return for them. At that time, they can put forward the conditions they dream of.

Everyone is at risk when they gain something. There is nothing too pure in this world, only eternal interests.

They ran into Qi Jingyang's bedroom almost at the same time.

The bells haven't stopped ringing yet, but they can hear that it's almost coming to an end, and they all know in their hearts that this time the emperor has passed away.

"How could it be so fast..." Qi Jingyang was a little stunned. He didn't expect that in just one month, he would lose Zhao Peiyu and all the princes. Qi Jingyang had never seen his father again since they parted ways in the East Palace.

He didn't expect that these things would happen so quickly, and he had no room to defend himself.

Qi Jingyang was about to get up, but the quilt on the bed caught his legs, and he suddenly fell to the ground. He did not stand up. When Rong Fu Kongyan and Yu Chen Daiwang came in, Qi Jingyang was sitting on the ground.

His eyes were wide open, with a hint of confusion in them, and he just stared at them blankly.

After seeing them, Qi Jingyang took a long time to say: "You...you heard it too?"

Qi Jingyang always thought that he was dreaming, that he was hallucinating, that he was the only one who heard the bell, but when he saw them all coming in, he knew that it was all true, not only

He heard the bell alone, but everyone heard it, which meant that his father had really passed away.

After hearing the news, Qi Jingyang's face changed drastically. He bent down, held his face in his hands and cried: "How could this happen...how could it happen so quickly..."

Qi Jingyang has always known that his father was in poor health, but he never took it to heart. This time the emperor was seriously ill, which coincided with such a major event happening in the capital. The fifty-three years of Bingyu's reign were really full of disasters.

It has been a long time since he went to court. Qi Jingyang knew about such a thing even if he was not in the court. Almost everyone knew about such a major event.

But I never thought that Qi Bingyu would die this year.

"My son...I haven't had time to see you yet..." When he was very young, Qi Bingyu loved Qi Jingyang very much, because he was the son of Empress Mingxian and the prince. When he was a child, he was not so strict.

She has always loved him very much, and would give him anything he asked for, and would try his best to meet all conditions.

After growing up, although there was some rift between Qi Jingyang and the emperor, it was mostly because Qi Bingyu stayed at Yichun Palace on the night when Queen Mingxian died, and no one was able to stay with Queen Mingxian. Qi Jingyang was also because of

The death of the queen mother has been deliberately made to anger the father, which is why it is like this now.

Qi Jingyang knew that his father was seriously ill, but he never expected that it would reach this point. He regretted it endlessly.

When Yu Chen and Dai Wang saw this scene, they stood silently at the door without speaking. Even if they knew that this might be the best time to act, Qi Jingqin was very sad to think about it. The incident happened suddenly, and the palace must have

He didn't make any preparations. If he rushed into the palace at this time, he would be caught off guard. Moreover, it was quiet at night, and even the imperial guards were in the palace. They would not have thought that someone would come to assassinate him at this time.

They can also know exactly where Qi Jingqin is, and there will definitely not be too many guards around him.

For Yu Chen and Dai Wang, this was the best time to carry out the assassination, but now that they saw Prince Cong in such discomfort, Yu Chen and Dai Wang no longer dared to talk about it.

Yu Chen and Dai Wang have no parents, let alone family. They grew up in the prince's secret guard camp prepared by Lu Gaohong and Lu Fushuang for the prince. They have lived with these brothers since they were young. Each of them has been trained.

They have no feelings, only obey and follow, and have no idea what family means. Even if the brother they grew up with dies, they will feel it is a pity at most, because they know what it takes to cultivate a person like them.

, it would be a pity to die, but from beginning to end, they had never cried like Qi Jingyang. They lived as if they had no feelings. Now that they see Qi Jingyang crying so sadly, Yu Chen and Dai Wang

I couldn't say a single heartwarming word to comfort him, so I could only stand outside the door and watch silently.

Qi Jingyang cried so hard that he almost fainted. After he heard the news, his mind suddenly became very heavy. He buried his face in his hands and sat bent down on the ground.

Yu Chen and Dai Wang didn't know how to comfort others. Perhaps they lost some of the thoughts and emotions inherent in human beings under the intense training in the Prince's Secret Guard Camp.

But Rong Fu and Kong Yan have always been the warm-hearted people around Qi Jingyang. For Rong Fu, Qi Jingyang grew up with his own eyes. He knows very well what he is thinking. When he sees Qi Jingyang's

It seems that he has returned to the little prince crying in the East Palace eight years ago. Now he is no longer crying on his back, but his emotions are still sad and sorrowful. Although he is trying his best to control his emotions, Qi Jingyang's slightly shrugged

, you can see how sad Qi Jingyang must be from his trembling shoulders.

Rong Fu looked at him, his face also full of sadness. He felt sorry for Qi Jingyang, and he was the only one who felt sorry for his own child. This did not mean that Qi Jingyang was his child, but that he had brought Qi Jingyang up single-handedly. Although it was not in line with his status, he had already known it in his heart.

I already care for him as my own child, for fear that he will be wronged and that he will be sad.

Not to mention Kong Yan, it was because of Qi Jingyang that he was able to avoid some grievances and sufferings since he was a child. He knew what would happen to the little eunuch who grew up in the palace. He purified himself and entered the palace with him.

Many of the eunuchs have been tortured to death, either by their masters or by some old eunuchs. He has never experienced such a thing, but he also knows that people like him who can sell themselves into the palace are still alive.

There are very few good people, so he is very grateful to Qi Jingyang and has always grown up with Qi Jingyang.

Kong Yan knows everything about Qi Jingyang, and knows all his thoughts, the pain in his heart, and the process of going from having everything to having nothing.

Qi Jingyang has everything since he was born. Others have slowly and slowly gained everything in their lives. Only Qi Jingyang has lost bit by bit. Now, even the only person who can protect him is dead. His only relative,

He died like this.

Although Qi Bingyu hated him for not living up to expectations and belittling him in the imperial edict, he still wanted to protect Qi Jingyang and was worried that Qi Jingqin would do something unfavorable to Qi Jingyang after he ascended the throne, so he first restricted some of his powers and

He restricted himself to going to Beijing to prevent Qi Jingqin from banishing him and doing what Qi Bingyu did to his brothers when he ascended the throne.

While Qi Jingyang was crying bitterly, he was worried about his future. Although he had never been afraid of Qi Jingqin, because he and I had nothing to worry about. Qi Jingyang knew that iqijinhq1 Qi Jingqin would not do anything to him.

But after the death of his father, there were fewer and fewer people to protect him, or there were none at all. This day would come sooner or later, but Qi Jingyang never expected that this day would come so quickly. In the blink of an eye, he would have nothing.

Well, in Qi Jingqin's eyes, he must be just a piece of fish on the knife board, ready to be slaughtered by others.

Rong Fu and Kong Yan stood aside for a while. Seeing how uncomfortable Prince Cong was, they looked at each other and then stepped forward to comfort them: "Your Majesty, you should get up first... The ground is cold. The emperor is gone. You have to take care of yourself."

Be good to yourself..."

Such words are too pale and weak. Every death of a loved one is a huge hurt to Qi Jingyang.

Seeing that Prince Cong was still sitting on the ground, Rong Fu and Kong Yan did not dare to say anything more, so they just stayed by their sides. They could do nothing at this time, and only companionship was the most appropriate thing.

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I don't know how long it took, Qi Jingyang raised his head, his face was covered with wrinkles from his clothes, his eyes were red, and there were still tears in his eyes. He looked at Rong Fu and Kong Yan, and said: "I want to enter the palace.

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Rong Fu and Kong Yan looked at each other, knowing in their hearts what Qi Jingyang wanted to do, but he just wanted to see the emperor for the last time, but now he is no longer the prince, and lives in Yongpingfang outside the palace, which is now under the palace gate.

Time, you can’t go in...

They were in a bit of a dilemma. This was a rule left by their ancestors. No one could open the key to the palace gate without a holy order. Now that the emperor had passed away, Qi Jingqin was the prince, and he and Qi Jingyang had a feud. How could they agree to Qi Jingyang's entry into the palace...

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Qi Jingyang looked at their expressions and knew that there was some difficulty in this matter, and then said: "I am the eldest son of my father. My father passed away. I should go and see it!"

Since leaving the palace that day, Qi Jingyang has never seen his father again. Firstly, it is because there is no need to enter the palace to see him, and secondly, his father has been seriously ill and has not seen anyone.

But what I didn’t expect was that now people are just gone...

"My lord, please have a good rest first. When the palace gate opens tomorrow, my servant will accompany you to see..." Rong Fu could only say this, and could do nothing else.

"I grew up in the palace, any of them dare to stop me, I will see my father today!" Qi Jingyang didn't want to miss anything anymore. He waited until tomorrow to go to worship with all his ministers.

He couldn't wait to see his father.

"Are you saying you can enter the palace?!" Qi Jingyang stood up staggeringly. Rong Fu and Kong Yan quickly went to support him. He pointed at Yu Chen and Dai Wang standing at the door and said: "No matter what

With this method, even if I break into the palace gate, I must enter the palace tonight!"

Qi Jingyang was skeptical about his father's death. He couldn't believe that his father, who had survived so many serious illnesses, had passed away now. Qi Jingqin had just been canonized as the prince, so he was so anxious.

Feeling that this was a conspiracy between Concubine Mei and Qi Jingqin, he wanted to enter the palace to take a look no matter what.
Chapter completed!