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Chapter 685

Soon someone came to report to Li Beichen that Chanjuan had been sent out of the palace.

Li Beichen thought it was a good thing for Chanjuan to leave the palace. This maid looked quite mature, so she must have been specially arranged to fight in the palace.

According to the report from the people he arranged, Chanjuan had been instigating Zhenfei to make trouble. She had been fanning the flames in the matter of her cousin. But Zhenfei was kind-hearted and had always opposed Chanjuan's troubles.

Liang Xiaobao has already found out that some things point to Concubine Zhen. Since Concubine Zhen was not directly involved, she is kind-hearted and does not want to murder the heir to the throne, and now she has decisively sent Chanjuan out of the palace. Li Beichen decided to let bygones be bygones.

After Li Beichen came out of the Yanxi Palace, he returned to the Qinzheng Palace to continue handling government affairs. More than an hour later, the eunuch came to report that Concubine Xi had not woken up yet.

It was just time for dinner, and Li Beichen went to Zhenfei's palace for dinner and asked about Chanjuan's leaving the palace.

Zhen Fei did not shy away from saying that Chan Juan's words were unpleasant and she kept nagging and preaching, which annoyed her, so she simply let her go back home.

Li Beichen then asked Chanjuan what she had said to make her unhappy.

Concubine Zhen pulled Li Beichen's arm and acted coquettishly, "Your Majesty, I am already a mother. But Chanjuan still treats me like a three-year-old child. It's so annoying."

Seeing Concubine Zhen act like a spoiled child, Li Beichen brushed it off in a simple way. He did not delve into it and just kept saying, "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say. Whoever makes you unhappy should be punished."

Zhenfei held Li Beichen's arm, leaned on his shoulder, and felt very happy.

After dinner, Li Beichen did not accompany Zhenfei for a walk as usual, but instead took a sedan chair to go to the Yanxi Palace.

It would be good if Concubine Xi survived safely. If there was any danger, she wouldn't miss the last time to see him.

She is my mentor’s daughter. We grew up together and our relationship is different from others.

In fact, he is right.

When Concubine Xi woke up, she saw the emperor standing by her side and she was so excited that she covered her mouth and cried.

He was dressed in purple, sitting in front of the couch, his eyes as bright as the stars in the sky, yet a little hazy as if blown by the wind.

After the birth of the eldest prince, Li Beichen was very happy. After returning to the Qinzheng Palace, he changed his off-white robe into purple to show his good luck.

Concubine Xi's blood started to boil again due to her excitement.

The room was quickly filled with the smell of blood.

The midwife and the imperial physician all knelt on the ground and urged the emperor to go out and leave this bloody place.

Li Beichen held Concubine Xi's hand and said impatiently, "I am the true dragon emperor, and I have the protection of the gods. How can any evil spirit hurt me?"

The logic is so tight that no one can refute it.

Seeing that the emperor was determined to do so, everyone was in tears. Jiang Xian and Doctor Sun both secretly admired him.

Li Beichen held Concubine Xi's hand, just wanting to accompany her and give her more courage.

Concubine Xi moaned in pain, the tearing pain in her vagina was extremely severe. She felt her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred.

The coldness of the emperor's palm made her feel better from the burning sensation all over her body.

She was so greedy for his palm, and she was greedy for the feeling of the emperor holding her tightly.

She felt very tired and sleepy and wanted to take a nap.

She tried hard to open her eyes and glanced at the emperor, then said with a smile, "Brother Beichen, Yaya looks a lot like you."

"Yes. Very much like me when I was a child." Li Beichen responded casually, trying to comfort her.

"Yeah." Concubine Xi smiled happily, with the fat on her face squeezed together, making her look very honest.

Such a happy look reminded Li Beichen of their childhood.

Li Beichen stroked Concubine Shang Xi's face with trembling hands.

Concubine Xi murmured, "I'm so sleepy. Brother Beichen. I'm going to sleep first."

Doctor Jiang came back to his senses and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, you must not let the queen fall asleep."

If I fall asleep, I might never wake up again.

"Sister Zhen, do you remember when we were little? We studied and rowed together. You always made trouble when I was studying."

Li Beichen began to recall their childhood days.

At that time, she liked to wear clothes in light green and light pink, which looked like the colors of lotus flowers in summer, fresh and sweet.

She is very lively and loves to laugh. She doesn't like to study or embroider, but likes to draw and row boats. She is usually very naughty and loves to play tricks on people. I often tell her some interesting stories from miscellaneous books.
I know a little bit about musical instruments, but I'm not proficient at any of them and I have no interest in learning them properly.

Sister Zhen kept laughing as she listened, and she also recalled the carefree days before she became a concubine.

So happy.

"Brother Beichen, I really want to go back to my childhood." Sister Zhen murmured, "In fact, I have always liked you. I have always liked you."

A huge feeling of sleepiness came over her. She felt so tired and sleepy.

"Brother Beichen, I'm sleepy."

As soon as she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and fell asleep with a sweet smile on her face.

Li Beichen was stunned for a moment, then he shook Concubine Xi's hand and urged her urgently, "Don't sleep, don't sleep. You can't sleep, I still have a lot to say to you."

However, Concubine Xi never responded to him again.

Imperial Physician Sun and Jiang Xian both stopped, and the palace servants around them knelt down one after another.

Li Beichen looked at Jiang Xian anxiously, "Come and have a look! She is asleep."

After Jiang Xian came over to check, he knelt on the ground and said sadly, "Your Majesty, please accept my condolences. The queen is gone."

Doctor Sun also knelt down. "He's gone?" Li Beichen murmured. The voice of Concubine Xi calling him "Brother Beichen" was still ringing in his ears.

He held Concubine Xi's hand and sat there in a daze, tears rolling in his eyes, and after a while, they finally fell.

She choked up and said, "Sister Zhen, please don't leave."

Concubine Xi had been with him longer than his cousin Concubine Yi. She was his first friend after he traveled through time.

Concubine Xi is lively, cute, free and outspoken. She is a bright spot in his miserable, depressing and irritable life in the harem.

It's fun and joyful to be with her.

I can’t explain why, although I am very happy and relaxed when I am with Concubine Xi, I don’t have the heart-felt love, strong sexual attraction, and crazy possessiveness that I feel when I face Jiang Yuebai.

Concubine Xi is the daughter of his teacher. In his eyes, she is like the little sister next door, and they have only a brother-sister relationship.

He lay beside the couch and shed many tears silently.

Although he didn't make any sound when crying, everyone felt the emperor's heartache and sadness.

No one expected the Emperor to be so affectionate towards Concubine Xi, and everyone was deeply moved.

The eldest prince lay in the soft arms of his wet nurse and was brought over to see his mother for the last time.

The baby pooped his first poop after being born. Now he is full and sleeping soundly.

The wet nurse burst into tears. She looked up at Concubine Xi, who lay lifeless on the couch, and gazed affectionately at the baby in her arms, feeling sad that he lost the protection of his mother as soon as he was born.

The baby was unaware of his mother's death in his sleep.

He just slept when he was tired, drank milk when he was hungry, and cried loudly when he had poop. His mother had seen him and called him by his childhood name with joy. But he had never seen his mother and had no chance to call her mother in person.

Soon, the palace maid who was in charge of handling the funeral came to help Concubine Xi wash her body, dress her up, and put her body away in the coffin museum.

The coffin lid will be nailed shut before the funeral tomorrow. Li Beichen stroked the edge of the coffin and stared at Concubine Xi in the coffin.

Concubine Xi was carefully dressed up, with a happy smile on her face, as if she was just dreaming and falling asleep.

Although she looks like a completely different person compared to when she was a girl, this sweet and carefree smile is still the same.

A circle of people knelt around the emperor, urging him to mourn.

The death of the eldest prince's mother was a big deal. All the concubines who could come came and knelt before the emperor according to their rank.

Pregnant and miscarriage concubines all sent palace maids to pay tribute. Jiang Yuebai did the same, and she sent Susu again. Susu was now specifically responsible for these external liaison matters on her behalf.

Li Beichen stayed in the Yanxi Palace that night and didn't go anywhere.

Concubine Xi liked to watch him paint round fans, and she would ask him for round fans every year. Narcissus took out all the round fans in the Empress' collection and showed them to Li Beichen.

Li Beichen ordered his men to put all the fans in the coffin as burial objects. He also carefully painted a new one, and after it dried, he placed it in Concubine Xi's hand.

There is a small portrait of her above.

Li Beichen attended the morning court without sleeping all night.

The morning breeze blew his clothes.

Li Beichen looked at the sky which was getting brighter with melancholy, and suddenly felt that time was like the tide, always rising and falling, constantly crashing into the reefs, getting broken and bleeding, but always finding peace the moment he returned to the sea.

There are always people who can make you feel at ease in this world, and there are always places where you can feel at ease.

He touched the sachet around his waist and smelled the familiar fragrance, which made him feel much more relaxed.

The court officials should have congratulated the emperor on the birth of his son and the succession of his country, but because of Concubine Xi's death, everyone in the morning court looked at each other in dismay and dared not breathe.

Only Ye Ming had the courage to advise the emperor to mourn and accept the change, saying that the Ming Dynasty had a successor and that someone should be sent to take care of and properly place the eldest prince.

Then someone from the Ministry of War reported that there was reliable information that the criminal Chen Ang had died suddenly of an unknown illness a month ago.

One of the two princesses who married into the Tatars became pregnant. At the same time, her maid was also favored and became Yesiza's favorite concubine.

These are all relatively good news.

Li Beichen nodded in agreement, tapping his fingers on the armrest, showing little interest.

Chen Ang and his core followers have been almost eliminated in the past few months. Whether Chen Ang is dead or alive is not particularly important.

Instead, he took the opportunity to announce that Ye Ming would officially replace Murong Chi as the right prime minister, lift the investigation against Murong Chi, and return to the Hanlin Academy to continue serving as a Hanlin University scholar and preside over the compilation of history books. This set of history books is called "Yongle Encyclopedia".

People did not know the importance of the Yongle Encyclopedia and its influence on later generations. They all thought that Murong Chi was demoted and marginalized because of Chen Ang's incident, and they avoided him as much as possible.

After returning to the Qinzheng Palace, Li Beichen received a secret report from Chen Ning.

His younger brother Li Beihong did not find any physical discomfort. On the contrary, he became much stronger because of eating beef and mutton, riding horses and practicing sword every day.

In the northeast, a Mongolian tribe that had not yet been conquered by Huanhuan Qier took the initiative to propose to marry the patriarch's legitimate daughter to Li Beihong and form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty.

The younger brother has not given up looking for Shen Shixi and is still sending people to inquire about him. Therefore, he ignores all the women who love him.

The story of Li Beihong's infatuation is circulated on the grassland. It is said that the King of Anbei and the late Queen were in love, but the Queen has passed away, and he loves her so deeply that he is determined not to marry.

However, the more infatuated a man was, the more women wanted to marry him. Many Mongolian girls went to the Anbei Protectorate just to see the King of Anbei, and many noble girls registered with the government to marry him.

Li Beichen fell into deep thought.

My brother should have been hit by the fragments of the poison bomb that night. Why didn't my brother show any symptoms, only he did?

After thinking about it, his face suddenly turned pale.

The biggest difference between him and his brother is that his brother is completely abstinent. After he came back from the battlefield, Meng Zhao and others entered the palace one after another. He has favored many concubines for several days.