Princess Regent

Chapter 268

Shangguan Erlan sat cross-legged on the couch, with her eyes closed tightly, a black mist continuously floated up from the place where she was sitting. The black mist was very black and pure, and it kept drifting along the top of her, but never drifted. Over the top of her head, it only extends to the top of her head and then no longer grows upwards. There is a strange aura all over her body.

He Naichuan opened the door and walked in. Shangguan Erlan withdrew his breath and opened his eyes, "Here we come."

He Naichuan nodded, and handed the post in his hand to her, "This is a letter of surrender from Tan Si Kingdom."

Shangguan Erlan finally opened it and saw that it was densely packed with words of flattery and submission.After five years of war, He Naichuan and Gan Su's reputations have already spread, and she made everyone feel insecure, so in the past year, very few countries dared to declare war.Coupled with the support of the people, the rest of the countries are almost all in name only.As long as they reach the gate of that country, the people will spontaneously open the city gate to welcome them and enter the city easily.This is the first time in the history of the five continents that the Rujialan Kingdom won without a fight.

In the Jialan country, the empress passed away and was lucky to live in Dazhou. This is the order that people think of when they think of the Jialan country.In Lianyang Kingdom, Tianzhao Kingdom, Huanyue Kingdom, and Jing Kingdom, when people talked about Jialan Kingdom, they all admired, then lamented, and then guarded.Everyone is curious that the empress who suddenly stood up led her army to overthrow the original Xiuluoxi Empire before everyone was relieved. In the past five years, she has gradually recovered the small affiliated countries scattered in various places in Xingzhou, Slowly growing up to the present, while the leaders of various countries are amazed, they are also wary of whether the legendary empress will turn her head to them.It's not that they're afraid of war, it's that there's war together, after all, people are in dire straits, and the people have been at ease for so long, if war breaks out, all five continents will be in chaos.So they really hope that the empress can see clearly that it is okay to regain the lost land in Xing Dazhou, but they must not go to the other four continents, otherwise, they are not easy to bully!

The legend about the empress is getting more and more bizarre, and it even appears that the empress is actually a fairy who came down from the sky. God sent her to recover the lost land and rescue the people of Xingdazhou who were deeply in dire straits from suffering.Of course, only the people of the Jialan Kingdom spread such yearning legends. For them, the reborn empress is their god. As long as she is there, they will not be afraid of having no country and no home.Because of her, they are at ease, because of her, they are happy, and because of her, they are united.

Looking at Shangguan Erlan's pale but lifeless face, He Naichuan felt anxious, but it was useless.Five years have passed, and his sister is still a deceased person, and there is no possibility of bringing her back to life at all.And she also took care of the little life in her belly that would never grow up. To put it in a sad word, He Naichuan didn't just have the idea of ​​killing that little life just once.But he will never be in advance, this is my sister's child, the child she would rather use her own life to keep, he can't, can't do things that make my sister sad.

He raised his head and asked, "Accept?" Normally she would agree, but there were special occasions when she found out that the other party was insincere, and she would kill the former king directly after entering the city, including the clansmen. , It can be said that it is the extermination of the nine clans!
"Tanz is just a small country on the border, and it's not rich. The people live by fishing. Go ahead and appease the people after entering the city, just like before. But Tanz is indeed a good trading port, let If someone finds a way to establish this fishery, maybe it will become the number one fishery city in our Jialan country." Shangguan Erlan said with a smile, as if he had already seen the prosperous scene of this city in the future.

He Naichuan couldn't understand the meaning of her words, but he remembered her words, and when the time came, he just conveyed them calmly.

Seeing that he hadn't left, Shangguan Erlan felt a little strange, and asked, "Is there anything else?" She wasn't just fighting all these years, she was also slowly familiarizing her current body with power. After accumulating, her strength can already protect the baby in her stomach, and together with his father's strength, protect him tightly.Maybe he felt her warmth, and occasionally he would kick her.

"... Tomorrow is Xiao Lezi's third year as the throne." He Naichuan said quietly, and only when Xiao Lezi was mentioned would his voice be filled with emotion.

Thinking of Xiao Lezi, uh, Shangguan Erlan twitched again.Five years have passed, and I don't know what he looks like?Is he still so naughty, do you miss her?Or have you forgotten her?Too many doubts and beliefs made Shangguan Erlan dare not think of him sometimes, which was more painful than thinking of Xi Jinye.No matter how you say it, Xi Jinye is an adult, let alone he did something wrong first, she never thinks it is too much to punish him.However, Xiao Lezi is so pitiful, if he was someone else's child, she would have asked someone to take him to her side. It's a pity, if she really catches him, I believe Xi Jinye will also come here soon.She endured it again and again, and she endured it for five years. She didn't know how she survived these five years. Maybe it was also due to the baby in her belly.

Xiao Lezi suddenly ascended the throne three years ago, his biological father admitted in front of the ministers that Xiao Lezi was actually his son, and explained that because Xi Jinye had the best education, he adopted the child to him.Now that the child is almost raised, he wants to recognize his son and let him inherit the throne.Coupled with the support of Xi Jinye, there were not many people who objected to Xiao Lezi becoming a little emperor, and the opposition was ineffective. It would also cause dissatisfaction between Xi Jinye and Xi Jinyao, and the ministers simply followed suit. When Xiao Lezi was three years old, he became The little emperor.

But according to intelligence, although the little guy is now the emperor, he still lives in the palace, and still lives in his original courtyard.Treat the palace as a post house, come whenever you want, and no one can stop you if you want to leave.Go in when you have something to do, and then come out again, it is not your own home at all.Perhaps in the eyes of the little guy, the palace where he and his mother-in-law once lived is his home.

"Huh? What gift do you want to give him?" Since Xiaolezi ascended the throne, Shangguan Erlan would send Xiaolezi a lot of toys or delicious food from Jialan country children every year on this day.Outsiders think that Jialan Country is trying to curry favor with Lianyang Country, but even the ministers of Yang Country and Xi Jinye Xi Jinyao know that Jialan Country is coaxing Xiao Lezi like a child, and it is very good at coaxing the little guy. happy.

"I asked someone to send him the crown of Cheng Qin and the cane of Qi." After thinking for a while, he added: "He wrote a letter a month ago to ask for it."

Shangguan Erlan laughed, "He's already addicted to it, and even asked for it." I really don't know what politeness is.

"If he wants it, he will give it." This is evidence that He Naichuan indulged Xiao Lezi.

"You will ask someone to show him the broken picture I got a few days ago."

The broken picture that Shangguan Erlan mentioned was an item obtained by accident after conquering a country. It was nothing special. A picture was torn into countless pieces and kept intact in a box.Shangguan Erlan didn't have the heart to move it, so he kept it there, thinking that the little guy would be bored, so he gave it to him as a puzzle to play with.Maybe this thing is really a good thing or not.

He Naichuan nodded, and hurried down to order someone to deliver something to Xiao Lezi.

Xiao Lezi received the shredded paper three days after he received the cane and crown. When he opened the box and saw the shredded paper inside, he immediately felt cheated.

When Xi Jinye passed by, he accidentally saw him sitting on the carpet in the hall, and there was a box on the floor. He walked in and stood in front of him, "Where did you come from?"

Hearing the voice, Xiao Lezi didn't even raise his head, "It's a gift from someone."

"Who will send it?"

"The envoy of the Jialan Kingdom." Xiao Lezi stretched out his small hand to grab the shredded paper and looked at it strangely.Then he raised his head, looked at his white-haired father, handed it to him, and asked, "Daddy, this was given to me by the Empress of Jialan Kingdom. What is it?"

Empress?Hearing this, Xi Jinye squatted down to check the shredded paper in the box. The paper seemed too loose, and it was impossible to see what it was.In the past few years, Jialan Kingdom has sent things to the little emperor every year. Others don't know that he knows that Jialan Kingdom has no intention of flattering him, but he can't guess why they send things so frequently.

Xiao Lezi glanced at her father, especially when she saw his white hair, Xiao Lezi wanted to subconsciously ignore it.Whenever he sees his father's white hair, he always thinks of his mother-in-law. In the beginning, the mother-in-law never came back. What he resented most was his father, and he was the one he hated the most, because he made the mother-in-law disappear. Even Aunt Nalan He didn't know where to go, and he didn't know until later that after Di Niang disappeared, Aunt Nalan followed Yun Xiao back to Huanyue Kingdom and settled there.Later, he stopped calling him Daddy, and always did things he hated. Later, the emperor's father told him that Daddy also had difficulties, and that Daddy really wanted to miss his mother-in-law more than he did. Xiaolezi was very unconvinced when he heard this. , he is the one who misses his mother-in-law the most!

The emperor's father talked to him a lot, probably because you want to forgive your father, he no longer has your mother-in-law, and he can't get your forgiveness, what do you ask him to do?
This made Xiao Lezi feel a little bit cautious, he thought of his father's white hair, and remembered that everyone said that his father's gray hair was caused by the disappearance of his mother-in-law.So the little guy didn't hate his father anymore, he still stayed with him every day, and would walk over and sit beside him when he was alone. He thought, he and his father had been waiting, and the mother-in-law would definitely come back , she will definitely come back.She couldn't bear to part with cute little Lezi, and she also couldn't bear to part with Daddy.

With such a belief, Xiao Lezi waited for five years, and he woke up crying in the middle of the night countless nights because he dreamed of his mother-in-law.And every time he woke up from crying, his father would be by his side, coaxing him and leading him to sleep.

"You're having fun." Patting Xiao Lezi on the head, Xi Jinye no longer paid attention to these shredded papers, got up and left.

After Shangguan Erlan left, he lived like a dead body, or at the beginning he had a promise to Xi Jinyao that he would stay in Lianyang Kingdom for 15 years.But in recent years, he continued to stay because of Xiaolezi.Because Xiao Lezi is her beloved son, and she is not around, she definitely does not want him to leave him when Xiao Lezi is still young.So, he stayed, supported him to be emperor, and taught him how to be a good emperor.

There is not a single woman in the palace now. In the early years, he dismissed those who were dismissed, and those who Xi Jinyao brought into the palace brought into the palace. Now the Prince Regent’s Palace is no longer as lively as it used to be, and it is quiet wherever he goes. Even when the servants are working, they dare not make too much noise.The palace has been in such a quiet and strange atmosphere for nearly five years, and every servant is guessing that it must be because the princess is missing, and the regent is heartbroken and gives up, and has become what he is today.

Sitting on the carpet in the living room, Xiao Lezi looked at the shredded paper in the box without moving for a long time, his originally nimble and mischievous eyes were now so dark.

After a while, he put away the box, ran out the door with it in his hand, and went straight to Huo's house.

Little friend Huo Siyuan is now eight years old, and he is already the age of the director. He has been with Xiao Lezi all the way, and he is undoubtedly the one who knows Xiao Lezi best.The two sat on the deck, staring at the shredded paper together. Huo Siyuan frowned, pointed to the shredded paper and asked, "What are you doing with these scraps of paper?" , compared with Xiaolezi, it is really evenly matched.

"This is not waste paper, it was given to me by the Empress of Jialan Kingdom."

"Empress of Jialan Kingdom." Huo Siyuan murmured, and asked strangely: "Then why did she send you these scraps of paper?"

Xiao Lezi shook his head, "I came to you because I didn't know. Think of a way to put it together, and believe that the secret will come out. The gift from the empress of Jialan Kingdom must not be too bad, and there may be surprises." Thinking like this With this, Xiao Lezi's motivation was up, and he was very interested in unknown things.

"Then you can fight it yourself." Huo Siyuan glanced at the disfigured shredded paper, and turned his body back, ignoring it.

"come together."

"I am not interested!"

"Huo Siyuan!"

"I'm not deaf, don't bark so loudly, don't think I'm afraid of you now that you are the emperor!" Huo Siyuan who was quarreled gave Xiao Lezi a fierce look, turned over and wanted to sleep.

But as soon as he closed his eyes, a burst of fighting spirit hit him.He quickly got up to dodge, looked at Xiao Lezi in disbelief, and said angrily: "Xi Changle, you dare to attack me!"

"I am the emperor, if I dare to ignore me, I am attacking you!" Xiao Lezi said arrogantly, even I came out.

Huo Siyuan didn't care who he was, with luck and fighting spirit, he rushed up and wrestled with Xiao Lezi, and there was a "crack" fighting sound on the deck, shaking the ship.

How did Xiao Lezi know at this time that the gift he was looking forward to the most every year from the Empress of the Jialan Kingdom was actually carefully prepared for him by his mother-in-law, and it was sent to him after seeing his temperament. How can you not like it?A heart of thinking about her child, people who have never experienced it can't understand it, and they can't feel it. It's as uncomfortable and painful as trying to gouge out her heart.

(End of this chapter)