Chapter 409 Deserves a Beating

There was a stove burning in the hall, so warm that the cold of winter could not be felt at all.

Nan Xi wore an outer robe and leaned on the brocade couch in front of the window, with a soft and warm blanket covering her legs. The sun shone lightly on her face, reflecting her calm and gentle features.

Her slender white fingers held a book, and the well-preserved cover was printed with four eye-catching gilded fonts, which were upright and solemn.

"The Secret History of Jinghua".

When she had nothing to do, she picked a book to pass the time. It happened that Nan Xi wanted to know more about the life of Empress Jinghua recently, so she asked someone to pick this book from the palace library and send it to her.

The records in the history books were written by civil servants who were responsible for compiling and revising the books. They recorded the merits and demerits of Empress Jinghua Xuanyuan Danshu throughout her life. Although they were relatively fair and objective, and had a kind of calmness of a bystander, it was impossible to describe the situation and inner thoughts from the perspective of the people in the book. Moreover, the emotions of the emperor were accompanied by too many taboos, and many things even the historians did not dare to record in detail.

Danshu ascended the throne at the age of sixteen and made contributions to the country for fourteen years.

Most of the historical books praised and praised her, and the words used were all "wise and wise", "fair and wise", "diligent and loving the people", "decisive in killing", "punishing corrupt officials" and other descriptions that should appear on the emperor.

Empress Jinghua almost never made mistakes in the country. Even the incident of the sudden death of four emperors from the ninth year of Jinghua to the thirteenth year of Jinghua was handled very beautifully and with great skill, and successfully appeased the dissatisfaction and suspicion that the major families had caused.

Only a few words mentioned in the book actually hinted at the undercurrent at that time.

So much so that the later exposure of the truth triggered a family protest that could almost be called a palace coup. The truth of the emperor's husband's sudden death was revealed, and the anger of the major families approached the Dazheng Palace. Even though she was the king of a country, she could not suppress the anger and dissatisfaction of the ministers with thunderous hands.

The major families were powerful, and their intricate connections affected the imperial power.

Those four lives needed someone to give an explanation.

Moreover, Rong Huaijin, who was powerful as a "servant" at the time, had already threatened the interests of the major families. They worked together and spared no effort to eliminate this person - and the sudden death of the four emperors, in addition to triggering their thunderous anger, was also the most logical and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them.

Empress Jinghua cared about the world and was a wise and fair emperor.

Before the truth was exposed, she could still protect him, but now the truth has come out. If she continues to deal with it unfairly, it will damage her reputation as an emperor and even endanger the country and the people - and this is definitely not what Rong Huaijin wants to see.

How could the one who loved Empress Jinghua with all his heart bear to see the empress she revered as a god fall into a dilemma?

So even if he had already taken the position of regent, he was willing to use his life to atone for his sins in the end?

He loved her so much that he killed all his rivals with his own hands. As long as the person he loved only had him in his eyes, he couldn't bear to see her being forced and embarrassed, so he ended his life with his own hands.

Such a relationship is destined to be a tragedy.

The tragedy is that Empress Jinghua was born with the responsibilities of an emperor and had no choice.

The tragedy is that Rong Huaijin fell in love with someone he shouldn't love, and he grew crazy with paranoia and possessiveness, unable to control his inner demons.

The sadness lies in the struggle between the imperial power and the power of the ministers, and the weight of the people of the world and the loved ones in one's heart.

Nan Xi saw the righteousness of the country in the book, the praise of the subjects of later generations to the Queen Jinghua, and the records of the behavior of the civil officials and historians, which were attributed to "ambition and monopolization of power", but the feelings between the two were rarely mentioned.

Therefore, the behavior of the four major families forcing the palace was also crowned with the legitimate excuse of "clearing the court".

She actually felt nothing.

Reading the story in the book is completely like watching someone else's life. She is not in it, and cannot feel the mood of the protagonist at that time, and it is not even as clear as the dream of her first encounter with Rong Huaijin.

Nan Xi couldn't finish reading the whole book in just half a day, but she accidentally turned over a page, which read: "In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Jinghua, the emperor's husband, the regent, was seriously ill. The imperial physician was helpless. He rested in the deep palace for several months and finally died on the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. The emperor was extremely sad."

Dan Shu ascended the throne at the age of sixteen, and the next year was the first year. The thirteenth year of Jinghua was thirty years old.

According to the age recorded in the book, Rong Huaijin was less than a year older than Dan Shu. Not long after his death, Dan Shu also died.

Both of them only lived to the age of thirty.

There is also a key sentence: "In the winter of the thirteenth year of Jinghua, the regent died; in the first month of the following year, the emperor's body was unwell and gradually weakened. He died on the ninth day of the third lunar month at the age of thirty. He had no heir, and the throne was passed to his nephew Xuanyuan Hong."

No child?

Nan Xi closed the book, put it on her legs, and frowned slightly.

Empress Jinghua had no heir in her life?

This is obviously a bit strange, and it is also a question that has never been thought of before.

How could she not have a child after fourteen years on the throne?

"Your Majesty, are you tired of reading?" Yin Yue brought some fragrant tea and placed it on the table next to Nan Xi. "It's time for lunch. My master must be hungry. I'll ask them to prepare lunch."

Nan Xi's eyebrows relaxed: "Why hasn't Rong Yu come back yet?"

"The prince is in the Qinzheng Palace."

"Go and tell him to come back to the bedroom." Nan Xi frowned. "Your injuries haven't healed yet. How busy are you and don't even have a sense of time?"

Yin Shuang, who was standing in the outer hall, heard this and silently accepted the order, then turned around and walked quickly towards the Qinzheng Hall.

"The master is worried about the prince." Yin Yue smiled, "Maybe the prince is deliberately not taking care of himself, wanting to make the master feel sorry."

Nan Xi smiled gently and sighed lightly: "Yin Yue, do you also think Rong Yu wants to be beaten?"

Huh?

Yin Yue paused and shook her head quickly: "The prince is seriously injured, so he can't be beaten."

Rong Yu's injury has actually improved a lot.

The medicine used by Chu Nanyi is very good. In just five or six days, he can basically move freely-although Rong Yu is strong and can remain calm with his injuries, his injuries have indeed improved greatly in the past two days.

But compared to ordinary people, the injury has not improved to the point where he can be busy overtime, so he should continue to lie down and rest.

However, the government affairs are busy, and it is approaching the New Year. If nothing is done, the next affairs will only pile up, and even the New Year will not be peaceful.

Nan Xi lowered her eyes and gently stroked her belly: "Baby, do you think your father deserves a beating?"

"Indeed, he deserves a beating." Rong Yu walked in from outside the palace, wearing a dark black gold-woven royal robe that made him look tall and straight, calm and noble, "How does your majesty want to beat him?"