I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 140: Celebration of the Year
After a banquet, a war broke out between the two countries.

When the Chinese army marched to the border, before the battle officially started, the thirteen states in the southern border of Northern Qi took the initiative to open the city gates and surrender.

In less than two years, Li Wenzhu, the former young lady from the royal palace and now a great general, led the Blood-Clothed Army to occupy the capital of Northern Qi - Shangjing City.

Zhan Doudou had no choice but to move north with his soldiers as a final resistance.

Although the Northern Qi Dynasty had not yet been completely destroyed, the Central Plains had already been unified.

By the fifth year, Zhan Doudou, who had moved north, finally gave up resistance and announced her surrender to the State of Hua. She was named King of Qi, entered the cabinet, and became the second female cabinet minister.

Thanks to Zhan Doudou's surrender conditions, Fan Xian was able to return to Kyoto and meet Chen Pingping openly.

"You shouldn't have fired that shot back then."

Fan Xian sighed, "Who knew Li Chengzong would be so stubborn? I didn't even hurt Emperor Qing, but he wanted to put the blame on me. I couldn't do anything about it."

Chen Pingping shook his head: "I was not wrong all along. The Third Prince did a great job. He realized the world that Miss dreamed of."

Fan Xian curled his lips, "I don't deny that he is very powerful, but he is still a long way from that world. You don't understand."

"I may not understand, but if you are willing to help him and His Majesty, I believe that day will come sooner."

"..."

After a conversation, Fan Xian took the initiative to enter the palace.

He first went to see the Empress Dowager Qin Yu, and then followed the Empress Dowager to see Emperor Li Jingxiu.

Afterwards, Fan Xian entered the court to serve as an official.

Another ten years later, that is, the thirty-fifth year of the Chinese era.

Lin Ruofu is dead.

With the death of Lin Ruofu, Li Yunrui also passed away.

Before his death, a large group of people, young and old, filled the entire room. Li Yunrui just stared blankly at the leader, Li Chengzong.

"I was born before you were born, and you were born when I was old. I regret that I was not born at the right time so that I could be with you every day."

Li Yunrui finished reciting these four lines of poetry intermittently and called out, "Zong'er."

"Aunt, please tell me."

"I want to be buried in your mausoleum."

Li Chengzong had always known about Li Yunrui's affection, but he had never accepted it. However, he was about to die and it would be bad to refuse, so he nodded.

"it is good!"

After receiving Li Chengzong's affirmative answer, Li Yunrui passed away with a smile.

Li Yunrui is not a good person. This is the perception of Li Chengzong's generation and everyone in the previous generation.

But in the eyes of the younger generation, Li Yunrui is very good.

He has an especially good reputation among the common people, especially among women.

Therefore, on the day of her death, the spontaneous farewell ceremony in Kyoto was even more grand than when Emperor Qing died.

After Li Yunrui's death, Fan Jian did not hold on for long and died that autumn.

His former rivals and friends had all passed away. Chen Pingping found his former enemy Qin Ye, and they both got drunk.

Then, he never woke up again.

In addition to these five big figures who once played an important role in the court of Qing Kingdom, many people died this year, all of them were old ministers of their generation.

For example: Lai Mingcheng, Hong Sixiang, etc.

In short, people died throughout the whole year, and more than half of the ministers in the Qing Dynasty court died.

Perhaps because too many people died, Ye Liuyun also felt that he was about to die.

So he found Li Chengzong, said he wanted to look for the temple, and asked Li Chengzong if he wanted to go with him.

At first, Li Chengzong thought that Fan Xian had already found the temple. After all, he remembered that it seemed to be written in the book that Fan Xian had visited the temple before killing Emperor Qing.

That's why at the party ten years ago, he asked Fan Xian whether he had taken out the weapons of mass destruction in the temple.

As a result, after the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed and Fan Xian returned to Kyoto, he realized that Fan Xian had never been to the temple.

Now Ye Liuyun suggested looking for the temple, and Li Chengzong also wanted to take a look, so he took his eldest grandson and niece Hongdoufan and set out on the journey to the Far North.

After more than a year of searching, the four finally found the entrance to the temple.

It is actually similar to Western temples. It is also a military museum with a very advanced level of technology.

However, the temple was controlled by artificial intelligence, which was very hostile to invaders like Li Chengzong and his group, and immediately launched an attack.

What surprised Li Chengzong was that there were actually two robots with the combat power of grandmasters in the temple, and there were also many robots with the strength of the ninth rank or above.

However, Li Chengzong is just one step away from ascending to heaven, so no matter how many robots there are, they will be of no use.

Li Chengzong alone eliminated all the guards of the temple. The four of them successfully entered the temple and then stayed in the temple to study the scientific and technological knowledge in the temple.

Time flies.

Hong Zhu no longer remembers his name. He only remembers that his last name is Chen and he was originally the young master of the Chen family, a wealthy family in Yingzhou.

Originally, the Chen family was considered an ordinary family with no worries about food and clothing in the local area, and they lived a carefree life.

However, the magistrate of Yingzhou at that time became greedy and forcibly seized the Chen family's property.

At that time, there were two very famous scholars in the Chen family. They crossed mountains and rivers, and went across prefectures and states to file a lawsuit, and even claimed that they would take the lawsuit to Kyoto.

The magistrate was so frightened that he colluded with the bandits in the middle of the night and wiped out the entire Chen family!

Hong Zhu, who was still a young boy at the time, escaped the disaster because he forgot to go home while playing in the mountains with his brothers that day and became the survivor of the Chen family in Yingzhou.

The two brothers were quite smart. They crossed the mountains overnight, begging all the way to leave Yingzhou and arrive in Shandong. They no longer dared to go to the government office to file a complaint, let alone say that they were from the Chen family in Yingzhou. They begged for a living every day.

However, it was too difficult for the two children to survive, and finally Hong Zhu had to enter the palace and become a eunuch in order to survive.

He voluntarily sold himself into the palace at the age of eight. In addition to keeping himself and his brother alive, he also wanted to marry a noble and find a chance to avenge the tragic deaths of his family.

He had a hard life in the beginning. He was bullied every day and had to do a lot of work. He was not strong enough to do most of the work, but he had to grit his teeth and persevere.

He still remembers that it was snowing heavily that day. He was first beaten by other eunuchs, and then punished by the clerk of the Imperial Stables to kneel down. He was only left with one breath.

When he thought he might die in the snow, the third prince who had skipped school somehow ran to the Imperial Stables and saved him.

Then, when he woke up, he saw Hong Sixiang, the chief eunuch in the palace.

Chief Steward Hong did not adopt him as his son, nor did he teach him martial arts. He simply gave him a new name - Hong Zhu.

The name "Hong Zhu" is not his real name. No one in the palace knows his name Chen Xiaodi, and no one cares whether a little eunuch with no backing or background has a name.

But Hong Zhu now had a name, his surname was Hong, and it was the old eunuch Hong who gave him the name and surname himself. This name changed his life and brought about significant changes in his situation in the palace.

At least no one dared to bully him anymore, and his life in the palace was pretty good, so his desire for revenge became stronger.

After much inquiry, he learned that the county magistrate who had caused his family to be destroyed is now the prefect. However, after having seen a lot in the palace, he realized that both the county magistrate and the prefect were just minor officials.

However, due to his young age and the fact that he was in the deep palace, he did not know where to start his revenge. He obviously did not have the capital or qualifications to directly state his grievances to the emperor. Of course, he did not have the courage either, so he could only look for opportunities to climb up.

Having experienced the pain of genocide in his childhood, he experienced all kinds of human life, and tasted the hardships of wandering and the vicissitudes of life in the palace. These experiences made him more stable in temperament and more clever in doing things. By chance, he went to the Vegetable Inspection Department.

Just when he was about to use Eunuch Dai from the Vegetarian Inspection Department to get in touch with the Second Prince, news suddenly arrived that the prefect of Yingzhou and his entire family had been executed. It was the Third Prince who had saved his life who did this.

The day he learned the news, he swore that his life belonged to the Third Prince and he must repay the Third Prince.

Just when he was thinking about how to repay the Third Prince, the Third Prince took the initiative to find him and asked him to join Fan Xian.

At that time, he actually couldn't understand why Fan Xian made the Third Prince so wary. Later, he found out that Fan Xian was not a simple person. At least he was transferred to the Imperial Study to serve, which was something that even the Crown Prince would not do.

After going to the imperial study, he found out that His Majesty had long known that he was the Third Prince's man, and had used Fan Xian to transfer him to his side in order to monitor the Third Prince's actions.

It was then that he discovered that although His Majesty seemed to be favoring the Third Prince, he actually had always been suspicious of him.

He told the Third Prince about this, but the Third Prince didn't care. He just asked him to serve well in the Imperial Study and said that he would be transferred to Yuxiu Palace after he came back from the West.

With the Third Prince's assurance, Hong Zhu felt at ease and only wanted to live a peaceful and stable life. Occasionally, he would fantasize about taking over Eunuch Hou's job one day.

Of course, he knew that he could not become a eunuch, because the Third Prince had never thought of becoming emperor from the beginning to the end.

I originally thought that I would live an ordinary life, save more money in the palace, and when I got old, I would leave the palace and buy some land in the countryside, and let my nephew take care of me in my old age.

The result was contrary to her wishes and she was arranged by His Majesty to go to the Eastern Palace. She never expected to discover such a huge secret.

The prince actually had an affair with the eldest princess!
He thought he was dead, but unexpectedly he survived. Not only did he survive, but he was also transferred to Hanguang Palace by His Majesty.

I thought I would become Eunuch Hong's successor, but unexpectedly, I ended up becoming Eunuch Hou's successor.

After His Majesty passed away, the Third Prince ascended the throne and let him follow Eunuch Hou. Later, Eunuch Hou died of old age, and the Third Prince kept his promise and let Eunuch Hou be buried with him in the imperial mausoleum. Moreover, the Third Prince, who had become the emperor, personally carried the coffin.

Such an honor is unprecedented in history.

It turns out that the Third Prince has always been a kind-hearted person!
After Eunuch Hou died, he took over Eunuch Hou's job and became the biggest celebrity around the Third Prince. He was very powerful, but he was not happy. Every day he listened to the Third Prince scolding those court officials for being stubborn, and he cursed along in his heart. He wished he could go into battle himself and find someone to kill those officials who were causing trouble for the Third Prince.

Afterwards, the Third Prince suddenly stopped scolding the court officials. Although he was still young and strong, he passed the throne to the eldest prince and asked him to take good care of the eldest prince. So when the eldest prince came to the throne and asked him if he was willing to be a knife in his hand, Hong Zhu agreed without hesitation.

He is willing!
Then he became the eagle's claw in the eyes of the court officials and a scourge that deserved to be cut into pieces.

Hong Zhu always thought that he would be infamous for eternity, but when he went among the people, he found that everyone was praising Eunuch Hong, "Long Live the Emperor", "Long Live the Emperor".

It turned out that those who scolded him were all literati, and the common people still knew his good points. Of course, he knew that his reputation in history books would not be good, but he didn't care. He cared about when the Third Prince would come back.

"His Majesty."

Hong Zhu uttered two words with difficulty, and then began to cough violently.

Li Jingxiu tightly grasped Hong Zhu's dry hand, "Eunuch Hong, wait a little longer, our father is on his way back to Beijing."

Hong Zhu is already over seventy years old. He feels that his life has been worth it. With the care of the Third Prince, the younger generations in his family have all become successful. He has experienced all that he should have experienced and tasted both the sweetness and the bitterness.

My only regret now is that I don’t know if I can see the Third Prince again.

"If I don't have the chance to see you, I hope Your Majesty can let me be buried with you in the imperial mausoleum."

This sentence came out very smoothly. Li Jingxiu knew it was a last burst of energy. He suppressed his grief and said, "I promise you."

Just as he finished speaking, a man who looked to be only in his forties or fifties walked in with the gait of a dragon or a tiger.

"Third Highness..."

"Do not talk."

With the support of Li Chengzong's true energy, Hong Zhu, who was recovering from his last moments, felt much better. He smiled and said, "Third Prince, I know my body. You don't need to waste your true energy. I am already satisfied to see you one last time."

"Thank you for your hard work over the years."

Li Chengzong sighed. Hong Zhu was not injured, but his body was weak. His true energy could only last for a while and could not save Hong Zhu's life.

"Third Prince, I have one last favor to ask of you."

"You said."

"I don't have a name, I hope Your Highness can give me one."

"I remember your last name is Chen..."

Hong Zhu interrupted, "My surname is Hong and my given name is Zhu."

Li Chengzong nodded: "Okay, my surname is Hong, my given name is Zhu, and my courtesy name is Zhongyi."

"Thank you, Your Highness. Please bury me next to Eunuch Hong and Eunuch Hou."

"Row."

When mentioning Hong Sixiang and Eunuch Hou, Li Chengzong couldn't help but think of his father Emperor Qing.

It has to be said that Emperor Qing is really unpopular.

You know, the three former eunuchs in the palace were all the people that Emperor Qing trusted the most.

As a result, no one chose to be buried with Emperor Qing.

Hong Sixiang and Eunuch Hou chose to be buried with him in his imperial mausoleum, while Eunuch Yao chose to be buried with him in the empress dowager's rear mausoleum, preferring to serve the old lady after his death rather than serve Emperor Qing.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Hong Zhu died with a smile on his face.

And his death, just like Lin Ruofu's death, marked the beginning of the death.

Not long after, Empress Dowager Qin Yu passed away, followed by Concubine Ning and Concubine Liu.

It is worth mentioning that none of these people were buried with Emperor Qing in the imperial mausoleum. Even the queen who died earlier was not buried with him, but asked to be buried in her ancestral land of her mother’s family.

Emperor Qing has truly made himself a lonely man.

With the passing of the older generation, the eldest and second oldest brothers and their concubines also died one after another, leaving only the youngest brother Li Chengping and his princess consort.

The capital city of Kyoto that year seemed to be covered in white from the beginning to the end of the year, and the funeral bells in the imperial city never stopped ringing.

When Li Chengzong was eighty years old, the death knell in the imperial city rang again.

The Queen Mother passed away!
No one expected that the Empress Dowager passed away just as the Emperor was happily celebrating his 80th birthday.

Of course, except Li Chengzong.

Because when Si Lili told him that night that she would still be his wife in the next life, he knew that his partner's time had come.

In the end, I couldn’t make it past the age of eighty-four!

Perhaps he was mentally prepared, or perhaps too many relatives died this year, Li Chengzong was not too sad about Si Lili's death, at least he did not look very sad on the surface.

In front of the imperial tomb.

Li Chengzong looked at the huge crowd of relatives and friends attending the funeral and said calmly, "You all go back. I will take her in myself."

"Father, I will accompany you to send Mother in." Li Jingxiu inexplicably had a bad feeling.

Li Chengzong shook his head: "You are the emperor, it is unlucky to enter the mausoleum."

"Father, I'm not. I'm accompanying you to see off our mother." Li Jingyue also had a bad feeling and didn't want Li Chengzong to go in alone.

"You two, your father is already eighty years old, and you won't let me take a rest."

"Father..."

"Okay, let me go, I'm tired." Li Chengzong held Si Lili's body, slipped into the mausoleum, and then put down the Dragon-Breaking Stone.

With a loud bang, there was a cry outside the imperial mausoleum...

Li Chengzong was determined to die, and the ones who could not accept it the most were not his two biological children Li Jingxiu and Li Jingyue, but Zhan Doudou and Haitang Duoduo.

"He died just like that?"

"How could he die like this? I haven't avenged my master yet, how could he die?"

Fan Xian glanced at Zhan Doudou, then at Haitang Duoduo, and suddenly understood something.

"Li Chengzong, you really hurt people so much!"

Fan Xian cursed in his heart and suddenly froze.

Wait a moment.

Shit, does this count as me being cuckolded?
Haitang Duoduo doesn’t care, but Zhan Doudou and he have a daughter!

Among all the people, the one who is most open-minded is my younger brother Li Chengping.

My third brother has always been carefree, and now even his death is very carefree. He did the same when he was preparing to kill his beloved wife.

Another ten years.

Fan Xian, who was already 90 years old, came to the imperial mausoleum tremblingly with the help of his daughter.

"Do you think he's lonely down there?"

Red Bean Rice thought about it, shook his head and said, "Third Uncle shouldn't be lonely."

"That's right. He has a lot of people around him, including your mother, Haitang Duoduo, my mother-in-law, Aunt Qin, Si Lili, and Hong Zhu. He must not be lonely."

During these ten years, Haitang Duoduo and Zhan Doudou died one after another, and the Dragon-Breaking Stone was lifted up twice.

"Father, you don't want to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, do you?"

"What a stupid thing to say."

Fan Xian snorted and couldn't help but sigh: "Ever since he committed suicide in the imperial mausoleum, I have been really lonely."

"alone?"

Red Bean Rice expressed disbelief: "You spend all day in Kyoto with a group of children, eating and drinking, playing and not even at home, how come I don't see that you are lonely."

"You don't understand." Fan Xian sighed.

Hongdoufan could never understand. No one except Li Chengzong could understand his loneliness.

"Let's go."

Another ten years.

Fan Xian is here again.

Already a hundred years old, he saw off the last person of his generation, Li Chengping, and now he is the only one of his generation still alive.

Therefore, he felt more and more lonely.

"This is probably the last time this year. I'll come to see you soon."

One year later.

"I feel like I can still hold on for another year. Wait for me. Don't rush to reincarnate. I still have a score to settle with you."

One year, two years, three years...

Before he knew it, Fan Xian had survived another ten years.

Then, another decade passed.

Another decade left...

It was not until Fan Xian lived to be 136 years old and had sent away all his children, grandchildren and granddaughters that he was put into the coffin by his great-grandson.

I can only say that he is worthy of being the male lead of Joy of Life, he is really able to survive...

(End of this chapter)