amaotonovel Chapter 1526 Another World
Chapter 1526 Another World
Chapter 1526 Another World
"Call in all the ministers."
The emperor's voice was hoarse.
"Take advantage of now, I still have some strength."
"Yes."
Shen Yi responded, turned around and went out, inviting in all the princes, the prime minister, the six ministries and nine officials, as well as important members of the royal family.
Everyone knelt before the emperor's bed, all with sad looks on their faces.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at everyone and smiled: "Everyone... don't cry."
He spoke much more fluently than before.
But Shen Yi could feel that this "excited" state was not right.
The emperor took a deep breath and continued, "I... I am still lucky in my life compared to my father. His father's lifelong hope is just to dampen the enthusiasm of Qi people. Now I..."
"Master Zhuli has been driven out of the Great Wall."
The emperor said slowly: "Looking back, although it was difficult to walk, but..."
“There are no regrets.”
All the ministers prostrated themselves on the ground, weeping bitterly.
The emperor looked at the prince kneeling in the front and said slowly: "Now, although Dachen is rich, after you ascend the throne, you still need to cherish the people's strength and not..."
After saying the word "no", Emperor Hong De seemed to realize something and stopped talking.
All the ministers are here now, and every word he says will become a "last will", a tool for the ministers to restrain the new monarch. As an emperor, he naturally would not want to see his son restricted in every way.
Therefore, although there are many things to say, they are not said after all.
Fortunately, everything that needed to be explained has been explained just now.
The emperor paused and said silently: "Take care of yourself."
The prince kowtowed with tears in his eyes: "Your son obeys your command."
The emperor looked at the ministers again and said silently: "All the ministers here today are the backbone of the Hongde Dynasty. After me, you should assist the new emperor well and make the great Chen Dynasty prosper."
All the important officials, from Prime Minister Song Yuan on down, knelt on the ground, wept and kowtowed: "Your Highness, we will obey your command."
The emperor continued to look at the prince and did not speak for a long time.
After a long while, he finally sighed and said, "Be kind to the people and be kind to your brothers."
Li Jian touched his head to the ground, tears streaming down his face: "Your son... obeys your command."
The emperor closed his eyes and continued, "After I leave, the concubines in the palace who have raised adult princes will move out of the palace and live with the princes."
"The rest of the concubines are managed by the Queen."
The emperor continued, "I have asked Gao Ming to hand over the imperial edict to the Secretariat."
His voice was hoarse as he continued, "Marquis Jing'an Shen Yi has made outstanding contributions. He will be buried with the emperor in the future and will be honored in the Imperial Ancestral Temple."
These words were still spoken to the prince.
However, when the prince bowed his head in response, Master Shen also knelt down and kowtowed: "I thank you for your grace."
In his heart, he was actually not willing to be buried with the emperor.
He still wanted to return to his hometown in Jiangdu and live freely.
However, in front of so many ministers, Shen Yi had to bow his head and admit his mistake, as he couldn't deny the face of Emperor Hongde.
All the ministers present looked at Shen Yi with envy.
This is almost the ultimate honor for a minister.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bowed his head and shed tears, then replied with a "yes".
Next, His Majesty the Emperor instructed on some other matters, which took about half an hour in total. During this time, he even sat up from the bed, and his complexion looked much better.
Half an hour later, His Majesty the Emperor lay back on the bed. His face became visibly pale and his voice was almost inaudible.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince leaned over and listened carefully to what he said.
After the prince heard what the emperor said, he turned around and looked at the ministers, crying, "Father said that he doesn't want you to see his ugly appearance, please all go out..."
"Only Lord Shen and I are left here."
Before a person dies, there is a period of time when their appearance changes.
Either the eye sockets are sunken or the mouth is sunken.
It doesn't look good anyway.
Over the years, Emperor Hong De has experienced many separations and deaths, so he naturally knows it well.
Upon hearing this, all the ministers bowed their heads silently and left the bedroom.
Mr. Shen and the prince stayed in the bedroom to accompany the emperor.
At this moment, His Majesty the Emperor was almost speechless.
He opened his eyes from time to time and looked at the ceiling of the bed.
Shen Yi and the prince stood by the bed, both with sad looks on their faces.
The Crown Prince knelt beside the Emperor's bed and cried, "Father, do you have anything else to tell me?"
The emperor said nothing, or rather he was completely speechless.
He just looked at Shen Yi.
Lord Shen stepped forward silently and whispered, "Your Highness, can I have a few words with His Majesty?"
The prince silently stepped aside.
Mr. Shen squatted beside the bed and looked at the emperor.
The two men's eyes met, and the emperor tried hard to open his mouth and said something.
Shen Yi leaned over and only heard one or two vague words.
He looked back at the prince, who took another four or five steps back.
Master Shen sighed, and then said softly: "Your Majesty, you... guessed correctly. I am hiding something from Your Majesty."
"then…"
Mr. Shen closed his eyes and recalled the past events of twenty or thirty years ago, his voice low.
"In the fifth year of Hongde, I was falsely imprisoned and nearly beaten to death in prison. Between life and death, on my deathbed..."
At this point, Shen Yi didn't know how to make the emperor understand. He paused and said, "It's like... it's like a dream."
"It's just a dream."
"In dreams, there is another world and another life."
"When I woke up from the dream, I was still in prison, but I seemed like a different person."
"Or, he became another Shen Yi."
The emperor tried hard to open his eyes, with a questioning look in his eyes.
Shen Yi said silently: "Yes, some of my abilities seem to be acquired in a dream."
"Twenty-seven years have passed now."
Shen Yi sighed: "The Shen Yi in my dream seems to have become a little blurry."
The emperor's breathing became rapid and he tried hard to open his mouth.
Shen Yi leaned over and whispered.
His Majesty the Emperor spoke in a low voice.
"It's... it's the object that automatically..."
"Yes."
Shen Yi nodded, then looked back at the prince, moved closer, and said, "That is a place... without an emperor."
"Ninety-nine percent of the people...can afford to eat and wear clothes."
His Majesty the Emperor closed his eyes.
"I…"
His voice was hoarse, and he tried to say a few words: "I understand you..."
Only now did His Majesty the Emperor finally understand why Shen Yi, who came from a noble family who had passed the imperial examinations, never stood on the same side as the officials and why he was always concerned about ensuring that the people had enough food to eat.
Why does this minister always seem to be out of tune with the court?
Why, he always has some weird ideas.
Why he...doesn't want to be emperor.
Emperor Hong De had completely lost all his strength, but he seemed to be able to speak again.
He looked at Shen Yi and tried hard to smile.
"I…"
He used up his last bit of strength to utter the last few words.
"I also want to go and see..."
Before he uttered the last word "look", an overwhelming sleepiness came over him. Emperor Hongde closed his eyes and saw only a bright light in front of him.
In the haze, he seemed to really see a new world.
A bizarre world where cars and objects move automatically.
A world where everyone has enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.
In this world, there is also a Shen Yi, who is dressed strangely and is waving at him.
Emperor Hong De was in a daze. He walked forward and followed the strangely dressed Shen Yi further and further away.
In a daze, he seemed to hear some muffled voices behind him.
But the sound was too dim and I couldn't hear it clearly.
So he stopped and looked back, and the sound seemed to be clearer.
The emperor was a little curious and was about to continue listening carefully, but was urged to move forward by the strange Shen Yi.
At this moment, his legs and feet seemed to have recovered and he returned to his youth. Soon he walked a very long distance.
Only when he reached the end of the road did Emperor Hong De suddenly turn around.
Only then did he hear the cries clearly.
And the voice became clearer and clearer, with a deep sadness.
"His Majesty…"
"That's great——"
(End of this chapter)