Chapter 47: The Emperor and His Ministers Have Met with the Times (47) End

Shen Minghuan did not immediately proceed to the next task. He stayed in this world for a while, wandering around like a homeless ghost.

Attending one's own funeral is a very strange experience. Luo Xiuyuan insisted on burying Shen Minghuan with the emperor's etiquette despite opposition.

In fact, the opposition was not very firm.

No one would be at odds with the emperor for a dead person. When a person dies, everything is empty. No matter how great the posthumous honor is, it will not affect the living.

But more, perhaps it is because that person is Shen Minghuan.

He is the one who turned the tide and supported the building when it was about to collapse;

He is the one who dedicated his life to Daqi;

He is the one who burned himself to lead the way for the people of the world;

He is the one they have not had time to say sorry to.

The more heartbroken they are, the more they cannot let go of the Cui family who killed him.

They later learned that Shen Minghuan died of poison, but if it weren't for the ambush by the Cui family, forcing him to take action, the poison wouldn't have spread so quickly.

He was already outside the city at the time, and all the imperial doctors were already on standby in the palace. He could take all the rare medicinal materials in the world...

He was almost there, and that man could survive.

But he didn't die on the battlefield, but died in the suburbs so close to them, and died in the selfishness of a villain.

He died on a bright spring day.

Luo Xiuyuan waved his butcher knife without hesitation, and he found all the noble families who participated in the ambush, and then killed them one by one.

The wailing and begging of the noble families did not soften his heart. He even used the cruel punishment of slow slicing on the Cui family, which was the leader.

When the Cui family was arrested, they were still scolding him: "Luo Xiuyuan, you are cruel and inhumane, you will be punished!"

This was the first time someone used "cruel and inhumane" to scold Luo Xiuyuan, and he smiled bitterly after hearing it.

What's wrong with being a little cruel? If he had known that the price of mercy was to lose Shen Minghuan, he would rather be a villain from the beginning.

[Xiaojiu, look, is this a big enough blow? Luo Xiuyuan now looks like an emperor.] Shen Minghuan said proudly.

The system saw the two big words "Completed" displayed on the task panel and nodded excitedly.

Shen Minghuan saw the whole world in mourning and the whole city crying as he wished. He was very satisfied with this effect and listened with relish to everyone crying and missing "Shen Minghuan".

Until he heard the news of Shen An's death.

Shen An vomited blood after hearing that Shen Minghuan was dead. He refused to take medicine and even refused to eat.

Shen Duo and Shen Changqing tried to persuade him, but Shen An shook his head stubbornly: "I have to take care of the young master."

No one can keep a person who wants to commit suicide. After Shen An died, he was buried next to Shen Minghuan.

The system carefully looked at Shen Minghuan's face. After such a long time of getting along, he had already seen that although its host was tough, he was kinder and more righteous than anyone else.

The system stumbled and persuaded him: [Host, don't be sad.]

[It was his own choice, why should I be sad?] Shen Minghuan looked indifferent, [Xiao Jiu, you said that Shen An died for "Shen Minghuan", so after Shen Minghuan died, was there anyone willing to follow him?]

The system was stunned for a moment, and realized that the first "Shen Minghuan" referred to the original owner, and the second one referred to himself.

The King of Xinghe, who was once held in the palm of his hand by all his subjects, took the last journey of his life by himself.

Originally, countless people swore with fanatic eyes that they would defend his glory with their lives.

At that time, everyone thought they would die in front of Shen Minghuan, because they firmly believed that as long as there was a member of the Xinghe tribe alive, no one could hurt their king.

The system felt that its chip suddenly burned, and it could not tell what this feeling meant, but it had an impulse that made it blurt out: [Host, you still have me. If anything happens to you, I will format myself. ]

It is the system, and formatting is its death.

After the system finished speaking, it felt a little regretful.

Shen Minghuan chuckled: [Really? ]

The system was inexplicably excited again: [Of course! 009 does not lie! ]

It is not a ruthless and ungrateful system. 001 can live and die with its host, and it 009 can do it too!

It thinks its host is much better than 001.

Shen Minghuan rubbed the system in the consciousness space, [Let's go, Xiaojiu, let's go to the next world. ]

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The story of Qi Chao continues.

Luo Xiuyuan finally started his coronation ceremony.

The previous emperor died suddenly, and then the entire court was busy under the command of Shen Minghuan, so the enthronement ceremony was delayed again and again.

The ceremony was organized by the Ministry of Rites, and everything was in accordance with the rules. In fact, because the man had just left, the white cloth in the city had not been removed, which seemed a kind of incongruous desolation.

In Luo Xiuyuan's imagination, it should not have been like this.

He had people secretly prepare a grand ceremony, and every process was personally finalized by Lu Suiping and Lu Zhi.

- They are particularly good at various ancient rituals.

Those meticulously designed details and those shocking images were only to add another flower to the brilliance of that person.

But Shen Minghuan was like a star across the night sky. Before they could catch him, he was gone in a flash, leaving only a dazzling halo to illuminate the darkness of the world.

For this carefully considered ceremony, they could only pretend that the person had passed away.

The dead are gone, and the living have to carry the expectations of the dead.

Luo Xiuyuan would rather let the Ministry of Rites hastily prepare a coronation ceremony in a short period of time than use the regulations that Lu Suiping and Lu Zhi had already written.

That was prepared for Shen Minghuan. Even if he was gone, it was his, and no one had the right to take it away.

The palace where Shen Minghuan lived during his lifetime became a forbidden area. Luo Xiuyuan did not allow anyone to enter, and even cleaned it himself.

Perhaps it was just a temporary residence. The furnishings inside were very simple. There were no books that Shen Minghuan liked to read, but there were many papers full of words.

All the policies that Shen Minghuan had mentioned to Qu Zhengcheng and others but had not been implemented in time were written clearly and completely by him.

Imperial examination reform, women serving as officials, tax system, water conservancy construction... and even various disaster prevention and relief methods.

Luo Xiuyuan looked at the familiar strokes on it and suddenly couldn't control his tears.

The eunuch guarding outside the door heard the crying inside, his eyes were sore, and he also burst into tears.

Luo Xiuyuan finally knew what Shen Minghuan was writing when he was often buried in his desk. This man melted all his love for this land into the ink, turning it into every stroke on the paper.

He must have been very worried when he left, because he still had so many things to do and so many people to save.

What if he didn't watch it in person and a natural disaster came?

What if he didn't guard it in person and the war started again?

Maybe that person was really a god who came to the world to survive the disaster, and he sensed his own destiny in the dark. He couldn't let go of the people in this world, so he reorganized the court, eliminated the threat of foreign invasion, and left behind a treasure bag that would benefit future generations.

During this long period of time, he was always on the road to save the world, so that he didn't have a moment left for himself, and he didn't even have time to save himself.

After Luo Xiuyuan finished crying, his eyes were red and his voice was hoarse. He asked someone to invite Qu Xiang and several adults to the palace to discuss matters.

From then on, there were a few more people who could set foot in this forbidden area.

When Luo Xiuyuan discussed with them, he would specially choose this place.

If Shen Minghuan was still alive, he would hear that the policies he left behind were being implemented one by one, and that the people were well-fed and well-clothed under these policies. Would he feel a little relieved?

Although more people could come in, there were still no palace maids arranged to sweep the floor. Luo Xiuyuan, the emperor, always did it himself.

When there was no meeting, Qu Zhengcheng, Lu Suiping, Chen Xin, He Zhang... these old friends of Shen Minghuan would occasionally come here to sit, trim the flowers and plants in the yard for him, and dust the windowsill for him.

After dealing with Li Lan's affairs, Li Chengzhuo came again, entering the capital in a grand manner as the prince of Li Lan, and entering the palace quietly and low-key as a friend of Shen Minghuan.

He had made an appointment with Shen Minghuan to meet in Yanling in the north, but when he came to Yanling, he could only talk to the moon in front of the tombstone.

He often cried while talking, and cursed loudly while crying. He said Shen Minghuan, you really don't know what's good for you. He is the prince of Li Lan and is willing to serve you as his master, but you are still making excuses.

He said you are really the biggest fool in the world. You risked your life for a mere Luo Xiuyuan. If you do business, you will definitely lose money.

Li Chengzhuo didn't stay in Yanling for a long time, nor did he have much contact with Luo Xiuyuan. It seemed that he came just to see a friend, not to talk about family and country, and not to talk about politics.

Before leaving, he went to Zhuo Feichen to get drunk, and then rode away in a leisurely manner.

For the rest of his life, he never set foot in the territory of Daqi again.

The two countries still maintain diplomatic relations, and when one side is in trouble, the other side will lend a hand.

The exchanges between the two countries are getting closer and closer. They have opened up trade and sent students to exchange.

Gradually, the people of the two countries have become as close as a family, and Luo Xiuyuan and Li Chengzhuo have always been impartial and unwilling to give each other an extra glance.

Daqi and Li Lan have both ushered in an unprecedented prosperity.

But these have nothing to do with Shen Minghuan.