Autumn's footsteps did not stop.

It went further and further amidst the sudden change in Yujing City.

As a result, the originally brilliant autumn chrysanthemums withered, the grass in the mountains and fields became even more withered, and the world between heaven and earth became more desolate.

Winter is coming.

November 28, the 23rd year of Zhaohua, is the winter solstice!

This day has been more than a month since the events in Kyoto.

On this day, it snowed for the first time since the beginning of winter in Yujing City.

For the rest of the month, Li Chenan was so busy that his feet never touched the ground.

During these days, he built a new tomb on the mountainside of Shuiyun Mountain.

This tomb is right next to the Sun Tie Line.

Buried in the grave is naturally Changsun Jinghong.

A monument was also erected in front of the tomb, but not a single word was engraved on it.

Then he spent three days hastily activating those ministers who had been imprisoned by the Imperial City Department, and after temporarily entrusting them with important tasks, he went to Guangling City.

Non-stop all the way.

There is an additional tomb on Peach Blossom Island in Guangling City.

Buried in the grave is Shang Di, the great Ningguo composer.

A monument was also erected in front of Shang Di's grave, and the song "Tian Jing Sha" was engraved on it.

Later, two more tombs were built on Peach Blossom Mountain in Guangling City.

One belongs to Fan Peach Blossom and is buried under a peach tree.

The other one belongs to Wu Xichen.

It is buried next to Tingtao Pavilion, with a view of Peach Blossom Villa at the foot of the mountain.

Then, he went to the Li Mansion. The building was empty and the courtyard was very desolate.

Afterwards, he hurried back to Kyoto and held a simple state funeral——

The emperor dies!

Concubine Ji and the prince commit suicide!

The true way of their death cannot be disclosed to the public, and what they promote... is all false news to deceive people.

For example, the emperor’s corpse was charred black!

He was not assassinated, but... struck by lightning!

One day in October, there were winter thunders in Changle Palace, and the emperor flew a kite.

This made Li Chenan feel a little guilty, thinking that the emperor actually trusted him very much.

In this era, being struck by lightning and dying is a punishment from heaven. Of course, this cannot be said to anyone.

So what was announced to the outside world was that the emperor had achieved great success in cultivating Taoism, and now he has achieved enlightenment and reached heaven!

For example, Concubine Ji fell in love with the emperor and then left.

For example, the prince thought of his father's deep love, fell asleep in grief, and never woke up.

In short, no one can commit suicide, let alone anyone be killed by God.

On the day of the funeral, Li Chenan wore mourning clothes and carried the coffin with the third prince Ning Zhiyuan, and the people of Kyoto saw each other off——

I don't know if I want to say goodbye to the emperor, or if I want to see the future new emperor.

But no matter what, the late emperor's coffin was sealed and entered into the mausoleum, which announced the end of an era.

It also means the beginning of a new era.

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The falling snow transformed the plum garden into a blanket of snow.

The plum trees in the plum garden were already in bud without realizing it, and there were even two or three that couldn't wait to bloom.

The red plum blossoms reflect the snow and look particularly beautiful.

Li Chenan did not live in the palace, but in the Plum Garden.

He still got up early, and when he came to the yard, he found someone earlier than him——

Amu is already practicing swordsmanship.

Xiao Wu is clearing the snow.

Ning Chuchu... was looking at Yishumei in a daze.

The person who was most hurt by this change was Ning Chuchu.

She lost her father, although this father usually didn't care much about them.

She lost her brother.

The fat man who depends on her for life.

She also lost Li Chenan, the man she originally hoped to put her life in.

Therefore, in her eyes, the color of the red plum was not beautiful, and even a bit eye-catching.

Li Chenan sighed slightly and walked over.

"Why don't you sleep more in such a cold weather?"

Ning Chuchu lowered her head and rubbed one foot back and forth on the snow. After a moment, she made a pit on the ground, and the snow in the pit turned into water.

"Can't sleep."

"I think... I should go for a walk."

Li Chenan pondered for a moment and nodded, "It's good to go and relax. Where do you want to go?"

"have no idea,"

Ning Chuchu suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Chenan, "When are you going to Shuzhou?"

"Wait another half month."

"I wish I could leave now!"

Li Chenan raised his head and sighed, "But there are still many things in the court that have not been dealt with. I will try to deal with them as much as possible in these half months. At least I have to arrange the personnel and make arrangements for next year to let them know.

What should we do next?”

Ning Chuchu thought for a while and couldn't help but ask:

"You...you didn't ascend the throne because of Ruoshui?"

Li Chenan nodded, "You know Ruoshui's illness, I will take her to Wu State no matter what next spring."

"If I become the emperor of Ning, going to Wu will become a state matter and not my private matter."

"On the surface, there is not much hostility between the State of Wu and the State of Ning, but the State of Wu has stationed 100,000 troops outside Wuya Pass, and has also sent envoys to the State of Ning... The State of Wu does not have much goodwill towards the State of Ning."

"There is no goodwill between countries, only interests!"

"Besides... I also want to go to Shuzhou to find your eldest brother, see him, and hope that he has the ability to inherit the Ning Kingdom."

"As for me, actually what I prefer is to be free in the world, and to be happy and make more money."

Li Chenan's words suddenly gave Ning Chuchu a glimmer of hope——

If he really finds the eldest brother in Shuzhou, if he supports the eldest brother to ascend the throne as emperor... then he will naturally no longer be the eldest son of the emperor!

He is not the eldest son of the emperor, and he no longer has any blood relationship with him in name.

Ning Chuchu's originally dead heart suddenly had another ripple at this moment, and she had a direction of where to go next.

"I hope you can realize your wish."

"You go and do your work, I plan to stay for a while and then leave."

"I'll send people from the Imperial City Department to protect you!"

"No, I'll take the Detachment of Women with me."

"Okay, where are you going?"

Ning Chuchu smiled slightly, "Go and see the winter at Huaping Lake."

Xiao Baozi stretched and yawned and walked over.

She rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked, "What's the difference between the winter at Huaping Lake and the winter here?"

"Sister, it's the same in winter. It's just that that place has a memory of mine."
To be continued...