hotmtlnovel Chapter 254 Epilogue
Chapter 254 Epilogue
In the Fengxian Hall, all the civil and military officials were silent.
The emperor sitting on this carved dragon throne at this time is not only more thoughtful than the previous emperor, but also has an unpredictable personality and temperament, and his methods are swift and decisive.
It has been six years since the emperor ascended the throne. During these six years, he has worked hard to govern the country, revised laws, changed taxes, and developed water conservancy... Now the entire Great Xia Dynasty has become rich and powerful.
However, today when the emperor went to court, he threw a thunderbolt to all the civil and military officials: he wanted to build the mausoleum of Queen Shen, who had passed away a year ago, as well as his own mausoleum, in Yanjing City!
All the officials looked at each other in bewilderment. Even a fool could see from this decree that His Majesty the Emperor was determined to "move the capital to Yanjing."
After leaving court, Xia Yu went to Shen Yuyao's coffin again.
Ever since Shen Yuyao suddenly passed away due to illness a year ago, Xia Yu has been in grief for a long time.
As time went on, even the ministers felt pity and sympathy for him. They tried to persuade Xia Yu to let go of his grief, but this only made Xia Yu even more sad.
He even wore mourning clothes for Queen Shen for a year and held a grand funeral for her.
Xia Yu even decided not to reinstate a queen in his lifetime.
You must know that when Shen Yuyao was alive, Xia Yu never canonized any concubine.
He also kept his promise to Shen Yuyao that he would never have any relationship with other women in his life.
In the court today, no minister opposed moving the capital to Yanjing anymore. Only then did Xia Yu completely understand the meaning of what Shen Yuyao said before she passed away.
She actually used her own life to pave the last stretch of Xia Yu's path as "the emperor guarding the country's gate."
Xia Yu slumped in front of Shen Yuyao's coffin. Zi Su lit a stick of incense and handed it to him, "Your Majesty..."
Xia Yu nodded and signaled Zi Su to leave.
"Yuyao, no matter how long it takes, I will take you back to Yanjing!"
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After Shen Yuyao passed away, the coffin remained in the palace for six years.
It was not until the mausoleum was completed that Xia Yu personally carried the coffin and brought her back to Yanjing.
The carriage carrying Shen Yuyao's coffin was driving on the official road. Xia Yu rode his horse closely beside it, and beside him was Ma Sanbao. "Your Majesty, when the civil and military officials heard that Your Majesty personally carried the coffin back to Yanjing, almost all of them wrote letters to agree with Your Majesty to move the capital to Yanjing."
Xia Yu recalled that when he first proposed to move the capital to Yanjing, there was an uproar in the court and the court officials were divided into two factions.
The northern faction wholeheartedly supports the relocation of the capital, while the southern faction strongly opposes it.
During those days, ministers in the court often argued endlessly about this matter.
It was when Shen Yuyao was seriously ill that she proposed three meticulous plans for moving the capital.
Now we are taking this final step.
He buried Shen Yuyao in Yanjing and also built his own mausoleum in Yanjing, thus completely destroying the hopes of those southern ministers.
Yanjing is the "place where dragons rise" and it is also the place where he and Shen Yuyao spent their happiest years together.
Xia Yu raised his head and looked towards Yanjing. "It's a pity that she can't see the Forbidden City that I renovated for her with her own eyes!"
In this world, only Shen Yuyao is worthy of sharing it with him!
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Along the way, Xia Yu made the entire coffin team move very slowly.
He couldn't even bear to see her get bumped around again.
After a full month and forty-nine days of funeral rites, he reluctantly buried her in the largest long tomb.
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Fifteen years later, Xia Yu died of illness.
When Xia Lin'an ascended the throne, he buried Xia Yu and Shen Yuyao together in Changling.
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