User blog comment:Zero15/Code Geass R3/@comment-184.77.246.14-20130527064507/@comment-4799917-20130612044153

In truth, Emperor Charles was just an obstacle for the Zero Requiem to come about. While it hadn't come entirely to fruition in Lelouch's mind, he had the general idea of taking over the world and removing war etc. All in all, it would make sense that Lelouch would want to stay alive, due to the fact that people would believe that he was dead. He could have his body taken away at the chaos that was the parade where he died. Either way, if his body was destroyed, we're pretty sure that C.C. was talking to him, as she did with marianne, since he was connected to geass, so she could communicate with him.