He Yunjie mounted his horse and was about to leave. Suddenly something occurred to him. He reined in his horse and looked at Xie Chengfeng: "Where are the princess's men? Why haven't any of them come?"

Xie Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, then said: "After the princess got sick, they took turns taking care of her, and all of them were infected with the plague. Now the situation is not very good. Whoever you want to see, I will call you right now."

He Yunjie pondered for a moment and said calmly: "Forget it then. I'd like to trouble the Taoist Priest to collect the princess's ashes. Tomorrow, the Japanese Pavilion will send someone to send the funeral report and ashes to the northwest to King Jingnan."

Xie Chengfeng questioned this: "The prince still wants to fight, won't this distract him?"

Yes, just to distract him. If he is distracted, he will die faster.

He Yunjie said in his heart that no one was seen in the end, leaving half of the troops to guard the Taoist temple, and he returned to the city with half of the troops.

The dark night passed, and the morning light shimmered. All civil and military officials braved the biting cold wind of winter dawn to enter the palace to attend court.

The fire in the Metropolitan Procuratorate burned so fiercely last night that none of the officials in the capital could sleep peacefully. Many people yawned as they walked, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor, who had not slept well like themselves, would leave the court early and go back to rest.

But thinking about it, after such a big thing happened, even if His Majesty was not concerned, Mr. Ge and the Queen Mother would not give up, because Mr. Ge disappeared mysteriously in the fire and has not been found yet.

Some people suspected that Feng Guanlan asked Fang Weixian to set the fire, because the Queen Mother had been trying to keep Xiaoge Lao out for the past few days. They didn't want to let Xiaoge Lao go, so they had to kill Xiaoge Lao on the grounds of fire.

Some people also suspect that the fire was started by members of the He family. The purpose was to let Mr. Xiaoge escape, and to bite Feng Guanlan and Fang Weixian back and have Fang Weixian killed for dereliction of duty.

Some people also suspected that the fire was not aimed at Xiao Ge Lao. After all, there were other officials imprisoned in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Maybe someone wanted to silence a certain official and had no choice but to take risks.

In short, no matter what the truth is, this fire is definitely not an accident. It depends on how several forces deal with it.

Whoever overwhelms the other person will have the right to interpret the truth. As for whether the truth is the truth or not, it is not that important at all.

Everyone entered Chengtian Hall one by one with their own thoughts, secretly thinking about how to express their opinions on this matter later.

The dragon chair was empty, and the emperor was late again as usual.

Everyone has become accustomed to it, except for looking at each other tacitly, and no one speaks.

It's been like this for so many years, and it's all in vain, all I can do is wait.

After waiting for a while, until all the officials were in place and the sound of rustling and tidying up their robes stopped, the emperor still did not show up.

Not only did the emperor not show up, but Mr. He Ge and General Manager Feng also didn't come.

Everyone noticed something strange and asked officials who were close to the two about the situation, but the answers they received were all without comment.

The more this happened, the more people panicked. Just when the panic reached its peak, a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared outside Chengtian Palace. Before anyone could react, the soldiers had already surrounded the hall with lightning speed.

"What's going on? What happened?" The courtiers could no longer remain calm and exclaimed, causing chaos in the hall.

At this moment, a high-pitched voice came from the apse: "The Holy One has arrived."

The roaring sound paused, and everyone stood back to their original positions, watching the bright yellow figure slowly walk out of the back hall.

"I'm waiting to welcome you..."

Everyone shouted in unison and were about to kneel down. When they saw the man's face clearly, they all stood there dumbfounded, and the rest of the words were stuck in their throats.

The one wearing the dragon robe is not Emperor Chuxuan of Taihe, but the elder He Pingchuan.

This, what the hell is going on here?

Some officials were shocked. Before they could understand the situation, the old-school officials had already knelt down and shouted long live to welcome the new emperor.

"New emperor, what new emperor? Isn't he Mr. He Ge? Why did he suddenly become the new emperor?"

"Yes, where is your majesty? Where is our majesty?"

"Your Majesty is young and strong, in good health, and is of decent Chu family blood. Why did you quietly give up the throne to a minister with a different surname? There must be a conspiracy in this."

"We want to see Your Majesty, we want to see the Queen Mother, and we don't recognize anyone except the descendants of the Chu family."

Except for the old-school officials, the rest of the ministers spoke out against it one after another, and the public was furious.

Without saying a word, He Pingchuan held the eunuch's hand and walked up to the throne. He sat squarely on the dragon chair and glanced at everyone with a pair of fox eyes.

This eunuch was none other than Emperor Taihe's personal eunuch, Eunuch Sun. After he helped He Pingchuan sit down, he took two steps forward with his fly whisk in his hand, and loudly announced to everyone:

"Recently, the situation in the DPRK has been turbulent, wars have broken out, and the world has been in chaos. Emperor Taihe knew very well that his talents and abilities were limited. In addition, his body was exhausted and he was suffering from several illnesses. He was unable to turn the tide and revive the country. Therefore, he wrote the edict of sin all night long. The Queen Mother agreed to give up the throne to her uncle He Pingchuan..."

"You fart!"

Before Eunuch Sun could finish his words, he was interrupted by a grumpy general who jumped out and said, "You abandoned castrated dog, I don't believe a word of your words. Hand over your majesty quickly, otherwise I will kill you." nice!"

"He Pingchuan, you thief, get off the throne, you have no right to sit there!" An old minister with white hair and beard also stepped forward tremblingly, pointed at He Pingchuan and shouted.

The rest of the people also shouted: "Go down, go down, we don't recognize the thieves of the country, we want to see your majesty, we want to see the queen mother, we want to see Eunuch Feng..."

The hall suddenly became a mess.

"The Queen Mother has arrived!" A high-pitched voice sounded again, and figures in the back hall swayed. He Yunjie, the elder of the small pavilion who mysteriously disappeared in the fire, came out wearing an apricot-yellow dragon robe and supporting the Queen Mother.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and after a moment of silence, louder shouts and curses broke out.

"He Yunjie, why are you wearing apricot yellow? Do you think you are the prince if you wear a dragon robe? You are dreaming!"

"This country is Dayan's country and the Chu family's country. What does it have to do with your He family? The two of you, father and son, are ambitious and seek to usurp the throne. It is not allowed by nature!"

"We will defend the Chu family to the death and will never allow our relatives to usurp power and bring trouble to the imperial court!"

"Shut up to the Ai family!" The Queen Mother walked up to the stage and shouted loudly, "The emperor's throne was approved by the Ai family, and the Ai family made this decision after careful consideration. You have all seen what kind of chaos the world is now. The emperor has no ability at all..."

"The chaos was also caused by the He family. Without the He family, the world would not be like this!" The indignant official couldn't help interrupting her, "As the Queen Mother and His Majesty's biological mother, how can you trust treacherous ministers and unite with others to frame her? My son, an ignorant woman like you is not worthy of being the mother of the world, and we will not listen to your words."

"Yes, we don't listen, we don't obey, we would rather die than admit that the thieves are the masters!"

"If that's the case, then go die!"

He Yunjie took a step forward, his cold jade-like face was filled with a chilling air, his cold voice suppressed the noise of the hall, and he clapped three times with his plain white hands. A large number of soldiers immediately poured into the hall, with swords pointed at the ministers.

"Those who are dissatisfied and want to die can leave now." He Yunjie said coldly.

In the past, he always wore a red official uniform with wide robes and long sleeves, and had a suave demeanor like an immortal. Now that he has put on an apricot-yellow four-clawed dragon robe, his whole person has become majestic, fierce, arrogant, and domineering.

The ministers were shocked by his aura, and they all fell silent. And because of those gleaming swords, no one dared to scold him for a while.

The depression that had accumulated in He Yunjie's chest for many days was finally relieved at this moment. Looking at the officials below who dared to be angry and dare not speak, he somehow thought of Chu Zhao.

That must be the same feeling when Princess Jingnan was chatting with the scholars in the main hall that day, shocking the whole audience!

This feeling was really good, but unfortunately, she would never experience it again.

She has become a pile of ashes and disappeared forever in the wind of the cold night.

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