Time travel, Your Highness Ninth Prince has been rejected from marriage again!

Outside the Qianqing Palace, as An Shi finished reading the imperial edict, there was a deathly silence. Some of the timid ministers did not even dare to breathe.

The air gradually solidified, and Yan Qinao took the lead in breaking the deadlock, "Your son, I obey your order."

"Wait -" Yu Qingnian stood up among the many kneeling court officials and interrupted Yan Qinao's actions.

The other ministers also looked in his direction. Yan Qinao seemed not to hear anything. He directly took the imperial edict from An Shi's hand, then turned to look at Yu Qingnian. His eyes were dim, with endless waves accumulating.

"What's the significance of General Yu?".

When Yu Qingnian met such a pair of eyes, what he wanted to say was stuck for a moment, and he said: "Your Majesty died in just over a month. Isn't it too fast? We don't even know what disease your Majesty died of? And your Majesty's body has been taken care of by the eldest princess before. Could it be... that she didn't do a good job?"

Yu Qingnian looked past Yan Qinao and towards Qingyun who had been standing beside the empress dowager.

Yan Qinao raised his eyebrows, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and someone had chosen the "chicken" to be killed to scare the monkeys.

"In early February, the eldest princess was suspected by the emperor for some reason and was locked up in the palace and not allowed to see anyone. So the situation when my father came was taken over by the Imperial Hospital, and the eldest princess was not aware of it.

Since you all want an answer, let Dean Wang explain it."

Wang Shengjie stepped forward and bowed to the ministers.

“My Lord, your Majesty vomited blood and fainted because of long-term overwork, and the remaining toxins in your body could not be eliminated, which caused the symptoms to increase sharply when you fainted.

It is because of our incompetence that we are unable to remove the remaining poison for Your Majesty and our lack of skills that caused Your Majesty to be like this. When the matter is settled, I will ask to be dismissed and return to my hometown to retire."

As Wang Shengjie spoke, his hands began to tremble unconsciously, and tears streamed down his old face. He looked heartbroken, blaming himself and feeling regretful.

Yan Qinao helped Wang Shengjie up and said: "There is no need to do this, Wang Yuanzheng. You have done your best. The emperor will never blame you for this. Even the princess can't do anything. She can only say that this is the emperor's fate."

The last sentence really has some treasonous connotations.

Yu Qingnian clenched his fists. He was already dissatisfied with being the one to rule the court, but he didn't expect that he couldn't sit down anymore.

He looked down on Yan Qinao, not because he looked down on him as a person, but because of his background. His mother was just a little palace maid, so how could she be worthy of sitting in that position.

"If that's the case, then it is God's will. But is there something wrong with this imperial edict?"

He firmly believed that the imperial edict was a forgery, because he knew Emperor Yan very well and he knew that Emperor Yan would not pass the position to Yan Qinao. The only person who could sit on that position was Yan Siyuan.

Even though her biological mother's background is unknown, she was still a noble concubine.

His suspicion of the imperial edict also alerted other officials. Even if the spies they found were useless, it was impossible that they could not find out that the imperial edict of succession had been drafted. This imperial edict that suddenly appeared must be problematic.

Yan Qinao looked displeased and had little patience left. "General Yu, disobeying the imperial edict is a capital crime. If this imperial edict is false, I am willing to follow my father. If it is true, General Yu, please think about the consequences."

Yu Qingnian wanted to retreat for a moment, but when he thought that if the throne was given to Yan Qinao, the Yu family would be useless, he forced himself to calm down.

"If this imperial edict is true, I am willing to follow His Majesty on behalf of Your Highness!"

"it is good!".

Yan Qinao said with a playful smile, "Then General Yu, you'd better watch out."

The imperial edict was opened and exposed to everyone. Yu Qingnian was the closest to it and even took two steps forward to see it clearly.

Yan Qinao handed the imperial edict to An Shi so that these people could see it more clearly.

Yu Qingnian's doubts are not without reason.

Yan Qinao used to be a child of destiny, but when he fell from the altar, many people took advantage of his misfortune.

Among them, there were many officials who had taken advantage of Yan Qinao's misfortune and pushed him down, so naturally they did not want Yan Qinao to take any position.

They didn't dare to gamble the fate of their family on whether Yan Qinao would hold a grudge.

Yu Qingnian was the one who was most reluctant, because he also helped this former god fall.

Yan Qinao wisely stayed away from the battlefield, left the crowd, and nodded obediently to the Queen Mother, saying "I'm sorry for causing trouble to you."

The Queen Mother looked at him with loving eyes and said, "It's okay. It's just that I haven't paid enough attention to you. You've worked so hard over the years."

The Empress Dowager was also aware of what Emperor Yan had done in the past, but she just watched from the sidelines.

"You worry too much. It's just a test given to me by my father. I haven't had enough time to thank him, so how can I feel hardship?"

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's best that you can figure it out."

After a long time, the area around An Shi finally quieted down. The empress dowager was already sitting on the armchair, with Qingyun and Yan Siyuan standing on her left and right.

"Have you guys had enough of the noise!" The Queen Mother stood up with Qingyun's hand and walked towards the officials step by step, especially Yu Qingnian who was at the front.

"General Yu, can you verify the authenticity of the imperial edict?"

Yu Qingnian's face was pale. No matter the material of the imperial edict, or the ink and jade seal, they couldn't be more authentic. He couldn't find any faults at all.

With a bang, Yu Qingnian knelt straight on the ground and said, "I plead guilty!"

Seeing Yu Qingnian's fearless look, Yan Qinao smiled with an ambiguous meaning, "My father just passed away, and I don't want to see him die in uneasiness. Although General Yu disobeyed my order, he was also considering Tianyuan. I will understand."

Turning his head, he glanced at the group of people who had just read the imperial edict with Yu Qingnian and were now trembling with fear, and said lightly: "General Yu is old, so he should retire and return home. As for his family wealth, use it to give some travel expenses to your father on the road."

To put it bluntly, it is a house raid.

Yu Qingnian shuddered and actually felt that Yan Qinao was kind enough not to kill him outright.

All the officials knelt down and prayed, "Your Majesty, please be merciful."

Thus, this farce of succession ended just like that.

The Queen Mother was already exhausted, and she had to be present only in order to preside over the situation.

And then, it was Yan Qinao's turn to be busy.

As soon as Qingyun came out of the Cining Palace, she saw Yan Siyuan waiting outside.

"What's wrong?" Qingyun asked.

Yan Siyuan said calmly: "Yan Qinao asked us to go to the imperial study." He seemed to be dissatisfied with Yan Qinao's behavior.

Qingyun was fine, and the two of them walked towards the imperial study together.

Emperor Yan's coffin was placed in the Qianqing Palace, and all ministers were arranged to fast inside and outside the palace, waiting for the arrival of some local officials before burying Emperor Yan.

As soon as he entered the imperial study, Yan Siyuan said: "Why did you call us here if you don't go to the Qianqing Palace to mourn and worship?"