Drive a RV and go farming in ancient times.

When the court officials of high rank heard the ringing of the funeral bell, they all rushed into the palace in panic. However, they were still confused. They only knew that there was a fire in the palace and heard thunder. As for the ghost locking souls, it was too terrifying and weird, so no one dared to spread the rumor.

But the fire and the winter thunder alone were enough to make people tremble with fear, and they imagined countless conspiracies and tricks, not to mention that the emperor suddenly passed away.

Although Emperor Jianxing was ill before, he would occasionally summon court officials to discuss matters. He did not look like he was terminally ill. How could he just die suddenly?

Anyone with a brain would be unable to help but think too much. If one only looked at the fire, it would be easy to think of assassination. But there was thunder afterwards, and the rumbling noise could be heard in the mansions close to the palace. It couldn't be that this was done by a human, right?

How can a mortal have the ability to control the thunder in the sky?

If it happened in other seasons, it could be considered a coincidence, but thunder in winter is very rare.

And the meaning is unclear!

The appearance of winter thunder implies that the current government is unkind, the world is unfair, and the law is out of order. Therefore, when a disaster is about to come, God will thunder to warn.

But if you wanted to give a warning, then just give it. Why did you take the emperor away?

Is the crime too great?

The usual practice is for court officials to collectively put pressure on the emperor to ask him to issue a self-criticism edict in order to consolidate the imperial power and appease the people.

Unexpectedly, this time was an exception.

They didn't need to do anything, God just cut off the source of the problem?

Of course, several important ministers in the cabinet would not think so. They knew more about the inside story, so they were more conflicted and struggling.

As the head of the civil officials, Prime Minister Lu naturally took on the responsibility of presiding over the overall situation. On the way into the palace, someone explained everything that had happened in the palace to him one by one, including the fire and thunder. He had witnessed these things with his own eyes and heard them with his own ears, so they could not be false. Only the appearance of the ghost messenger was hard for him to believe.

I just thought that the palace servants were hallucinating because they were frightened by the fire and the winter thunder.

But if one person is hallucinating, it can’t be the case for everyone, right?

In particular, he asked the Yulin Guards who were on duty at night. Although they were shaking with fear, they still swore that the ghost messenger locking souls was true.

Even the other party's appearance was described clearly, and there was also the sound of chains being pulled, appearing and disappearing. This was not something that could be achieved by playing tricks.

For this reason, after he met up with Minister Sun, he first mentioned this and exchanged opinions with each other so as to set the tone for the matter.

Minister Sun was half-believing and half-doubting, and spoke very conservatively, "It is said that a gentleman should not speak of strange things, but so many people have seen it with their own eyes..."

Prime Minister Lu frowned and said, "What if someone is deliberately making things mysterious? I heard that some Taoist priests would arrange some mysterious tricks to fool the people. Even those magicians in the martial arts world can artificially create illusions to defraud money..."

Minister Sun said dimly, "I have thought about this, but the palace maids are easy to fool. Can't the soldiers of the Imperial Guards tell the difference between these tricks?

And Dong Lei, how do you explain this?"

Prime Minister Lu fell silent for a moment.

Minister Sun sighed tiredly, "Let's not worry about that for now. The most urgent thing is to ask the Emperor why..."

His death came so suddenly!

Prime Minister Lu nodded with a heavy heart. This was a big trouble.

The two men summoned several ministers in the court who were qualified to discuss matters, as well as the King of Qi, to interrogate the imperial physician on duty that night and the eunuchs who served the emperor.

The imperial doctors felt bitter. When working in the palace, the most important thing was to keep their mouths shut, especially when it came to the emperor's physical condition, they could not say a single word. But now, if they didn't tell the truth, they might lose their heads, so they had no choice but to tell everything.

Otherwise, who can take the charge of murdering the emperor?

The imperial physician took out the pulse record of Emperor Jianxing, which recorded every detail, including where the illness started, when it worsened, and what medicines were used.

This is all evidence!

But these evidences are not sufficient to explain the sudden death of Emperor Jianxing.

In order to avoid taking responsibility and having his entire clan executed, the imperial physician had to speak timidly about the elixir and the inner demon, neither of which was recorded in the pulse record.

Because they all undermine the emperor's dignity.

Especially elixirs, which were expressly prohibited. In the previous dynasty, it was popular to take elixirs to prolong life, but Taizu hated it so much that after he conquered the world, he clearly stated that the royal descendants were not allowed to touch elixirs for any reason.

Emperor Jianxing took it secretly, which was against Taizu's wishes and was unfilial. How could he dare to let others know?

As for the inner demon, it is even more absurd and ridiculous. He plotted to murder a meritorious official, but the meritorious official was not dead and he was afraid of it. Does this act like an emperor?

As if these were not enough, the imperial doctors trembled as they mentioned the thunder that had occurred tonight, which was also an important cause of Emperor Jianxing's death.

As soon as the thunder sounded, Emperor Jianxing's face turned pale and he was on the verge of collapse. He mumbled something and they didn't dare to ask him. They wished they could be deaf. Then he waved his hands desperately, as if he was possessed by something dirty. His eyes were full of fear and madness. They didn't dare to look at him even more. After seeing such an unbearable side of the emperor, how could he still be alive?

The imperial doctors did not dare to describe these words in detail, but everyone else knew them.

All the court officials had solemn expressions and complicated feelings. How should this problem be solved?

The cabinet consulted with King Qi.

The King of Qi just knelt in front of Emperor Jianxing's bed and cried, and fainted from time to time.

In desperation, they had to bring up the empress dowager, and finally came up with a slightly decent excuse, putting aside their inner demons and elixirs, and announced to the public that Emperor Jianxing had suffered an acute illness, which was why he died without any warning.

There was no conspiracy, it was just an accident.

He was old and sick, and it's not surprising that he couldn't be saved due to a sudden illness.

But this was just to fool the people, the court officials did not believe it.

However, it doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not. Who would dare to pursue it?

As for the royal family, there are only a few people left after the palace coup. Who would still have the energy to make trouble?

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons and comprehensive consideration, the cause of Emperor Jianxing's death became a foregone conclusion.

The next step is to arrange the funeral and enthronize the prince.

Since the King of Qi was incompetent, the cabinet naturally took over the responsibility.

Everything was arranged in an orderly manner, but because the best time to block the news was missed, rumors spread rampantly. By the time they wanted to block the news again, it was too late.

Besides, it is impossible to completely prohibit the spread of such supernatural things.

The thunder and arson were witnessed by all the people in the capital, how could it be concealed?

However, the most terrible thing was the appearance of the ghost messenger. The court officials were skeptical, but the people believed it without a doubt. Wasn’t the emperor captured by the ghost messenger?

This is ironclad evidence!

While people were mourning for Emperor Jianxing, they were also secretly gossiping about him.

Emperor Jianxing died. Even though the court gave him a fig leaf, he still had a bad reputation among the people. However, due to the disparity in status, no one dared to say it openly.

Xu Huaiyi was satisfied.

He just wanted to ruin Emperor Jianxing's reputation after his death. Don't think that everything can be wiped out after death. He can't judge him openly and seek justice for what he did in the past, but he will never let him do it without paying any price.

How can one life be enough?

He devoted his heart and soul to Dayong, devoted himself to the Yuan family's kingdom, and was kind to their royal descendants, but what was his end?

Their power was seized, there were several assassination attempts, and their wife and children were almost killed. If it weren't for the RV, their family would definitely not have survived.

Why should such a heartless emperor be respected by the people?

He doesn't deserve it!

After venting his anger, Xu Huaiyi was more willing to keep vigil. His tearful appearance while crying was very touching.

Gu Huanxi was very annoyed. She couldn't act out genuine grief and she couldn't stand the sin of kneeling for a whole day. How miserable it was to have to endure such sin for dozens of days!

She put on thick knee pads on her legs and took advantage of the shelter of the RV to secretly eat something, so she managed to hold on.

Many other female members of the family fainted, and those who managed to stay alive were all pale and listless, as if they had suffered a serious illness.

The only benefit of entering the palace to keep vigil was that she met Gu Xiaoyu a few times.

Gu Xiaoyu called "Mom" very naturally, his tone was affectionate but also revealed a sense of grievance.

Gu Huanxi responded very comfortably, without correcting anything, nor avoiding it in fear.

Speaking of which, since Gu Xiaoyu returned to Prince Qi's Mansion, this was the first time he stood in public as Yuan Jin, and no one noticed anything wrong.

Because he was Xu Huaiyi's adopted son and his master was Jiang Yong, many people in the capital paid attention to him. Some court officials had also seen him, such as several of Jiang Yong's disciples, as well as Shangshu Sun and Prime Minister Lu. They were familiar with him, but none of them recognized him.

Perhaps it was because the two of them had no relation in terms of their identities, and no one thought in that direction.

It may also be that the previous makeup effect was too good, and now she doesn’t need to do anything on her face. The difference between their looks is still quite big.

Gu Xiaoyu has wheat-colored skin and thick black eyebrows. Due to his martial arts training in recent years, he looks a lot stronger. He has the elegance of a scholar and the heroic spirit of a military general.

Yuan Jin had a fair complexion and a thin figure, and looked somewhat unhealthy and weak. He was also dressed in luxurious and elegant clothes, and he looked like a royal descendant in every way.

No one suspected anything, which was a good thing.

This shows that Han Jun’s original plan was very successful.

Gu Huanxi felt relieved but also a little disappointed. She sat down with Xiaoyu and talked to her for a while.

It just didn’t mention the fact that Emperor Jianxing died that night.

After returning from the palace, the couple talked about this. Gu Huanxi asked hesitantly, "Do you think Xiaoyu will doubt us?"

In the past, when they educated Gu Xiaoyu about matters concerning ghosts and gods, they used the saying "If you believe in it, it exists; if you don't believe in it, it doesn't exist." Influenced by them, Gu Xiaoyu mostly didn't believe in it.

Therefore, if anyone was to suspect the appearance of the ghost messenger that night, he would definitely be the first one.

Xu Huaiyi didn't have many concerns. "It doesn't matter whether I doubt it or not. The court has already determined that Emperor Jianxing died of an acute illness. It has nothing to do with us. The cabinet has also questioned the imperial physician. Humph, with a disaster imminent, the imperial physician will certainly not dare to hide it anymore. It must be about the elixir. They know Emperor Jianxing's physical condition best. Even if I don't do anything, he won't last long. That night, whether it was thunder or the appearance of the ghost, it couldn't be the cause. He was suspicious and guilty, and he killed himself. Who can I blame?"

Don't say that I have no guilty conscience. Even if I really stabbed Emperor Jianxing to death and Xiaoyu questioned me, I would not feel guilty.

Humph, it would be the father and son who would feel ashamed when they saw our family.

I don't need them to atone for their sins, and don't expect us to blame ourselves. No one is sorry for anyone!"

Gu Huanxi sighed and stopped dwelling on the matter. He asked, "How is the King of Qi? Hasn't he recovered yet?"

Xu Huaiyi sneered, "The more critical the moment, the more he fails. He is so useless. He is not as good as Xiaoyu. What's the point of crying? He was asked to take charge of the overall situation, but he just passed the buck and didn't care about anything. The power he got was just given away in vain. Even the Crown Princess knew to quickly take control of the harem. He is not as good as a woman!

Is it really that uncomfortable?

Oh, why don't I believe it? Gaining a reputation for being pure and filial is just a face-saving thing. What use is it to stabilizing the government and governing the world?

Power is everything!"

Gu Huanxi said calmly, "Maybe he was really scared that night?"

Xu Huaiyi curled his lips and said, "That's too cowardly. Just wait and see. If you are so unwilling to resist, it will be strange if you can suppress the court officials when you get to the throne!"

After saying this, he became annoyed again, "If one's virtue is not in line with his position, there will be disaster. I think we should find a way to get Xiaoyu to the position as soon as possible.

The King of Qi is not fit to be an emperor.

If he had been allowed to sit in that chair for a few more years, who knows what the world would have become.”

"There is a cabinet, but you still don't trust Prime Minister Lu and Minister Sun?"

"People's hearts are fickle. When power expands to a certain extent, who can guarantee that it won't get out of control? And the King of Qi can't be suppressed at all. If that day really comes, the imperial power will fall into someone else's hands, and Xiaoyu will be a puppet on the throne. If we want to bring it back, I'm afraid there will be another palace coup."

Gu Huanxi smiled bitterly, "You just dealt with Emperor Jianxing, you are not thinking of sending Prince Qi away early, are you?"

Xu Huaiyi probed, "You don't agree?"

Gu Huanxi reminded, "Prince Qi and Emperor Jianxing are different."

Emperor Jianxing could not tolerate them, so they had no choice but to fight back, but the King of Qi had no intention of killing them.

Xu Huaiyi understood immediately, "I see. Unless the King of Qi is also heartless and wants to get rid of us, I can strike first, right?"

Gu Huanxi said, "Hmm," and said, "I hope that day will never come."

Otherwise, not only will Gu Xiaoyu be in trouble, but they will also be in trouble.