The eldest princess is obsessed with rebellion, but there are six male protagonists

While Su Jiheng's ship was still drifting on the sea and heading towards his tomb, Su Fengyi's coronation ceremony was held as scheduled in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

A legitimate coronation ceremony requires many things, the most important of which is the last will and testament of the previous emperor, which is used to prove the legitimacy of the succession to the throne and the legitimacy of the new emperor's accession to the throne.

But Su Fengyi did not have this will.

The day before the coronation ceremony, after the refugees left, Su Fengyi went out of the city in person, found the emperor's body which had been trampled to pieces by the refugees, and collected his remains.

The national mourning had ended a month ago, and she had already given the emperor the honor he deserved after his death. A great emperor who had been on the throne for seven years was sent to the imperial mausoleum in a low-key manner, ending his life hastily.

By the evening, when the palace gates were about to close, there was still no order from His Majesty. Thinking that tomorrow was the day of the coronation ceremony, Lord Yao, the Minister of Rites, finally could not sit still and came to meet Su Fengyi alone.

After His Majesty dismissed his attendants, Lord Yao tactfully explained the matter of the will to Su Fengyi:

"Your Majesty, generally, the last will is dictated by the deceased emperor before his death, and then written down by the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet according to the emperor's dictation. The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department will use the seal according to the emperor's dictation. In the past dynasties, there are not many emperors who wrote their own wills."

Lord Yao repeatedly emphasized the word "oral", and his meaning was very clear. Your Majesty, we'd better have the edict. It won't be difficult to get this done.

The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet is Pei Yu, who was personally appointed by the Emperor during his lifetime.

The eunuch who held the seal of the Imperial Household Department was Xue Yu, who was also appointed by the emperor himself during his lifetime.

Since the title was conferred by the emperor himself, and the two of them wrote the will and stamped it with the imperial seal, then this will is reasonable, legal and compliant.

As for whether the emperor conveyed his order to Lord Pei and Eunuch Xue to pass the throne to the eldest princess before his death, as long as they say yes, then it is true, and there is nothing wrong with it.

After Lord Yao finished speaking, he looked at Su Fengyi eagerly, hoping that His Majesty would understand his good intentions.

To be fair, Lord Yao said this out of his loyalty to her.

But Su Fengyi didn't want to do that, she replied:

"No need, if there is none, then there is none. This throne was not given to me by him, nor was it given to me by heaven. Tomorrow I will offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and announce to the world that I, Su Fengyi, will take the throne."

Lord Yao was truly concerned about Su Fengyi and wanted to give her some further advice:

"Your Majesty, without the will, it may not look good in history books."

She doesn't even care about the way of heaven, let alone future generations?

Su Fengyi didn't care and replied:

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't look good. I didn't live this life to show off to anyone. I want future generations to know that I won the throne in an upright and honest way."

His Majesty was determined to have his own way, and Lord Yao could not persuade him any further. He sighed, bowed and took his leave.

On the second day, the enthronement ceremony took place. All officials had lined up in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and everything was ready. Lord Yao, as the chief ceremonial officer, was about to read the sacrificial text to heaven and earth when an unexpected person appeared.

Elder Yang, leaning on a cane and supported by Taoist Qingfeng, walked into the Supreme Harmony Hall Square, passed by the officials, and entered the Supreme Harmony Hall.

Lord Yang was a man of high moral character and prestige. He walked up slowly and no one dared to stop him. Everyone watched as Lord Yang walked up to the Golden Throne Hall and came to the side of Lord Yao.

Lord Yao was confused. Could it be that Lord Yang was getting senile and confused? At this time, even if he wanted to come to congratulate His Majesty on his ascension to the throne, he should stand downstairs. Why was he standing up?

It can't be that they are trying to stop Your Majesty from ascending the throne just because Your Majesty has no will, right?

To be fair, given Lord Yang's high moral character and his appeal among the ministers, it is not impossible for him to prevent Your Majesty from ascending the throne today on the grounds that there is no will.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and everyone looked at Su Fengyi, who was standing aside, waiting to ascend the throne, to see how His Majesty would deal with the matter.

After all, it would be a very embarrassing scene to take down a founding minister at the coronation ceremony.

Everyone was worried, but Su Fengyi, who was in the middle of it, was not worried.

She believed that with Lord Yang's upright character, if he wanted to stop her, he would not wait until the last moment to embarrass her.

And even if he really wanted to stop her today, she would not back down. Today, no matter who came, whether it was heaven and earth, or ghosts and gods, she would never give in!

Su Fengyi looked at Lord Yang frankly, and Lord Yang also looked at her with a smile.

This old man, who is already in his twilight years, still has wise and clear eyes.

Elder Yang slowly took something out of his pocket and handed it to Lord Yao:

"Come on, Xiaoyao, read this first."

Lord Yao's eyelids twitched when he saw the thing in Lord Yang's hand. The arrangement of that thing was an imperial edict!

There was actually an imperial edict hidden in the hands of Lord Yang!

What is it about? Who is it about? Which emperor left it behind? Should I accept it or not?

In such an occasion, in public, what should you do if this imperial edict is unfavorable to Your Majesty?

Lord Yao was so panicked that his heart was beating fast and cold sweat ran down his back, soaking his clothes.

He really didn't dare to take it, so he looked at Su Fengyi. Seeing Su Fengyi nod, he dared to take it with trembling hands, took a deep breath, and slowly opened the imperial edict.

After opening the imperial edict and taking a quick glance at it, Lord Yao felt as if his heart was beating so fast that it was about to kill him.

There was total silence all around, and everyone was holding their breath, waiting for Lord Yao to read out the imperial edict which was left by an unknown person.

Elder Yang walked slowly down, leaning on his cane. The sound of the cane hitting the golden bricks of the hall seemed to be knocking on everyone's hearts.

Elder Yang stopped beside Taoist Qingfeng and looked at Lord Yao.

Lord Yao shuddered when Lord Yang looked at him like this, then he unfolded the imperial edict and read it aloud:

"The Emperor's will!"

Except for Lord Yao who announced the decree, everyone knelt down, including Lord Yang and Su Fengyi.

Facing Taizu's will, Su Fengyi knelt sincerely. She placed her head on her kneeling hands and listened to Lord Yao read:

"If anything happens...Princess Ningguo is a person of noble character, very similar to me, and will surely be able to inherit the throne...Announce it to the whole world so that everyone will know..."

Su Fengyi listened to Lord Yao reading out Taizu's last will and edict, and for the first time in such a long time since her return, she shed tears so sincerely.

Her grandfather actually left her a will before he passed away, stating that if her father and brother met with an accident, the Su family's kingdom and the throne would be handed over to her by her grandfather.

What Taizu left her was the word "orthodoxy".

After Lord Yao finished reading Taizu's will, when Su Fengyi stood up, everyone knelt down, including Lord Yao.

Su Fengyi took the jade seal presented by Lord Yao on his knees, sat on the dragon throne, and looked past the ministers who were kneeling and shouting "Long live the emperor" to the sky outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It seemed as if she was back to her childhood when Taizu held her in his arms to court.

Looking back, it seemed that from that time on, she really liked the feeling of having everyone submit to her.

Grandpa, Fengyi will cherish and carry forward what you left to me.

My kingdom.

My subjects.

My world.