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Song Hongshen walked in calmly and calmly.

When Emperor Xuande saw him coming in privately, he said coldly, "Did I summon you? Why are you so rude?"

Song Hongshen stood beside Shen Zhixiu and said, "Father, Lord Shen is the chief minister of the cabinet and the pillar of the country. Father, you demoted him. Who do you plan to promote?"

Emperor Xuande said in a deep voice: "I think Zhang Zhongliang is not bad, but it is a bit of a waste of his talent for him to sit in the position of the second assistant of the cabinet."

During this period, the cabinet's second-in-command Zhang Zhongliang had close contacts with the Empress Chen's party.

With the help of Concubine Chen, Zhang Zhongliang even often went to the palace to preach with the Taoists and discuss how to improve the art of alchemy.

The emperor now looks at Zhang Zhongliang much more friendly.

Song Hongshen sneered upon hearing this, "Zhang Zhongliang? He himself doesn't know right from wrong and flatters the emperor. If he becomes the chief minister of the cabinet, who knows what the atmosphere in the court will be like."

Emperor Xuande looked at Song Hongshen in astonishment. Although the father and son had disagreements on political views before, at least Song Hongshen still respected him.

What happened to him today? He spoke sharply and in a bad tone.

Emperor Xuande had a bad feeling in his heart. He squinted his eyes and looked at Song Hongshen, "What are you going to do?"

"You are the crown prince, are you going to disobey my order? I said to dismiss Shen Zhixiu, who dares to question it?"

Seeing that Shen Zhixiu was still kneeling on the ground, Song Hongshen leaned over and helped him up.

He said, "Lord Shen has made great contributions to the Great Zhou. Please stand up."

Shen Zhixiu stood up and looked at Song Hongshen deeply.

The teacher and the student naturally had some tacit understanding, and Song Hongshen nodded slightly.

Shen Zhixiu understood and stepped aside without saying anything more.

Song Hongshen added: "Since Father doesn't like government affairs and is focused on cultivation, why not hand over government affairs to your son?"

Emperor Xuande's heart finally died.

"What are you going to do? You rebellious son, do you want to rebel?" Emperor Xuande shouted harshly.

The feeling that his rights and even his life were about to disappear made him panic.

Song Hongshen shook his head and said, "I will not rebel. I will never kill my king or my father."

"I am here to advise my father to write an edict of abdication."

"From now on, Father, you don't have to worry about state affairs. Just focus on refining pills and practicing."

How could Emperor Xuande agree? In his opinion, Song Hongshen's actions were no different from rebellion.

"Don't even think about it. I will not abdicate, nor will I let you succeed."

"Someone, take the prince away and lock him up first."

He gave the order, but no one came in from the door.

Song Hongshen continued to persuade him, "Father, please stop struggling. If you abdicate, you will suffer the least loss."

"If I really force the palace to rebel, and accidentally hurt your favorite concubine or young son, it would be bad."

"If we, father and son, discuss this, the court's losses can be minimized."

Emperor Xuande's expression changed again and again, knowing that Song Hongshen was threatening him.

Song Hongshen added, "Father, I have already ordered people to tidy up the palace at the foot of the West Mountain."

"In the future, father can live there with his concubines, young son, and the Taoists in Taiqing Palace."

"Food, clothing and other expenses are the same as in the palace. If the emperor has any requests, just tell the people below."

Emperor Xuande knew that Song Hongshen wanted to put him under house arrest.

"Should I thank you for not killing me?" he asked again with a sneer.

Song Hongshen sneered, "Logically speaking, I should indeed avenge my mother. But I don't want to do something that is so treasonous."

When Emperor Xuande heard Song Hongshen mention the late empress, he became lively again.

"I was kind to your mother. Her death was an accident."

"If you want to blame someone, you should blame King Zhongyi. If he hadn't taken your mother out of the palace, your mother would have been cared for by the palace physician and she might not have died."

Song Hongshen looked as if he had heard some great joke, "Do you still feel that you have deep feelings for my mother?"

"But if you hadn't misunderstood her and humiliated her, how could she have left the palace?"

"For so many years, you have pretended to be affectionate. Even when you sleep with women, you only sleep with those who look like my mother."

"But have you ever thought about whether your mother would feel disgusted when she sees this scene if she were still alive?"

"You are obviously greedy for beauty, but you insist on using my mother as an excuse."

For a moment, Emperor Xuande seemed to be deflated.

He listened to Song Hongshen's words in a daze. It was obvious that he loved Zi Ning the most.

Seeing that he refused to write, Song Hongshen directly ordered someone to take the written edict and stamp it in front of him.

So it doesn’t matter whether he agrees with the abdication or not.

After receiving the abdication edict, Song Hongshen ordered his guards, "Respectfully escort the emperor to the other courtyard at the foot of the West Mountain, and do not make any mistakes."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After the people below escorted Emperor Xuande and Eunuch Hu away, Song Hongshen said to Shen Zhixiu, "Teacher, I'll have to trouble you with the rest."

Shen Zhixiu nodded, "I will do my best."

The next step is to summon all civil and military officials into the palace. This is the most important step.

The civil and military officials who entered the Qianyang Palace all looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what the purpose of the afternoon court session was.

Shen Zhixiu stood at the head of the civil and military officials. After everyone had stood in place, he walked to the center of the hall and faced the ministers.

"The Emperor has a decree."

As soon as this statement was uttered, all the civil and military officials and the crown prince knelt on the ground.

Shen Zhixiu opened the imperial edict and read: "The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims. I have been in office for more than 20 years. Thanks to the blessing of my ancestors, the country is peaceful and the people are safe. The way of the great way is to make the world public. The foundation of a country is to select the virtuous and capable. The Crown Prince is both virtuous and talented, and is capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility. Now I decide to abdicate to the Crown Prince. I decree this!"

"Your Highness, please accept the order."

Before the ministers could react, Song Hongshen had already refused, "No, my father is in his prime, and I am afraid I cannot take on such a big responsibility."

He couldn't just accept the order directly, he had to refuse it.

Shen Zhixiu said, "Your Highness, His Majesty has left the palace and gone to the West Mountain Villa. If Your Highness can work hard to make the Great Zhou Dynasty reach a higher level, it will be worthy of His Majesty's painstaking efforts."

As he spoke, Shen Zhixiu raised his voice and said, "Your Highness, please accept my order."

Among the court officials, there were officials from the Crown Prince's lineage, who all said in unison: "Your Highness, please accept my order."

Finally, Song Hongshen refused three times before accepting the order.

Song Hongshen took the imperial edict, handed it to Liu Bao behind him, and said, "Everyone, please stand up."

Zhang Zhongliang, the deputy minister of the cabinet, stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, why did His Majesty suddenly abdicate? I haven't heard His Majesty mention it before."

"Your Majesty, why didn't you say so in public?"

Zhang Zhongliang was suspicious, was he abdicating or was the prince forcing the emperor to abdicate?

But although he thought so, he didn't dare to say it, so he could only ask tentatively.

Jingyuan Hou ignored him and asked, "Your Highness, I don't think His Majesty would abdicate. Is this edict really written by His Majesty? Can I take a look?"

Apparently, Marquis Jingyuan still considers himself the emperor's father-in-law.

But Emperor Xuande spoiled him, but Song Hongshen did not, and he had disliked him for a long time.

"If Marquis Jingyuan feels something is wrong, he can go to the Xishan Palace to meet the emperor in person."

"Master Zhang, do you also think it's wrong? Do you want me to send you to the palace?" Song Hongshen looked at Zhang Zhongliang coldly, not hiding his cold expression.

Zhang Zhongliang hurriedly said, "I dare not. I think your highness's ascension to the throne is what everyone wants."

He understood what Song Hongshen meant. If he knew how to behave, he could have a good ending. If he didn't, it would be hard to say what would happen to him.

The Minister of Rites stepped forward and said, "Since Your Majesty has abdicated, the country cannot be without a ruler for a day. I ask Your Highness to choose an auspicious day to ascend the throne."

Afterwards, all the court officials knelt down again and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne.