Beyond Gold and Jade [Rebirth]

Above the main hall, civil and military officials were divided into several factions, arguing and arguing about the dragon chair on the Golden Luan Hall.The princes all looked mournful, the tears on their faces were real, and they wished they could go with their father.

Only Gu You stood timidly in the corner, staring at a pair of red rabbit eyes. He knew his father had passed away last night and cried all night. Now his eyes are still swollen, but he can't cry anymore.

King Ming's foundation is indeed deep, nearly half of the ministers in the court support him, and he is the eldest son, it is irrefutable.Xue Hu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "A family cannot be without a master for a day, and a country cannot be without a king for a day. His Royal Highness King Ming has both ability and political integrity, and is the eldest son of His Majesty. His Highness King Ming will take the throne, which is perfect."

Yue Guogong said: "This statement is wrong. Your Majesty used to favor virtuous kings, and everyone in the court knows that it is more appropriate for the throne to be inherited by virtuous kings."

Xue Hu sneered and said: "Dare to ask the Duke of Yue, what achievements the virtuous king has made in Jiangshan Sheji? His Royal Highness Ming Wang participated in politics at the age of 15, and solved more than ten corruption cases, big and small. Even His Majesty once praised the disaster relief in Li County, let alone , was seriously injured in order to arrest the rebel party of the previous dynasty..."

Several people talked to each other, running the Duke of Yue until he had nothing to say, Gu Xian's face was ashen, but Ming Wang smiled and winked at Xue Hu.

Xue Hu went to Ye Yanbai's side, and said: "Ye Xiang, since everyone has no objection, and His Highness Prince Ming is expected by all, why not let Ye Xiang draft the enthronement edict."

The corner of Ye Yanbai's mouth twitched, and he was about to decline, but he heard the servant preach: "The Queen Mother is here——"

A screen embroidered with emerald gold and hundreds of flowers was moved to the top of the main hall by the palace people. Li Gui, the chief internal officer, led the queen mother into the Golden Luan Hall, and a row of maidservants waited behind her. She sat down behind the screen and said, "Everyone is flat."

Seeing the Empress Dowager approaching, King Ming had an ominous premonition in his heart, and when he saw the Seventh Prince's expression on his face, he knew that something was wrong.

But the queen mother said: "The Ai family never likes to interfere in court affairs, but last night..." She paused for a while, unable to hide the pain in her words, and said slowly: "Last night, the people of Daegu lost their monarch, and The Ai family also lost their relatives. Although the harem is not allowed to participate in politics, but now the throne is vacant, the government is uneasy, and the people are in constant panic. For the sake of the people and the preservation of the foundation established by the former Emperor Taizong, the Ai family had to show up. .”

She called out: "Director Li, read out the Holy Majesty's last edict."

As soon as the word "legacy" was uttered, the court was in an uproar.Prince Cheng was impatient to listen to their quarrel, and dozed off with his eyes closed. At this moment, he was already snoring loudly. Lu Lin woke him up and said, "My lord, the main event is coming."

Prince Sheng opened one eye and looked up, then yawned, and said, "No fun, no fun, Lu Lin, you kid is the most boring."

Lu Lin smiled but said nothing.

Li Gui took the order and unfolded the imperial decree of Ming Dynasty, just read the "Emperor's Edict" when he was interrupted by King Ming.

"Wait a minute! Dare I ask Grandmother, is this edict written by my father?"

The Empress Dowager frowned and asked, "Duke Ming is questioning Aijia?"

King Ming said: "Grandson dare not, it's just that this matter is of great importance after all, if it can convey the royal father's holy will, it is good, but if there is any mistake, it will lose face of the royal family and make outsiders laugh at it. Many adults in the court can recognize the handwriting of the father, you might as well check it first, and then read it before it is too late."

What he said was reasonable, and many ministers asked for second opinions.Behind the emerald screen, the empress dowager's old cheeks trembled, and then she said calmly: "There is no need to examine it, everyone knows that the emperor is seriously ill and cannot hold a pen, so this will was written by the emperor himself and written by the Ai family."

"So if you dare to ask grandma, was there someone else present at that time?"

The Empress Dowager sneered, and said: "The emperor's bones are not yet cold, and the Duke of Ming no longer regards the old lady Aijia in his eyes. If you inherit the throne, I don't know if there is still a place for Aijia in the palace."

King Ming hurriedly said he did not dare.

The Seventh Prince said: "Eldest Brother, the Imperial Grandmother is the biological mother of the Imperial Father, so she can still lie. You have tried everything possible to prevent the Xuanzhao, but I don't know what you want to do?"

At this time, the Xian Wang also saw the tricks, and interjected: "This king thinks what the elder brother said is reasonable, and I have never heard of the imperial edict left by the father. It suddenly appeared, which inevitably made people suspicious. The emperor recuperates." During this period, the empress has been taking care of it, if there is such a will, it is better to invite the empress to come and ask."

The sixth prince said: "The empress is the biological mother of the prince. Her words may be biased and cannot be used as evidence."

Several people were arguing for a while. At this time, Prince Sheng yawned, rolled up his sleeves, walked between several nephews, and glanced at their faces one by one. He has always had a bad temper and was unreasonable. , the several princes were afraid of him, so they had to back away again and again, not daring to confront him head-on.

Prince Cheng snorted softly, walked around behind the screen, grabbed the "legacy" in Li Gui's hand, and opened it. It really said that the Seventh Prince would inherit the throne. He sneered, and stuffed the fake edict into his sleeve. Taking out his blank note, he raised his voice and said, "I thought it was something, but it turned out that the empress dowager was joking with us. Isn't there a single word in this will?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Seventh Prince couldn't believe it: "This is impossible!"

He stepped behind the screen, snatched the imperial decree from Prince Sheng's hand, and then shouted, "How could it be... how could it be like this!" It was clearly written by him, and even the seal was written by him himself How could the covered one become blank.

The Empress Dowager frowned, and just about to say something, Prince Cheng leaned down and whispered in her ear: "Empress Mother, the former Emperor and Brother Emperor are watching from the sky."

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed, and after a long time, she nodded and said: "Aijia is old and useless. Maybe I took the dream I had last night as reality. I hope all ministers understand the pain of Aijia's worries and thoughts." At the request of the Seventh Prince, he raised his hand to support Li Gui's arm, and said: "Director Li, help Ai's family back to the palace to rest."

Li Gui knew that if he went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace this time, he might not be able to come out again. It would be a huge scandal if the Queen Mother and the Seventh Prince forged the imperial decree. .Still with a smile on his face, he bowed slightly towards the queen mother, but stepped quickly outside the screen.

The queen mother wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

But Li Guilang said in a voice: "The Empress Dowager did remember wrongly, Your Majesty did leave a will, but the edict was not written by the Empress Dowager, but written by Your Majesty herself!"

Every word was like thunder on the ground, and it exploded in everyone's ears. Even the queen mother was shocked. She stood up, trembling her lips, pointed at the short and fat eunuch, and said: "Take it down! Take it down for the Ai family!" he!"

Li Gui was an old man who followed Emperor Qingzong when he was the crown prince, and he was also a confidant of Emperor Qingzong. His words were much more convincing than the words of the Queen Mother. A group of civil and military ministers hurriedly asked him:

"Where is that edict at this time, and what is its content?"

"Eunuch Li, where is the edict, tell me quickly!"

"Director Li, His Majesty passed away last night, why didn't he read out the will!"

In the midst of the commotion, Li Gui had already been taken down, and he still said loudly: "Your Majesty wants the crown prince to inherit the throne, and the crown prince is the destiny! The edict written by your majesty himself is a holy will, and you and others are against it." Thief! Your Majesty, this servant is here to serve you!"

After saying that, he laughed and bumped into the Beaulieu relief pillar beside him, blood spattering on the spot.

The mother's back was earthy, and her forehead was dripping with cold sweat, but she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Prince Cheng raised his hand and asked someone to send her back to the Palace of Compassion.

At this time, the court was already in chaos, and a group of generals who were dozing off at the end of the hall because they were not being used, all came to their senses at this time, arguing with the civil servants, saying, since your majesty prefers the crown prince, then he will wait for the crown prince to return to the capital for canonization ceremony.The people of King Ming and King Xian are naturally unwilling, and the grandfathers of the Sixth Prince and Seventh Prince are also strongly opposed.

Gu Ming looked at all this with a cold face. He originally thought that he could use these ministers to win the throne for him, but at this moment, many of them had already begun to waver, obviously afraid of the imperial edict left by the emperor. With a laugh, he lifted his feet and walked forward, actually sitting directly on the dragon chair.

He looked at the people in the hall with surprised, angry, or puzzled eyes, and he was pleased. How much effort he had put in for the country and society, this position should have belonged to him long ago.

He said: "The sinner, Li Gui, has already been punished. Please assume that you didn't hear what he said just now. You don't have to pay attention to the empress dowager's farce. Let's continue with the previous thing." He looked at Ye Yanbai, Said: "Ye Xiang will draft the enthronement edict, and then read it out."

Ye Yanbai smiled lightly and shook his head.

"Heh..." Gu Ming clapped his palms and smiled, and said, "I expected that Ye Xiang would not give in, but even if Ye Xiang doesn't care about himself, he still has to think about the family, right?"

Prince Sheng said: "Why, Prince Ming still wants to usurp the throne?"

"This king is only inheriting the throne according to Daegu's ancestral regulations. Do you want to disregard the country and society for a will? After all, a country cannot live without a king. Didn't the emperor always think that this king is hypocritical? How about it, I don't know if the actions of the emperor's nephew at this time can catch your eyes?"

Prince Sheng snorted lightly: "It's indeed much more pleasing to the eye than before."

Gu Ming laughed twice, at this time his men had already surrounded the palace, led by his uncle Zhu Wei, the sixth prince and the seventh prince looked bewildered, and asked, "How did they get into the palace!"

"Just relying on those idiots in the palace, how can we win against the soldiers who have been honed on the battlefield, they all crawled out of the corpses."

Gu Xian also lost his mind all of a sudden, even the palace guards were wiped out, wouldn't the people arranged by his concubine be a piece of cake.

Gu Ming glanced at the blank imperial decree in Lord Cheng's hand, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the empress dowager's trouble, this king discovered an interesting thing. When the father was seriously ill and was bedridden, except for the queen mother , it seems that there are two other people who often stay in Qianqing Palace."

Needless to say, everyone's attention has already focused on Ye Yanbai and Prince Sheng.

"If the father really left a will, and the one in Uncle Cheng's hand is empty, then really, whose hand is it?" He winked at his uncle, and Zhu Wei asked someone to replace Ye Yan. Bai searched, but found nothing.

Gu Ming shook his head and said: "That's right, Ye Xiang is a cautious person, and it is absolutely impossible to carry the edict with him, so, is it hidden in the mansion? It just so happens that this king also wants to meet the young master who Ye Xiang loves like a treasure, together with him." bring it."

Zhu Wei took the order and led the people back out.

I just waited for a long time, but there was no reply.

Gu Ming waited impatiently, and was about to send someone to investigate, when suddenly a man fell in from the door, it was Zhu Wei, and he stepped on his chest with one foot, Zhu Wei spit out a mouthful of blood immediately, everyone looked up , but saw a jade-faced young general, not tall, but with extremely fierce eyes, holding a golden dragon sword, majestic!

"You bastard, how dare you compare yourself to old General Meng!"

When Prince Cheng saw him, he first covered his eyes and didn't want to look at him, but couldn't help looking through his fingers, and finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

This kid has the demeanor of his past!

Gu Ming's face was extremely ugly, and he questioned: "Who are you, how dare you mess around in the Golden Luan Hall, if someone comes here, you won't let me take him down!"

The young general kicked Zhu Wei away, raised his eyes and said, "This general is called Meng Shengnan, and he is the grandson of old general Meng Tingwei."

Everyone was stunned. Old General Meng Tingwei didn't have any grandsons. He only had one granddaughter. She was Princess Ancheng who ran away from marriage many years ago!I see!Everyone looked at the Luo family father and son. The two had long since hid behind because of embarrassment.

Gu Ming finally figured this out, and snorted coldly: "Uncle Huang gave birth to a good daughter, but no matter how strong your martial arts are, you can still defeat tens of thousands of my soldiers." He looked at Zhu Wei and asked, "The will Where is it! Where is Ye Chongjin!"

Zhu Wei vomited blood, and struggled to utter two words: "Tai... son!"

"What did you say!"

At this time, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old walked out from behind Meng Shengnan. He was wearing a spotless white brocade shirt. , who can raise such a son.

"A Jin," Ye Yanbai hurriedly walked up to him, and asked, "Are you injured or wronged?"

Ye Chongjin said: "No, I just came here to take a look because I was worried about my father and my brother." He smiled at Ye Chonghui who was behind Ye Yanbai, but his brother frowned disapprovingly.

Ye Chongjin looked up, and Gu Ming was looking at him quietly. He was not afraid, but smiled instead: "His Royal Highness, why don't we make a bet?"

Gu Ming raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you betting on?"

Ye Chongjin said: "Just bet, the soldiers in this hall will listen to you or mine."

As soon as the words fell, everyone was shocked, and even Lu Lin, who had been watching the show calmly, was a little surprised. Gu Ming sneered and said, "Okay, if this king wins the bet, you, a stunner, will belong to this king." .”

Ye Chongjin nodded, and said, "Okay, if I win, you don't need to do anything, after all, you will die."

"Ajin, don't mess around."

Ye Chongjin winked at his elder brother, and said, "My elder brother always asks me what I learned from Master Kong Chen, and today I will let you see my true skills."

He walked up to a soldier, imitating Master Kongchen, and the old god said: "The Buddha said, don't despise small goodness, thinking that there is no blessing. Even though a drop of water is small, it will gradually fill a large vessel, and all blessings will be filled. Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately." After speaking, he folded his palms together and recited Amitabha.

The soldier paused for a moment, and put the knife on the ground obediently.

"..."

There were bursts of laughter from around, Ye Yanbai wanted to cover his old face, this kid, he doesn't care about the occasion.

Gu Ming said: "But I bought a secret work, so I pretended to be a ghost in front of this king." He raised his hand and said, "Give him to this king!"

There was silence, no one laughed anymore, Gu Ming said again: "Take him down!"

"This is impossible……"

Princess Ancheng sneered, and said: "Because they are not your soldiers, but soldiers we brought back from Saibei. Do you think that with your uncle's idiots, you can break into the palace? Can you fight against other princes' three-way troops?" A complete victory in the siege? I don’t know how much my own people are worth, and they still want to usurp the throne.”

"The prince's soldiers did not crawl out of the corpses, but ghosts crawled up from hell. Many of them even died more than once."

Gu Ming fell down on the dragon chair in a daze, and after a long time, he smiled miserably: "My good fourth brother is back?"

Ye Chongjin said: "Brother Prince has gone to see His Majesty, the reason why he rushed back without stopping is just to see His Majesty for the last time."

As for the throne, it has always been in his pocket, so he doesn't need to work hard or plan. For him, it's just as simple as he wants it or doesn't want it.

The people who had been guarding outside the palace also broke into the palace at this time, and took a group of criminals into custody, including King Ming and his uncle, who secretly recruited troops and bought horses with the intention of rebelling. In one fell swoop, the sixth prince and the seventh prince were underage, so they were not taken into custody, but they were quite frightened this time.

Prince Sheng stroked his beard and said, "Xiao Wu, please come out with your father's imperial edict."

Gu You bit her lip, and asked timidly: "Brother Huang...is Brother Huang back? Father Huang said that you can take it out only when Brother Huang comes back."

Prince Sheng stroked his head and sighed: "Yes, he is back, finally back."

Who would have thought that Emperor Qingzong would hand over the real edict to the seemingly weak and foolish King Xiaoyao? Gu Ming burst out laughing, and finally burst into tears. At this point, he was convinced that he had lost.

Ye Yanbai read out the imperial edict in public, and the fourth son of the emperor would inherit the Datong, that is, the throne of emperor.