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After the three princesses left, the flower viewing feast continued normally, and the excitement was not reduced because of their departure.

Xia Ying was in a daze all the way, so she didn't notice anything wrong with Li Nanny.

After returning to the palace, she ran to see the queen, but the affairs in the palace could not be hidden from Emperor Wan Qi. Since the forced palace incident, he has a better grasp of the situation in the palace than before. It was almost as soon as Xia Ying and three entered the palace. , he got the news.

"Is this true?"

"I'm afraid it's true." Eunuch Sun sighed, and replied in a soft voice: "Then Madam Li is also an old man beside the empress, and she has always been loyal. I don't know what method the princess used to let her Open your mouth."

Emperor Wan Qi sneered, "There is no slave in this world who can't speak!"

After thinking for a while, he ordered, "Bring that Nanny Li, and I'll interrogate it myself."

"This... the Eldest Princess has taken Li Momo to the Empress's Palace."

"Bring it up to me. By the way, Ying'er is 22 this year. She is being dragged by that short-sighted woman. She should be married at this age. I see that the second son of the Marquis of Baoding is very good. I will make another order later. I can marry her early, so as not to be dragged down by her mother in the palace." Emperor Wan Qi's voice was calm, but Eunuch Sun quickly lowered his head and answered yes.

He didn't dare to say that Baodinghou's second son heard that he was a dandy and that he was not a good-for-nothing. He wanted to come to the Holy Majesty to plan this way, and he wanted to warn the empress, but in this way, the poor princess is still the eldest princess.

But speaking of it, the Marquis of Baoding's family status is not low, and he is worthy of the status of the eldest princess. The second princess is just married to a grandson of Hanlin.

Eunuch Sun sent his godson Baoshan to the Queen's place. After waiting for about a cup of tea, he saw Baoshan running back with a pale face. Eunuch Sun let out a "thump" in his heart, and immediately knew what had happened. "What's wrong?"

"Then Nanny Li is dead!"

"Dead?" Eunuch Sun was startled. Here the Holy Majesty was about to interrogate himself, but the person over there died. This is really...

"Is the empress here?"

"Here, I heard that the empress has brought someone to interrogate, so I said that the Holy Majesty is going to bring Nanny Li to court. After a while, a sister came out to report that Nanny Li committed suicide."

Eunuch Sun sneered, "Suicide?" He shook his head and hurried to report to the Holy Majesty.

Who would believe that Nanny Li committed suicide at this moment, I am afraid that the empress did not want her to be interrogated, so she killed her directly to silence her.

When Emperor Wan Qi heard this, he was really furious, "She is so courageous!"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Eunuch Sun quickly knelt down and said.

"You don't even pay attention to my orders, how dare you!" Emperor Wan Qi was so angry that he dropped the paperweight on the table, and then coughed violently, until a few drops of blood splashed on the rice paper in front of him.

His health has long been worse than before, and Xia Qiong was frightened before being forced into the palace, which made his situation worse, but now he is hiding it from the harem of the officials, and only the director of the Imperial Hospital and Eunuch Sun know about it.

"Your Majesty, calm down, your body is important." Eunuch Sun urged.

Emperor Wan Qi calmed down, "Tell me my will. From now on, the queen will shut the door and think about my mistakes. If you don't think clearly, you don't have to come out. Concubine Zhang Gui and Concubine Xian will be in charge of the Phoenix Seal."

"Yes."

There is no deposed empress in name, but she has taken away the queen's phoenix seal. This queen has no support from her mother's family and no sons. The three daughters may not be much favored by the Holy One. It may be difficult to turn over.

However, not many people in the DPRK care about this.

On the second day after the queen's phoenix seal was seized, Emperor Wan Qi named Princess Fuzhen as a princess, but the title has not been changed, she is still Fuzhen, which is extremely rare. They are all called princesses. In fact, the only princesses with titles are the three princesses who were born by the queen, plus the three princesses who were born by Concubine Zhang Guifei. The second princess who is married has no title.

Even so, it was only two days of discussion, and the matter passed.Daqi didn't have the habit of entrusting princesses to county kings, so there was an extra title, but the standard of etiquette was higher when they got married, and there was not much difference in other things, but Princess Fuzhen was completely worthy of the princess mansion where she lived at the moment. up.

More people pay attention to the struggle between the three princes and five princes. After the downfall of the first prince, only the two of them are left to compete. The court is watching the two princes fighting each other every day. Whether it is Emperor Wan Qi or the courtiers, they feel very tired.

On this day, Xia Lin came back from the palace in a hurry, and the three of Shi Chu were waiting for her in her mansion. Even if they were the commanders of the imperial guards, they did not dare to stretch their hands too long in the palace, lest they arouse Wan Qidi's suspicion.Since the forced palace incident, this man's desire to control the palace and the capital has reached a new peak.

"Is it done?" Shi Chu asked.

"It's done." Charlene nodded with a smile, "Fortunately, we still watch a lot of TV dramas."

"This happened quickly." Zhang Zongrui said, "The emperor's health is indeed not well."

Zhang Zongrui knew magic, he could feel the vitality of Emperor Wan Qi was gradually exhausted, although it was not obvious on the surface, he was indeed seriously ill.

Charlene nodded, "Don't worry, it is estimated that his will will be placed behind the plaque in the Hall of Supreme Purity within a few days."

The security inside the palace is quite strict now, there are guards guarding outside the Taiqing Hall all day long, the plaque is on the beam, it is quite high, and it cannot be climbed without a ladder-there are no martial arts fighters in this world who can fly over the roof and walk over the walls .In order to be safer, Charlene even suggested that the beams on both sides of the plaque should be smeared with poison to set up a trap. If someone tried to climb up the beams by the side door instead of erecting ladders, it would definitely be no good. Got the approval of Emperor Wanqi.

So, this matter was settled, today is too late, tomorrow Emperor Wan Qi will call the cabinet ministers to talk about this matter, of course, Xia Lin also told Emperor Wan Qi that she must not reveal the content of the secret decree to those courtiers, otherwise These courtiers will only recognize the future new emperor, and will no longer respect Emperor Wanqi himself.It is necessary to wait until after Emperor Wanqi's great trip, and then remove and immediately open the sealed seal of succession under the supervision of the ministers.

This point, Emperor Wan Qi naturally also wanted to get it. He felt that Charlene was really smart and came up with such a method. With this method, it would save the third and fifth children from fighting all day long. Anyway, the end is over. For sure, they have to weigh their survival in the future if another brother succeeds them.

Sure enough, Emperor Wan Qi recruited the cabinet the next day and told about Charlene's proposal. The senior cabinet elders looked at each other in blank dismay. Although they admitted in their hearts that this was a good idea, it was not good news for the cabinet.

Regarding the crown prince, it is not that the cabinet does not have its own plans, and even the old elders present have more or less their own positions except Li Chongqing who has always been neutral.Moreover, the Holy Majesty did not tell them the content of the secret decree. For example, Elder Xu Ge supported the third prince, and the fifth prince was written in the secret decree, so what should he do?

However, now the Holy Majesty is watching them and waiting for their reply, it is not easy to use this kind of statement to dissuade the Holy Majesty.

"This is a big matter. The Holy Majesty is in his prime, so this matter can be discussed in the long term." So, some people wanted to use the dragging formula.

Even Li Chongqing, who is neutral, knows that once this secret decree is made, the influence of their courtiers on who the future prince will be will be minimized, but at this moment, the Holy One has already decided, and their courtiers will support others Also useless.

Once the imperial decree is issued, who would dare to resist the decree?

Unless there is really a virtuous person who can make all the courtiers stand on his side, disregarding the will of the Holy Majesty.

However, looking at it now, the third and fifth princes are not that good.

But what they didn't know was that Emperor Wan Qi knew very well that he couldn't afford it.

Emperor Wan Qi insisted on not giving in, so after a few days, the cabinet had no choice but to agree.

Charlene curled her lips, everything was going according to her plan.

The letter of envoy has been placed on the plaque, and it seems that the dust has settled, and the court has calmed down. The third prince and the fifth prince began to respect each other as brothers and sisters. Emperor Wan Qi felt very relieved, and he even began to think about Charlene's marriage.

Because according to Charlene, Shi Chu and the other eight people are not involved in family affairs, and they have become popular candidates in the marriage market. After discussing with the young general, they arranged five good marriages for them. She and Shi Chu naturally tried their best to push them out.

On this day, they met at Xia Lin's residence as usual, and Xia Lin gave Shi Chu a strange look.

Shi Chu asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"Today when I entered the palace, Xia Ying suddenly showed her kindness to me."

"It must be softened, after all, the queen is locked up." Thor interjected.

Charlene smiled lightly and shook her head, "That's not true, she...asked me about Shi Chu."

Everyone: "..."

"Wait a minute, isn't she engaged?" Shi Chu frowned. He is now the commander of the imperial guards, and he often goes to and from the palace. No wonder he met Xia Ying two or three times before. Normally, she was in the harem, so she couldn't meet Shi Chu. A few times when Shi Chu was around, she ran to find Emperor Wan Qi, and the timing was perfect.

However, Emperor Wan Qi has decreed a marriage, and she will marry to Baoding Marquis Mansion in the second half of the year.

"Did she use her brain?" Zhang Zongrui said suddenly, "I heard that the third son of the Baoding Marquis fell off his horse a few days ago. Fortunately, nothing serious happened. For the dear one."

Charlene sneered, "I'll just say where did she get her confidence. It seems that the members of the royal family are all ruthless. On the surface, the third prince and the fifth prince are not fighting, but this is not the case in secret. Their plan is probably that even if It was written in the secret decree that he was the other party. If I killed him, can the court still let a dead man succeed? So the calmer the surface, the more turbulent it is in the dark, and my uncle the emperor didn't notice it."

"He is terminally ill, and his energy is not as good as before." Zhang Zongrui said rationally.

Charlene shook her head, "Everyone doesn't take human life seriously. That young master of Baoding Hou's Mansion, if he can save it, he should protect it once."

"Of course, I will definitely not let him die." Zhang Zongrui said lightly, "At least he will live in good health and well before marrying that eldest princess."

Shi Chu didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, anyway, he didn't like Xia Ying at all, "I want more emperor's handwriting, and I still haven't found a template for imitation."

"I'll figure it out." Even if Shi Chu is the commander of the imperial guards, Xia Lin has an advantage over him in this regard.

That's right, others can't change the letter of succession on the back of the plaque, but they can.

No matter which prince Wan Qi wrote in the imperial edict, in the end, only the eleventh prince who is still in his infancy will succeed to the throne, and the current empress dowager and Xia Lin will listen to the government and supervise the state affairs behind the curtain.

Charlene went to the palace from time to time, not only looking at the emperor, but also her great-aunt.Today's queen mother is the aunt of Xian Wangfei. The family of Xian Wangfei has fallen, and there is no one left. Although the queen mother has never met Xia Lin, she is particularly partial to her, and it is also because her natal family has no other children that she can favor. up.

Such a curve to save the country, step by step, to strive for a possibility.

If Charlene wanted to be a queen, it would be an almost impossible task. Even if the world was bloodied, she might not be able to sit in that position.

This is already the closest road to the throne that they can think of now.

The only worry is time.