Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

After entering the palace, the emperor summoned several ministers and generals leading the army overnight. Lin Zhao, Jia Ping and Situ Yong immediately sent a message to Li Xu after receiving the news.

The emperor walked into the changed imperial study room, frowned, glanced back at Li Xu, and sneered.

Li Xu touched his nose in embarrassment, but he didn't make any excuses. Liu Shu was stopped outside the imperial study room, walking around anxiously, regretting that he had done unnecessary things impulsively.

When civil servants and generals entered the palace one after another, Eunuch Zhao was also kicked out. Looking at the little eunuch who was anxious like ants on a hot pot, he smiled and comforted him: "Why are you nervous? Your master is very calm."

Liu Shu leaned over and said with an apologetic smile, "Isn't it because the servant changed the layout of the imperial study on his own initiative, for fear that the emperor would not be happy to see it."

"You..." Eunuch Zhao shook his head and smiled, "You are just spoiled by King Shun. You must always remember that you are just a slave. The favor and trust of masters is indeed very tempting, and it is easy to make people make mistakes. Minions who obey the rules live longer."

Liu Shu's heart skipped a beat, and he solemnly bowed to Eunuch Zhao, "Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Zhao, it was Xiao Liu who overstepped."

"Just remember, your godfather didn't stay until the clouds opened to see the moon, so you can tell him by burning some paper some other day, so that he can feel at ease underground."

Mentioning the old eunuch, Liu Shu's eyes flickered for a moment. He has no biological parents, and has always regarded the old eunuch as his father. He also set up cards for him. He would burn paper and offer incense on New Years and festivals. On the anniversary of his death, the prince would also go Paying homage to him, he would have felt at ease a long time ago.

The room was quiet, Liu Shu didn't know the reason why the emperor called people to come late at night, but the few people inside should have recognized his prince and would not listen to the emperor's orders anymore.

The emperor glanced around at the core figures of the court, pointed to Prime Minister Wei, "Wei Yan, stand up."

Prime Minister Wei stood up with his head bowed, and bowed to the emperor, "Please order, Your Majesty."

"Order? Can I still order you?"

"The emperor's words are too serious. You are Dayan's ninety-five-year-old lord, and you are my loyal master."

"Oh, you still have a little conscience." The emperor waved his hand, and nodded Jia Ping again, "And you, you were picked up by me, and the Jia family can be regarded as my confidant, if I let you kill King Shun, What are you willing to do?"

There was no expression on Jia Ping's face. Hearing this, he knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and said, "Please give me the crime of resisting the decree!"

"Good! Good! Very good!" He then pointed to Lin Zhao and Situ Yong, both of whom knew more about detours than Jia Ping, and they didn't expressly resist the order, but they didn't agree either.

How could the emperor fail to understand what they meant, and smashed a good Shoushan stone seal, his chest heaving with anger.

Eunuch Zhao urged anxiously outside the door: "Your Majesty, don't get angry, take care of yourself!"

Li Xu stepped forward, picked up many pieces of broken seals, and put them on the table, "What is the father angry about? Anger for taking your position? Or are you angry at their half-heartedness?"

"You spent a lot of effort, didn't you?" the emperor sneered.

"No, Jia Ping has been with Erchen when he went south. He also built the navy in South Vietnam. Lin Zhao is still loyal to you, but he thinks that Erchen is suitable to be the next monarch. This is not true. As for Situ Yong, he and Kou Xiao are good brothers."

"You have been back to Beijing for more than a year, and this time is not long. I didn't expect that the court's arrangements have been made properly. Even if I refuse to delegate power today, you still have a way to take it away. I don't understand. I said Yes, as long as you have a son, I will immediately appoint you as the crown prince, isn't it justifiable?"

Li Xu glanced at those old officials, lowered his head and smiled, and said: "If you want my son to do other things, it must be fine, but there is really no way to have a son... the princess of Erchen will not give birth ah."

The emperor didn't understand what he meant, and asked: "The princess is barren? Then I will give you some beauties."

"No." Li Xu rubbed his nose and said with a little embarrassment: "My son's princess...is Kou Xiao, she has always been him, she has always been him, and the man I married in Nanyue is also him, and there is no woman .”

There was silence in the imperial study room, except for the three generals who already knew about it, everyone was stunned, and Eunuch Zhao, who was eavesdropping outside, was also stunned.

How is this possible?

The emperor asked in a daze, "Did he force you?"

"No, no one can force Erchen."

"Then what do you think? You don't even want Jiangshan Sheji for a man? You don't want your children?"

"I have a daughter, she is well-behaved and sensible, and I don't care about her son." Li Xu argued strongly.

Ordinary people would desperately want to have a son, but Li Xu, as the heir of the country, actually said such a thing.

The emperor was surprisingly calm, maybe he was used to being frightened by Li Xu, and always felt that everything he did was understandable, but he couldn't accept it.

He pointed to Prime Minister Wei and asked, "Wei Yan, if King Shun has no heirs in this life, do you still want to be loyal to him?"

"This..." Prime Minister Wei frowned and didn't know how to answer. He was also scared, okay? He knew that there was something tricky between King Shun and Kou Xiao, so he decided to ignore it, but he didn't expect that there was such a relationship between them. , Three media and six hires, this is no longer a traitor.

"I don't know." That's all he could say.

"What about you?" the emperor asked the others.

Jia Ping was still the first to stand up and support Li Xu, "I think this matter will not affect anything. The royal family has many heirs, so we can choose suitable children for the imperial court to adopt."

The emperor couldn't help throwing a paperweight at him, but Li Xu stopped him, and the paperweight hit his forehead, causing his head to bleed immediately, which was shocking.

Everyone at the scene exclaimed: "My lord... Hurry up and send the imperial doctor!" What kind of concubine, what kind of heir, how can it be more important than King Shun?

It has nothing to do with them if the Great Yanjiang Mountain is handed over to someone in decades. Anyway, now that King Shun is taking over, they feel very relieved. In the future, it may not be necessary to wait for decades before the prince and General Kou will be separated. What?When the time comes, marrying a wife and having children should not be too simple.

Liu Shu heard the commotion inside and rushed in regardless of the rules. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Xu whose face was covered with blood. He was so frightened that his face turned pale. He hurried out and called the guards to invite the imperial doctor. Go, be sure to hurry!"

The imperial doctor came very quickly, they were carried by someone, and three of them came, all of whom were the oldest doctors from the imperial medical office. When they entered the door and saw the tragic scene, their legs were so frightened that their legs became weak, thinking that King Shun had been dealt with by the emperor .

They are no better than the civil servants and military generals in the court, so their loyalty is still placed on the emperor. At this time, the emperor did not speak and they lay on the ground and did not dare to move.

Jia Ping pulled over the nearest imperial physician, and said in a deep voice, "Give Shun Wang a quick cure, don't you want your head anymore?"

The emperor sighed, seeing that Li Xu's tragic face did not improve, "Go and show King Shun, don't delay."

"Here!"

Although the blood seems to be a lot, the injury is not serious. After the bleeding stops, the face will be much clearer after washing, but the pain is still painful. Li Xu pushed away the little maid who wanted to change his clothes, and hooked his hands at Liu Shu, " You come."

The emperor's expression sank again when he saw this, and when everything was settled, he was too tired to speak.

He asked Eunuch Zhao to fetch a blank imperial decree, raised his hand and wrote down the edict of the Zen position in his own hand, stamped it with a jade seal and threw it to Li Xu, and then left without looking back.

Silence was restored in the imperial study room, and after a long time, Prime Minister Wei was the first to kneel down and said: "My minister joins the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Immediately afterwards, various voices of worship came to mind, Li Xu glanced at the imperial decree, and threw it to Liu Shu, "Keep it well, and I will announce the decree tomorrow morning."

Liu Shu smiled openly, stuffed it into his arms like a baby, and held it tightly, "Don't worry, the servant won't sleep tonight, just watch it."

Li Xu saw that it was too late, so he arranged for several ministers to live in the palace. The next morning, the emperor came to the court for the first time. He hadn't come for a long time, and the courtiers knew that something important would definitely happen today. The news spread that the minister was summoned into the palace overnight, and many people thought that the emperor's health was failing, but they didn't expect to see the emperor walking into the Fengxian Hall.

"You say what you want, I'm here to listen to the court meeting." The emperor supported his head with one hand, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The ministers couldn't let go at first, but after seeing him silent for a long time, it turned out that he just came to observe, and then he regained his former anger, dared to quarrel and argue, and the court immediately became chaotic.

The emperor listened carefully to a passage, and found that there was chaos, but there would always be a result when arguing about one matter, as long as King Shun nodded, the quarrel would stop immediately, and then the person who won would laugh happily, as if he had won King Shun's approval was a very happy thing.

In fact, a morning court can't solve a few issues, but what can be discussed at the court meeting is all major events, and sometimes it can't be discussed for a few days.

Seeing that the time was coming, the emperor opened his eyes and recognized the officials below bit by bit. Most of them were members of his promoted team, and there were also many new faces. Li Xu's confidant Ji Hanyu.

He asked aloud, "Which one is Ji Hanyu?"

Ji Hanyu was very obedient and quiet today. He knew what would happen today in advance. He was busy covering up his inner excitement all morning, so his brain turned slowly. When he heard the emperor's summons, he immediately stood up, "Minister, Ji Hanyu knocked on me. Long live the emperor."

"Head up."

Ji Hanyu is a very handsome young man, wearing a blue official robe and a black official hat, with a heroic appearance, standing like a green bamboo on the hall.

The emperor liked such a young scholar with extraordinary temperament from the bottom of his heart, and his tone was a little pleasant, "I ask you a question, and you can answer it after you think it over."

Ji Hanyu waited for the question.

The emperor thought about several questions and wanted to test this young man, but when he saw Li Xu standing in front, he suddenly lost interest. No matter how good the young man was, he was no longer his official, and no matter how good the position was, it would not belong to him soon.

"Forget it, let's declare the decree."

Eunuch Zhao has obtained the imperial decree from Liu Shu. He knows that this is probably the last imperial decree he will announce in his life, but he feels a sense of stability in his heart.

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: I have been on the throne for thirty-six years. The sea and rivers are clear, the world is peaceful, the people are in peace, all nations are subject, the officials are clear and bright, the monarchs and ministers are harmonious, the virtues are comparable to the previous saints, and the merits are more hopeful for future generations. However, I am in poor health. I am approaching sixty years old, and my energy is not as good as before. I am obedient to the king, Li Xu, and my character is precious. I am very humble. I am firm and invincible, and my heart cannot be shaken by great temptation. I want to pass on to Li Xu, the second son of the emperor. I hope that all the ministers will work together to wear the new king together, and admire this!"

The whole hall was silent, and the needles could be heard, but soon, the ministers bowed down one after another, singing praises to the emperor, and bowing their heads to King Shun. The scene was very harmonious.

The emperor left angrily, leaving behind a group of ministers who began to ask King Shun when the enthronement ceremony would be held. This is probably a rare example in history where a son enthroned while his father was still alive.

Li Xu shook his head, "There's no rush, let Qin Tianjian find a few suitable days to come out first."

After the court was over, many ministers surrounded the Prime Minister Wei and asked: "Master, why did the emperor suddenly abdicate? Why didn't he establish the crown prince first? There is nothing wrong with the emperor's body."

Prime Minister Wei was annoyed by the question, rolled his eyes and said, "You have to ask the emperor, how do I know?" He was still immersed in the matter of King Shun marrying a male concubine and couldn't recover, oh, now it's the new emperor Well, isn't Kou Xiao... must, absolutely not!