I am a ruler in troubled times

The second-rank officer's sharp voice pierced through the noise and hit everyone's eardrums.

The fifth prince, who strode from the audience to Emperor Xiao's side, immediately turned around when he heard the words, and shifted his attention from Emperor Xiao to the second-rank official.

He ruthlessly pushed away the person who blocked his sight, looked at the eyes of the second-rank officer on the desk with shock and anger, and his voice trembled almost imperceptibly, "Master Meng is so drunk that he dares to slander the royal father. Why don't you take Mr. Meng down to sober up?"

It was only when the fifth prince felt the taste of rust in his mouth when he saw a person wearing a general's official robe obeying the order and walking towards the second-rank official on the desk.

He swallowed all the disgusting taste in his mouth, raised the corners of his mouth stiffly and cupped his hands downward, "Father is not feeling well, I'm afraid I can't continue to entertain the envoys, all envoys please go back first..."

"Your Majesty is dead!" A sharp female voice interrupted the Fifth Prince.

Princess Zhaohe was afraid that others would not be able to hear her, so she placed her trembling hand under Emperor Xiao's dirty nose again, chanting the words 'Your Majesty is dead'.

The fifth prince turned his head in disbelief and looked at the silent Emperor Xiao, and said nana, "Father?"

At the same time, the second-rank official who had been forced in front of him by the military officer also yelled again, "I have the real edict of the first emperor and Eunuch Ruixiang to testify!"

"Filial piety... bah! The thing that kills the father and usurps the throne is also worthy of the name of filial piety?" The second-rank official only hesitated for a moment, and then thought of the new title for Emperor Xiao, "Ni Wang mistakenly thought that the first emperor wanted to pass the throne to the fourth prince, so he will be called Xiao." After ascension to the throne, he attacked the fourth prince, leaving no one alive. But he didn't know that the heir that the late emperor really wanted was not the fourth prince but the sixth prince, and the last imperial edict left by the late emperor was also passed on to the sixth prince."

The people who had unconsciously heard the words of the second-rank officer subconsciously looked at Prince Gong.

When Emperor Xiao started to vomit, Prince Gong came over to check the situation, but he was squeezed in the back, and now he was looking in the direction of the second-rank official with a complicated face.

However, the disbelief and bewilderment on Prince Gong's face deceived those who had just entered the court.

Those who are a little more sensitive can see through Prince Gong's unbelievable appearance and see through Prince Gong's impatient mood.

After hugging the queen mother and crying for a long time, and screaming "Your Majesty is dead" for a long while, Princess Zhaohe took two steps back in a daze, and suddenly rushed to Da Sima and knelt down.

"Master Sima, please investigate this matter thoroughly. You can't let the death of the late emperor be unknown, and you can't let your majesty be accused of this kind of accusation for no reason. You can't leave without peace of mind."

Da Sima only felt a splitting headache. He was about to speak, but Da Sikong by his side grabbed his arm and dragged him away from the front of Princess Showa.

Da Sikong looked at Princess Showa, who was sobbing softly, "This matter is not only related to the court and society, but also a secret matter of the royal family. In Princess Dachang's opinion, should we investigate thoroughly before making it public?"

Because of the empress dowager's insistence and Emperor Xiao's acquiescence, Princess Zhaohe has always been in charge of the affairs of the royal family of Yan Kingdom.

Da Sikong's words only reminded Princess Showa in her ears that the family scandal should not be publicized, and the envoys from various countries have not left yet.

As soon as Da Sikong finished speaking, the second-rank official on the desk shouted, "There are no secrets when it comes to the court and society. Da Sikong wants to investigate in private, but he wants to cover up the scandal for King Ni? What if Prince Gong's mansion is suddenly full Sudden death, does Da Sikong want to apologize with death?"

Princess Zhaohe wiped the tears off her face indiscriminately, and stared at Da Sikong with red and swollen eyes, "It is precisely because this matter is so important that we must find out immediately. Otherwise, His Majesty's funeral How to do it?"

In just one sentence, many people have already understood that Princess Showa will not speak for the deceased Emperor Xiao, and may even have known about the "legacy" for a long time.

Otherwise, in a short period of time, when most people haven't reacted to the two events of "Emperor Xiao's death" and "Emperor Qing has another will", even Emperor Xiao will use the emperor's gift Burial can be thought of.

Da Sikong lowered his head and stopped arguing with Princess Showa.

In addition to Princess Showa, many of the clansmen of the Yan Kingdom who have suffered from Emperor Xiaodi for a long time also agreed to immediately investigate thoroughly what the second-rank official said that "Emperor Qing has another will".

Da Sima, Da Sikong, and Da Situ refused to express their opinions. The rest of the officials of Yan had different opinions, but they all refused to bear the reputation of "rebel against the king's party". In the end, they all tacitly investigated the matter immediately.Only a few of Emperor Xiao's confidantes still wholeheartedly defend Emperor Xiao, and proposed to immediately execute the second-rank official who deceived the public with his lies, so that the fifth prince could ascend the throne as soon as possible to stabilize the people's hearts.

Helpless people speak so lightly that they are completely ignored.

Before letting the second-rank official who revealed that "Emperor Qing had another will" to elaborate on the past, Da Sima came to the seat of Zhao Guo's envoys, implying that it was inconvenient to disclose the next thing, and asked Zhao Guo's envoys to leave temporarily.

Chong Yi raised his chin and said concisely, "If he can hear it, Gu can hear it."

Da Sima looked in the direction indicated by Chong Yi, and the King of Nanyang County of Chen Guo ran to the high platform again at some point, and was standing next to the queen mother to ask for warmth.

He shook his head stiffly, turned and left.

No need to ask, Da Sima knew that the Queen Mother would definitely not agree to let Nanyang County King leave immediately at this time.

The second-rank officer obviously prepared for today for a long time. He first explained in detail the various rebellious actions that Emperor Xiao had made after Emperor Qing was critically ill.

Concealing the fact that the Empress Dowager, who was still a noble concubine at the time, also fell ill due to overwork and overwork, used the name of the noble concubine to control Emperor Qing's bedroom.

Not only did they pass on Emperor Qing's oral instructions, and no one else was allowed to visit Emperor Qing, but they also poured out all the medicines given to Emperor Qing by the imperial hospital, and Emperor Qing was not allowed to sleep no matter day or night, exhausting Emperor Qing's energy.

He even lost patience because Emperor Qing refused to die for a long time, and covered Emperor Qing to death with his own hands with a pillow.

Then he went to deceive the imperial concubine who had been bedridden for a long time, and made the imperial concubine believe that Emperor Qing left an oral order before his death to let him succeed.

The more the second-rank official talked, the more intense the anger on Prince Gong's face became. Finally, when the second-rank official said that Emperor Xiao misunderstood that Emperor Qing's favorite candidate for the crown prince was the fourth prince, and that's why he killed the fourth prince. The jug in hand hit the ground, and rushed to the Queen Mother to question.

"Back then you told the officials that when your father was dying, you were always by his side, and you heard with your own ears that your father said that you would let...he inherit the throne." Prince Gong pointed to Emperor Xiao who was lying quietly on the ground.

Memories flashed across the Queen Mother's face, and it took a long time before she answered Prince Gong's question.

She clenched Nanyang Junwang's wrist tightly, her tone hesitant and blank, "Aijia... Aijia can't remember what happened when the late emperor passed away."

The second-rank officer sneered, "Niwang ordered people to smoke seven-day incense in the queen mother's convalescent room day and night. It's lucky that the queen mother didn't become stupid. How could she still remember what happened back then."

"What is seven-day incense?" Prince Gong asked immediately.

The second-rank officer was not in a hurry to answer this question, but looked at the imperial physician who was carefully grooming Emperor Xiao.

All the people who set their eyes on the second-rank official followed the movements of the second-rank official, and moved their eyes to the imperial doctor.

The imperial physician knelt on the ground covered in cold sweat, thought carefully for a while before speaking, "Chen, I have never heard of seven-day incense."

Only then did the second-rank officer speak again, guiding the officials to discover new evidence with a few words, and then stood on the desk in a dignified manner, waiting for the new witness to arrive.

Covered by the carved jade fan in her hand, Song Peiyu yawned delicately.

He saw the curious expressions of King Liang and King Xiang through the silver mirror, and saw that the color of Chong Yi's eyes was also different from usual when he turned his head, so he whispered to everyone what Qi Rixiang was.

Seven-day incense was originally a spice passed from Japan.

It is rumored that as long as a person lives under the smell of this fragrance continuously for seven days, on the eighth day, the person will fall into a stupid daze.

Before this person wakes up, no matter what she hears, she will firmly believe that these contents are her experiences in the past seven days.

People who have been influenced by Qi Rixiang, if they are lucky, they are just deceived by others. If they are unlucky, they may gradually become stupid after seven days.

Therefore, in Dongying, seven-day incense is also called fool incense.

If the person who fell in love with Seven Days never knew that he had fallen in love with Seven Days, the true memory would be buried in his heart forever.

Fortunately, I found out that I had been hit by Qi Rixiang before, and it was possible to recall the hidden real memories one after another.

Under the guidance of the second-rank official, the people of Yan State not only found someone who could tell the function of the seven-day incense and could identify the seven-day incense, but also found a small piece of the old seven-day incense in the residence of Emperor Xiao's nurse.

So far, the process of Emperor Xiao's father-killing and usurping the throne mentioned by the second-rank officer has been logically rigorous and key evidence can be found, and it has successfully convinced most of the people present.

There are also people related to the interests of the fifth prince who tried their best to find out the ambiguities in the second-rank official's words, insisting that the second-rank official was slandering and framing Emperor Xiao, and even attributed the sudden sudden death of Emperor Xiao to the second-rank official.

It is determined that the second-rank officer and Prince Gong are the ones who killed the king and usurped the throne.

Compared to Prince Gong who was so angry that he was trembling all over and could only shout "I didn't have it" and "You spewed blood", the second-rank officer was still terrifyingly calm.

His hole cards haven't been drawn yet.

Emperor Qing's edict to pass on the throne to the sixth prince, and the father-in-law Ruixiang who has disappeared from everyone's eyes for nearly 20 years.

The fifth prince's face was pale and pale, like a cornered animal that had nowhere to go, with various emotions on his face, except for the sadness of his father who had just died.

He fixed his eyes on the old fat man who was brought in by the palace guards.

The Fifth Prince knew that Eunuch Ruixiang was the chief eunuch next to Emperor Qing, but he had no impression of this person at all.

But he could tell from the reactions of other people that the second-rank officer was not lying, and this person was Father Ruixiang.

The tension in the fifth prince's heart was completely broken, and he looked at Concubine Xian not far away in a daze.

Eunuch Ruixiang first complained to Emperor Qing, wiping away his tears, and then opened his mouth to attribute Qing Emperor's death to murder.

Then, under the deliberate misleading inquiries of the bosses, they accurately avoided lightning. Although the descriptions used in the words were different, the specific content perfectly matched the process explained by the second-rank officer.

After everyone's expressions became complicated and they completely accepted that Emperor Xiao had killed his father to usurp the throne, Eunuch Ruixiang said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty told me that he had long wanted to make the sixth prince the crown prince, and the written decree and the jade seal were all in celebration. In the secret compartment of the Sixing Palace in the Mountain Palace."

Princess Zhaohe looked at the head of the group of officials, "Master Sima and Brother Jing, please go and retrieve the imperial edict personally."

Da Sima looked at King Jing with the same heavy face, nodded silently, turned and walked out.

"Wait!" The Fifth Prince looked at Da Sima and King Jing with a distorted expression, "I want to go too!"

Invisible pity flashed across King Jing's eyes, and he nodded slightly, "Let's go."

"Wait!" The queen mother, who was almost silent from the beginning to the end, said suddenly, keeping her presence to a minimum.

Concubine Xian stood in front of the Empress Dowager, looking at her vigilantly, "No matter what His Majesty has done, it has nothing to do with Pei'er. He wants to personally go back to the late emperor's edict, and he also wants to make atonement for... the Empress Dowager, please fulfill Pei'er's filial piety. "

The queen mother blinked, covering up the contempt and disdain inside, "The Ai family didn't want to stop Pei'er from going back to the late emperor's edict, but suddenly remembered that the late emperor had also told the Ai family about the edict when he was dying, and released the edict. The specific location is different from what Ruixiang father-in-law said."

Princess Zhaohe held the Queen Mother's hand lightly, and said with joy on her face, "Sister-in-law Huang just remembered that she had been tricked by Qi Rixiang, and she immediately remembered such an important thing."

The Empress Dowager also had a happy smile on her face, and gave Da Sima and King Jing a different position, and they were also in the Qingshan Palace but not the Sixing Palace.

Da Sima and King Jing took down the location mentioned by the queen mother, and were about to take the fifth prince to leave when they heard someone shouting 'wait'.

This time the one who shouted 'wait' was Prince Gong.

Prince Gong looked at the Empress Dowager with questioning and defensive eyes, and his tone hinted at a warning, "Eunuch Ruixiang has already said that the imperial father's edict is in the Sixing Hall, and the Empress Dowager may have remembered it wrong."

The Empress Dowager shook her head, and her brows became blank again, "Ai Jia can be sure that I remember correctly, but I don't know if it is still affected by Qi Rixiang..."

Princess Zhaohe patted the Empress Dowager on the shoulder, "Anyway, the place the emperor's sister-in-law mentioned is next to the Sixing Hall, and it was also the place where the emperor's favorite place to stay. Please trouble Master Sima and Brother Jing to take a look, and there will be no delay." How much time."

Prince Gong wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Princess Zhaohe's disapproving face, "Why is Prince Gong so impatient? He only cares about himself, and doesn't care about your queen at all?"

Feeling more and more eyes on him, Prince Gong finally closed his mouth.

The last person who ignored the 'mother' was lying not far from him.

Before securing the throne, he must not offend the Queen Mother.

While Da Sima, King Jing, and the fifth prince were going to collect the edict, Wu Jinfei looked at the imperial physician who had been summoned to check on Emperor Xiao's situation.

"Your Majesty..." Wu Jinfei looked weird for a moment, then he cleared his throat and said to the imperial physician nonchalantly, "What's the result? Are there signs of poisoning?"

The imperial doctor looked down at the toe of the shoe, "No."

No matter what Wu Jinfei asked next, the imperial physician would express it concisely and vividly, and he could answer with one word, and he would never say the second word.

In a few words, Wu Jinfei got what he wanted to know from the imperial physician.

Although Emperor Xiao died suddenly and in a strange way, even vomiting out his internal organs, there was no trace of poisoning on Emperor Xiao's body.

The imperial physician believed that Emperor Xiao died suddenly because of a strange disease.

All the imperial physicians who had checked Emperor Xiao's condition had the same opinion as the imperial physician who spoke back at the beginning.

The corner of Wu Jinfei's mouth curled down, but he didn't continue to ask.

After exchanging glances with Da Sikong beside him, he lowered his head and fell silent.

Others didn't continue to ask about the cause of Xiaodi's death, they all looked at the bowl, the table, and the pattern on the cuffs, but they didn't look at the Xiaodi on the ground.

Song Peiyu didn't believe it was a strange disease, which caused Emperor Xiao to suddenly vomit out his internal organs.

He looked sideways at Chong Yi, and sure enough he saw Chong Yi shaking his head.

Song Peiyu looked at Emperor Xiao who was lying on the ground with obvious blood stains and dirt all over his body, and a sigh flashed between his brows.

Two hours ago, the living Emperor Xiao was still the newly established crown prince, the smiling emperor of Yan Kingdom.

Two hours later, Emperor Xiao, who had already passed away, became a "rebellious king". The courtiers knew that there was something strange about Emperor Xiao's sudden death, but they were too lazy to pursue it.

I don't know when Emperor Qing passed away, Emperor Xiao succeeded to the throne, and the four princes died suddenly.

Did the ministers of the Yan Kingdom hold the idea that Emperor Qing had passed away, and the fourth prince was no longer alive, so that the dead could not be resurrected, so that Emperor Xiao could sit firmly on the throne so easily and comfortably.

The one who broke the silence was the Empress Dowager. She was supported by the King of Nanyang County and sat down. She said with a tired face, "I will... well, take his body down first, and put it in a side hall. You adults don't have to." Stand and wait, sit down and rest."

After hearing the Queen Mother's words, Prince Gong realized that he, the 'quasi-emperor', should stand up and preside over the overall situation at this time.

It's a pity that when he finally figured out what to say, not only Emperor Xiao's body had been carried down, but also the courtiers were seated, and the female officer beside the Empress Dowager even brought new tea for everyone.

Standing in front of the throne, Prince Gong looked at the people who were sitting in the hall, who were whispering or gesturing in small groups. He suddenly felt annoyed that he had been ignored, and then looked eagerly at the door.

Little did they know that even if everyone was doing their own thing, the corner of their eyes would always fall on him.

Sensing Prince Gong's superficial eagerness, helplessness flashed across the eyes of many courtiers.

But the more the queen mother looked at Prince Gong, the more satisfied she became, and she specially reminded gently, "Why doesn't Prince Gong sit down?"

Unnaturalness flashed across Prince Gong's face. After standing on the high platform, he didn't want to go back to his previous position.

"I'm not tired, my son..." Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Da Sima and King Jing walking in from the door, King Gong immediately said, "Have you found the imperial edict?"

Da Sima looked up at the two remaining people on the high platform.

Sitting in the phoenix seat, the queen mother is dignified and calm between her brows.

Standing beside the throne, Prince Gong turned ugly because of his urgency beyond words.

The look in Da Sima's eyes was even more complicated, as if he had aged many years in an instant, and his tired appearance was not much better than that of the distraught fifth prince beside him.

King Jing lowered his head on his own initiative, and said in a concise and concise manner, "It's a good thing that the ministers did not disgrace their fate. After verification by me and Da Sima, it is indeed the imperial decree of the late emperor, and it is also stamped with the seal of the late emperor."

Prince Gong immediately raised the corners of his mouth, and there was an undisguised smile on the corners of his eyes and brows.

He strode from the high platform to the bottom, and before he could stand still, his voice had reached everyone's ears, "Please respect Uncle Wang and read the imperial edict."

The queen mother pressed the armrest of the phoenix chair and got up with the help of Hongqin, walked slowly behind King Gong and stood still, nodded to King Jing, "Please trouble King King."

King Jing immediately lowered his head, "Don't dare."

The rest of the officials of Yan also got up from their positions with different expressions, and stood behind Prince Gong and the Queen Mother.

Song Peiyu closed the shaking folding fans in his hands and put them on the desk in front of him. Not only did he stand up solemnly, but he also gave Chong Yi a wink.

Chong Yi shook his sleeves, got up and stood next to Song Peiyu, his eyes were on King Jing who was walking up with a plain wooden box in both hands.

The envoy of Chen Guo stood up when the Queen Mother came down from the high platform,

Zhao Guo's envoys are so generous, and the Yanzhou envoys and Qingzhou envoys who have been stunned by Yan's scandal will naturally not poke Yan's eyes at this time.

While they wished to minimize their sense of presence, they secretly rejoiced that besides them, there was also a luxurious team of envoys from the empress dowager's natal family Chen Guo and Zhao Guo.

They will not be worried, peeking into the scandal of the country of Yan and being murdered.

King Jing put the rectangular wooden box in his hand in the center of the imperial case, knelt down first and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

After three kneelings and nine kowtows, King Jing got up and opened the wooden box on the imperial case, took out the imperial decree and unfolded it, "By heaven..."

People below looked up and could see the jade scroll used in the imperial decree and the brocade sewn on the back, which made Yan officials familiar with and unfamiliar with the system.

Song Peiyu had studied this edict of Emperor Qing who was being read several times, and could almost recite it backwards.

He recalled the contents of the imperial decree, and with the convenience of his location, he could easily see all the expressions of Yan Chen.

After Emperor Xiao was pressed to death on the pillar of shame for killing his father and usurping the throne, the prince who stood before Emperor Xiao's death had been completely abandoned by Yan officials.

Even if they are not very satisfied with the candidate of Prince Gong, Yan officials are still willing to accept Prince Gong as the new emperor.

"...Here." King Jing rolled up the imperial decree in his hands again, and looked down at King Gong who was kneeling in front of him.

"I thank my father, Emperor Long En."

Prince Gong's forehead hit the ground hard, and his voice was full of joy and pride after being suppressed to the extreme.

He couldn't wait to get up, he didn't even bother to look at the imperial decree in King Jing's hand, and immediately turned to face the officials, waiting for his voice of "Your Majesty".

Song Peiyu looked at Wang Jing who was holding the imperial decree amidst the tsunami-like greetings, and then set his eyes on the imperial case behind King Jing.

Da Sima and King Jing only said that they were lucky enough to find the imperial decree left by Emperor Qing, but they didn't say how many copies of the imperial decree they found.

After a while, King Jing still wasn't remembered by Prince Gong below.

He shook his head, turned around and put the imperial edict back into the wooden box, and took out another imperial edict from the wooden box.

Song Peiyu's eyes lit up, he hooked Chong Yi's palm, and was immediately grabbed firmly.

The Empress Dowager did not waste the blank imperial decree and the jade seal she had cheated from Prince Gong.

King Jing turned around with the second imperial edict in his hand, and spoke to the kneeling Yan officials who were overjoyed, as if he had completely forgotten that he should let the Yan officials get up first. .”

"What?" Prince Gong turned his head and looked at King Jing with a face full of surprise.

King Jing raised the imperial decree in his hand above his head, and said sternly, "The imperial decree that was read out just now is the imperial edict that Eunuch Ruixiang said, and the imperial edict in my hand was found at the place that the empress dowager said."

The smile on Prince Gong's face froze, "Impossible!"

Eunuch Ruixiang, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said, "The late emperor indeed left more than one edict, but unfortunately, during the time he was tortured by the Ni Wang, he was not in a good spirit, and he couldn't tell the old slave the location of all the edicts. "

Da Sima, who was in charge of bringing back the imperial decree, also took the initiative to speak, "I have already verified two imperial decrees with King Jing, and I am sure that they are all imperial decrees left by the late emperor."

Prince Gong looked suspiciously at the queen mother who was always kneeling on the ground with her head down.

Everyone else believed the queen mother's lies, but he knew that there was no so-called seven-day incense from the beginning to the end, at least the queen mother had never been caught in such a trick.

Feeling the gaze on her body, the queen mother raised her head and looked at Prince Gong calmly, "The emperor still hasn't accepted the order?"

Prince Gong hesitated for a while, but finally turned around and knelt down.

King Jing cleared his throat, his voice was inexplicably much lower than when he read out the previous imperial decree, "Follow the heavens..."

The meaning of this decree is very simple.

Emperor Qing felt that Prince Gong was impulsive and irritable, and was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he asked the Queen Mother to assist Prince Gong as regent, and specially gave the Queen Mother a whip to prevent Prince Gong from being disrespectful to the Queen Mother.

When all the officials of Yan who had just learned about the imperial decree, including Prince Gong, were at a loss, the Queen Mother had already bent down with a calm expression, and put her forehead on the back of her hand, her voice was hoarse but her words were very clear, "My concubine, thank you Your Majesty Long En .”

At the Queen Mother's signal, Hongqin walked up to her knees and helped the Queen Mother up.

The Empress Dowager nodded reservedly to King Jing, and returned to the high platform to get the imperial decree that belonged to her.

Returning to his senses, Prince Gong clasped his fingers tightly on the ground, staring at the Queen Mother with eyes almost protruding from their sockets.

How dare this bitch plot against him?

Holding the imperial decree in her hand, the queen mother stood on a high place and looked down at the people who were still kneeling on the ground below, and she could almost see everyone's expressions in her eyes.

She raised the corners of her mouth and raised her hands falsely, "Your Excellencies, get up."

Prince Gong suddenly jumped up from the ground, and his voice was so sharp that he broke his voice, "This is the will written down by the emperor more than ten years ago when my son and minister were weak. Now that I have reached the age of forty, I don't need to bother the queen mother for my son. The minister is worried."

Da Sima immediately supported Prince Gong, "I heard that the Empress Dowager's body has always been uncomfortable since last year. It is better to concentrate on recuperating. Your Majesty is smart and wise, and has been in power for many years. He will be able to sort out the government in the shortest possible time. .”

Da Sikong cleared his throat, and said slowly, "I think what your majesty said is very reasonable. This imperial decree should have been read when your majesty was weak. At that time, your majesty was still immature, so you needed the support and teaching of the empress dowager. Today, your majesty I have practiced for many years, no matter what I have to ask my mother for advice, I am afraid it will be difficult to establish prestige, please consider your Majesty the Empress Dowager."

"Please think twice, Empress Dowager." Wu Jinfei, who had nothing to add, knelt on the ground again.

"The empress dowager, please think twice." The Yan officials immediately knelt down, and only a few of them stood in place with their eyes on their noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, and hearts.

The Empress Dowager raised the corners of her mouth, she didn't even look at the courtiers kneeling on the ground, her mocking eyes were always fixed on Prince Gong.

"It stands to reason that Aijia should listen to the minister's words, and take care of his life as soon as possible. But your majesty..." The Queen Mother sneered and sighed, "It's really worrying."

Since hearing the second imperial decree, Prince Gong's anger has never been extinguished.

Seeing the empress dowager mocking him condescendingly, Prince Gong suddenly remembered that many years ago, when his mother and concubine died of illness, he went to ask his father, who lived in the empress dowager's palace, to see his mother and concubine for the last time.

The queen mother stopped him outside the palace with this expression.

Instead of begging his father to see his mother and concubine for the last time, he went to other mothers and concubines to make trouble in the palace because he didn't know how to take care of his mother when he was sick, and was disgusted by his father for many years.

Prince Gong had long ago decided that he would kill the Queen Mother if he was firmly on the throne, fulfilling the agreement with Zhao Guo's envoys, and comforting the spirit of his mother and concubine in heaven.

He did change from Prince Gong to Emperor, but this woman still stood on top of him.

Why? !

It shouldn't be like this...

He is the emperor, he doesn't need to endure humiliation anymore!

The string called reason in his mind was completely broken, and Prince Gong rushed towards the guard standing in the corner.

When he drew out the saber from the guard's waist, Prince Gong could already faintly smell the smell of blood, and at the same time saw horror in the guard's eyes.

Prince Gong showed a distorted smile.

It's right to be afraid.

He is the emperor.

These people should be afraid of him!

It's a pity that just as Prince Gong turned around and saw the Queen Mother's face, his eyes suddenly went dark and he completely lost consciousness.

"His Majesty?!"

"My lord!"

"Go and call the doctor!"

……

What happened just two hours ago was repeated again. The difference is that this time there is no need to go to the Imperial Hospital to announce the Imperial Physician.

The imperial physician at the back of the hall immediately ran over.

Even though the imperial physician came quickly, Prince Gong still became the second emperor to die today.

Compared with Emperor Xiao, Prince Gong died more clearly.

After a brief exchange, the imperial physicians told the officials that Prince Gong had been taking the poison for at least half a month. This kind of medicine would make people extremely irritable, irritable and easily flustered, and then easily pissed off to death.

King Gong vomited blood before he died, which was the result of the surge of qi and blood under extreme anger.

The two emperors died within a day, and even the most experienced veteran who had dealt with many emergencies was speechless, staring at Prince Gong's ferocious face with strange eyes and lost in thought.

Suddenly a courtier said, "A country cannot live without a king..."

The fifth prince's eyes burst out with intense color, and he clenched his fists secretly, his face flushed from suffocation.

The queen mother's hoarse voice came from above to below, "Since the throne is passed on to Prince Gong, it is natural to choose from among Prince Gong's sons. The Ai family remembers that Prince Gong's eldest son is in the age of dancing elephants, and his son is also eight years old. Your Excellencies What do you think?"

The courtiers all set their eyes on Da Sima, Da Sikong and Da Situ.

The three of them also smiled wryly.

Although Prince Gong is useless, his death at this time is a major event.

Just now they used Prince Gong's age as an excuse to prevent the Empress Dowager from regenting. However, Prince Gong's two sons are only four years apart, and the oldest is only 12 years old.

These are the times when you need someone to supervise and assist you.

The Empress Dowager is the grandmother of Prince Gong's son, who is about to become the Empress Dowager, and also has the imperial edict left by Emperor Qing...

Difficult.

After a while, Da Sima said in a low voice, "Since Prince Gong has a son, he must respect him."

The Queen Mother nodded, "Then I will trouble Lord Sima and Prince Jing to draw up an edict to let the young prince of Prince Gong's mansion inherit the throne. Princess Gong is young and inexperienced, let her move into the Anning Palace, and Aijia will teach her personally."

Da Sima and the others had nothing to say.

The queen mother didn't say that she wanted the little emperor to go to her peace palace.

Even if Princess Gong becomes the empress dowager, she is still the empress dowager's daughter-in-law, so she should go to the Anning Palace to serve the empress dowager.

In the corner where no one was paying attention, the expression on the fifth prince's face changed several times, and finally froze into madness.

He rushed to the center of Da Sima, Da Sikong, and Da Situ, and pointed at the queen mother sitting above with a full face of indignation, "You want her to be regent?"

When Da Situ saw the crazy expression on the fifth prince's face, he thought of Emperor Xiao and Prince Gong who died suddenly one after another, and suddenly felt a splitting headache.

He grabbed the fifth prince's wrist and deliberately suppressed his voice very softly, "Your Highness, calm down, the most important thing now is to deal with His Majesty's funeral."

Whether the Empress Dowager is a regent can be discussed slowly after the envoys from various countries have left.

The fifth prince had finally climbed to the top but was immediately pushed into the bottom. After being completely disappointed, he saw a chance to rise to the top again, but was shot down again at the critical moment.

He was so full of thoughts that he must never let the queen mother who gave him the last blow feel better, he simply ignored the deep meaning of Wu Jinfei's words.

Why did he fall to the bottom, but the queen mother who took pleasure in bullying his mother and concubine was able to be regent?

"Don't you all know the good deeds she has done?" The fifth prince suddenly laughed maniacally, "She took the imperial grandfather's concubine..."

The face of the queen mother who was sitting on the phoenix chair suddenly changed, and she said sharply, "The fifth prince has suffered from hysteria! Pull him down quickly!"

"She not only dedicated the imperial grandfather's concubine to the imperial father, but also went to battle herself!" The fifth prince yelled hoarsely while dodging the guards who came to arrest him, shaking off all the empress dowager accusations accumulated by the concubine Xian over the years. .

The fifth prince was dragged away, but what he said remained in the hearts of Yan officials.

Although it is only a few words, it can deal with many unsolved mysteries in the deep palace, and without thinking carefully, it will make the officials of Yan sweat several layers of cold sweat behind their backs.

The queen mother glanced at the position of Zhao Guo's envoy, and regret flashed in her eyes.

She originally wanted to take advantage of this rare and good day to get rid of Song Peiyu by the way...

But it doesn't matter, after today, she will be the Empress Dowager, and she can still control the camp in the suburbs of Beijing. Keeping Song Peiyu in Luoyang is just a matter of one word, and there is no need to humbly beg others.

"This child has never experienced twists and turns, and he is so crazy that the adults laughed at him." The queen mother had a slight distress on her face, as if she was really worried about the fifth prince.

The Yan officials shook their heads stiffly.

Still the same sentence, Yan has already lost too much face in front of the envoys of various countries today, and it must not continue to lose face. No matter what happens, it will wait for the envoys of various countries to leave before making plans.

The Empress Dowager was very satisfied with the silence of the officials. She stood up from the phoenix chair and said casually, "My lords, please take care of His Majesty's funeral. Let's leave first."

After all, the queen mother waved to Hongqin, motioning for Hongqin to help her leave.

From noon to now, although most of the things were within her expectations, she was getting older after all, and her energy still couldn't keep up, and she was really exhausted.

After the sound of "respectfully sending off the queen mother", a particularly sharp voice suddenly sounded, "The queen mother walks slowly, the old servant still has the last decree of the first emperor that has not been read out."

The Queen Mother's swaying back froze immediately, and she suddenly turned her head to look at the speaker.

Eunuch Ruixiang has already untied his outer robe on his own, revealing the bright yellow color wrapped between his middle coat and outer robe.

Father Ruixiang didn't give the queen mother any chance to stop him from proclaiming the decree.

Not only did he not let everyone tidy up their appearance and kneel to listen to the imperial decree, he even didn't tidy up his own clothes, so he read the imperial decree in his hand with his robe open.

The content of the imperial decree was drafted by Song Peiyu himself.

Princess Zhaohe was named the eldest princess of Zhenguo, and adopted King Fu to be at the knee of the eldest princess of Zhenguo.

King Fu is the posthumous title of the third prince.