king game

The passing of the empress broke the delicate balance, because she knew her own ending, so she prepared everything in advance.The most important thing is the next ruler of the empire - she named Lu Qianqiu.

This is a choice that is both expected and not prepared.The succession of the throne is sometimes very important to seniority. If it is a male, if it is a direct descendant, it must have no direct elders in front of it... It is difficult not to generate some rumors to push someone to the top after passing a generation.

The ministers trembling at that time knelt down to Lu Qianqiu who was sitting next to the empress. Lu Qianqiu tidied up the remains of the empress. He did not speak for a long time, nor did he respond to the courtiers' surrender.

For a long time in the past, the empress once gave him unparalleled pressure, because the years between him and her were too long, when he hadn't grown up, she had already stood at the peak for decades .Every move of the other party will cause turmoil in the world, and a flash of her mind can bring great disaster to his parents...

She lived herself as a lonely family, and her son and daughter secretly wanted her life, and the reason was out of fear of her and the protection of their own lives.They are not wrong.From Lu Qianqiu's standpoint, he can't say that other people who supported them did something wrong.

But the Empress is also a very attractive person.In terms of personality, she broke through the shackles imposed on a group by the feudal dynasty. She is a phoenix among people and a phoenix that emerges from the ashes.Whether the people of the time admired her or hated her, they couldn't deny that she was astounded by the brilliance of the annals of history.The epic of this country can't get around her, regardless of praise or criticism.

She didn't really target Lu Qianqiu, she tested him, but in the end she personally took out the enemy.She only trusted him after that, and handed over this huge country to his hands.She may have almost gone crazy because of death, but she still chose to reach a reconciliation with herself.

Her passing is a lament for the whole country.

When the news got out, everyone was in a heavy heart, even her enemies had complicated emotions, Yao Chong silently knelt outside the palace gate, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

The capital was under martial law, and the imperial guards controlled the entry and exit of the palace gates. All the princes and grandchildren came to bid farewell to their relatives. They knelt down in front of the coffin of the empress, everyone's face was covered with sad.The first one to arrive was Princess Taiping who was in a hurry. Her Royal Highness, who had rarely entered the palace in these years, threw herself on her mother's body.

Several nobles persuaded together, and finally pulled the sad daughter from her mother.Under the supervision of the imperial family, an old eunuch opened the imperial decree of Ming and Huang, and solemnly read out the last decree of the empress.

All eyes fell on Lu Qianqiu at once.

It not only included his father, his elder brother and younger brother, but also his aunt—who used to talk to him about Yan Yan, and heard that he liked to practice martial arts, so she gave away the frightening cicada sword she treasured to him. To his Princess Taiping.

Her gaze was completely different from before, and Lu Qianqiu felt a very strange emotion from it.He looked up at her, and Princess Taiping averted his eyes.

"Prince Linzi...ah, no," the old eunuch bowed respectfully and ingratiatingly and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you hurry up and accept the order?"

What was held up in that imperial decree was this vast country, and it was the tens of millions of people in this country. It was different from the last time he drew his sword. At that time, he wanted to protect his life, but now, if he Taking it over is equivalent to taking on the present and future of this nation.

"...Take care of yourself." The empress said to him at the end.

He lowered his head slightly and accepted the entrustment.His eyes are calm and sharp, as if from the carefree self a long time ago, another self that has been forged and caressed has been revealed.He stood surrounded by everyone, but his expression was so strange, no one could stand by his side and see his deeper heart.

All the world is plain.Temples and Taoist temples ring 49 bells, there is no music for a hundred days, there is no meat for [-] days, and marriage is not allowed for a month.The process unfolded in the same way, and there were some complaints among the Li clan that Lu Qianqiu had surpassed Li Dan to ascend the throne, but such opinions were also silenced by Li Dan's own renunciation.

This formerly weak prince, until now, still has no desire to compete with his son for power, he just patted Lu Qianqiu on the shoulder with some relief, and when he was about to step back, a tiny whisper in his ear Said loudly: "Be careful Taiping!"

The coffin of the empress was buried next to Emperor Gaozong, and her tablet was sent to the Taimiao by Lu Qianqiu himself.She used to worry that no one would offer sacrifices to her after her death, and Lu Qianqiu relieved her of this worry.

And then, all the political affairs were sent to Lu Qianqiu. It will take some time for him to formally ascend the emperor, but all the power in the court has already gathered in front of him.

This should have been a matter of course.But the world is not something that you think is very natural, it will happen naturally.First, Xiao Zhizhong, the Minister of Zhongshu, asked for state affairs, saying that the Dongyuan faction was actually an outsider, and its suzerain had stayed in Luoyang for a long time. If you want to continue to stay, people will have to doubt his intentions...

Later, Dou Huaizhen, the doctor of imperial history, said that the death of the first emperor had a great connection with Sima Chengzhen, the landlord of Heyu. The tenth unknown sword needs to be found as quickly as possible. After hunting them down, use their blood and spirits to comfort the dead souls of the late emperor, so that all people in the world will know your majesty's pure filial piety.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the hall looked at him with horror.The only celestial being in the imperial court is the empress. Without her support, the imperial court was already in a precarious and weak position, but this courtier used filial piety to force the new emperor, asking him to find trouble with the two celestial beings.Its sinister intentions really make people angry.

Lu Qianqiu smiled, he had never encountered such a provocation.His former enemies usually met him on the battlefield, they would scold him severely, and they would want to pierce his heart with a spear, but what belonged to him, no one was willing to disobey his will.

He looked at Yao Chong, the prime minister who hadn't shown up for a long time had a face as white as paper, his eyes were dim, as if he would die in the next second, no one dared to approach him.

"What do you think of Mr. Yao?" Lu Qianqiu sighed, still showing great respect for this man.

Yao Chong slightly raised his eyes to look at him, he coughed, and said sickly: "This man has ulterior motives and uses morality to persecute you, and the people behind him have plans to usurp the throne, they should be killed!"

Everyone became a sensation in an instant, no one expected that the prime minister who had not spoken for a long time would speak out so mercilessly, not to mention that in his words, he almost directly said that Dou Huaizhen was suspected of treason, and the imperial censor immediately Panic: "You...you shut up! Don't try to frame me! Do you have evidence?"

Yao Chong glanced at him lazily, disdaining to answer his question.

Lu Qianqiu sighed, he seemed to recall something, he said to the rest of the ministers: "Let's step back for now, Mr. Yao, you stay... As for Sima Chengzhen and Wumingjian, I will think about it myself." ways to deal with them.”

When he said this now, almost everyone thought that the "response" he said was to avoid his edge, and it was reasonable for a celestial being who specialized in assassination not to be his enemy.The emperor should put the overall situation first, and many people are very satisfied with the new emperor's sophistication.

Only Yao Chong heard something.He had a very deep impression of the young man who scratched his arm that night in the body of Wataru, and this impression became even more admirable as the other party broke into the flashback.He didn't think that those who dared to stand in front of him back then would back down from Sima Chengzhen. This person had a unique kind of pride, and when he ascended to the throne, this pride condensed into the power of an emperor .

He hardly looks like a first-time emperor.

Lu Qianqiu asked Yao Chong, who had a lot of speculation in his heart, to follow him into a alchemy room. There was a faint smoke in the room. An old man with white hair and white beard was meditating on the futon. Yao Chong saw that the other party's body was like transparent glass, and there was a curl of smoke in his nose when he breathed.He immediately knew the identity of this person.

Zhang Guo slowly opened his eyes, he looked at Yao Chong: "Is this the person you want me to treat?"

Yao Chong was shocked. He looked back in surprise and saw Lu Qianqiu nodded slightly: "Mr. Yao is the only heavenly man in the court after all. If we don't keep him, there may be turmoil in this country."

Zhang Guo nodded, he turned to Yao Chong, and didn't ask him why he concealed his realm, he looked at his face, and sniffed some intruding smells, then he stretched out his hand, and mercilessly pushed him away. Yao Chong's chest was exposed, revealing the black fist mark left by the empress, and he said solemnly: "Your 'span' has been polluted."

Yao Chong was not surprised, he said flatly: "Someone has already told me about this."

"Is it real Longhu?" Zhang Guo said with great certainty, "I can smell the elixir on you, which has the unique scent of Jiugong Mountain. That guy likes to add something to it, and he is the only one It can hold your life back."

Yao Chong smiled slightly: "Mr. Tongxuan has good eyesight!"

Zhang Guo stretched out his hand decisively: "Bring the elixir he gave you."

Without flinching, Yao Chong took out a sandalwood box from his bosom.He opened the box, and a faint fragrance came out of it.

Zhang Guo observed the longan-sized pill in the box, and finally thought deeply for a long time.When he was thinking, Yao Chong turned to Lu Qianqiu: "Your Majesty really wants to save me?"

Lu Qianqiu said: "The death of the late emperor actually has little to do with you."

Yao Chong was startled, he thought for a while, but he was not surprised by Lu Qianqiu's words.He said bitterly: "Aren't you afraid that what I did to the late emperor, I will do it again on you? You are not a heavenly man..."