Clan House

The courtiers got the news of the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet and entered the palace half a day earlier than scheduled.

In the Jiaotai Hall, the courtiers of the third rank and above of the Daluo Dynasty gathered. After hearing Song Yi's account of the whole story of a son with a surname other than the imperial concubine pretending to be the prince, they were all shocked and couldn't believe it.Song Yi presented the relevant witnesses from the prison, and took out the words and sentences written during the interrogation and passed them on to the ministers.The ministers were in doubt, but the evidence was in front of them, and there was no way to question it.

Song Jingshi was also among the crowd. She clenched her fists in fear and broke out in a cold sweat.Recently, the imperial concubine behaved strangely, so she had a premonition that what Song Yi said might be true.

But her brother's life had to be saved, she bit her lower lip, and said to Song Yi: "My lords, don't listen to the king of Chu's one-sided words, Anzhi is not he who forged evidence to frame the emperor's brother!"

"These maids and servants are all confidantes who have been with the imperial concubine for more than 20 years." Song Yi pointed at the witnesses with his hand, "More than [-] years ago, this king was not even born. People buy all of them?"

"The King of Chu never bribed his servants," said Wen Guifei's confidant Qiaoyue, "The princess didn't know about this at all. The princess was still young at that time, and she was kept in the dark by our mother. The mother only gave birth to the princess. One, the prince was prepared in a food box before giving birth, just for the sake of giving birth to a daughter. But after the princess gave birth to the princess, she didn't send her away because she couldn't bear it. Dressing up as the prince was also just in case One, if things come to light in the future, there will still be someone who is born as a bargaining chip."

"Qiaoyue," Song Jingshi looked at the palace maid bitterly, "How did my mother concubine treat you, you framed her like this!"

"Everything I said is true." Qiaoyue looked at Song Jing with a pleading look in her eyes, "Your Highness is His Majesty's own princess, and this matter has nothing to do with His Highness. You should protect yourself and don't burden yourself with irrelevant people." ..."

Song Jingshi knew that what Qiaoyue said was reasonable, since the matter had been exposed, he could naturally keep one of them.But she and Song Jingxin have been in love since childhood, how can they let go.Thinking of this, she carefully checked the defenders outside the hall, thinking about how to leave the table with an excuse to find her brother's whereabouts.Even if you can't become the crown prince, you can send him away from the capital and hide your name...

"This king has captured the prince, and now he is in the side hall." Song Yi's words shattered Song Jingshi's illusions, "To prevent chaos, I will not bring it here. If you are still curious, you will elect a representative, who will be the same as Ben. Wang went over to take a look."

Song Jingshi turned his head and stared at Song Yi.

"Princess, don't worry, I will take you to meet him naturally," Song Yi said empathetically, "After the business here is over, the princess can go to meet your righteous brother alone."

Song Jingshi gave Song Yi a blank look, followed the ministers to the side hall, and was blocked by He Qi's sword hilt.

With all the witnesses and material evidence, Song Yi redefines Song Jingxin's identity without too much fuss.When the ministers returned to Jiaotai Hall, he winked at Chen Jingxian and stepped aside.

"Your Highness," He Qi, the commander of the imperial guards, approached and whispered in Song Yi's ear, "As Your Highness expected, Marquis Yongding has rebelled."

"Where is he?" Song Yi asked in a low voice.

"The Marquis of Yongding brought dozens of people back to Beijing, pretended to be the entourage of the clan's relatives who were going to the banquet, sneaked into the palace, gathered together and killed the Qianqing Palace." He Qi said, "It has been controlled by the imperial guards, and they are trapped in the Qianqing Palace. Not coming. What does Your Highness think?"

Suddenly there was an uproar among the officials, it turned out that it was Chen Jingxian who announced the death of the emperor.

"Since Commander He has trapped people, let's stay trapped for a while longer." Song Yi followed the crowd and knelt down again, "When the affairs here are settled, you can ask whoever is in power to ask for an order."

He Qi also knelt down, sighed helplessly and said, "I obey."

Chen Jingxian swallowed his saliva, and faced the eyes of all the ministers asking for the truth: "Your Majesty came down in a hurry, and the will has not yet been drafted. Your Majesty ordered that the second son of the emperor, Jing Ye, posthumously confer the title of his mother Yushi as the noble concubine..."

All the ministers waited for a long time, but nothing came up. "Just... gone?"

"No, no more..." Chen Jingxian said dully, "Your Majesty is in a hurry, and I don't have time to explain a lot."

"Empty mouth and white teeth, who knows if what you said is true or not!" Qin Wang straightened up and asked forcefully.

"Before your Majesty went down, he summoned several people." Chen Jingxian straightened his back, "The empress, the princes of the clan's residence, the ministers of the six ministries, Commander He of the imperial army, the envoy of the imperial hospital and several imperial physicians can all testify. "

"... so many people." King Qin was also shocked, speechless.

"It's too hasty," Wei Wang interjected, "Since the emperor's second son is appointed to succeed him, he is so young, can he appoint a minister?"

Everyone thought so, and looked at Gu Minghui one after another.The biological mother of the second son of the emperor died, if the queen hangs down the curtain, wouldn't it be that the Gu family is the only one in the court.Gu Li also came, but because there were so many people, it was too late to ask his son about the situation.At this moment, he looked at Gu Minghui's expression, and he seemed not very optimistic.The old master sighed, riding a tiger is hard to get off.

"There is no rush to discuss this matter. Since His Majesty left in a hurry and the second son is still in his infancy, this king has something to say."

Everyone heard the sound and went to see it, and saw that the speaker was actually the old king of Wu who had reached an octogenarian age.Since King Wu entered the Jiaotai Hall, he always leaned on one side and closed his eyes to rest.He was old and unable to walk, so he got permission to enter and leave the forbidden palace with the help of the internal officials.When everyone looked at the internal officer again, they were even more surprised, whoever it was, Yin Derun, who had long since resigned from office.

King Wu has a lot of experience, and if he wants to speak, even Song Yi has to listen respectfully.Everyone gave way, and King Wu stepped forward with Derun's support.

"If my king remembers correctly, it should be in the 44th year of Ningde that the imperial brother drafted a will."

King Wu didn't show his face for a long time, and if he didn't make a sound, he threw down thunder as soon as he opened his mouth.King Wu's elder brother is the late Yingzong. When Yingzong passed away, the cabinet, queen mother and close ministers confirmed each other that they would not see the will.At this time, the king of Wu made alarmist remarks, but he didn't know what his purpose was.

Gu Minghui was startled, and turned to look at his father.Seeing that Gu Li was also frowning, he shook his head at him.

"Brother Huang was in good health at that time, and the will was just in case. Not many people knew about it back then, only the king, the emperor's wife, Derun, and a cabinet minister at that time. Who is it? The king doesn't know either."

Not far away, Gu Li frowned, staring at Wu Wang's old face, but the other party gave him a look.

"Later, the emperor's brother collapsed, and within two days Ruizong also collapsed, and the army was in chaos. The king wanted to invite the edict, but was stopped by the emperor's wife. Why did the emperor's wife stop the king? Speaking of this, I have to mention another question. One thing." Wu Wang is indeed old, and he talks in a confusing way, and he can't get the point for a long time. "The Empress Dowager moved to the Beihai Palace. The name is self-cultivation, but it is actually confined. Have you ever heard of the reason?"

Halfway through the story, an irrelevant question was asked again, leaving everyone at a loss.Song Jingshi frowned, with a guess in his heart, he stared at Song Yi, and the other party smiled indifferently.

"Little man." Song Jingshi cursed.

"Presumably, many people have heard that Emperor Ruizong died of poisoning, and the person who poisoned him was his first wife, the current Empress Dowager!" King Wu raised his voice, but no one was surprised.Those present were all high-ranking ministers, and they had heard about this incident to some extent.

The King of Wu looked at Song Yi: "Before Emperor Ruizong died, he had a long talk with the King of Chu. Because of the cold weather, he gave the King the hand stove he carried with him, didn't he?"

"It's true." Song Yi said.

"After Ruizong's death, the king of Chu brought the incense burner back to Kunning Palace, but the emperor's wife found something strange. The poison that Ruizong was poisoned was placed in the incense burner in the hand burner."

All the ministers in the hall began to whisper, they had only heard the outline, but this was the first time they heard the details of the case.

"The king went to look for the emperor's wife at that time, and wanted to ask for a will. But the emperor's wife refused the king's request and told the king about the hand stove. The enemy was in the dark, and I was in the open. The emperor's wife didn't want to ask for a will. It is also to protect the people above the edict. She said, "Wu Wang spoke, and shot Gu Li with sharp eyes, "Those people are ambitious! If the successor is not used by him, the security will not be harmed by him!"

King Wu's words were resentful and resounding.The courtiers and relatives present were not fools, so they could naturally hear that he was attacking Gu.Except for a few members of the Gu family, they stayed away from the position of Gu's father and son prudently.

"Ruizong's matter is that the lower officials have no way to teach the daughters." Gu Li closed his eyes sadly and sighed, "But the Queen Mother's move was definitely not the instruction of the lower officials and the dog, probably because of the disharmony between her husband and her husband." To. The official family education is not strict, and it is hard to shirk the blame. I am willing to resign from the position of Prince and Taifu. I will turn my body against the country and never return to the capital. But today His Majesty passed away, and everything is still undecided. Please also His Highness King Wu to sort out the priorities , it is important to deal with His Majesty's funeral affairs first."

"Don't teach me how to do things, it's not your turn." Wu Wang raised his chin, "Don't think that I can't hear you when I'm old, but you're alluding to me for wasting time, right?"

Someone in the hall couldn't help laughing, and was captured by the sharp-eyed King Wu and gave him a glare. "It's up to you," King Wu pointed at the man, "Please come out with a will for me!"

"Me?" Xun Kuan asked inexplicably, pointing to his nose, "Where is the edict you mentioned, and how can I ask the lower officials to ask for it?"

"The second row from west to east, and the seventh floor tile from north to south." Derun said.

Xun Kuan found it interesting, and followed Derun's instructions to find the floor tiles.Compared with other locations, the floor tiles really have larger gaps, and there are traces of being touched.He pulled out the hairpin, but saw that he was wearing a jade hairpin that day, he was quite reluctant to part with it.Turning around, he saw Commander He standing with his sword in his arms, stood up with his clothes on, and ran over to borrow the sword from He Qi.

The blade was too long, so He Qi waved his hand at Xun Kuan, went out of the hall, took the dagger back, and pried open the special floor tile.

Everyone gathered their heads together to look, and those who were standing behind grabbed the shoulders of the people in front.Sure enough, there was a wooden box under the floor tiles, Xun Kuan lifted the wooden box out under the eyes of everyone, and when he opened it, he saw a scroll.

When Gu Minghui saw the will, he took two steps back in surprise and stared at Gu Li.

"This..." Seeing the gorgeous bright yellow, Xun Kuan rubbed his hands and dared not take it.

"Take it out!" The King of Wu scolded, "I see that your clothes look like a Shangshu, so what are you afraid of!"

Xun Kuan was so drunk that his shoulders shook, and he carefully held out the will.He grew up to be in his 30s and was well-informed, but this was the first time he saw a living imperial edict.

"Open it and read it!" King Wu ordered.

Xun Kuan cleared his throat:

"Through meagerness, I have been able to inherit the great position of my ancestors. It has been four years since my forty years. This year is over seventy, and I often feel the destiny. My dynasty has been passed down from Emperor Taizu Gao to the present, four generations, six emperors, brothers and younger brothers. There are precedents. There are seven sons under my knees, and now there are two remaining. The eldest son, Xu Renming, a filial friend, has been in the court for 32 years as the crown prince, and there are no omissions. He should be the emperor. However, he is weak and terminally ill. The sons under his knees are all lacking in virtue and should not be entrusted to the country. Yi, the seventh son of the prince of Chu, is intelligent, benevolent, filial, and healthy. Xiegonghezhong, assisting the heir, and assisting the prince. The minister of the official department, Gu Li, was diligent, loyal and upright, and added the prince and grand teacher to help the ministers. The funeral system is changed from day to month, released on the 27th, and announced to Chinese and foreign salty envoys to hear about it .”

After Xun Kuan finished reading the will, he spread it out for all the officials to watch.When everyone saw the handwriting, it was clearly the original handwriting of Emperor Yingzong, and it was stamped with the imperial seal.Gu Minghui narrowed his eyes, but the edict in his hand was stamped with Yingzong's private seal, so it turned out that Song Yi had already been tricked into it.

"With this imperial edict first, His Majesty is not in the right position now. Now the crown prince is fake, and the second son of the emperor is young. This king is thinking about this imperial edict. Who will support him? Let's weigh it."

King Wu said this, and it was considered as the end of his speech today.He leaned closer to Derun, and the old eunuch understood and helped him back to the corner.

For the sake of the play, Xun Kuan's entrustment should also be shown.He closed the edict, knelt down with a "plop", and held the edict in front of Song Yi with both hands: "His Royal Highness Chu Wang is the destiny, please Your Highness succeed the emperor!"

Seeing Xun Kuan kneeling, the Meishan people also knelt down and begged the King of Chu to succeed him.

He Qi, the commander of the imperial army, was standing far away. Seeing that the fire was just right, he also came over and knelt down on one knee: "There are rebels sneaking into the Qianqing Palace, and they have been controlled by your subordinates. Please Your Highness, who is the emperor, will tell you how to deal with it!"

The corners of Song Yi's brows twitched, knowing that He Qi had made a joke in return.The rest couldn't hear the joke, their families were still in Taiye Pool, and their lives were in He Qi's hands.At this time He Qi supported Song Yi, and no one dared to object except the bachelor.

"This king has no talent or virtue, and is unworthy of his position." Song Yi declined.

"Your Highness has been in charge of the clan's mansion for many years, so you can be virtuous and be seen by all officials. If Your Highness doesn't make a match, I'm afraid no one in the clan will be able to do so." King Gao Yang said.

The ministers seconded.

"The second son of the emperor is still here, so it's not good to disobey the late emperor's edict." Song Yi continued to decline.

"The second son of the emperor is young and has no assistants. How can the country and the country be entrusted to the hands of a child!" Xun Kuan said.

The ministers agree.

"Forget it, you see that the prince and grand master are still standing, and he seems to be dissatisfied with this king." Song Yi said.

Gu Li is not the only one standing, but Song Yi likes to stare at Gu's family.Gu Li was uncomfortable being stared at by Song Yi, seeing that the situation was over, he finally knelt down as if discouraged.Seeing his father's movements, Gu Minghui also knelt down on the ground.

"I implore His Royal Highness the King of Chu to ascend the throne." Gu Minghui said, "But His Highness has not yet reached the crown, a major event in the court..."

"Don't worry about Gu Shangshu," Song Yi interrupted him coldly, "I'm Zaohui, I don't need you to tell me what to do. Just now the prince and grand master asked to resign. If he said against his will, then I can't be this puppet. It is necessary for you father and son to hire another wise man."

"Your Highness, please be the emperor!" Gu Li and his son kowtowed, "The ministers will definitely do their best!"

"Yeah, let's make peace, Zhu Qing." Song Yi threw off the hem of his clothes and sat down.