I have been on the road for the past few days, and I have never slept soundly. Liu Yin thought that she would finally be able to sleep until she woke up naturally, but in the end she was woken up by Nanny Liu. Looking outside, there was only a little sleep. Morning light is just the hour of the morning court.
But when she heard the news that the emperor was about to die, she jumped up from the bed. After a moment of despondency, she quickly got out of bed and put on her clothes. She was not afraid of the emperor's death, but that things would be revealed. It will suffer, even the Liu family and her parents will be affected, even Qin Yan will definitely not be able to stop the people talking.
The crime of killing the king, this is to punish the nine clans.
These days the emperor is not feeling well, and the early court may have been absent for a long time. The officials all report some important matters to the prince in the political hall. Anyway, the important matters in the court have already been handled by his highness, and they have long been accustomed to it. It was only until a little eunuch came in a hurry, When the news of the emperor's critical illness was mentioned, it was like a thunderbolt, which frightened everyone's hearts.
The princes also hurried to the Qianqing Palace, and the officials behind naturally followed suit. At this time, the emperor heard the princes and princes, and there was no doubt that it was to announce the succession of the throne.
The ray of light in the sky was not bright, and the cold wind was blowing. There were a lot of empresses and concubines standing outside the Qianqing Palace, and the imperial physicians were entering and leaving the palace one after another. The oppressive atmosphere enveloped everyone's hearts.
When they saw His Highness the Crown Prince, everyone quickly saluted again, and several princes also looked at the group of imperial physicians and asked, "What's the matter with the Emperor?"
Almost all the imperial physicians from the imperial hospital had arrived here, but at this moment, all of them were sweating profusely, lowered their heads and faltered, seeing this, everyone still didn't understand something, and their thoughts suddenly became different.
"The emperor sent the crown prince to go in." At this moment, Wang Hai suddenly walked out of the inner hall.
Hearing this, the others looked at each other in blank dismay again, isn't this going to pass the throne? Why only let the prince in
Qin Yan didn't speak, and without any emotion on his face, he just walked into the inner hall step by step. The other princes looked sad, and only the eldest prince looked at the back of the person who entered with gloomy eyes.
There was a strong smell of medicine in the inner hall, and there used to be constant coughing, but now there was only a dead silence, and the man walked towards the bed step by step, without any sadness on his face, even with a touch of indifference.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, the person on the bed didn't open their eyes, and just gasped and said with difficulty: "I know...even...even if you don't need a will...you can succeed to the throne smoothly, but in order to make your big brother give up , that's fine too."
Qin Yan still didn't speak, just looked at the critically ill father on the couch with vague eyes, and gradually tightened his five fingers behind his back.
"I dispersed a lot of military power for this position at the beginning, so that the military power in the court is so not concentrated now. You may think that I am wrong in your heart, but those who make big things don't care about small things, and now they are short of Zhennan King's 100,000 yuan. If you don't come back, I never thought that I would raise tigers, but I believe that you will definitely get back the one hundred thousand military power."
After coughing a few times, the person on the bed quietly opened his eyes, his pupils were dull, "The army of the Zhou Kingdom is weak, and the Eastern Kingdom has recently undergone a coup d'état. I never thought that it was that little protégé who took advantage of it. He is good at dormancy. You have to be careful, the Zhou Kingdom and the Dong Kingdom have long been at odds, and there must be a battle. You must seize the opportunity to annex the Zhou Kingdom, and never let the Dong Kingdom grow..."
After taking a few more breaths, the emperor's breath gradually weakened, "The Turkic people are wolves with ambitions, and strong generals must be sent to guard the border. Now... your fifth sister probably hates me to death. I never thought that she would take the initiative to ask for a marriage. This matter... I also know that you may have tampered with it."
Speaking of this, he suddenly turned his eyes away, and looked at the person beside the bed with complicated eyes, "This is also the reason why I got rid of that girl from the Liu family. I see all of these things you have done for her, but As the king of a country, for the sake of the country, you have to make choices, not only you, but also me, as long as it is a threat to the balance of the government, you have to give up, even the people next to you."
He was panting as he spoke, and he seemed to be unable to catch his breath. He kept covering his heart, and couldn't even open his eyelids.
Qin Yan was like a bystander, staring at him steadfastly, his thin lips parted slightly, "Including the queen mother?"
After taking a breath, the person on the bed suddenly turned his head and looked at him in disbelief, "You...you...what did you say..."
The four eyes met, and the man's voice was slightly cold, "What does the emperor think the son is talking about?"
Seeing the indifference on his face, the emperor suddenly stared, his pupils suddenly dilated, and his whole body trembled, "Who...who told you..."
The silent inner hall had a suffocating atmosphere. The emperor supported the bed as if he wanted to sit up, but he couldn't use his arms several times, and finally fell down hard. At this moment, he was just a critically ill old man.
"I... I said I wanted to keep the big one, but she insisted on keeping the young one, and there's nothing I can do about it..." He closed his eyes slowly, his voice trembling.
How can a young wife have no feelings.
Qin Yan frowned, and gradually tightened the five fingers behind him, "That's because the father knows that the mother will keep the baby."
The cold voice made the emperor's breath tremble even more, and the old face covered with fine lines was also full of shock, just looking at the person beside the bed in disbelief.
"In order to balance the government, this is not the first time my father has done this kind of thing. My son and father should get used to it." Qin Yan suddenly laughed, but his eyes were full of coldness.
Even though his father has done many things that he disagrees with, he has always respected him, because as an emperor, there are always too many things he can't help himself, but at this moment, he seems to understand what the emperor's grandfather did. How can a person who can use women to achieve his goals support the world.
"you you… "
The person on the bed suddenly gasped violently. While raising his hand with great effort, "It's... who told you..."
He stared fixedly at the person in front of him, trying to turn over with difficulty, suddenly his eyes changed, "The empress... is the empress, right..."
Whispering, he stared with anger on his face, "It's her...it's him who poisoned me...it must be her..."
He has schemed against so many people in his life, but he never expected to be schemed against by the person next to him in the end!
"Abolish... abolish the empress... I... I want to abolish the empress!" He grabbed the man's robe and panted violently, "Come... come here..."
There was no emotion on Qin Yan's face, as if he was looking at a dull person, he gradually closed his eyes, and his knuckles were clenched until they turned pale.
Wang Hai, with sharp ears, ran in immediately, and when he saw the scene inside, he stood there at a loss, and forgot how to react for a while, and it was the sound of panting that brought him back to his senses.
"The Empress Dowager... Hurry up... The successor comes in... I want... to write the will..." The emperor stared, his eyes were bloodshot, until he let go of his hand, the whole person suddenly fell down, and his eyes quietly closed.
The entire inner hall returned to dead silence, Wang Hai looked at the person on the bed with a trembling body, his face was pale.
Just glanced at the person on the bed, Qin Yan suddenly turned his gaze to the person beside him, "What did the prince hear?"
Looking at each other, Wang Hai suddenly lowered his head, his whole body broke out in cold sweat, swallowed his throat against the deep gaze, and suddenly said in a serious voice: "The slave heard the emperor's message to His Royal Highness, and the emperor has not finished speaking. It's gone."
He was even more curious why the emperor abolished the empress before his death? !
After seeing his eyes, Qin Yan went straight to the outside of the hall. As the door opened, there were pairs of expectant eyes outside, and coupled with the sad expressions, even Wang Hai behind him sighed. In this palace, if you want to live, you can only abandon those unnecessary feelings. Although you have followed the emperor for so many years, nothing is important.
"The emperor... passed away just when it was announced that he was in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. My lords would like to express our condolences." He lowered his head with red eyes as he spoke.
In an instant, everyone turned pale with shock, and then suddenly knelt down on the ground and mourned silently. They didn't have any doubts about Wang Hai's words. They should be surprised if the emperor passed on to other people.
Hearing the news, the queen's expression changed drastically, and she finally passed out in grief. The people below hurriedly helped her back, and the other concubines also knelt on the ground and sobbed continuously, each crying louder than the other.
Liu Yin saw this scene when she rushed over, but when she saw the queen, she glanced at her quietly, clearly pretending to be dizzy, looked at the man in front of the hall, thought about it, and followed Hong Xing to support the queen When she went back, she also had many things she wanted to ask clearly, and there was nothing she could do if she stayed here.
"Wait a moment!"
In this sad atmosphere, Prince Heng suddenly walked over with a few people from a distance, holding a bright yellow imperial edict in his hands, and everyone looked at each other again.
After approaching, Prince Heng looked at the crowd and said loudly: "How can you be convinced by Wang Gonggong's one-sided words, this is a major event related to the succession of the new emperor, how can it be a trifling matter!"
After saying that, the other princes looked at him like a fool, thinking they didn't know that he was always on the side of the eldest prince, but they didn't look at him, just like the eldest prince, he could sit in this position
"What the emperor said is that the father does not have a will. If he wants to raise a virtuous person to succeed him, he must be alone." Qin Yan said without any haste.
After saying that, Liu Guozheng was the first to stand up, "Your Highness, don't be self-effacing. Among all the princes, who is more talented and virtuous than you? Even if there is no will, you are the crown prince, and it is only natural for the crown prince to succeed to the throne."
"Master Liu's words are very true. In terms of talent and wisdom, His Highness is definitely a well-deserved choice for the crown prince. The humble ministers are absolutely convinced."
In an instant, the others quickly echoed, as if they were afraid it was too late. Among the crowd, King Zhennan, who had been silent all this time, changed his eyes slightly. He is not in the capital, but he also knows how powerful this prince is, but He didn't expect it to be so powerful, there are so many parties in the court, and they would support one person so wholeheartedly, he underestimated the ability of this prince.
Glancing at the eldest prince over there, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes, it seems that the plan has changed.
"It goes without saying that there is no decree, but the emperor has made a decree a few days ago, if you don't believe it, you can call the editor of the Imperial Academy to test it!" Prince Heng suddenly held up the imperial decree in his hand.
All of a sudden, the others just started talking in a low voice, they were all old foxes, so they naturally knew what the other party meant by taking out this, but what was the use, even if the emperor passed the throne to other princes in front of everyone Well, the entire government has already been controlled by the crown prince, plus there is still the Liu family, even if other princes are allowed to sit there, they will not be able to sit securely.
Liu Guozheng stood up with a sneer on his face, and surveyed Prince Heng up and down, "Your Highness hides it well. If that's the case, why don't you let the princes read it to all the adults."
He had known for a long time that there were already people from the Shenji Camp waiting outside the city, and even the Forbidden Army in the Palace was in the hands of the Crown Prince and his sister, even if someone wanted to go to heaven, there would be no fuss.
Looking at each other, Prince Heng couldn't help but took a step back, glanced at the others, and opened the will, and read aloud: "By the emperor's decree, I have been on the throne for more than 20 years. The monarch and ministers are in harmony, and the people Anle, although not as good as Emperor Taizong, but only for future generations, the eldest son of the emperor, Qin Mu, has outstanding virtues, and is even more humble than me. I want to pass on the greatness to the eldest son of the emperor, Qin Mu. Sheji, hereby!"
After he finished reading, everyone began to discuss in low voices again, and at this time the eldest prince also stood up, with a solemn face, as if embarrassed.
Qin Yan lowered his eyes slightly and did not speak. From the beginning to the end, there was no emotional change. He always thought about the harmony between brothers, but some people didn't think so.
"Prince Heng, since you've said everything, it's better to hand over the will to the editor of Hanlin Garden for verification." Liu Guozheng said in a leisurely manner.
Others never took this volume of unidentified imperial edicts to heart, but looked at Qin Yan seriously and said: "Now that the emperor is passing away, it is natural to focus on the emperor's funeral. The minister was the first to stand up to oppose it. It is natural and right for the crown prince to succeed to the throne, and the character of His Highness the crown prince is also seen by everyone. If some mediocre people succeed to the throne, the humble ministers are really worried that it will destroy the foundation left by the ancestors."
After a prince finished speaking, other ministers naturally quickly echoed, "Second minister!"
Looking at this scene, Liu Guozheng could hardly hide the smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he had seen the queen beckoning to his daughter.
But the eldest prince's face was ashen, it seemed that he didn't expect that these people didn't even pay attention to the will, and he didn't know what benefits his good brother had given them!
"This matter will be discussed later. Now the matter of father and queen is the most important thing. The emperor's uncle's will can be handed over to Hanlin Garden for verification. If it is really written by father, Gu will naturally obey his father's last wish." Qin Yan looked serious.
But Prince Heng frowned, his heart full of slander, whether this will is true or not, it's not just a word from the other party!
The author has something to say:
There are always scumbags who want to grab the throne, and the prince's elder brother is also very helpless.