How long Li Yan will be proud, the people in the court don't know, they only know that after the crown prince supervised the country for three months, the emperor made a decree to abdicate to let the virtuous.
The news shocked everyone.
After seeing the emperor, the cabinet ministers were also taken aback by the dying emperor with gray hair.
Then listen to the emperor's personal words: "I have been fighting on the battlefield since I was fourteen years old, and when I was in danger, I was ordered to abandon martial arts and follow literature. Mistakes, and there are many lovers to help, I am at ease. Today, Taichang Temple will draw up an auspicious day, so that the prince will ascend the throne as soon as possible. You are all good ministers and good assistants, and the pillars of the country. From now on, you will treat the prince like me Generally...cough cough cough."
No matter how many thoughts you have in your mind, you have to follow the order to do things.
The emperor couldn't wait.
Although he barely saved his life by taking the secret medicine many times, the consequences of backlash were also very serious.
In just half a year, his hair turned gray and his body was rotted and hollowed out from the inside. He knew that his life was not long, so he summoned Zhong Yue to advance their deal. Zhong Yue is still not sure how much Li Yan's feelings for him are left now, but seeing that the emperor's time is really short, he can only bite the bullet and agree.
When the auspicious time predicted by Taichang Temple was in his hands, Li Yan finally couldn't help but beam with joy.
"Chonghui."
He hurried to the side hall where Zhong Yue lived, and hugged him into his arms.
Zhong Yue was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked with a smile: "Yan Lang, what makes you so happy?"
After two years, he was almost a weakling, and his youthful innocence had faded away. His demeanor was much more restrained, like a sword hidden in front, which was intriguing. What's more, his sickness had completely disappeared now, and his appearance was even more handsome than when he first saw him.
Seeing him smiling like a flower, all the hideous faces in the past were turned into ashes.
As for Zhong Yue's high-profile work, many people knew that the emperor made the decree for the Zen position after meeting Zhong Yue, and he owed a lot to the crown prince's succession to the throne so smoothly.
"Today I often choose the date of the enthronement ceremony, which will be on the fifteenth day of next month. In another month, I will be able to sit in that position, and then..."
Li Yan suppressed the ecstasy and impatience in his heart, kissed his temples and said affectionately: "Chonghui, it is my luck to meet, know and love you in this life."
Tears welled up in Zhong Yue's eyes, looking at Li Yan like this, he felt a little dazed for a moment.
The gentleness in Li Yan's eyes does not seem to be fake, it is this kind of gaze that makes him indulge repeatedly, and the past emerges before his eyes, and he is a little uncertain for a while: In this life, apart from this man in front of him, I am afraid that no one can make him love and hate him so much ... Can I really be cruel enough to ruin his empire and take his life
But soon, Li Yan's words cut off his last hesitation.
Li Yan asked him: "That day Chonghui once said that when you are young, you can take charge of the Zhong family. At that time, will you return to Tianji Mountain?"
Zhong Yue's heart sank, and then he smiled and said: "You don't have to wait until my birthday, when you ascend the throne, my people will embrace me as patriarch and welcome me back to the family. On that day, the emperor deliberately gave way to King An, and I entered the palace Then I negotiated with him on this condition. I told him, I, Zhong Yue, will only recognize you as the emperor in my life, and the attitude of the Zhong family will not change even if I live for a day. Thoughts. It's just... I'm afraid that if I say goodbye that day, I don't know if I can see you again in this life."
Li Yan did not notice the complex look in his eyes.
Hearing that his father had favored King An and wanted to abolish him, Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, determined in his heart to eradicate King An. After hearing it again, Li Yan was momentarily happy, momentarily grateful, and momentarily full of reluctance: "Chonghui, don't leave. Didn't we agree to join hands to see the beautiful mountains and rivers and create a prosperous world together? Stay by my side forever, but it is good?"
Zhong Yue hugged him tightly, choked with sobs and said, "Yanlang, I don't want to either, but... I have no choice."
Only your life can fulfill me.
And I, have a choice.
Li Yan didn't know what he was thinking, and asked anxiously after hearing the words: "Why? Tianji Mountain is only a few days away from Shangjing, even if we can't stay together forever, you will be the head of the Zhong family at that time, and I will be the king of Liang. If we want to meet, who can stop us?" ?”
"You don't understand... The ancestors of the Zhong family said so. I originally thought that giving up the Zhong family and my identity as Tianjizi would fulfill our friendship. But if you do this, you will miss the world, you will regret it, and you will suffer hardships. How can I bear it? Rather than making you feel sad by my side, it would be better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes."
"Chonghui, don't say that. What's the point of this country without you?" Li Yan turned him around, held his face and said: "The rules are made by people. When you become the head of the family, why can't you Break and then stand? Or, would you like to be with me?"
"You're talking nonsense, if it wasn't for you, why would I..."
"Chonghui, don't cry, I know your difficulties. But I also believe that everything is man-made. We have come so far, we have cut all the thorns, and finally embarked on a smooth road. No one can stop us from being together."
Zhong Yue cried more urgently, he asked Li Yan: "Do you love me?"
"Of course, weak water three thousand, I only want you."
Li Yan said firmly.
Zhong Yue took a deep breath, hugged him tightly, and said in a low voice: "Li Yan, remember what you said today...don't lie to me."
Prince An's Mansion.
Compared to the happy eyebrows of everyone in the Eastern Palace, this place is shrouded in gloom.
Niu Bi looked at Wang An with a gloomy face, and said, "Your Highness, have you thought about it? If you take this step, there will be no turning back."
Wang An clenched his fists, "Could it be that at this moment, sir, there are other ways to think? Even if I back down, is there really a way back?"
Thinking of the news from the dark thread in the palace, he wished he could tear Zhong Yue apart.
It was clear that the father had intended to depose the crown prince and abdicated with him, but he did not expect to succumb to the power of Tianji Mountain in the end, passing the throne to Li Yan who was supported by Zhong Yue, taking away what should belong to him!
Seeing that Li Yan's ascension to the throne was about to take place, King An knew that the situation was over, so he had no choice but to fight with his back.
He knew very well in his heart that if he gave up this last chance, Li Yan would never allow himself to be a wealthy and idle king—just as he would never let Li Yan live a moment longer if he succeeded.
So, he had no choice but to give it a go.
And King An has his own cronies in the court, as well as the support of his mother's family, no matter how bad it is, there is Zhang's family - Zhang Tian once insulted Zhong Yue, Zhang family will never sit back and watch Li Yan take the throne - it is not that he has no chance of forcing the palace to usurp the throne. Even if it fails, the worst result is...
Thinking of this, King An said in a deep voice: "Sir, there is no need to persuade me any more. The winner is the king and the loser. This king will never back down from this move!"
bell mansion.
Li Xi came here in disguise again, but this time Gou Liang was too lazy to see him.
He asked Quan Ying to tell Li Xi not to do unnecessary things, and he also knew that Li Xi would not be obedient.
Sure enough, within a few days, Zhong Quan got a tip: "Master, there are changes in the south of the Yangtze River. The old ministry left by Emperor Wudi's brother has gone north, and will arrive before the enthronement ceremony. Li Xi should take action."
Not only that, before that, Quan Ya also found out that King An was secretly dispatching troops to condemn the generals, and Li Yan was also recruiting troops in order to prevent accidents. At the same time, the emperor was full of precautions against Zhong Yue, and also left a way out for himself.
Gou Liang smiled, "As expected of a family, this courage is worthy of being the blood of Emperor Taizu."
In this way, on the day of Li Yan's ascension to the throne, there will be at least four forces meeting the court.
By the way, the Zhong family who have already set off from Tianji Mountain cannot be missed. Li Yan wanted to break the catastrophe of life and death that day, and everyone in the Zhong family paid attention to it. Even the head of the Zhong family, who had never been born, came here in person because of Fang's accident.
Jackals, tigers and leopards gathered together, the scene must be very lively.
Gou Liang touched his lips and smiled slightly, he was looking forward to it.
Before Li Yan ascended the throne, the memorial day of the Zhong family came first.
On this day, Gou Liang took Zhong Quan and several shadow guards to pay homage - he did not go to the coffin set up by the emperor for the Zhong family in Huguo Temple, but came to the place where the Zhong family was buried ten miles away in the suburbs of Beijing.
This place was once turned into a piece of scorched earth, with no grass left, but over the past ten years, weeds have grown overgrown and flourishing.
The local people in the capital have a deep taboo against this place. Whether they are afraid of the profound arts of the national teacher or have respect, they dare not disturb the Zhong family who are buried here, and they coincidentally neglect this place. The official road has also been diverted, so this place is very remote.
The weeds are less threatening, and they compete to be top-notch, and they grow longer than three feet, and they are not as big as a human's chest.
The journey was peaceful, and when the joss sticks burned out and the paper money flew to ashes, no one in the dark made a move.
That's right, Gou Liang came here today, one is to pay homage, and the other is to use himself as a bait to lure people secretly entrusted by Zhong Yue's great-grandfather.
That person knew very well the secret that only one of the Destiny Geminis existed, and now that Zhong Yue's catastrophe was imminent, they would definitely try to get rid of him as an uncertain factor before the enthronement ceremony.
Today is the best opportunity.
However, this person was far more calm than Gou Liang expected.
As the ceremony came to an end, Gou Liang, who had been silent for a long time, raised his hand and said, "Bring the wine."
A glass of rice wine buried in the soil.
"Grandfather, father, mother, Changqing has lived up to your expectations, and everyone who harmed the Zhong family has paid for it with blood."
Goodbye.
"Grandfather, the strength of the Great Liang River and Mountains has declined. The Li family and my Zhong family have long since severed their ties. It is God's will. You know it under the nine springs, so don't worry about it. The Zhong family did nothing wrong, and they have no guilt or guilt for the Li family. You can rest in peace."
Three drinks.
"Mother, I'm fine now." He glanced at Zhong Quan and said with a smile: "I remember what you said to your son back then, but now... I have met the person you mentioned, so don't worry about me anymore. "
"Zhong Quan."
Gou Liang handed him the wine glass and called out.
"The subordinates are here."
"Kneel down and kowtow for me."
Zhong Quan's heart was touched, he knelt down without hesitation, and kowtowed sincerely.
After doing this again and again, he straightened up and said in his heart: Sir, don't worry, no matter what the situation in the future, Zhong Quan will definitely live up to your entrustment. You have a spirit underground, please bless the master with no disease and disaster for the rest of his life, Anshun and Kangtai.
The sun was setting to the west, Gou Liang glanced at the old soil submerged in the vines, put on the mask again, and said softly: "Let's go."
Because the weeds were too high, Zhong Quan did not push the wheelchair, but hugged him to avoid cutting him. After walking a few steps, his ears moved, his footsteps lightened, and he flew up with Gou Liang, stepping on the stems and leaves of the weeds in the air, bending the grass slightly, but standing firmly on top of it.
The wind whistled, and the grass seeds flew up, as if turning into a sharp weapon, they rushed towards the place where Gou Liang was.
The birds, snakes and frogs that hadn't had time to escape, instantly became victims of flesh and blood, screaming piercingly.
Zhong Quan blocked with sword energy, and the accompanying shadow guards also appeared one by one, locked on the target, and rushed into the dense weeds.
Gou Liang took off the cap of the cloak, and all he could see were black and green grass seeds, and his clothes were blown violently by the strong internal force. The wilderness is full of greenery, and Zhong Quan led him to move easily on the tip of the weeds. Where the sword energy passed, the grass seeds rustled down, and occasionally there were mixed leaves, which were as sharp as a blade, hitting the blade, clanging Chirping sound.
Gou Liang looked at it with a good look, and praised in his heart: This is the legendary flying flower and falling leaves can hurt people, it is really powerful!
"Master, be careful."
Seeing that his ears were exposed, Zhong Quan exerted more force on the arm holding him.
"It's okay, how many people are there?"
"No less than a hundred people, but the subordinates can handle it, so don't worry about the master."
Gou Liang saw that he was able to do a job with ease, so he was naturally relieved, but he still said: "Be careful yourself, if you dare to get hurt, I will definitely punish you."
Zhong Quan pursed his lips and smiled. Although he didn't answer, the sword shadow danced faster and faster.
A fight unfolded in the hidden grass, and none of the dead or injured cried out in pain, only the sound of wind and rustling grass became more and more intense.
The blood splashed on the blade of grass, unable to bear its weight, the blade tilted, and dark red blood dripped down, sinking into the soil.
The battle was stalemate for a quarter of an hour, and suddenly there was a long whistle, the opponent changed his strategy, no longer caring about whether the movement was big or not, and whether the traces could be erased, poisonous arrows came overwhelmingly.
Zhong Quan frowned, and fought back: "Master, Quan Yi has led people to outflank him, and he will never let him escape easily this time. This place is dangerous and it is not suitable to stay for a long time. This subordinate will take you out first, okay?"
Although Gou Liang has not had enough eyesight, but he also knows that he is the number one burden now, so Zhong Quan is bound to restrain his hands and feet, and nods in agreement.
Seeing that they were about to leave, the long hiss sounded again, and the arrow turned into a rocket. After being shot, the sparks started a prairie fire, and the live grass was burned, and thick smoke rose immediately.
"Cough cough."
Gou Liang was choked and quickly covered his mouth and nose.
Zhong Quan's brows were tightly frowned, and he brought his lightness skills to the extreme!
He seemed to have eyes behind him, and he easily dodged the flying arrows, or blocked them with his long sword, leaving the battlefield in an instant.
The other party came prepared, and was almost full of traps and ambushes along the way back to Beijing, but it was a pity that the mantis caught the cicada and the oriole was behind—he still underestimated the background of the Zhong family in Shangjing after all. Unexpectedly, there were so many well-trained shadow guards around Gou Liang, and instead of killing Gou Liang, the dead men sent were cut off one by one.
Seeing that our side is at the end of the road and it is impossible to accomplish anything today, the people who come here secretly hate, but they have to evacuate.
Quan Ying chased and killed him all the way, fought against him several times, but finally taught him to escape.
Quan Yi came to return, "The subordinate is incompetent, failed to take his life, only injured his arm."
This result did not meet Gou Liang's expectations.
"Don't blame yourself, you did a good job."
As he spoke, he took the sword presented by Quan Yi, and lightly stroked the blood stained on the blade with his fingertips. After doing some calculations, he couldn't hide his surprise and said: "It turned out to be him."
September fifteenth.
The prince succeeded to the throne, and the enthronement ceremony began.
"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: I have been in office for 21 years, remembering the will of my ancestors, being diligent and fair, working hard to govern, and fearing slack. Although I have no talent to stabilize the country, I will also protect the country. However, I was young when I fought on the battlefield. I am entangled, and now I am unable to protect the country and the country. Therefore, I hereby respectfully inform the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple that it is said to be located in the crown prince, and he will succeed as the Supreme Emperor. May my great Liang, Jiangshan, and the people of the people prosper. Thank you."
"The ministers and others lead the decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"
"My son obeys the decree, thank you for your father's long grace, and in the future, you will work hard to encourage yourself, abide by yourself, and live up to your father's entrustment."
Li Yan raised his hand, received the imperial decree, stood up and faced the ministers.
All the officials paid homage again, saying: "See the Supreme Emperor, see the Emperor, long live, long live, long live!"
Emperor Wu moved to the side and vacated the high dragon chair.
The eunuch in charge read out the rules of the ceremony loudly again, and asked the prince to go to the back of the hall to change the dragon robe and wear a crown. Li Yan bid farewell to the Supreme Emperor, his eyes flicked across the vacant dragon chair, and he walked towards the inner hall with strides, every step was steady but hasty.
"Hikoro."
Li Yan, who had already taken off the prince's python robe, raised his hands and waited for the non-commissioned officer to put on the dragon robe for him, but he didn't notice that Zhong Yue came to him, and he didn't notice until the other party made a sound.
"Chonghui, why are you here?"
Li Yan's eyes were full of urgency, but seeing that it was Zhong Yue, he still dealt with him patiently.
Zhong Yue looked at the dragon robe jade belt and the crown held in the hands of the sergeant kneeling on the ground, raised his head and smiled at him, "Yan Lang, I'll put it on for you myself, okay?"
Li Yan readily agreed, waved back and embraced him, "Chonghui, I'm so happy."
"I'm happy for you too."
Zhong Yue raised his arms to hug him back, Li Yan laughed.
Zhong Yue dressed it carefully for him, tied on his belt, and put on the Kowloon ring. He stood up and straightened Li Yan's crown, and looked through the jade crown at Li Yan's handsome face behind the jade, with nostalgia and pain in his eyes.
"Is Yanlang happy today?"
"nature!"
"Then... do you love me?"
Zhong Yue asked this question again.
Li Yan hugged him into his arms and said with a smile: "Of course I love you. The world can learn from this love, and I will never waver. Chonghui, you should know my heart."
"That's right... that would be great."
"It's almost time, Chonghui, I'll come back later—"
With a pain in his heart, Li Yan lowered his head in astonishment, only to see that Zhong Yue had already burst into tears. And he was holding a dagger tightly in his hand, the tip was piercing his heart, and the blood was overflowing on the bright yellow dragon robe.
"You...why..."
"Your Majesty, the auspicious time is coming, you—ah!!!"
The scream of the personal eunuch opened the prelude to the great changes of the day.