Eunuch Lin cupped his hands and said, "Back to my lord, the emperor has never let a slave do this."
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel hurriedly said: "It's not Eunuch Lin, it's the young eunuch who used to work in the imperial study room. I don't know where he is now!"
Prince An snorted coldly: "That's nonsense! Thank you, sir, I advise you to be honest and tell the truth about where this edict came from! In this way, you and your family can be spared, otherwise the nine tribes will be killed!"
The Minister of Staff was silent for a moment, struggling in his heart.
Say it or not
Can the eldest prince win
Seeing this, the eldest prince immediately said: "The handwriting is exactly the same, and both of you said it was fake. Are you trying to rebel? This edict is fake, you should show it to me! I am the legitimate son, the eldest son of the emperor. Since ancient times, there have been direct heirs and no direct heirs. It is reasonable, reasonable and legal for my father to make this prince the crown prince and inherit the throne!"
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel changed his mind and said firmly: "This edict was given to Wei Chen by a young eunuch. He said he was a new eunuch from Zichen Palace. Wei Chen doesn't know whether the edict is true or false. Neither does Wei Chen. Dare to open it and take a look beforehand!"
For now, the only solution is to insist that he knows nothing.
And saying this is also beneficial to the eldest prince.
Eunuch Lin: "There is no new eunuch in Zichen Palace."
The third prince was happy: "I'm telling you, how could this edict be true! It turned out that someone copied it! Oh, brother, stop struggling! You didn't murder your father before, and now you forged the edict, you He is dead! Just confess your guilt!"
The second prince didn't want to delay, so he solved one first, and then the other. Then, he didn't have to do anything, and he would ascend the throne naturally!
He issued the order directly: "It is simply unreasonable. You are so audacious that you dare to copy the monarch's handwriting, forge the imperial edict, and disrupt the imperial court! Come, arrest the Minister of Civil Affairs and the eldest prince!"
No Guardsmen moved.
There was no movement of the Praetorian Guards either.
They are not taking orders from a prince.
The eldest prince felt proud when he saw that neither the imperial guards nor the imperial guards moved!
The edict is still useful!
The imperial guards and imperial guards were only loyal to the emperor. When the emperor died, they only took orders from the new master in the imperial edict!
This is the rule!
He deliberately glared and said: "How presumptuous! This handwriting is obviously the handwriting of the Emperor Father. How can the edict and the handwriting written on ordinary days give people the same feeling? The handwriting is definitely written by the Emperor Father. You are disobeying the imperial edict and being complicit. Damn it! Commander of the Royal Forest Army, why don’t you hurry up and arrest these rebellious officials and traitors!”
There was no military movement in Yulin.
The eldest prince: "... Royal Forest Army!"
Still not moving!
The eldest prince was angry:
"Guards, Lord Liu! Lord Ning, what are you standing for? Arresting people! Didn't you see the imperial edict? Do you also want to rebel?"
The Praetorian Guards did not move either.
The Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division and Ning Huaiyuan stood on the edge, unmoving.
The eldest prince was extremely angry: "... You are rebelling. This is an attempt to rebel!"
The third prince smiled: "The eldest brother, the emperor's uncle, and the imperial master have all testified that the edict is clearly false! You don't know the crime? My father personally passed the throne to me before he died! The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty You can all testify! Originally, I cared about my brother and planned to spare your life. I didn’t expect you to be unrepentant. In this case, don’t blame me for being rude! The Royal Forest Army obeyed the order and arrested the eldest prince and the Minister of Civil Affairs!"
He was the one who passed down the throne orally from his father, so of course the imperial guards listened to him!
The Guardsmen did not move.
Third Prince: "... Royal Forest Army!"
Still no one moved!
The third prince glanced at them, each standing there like a log, as if he had not heard his words!
He changed his words: "Prætorian Guards!"
The Praetorian Guards did not move either.
The eldest prince sneered, "You are the one who is pretending to pass on the imperial edict! My father suffered a stroke, was unconscious, and couldn't speak at all! How could I pass on the edict to you! Who said this edict was fake? If you have the ability to come up with the real edict! Otherwise, Don’t blame me for treating you as rebellious officials and traitors, and I will kill you without mercy in order to stabilize the government! Come here!”
He couldn't control the Imperial Guards and Imperial Guards in the room, so he thought he had no one
Outside the door, a group of hundreds of guards rushed in quickly and surrounded everyone with weapons.
The eldest prince said proudly: "There are still 20,000 troops outside, here to help the new emperor ascend the throne. Anyone who violates the rules will be shot without mercy!"
Everyone's expressions changed.
Is this an attempt to force the throne
Prince An finally smiled: "There are only 20,000 troops, no more? Such a small number of troops may not be enough to help you ascend the throne."
"It's enough to deal with you treacherous officials and traitors!"
There are only 10,000 soldiers left in the military camps near the capital, and it will take time to get here.
In the palace, there are only five thousand guards and imperial guards!
But he has twenty thousand! He managed to cultivate an army of 20,000 by relying on the wealth of the eldest prince's concubine's natal family.
Prince An sneered in his heart: The army has appeared, which is great!
"King Jin, Princess Jin is here!" At this time, a voice came from outside.
Prince An's eyes lit up, it was time.
The Minister of Hube breathed a sigh of relief.
Many ministers breathed a sigh of relief.
King Jin is back!
King Jin is back! !
Of course, some people breathed a sigh of relief, while others were so nervous that their heartbeats skipped half a beat.
Third Prince: It’s over!
Second Prince: Oh no!
The First Prince: What a tragedy!
Nalan Jinnian walked in holding Nuan Nuan.
Nalan Jinnian glanced around at the tense situation in front of him and said calmly: "What's going on? You want to rebel?"
Everyone saluted as if they had just woken up from a dream: "Welcoming ministers, please see King Jin, please see Princess Jin!"
Prince An said happily: "The Seventeenth Emperor's Brother is back! You are the one waiting for me!"
Then he said to Wen Nuan: "Brothers and sisters seventeen, go see the emperor first."
Nuan Nuan nodded: "Okay!"
Everyone was surprised, asking Princess Jin to see the emperor at this time
Why is it so weird
There was no time to think too much, when Prince An glanced at Eunuch Lin and said loudly: "Eunuch Lin, take out the edict."
Eunuch Lin responded loudly: "Yes!"
Then he quickly walked to the study.
Crowd: What? A posthumous edict
A posthumous edict? ! Third Prince: (⊙_⊙)??
A posthumous edict? ! The eldest prince: ┌(.Д.)┐! ! !
A posthumous edict? ! Second Prince: (O_o)??? ? ?
Nalan Jinnian was also stunned for a moment, and looked at Prince An without knowing why, a posthumous edict
I didn’t say yesterday that there was still a posthumous edict!
Besides, the emperor's brother is about to wake up, so what else can he do to obtain a posthumous edict
Prince An did not dare to meet Nalan Jinnian's eyes and only said to everyone: "Before the emperor fell into coma, he discussed with me and Prince Ning about establishing a will. There is indeed a will!"
Eunuch Lin ran to the study and took out a box made of golden nanmu from the secret space behind the late emperor's portrait. He held it in both hands, lowered his head slightly, and came to the crowd respectfully, step by step at a trot pace.
Prince An said: "Read it out!"