Chapter 604 The collapse of the emperor without edict, the only witness

After the Lantern Festival, although there was no more snowstorms, the haze that shrouded Jinyangjing had not dissipated for a long time. It was gloomy all day long, and the snow on the green tiles gradually melted and dripped along the eaves, but it was frozen into sharp edges.

On the afternoon of the 19th of the first lunar month, the anxious Prince Qing finally looked forward to the emperor's edict. At the same time, the rest of the princes were also edicted to enter the palace, but failed to enter the Qianming Palace.

Only King Qing can see Longyan.

Naturally, the people of the city can't predict what will happen on this ordinary day.

However, the king who still left a dark line in the Dalong court was in the next day and heard the bad news of the death of the emperor!

The death knell has not been sounded because the crown prince was not selected before the death of the emperor, and it is bound to be ordered to enter an important minister. When the new king is recognized, the palace will be ready to sound the mourning bell for public.

When Xue Dongchang told Dajun about this matter in a hurry, for a moment, his shoulder was stiff.

Finally, he lifted his clothes, knelt down on his knees in the direction of the palace, and bowed down.

In the not too spacious courtyard, more than a dozen soldiers followed the king to kneel down.

"What's the situation in the palace at the present?" After the ceremony, the king immediately got up and asked.

"It's so noisy that it is said that the emperor did not leave a pen edict... The main reason is that the concubine Li and the sixth prince are not convinced and questioning the fake legacy of the king of Qing." Xue Dongchang said.

"It's useless no matter how noisy their mother and son are. The key is to see whether the courtiers obey." The king looked solemn: "The time has come. Don't delay any longer. Immediately notify the ambush on standby in the suburbs."

As he spoke, he took an arrow out and pulled up his hood to block his face.

Although it is still evening, because the sky is gloomy, You is already at dusk. Hearing this situation, the palace will have to ring the death knell for a while. The general trend is uncertain, and Yu will not leave the palace. He needs to take this time to arrange his actions.

When the old princess and beautiful scenery left the house, the emperor did not know about it, but he inquired about Chen Guifei's failure. He expected that Yu had arranged the beautiful scenery "golden cicada to take off the shell". It would not be too far. It should be on the outskirts of the city. Others did not know that the emperor knew that Yu Xi had a secret garden in the eastern suburbs, and he guessed that it should be there.

But at this time, he went to Zhengfang.

The Xiao brothers, the husband of Aunt Li, are now in charge of security in the Eastern Suburbs, and the other is responsible for liaison. Since Jinyang strengthened the prevention and control, the imperial city has been more strict. The relatives who used to follow Yu Yu can still wait in front of Zhengyang Gate, but now they can only stay a thousand steps outside the Ping'an Gate. Lang, this task has always been in charge of Huidu, so Xiao Xiao is only waiting for orders in the palace of the king of Chu.

At this time, he had not heard the news in the palace, and he did not know that the emperor had died.

I got a report, saying what kind of "old friend" he was looking for. Xiao was confused. He went out of the corner door and looked to the left, but saw a man in black standing under the shade of the sycamore tree.

However, when Commander Xiao saw the bloodade in the hands of the man in black, his disapproving expression immediately changed greatly. He subconsciously looked back at the corner door of the royal palace, followed the man in black and turned around the corner of the wall and got on an inconspicuous oil car.

"Your Highness!" Commander Xiao saw the king, and his eyes almost fell out.

Yes, the brothers of the Xiao family and Aunt Li's respective fathers are actually the dark line placed by Gao Zu in the palace of the king of Chu. They are the "green sparrows" in the mouth of Dajun.

Commander Xiao saw the blood jade order and thought that it was the emperor who handed over the order to others. How could he think that the third prince, who had been far away from the country and went to Xiliang in the past, suddenly fell from the sky, and the blood jade order was still in his hands!

" Commander Xiao." The king sat cross-legged and did not explain anything, but directly asked, "Where is the concubine?"

Commander Xiao hesitated a little, but he took the order to act and saw that Ling Rujun's ancestral training had penetrated into his bone marrow, so although he was surprised, he still replied very quickly: "In the eastern suburbs."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. On that day, he saw that Yijing was just returning to the Duke of Wei, with two "green sparrows" beside him. He expected that this family would still be trusted by Yu. It seemed that he had been transferred special guards to escort the scenery, which was of course very beneficial to his intention.

"Where is your brother?" Dajun asked again.

"I'm in the courtyard."

"To the eastern suburbs." The king raised his voice and ordered, and the car drove slowly.

Seeing Xiao Ru sitting on pins and felt, the emperor did not taboo: "The prince is not worried about the concubine of the world. Presumably, the old princess is also in the eastern suburbs, right?" Seeing Xiao's panic, but his expression had already expressed his acquiescence, and the king said something again.

Xiao Xiao was shocked when he heard the words: "Your Highness! Why did you say this? How can you lie that the emperor has already..."

"It's not a lie that my father has indeed died at the beginning of Yin."

After getting this heavy news, Xiao Xiao was so scared that he almost didn't fall down, and his back hit the wall of the car with a heavy sound.

Dajun also gave him enough time to digest the sudden bad news, so that he could lean against the wall of the car and tap his knee with his long finger.

"Your Highness, I can't obey your humble position." Xiao, who came to his senses, knelt down and put his forehead against the trembling board: "Although the humble position is a royal secret man, Gao Zu had an order not to harm the royal family..."

"When did you let you harm people?" Dajun raised his eyebrows and said, "I won't hurt the life of the world's concubine."

Xiao Xiao:......

"Mr. Xiao, it's like seeing you. Does your family want to disobey the bloodade order?" Dajun asked coldly, "Although I went to Xiliang, I also got the royal approval of the emperor. What's more, the emperor did not take back the blood jade order. That is to say, you still have to follow the instructions of the orphan. Did you watch the death of the emperor and have a rebellion?"

This sentence was like the top of Mount Tai, which made Xiao Lian dare not say that he was in a cold sweat on his forehead.

"When you arrive at Beiyuan, you should first find a way to inform your brother and Li and let them follow the order. Your couple will go to Xiliang with the concubine to keep her safe." Of course, the king did not give Xiao a chance to hesitate and sneered: "The secret man has a secret man's rule, and only recognizes those who hold orders. In the future, you will no longer be the guards of the King of Chu, but the followers of Yu Haoxi. As for your father... During the journey, you can repair the book and send them to Chu. I naturally arranged a response outside Tongling Pass to protect him from danger."

At this time, beautiful scenery was finishing dinner and chatting with the old princess. She didn't expect the danger at all. When Xia Ke hurried in and said that Commander Xiao asked for a meeting, how could she prevent this person from being subdued by the bloodade? I have no doubt about it.

While preparing in a hurry, the death knell rang!

Yijing's body stiffened, and the old princess also covered her chest with one hand.

The death knell rang, indicating that the new king's choice has been determined and the palace has been stabilized, which has informed the people.

The more the scenery is more and more unquestionable.

Because the servants still had to prepare, Yijing only let a few maidservants follow the car back to the capital first and take a ride with the old princess. Of course, there was no shortage of personal escorts.

Aunt Li rode a horse, but Xia Ke and Qiu Yue rode with Yijing. Everyone didn't say anything along the way.

But suddenly heard the noise, as if arrows came through the air, followed by the sound of "killing".

The scenery was amazing.

Xia Ke and Qiu Yue also turned pale, but subconsciously blocked the scene, and their eyes were round.

"Princess, assassins are coming!" It's Aunt Li's exclamation.

Then the sound of swords hitting each other outside, and the scenery boldly opened a corner window and shook his eyes with the torch folded on the ground, but he saw that dozens of people in black were fighting with his own soldiers outside.

"You must take good care of your grandmother!" The view ordered through the window.

"They seem to be coming for the imperial concubine." Aunt Li forced back a masked assassin with a sword and said firmly, "Most of them are besieging us."

"Princess, just in case, don't let's evacuate to the patrol on the outskirts of the city to attract the pursuers." This is Commander Xiao's suggestion.

In a hurry, Yijing couldn't think of any other way. She subconsciously thought that this must be a situation set by the prince to seize the throne. She must not fall into their hands, and never let the old princess have any accident. The distance from the gate and the patrol is equal, but it is separated from the two directions. If she goes to the patrol, she can Keep the old princess safe in the city.

I immediately agreed to Commander Xiao's suggestion.

Sure enough, these assassins did not chase the old princess's car. Most of them rushed straight to the scenery, and there were soldiers blocking them. It was really difficult for them to pose a threat to the scenery. Commander Xiao drove himself and gradually threw the assassin away.

I heard the fighting outside the carriage gradually disappear, and only the sound of the wind was relieved. After a while, the car suddenly stopped.

Yijing thought he had arrived at the patrol camp, but when he pushed the window, it was dark outside, obviously a field.

Bingjing's heart tightened.

" Commander Xiao! You..." The princess immediately realized that something was wrong.

But she saw the two couples kneeling on the spot.

The scenery is cold in my heart.

The moon is like a hook, and the dark clouds just came out.

She heard the sound of horses' hoofs coming from afar.

The flying hustle is like a flag, hunting and hunting, and the moonlight is gradually approaching several fast horses.

When the man jumped down from the saddle, raised his eyebrows and walked slowly.

"Fifth sister, are you all the good?"

One person in the eastern suburbs has been successful, and at this time, a confrontation has just ended in the deep palace.

It is said that the confrontation is not true, but more like a ridiculous farce staged by a reluctant mother and son.

In the afternoon, the emperor ordered the princes to enter the palace and wait for the Qianming Gate, but he only saw Prince Qing. The six and seven princes were already full of gloom, but the seventh princes had not been lifted because their biological mother Liang Zhaoyi was implicated by the Kong family. Naturally, they were more restrained than the sixth princes.

Prince Qing was also only received an edict at the beginning of Shen and was delayed for a long time in the Qianming Palace.

At the beginning of You, the chief servant, Duke Zhan, anxiously edicted the imperial doctors to enter the hall.

Soon, I got the bad news of the death of the emperor.

After the important ministers and two cabinet bachelors in Zhongshu Province were allowed to come, a group of concubines arrived one after another.

The sound of crying in Qianming Palace was shocking for a moment.

It took a while before someone asked about the emperor's edict.

After all, the country cannot be without a king. Although the death of the emperor should be mourned by the whole country, it is also the first priority for the new king to choose who.

Prince Qing came forward and said that there was an oracle left before the fall of the emperor and passed on the throne to him.

The dramatic scene was that the emperor did not leave an edict. At that time, the emperor deliberately rejected others. Even Eunuch Zhan was not in front of him. Only one imperial hospital envoy, Jiang Qinggu, was left in the palace by the emperor for timely treatment.

That is to say, the conversation between the emperor and King Qing is only witnessed by Jiang Qinggu.

He affirmed Prince Qing's words.

Of course, the Qingwang Party was immediately relieved, but many courtiers had doubts and kept whispering for a moment.

Concubine Li jumped out at this moment and took the lead in making trouble. She angrily scolded King Qing's edict. Unexpectedly, she said that the emperor had intended to meet and set up the sixth prince as the crown prince. Later, she simply questioned that it was King Qinggu who colluded Jiang Qinggu to kill the king, and the sixth prince immediately stood up and ordered the palace guard to take down the thieves.

Of course, no one obeys the order.

In front of the Qianming Palace, the mother and son of Li and Qingwang argued endlessly and attacked each other.

At this time, many courtiers who had to be edicted to enter the palace focused their attention on Yu Yu and Su Yu, of course, because the two cabinet bachelors accompanied the Qianming Palace almost every day, and they were most likely to judge this public case.

Su Yi frowned slightly and looked at Yu Yu doubtfully.

Yu Yu's expression did not change at all, but knelt under the steps, as if he had turned a deaf ear to the accusations of the two parties.

Su Yi couldn't help asking, "Son, how can the emperor not leave an edict? But if it is said to celebrate the king's imperial edict..."

"The third uncle is a little safe, and he will know as soon as the empress dowager arrives." Yu Yu has only one sentence.

Su Yi is becoming more and more unclear.

The corners of Yu's lips were slightly cold: "It's not an edict. If the emperor does not intend to pass on the throne, he will not edict him alone."

But if the emperor intends to pass on the throne, why not leave an edict? The emperor clearly expected that he had reached the limit today, so he sent an edict to you to enter the palace.

Moreover, only Jiang Qinggu was present to witness!

Jiang Qingguan is just a doctor, and his words are really difficult to convince the public.

Yu looked at Jiang Qinggu, who was kneeling on one side, and his eyebrows frowned invisibly.

Later, he said that he believed the testimony of Jiang Yuan's envoy, but did not say that he had intended to pass on the throne of King Qing tomorrow.

This situation is more and more thought-provoking.

The mother and son of the imperial concubine were unrelent, but Qin Xiang and the Chen family's Qingwang Party said in the Empress Dowager, "The envoy of Jiangyuan has been waiting for the imperial examination, which is deeply trusted by the emperor, and the family is true." After that, he took the lead in worshipping the new king.

Officials also visited one after another.

All the dust settled, and Concubine Li and the sixth prince had no choice but to compromise.

At this time, the mourning bell rang, and the officials cried.

Prince Keqing's expression was slightly panicked and trance. Although he did not act too clearly, he was silently included in his eyes by Yu Yu.

The palace immediately raised the white flag, distributed filial piety clothes, and became orderly and sadly busy.

At this time, King Qing suddenly got a secret report - although he had not ascended the throne, he was already a nominal emperor. Of course, he had to let him get the news first as soon as he reported to the palace.

is the news of the entry of the palace by the relatives of the royal palace.

Qing Wang took a look at Yu Yu suspiciously, and his face was very heavy.

Yu Yu's heart sank.

In a blink of an eye, King Qing covered up his confused look, and only a little heavy. He came forward and patted Yu Yu's shoulder: "Yuanyang, you go back to your house first. It is said that Ling Zheng... was attacked on the way back to the city..."