Chapter 25: The Choice (6)

(Go to the net.) In front of the huge mourning hall, there are kneeling mourners wearing linen and filial piety. Go and see the net. In front of the coffin inlaid with gold and silver, the leisurely beating lantern makes the atmosphere here even more depressing. Seeing Zhize appear, everyone spontaneously gave way to a way, and we passed through the crowd like this, came to the sleeping emperor, and bowed to him one last time.

In the process, I nervously looked back and forth from time to time, for fear that behind those pale palace halls, there would suddenly rush out of the heavily armed soldiers, and the generals beside me were also like great enemies, and they did not dare to slack off at all. But everything seems so normal and natural, which can't help but be even more confusing. Test Text Watermark 9.

"Big brother!" After Zhize's salute was finished, Yuan Zhixun, who was kneeling on the side, got up to greet him, looking at his dark face and bloodshot eyes, he should have not had a good rest for a long time. The queen mother sat beside him, seemingly unconscious of everything around her, just staring at the emperor's tablet with a blank face.

"The country cannot be without a king for a day, Your Majesty has passed away for nearly ten days, and now the eldest son and the third son of the emperor have returned, according to the minister's opinion, please ask for His Majesty's edict as soon as possible, and determine the country as soon as possible. Test text watermark 8. "According to the plan, a minister took the lead.

"The first emperor left too suddenly, although he left an edict to pass on the throne, but did not report the matter to the ministers, and the ministers implored the queen mother and the marquis of Guan Nei to focus on the overall situation, and please issue the edict left by the emperor as soon as possible, so as to set the record straight. ”

Zhi Ze listened silently, his face cloudy. Yuan Zhixun's reaction was calm, there was no excessive reaction, he nodded slightly, and now all eyes were focused on the queen mother.

After a long time, the queen sighed, and said without looking back: "I, an orphan and widow, dare to break the Sheji Dynasty, listen to you." Test Text Watermark 2. The words were full of indescribable helplessness and desolation.

"It's... Please also ask the queen to join me and others to go to the Taimiao to ask for an edict..."Prime Minister Xun walked to the side of the queen and saluted and said, after all, the emperor said very clearly, if you ask for an edict, you must be accompanied by the queen.

"No need," the queen said lightly: "I'm a woman, so I won't get involved in these things, it's all up to the Prime Minister and Lord Situ to decide." Test Text Watermark 6. ”

Prime Minister Xun and Lord Situ glanced at each other, slowly withdrew from the mourning hall together, and went to the Taimiao Temple in the east of the city to ask for an edict. I had imagined all possible scenarios, but I still didn't expect the queen to be so obedient, and there was no way to deal with it.

What did she think in her heart? I couldn't understand the woman in front of me anymore, could it be that she was confident? She felt that her son's throne was already a certainty? Everyone present looked like me, and the incredible look was written on their faces, perhaps in response to that sentence, the biggest danger is not what kind of trick the opponent takes, but in the face of your attack, the opponent still remains calm and silent, so that people do not know his true motives. Test text watermark 8.

Taking advantage of the effort to ask for the edict, the mourning hall once again returned to the calm just now, and after taking a look, in addition to the concubines of the first emperor, several other princes were also present, each with a ghost in their hearts. Although their roles in this power struggle are destined to be just spectators, in the face of the temptation of imperial power, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not leave a trace of illusion in their hearts: maybe, my father still takes a fancy to me. Test Text Watermark 4.

This brief calm was interrupted by the sound of solemn footsteps. When I looked back, the two adults had already returned. Surrounded by everyone, the prime minister reverently held a box and walked up to the mourning hall step by step, followed by Lord Situ.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, the edict of the first emperor is intact. Walking to the front of the hall, the Prime Minister held up the wooden box that attracted everyone's attention and circled it, and carefully unsealed the box under the gaze of everyone.

Such an important document related to the future of the empire naturally cannot be treated sloppily. Test Text Watermark 5. After opening the outer wooden box, the three layers of seals must be opened in order to see the edict. These three layers of sealing strips were put on by the emperor himself at that time, and in addition to the emperor's handwriting, they were also printed with the seal of the jade seal of the country. It seems that if outsiders want to steal beams and change pillars, the difficulty is tantamount to climbing to the sky.

Just as everyone calmly watched the process of the Prime Minister's edict, I accidentally saw that the Queen Mother was still sitting in the same position as before, sitting there with her back to everyone, as if this matter had nothing to do with herself. Test Text Watermark 2.

Finally seeing the true face of the edict, the Prime Minister took a deep breath to calm his breathing as much as possible before unfolding the edict. The long-suppressed anticipation of everyone has also reached its peak, and I can still clearly see the violent rise and fall of Zhize's chest from such a distance - this is his last chance to use legal means to pull the plate.

"It's been nearly 30 years since I ascended the throne... Hou Zhixun, the son of Queen Xiao, is respectful in nature, and has both ability and political integrity..."Hearing this, there is no need to listen to it anymore, the luck psychology that remains in my heart can be regarded as completely extinguished, and the emperor's choice has only one from beginning to end, and that is Yuan Zhixun. Test Text Watermark 4.

A general beside him quietly propped up his legs, and at the moment when he tore off his robe, I clearly saw that on the side of his leather boots, a dark red hilt was exposed!

After reading the edict, the prime minister came to Zhize and Yuan Zhixun, who were kneeling at the front, holding the edict in his hand, and said playfully: "Judging from the meaning of this edict, the emperor wants to pass on the throne to..."

Seeing the delicate situation on the scene, he even had so much room to speak, and after listening to the tone, he waited for Zhi Ze and them to take over the conversation and rebel. Test Text Watermark 6. Several of the women present also seemed to smell the smell and covered their mouths in horror.

Yuan Zhixun didn't say anything, still kneeling there, not looking up. Also, you can't let people get up and say, okay, then I'm the emperor, come, everyone kowtow to me. The crowd did not seem to buy his account, and no one proposed to salute the new emperor.

But Zhize's reaction seemed to be a little weird, according to the plan, he should stand up at this time and say that there is something wrong with this edict. Everyone was ready, but he...

"Xun'er," At this moment, the voice of the queen mother suddenly sounded in the mourning hall.

"Mother, here the child is. Hearing the queen call him, Yuan Zhixun quietly walked to her side.

"Give up the throne to your brother. The queen's words exploded in the crowd like a bombshell. For the throne, the queen mother fought with the emperor, with the ministers, with the prince, and fought back and forth, but one second before the dawn of victory, she chose to surrender! I knelt there in amazement, I couldn't get back for a long time, if this was a joke, it was too cold.

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