didn't explain anything about the succession to the throne, only said a euphemism, shook his head in approval, valued a mural, and said a bloody word.

No one understood what he meant.

For a long time, the hall was so quiet that even the sound of a needle hitting the ground could be heard.

"The emperor died......"

The voice of Concubine Leng crying sounded, and there was movement in the hall, whether it was men, women, old and young, palace slaves or nobles, they finally cried together.

The old emperor, who has reigned for more than 40 years, has made no mistakes in his life, and finally left his country, his courtiers, and his world.

……

At this time, the prison side.

The prison is a remote and deserted place, so they can't hear the crowd of people sending off relatives, but they can hear the ...... coming from the far end of the aisle

The shouts of the masses.

This is by no means the joy of seeing the sedan chair, but more like the horror of seeing the soldiers and horses.

"It's almost time. Shen Lanying guessed that this was the movement of the exchange of fire between the guards of the king of Khotan and the elite of Qiuzi.

The old man also had a key on his side, but he wasn't very happy to go out with Shen Lanying. "There's no news from Kyle......"

"That's why I said don't follow me. "Running out, complaining. She really couldn't understand why the old man had to come out with her.

The old man said eloquently, "I'm a powerless old man, of course I have to count on you to protect me, Kyle said, your marksmanship is better than his!"

Sakura, "......"

The flow of people was surging towards the south, and it seemed that the soldiers and horses were in the north, Shen Lanying contacted Wang Yichen, temporarily placed the old man in a small building, and then snatched the horses of the Qiuzi soldiers and rode towards the palace.

She didn't want to go, but when she saw the orange fire shining on the majestic palace in the east, she felt that she needed to go to the palace.

But she didn't know that this move made her and Sikong Yan go wrong.

Qianyuan Palace.

This is the place of the upper court, and at this time all the important ministers gathered. Just a few minutes ago, the defenders in the north of the city sent news that the pass in the north of the city had been breached, and it would only take an hour for the army of Qiuzi to arrive at the palace.

The Imperial Guards stationed near the palace had all gathered, but there were only about a thousand of them.

Da Sima now almost wants to cut Sikong Yan with a thousand knives, if it weren't for the news of the fall of the northern territory being intercepted by that kid, how could they be so passive.

But they didn't know that the main force of the Royal Forest Army had already received the news from Sikong Yan and went around to the enemy's flanks.

Just wait for the person from the south to answer.

Sikong Yan told Da Sima that Jiang Xu would bring reinforcements over, but Da Sima didn't care, mainly because if the reinforcements were less than 20,000, they couldn't resist the enemy at all.

Now Da Sima intends to forcibly arm the people of the capital to resist the rebels. Before he could speak, under the steps of the Qianyuan Palace, someone walked up slowly.

"Who is it?" Da Sima shouted, alertly pressing the saber on his waist.

"Keep the general waiting. "It's a man's voice, mature and steady, warm as jade.

The ministers looked out, but they were all dumbfounded.

The people who arrived at the Qianyuan Hall were two princes, one was Jiang Xu, the fifth prince who had just repelled the Japanese in Huaihai, and the other was the prince who had been executed a year ago for killing the monarch and forcing the palace.

Everyone's ghostly eyes were focused on the crown prince, and the fifth prince also subconsciously looked at the eldest imperial brother.

Just outside the southern city, Jiang Xu thought that the crown prince was here to return to the throne, but the truth was the opposite.

The crown prince decided to side with the five princes, proclaimed him emperor, and helped him repel the rebels.

Jiang Xu didn't know that it was his answer that made Jiang Yuhan make this decision.

At that time, Jiang Yuhan and Jiang Xu rode side by side, with 30,000 troops, rushing towards the palace, talking about what happened in the capital recently, Jiang Yuhuan suddenly asked, "Xu'er, are you willing to be the emperor?" ”

Jiang Xu showed a panicked look, and excused himself in an orderly manner, Jiang Yuhan chuckled, "What Sikong Yan did, I really don't know?"

Jiang Yuhan felt amused in his heart, he knew what Sikong Yan had done, but he knew even more that Sikong Yan was not afraid that he would know this.

Sikong Yan's most powerful thing is that he can grasp people's hearts. It seems that he has done nothing, but in fact, he has already used a bloodless move.

Jiang Yuhan looked at his younger brother, expecting that he hadn't seen through this yet, so he didn't break it, but said, "I think you are more suitable than the fourth." ”

Jiang Yuhan has long known that Jiang Yuhuan can't be the emperor, and he also knows that Jiang Shaohui is not the son of Emperor Hui. The only one who can compete with Jiang Xu is the fourth prince Jiang Ye.

In fact, the behavior of the four princes has always been decent, but the problem is that he is still decent, and the rules are to the point of staying at home, which makes Jiang Yuhan a little unable to see through.

Jiang Yuhan didn't dare to take risks, so he chose Jiang Xu, the premise was ......

"Xu'er, can you tell me, what do you think of the courtiers in the court, and how do you want to change in the future?"

Jiang Xu didn't know the deep meaning of this statement, and his mood was still shocked and uneasy to be seen through, so he said truthfully, "The main thing is that the prime minister and the big sikong, An Changyu's ethics really can't afford to be the prime minister." And Mr. Fei Jie ...... He didn't want to continue to stay in the imperial court, and the position of Da Sikong might be Mr. Fei Jie's brother. ”

Jiang Xu didn't know that when he said this, Si Kou Qingling's expression in the back became extremely surprised.

Si Kou Qingling hoped that the crown prince could be Zhaoxue, and had already secretly contacted the prince, but after reluctant persuasion, the prince still did not have any intention of inheriting the throne, but only asked her what the five princes had done during this time.

The fifth prince was naturally not at fault, because he did almost nothing, and everything was done by Sikong Yan alone.

The prince told Si Kou Qingling that Concubine Yuan was killed by the queen, and he was ashamed of the five princes, hoping to make him virtuous.

Si Kou Qingling was dumbfounded. She never thought that even if she got the chips to reverse the victory, the outcome would still not change. No wonder Sikong Yan has never hindered her actions, it turns out that she has seen through this a long time ago.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at the Crown Princess's eyes so gently, she should have expected it.

The only thing the prince is worried about now is Sikong Yan. I'm afraid that with him, Jiang Xu will never be able to control the power of the world independently. This is also the reason why Si Kou Qingling does not want Jiang Xu to inherit the throne.

Before Jiang Xu arrived in the south of the city, Si Kou Qingling had already reached a consensus with the princelings, if Jiang Xu decided to reuse Sikong Yan, they would detain Jiang Xu, and then inspect the character of the four princes, if they passed, they would support the four princes, and if they didn't pass the test, then Jiang Yuhan would come back to lead the country.

……

In the Qianyuan Palace, Si Kou Qingling had already proved Jiang Yuhan's innocence, and Si Kou Yuheng was very witty and threw the pot to the second prince.