The three cabinet scholars drafted the three emperor's names and the temple number of the Zongmiao, and then called Zhou Chuncheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wen Tiren, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhou Yanru, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Tiqian, Wen Tiren and the others heard the arguments of Wang Zhizheng, Huang Liji and Li Shunguo, and knew that they had no part to intervene, so they just listened and did not interject more.

After formulating the emperor's name, Huang Liji stood up and said to several bureaucrats in the Ministry of Rites: "Three adults, the proposed emperor's name is preliminarily decided first, and the top priority at the moment is to succeed to the throne tomorrow before the king's succession, you don't have to worry about the succession before the coffin, you should plan the funeral steps here, and a few of us will handle the matter of preparing for the succession of the king." ”

After that, Huang Liji ordered Wang Zhizheng, Li Guoshun, Shen Shaoxian, and Wang Tiqian: "The matter of believing in the king's accession to the throne still needs to be bothered by all the adults. ”

Wang Zhizheng arched his hand: "Everything is arranged by the old Huang Ge." ”

That night, the ministers stayed in the Forbidden City to keep vigil for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wang Zhizheng and Wang An, the Duke of Chongguo, and the uncle and the three of them, Wang Yan and his son, were all keeping vigil in the Forbidden City.

At the end of August, when the night was as cold as water, Wang Zhizheng walked alone to the back garden of Cining Palace, holding on to the railing, staring at the half-bent moon and thinking about his thoughts.

"What are you thinking?" Suddenly hearing a pleasant and beautiful beautiful voice, Wang Zhizheng turned around and saw Queen Zhang, who was wearing plain clothes, now behind him, looking at him lonely.

Wang Zhizheng smiled at Zhang Yan and said: "Why did Niangniang come out, the night here is as cold as water, and it is warmer for you to go back indoors."

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Zhang Yan sighed and said: "What are you afraid of when the night is as cold as water, I am afraid that in the future, in this deep palace, there will be endless loneliness, the emperor will leave me like this, in the second half of my life, the lonely light and cold moon, how should I live?"

Wang Zhizheng knew that Zhang Yan wanted to make a promise to take her out of the palace, but Wang Zhizheng knew that Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, was not an open-minded and generous person, how could he let his widowed sister-in-law out of the palace, which not only violated the ancestral system of the Ming Empire, but also hurt the royal face.

Wang Zhizheng stared at Zhang Yan and said: "Niangniang, please forgive me, I may not be able to give you a promise, after all, the royal family, I can't help myself, the emperor is in a big way, and King Xin will succeed to the throne tomorrow, and everything will only be decided by King Xin." ”

Zhang Yan's eyes suddenly showed disappointment: "But...... But at that time, in the small study of the Chongguo Mansion, you didn't say that......"

Wang Zhizheng smiled bitterly and said: "Niangniang, even if I really say so, but everything is arranged by the new emperor, you don't know King Xin." ”

Zhang Yan argued: "I don't know him, but you are his benefactor, if it weren't for you, he wouldn't be able to ascend to this Ninety-Five Supreme, can't he agree to such a small request?!"

Wang Zhizheng hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover Zhang Yan's lips: "Niangniang, the so-called companion is like a companion tiger, do I have grace and faith in the king, in this case, I hope don't say it again!"

Zhang Yan burst into tears: "I want to say! You are obviously kind to him, why can't he agree to you!"

Wang Zhizheng let out a long sigh and said: "Niangniang, do you know how Xu Da, Lan Yu, Liao Yongzhong, and Li Wenzhong, the founding generals of our dynasty, died? Which of them did not have great favors to Emperor Taizu? But what about the good death? Have you ever heard of the phrase: The cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys cook, the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden? Before King Xin ascended the throne, I had kindness to him, and of course he would respect me in everything, but as soon as he ascended the throne tomorrow, these kindnesses would become a burden on my back! In his opinion, I am not an ordinary person, I am courageous, resourceful, and scheming, and all these will cause him insecurity! If I ask him for you, do you think of me as a person of great merit and arrogance?"

These words made Zhang Yan breathe a cool breath, because these words were almost the same as what the emperor said when he gave him poison to make her murder Wang Zhizheng two months ago.

Zhang Yan's face turned pale, and she subconsciously took a step back.

Wang Zhizheng hurriedly supported her and asked with concern, "Niangniang, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Yan waved her hand, held Wang Zhizheng's shoulder and said, "My lord, I know that it is really inconvenient for you to mention this request, how about I mention it to King Xin?"

Wang Zhizheng waved his hand again: "Don't." The most ruthless emperor since ancient times, although you are his sister-in-law, and you have kindness to him, but King Xin is a person who wants to save face, if you have to make this request to him, I think he will definitely think that you are not loyal to the emperor!"

Zhang Yan smiled: "What about being disloyal? I was originally disloyal to the first emperor, I have already had a few clouds and rains with you, what am I afraid of?"

Wang Zhizheng saw that she was in this palace and said such things wantonly, and hurriedly grabbed Zhang Yan's arm and said, "I hope Niangniang forgets the past!"

Zhang Yan was furious and pointed at Wang Zhizheng and scolded: "You are a coward!"

As she spoke, she took out a beautiful small bottle from her bosom and shook it: "What do you see this?"

Wang Zhizheng looked at it, stretched out his hand to take it, opened the cork and sniffed it, and suddenly said with a pale face: "This ...... This is...... Poison?"

Zhang Yan nodded calmly: "Not bad." This is what the Emperor rewarded me, let me get rid of you!"

Wang Zhizheng suddenly felt a wave of sadness welling up: "Get rid of me?!"

Zhang Yan nodded: "Yes, as you said, the first emperor's thoughts, the same as you, he thinks you are too powerful, brave and strategic, and amazingly resourceful, he is not at ease with you, let me, after his death, King Xin succeed to the throne smoothly, and then invite you into the palace and poison you!"

Wang Zhizheng said solemnly: "Poison me?!Hehehe, good, what a good emperor." ”

Zhang Yan was very calm: "You are cowardly, unlike when I first met you, you can do whatever you want to do, but now you are afraid of death, you are afraid of angering King Xin, hehe, I tell you that Wang Zhizheng, the first emperor can't tolerate you! Do you think you can hide if you are afraid?"

Wang Zhizheng sighed softly, sat on the chair next to the railing without saying a word, and silently thought about his thoughts.

Zhang Yan stared at Wang Zhizheng, whose face was like ashes, and continued: "If you are still Wang Zhizheng, you still don't have to care about anything, just wait at home, I ask King Xin for life, please King Xin let me out of the palace, I will look for you, and then we will go away and fly high!"

Wang Zhizheng was silent.

Zhang Yan asked, "My lord, do you have the courage?"

Wang Zhizheng suddenly smashed the medicine bottle and stretched his neck and roared: "Then why did you only tell me now?!"

Zhang Yan said with red eyes: "If I had told you at the time, would you still be willing to assist King Xin?

Wang Zhizheng was speechless for a while.

Zhang Yan continued to sneer: "Even if you want to escape, you can't escape, I am already pregnant in my belly!

When Wang Zhizheng heard this, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Zhang Yan stared at Wang Zhizheng and asked, "What, are you still unwilling to be responsible?"

Wang Zhizheng settled down, stood up and held Zhang Yan's hand: "Okay, Niangniang, the words are all said for this part, if Wang Zhizheng says anything more, he will be too ignorant, Niangniang, I am willing to take you out of the palace and fly away!"

Zhang Yanyan smiled: "This is like the general Wang I like!"

Wang Zhizheng pointed to the broken medicine bottle on the ground: "If my guess is correct, the first emperor must have explained to the prince to get rid of me, right?"

Zhang Yan nodded: "Yes, but King Xin will not do this, because for this matter, King Xin and the first emperor still had a dispute! In the end, I persuaded King Xin to ask him to agree to the first emperor." ”

Wang Zhizheng smiled and said: "First Emperor, it seems that the emperor's nickname that Li Shunguo gave him today, the Taimiao Temple name really didn't wronged him at all, Xizong mourned the emperor, how sad!"

Zhang Yan sighed and said, "The dead are the greatest, since the person is gone, don't be obsessed with him anymore, right?"

Wang Zhizheng nodded: "I'm not a person with a small belly, and I won't worry too much about the first emperor." ”