Chapter 12
Huang Jue grabbed me, and threw himself to the ground with a "tom-" expression, his expression was extremely frightened: "Gong...... Princess! Imperial ...... The emperor suddenly lost his breath!"
I looked at each other, and the eerie silence lasted only a second, only to be interrupted by panicked footsteps. "Father...... "I rushed into the dormitory first, the high hall revealed an inexplicable strangeness, the hanging bright yellow clouds and curtains flew wantonly, I rushed into the inner room in a panic, on the high bed lay quietly described as a withered old man, he closed his eyes that had been staring at the common people, as if he was sleeping peacefully.
"He's dead. Allure stood up from the couch and looked at me calmly, with a calm expression.
I frowned at her suspiciously, walked straight to the couch, stretched out my hand to the emperor's nose, and immediately withdrew my hand like an electric shock, and the whole person seemed to fall into the cold abyss in an instant. My mind went blank, trying to react to such a sudden turn of events, but it was only blank.
"The princess is still staying here in the middle of the night, which is really filial. Xiao Guifei paced out from behind the curtain, her posture elegant, and she still had a smile on her face.
I was even more suspicious in my heart: "Why is the concubine here?"
Xiao Guifei tapped the jade bracelet lightly with her fingers, and there was a crisp sound in the empty hall. She looked at me with a slight smile, and said leisurely for a while: "Where the emperor is, the palace is there." ”
I clenched my fists tightly and leaned closer to the emperor's arm, worried in my heart. Looking at Xiao Guifei standing in front of me, my reason gradually returned to its place, but my back gradually became cold. Outside the door, there was a sudden movement, and the sound of kicking footsteps accompanied by a procession of flames came from far and near, and everyone knelt outside the hall in unison, their torches in their hands like a burning dragon.
"Father--" The prince rushed in with a loud shout, and as soon as he sat down on the edge of the couch, he began to cry and almost lose his breath.
I watched him cry breathlessly, and the tense atmosphere instantly became like a farce, inexplicably making people laugh and cry.
Outside the hall kneeling out of the patrol of the clan, the east palace is divided on both sides, and the torches will illuminate the palace at night. The leader is the prince's uncle, Pingyang Hou Su Qin, who was silent all the way, and today he took the lead in the chaos.
"Hou Ye is so excited at night, what is the reason why he is leading his clan relatives here?" Xiao Guifei slowly walked out of the inner hall alone, the prince's howl made her frown, and her eyes swept downward, "Disturbing the emperor's rest, which of you can afford it?"
There was a commotion all around, and everyone exchanged glances, and then they all knelt on the ground. "Your Majesty, the heirs are a big matter. The four princes are modest, and there are also daughters of criminal ministers of the former dynasty hidden in the palace, so it is really difficult to take on the important task of assisting the country! The prince is just confused for a while, and he asks the emperor to think twice!"
The head slammed on the floor and made a heavy sound one after another, which entered the inner sanctum one by one, and the prince wiped two tears from his eyes, and lay on the bed with a headache and wept.
The crowd was responded to by a silent silence. Concubine Xiao stood in front of Su Qin with a cold eye, watching the clan's intercession for the crown prince gradually turn from tears to perfunctory.
"It is rare to have folk rumors that the prince's uncle, Pingyang Marquis Su Qin, has clean sleeves, is obedient and modest, but today he disturbed the peace of the saint in the middle of the night for the sake of establishing an heir. I have always been virtuous and not long-standing, not to mention that the emperor has not yet drafted a decree, just because the emperor is still in this world, you will not want to change the holy will!"
Su Qin patted his sleeves, stood up straight angrily, and stepped forward to confront Xiao Guifei in a few steps: "Have you ever heard of the emperor being deceived by others, so he believed the prince's trumped-up charges. If I don't stand up again, I really have no shame to face the ancestors of the Gao family!" he gave up his hand, and his words suddenly changed, "The country can't be without a king for a day, the emperor is really just asleep at this time?"
"The emperor has rested, you don't want to enter!"
"You!"
"Ji Si Chen, Hou Ye is really silent on weekdays, but when he opens his mouth at this moment, he is unexpected. The curtains hanging down in the inner hall cut off the tense atmosphere outside the hall. I sat next to the emperor's couch, and the crisp words broke the deadlock outside the hall through the curtain and reached everyone's ears. "Acting on behalf of the emperor to sacrifice to the sky and discuss court affairs in vain, Master Hou, do you think that Zhaoyuan is considered to be a chicken Si Chen?"
"This ......," Su Qin's hesitant voice came, "It turns out that the eldest princess is inside." Is the emperor really resting now?"
"The Emperor......" I said it, but the prince who was still crying just now covered his mouth, I didn't struggle, but I saw that he let go of his hand and immediately choked my throat, staring at me with red eyes and a fierce light.
"Prince, don't!" Lu Ruo ran forward in a few steps and grabbed the prince's sleeve, "Have you forgotten the Blood Floating Massacre? We must not do this to the princess again!"
"Get out of here!" the prince raised his foot and kicked at Yu Ruoxin, "You helped her talk, do you know that it was this Yaksha that caused the East Palace to this point!"
She covered her chest and looked at me and the prince who were still in the confrontation for a long time, and finally spit out a shocking sentence: "Prince, do you know that the princess holds the secret edict of the state seal given by her father in her hand!"
"What did you say?" the prince stepped forward, grabbed the placket of Yu Ruo's clothes, and lifted her up, "She has a ...... Holding the secret edict of the state seal?" the prince turned his head to look at me in disbelief, and was speechless for a moment, and the atmosphere suddenly fell into a subtle and strange silence, and even the sound of breathing could be heard very clearly. His eyes turned to the emperor who was lying quietly on the spacious dragon couch, and said intermittently, "Father...... My father really died...... I was not left with even the slightest retreat...... Father, you are so ruthless!"
As he spoke, the prince blew a jade whistle lightly, looked back at me, his red eyes seemed to pierce me, and he smiled fiercely and sinisterly: "Gao Xiyue, you are just a woman, but when you were born, what vision appeared in Dongze, just like this, you also want to compete with me for power?
Outside the hall suddenly resounded like a tidal wave, and the sound of footsteps and shouts from all directions shook the dense and low night sky, and the outside of the hall fell into a commotion. "Guifei Niangniang, do you think that the Xiao family can change the will of the emperor by covering the sky with one hand? The crown prince is the only candidate for the throne! Becoming a king or defeating a king, we can see the difference at this moment!" After saying that, Su Qin knocked his palm, and saw countless military guards dressed in dark iron heavy armor pouring into the dormitory, holding blades and bursting out with cold and cold light-"The son of heaven of the Great Zhou can only be Prince Jingluan!"
"Succeed and lose, Zhaoyuan, do you understand this truth now? Obediently hand over the secret edict of the state seal in your hand!" the prince looked at me with a smile, his expression was extremely presumptuous, "From this moment on, I will let you taste the taste of losing." ”
I was choked by the neck by him and couldn't move. The night was so long that I watched my father lie quietly in bed, and heard the swords of everyone outside the palace alone. I looked directly at the prince with a mocking gaze, with a sneer on my eyebrows: "Until the last moment, Zhaoyuan will not admit defeat." ”