57. The fifty-seventh step of the minister
In the Imperial Palace, the Emperor's Bedchamber.
Emperor Huiming's face turned pale and he sat on the dragon bed, the divine doctor was checking Emperor Huiming's pulse, and after a long time, he shook his head, "This โกโก has become a mixed poison after a few years, although I can suspend it, but even if I want to make a suspended antidote, it will take a few hours." And the poison of the majesty will attack at the latest, and if you do more than a quarter of an hour, you will not be able to return to the sky. โ
Emperor Huiming's expression did not change, looking at the sons gathered in front of the bed, the queen and the father-in-law of Fuming, and smiled slightly, "I have long expected it, Xiaosi stays, you go out first." โ
The queen looked at Emperor Huiming again and again, and finally stood up, saluted and withdrew. The Seventh Prince also retreated silently, and went straight to Concubine Ning, who was standing outside and waiting, while the Eighth Prince walked out with the still young Ten Princes.
"Father, sons and daughters are useless."
"Well, it doesn't have to be that way." Emperor Huiming waved his hand, a little weak, although he was not poisonous, but Emperor Huiming's energetic appearance because of the bowl of medicine was gone, "You have not been in the palace since you were a child, but I know that you are a capable person, and now the eldest and third are not suitable to sit on the throne, so you are the only one." โ
"Father!" King Rui frowned, he may indeed have some talent for political affairs, but he has not been in the imperial city for many years, and most of the affairs and interpersonal relationships in the imperial city are unknown.
Emperor Huiming waved his hand, "I know what you want to say, originally I also thought that it would take a long time, teach slowly, Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba can always teach one, but there is no time......"
"Father, do you really think that the Seventh Emperor Brother and the Eighth Emperor Brother can't take on the big responsibility? At least in my opinion, the Eighth Emperor Brother's ability is very good, in all aspects. King Rui half-knelt in front of the bed, looking up at the emperor slightly.
Emperor Huiming was also satisfied with Qin Yuyi's appearance in the past two years, but he was not very relieved when he thought of him falling asleep as soon as he read a book. As soon as King Rui saw Emperor Huiming's expression, he knew that he had also thought about it, but he gave up because of something.
"Father, you also know that even if I sit on the throne, I will not honestly stay in the imperial city. The Eighth Emperor Brother is still young now, so I will stay in the Imperial City for two more years to assist him, and the Eighth Emperor Brother has no foreign family, so he is the best candidate. โ
Emperor Huiming sighed, how could he not know that Xiaoba had no foreign family, even if he inherited the throne, there would be no relatives. However, without relatives, there will not be enough backers and backstage, and it will be impossible to suppress those ministers with ulterior motives in the court, which may not be a good thing for the next few years.
"Hachi can't control the court yet, he ...... It's a little bit close! โ
"As the Eighth Emperor Brother knows, because of the Northwest at that time, Xiao Shilang had a good relationship with the Eighth Emperor Brother," King Rui paused, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "Moreover, General Weng is still the teacher of the Eighth Emperor Brother, although General Weng is a royalist, but as long as the Eighth Emperor Brother inherits the throne, General Weng will try his best to help the Eighth Emperor Brother whether he sees that the Eighth Emperor Brother is the new Emperor or his student." โ
Emperor Huiming looked down at King Rui and nodded as he spoke, and suddenly felt that the worst thing in his life as an emperor was that he didn't have more children, and there were too few heirs, so he didn't know who to pass on the throne to at this time.
"That's it, just listen to you." Emperor Huiming motioned to his father-in-law Fuming to come over with pen and ink, and wrote two copies of the edict with a wave of his hand, one of which was written that the eight princes would inherit the unification, and the other would say that if the eight princes inherited the unification, King Rui would have the right to abolish the emperor and support the new emperor.
King Rui also knew that this was Emperor Huiming's biggest regression, and he had a hunch that he didn't need this second edict, and the Eighth Emperor's brother was not like what appeared on the surface, but he wouldn't tell his father about this, so as not to feel at ease when he left.
The four princes came out of the dormitory, looking at the concubines, princes and several clan ministers who were standing outside waiting, how many of these people were really anxious about their father? If the father is really Bintian, how many of these people are crying for the father?
"The three royal brothers come in with me, my father wants to see you."
"Yes."
The Seventh Prince clenched his fists nervously, his father's poison came too suddenly, and suddenly before he and his mother's plan to arrange it began, his father was about to be poisoned. At this time, the succession of the four emperor brothers is almost a certainty, several of them are still minors, how can they win the four emperor brothers?
The tenth prince is still young, although he is almost ten years old, but he is simple by nature, and because he is a young son, he is favored, and he has no obsession with the throne. His biological mother was a nobleman, and she knew that the Ten Princes had little capital to compete for the throne, so she had never instilled anything about the throne in the Ten Princes.
Qin Yuyi is probably the most relaxed, he has long known from his teacher that the Fourth Emperor Brother will not sit on the throne, the Fourth Emperor Brother has such a temperament, unless there is no one in the royal family, he will be willing to be tied to the throne.
The four of them knelt in front of the dragon bed at the same time, and Emperor Huiming just said a few words, all of which were messages hoping that they would make a difference, and waved them out. Except for King Rui, the other three were a little confused.
When he was a child, Emperor Huiming was poisoned, and not long after the capital was under martial law, the gates were blocked, and the emperor died.
Xiao Mansion, Hu Li, who had just fallen asleep, suddenly opened his eyes, Xiao Qiao had already sat up, "Let's sleep for a while." โ
"No, I can't sleep." Listening to the sound of soldiers and horses on the street, Hu Li followed Xiao Qiao to get dressed. Xiao Qiao wanted to be ready to enter the palace at any time, Hu Li lay in front of the window, watching the dragon qi belonging to Emperor Huiming gradually dissipate, and another dragon qi that had been lurking in the palace rose to the sky, shining with golden light.
Emperor Huiming died, and everyone thought that King Rui ascended the throne, but what was written on the edict turned out to be that the eight princes inherited the unification. This made many people confused, although the eighth prince has had some sense of existence in the past two years, but most of them are in the military camp, and they have not even participated in government affairs, what did the first emperor think?
However, even if there was any objection, looking at the Eighth Prince, no, it was King Rui who supported him behind the new emperor, General Weng and the ministers led by Xiao Shilang, and those who had objections also swallowed their objections.
Soon, the bell rang in the capital, and the common people replaced the white lanterns in front of their doors, and removed the red Spring Festival couplets that had just been pasted for the New Year.
The first emperor died, and several princes took turns to guard the spirit, and the eighth prince, as the new emperor, was naturally the one who spent the most time on the spirit. Hu Li took advantage of the fact that when no one was around, he would carry a lunch box to deliver food to the new emperor, and of course, because the first emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne and Xiao Qiao, who was busy in the dark.
The reason for the death of the first emperor is known to the ministers who were at the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, but the common people do not care much about the death of the first emperor except that they know that the new emperor has been changed. Anyway, no matter who is the emperor, as long as they live a good life.
The queen mother, that is, the current queen mother, sat in the huge palace, looking at the young new emperor in front of her, "Arrange a time for me to die violently, I want to go to King Ning's fief to stay, there will only be the old princess of King Ning in the future, and there will be no queen mother." โ
Qin Yuyi frowned and looked at her puzzled, "Why?" You are in the palace, the eldest brother can live better, isn't the identity of the queen mother bad? โ
"Okay, but I'm not rare. I just want to be by my son's side, and I want to be better off in my son's fiefdom. After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she motioned to the palace maid beside her to send Her Majesty out, Qin Yuyi looked at the Queen Mother for a while, then turned around and left, "As you wish." โ
The Queen Mother looked at Qin Yuyi's back and showed a reassuring smile.
A teenager who has never received an orthodox education, but who can grow up in more than two years, is by no means a good person. Anyway, the emperor said that the fiefdom is like spring all year round, so go there to retire.
Qin Yuyi's enthronement ceremony was held after the first emperor mourned into the mausoleum, Qin Yuyi stood in the apse, stretched his arms and let the palace maid dress him in a dragon robe, and his hair was only tied with a hairband, waiting for a while to bring the crown of God.
"Nervous?" Hu Li lay on the soft couch on the side, watching the palace maids dress Qin Yuyi, Yuguan retreated, Hu Li got up from the soft couch, walked over and touched the dragon robe on his body curiously.
"Brother Hu Li, do you know this teacher?" Since Hu Li flew over when he brought him food before, Qin Yuyi began to speculate about Hu Li's identity, and in the end, Hu Li leaked a little bit.
It turns out that there are really immortals in the world, and his brother Hu Li is one of them.
"Brother Xiao is busy, he is discussing things with Lord Rui, so I won't go." Hu Li lay on the soft couch again, and it was really warm in the palace.
"Brother Hu Li, you will wait here for a while, and I will send someone to bring you the chicken you like to eat. When the teacher is done, I'll ask him to come and pick you up. "There is a mess everywhere in the palace today, if he meets someone who is not long-sighted, he believes that the teacher will be able to turn the palace upside down tomorrow.
"Okay, I'll sneak a look at your ascension to the throne later, and make sure you don't run around." Hu Li's eyes lit up when he heard the chicken, and he nodded very happily.
"Where are you going?" Xiao Qiao's voice suddenly came from outside the door, and after a while, Xiao Qiao, who was wearing an official uniform, walked in, "I've seen Your Majesty." โ
"Teacher, please get up," Qin Yuyi helped Xiao Qiao up, Hu Li ran over, and just threw himself into Xiao Qiao's arms, Xiao Qiao helplessly caught the person and patted him on the back, "Why are you so frizzy." โ
Hu Li stuck out his tongue, "It's okay, I won't fall." โ
Xiao Qiao pinched the flesh on his buttocks, and the soft touch made Xiao Qiao pinch it twice more, "Okay, we will be very busy today, you pay attention not to walk around in the palace." โ
"Got it, got it." Hu Li waved his hand and got out of Xiao Qiao's arms, just at this time, King Rui walked in from outside, "Okay, don't chatter, the enthronement ceremony is about to begin." โ
Hu Li took the little eunuch to lie on the pillar behind the front hall, watching the people of the clan recite the holy decree for a long time, Hu Li was about to fall asleep before he saw someone come over with the imperial crown and put it on Qin Yuyi.
Many ministers immediately knelt on the ground and shouted Long live Your Majesty!
Xiao Qiao looked at the young emperor and showed a slight smile, it's almost over!
The new emperor ascended the throne, and there were three holy decrees. First, the first emperor was posthumously named Emperor Huiming Wenjing, the empress was named the Empress Dowager of Shengci, and the biological mother Lin Guiren was posthumously named the Empress Dowager of Runci; The second is to divide the brothers, King Rui was once again crowned King Ruixian, the seventh prince was King An, and the tenth prince was the idle king; The third is to seal Xiao Qiao as the emperor's teacher and serve as the secretary of the household department.
The former head of the household department, Lord Li, squinted his eyes and was happy, he could finally step down and go back to his hometown to retire, it was not easy!