In just a few days, the palace suddenly experienced a great change.

First of all, the emperor's gradually getting better body suddenly collapsed, and then the news came that Concubine De had poisoned the emperor, and it was only half a day's work, and the emperor died after half the time.

The prison in Jiusi Lane suddenly became crowded.

Next door to Qi Xiangsi were a few palace people serving in the Qianqing Palace, and then there were several imperial doctors who were taking care of the emperor inside and outside the palace when he died, as well as some palace people around Concubine De.

From the mouths of these people, Qi Xiangsi learned that Concubine De was imprisoned in Huayang Palace, and even King Zhao, who was outside the Qianqing Palace at that time, was placed under house arrest in disguise and was not allowed to go out.

The crowded prison was not as quiet as Qi Xiangsi had just come for a few days, and there were crying all around, and several little palace maids in Huayang Palace were crying very pitifully, they were arrested because they followed Concubine De to Qianqing Palace at that time, and they never entered the palace, but they would lose their lives because of this.

The little palace maid shouted in her mouth whether she would die or not, and in the quietest cell inside, the expressions of several imperial doctors also looked sad, but not only them, all the imperial doctors who had treated the emperor should be sad, and the imperial doctors Lu outside may not be better than these in the prison.

Qi Xiangsi was silent, and he didn't inquire anything, the palace outside the prison was like a □□ sky, and there was a thunderous thunder.

Half a day later, some people came to the prison, and the head of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu took the powerful Chen Gonggong by the emperor's side, and walked towards the deepest part of the prison, Qi Xiangsi knew who was locked up there, and it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who had not been abolished so far.

Since he was imprisoned, the eldest prince has been holding the title of the prince for three years, and the court knows that this matter is lacking, but the emperor just does not abolish the edict of the prince.

But not long after, the edict of the deposed prince was read inside, followed by the almost rampant laughter of the eldest prince, and the movement of shackles and cell doors colliding, as if he had gone crazy.

"Father, father, that's what you originally planned, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it."

It wasn't until a long time after the Ministry of Rites Shangshu left that there was a voice from the depths of the prison, crying and laughing, scaring those little palace maids and forgetting to cry, these people discussed the matter of abolishing the prince in a low voice, nothing more than how much glory and wealth they had at the beginning, and how depressed they are now.

Qi Xiangsi looked at that place, abolished the crown prince, and demoted the eldest prince to a commoner, which should have been made three years ago, and now it has a deep meaning, maybe outside the Qianqing Palace, it is a different situation.

An hour after the edict of the abolished prince was issued, another news of the holy decree came from the mouths of those cell heads, and according to the edict left by the first emperor, he passed the throne to the eighth prince.

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At this time, there was an uproar outside the Qianqing Palace, King Ding and the others stood there, suspicious of the holy decree issued by the scholars of the palace, whether it was to pass the throne to the ninth brother or to the eleventh, they would not be surprised, but it could be passed on to the eighth prince, how could this be possible!

"First the abolition of the crown prince, and then the edict of succession, is there anything we don't know."

"Yes, my father left so suddenly, and it turned out to be ...... the throne" The seventh prince Yan Dynasty glanced at it, and the expression on his face was clearly written, and it was actually passed on to the eighth prince, which is definitely not true.

"The edicts of the holy decrees were all made by the emperor, and even if your highnesses do not believe in it, this will is the same." The scholar of the palace gestured to the father-in-law who was waiting on the side, "The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the enthronement ceremony must be arranged on the same day." ”

"His Royal Highness King Yan, if you don't change your clothes, it will be very unfilial." Seeing that King Yan wanted to say something, the scholars of the palace were kind enough to worry about him, and if he wore this gold-embroidered purple robe, he was afraid that he would be criticized.

"This!" King Yan looked at the bachelor who walked away, then at King Ding, and finally left angrily.

The enthronement ceremony was arranged very quickly, and everything was simple during the state funeral, but the court and the central government were frequently disagreeing, and most of the ministers expressed doubts about the edict of succession taken out by the scholars of the palace, and the ministers expressed doubts, headed by He Taifu, first questioned the imprisonment of Concubine De and King Zhao.

first imprisoned Concubine De Niangniang, and then put King Zhao under house arrest, just half a day later, two holy decrees came down one after another, abolishing the prince, passing on the throne, and connecting these things in detail, wasn't it arranged in advance?

In front of the Yuming Palace, Taifu He asked to find out the poisoning of Concubine De before the enthronement ceremony, and asked to see King Zhao immediately.

"Lord He, do you know what you're talking about, the enthronement ceremony is an important matter for the country, and it can't be delayed for half a day!"

"Then please ask Lord Qi to find out about this matter, the poisoning is already suspicious, Lord He, as the Minister of the Interior, abused his power to privately imprison King Zhao, this kind of thing, the old minister has to doubt its authenticity." Mrs. He said sonorously, and his face was red, which was also angry.

"Concubine De Niangniang sent a decoction to the first emperor, and it was poisoned in just a quarter of an hour after taking it, and the imperial doctors were all present at that time, which can be testified, and then King Zhao tried to stop it, and said wildly, in order to avoid the suspicion of King Zhao, he temporarily left him in the palace, Lord He, if it is related to King Zhao at this time, it cannot be separated from the relationship, but if it is not related, Prince Zhao will be fine." Of course, the scholar of the palace court heard another meaning in Mrs. He's words, so he said aloud in public,

"The holy decree of the abolition of the crown prince has been made by the emperor three years ago, and the delay is to avoid a gap between the brothers, which hurts the harmony, as for the edict of the succession, His Majesty knows that his time is short, and it has been made half a year ago, when the queen mother and several ministers met in person."

Mrs. He's face turned pale, half a year ago, the saint still valued King Zhao so much, and You Ming praised King Zhao a lot, saying that he had the demeanor of a monarch, how could he make such an edict!

But He Taifu knew that now was not the time to discuss the authenticity of the edict, so he broke through the bend of the scholar, demanded that the poisoning case be tried immediately, and that Concubine De and King Zhao be innocent: "The enthronement ceremony is an important matter for the country, and this matter is even more urgent. ”

The atmosphere in the Yuming Hall was tense, and Lord He's military general was also straight-tempered, and he said another meaning of Mrs. He: "Lord He means that we deliberately framed Concubine De and His Royal Highness King Zhao, and I can't afford the word traitor, you are so anxious, isn't it different from the emperor's holy decree, and I don't think it should be like this." ”

Mrs. He stared at Lord He with a red face, and his beard trembled with anger: "What nonsense!" ”

The person who made the ink just didn't like to say it too clearly, but what Taifu He meant was indeed as Lord He said, and the people in the palace could understand it, and they didn't dare to speak at will when the holy decree was clear.

The scene was quiet again.

Not long after, an attendant hurriedly entered the palace, looked for the palace scholar and said a few words, He Taifu frowned, and was about to speak, the scholar said: "This fashion is in mourning, the coffin has not come out, the emperor has an order, it will inevitably disturb the peace of the emperor, and after crying for three days, the case of the poisoning of Concubine De Niangniang will be tried, Mrs. He, what do you think?" ”

The deceased is the greatest, and it is natural that he can't do anything with the first emperor to suppress He Taifu, and when he walked out of the Yuming Palace, several officials surrounded He Taifu, and their faces were solemn.

"Five days later, there will be the enthronement ceremony, and it will only take two days to work, and it will not be difficult to verify it in the palace."

"Two days is enough." He Taifu turned his head, and his eyes fell on the side hall of the Yuming Palace, where there were a few palace guards, which was where the new emperor was resting, "Send someone to find an opportunity to see the mother and the prince first." ”

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After three days of hard work, the palace seemed to be calm, and the officials and their dependents were tired and tired from crying for three days in a row, and took a short rest in the arranged pavilion.

The mother and daughter rested for a while before they spoke in some spirits, and Wang was still thinking about her husband, who had not returned home since the death of the emperor: "I don't know what happened to your father." ”

"I asked someone to inquire, and Imperial Doctor Lu and they were all left in the hospital and couldn't go back, the rules are like this, it's fine." Qi Minshu comforted the Wang family and lowered her voice, "It seems that Concubine Chade has been poisoned in the past two days." ”

Wang's eyelids jumped suddenly, and her daughter's words did not give her much comfort, and even, her heart became more and more uneasy.

She didn't know what was going on in the palace, but there was one thing she could see some clues, so many princes, but the last one to pass on the throne was the little-known eighth prince, no one could have predicted it, and I don't know how many changes are hidden behind such a result.

"Mother, mother!" Qi Minshu called Wang twice in a row before Wang came to her senses, she grabbed Qi Minshu's hand and asked, "Did you hear anything from the prison?" ”

At this time, how could Qi Minshu care about Qi Xiangxi: "Mother, she confronted the emperor in the palace and committed a big crime, and now the emperor has died, even if we don't do anything, she will be a dead end." ”

"Shu'er, you..." Before Wang finished speaking, his eyes fell on the several palace maids who were walking towards them.

"Mrs. Qi?" The palace maid led by them smiled peacefully at them, bowed with her hands together and nodded to Qi Minshu, Wang was puzzled in her heart, "Yes." ”

"The queen is invited, please Mrs. Qi come with me."

Wang hurriedly got up, the palace maid didn't wait for more words to turn around and walked towards the door, Qi Minshu held Wang to accompany her, and the palace maid who walked behind reminded in a good voice: "Miss Qi, please stay." ”

"You stay here." Wang patted Qi Minshu's hand and followed the palace maid away, Qi Minshu was full of doubts, but there was no one in this attic who could explain to her.

When crying, many palace concubines were there, and the queen mother went back to rest early because of overwork, and she didn't see anyone for a few days.

The clothes of those palace maids did not look like those worn by those palace maids outside the mourning hall.

Wrong! Qi Minshu's body was shocked, and she suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly chased out, but there was no trace of the Wang family and those palace maids. 166 Reading Network