Chapter 148: Succession
The first person to react was Lu Chengxiu, when he heard the eunuch say, 'The Seven Princes have arrived', he had already stopped his movements and walked out of Heshou Palace, and when he saw Lu Chengjing in military uniform, he stabbed with a sword without saying much. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Lu Chengjing dodged the blow slightly sideways, and grabbed Lu Chengxiu's sword-holding hand at a speed that was already invisible to the naked eye, "Second Emperor Brother, is this how you treat the Imperial Brother who has been reunited after a long absence?" ā
Lu Chengxiu smiled coldly and said disdainfully: "No one in the entire Great Xia Dynasty knows that my Seventh Emperor Brother died tragically and violently as early as the nineteenth year, and if you want to impersonate him, it's not so easy!" ā
"Really?" Lu Chengjing let go of the hand holding Lu Chengxiu, slapped his hands into the air, and immediately an old man dressed as a eunuch walked up to the courtiers.
"The old slave Chang Ping was the eunuch in charge of the palace of Concubine Yue Niangniang back then. Concubine Yue was seriously ill that year, and she was worried that she would not be able to protect her children, so she used a trick to steal the beams and change the pillars to secretly change the seven princes out of the palace. Later, the violent death of the seven princes was just a fake prince brought by Concubine Yue Niangniang from outside the palace. The old eunuch named Chang Ping finished such a paragraph in one breath, and suddenly caused a whisper from a group of ministers.
"Bold minions, dare to fabricate facts!" The person who spoke was Concubine Shugui who came out of the house at some point, she glanced at Lu Chengjing, but her eyes finally fell on the body of Chang Ping, a eunuch kneeling on the ground, "Based on your words, you want to fabricate the facts, are you blind as a courtier of our Great Xia Dynasty!" ā
"The concubine Niangniang would be so surprised, and it was also expected by Cheng Jing. In the nineteenth year, you ordered someone to poison my mother's food, and secretly tried to harm me, but my mother found out and sent me out of the palace, so that I can live to this day. I'm afraid you can't imagine that Lu Chengjing, who you killed back then, will now stand alive in front of you. Lu Chengjing's tone was flat, but what he said was as heavy as a daughter.
"You, you!" Concubine Shugui, whose past was revealed, almost lost her temper, but she was a person who had experienced strong winds and waves after all, but her demeanor had returned to normal in just a moment. "I don't understand what you're talking about, if you want to take the opportunity to change the subject, then this palace will tell you that it's impossible now, you'd better come up with evidence!"
Lu Chengjing hooked his lips and smiled, this smile was so pleasing to the eye that it almost turned everyone upside down, he raised the bright yellow edict in his hand and slowly unfolded it.
"The widow was victimized by the traitors Shangguan Yunshu and Shangguan Yunyang, and his life is not long in coming, so he hereby makes this edict. I learned from my father that the seventh brother went to the people, read all the conditions of the people, tasted the hardships of the people, had the talent to govern the country, the courage of the general, and the virtue of compassion for life, and was really a good talent for inheriting the unification. The special biography is located in the seventh brother Chengjing, Wang, diligent in government, for the people, for my Great Xia Dynasty to do his best and die. ā
When Lu Chengjing finished reading the contents of the edict, the ministers were still a little stunned. It was Song Wei, the first to kowtow and say loudly: "First Emperor Shengming, First Emperor Shengming!" ā
With Song Wei, the prime minister, taking the lead, the other courtiers also kowtowed one after another.
"In this way, the prince kept saying that he was the seventh prince, and took out the so-called edict of the first emperor, but how do we know that the edict in your hand is really written by the first emperor? Even if the edict is true, your identity is not something that an old eunuch can prove. Lu Chengxuan, who had been silently observing the situation in Heshou Palace, gave Lu Chengjing a big problem as soon as he opened his mouth, and the implication was that if Lu Chengjing did not come up with actual evidence, then his status as a prince could still not be counted.
But now that the biological mother of the Seventh Prince, Concubine Yue, has long since died, and his father has just died, who can come out to prove his identity?
The courtiers knelt down and their knees ached, but at this time they all forgot about the pain, and only wanted to know whether the handsome prince standing beside them was really the Seventh Prince.
"Lord Song, Lord Li, Lord Liu, please come and see for me whether this edict is really written by my eldest brother Chengming." As Lu Chengjing spoke, he asked the attendants around him to deliver the edict to the three most powerful courtiers in the Great Xia Dynasty today.
The three courtiers observed for a long time, and finally came to a unified answer: the edict was true.
Lu Chengjing nodded with satisfaction, and said, "I wonder if you ministers have ever heard of my father's secret army, the Lu family army?" ā
"How can you not know that it was this Lu Jiajun who laid down the country of Great Xia back then. It was only not long after the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty that the Lu Jiajun was dismissed, and it became an incomprehensible mystery at that time. An elderly courtier said.
I saw Lu Chengjing slowly take out a cyan runic iron block from his arms and light it up in front of all the ministers.
"That's right, my father did declare that the Lu family's army had been disbanded, but that was just to cover the eyes and ears of the enemy country, and secretly leave a group of elite troops for my Great Xia Dynasty in case the enemy country attacked. Now, the command talisman for Lu Jiajun is in my hands, ministers, do you think my father will hand over such an important talisman to a person of unknown origin? ā
Lu Chengjing's words made everyone's faces change, and knowing that the Lu family army still existed surprised them more than knowing that the person in front of them was the Seventh Prince. Lu Jiajun, that's an army that is enough to make people fearful!
"The ministers meet the seven princes, congratulations to the prince on inheriting the throne, long live my emperor, long live long live!" This voice turned out to be louder and louder, until it gradually resounded throughout the entire Heshou Palace, and resounded throughout the entire palace!
The gloomy sky suddenly revealed a glimmer of dawn, and the dawn shone on Lu Chengjing's resolute face, just illuminating the plain and confident smile on the corner of his mouth.
The father, the mother, and the sons are back. In the future, the ministers will not disappoint your expectations, dedicate themselves to the country and the people, and protect the country of my Lu clan!
At this point, the succession of the seventh prince Lu Chengjing is a foregone conclusion.
After Lu Chengjing succeeded to the throne, he immediately named the second prince Lu Chengxiu as the king of Lingnan, the third prince Lu Chengxuan as the king of Hexi, and the fifth prince Lu Chengli as the king of Zhenbei, and each of the other princes and princesses was rewarded. It is worth noting that Lu Chengjing also ordered to strengthen the preventive measures on the border to prevent foreign enemies from attacking. Not only that, but he also implemented many policies that benefited the people and restrained officials and soldiers, and as soon as this move came out, he immediately won the respect of the common people of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Soon, what the people said was no longer that Lu Chengjing appeared halfway, and the succession to the throne was a little unclear, but began to praise Lu Chengjing's enlightened way of government.
For Concubine Shugui, who killed his mother, Lu Chengjing directly sent her to the prison. As for Lu Chengxiu and Lu Chengxuan, who still coveted the throne, Lu Chengjing did not despise them, but openly and secretly weakened their power, and deliberately created contradictions between the two of them so that they had to guard against each other, so as to reduce their threat to themselves. (To be continued.) )