In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Xiaozong's burial, Jiang You wore a decaying costume, followed the coffin all the way through the Jinshui Bridge, the noon gate, the end gate, the Chengtian gate, and set up the pavilion along the way, and cried all the way into the Fengxian Palace, surrounded by bright lanterns, and was buried by ten eunuchs.

Jiang You knelt in front of the incense case in a linen filial piety robe, and listened to the congratulations with gloomy eyebrows and eyes, and King Ning knelt not far behind her. ”

Jiang You glanced at him sideways, and said indifferently with a stiff face: "Uncle Huang has a heart." ”

King Ning didn't care about her coldness, and suddenly took a few steps closer and smiled at her; "The minister has heard a rumor in Beijing these days, and it has something to do with His Highness, I wonder if His Highness has also heard about it?"

Jiang You said: "I can't get out of the palace lightly, where can I compare to the Seven Emperor Uncles being idle?" ”

King Ning smiled faintly and continued disappreciatively: "I heard rumors that His Royal Highness is not from the main palace, or even from the emperor's brother, and I don't know who spread this kind of sinister gossip. He said and pretended to pat his forehead with annoyance: "It's all the minister's fault, the minister shouldn't say this to pollute your ears, the imperial brother regards His Royal Highness as a jewel, and passed the unification to His Royal Highness, will the imperial brother still admit that his own daughter is wrong?" ”

Jiang You glanced at him indignantly, did not answer with a calm face, he covered his mouth and coughed lightly, and sighed again: "However, the imperial brother has been suffering for many years, and his body is weak, and he suddenly got a pearl, no wonder the people below are suspicious." ”

Jiang You said with a cold face: "As a prince, how can Uncle Huang be like those women with broken mouths, he likes to listen to people's nonsense on the streets and alleys, and he also relish it to others, as a royal prince, how can his words and deeds be so formless?!" ”

King Ning didn't expect her to be able to strike back immediately, and looked at her in surprise, but finally smiled lightly and stopped talking.

At this time, both of them stepped out of the temple gate, standing on the Dan Majesty across the distance, suddenly there was a very clear crane cry in the sky, everyone looked up, and saw two white cranes far away above the green clouds, one kept crying, and the other hovered around the roof of the Fengxian Palace, and the mouth seemed to hold a shiny thing.

Suddenly, the white crane with something in his mouth swooped down, everyone was taken aback, and the brocade guards standing on both sides of the jade steps immediately wanted to open their bows and arrows, and at this time, the white waiter of the Ministry of Etiquette jumped out suddenly, and said loudly: "Can't shoot, can't shoot, the white crane offering treasure is an auspicious omen, and you can't hurt this fairy bird!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the brocade lieutenant who had a bow and arrows hesitated, and the white crane actually swooped in front of King Ning, opened its long beak, and listened to the sound of 'dangchang', a brilliant jade Ruyi fell out, and fell at the feet of King Ning.

It was Bai Shilang who took the first step to speak: "This, a divine object descended from the sky, the crane offered a treasure, and it was engraved with the name of King Ning, could it be that His Royal Highness King Ning was the luck of the Great Qi Dynasty?" His face was full of irrepressible excitement, he lifted his robe, and knelt down in front of King Ning: "God bless King Ning, God bless Daqi!" ”

King Ning has won the hearts of the people these days, and as soon as he knelt like this, there were immediately people below him who knelt down, one by one, as if cutting wheat, and said in unison: "God bless King Ning, God bless Daqi!" ”

This scene is simply eager to let King Ning ascend the throne immediately, and most of the people kowtow to King Ning, but it seems that Jiang You, who is standing on the other side of His Majesty, is in a daze, as if the people's hearts have been lost.

King Ning didn't tell these people to get up, but instead glanced at Jiang You from afar, there was both jealousy and hatred that had been suppressed for many years, and there was also a proud spirit in his eyes, he straightened his back and stood, and the five-clawed dragon on the wall behind him seemed to be alive, arching around his side to guard the luck of this Great Qi Dynasty.

Jiang You's face turned a little pale, a dense layer of cold sweat oozed from his back, the filial piety clothes of the linen cloth were grinding some sharp pain and itching on his body, and a few strands of hair that could not be tied up floated down, but he was wet with cold sweat in an instant.

is the most ruthless emperor's family, if she loses today, she will not only lose the throne, but her life, King Ning will never keep such a prince who can threaten his heirs in the world.

She thought of the fate of defeat, her eyes couldn't help but bring out a little panic, and she turned her head to look behind her at a loss, but she didn't see the graceful figure, she looked down again, and saw Zhen Guogong and several Taifu bowing lightly at her with solemn faces, she settled in her heart, took a deep breath, and asked in a deep voice to King Ning, word by word: "What does Uncle Huang mean?" She turned her head again to look at the ministers kneeling below, and said in a loud voice: "What do you mean by Aiqing?" ”

King Ning didn't expect her to ask directly, but he didn't know how to answer, he couldn't just say that he wanted to abolish the prince and ascend the throne himself, right? He paused before he said slowly: "This is an auspicious omen for the prosperity of the Qi Dynasty, and His Highness should rejoice." ”

"But is this auspicious rui for Uncle Huang? Or is it for the lonely? She looked at King Ning coldly, and said bluntly: "These days, there are often rumors that Uncle Huang is the choice of the Son of Heaven who belongs to the Mandate of Heaven, and now there is more auspicious signs, hundreds of officials are headed, Uncle Huang is the brother of the father and the emperor, and it is reasonable to inherit the great treasure, I only ask here today, is the imperial uncle planning to inherit the mandate of heaven and inherit the great unification?" She was a little cringe at first, but later she became more and more sonorous.

It's a thought that he dreams about, and he doesn't dare to say it like this, so he has to kneel down with his robe, and kowtow again and again: "You are the prince who obeys the mandate of heaven, how dare the minister move this thought?!" ”

Jiang You pursed his lips to look at him, his voice was crisp but loud: "Uncle Huang doesn't have to be humble, the emperor of our Qi Dynasty has always been inhabited by capable people, and Uncle Huang is known as a person of benevolence and virtue, and he is a person of auspicious indication." When his father was there, he often taught the orphan to be friendly and filial, to respect the way of relatives and people, and to know the respect and courtesy. She raised her hand from afar and pointed at the coffin where Xiaozong had not yet had time to be completely buried: "As long as the imperial uncle says a word today, Lone will give up the throne and die on the coffin, and never let the imperial uncle be embarrassed between loyalty and righteousness!" ”

King Ning really hates killing people now, and now the eyes of the civil and military officials are looking at it, she will never die if she wants to die, if he really dares to respond, it will be charged with 'killing the king', that is, Jiang You is not dead, and the reputation he has worked hard to accumulate for many years has also been ruined, and he has become a villain who robs his nephew's business.

He could only bow down: "The minister has no such intention!" ”

Jiang You took a step, subconsciously imitating Xue Yuan's usual movements, stood in front of King Ning with his hands in his hands, and said in a loud voice: "So, is Uncle Huang willing to let Gu ascend the throne?" ”

He bowed his head in a low voice: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister invites His Highness to ascend the throne!" As soon as he spoke, everyone led by Zhenguo Gong immediately knelt down: "Please Your Highness ascend the throne!" ”

At this time, everyone knelt down together, and said in a loud voice: "Please Your Highness ascend the throne!" ”

The treasure seals and golden books prepared by Zhen Guogong and several Taifu these days finally came in handy, and Shang Baojian's people knelt in front of her in a row with the edict and the twenty-four imperial treasures.

According to the regulations, when the ministers asked the prince to ascend the throne, the prince could not agree immediately, and he had to kneel down again and again to respond, so he seemed to conform to the will of the people, Jiang You pressed on the treasure book with one hand, and suddenly turned his head and asked King Ning to force him to self-destruct the city wall: "Uncle Huang, whose blessing is this auspicious rain?" Civil and military officials, who is kneeling? ”

King Ning hated her in his heart, and when he thought about letting her be proud for the time being, he suddenly said, "It's Your Highness." ”

Jiang You raised his eyebrows: "Your Highness? ”

King Ning took a deep breath: "Your Majesty! ”

Jiang You held his head high, and his dignity and pride were undoubtedly revealed: "Who is the lord of the world?" ”

King Ning said in a deep voice: "It's Your Majesty." ”

Jiang You said: "In this case, if the imperial uncle has no two hearts, according to the rules of the ancestors, why are you still stranded in the capital and do not return to the domain?" ”

He has been thinking about the throne all his life, how can he be willing to return so empty-handed? But Jiang You occupies the name of orthodoxy after all, once he succeeds to the throne, it will be difficult to shake it, and it is justified to drive him and kill him at that time.

He didn't expect Jiang You to come to such a trick, which not only forced him to express his attitude that he had no idea about the throne, but also established a reputation for himself, and he really underestimated her in the past.

King Ning's face was full of gloom, and suddenly calmed down again, and the person actually stood up from the ground: "It's not that the minister deliberately violated the ancestral system and stayed in the capital and didn't leave, but it was related to my royal bloodline, and I had a century-old foundation, and the minister had to find out cautiously in the capital. He turned his head and said to the attendants outside, "Someone, bring someone up!" ”

It's still cold now, but a magnolia tree blooms early, trembling in the cold wind and stretching its petals, there is a different kind of delicate haze, and it seems to be gone in the blink of an eye.

Xue Yuan stood under the tree and watched, and suddenly chuckled: "Did she really say that?" Sun Henian nodded vigorously, and he snorted again: "In the end, the surname is the Jiang family, I can't see it when I am on the side, and it is really not a fuel-efficient lamp at a critical moment." He stroked the slender trunk: "This method is used well, now the face is torn twice, in the end, it is she, the prince with an orthodox name, who is more predominant, no matter how good King Ning's reputation is, but he has no real power in his hands, and he will not be able to defeat the word 'Taoism' after all." ”

Sun Henian's face was a little bitter: "No, neither of them has real power in their hands, so they can only fight on their lips, but I didn't expect to fight for two rounds, I thought that the prince's side had the upper hand, but I didn't expect" He suddenly lowered his voice: "King Ning suddenly brought up a few witnesses to prove that His Highness was not from the first emperor." ”

Xue Yuan straightened out the group under his chin: "What I expected a long time ago, it is rare for King Ning not to come out and talk about things." He sighed: "She is still not old in the end, but it is not bad to be able to force King Ning to use this killer weapon early." He walked out of the courtyard, and the azure daze brought up a few petals of pear blossoms, and drew a faint arc in the air: "It's always a way, it's not good not to pull it out, bring all the people you prepared a few days ago." ”

Xue Yuan stepped out of the courtyard, a pear petal fluttered down, brushed his plump and bright red lips, he lifted the wide hanging sleeves, raised his hand to take it, and rubbed it carefully, the silky touch seemed familiar.

He sneered: "Grind people." ”