The bell rang inside and outside the capital, and when Bailian got dressed and got up, the housekeeper had already sent someone to say that the young emperor had died of illness, and at this time martial law had been imposed in the capital.

White Lotus was completely sleepy.

She stood in front of the corridor, looking at the direction of the imperial city, in just two years, the three emperors were abolished, could it really be that sentence, the Zhou Dynasty has exhausted its strength, it is not a true dragon, and it can't inherit the world?

Father, brother, and now the young emperor, Bai Lian doesn't know if there is a providence in this underworld, and it will be useless to forcibly reverse it, and it will eventually be manipulated to the original path by the big hand of fate?

At this time, the imperial city, the Queen Mother's Shou'an Palace, has long been in chaos, the Queen Mother in the young emperor's illness these days, strong spirits, has long been the end of the crossbow, in the moment of learning of her son's death, people also fainted.

When I woke up again, I was a little delirious, someone reported to Gu Yan, Gu Yan came to Shou'an Palace and saw the Queen Mother holding a pillow, disheveled, disheveled, barefoot crazy, crying and laughing at a pillow for a while.

Gu Yan respectfully shouted the Queen Mother a few times, Yan Yunnan didn't seem to hear it, and lowered her head to coax the "child" in her hand softly.

"Your Majesty has passed away, and the Queen Mother mourns."

Yan Yunnan suddenly stretched out his index finger and put it to his lips, signaling him to silence, and then his eyes widened, and his black and white eyes could not see the slightest chaos.

"Don't speak, it will make a noise to the eldest prince, Your Majesty is poisoned, not sick."

After listening to her, Gu Yan realized that she was still confused at this time, and thought that it was when Zhou Hongwen died of illness before.

Gu Yan didn't speak, but Yan Yunnan's grandmother was frightened, although they knew these things, they were secrets that couldn't be said, and now Yan Yunnan said it to her face, and they were still on the side, I was afraid that the chance to survive would be gone.

The grandmother hurriedly stepped forward, and was about to stop Yan Yunnan from speaking, but Yan Yunnan didn't follow, the strength in her hand was still very strong, and pushed the grandmother far away, and said angrily:

"Dare to be a slave, dare to stop the mourning family from talking! In the future, the son of the mourning family will be the son of heaven, I see which slut dares to be presumptuous! Cui's she doesn't want to press on my head, my aunt has already given her Bai Aya, let her go with Your Majesty, and no one in this harem can no longer suppress the mourning family. ”

After Yan Yunnan finished speaking, he burst into laughter again.

After hearing this, Gu Yan glanced at Yan Yunnan expressionlessly, and then instructed the chief supervisor behind him to say: "The Queen Mother is sick and delirious, and the imperial doctor will treat her well." The servants in the palace of Shou'an Palace were not well served, and some other safe people came to serve. ”

Gu Yan's tone was calm and unwavering, and the chief attendant also responded expressionlessly when he heard it, and then glanced at the people serving beside the Queen Mother, all of whom were like ashes.

After leaving Shou'an Palace, the guards surrounded Shou'an Palace.

The words Yan Yunnan said, if they spread out, they would inevitably cause another storm, not to mention anything else, but the Cui family would definitely not be good.

Gu Yan looked at the heavy sky, the clouds were bursting, and it had not rained since the beginning of the year, but now there was a sign of rain.

The storm is coming, and the imperial city is silent everywhere.

Gu Yan knew that the young emperor was seriously ill before, everything was just the beginning, and the real storm had just come-

Bai Lian saw Gu Yan again at the young emperor's funeral, watching him clear a lot, and the moment he met Bai Lian's gaze, his solemn face was soft.

There are young sons who die young, usually low-key to find a place to bury, and they can't enter the ancestral grave, but the Son of Heaven is different, and there should be a lot of etiquette.

However, the most important thing at this time is not the funeral, but the new king.

The country can't be without a king for a day, no matter how powerful Gu Yan is, he is only a regent after all.

Emperor Ren had no sons, and Zhou Hongwen only had one son, and the Zhou Dynasty had no inheritance.

Prince Rui was imprisoned to death, and in addition to the position of the prince, Prince Rui's descendants were excluded, and King Yu, who participated in the seizure of power, had already "died" on the way to the domain, not to mention his children.

The people in the clan are panicked about this matter, and those who have the heart to be active have already handed over posts to the Gu Mansion for many days, Gu Yan has not replied, Bai Lian knows that this matter is important, and those who can push it will be pushed, and those who can't be pushed will be pushed, Bai Lian will see it, and he will also play Tai Chi with them.

Looking at these princesses and princesses, at this time with a princess with a different surname, Bai Lian couldn't help but think of the behavior of those palace concubines and royal relatives when she proposed to be martyred in her previous life.

The ladies of the clan found nothing in Bailian, so they put pressure on the court again.

After being buried in the imperial mausoleum, this matter was mentioned on the surface. In Gu Yan's opinion, it is difficult to have a candidate for a big role in the clan, but when things come to this point, they have to choose one.

Blindly dragging it out like this will only make some rumors more widespread.

Gu Yan secretly observed, trying to find clues and see who was behind the scenes, but found nothing.

Now in the teahouse in Beijing, the storyteller is talking about the princess regent donating food and money to help the people, and the regent palace has contributed money to build Nanshan Academy in the suburbs of Beijing, and those rumors in the clan have not set off any waves among the people, but they have received rave reviews.

After deliberation with the cabinet and consideration of various aspects, the candidate for the new emperor was finally decided on Zhou Hongren, the king of Wu.

Zhou Hongren and Zhou Hongwen are the same generation, Zhou Hongwen is the only son of the first prince, is a descendant, Zhou Hongren's father is an inconspicuous prince at the beginning, and he was divided into feudal domains early, and then inherited the throne by the eldest son, which is now Zhou Hongren, the king of Wu.

King Wu's back cover is not rich, which also leads to the fact that King Wu Zhou Hongren is not arrogant, and he is rare among the nobles of the clan who are greedy for enjoyment.

King Wu's background is limited, because the original King Wu is not favored, he is inconspicuous in the clan, and he has no significant achievements, but he is a very stable person, and it is precisely because of this that he has become the object of consideration by Gu Yan and the cabinet.

Today's Zhou Dynasty has experienced too much, and it needs such an emperor to stabilize the dynasty.

Now that it was discussed, the court sent a minister to the fief of King Wu to greet him.

After Bai Lian heard such news, she was silent for a long time.

At night, Gu Yan lay on the soft collapse, her head resting on Bai Lian's lap, and her hands were massaging her head.

Bai Lian looked down at Gu Yan for a long time, he closed his eyes tightly, these days the affairs of the court are very busy, and it is rare to have a free time.

When Gu Yan opened his eyes, he saw Bai Lian's eyes looking at him without blinking.

Gu Yan smiled, reached out and pulled the hand she was pressing on her head, put it to her lips and whispered: "Rest, talk to me." ”

"Hmm." Bai Lian nodded, and then asked, "Are you tired these days?" ”

"I'm not tired, it's just that I went in and out of Shou'an Palace, and there were palace people infected with the epidemic inside, and I was afraid that I would come out with illness, so I didn't go home."

Speaking of this, who is the handiwork of the epidemic in the palace, I have not been able to find out until now, and Gu Yan has not mentioned this matter to Bai Lian.

Gu Yan said this, and Bai Lian also thought of Yan Yunnan in Shou'an Palace.

She already knew that Yan Yunnan had been hit, and now she was delirious, some rumors some time ago were saying that it was Gu Yan's handwriting, the young emperor was victimized by him, and the queen mother was forced to move out of the palace early in the morning, and now the queen mother was forced to write the edict of the Zen position, and she was forced to pretend to be crazy to survive.

Bai Lian thought of what she had thought before, hard work is not necessarily a high achievement.

Maybe everyone in the world thought that Gu Yan would covet the throne, but Bai Lian believed him.

If it is not for the Zhou Dynasty, it is completely possible to support the young emperor among the relatives of another clan, why help an adult King Wu, if the King of Wu crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, wouldn't he lift a stone to shoot himself in the foot?

Thinking of this, Bai Lian's gaze became more and more soft, and the hand on his lips unconsciously traced the shape of his lips, and whispered: "After King Wu ascends the throne, you don't have to work so hard." ”

Gu Yan nodded and said: "Although King Wu is not as good as Emperor Hui, among today's clan nobles, it is rare that there is no arrogance, and he is also humble and thoughtful. ”

Bai Lian was not impressed by King Wu, the old King Wu had already left the domain more than 20 years ago, at that time he was not born, and the vassal king could not be summoned Now, Bai Lian has never seen this Wu King Zhou Hongren in either his previous life or this life.

When Gu Yan said this, he must have thought it through.

"I understand your painstaking efforts." Bai Lian said.

Gu Yan looked at her eyes, glowing with soft light, and only heard her whisper: "The first time I saw you, it was when you came back from a victory in the northwest, when you were sitting on a war horse, wearing armor, at that time, I thought, this person is so cold, and his military achievements are great, he must be the general who kills people on the battlefield without blinking."

Gu Yan listened and thought that he met her when he was in Pengcheng, but when Bai Lian said that he had returned victoriously, Gu Yan then remembered that Bai Lian was talking about her previous life.

After that, he didn't speak, and listened to her quietly: "When I saw you in Pengcheng later, I found that you were not at all like the person I imagined. ”

Gu Yan listened and asked with interest, "What did you think of me before?" What do you think now? ”

"I thought you were very powerful and omnipotent before" Bai Lian was saying, the hand on Gu Yan's lips was suddenly bitten by him, Bai Lian was in pain, and looked at him in surprise, only to see Gu Yan squint at her and said, "It's not powerful now?" ”

Bai Lian poked the corner of his forehead and said, "Amazing, amazing!" ”

In exchange for a few low chuckles from Gu Yan, Bai Lian looked at him with a smile on his eyebrows, and then said: "Only then did I know that you are not only capable, but also broad-minded. I have seen many people, no matter how great their achievements are, and no matter how high they sit in official positions, it is difficult to find anyone who can match you. ”

Gu Yan looked at Bai Lian's gaze becoming more and more profound. Bai Lian looked at him without blinking, and then said:

"In other words, in your position, in the current situation, the new king he supports must be a child, so that he can continue to be regent and rule the world. And you, but you helped a king of Wu who was in the prime of life, and I understand what you have done for the Zhou dynasty. ”

Gu Yan wrapped his long arms, hooked Bai Lian's neck, got up and took her in his arms, and hugged her tightly.

Bai Lian stretched out her hand to hug him back and said, "It wasn't until I met you that I understood what it was like to be impressed by a person's bearing." ”

The slow words, the calm tone, as if it were a clear spring, flowed straight into his heart in this hot summer-

King Wu arrived in Beijing in August, and on the day King Wu entered Beijing, the weather was very good, and the sky was cloudless.

Gu Yan and a group of pro-noble ministers personally went out of the city to greet him.

It was Luo Xin who went to usher in the king of Wu, at this time, in addition to the 3,000 soldiers brought by Luo Xin, there were only more than 300 people in the king of Wu, half of whom were female dependents.

The carriage in front of King Wu was a medium-sized carriage, with four horses in a carriage, which was exactly the specifications of the vassal king.

After the carriage stopped, Wu walked out of the carriage and saw Gu Yan standing at the head of the hundred officials, and got out of the carriage with the help of the guards.

King Wu hurriedly helped Gu Yan up, and said with a gentle smile: "There is the regent of Lao to greet him." ”

"The prince is polite." Gu Yan arched his hand and said, and then made an inviting gesture and said: "The prince has worked hard all the way, and the palace has prepared good wine, waiting for the arrival of the prince." ”

After a period of politeness, King Wu and Gu Yan entered the city together, and the hundred officials followed.

Behind King Wu's carriage was Princess Wu's carriage, and no one noticed that Princess Wu's carriage was many times more luxurious than the one in front of King Wu.

The yellow-topped gold-covered carriage, the carriage is rectangular, the body of the carriage is carved very exquisitely, because it is the extreme heat all the way, this carriage is very exquisite, all sides are light yarn, winding, very transparent and cool.

When King Wu got out of the car, Princess Wu lifted the curtain, looked at Gu Yan who was talking to King Wu, and said to the woman behind her: "Do you see it, the one who is the leader is the regent." ”

Another woman poked her head out from behind Princess Wu and looked at the group of people in front of her, who had all turned around at this time, only to see a tall back.

The woman behind her pursed her lips and smiled, "How does my sister know that it is the regent?" ”

Princess Wu stared ahead, and then smiled, as if with a spring breeze in March, and said: "Gu Yan, the regent of the capital, is a heroic man, and among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he is the only one who is so heroic and outstanding that he stands out from the crowd, who is not him." ”

After the woman behind her listened, she poked out again, but unfortunately she only saw a back, and then sighed and said, "It's a pity that I couldn't see it." ”

Princess Wu giggled and said, "It's not that I don't have a chance to meet, your brother-in-law will be the Son of Heaven in the future, this person in Beijing, which one do you want to see, are you afraid that you won't be able to see it?" ”

PS: 2-in-1 chapter.

Moving these days, there are a lot of complicated things, and it was interrupted yesterday, so forgive me.

Thank you for Qingyan's He's Bi, Nan Ke, Chubby, and Rain's interpretation, dreams like a secluded stream, ordinary as water, I want to smile at you, Big Brother's reward, and everyone's vote.

(To be continued.) )