In the side hall.

In the name of resting, Empress Dowager Wu sent the queen and others to other places, but in fact, she stayed awake all night.

"Jing Wang's Mansion, what's going on?" Empress Dowager Wu asked suddenly.

Mama Li had just inquired about the news, and when she saw that there was no one else in the palace at this time, she said bluntly: "For the time being, it was not alarmed, An Lebo only secretly sent people to keep an eye on the palace, and there were few people at night, so it was easy to enter and not go out, and not be noticed by them." ”

"Hmm." Empress Dowager Wu was quite satisfied, "As long as they hold on until dawn, the overall situation will be decided by then, and they won't be able to make any waves!" ”

What Empress Dowager Wu is most worried about now is the edict of succession.

At this moment, she still had a trace of luck: "You say, will the name of the emperor's eldest grandson be written on the edict?" ”

Mama Li could only wake her up: "If this is the case, then in the current Diligent Administration Palace, it should never be those adults who are ......."

Empress Dowager Wu sighed and no longer deceived herself.

Instead, she asked, "How did the edict go?" ”

Mama Li frowned, and said truthfully: "The matter is in a hurry, there are not many people in the Hanlin Academy who dare to do this kind of thing, if you want to do it with the truth, I am afraid it will be a little difficult in such a short time." ”

"With so much rambling, can they do it?" Empress Dowager Wu was a little impatient.

"Just now they spent a long time making a copy, and the slave maid took it to the emperor's eldest grandson to look at it, and the emperor's eldest grandson could see at a glance that it was not ......true," Mama Li said truthfully.

"At a young age, he knows something!"

Empress Dowager Wu said this. But he knew in his heart that if the emperor's eldest grandson saw the clue at a glance, there would definitely be people in the court who would see the flaw. That won't work.

After careful consideration, Empress Dowager Wu hesitated and said: "Otherwise, we simply don't need any Laoshizi's edict to claim that the emperor left an edict before his death......"

Mama Li was stunned for a moment, and then thought seriously: "If that's the case, it will require the cooperation of several adults in the Qinzheng Palace, but they may be upright people." or has a great relationship with the second prince, I'm afraid it won't be easy to submit. ”

Empress Dowager Wu snorted coldly, as if she was full of confidence: "Today's situation is already like this. The only choice they have is whether to be alive or dead! ”

Mama Li immediately didn't dare to say more.

Empress Dowager Wu continued: "Didn't they keep the emperor's edict, and the mourning family broke off their thoughts first!" ”

Just when Mama Li was still stunned, Empress Dowager Wu had already stood up: "Go." Go to the Diligent Hall now! ”

Thereupon. There was still some time before dawn, and Empress Dowager Wu returned to the Qinzheng Hall again with a few entourages.

In the main hall, Jiang Xuan and the others were all restless. The situation was already urgent, and the emperor's body was still parked in the palace, and no one was going to do anything about it, which added a bit of absurdity and desolation.

At this time, Empress Dowager Wu brought someone over again. It was said that the yin qi in the hall was too heavy, and he brought a brazier into the hall in the summer.

Empress Dowager Wu ordered the brazier to be placed in the middle of the main hall. He waved them back, leaving only Mama Li and a guard with a sword.

Only then did she ask Jiang Xuan and the others, "How did you think about it?" ”

The charcoal fire in the bronze brazier was extremely hot, and everyone around it was unbearably hot.

Lord Ji's uprightness was even more than before, and he replied directly: "The ministers don't need to think about it, just wait for the dawn to read the edict in front of the ministers of the court." ”

Xu heard this too many times, and Empress Dowager Wu was no longer angry, and only turned her head to Mama Li.

Mama Li didn't dare to disobey the order, and immediately walked towards the side of the dragon collapse. Walking to the edge of the collapse, his legs couldn't help but tremble a little, but he still endured his fear and took the carved dragon pattern nanmu box next to the emperor's pillow to the Empress Dowager Wu.

Empress Dowager Wu glanced at the golden lock on the box, knowing that these people would definitely not hand over the key, so she simply ordered the guard directly: "Open it." ”

I saw that the guard drew his sword without thinking, and the box was immediately split open.

A bright yellow edict rolled out of it and lay quietly on the ground.

Empress Dowager Wu had no scruples, grabbed in front of everyone, and picked up the edict with her own hands.

Naturally, no one dared to compete with her anymore.

It's just that Empress Dowager Wu seems to be frozen, and she hasn't made any more moves for a long time.

Empress Dowager Wu held the edict of succession tightly, and her fingertips were obviously a little white.

There was a fierce struggle going on in her heart, and the idea of luck came out again, giving her the idea of seeing what was going on.

But there is another voice that keeps warning her not to open it. As if in this way, there is no need to carry too much mental debt......

Empress Dowager Wu held the hand of the edict and pushed harder and harder, but she still didn't dare to open it after all.

The next moment, she raised her hand and threw the edict into the brazier.

The crowd was shocked.

No one expected that Empress Dowager Wu would make such a move without even looking at it.

After the shock, several people reacted differently.

Yan Guogong tossed for most of the night, and he didn't even have the strength to sit, so he just exclaimed softly and gasped at this time.

Lord Ji and Lord Yu took a few steps forward, staring at the brazier, looking anxious, showing a dilemma.

Only Jiang Xuan, seeing that the edict had been almost burned, saw the right time, pretended to have just reacted, hurriedly ran to the front, and reached out without hesitation to snatch it out of the brazier.

But it didn't help.

The edict has long been burned to the ground, and there is not much left, where can you still see half a word.

Empress Dowager Wu sneered, and when she reversed black and white, she opened her mouth and came:

"That's not an edict, it's just something you use to deceive the world, and now it's burned and clean, and everything is subject to the emperor's dictation!"

Lord Ji and the others only reacted to Jiang Xuan's intentions at this time, and they all hurriedly put on an expression of remorse, just thinking that they could delay for a little longer.

"Before the emperor died, he didn't leave any words...... "Lord Ji said in despair.

Empress Dowager Wu personally destroyed the edict, and the rampant at the moment became even worse, and she simply lost the mood to hide it: "Now that the edict is gone, if you insist like this, let's see whether the Manchu civil and military believe your words or the words of the mourning family!" Of course, you still have to have a chance to speak! ”

After the unbridled threat, Empress Dowager Wu stared at them with great vigour, waiting for the imminent surrender.

At this moment, a little eunuch suddenly ran in from outside, stumbled to his knees, and replied in a panic: "Queen Mother, it's not good!" Yu Linwei, who had been standing still just now, suddenly started to fight with the Inner Palace Forbidden Army at this moment, for some reason! (To be continued.) )