Long before the edict was read, the second prince had already come to the Qinzheng Hall under the joint escort of Zhenbei Tieqi and Yu Linwei.

The sadness of the emperor's death, the fear that he had been kept in the dark, and the relief of the reversal of the situation...... All kinds of emotions came one after another, making the second prince instantly have mixed feelings.

During the whole process of reading the edict, the two princes had a feeling of unreality, as if everything was still in a dream, all illusory, as long as they woke up slightly, they would disappear.

At this time, Empress Dowager Wu personally stepped forward to snatch the edict, but it made him feel a little real.

I saw that the Empress Dowager Wu ignored Mama Li's obstruction, rushed to the front of Lord Ji, and snatched the edict.

In front of the courtiers, she did not intend to destroy it, but carefully observed the handwriting on it, trying to find any flaws in it.

The truth disappointed her again.

She had to admit that this was the emperor's own handwritten edict.

Empress Dowager Wu immediately regretted it.

Just now, she obviously had the opportunity to destroy the edict, but out of inner apprehension, she didn't dare to confirm it with her own eyes, and she fell for the tricks of those people!

Especially the reaction of the Marquis of Jingyuan just now, he actually reached into the brazier to snatch it, which made her doubly convinced that it was the emperor's edict that was burned by herself.

Looking at Jiang Xuan again at this moment, the traces of burns on his hands are still there, and in the eyes of Empress Dowager Wu, there is only gritted teeth and hatred.

Lord Ji quietly instructed a little eunuch to retrieve the edict from the lost Empress Dowager Wu.

This process did not attract the attention of the ministers present, because everyone was already busy paying homage to the new king.

One after another, the voices of greetings. It reverberates in the palace of diligence.

There has never been a shortage of people called "emperors" here, but with the passage of time, generation after generation.

The second prince finally accepted this reality. Qi Ran's color has not faded. Looking at the former father and emperor lying on the couch, and the sorrow of the Manchu Dynasty seemed to have an unconcealed excitement, he felt an indescribable depression in his heart, even if he had the big position in his hand, he couldn't let go.

Only when he looked at Jiang Xuan and the others did he show a little kind face.

I saw that the second prince tried his best to adapt to his new identity, and hesitated for a while. instructed Jiang Xuan: "The prince of Jingyuan obeys his orders!" ”

Jiang Xuan immediately stepped forward.

"The Governor's Office of the Five Armies transferred troops without authorization, and forcibly assembled troops and horses despite the obstruction of the military department. Disrupt the capital, I now order you to temporarily take over the post of Metropolitan Governor, strictly purge them, and punish all the officials involved in the case! ”

As soon as the new emperor said this, he came out. Immediately, there was a lot of shock among the ministers.

The Marquis of Jingyuan is already the commander of Yulinwei. At this moment, even the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has taken over, coupled with his close relationship with the Zhenbei Iron Cavalry, I am afraid that no one in the realm of this capital division can compete with it.

At this time, it can be said with great certainty that if the prince of Jingyuan has the intention to raise troops to rebel, it will be easy to change the dynasty......

From this point of view, the new emperor's trust in him is unprecedented.

Jiang Xuan did not refuse. Led the order to take this hot potato.

He had no intention of being arrogant, and took on this errand at this moment. Because he knew that the new emperor was in a difficult situation, he had to choose to share his worries.

The succession to the throne is certainly justified, but the turmoil over the transfer of troops has just subsided, and there was a turmoil in the palace before, as the emperor, he must not be able to turn a blind eye.

The purge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is just the beginning, and there are more complicated decisions waiting for him to make later.

Soon, the emperor issued another decree to remove the commander of the forbidden army in the inner palace, recover the token, and temporarily put it in charge of the head of the guard who followed him from the hidden mansion.

After that, it became even more difficult to deal with.

Because most of the rest are not ordinary relatives of the emperor, but close relatives who are connected to the emperor's blood.

If it comes to responsibility, the first to bear the brunt should be the Empress Dowager Wu and the emperor's eldest grandson.

One of them secretly transferred troops, trying to destroy the edict of the previous emperor and support others to ascend the throne; Although the other is still young, he has shown his ruthlessness, once poisoned the heirs of the former emperor, and also colluded with the Fanmeng foreign dead soldiers to pretend to assassinate, in an attempt to implicate King Jing's mansion......

Whenever he thought of the evil deeds of these two men, the emperor was very cold.

But these two people are absolutely immovable.

At least not yet.

When the new emperor succeeds to the throne, he will cut his grandmother and nephew as soon as he comes up, no matter how much they deserve it, which is an extremely dangerous thing.

In particular, for many years, there have been different opinions about the ownership of the crown prince, and the eldest grandson of the emperor is also an existence that cannot be ignored.

In the Great Qi Dynasty, where Confucianism was supreme, this kind of behavior was criticized at best, and at worst, the dynasty was sluggish, and it even had the possibility of shaking the country's foundation......

Of course, the emperor can't move them for the time being, it doesn't mean that even the people around them can't move.

Xu Ying, the concubine of the East Palace, was given death by the emperor on the charge of "disturbing the court and blinding the emperor's eldest grandson" due to her rampant words in the Qinzheng Palace.

And An Lebo, a close confidant of the Empress Dowager Wu, as the culprit of the unauthorized transfer of troops, was punished for the crime of treason, seized the title, beheaded, and exiled all the nine clans to Liaodong, which was already an extraordinarily generous disposition.

The Wu family's power in the capital has long been intertwined, so the nine clans of An Lebo are widely involved.

At this point, in the future, in the capital, except for the Wu daughter who has already married, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the people of the Wu family.

After the emperor established his authority with severe punishment, he put aside the matter of pursuing responsibility for the time being, and left it for later to deal with it slowly.

At this time, the emperor's gaze turned back to Jiang Xuan again.

"This time, Mrs. Marquis of Jingyuan has a meritorious escort, since she is not in the palace at the moment, I will then send someone to send the will of the reward to the Hou Mansion."

Jiang Xuan thanked Lu Qingrong first.

This scene, in the eyes of the ministers, was another shock.

You know, this is the first reward after the new emperor succeeds to the throne!

The governor of the Marquis of Jingyuan just now should be regarded as an appointment, after all, there was no mention of the title, strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as a reward.

And the case of Mrs. Shizi, the deity is obviously not present, and she can directly pass the decree to the Hou Mansion, but the emperor still has to mention it in the main hall, and the degree of attention can be seen.

When she entered the palace just now, everyone heard some rumors about Mrs. Jingyuan Marquis Shizi, saying that the Eight Thousand Zhenbei Iron Cavalry inside and outside the capital at this time was brought into the capital by her overnight.

Could it be that this is not a rumor? Zhenbei Tieqi was really brought by her?

Suddenly, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Jiang Xuan's side, and they were secretly telling themselves in their hearts that the husband and wife would never be provoked in the future......

At the same time, Mrs. Wu, who was far away in the Hou Mansion, was not as conscious as the courtiers.

(To be continued.) )