Xie Roujia hadn't slept all night, and immediately opened the door when the noise came.

The morning light is cloudy, and the vision is dim.

Outside the door, the early riser was running out, and turned around when he heard the movement.

Xie Roujia didn't ask.

"The princess of the county, it seems that she has gone out of the water." The chamberlain replied on his own initiative.

Flow?

Xie Roujia's hand stroking the door couldn't help but clench.

"Where's the water?" She asked.

Since the princess entered the palace, she has either made alchemy or fasted, and she has hardly spoken to them, let alone taken the initiative to ask anything.

Walking on the water is indeed a scary thing.

"It seems to be over there in the harem." The chamberlain whispered, "But the fire is not big, don't worry, princess." ”

Harem.

Xie Roujia moved her lips, and finally closed the door and went in without saying anything more.

The attendants glanced at each other and hurriedly beckoned to run over there.

The fire in the emperor's bedroom has been extinguished, and everywhere is in shambles, all the chamberlains are kneeling on the ground and fighting, and the queen mother and the queen are shaking by the bedside with each other.

The emperor on the dragon's bed was still lying peacefully, sleeping soundly with his eyes closed, and the chaos of Shicai did not disturb him in the slightest, and he fell asleep like this, as if he would never wake up.

Indeed, he will never wake up.

The Queen Mother trembled and reached out to probe the emperor's snort, let out a short cry, and the person fell backwards.

The queen was frightened and screamed, holding the queen mother, and pinching people desperately.

"Mother, mother." She cried and shouted, and the attendants rushed to their knees. It's pinching and pinching.

The Queen Mother let out a sigh and woke up faintly.

"Oh my God, what's going on, how is it going," she immediately cried, "Tell the Imperial Doctor." ”

The queen grabbed her hand.

"Mother, wait a minute." She said in a trembling voice.

The Queen Mother sat up from the ground in shock.

"What do you want to do?" She shouted.

"Queen Mother, when you call the imperial doctor, invite the princes in." The queen said in a trembling voice.

The Queen Mother's eyes flickered, and she immediately understood what she meant.

The emperor suddenly appointed Zhou Chengzhen as the crown prince, and the courtiers and princes were stunned, and they were almost scared to death.

It's not that there are no sons and grandchildren, there are so many sons and grandchildren. He even wanted someone else's son to inherit the throne. What did their mother become of the harem concubines who were expensive by virtue of their sons!

But the emperor has always been tough, and the ministers can't agree, so they can only shut up and sulk.

Now the emperor died suddenly, if the princes are called in. At that time, it was said that the emperor changed his edict on his deathbed. He must re-appoint his own prince as the new emperor. Zhou Chengzhen, who has no reputation, no connections, and no relatives, is definitely not a problem.

"Not only the princes, but also the prime ministers and important ministers are invited." The Queen Mother said hurriedly. The names of several ministers were reported.

This kind of important thing must have the support of the ministers.

"Don't run, don't rush, don't attract attention." The queen admonished again.

The emperor's great trip is a big thing, and it is so sudden, the sudden spread will definitely cause the capital to shake.

The attendants of their cronies hurriedly turned around to go out, and as soon as they reached the door, they heard the sound of footsteps outside.

"Don't run around when you stand, everyone is watching and waiting for interrogation."

The guards' voices rang out coldly.

The Queen Mother and the Empress were taken aback, and looked at the door in disbelief, and Zhou Chengzhen, who was wrapped in a thick cloak, stepped forward.

"You!" The Queen Mother said, "Why did you come in?" ”

The access to the harem hasn't been opened yet, why did Zhou Chengzhen come in?

Zhou Chengzhen smiled and lifted her hood.

"Niangniang, because I am a prince with no reputation, no connections, and no relatives." "I have to make some arrangements for myself, so that I don't have to meet my grandfather again." ”

The emperor once said that Xianzong intended to let the king of Zhenbei succeed to the throne, but because there were only five princes around him, he had to pass on the throne to the five princes.

Whether there was such a thing or not, the Queen Mother, who was still the princess at the time, didn't know at all, and she was so angry and anxious that she almost fainted again.

"You, what do you want to do? Want to hide something about the emperor? The queen hurriedly said, "Did you kill Your Majesty?" ”

Zhou Chengzhen had already walked to the dragon bed and leaned over to check on the emperor, hearing the words and sneering.

"What's good for me to kill Your Majesty, the only person who is good to me is Your Majesty." He said, reaching out to probe the emperor's pulse, "Go and urge the imperial doctor." ”

The attendants who followed him in responded by turning around a few times at once.

"Also, all the ministers have to urge again." Zhou Chengzhen continued.

The queen mother and the queen had nothing to say for a while, thinking that the emperor was dead, and the prince was about to become the new emperor, so I couldn't help but hide my face and cry from the fact that the emperor was dead.

At this time, there was a group of people and horses galloping on the outskirts of Beijing in the cold winter, and there were only old men picking up dung on the road in the faint morning light, who hurriedly avoided when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, and watched this group of people gallop past with a little surprise.

These people are clearly armoured, and they are impressively soldiers.

"Is this from Jingying?" The old man couldn't help muttering, and he couldn't hide his surprise, "Are you going to the capital?" ”

What he couldn't see was that in addition to his road, there were soldiers and horses galloping on different roads and small roads in all directions of the capital at this time, and the direction was where the capital was located.

is about to enter the wax moon, the cold and mist make the sky slow down, because the emperor recuperated and stopped the court meeting, the prince supervised the country, and the court officials did not need to get up early to go to the court except for daily official business, and the royal street had been deserted for a long time.

But today, the sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the royal street for more than ten days, or horses or sedan chairs, but the same is that the people who follow these horses and lead the way are the palace attendants.

What's going on?

The eyes of the prying eyes around were a little puzzled, was it the emperor's urgent edict or the prince? What's wrong?

Outsiders are speculating, and these ministers who have entered the palace are also speculating, and these chamberlains hurriedly called them out of their homes, except for urging them to hurry up, no matter how they asked, they didn't say a word, they just said that they would know.

Could it be that the emperor is going to make a surprising decision again?

I heard that the emperor has been hiding in the harem these days, and he has already refined what Dan. Shouldn't you take the so-called elixir and feel that the Great Dao can be achieved, and want to give way to the prince, and completely cultivate immortals to seek immortality?

That's bad.

The courtiers pulled their faces and looked gloomy, although they didn't speak to each other, they all made up their minds, if the emperor really wanted this, they would definitely not agree even if they crashed to death on the main hall.

The Imperial City Gate Control Army was much stricter than before, and when they saw them coming, they did not immediately open the palace gate, but carefully checked their identities one by one before letting them in.

Seeing this battle, several courtiers couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts. Something was faintly noticed. But he still entered the emperor's bedroom with a bit of luck.

There was still the smell of fireworks in the dormitory, the chamberlains and several imperial doctors were huddled in a corner, the queen mother sat in front of the emperor's dragon bed and bowed her head and wept, and the crown prince Zhou Chengzhen turned to look at them.

"You're here." He said. "Let's all come and see Your Majesty."

Several ministers looked at each other and hurried forward without any excuse.

The burned-out tent next to the dragon's bed has been removed. The Emperor was still lying on his back on the bed. His face was ruddy, and he seemed to be still sleeping.

"Your Majesty." The ministers shouted in a trembling voice.

The emperor didn't react, and one of the ministers couldn't help but reach out to the tip of his nose, and the tentacles of his fingertips were cold. There is no breath of air.

The minister shuddered, and his body shook.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with Your Majesty?" He blurted out.

The other ministers also snorted one after another, and their faces turned pale.

"What's wrong with Your Majesty?" They couldn't believe their judgment and turned to ask.

A waiter standing beside the bed was a little confused.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has become an immortal." He blurted out.

Don't mention this, the ministers are even more sad and indignant when they mention this, and one of the leaders raised his hand to turn a spinning top that the inner servant hit.

"Evil slave! Your Majesty! Your Majesty is a great deal! He shouted.

With his shout, the cries of the queen mother's chamberlains in the palace rose again, but they were immediately interrupted again.

The other ministers who had arrived also entered the door, and they had expected it when they entered the city gate, and when they heard the words of these ministers, they were no longer lucky.

"Why did Your Majesty do so much?" They didn't even bother to look at the emperor, and asked directly.

"That's for the prince." The Queen Mother cried.

This sentence is simply a hammer smashing at Zhou Chengzhen.

The eyes of the ministers in the palace suddenly fell on Zhou Chengzhen, full of anger, and more questioning.

Is it because you are afraid of long nights and dreams, so it is better to strike first?

Zhou Chengzhen just sneered at these glances.

"Niangniang, you and the queen arrived before me, and I want to ask you." He said.

The ministers' eyes turned to the Queen Mother and the Empress again.

The Queen Mother and the Queen were a little dumbfounded.

"But you've been staring at us, and you've come before we arrived, you can go in and out of the harem without permission, who knows if you were here before we came!" The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and cried.

The ministers' eyes looked at Zhou Chengzhen again.

"I saw the water walking in the emperor's bedroom, so I came in to check, although it is not in accordance with the rules, I can't do it and ignore it." Zhou Chengzhen said, looking at the emperor, "He is equivalent to my father to me, he raised me like this, and now he gives me the position of crown prince." ”

When he said this, he turned his head and swept over the Queen Mother and the ministers, with a hint of ridicule on his face.

"Of course I'm going to come in and see, I know that you people are not convinced, you watch out for me, I watch out for you! Your Majesty gave me the position of the crown prince, if I can't hold this position and can't sit steadily, won't I live up to Your Majesty's love. ”

"Lone knows what you think in your hearts, but if you have something to say, it will not be so easy to try to press the cause of His Majesty's death on Lone's head just for such a groundless and unfounded reason."

This kind of naked tearing of the face made everyone present a little embarrassed, but they felt that what they said made a lot of sense.

In all fairness, if they were in Zhou Chengzhen's position, they would definitely do the same.

The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother have never been able to talk about Zhou Chengzhen, and at this time, they were speechless in three or two sentences, and simply cried again.

"Now stop speculating!" A minister shouted, "Let's find out how Your Majesty is doing it first!" ”

"Bring it all over tonight!" The other ministers also shouted.

The maids of the emperor's dormitory were all rushed over to be questioned, and the maids of the palace guards, the officials on duty of the imperial doctor, and the imperial dining room were all tortured and interrogated until dawn, but to no avail.

The imperial doctor said that the emperor had just slept to death, and there was nothing abnormal.

Konoe said that because the emperor wanted to rest, except for a few chamberlains around him, no one else had seen him, and no one had come.

As for the tea and diet, the chamberlain said that the emperor was still fasting, and it was almost useless, except for the pill yesterday.

Dan pill!

When the final torture came to this, everyone's hearts were clear.

The emperor did not make the achievements of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, but he got the fate of Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

Alchemy seeks immortality, but in the end, they are all killed by the so-called elixir.

"The emperor has been cultivating for half his life, and he has never been alchemy, but he didn't expect to be bewitched into alchemy by the First Emperor Ding, and only then did he refine a pill, and he was killed." The elder minister was sad, angry, and hateful, and didn't care that the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince were present, so he directly gave an order, "Come on, arrest all those thieves who are alchemists and cultivators!" ”

"The women of the Xie family, all the people of the Xie family are arrested!"

"And Gen Mako! All the Taoist priests of Qingyun Temple are arrested! ”

As the minister's voice fell, the Queen Mother and the Empress immediately shouted, and the other ministers also followed, and for a while, the orders to arrest people came one after another, and the guards continued to pour out.

Zhou Chengzhen stood in place and did not speak again.

It's not that I have to send you into the quagmire, it's that you just won't listen to me.

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Half an hour after the second watch (to be continued......)