The assassination of the emperor was expected.

But when he heard it, An Rong was still panicked, after all, the emperor's safety was related to the society.

However, judging from Lian Xuan's playful attitude, the emperor should be fine, but he still didn't feel at ease and asked more, "Where was the emperor assassinated?" ”

Lian Xuan sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "At the junction of Yongzhou and Bingzhou, sister-in-law can rest assured that the emperor is fine." ”

Feel relieved?

Calm your forehead, where to rest assured.

The emperor was assassinated at the junction of Yongzhou and Bingzhou, even if the assassin left, he flew the pigeon and passed the book back, calculating the time, and the emperor would also take a boat back to Huaicheng at this time.

Assassination by water can be more thrilling than assassination on the road.

There is no escape, there is no escape, there is no escape, and it is easier to have accidents.

An Rong prayed that the emperor had better not take a boat, but she knew that when she came, she was sailing against the current.

The speed is not much slower than riding a horse, or even faster, because riding a horse at night will be much slower, but the boat will not, and more importantly, there is no need to bump on the horseback, which is comfortable.

Thinking about it, the corners of An Rong's eyes jumped twice, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

At this moment, there was a riot on the official ship.

The bottom of the ship has been scuttled!

A second group of assassins is coming, more dangerous than the previous one.

The two official ships, most of which were guards, were not very good at flooding, and they were kicked into the lake by the secret guards, except for calling for help, they were washed away by the turbulent water.

The emperor's martial arts are not weak, but the assassin assassinated, just to kill him, was surrounded and killed by five or six secret guards, and the emperor couldn't parry.

Ultimately. He was kicked into the water.

Prince Ding tried to save him, but was held back by the Assassins.

Instead, two Assassins jumped into the water.

Your Majesty, there is more than one bad luck.

Seven days later, the news reached Kyoto that the emperor had been assassinated and fell into the lake, leaving his body dead.

Shocked by the court.

Empress Dowager Zheng was so distressed that she fell ill in bed and was dying.

But even so, there was still a group of civil and military ministers kneeling in front of her palace and asking her to come out and preside over the overall situation.

A kingdom cannot be without a king for a day. Although before the emperor left Beijing. The government was handed over to Prince Chang Ma and Prince Rui to take care of it, but now that the emperor's bones are gone, a new monarch must be established as soon as possible to stabilize the dynasty.

The emperor has many princes. But the only ones who are most likely to inherit the throne are the second prince and the third prince.

One is long. One is Yan.

In the past, there were still many ministers who had a wait-and-see attitude. See who has more hope of standing in reserve, so don't rush to stand in line, for fear of standing wrong. Get into trouble.

But now it's not a prince, it's a monarch.

Once the supported prince ascends the throne, it will be from the dragon's work.

At this point, the second prince and the third prince came to the door to ask for help, can you still not help and not express your position?

If you don't help now, the prince will ascend the throne one day, not to mention the future, and your life may not be there.

Therefore, nine times out of ten, the ministers stood in line.

Half of them were on the pole, and half of them were forced to be helpless.

There are also those who don't stand in line, these people are very hard in the background, such as Zhou Taifu's Mansion, such as Wu'anhou Mansion, such as Prince Rui, the eldest princess......

Rao is like this, most of them are still ill, and it is inconvenient to see guests, but without exception, they all say that no matter who ascends the throne as the emperor, they will do their best to serve the emperor.

The emperor's mourning hall is located in Chu Yuan Palace, except for the eunuchs kneeling there to burn paper money, it is very deserted.

And the court is in full swing.

The ministers in the palace quarreled over the establishment of the second prince or the third prince, and when they were angry, they were eager to fight.

Empress Dowager Zheng sat on the dragon chair with a sad face, abbot of the overall situation.

But the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and no one can convince anyone.

It's strange if you can convince it, unless your head is funny, and you are sandwiched back and forth by the door for half an hour, it is estimated that you will admit defeat.

You must know that once you admit defeat, what you don't have is tens of thousands of taels of silver, a few shops, and what you don't have is the splendid country of Da Zhou!

It is the power of life and death of tens of millions of people!

The court and harem are in a mess.

After arguing for two days, there was no result.

The second prince and the third prince can be said to be evenly matched.

Because it was the Empress Dowager Zheng who presided over the establishment of the prince, she was the only one who was the most suitable in the entire Great Zhou.

Concubine Zheng Guifei is her niece, and the second prince is also considered to be the Zheng family, the queen mother is not facing the second prince, is she going to the third prince?

It's just that Empress Dowager Zheng is in poor health, immersed in the sadness of the emperor's death, even if she sits there, she is absent-minded.

Sometimes when I was talking, I would find that Empress Dowager Zheng had fainted.

No, he was hurriedly sent back to Yongning Palace.

The Imperial Physician helped to take the pulse, and waited for the Imperial Physician to withdraw from the Imperial Physician.

Empress Dowager Zheng's henchman said, "Empress Dowager, there are more and more ministers in the court who advocate the appointment of the third prince as the new emperor, and the Empress Dowager must make a decision immediately." ”

Empress Dowager Zheng's face was pale, leaning on the big pillow of Songhe Yannian, and said weakly, "Are you willing to drag it when the mourning family, the mourning family was careless for a while, so that the queen won over the Praetorian Guard, if the mourning family set up the second prince as the emperor, I am afraid that the harem will set off a bloody storm." ”

At that time, it will not only be the second prince who will have an accident, but also the Zheng family.

She wants to make the second prince the emperor, she doesn't care, she is the queen mother, and no one dares to miss the glory and wealth that should be enjoyed, but what about the Zheng family?

If the third prince is allowed to ascend the throne, the glory of the Zheng family will no longer exist, and I am afraid that there will be a disaster of annihilation.

Empress Dowager Zheng was forced into a dilemma.

Compared with the gloomy clouds of Empress Dowager Zheng, the queen is calm and relaxed.

Because of the death of the emperor, she dressed more plainly, but she was in good spirits.

Although she lost her husband, the harem concubines have a few true feelings for the emperor, and being courteous to the emperor is just trying to better seek power and profit, not to mention, the three princes are rebellious, can the queen not know?

In the past, the emperor belonged to everyone in the harem, and when the third prince ascended the throne, she would be the queen mother, and she was the biggest in the entire harem.

The third prince sat down and looked at the queen and said, "Queen Mother, haven't you been anxious about my appointment of the crown prince, why aren't you in a hurry now?" ”

The queen took the tea and chuckled, and said, "In the past, the position of the prince was the meat in the pot, if you didn't clamp it, someone else would clip it, but now the throne is the meat in your bowl, when will you eat it, and you won't be happy with the emperor?" ”

The third prince smiled at the corner of his mouth, "What the queen mother said is that the sons have been uneasy all the time, and the second prince is not worried, but what about Xiao Zhan?" ”

At the mention of Xiao Zhan, the queen snorted and sneered, "He is not a sinister species, he has not been on the royal jade butterfly, and no one can take his turn to take the throne!" ”

If the emperor recognized Xiao Zhan before he died, the queen would probably be restless.

But the emperor didn't recognize him.

Even if he admits it, he is just a concubine, why should he fight with the three princes?

The queen took two sips of tea, put the teacup down and said, "It is estimated that Ming'er, the queen mother should make a decree." ”

The third prince nodded, he couldn't wait.

Just as he was about to speak, a small fair man came in outside, "Empress, the second prince has been assassinated!" ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the third prince, and happened to meet the eyes of the third prince looking at her.

The queen frowned and asked, "Emperor, ...... you?" ”

The third prince shook his head slightly.

The queen's eyes turned cold.

The queen thought that the assassination of the second prince was sent by the third prince, and the third prince thought that it was sent by the queen, but no one would have thought that it was not.

The third prince frowned and said, "Queen Mother, who will send someone to assassinate the second prince, is it ......?" ”

He suspected that it was King Qi.

The queen grabbed the phoenix chair with her hand and said, "King Qi is scheming, even if he is about to reach the end of his life, he will not be stupid enough to add to the snake." ”

Now that the three princes are victorious, they don't need to do anything, it is enough for the queen mother to express her position, and there is no need to assassinate the second prince.

You must know that now the third prince and the second prince are arguing, and when the second prince has an accident, the biggest suspect must be the third prince.

This is not helping, but dragging the third prince back.

King Qi is looking forward to the three princes ascending the throne, so it will definitely not be him.

Thinking about it, the queen sneered, "It's just a dying struggle!" ”

The third prince also reacted, his fists clenched, and his eyes were cold and glowing with viciousness.

"What a bitter trick!" His teeth slammed up and down, word by word.

Originally, the queen held the Praetorian Guard, and the throne was within reach.

But the second prince staged a bitter plan, and a sharp arrow passed through his chest and almost died.

And after the second prince was hit by an arrow, the archer was caught, but he gritted his teeth and committed suicide.

The assassin was dressed in black, but the boots on his feet were the usual ones worn by the people of the Three Princes' Mansion, and even the people of the Three Princes' Mansion could testify that that person was from the Three Princes' Mansion.

The three princes jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away.

For the sake of the throne, at the expense of fratricide, such a ruthless person can't be a person, how can he be a king?

On the top of the main hall, the queen mother scolded the three princes, and read out the decree of Yi to establish the seriously injured second prince as the new emperor.

But can the three princes agree?

No, above the main hall, a forced palace was staged.

The third prince has a Praetorian Guard and is slandered, how can he endure this evil breath?

If the second prince is going to ascend the throne, he will definitely not end well.

The third prince would rather have the jade broken than the whole thing.

The Queen Mother sat on the dragon chair, and the jade seal was placed on the dragon case in front of her.

With the Praetorian Guards there, no one dared to act rashly.

The third prince walked over and grabbed the jade seal in his hand.

At this time, the three princes and their party hurriedly knelt down and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

And then......

A voice came from outside the main hall, "Flat." ”

PS: The word count is a little less, sorry. (To be continued......)