Yan Lingxiao walked up to the eldest prince, patted him on the shoulder and said: "This throne was passed down to me by my father, but I know that the preface of the long argument should be succeeded by the eldest emperor, so I am willing to give up the throne to the eldest emperor." ”

"Ah——!h The ministers exclaimed, looking at the bright yellow man in the center of the hall in astonishment, this is not a joke, not to mention that they have never heard of the new emperor saying to abdicate the throne during the enthronement ceremony.

The eldest prince was startled, raised his head suddenly, looked at Yan Lingxiao in amazement, and said in disbelief: "Are you really willing?" ”

"Naturally, I only hope that you and my brothers can get along in harmony in the future, so that this Nanyao country will be prosperous!" Yan Ling Xiaojunyi's face was still smiling, and he said seriously.

How can it be? The eldest prince looked at the man in front of him, he knew Yan Lingxiao, he had coveted the throne for a long time, how could he give way so easily, but it didn't seem to be fake in his expression.

And at this time, in the main hall, "bang bang bang", all those ministers knelt on the ground, looked at Yan Lingxiao one by one, and pleaded with a wail: "Your Majesty, you must not, you are the master of heaven, if you give way, the sky will fall." ”

"Yes, a wise lord like you, it is rare to meet in a hundred years, if you give way, I am afraid that this Nanyao Kingdom will be finished."

"Your Majesty, the ministers beg you not to give way on behalf of tens of millions of people, you can't ignore the people."

……

Hearing these words, Yan Lingxiao turned around, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face, he looked at the ministers and sighed and said: "The eldest brother is the eldest son, according to the ancestral teachings, it should be him who ascends the throne as the emperor." ”

"Your Majesty, let's not say that you have ascended the throne as the emperor and accepted the worship of all the people, so hasty abdication, this is irresponsible to the country and the people, not to mention, although the ancestor said that the eldest son is the eldest son, but it also has to be the eldest son has both ability and political integrity, and is eloquent and strategic. Since you weakened the crown, the assistant emperor will govern the Nanyao country is smooth, and the people have enough food and clothing, these ministers don't need to say, everyone in the world knows it, on the other hand, His Royal Highness has always only known about the way of pleasure, and he is also indifferent to state affairs, if he is respected as the emperor, I am afraid that the people of the entire Nanyao country will not agree. The ministers begged the emperor to take back the order, if the emperor insisted on this, the ministers would be ashamed of their ancestors and ancestors, and they should apologize with death! The prime minister took the lead and said, bowing to the ground.

"Ministers apologize with death! ——！ There was a lot of noise in the hall, and all the officials said in unison.

Yan Lingxiao looked at the officials kneeling on the ground, her face was full of sighs, and she said in embarrassment: "All the ministers said this, what can I do?" ”

The eldest prince was already stunned at the moment, a little at a loss, looking at those officials who kowtowed on the ground, even when his father was alive, these ministers had never been so united. Although he knew that Yan Lingxiao was powerful in the early years, he didn't expect that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would support him, so he ...... He turned his head to look at Yan Lingxiao beside him, Yan Lingxiao happened to look at him too, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and there was still a shallow smile on his handsome face, but a trace of treachery flashed in those eyes.

Immediately, another minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince disobeyed the holy decree and left the imperial tomb without permission, which is disrespectful to the emperor, and I beg the emperor to give him a decree." ”

"The eldest prince made a private enthronement ceremony, threatened the emperor to abdicate, heaven is intolerable, and beg the emperor to give him a decree!"

"Ask the emperor to give you a decree!"

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The crusade of the ministers hit like a storm, and the spearhead was directed at the eldest prince.

Bullying? The eldest prince looked at the ministers in astonishment, and hurriedly defended and said, "When will His Highness ......?"

However, a voice beside him interrupted him, "Ladies and gentlemen, my father has just died, and the eldest brother has been guarding the tomb of his father so far, which is considered to be filial piety, even if he has a big mistake, at this time, we can't be harsh on him." Yan Lingxiao looked at the eldest prince with an unbearable expression, and said with a sigh, "Brother the eldest emperor, it's not that I am unwilling to abdicate, but the ministers said so, for the sake of Nanyao Country and the common people's lineage, I can only live in this position." ”

The eldest prince swallowed in his throat, he looked at Yan Lingxiao, his face was calm from beginning to end, remembering what he said before to give way, his eyes widened suddenly, he was fooled, he did it on purpose! How could he, Yan Lingxiao, be willing to give up what he had?!

"Yan Lingxiao, ...... you" The eldest prince wanted to speak, but at this moment he didn't know what Lu Dao said, he turned his head to look at those ministers, everyone's hearts were tied to Yan Lingxiao, and no one supported him, and just now, they all thought that he was here to force the throne, and at the beginning, he was designed by him.

Shaking her head slightly, Yan Lingxiao looked at the eldest prince and sighed and said, "Great imperial brother, it seems that my name is not what you can call now, this time, I won't care about you, who made you my imperial brother." ”

"The emperor is magnanimous and benevolent." Hearing this, the prime minister hurriedly said, and the minister behind him also said.

The eldest prince retreated again and again, his hands trembled, he pointed to the minister kneeling on the ground, and shouted: "You, you have all been deceived by him, you will regret it, and you will become the sinners of this Nanyao country through the ages." ”

"Your Highness, you have repeatedly spoken disrespectfully in the hall, and the emperor forgives you because he is merciful, but according to the law, you are disrespectful." The prime minister suddenly stood up and shouted outside, "Come on, arrest this person who is making noise in the main hall, and wait for the emperor's fate." ”

"You dare, His Royal Highness is the former emperor and the eldest prince, you are a big rebel." The eldest prince looked at the soldiers who walked in from outside, panicked, and shouted loudly.

However, those soldiers did not hesitate because of these words, and directly arrested the eldest prince.

Yan Lingxiao looked at this scene, shook her head and said: "I'm afraid that the eldest brother is just a momentary mood today, the prime minister doesn't have to be like this, just send the eldest brother back to the imperial tomb to guard the spirit of the former emperor, but he will never set foot in the national capital again." ”

The prime minister nodded and said, "The emperor is kind-hearted, Your Highness, you don't thank the emperor for his great kindness." ”

The eldest prince was stunned, and he couldn't step into the cool capital? Let him be in the imperial mausoleum, according to Yan Lingxiao's methods, will he still be alive? Rather than that, it's better to ...... Thinking of this, a trace of fierceness appeared on his face, and suddenly an extra dagger appeared from his sleeve, stabbing directly at Yan Lingxiao, and he said fiercely: "Thank you? Heh, Yan Lingxiao, you forced me, I'm going to kill you! ”

Seeing this scene, all the ministers were shocked, and they didn't know who shouted, "Protect the emperor!" ”

Yan Lingxiao took a few steps back, and at this time, suddenly with a "poof", the eldest prince opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person froze in place, he slowly lowered his head, looking at the sword that penetrated out of his heart, the blood in his mouth was gushing, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, he raised his hand and pointed at the person in front of him, "You, you will ...... It's not good...... Die. As he spoke, the whole person fell to the ground with a bang.

Later, the figure of the prime minister was revealed with the fall of the eldest prince.

Yan Lingxiao shook her head slightly, looked at the prime minister and blamed her and said, "Prime minister, why do you bother ......"

"Such a traitor dares to attack the emperor, he should be punished with death!" The prime minister directly drew back his sword, looked at the people behind him and said, "If you don't drag the corpse of this chaotic minister and thief out of the coffin, it will inevitably insult the holy authority on this enthronement ceremony." ”

The soldiers behind hurriedly came in and dragged the body of the eldest prince out of the court, and the ministers were all expressionless, and they did not sympathize with what happened to the eldest prince.

Yan Lingxiao shook her head and sighed and said, "Although the eldest brother wants to assassinate me, no matter what, he is also the eldest son of the first emperor, so let's bury him." ”

"My emperor is merciful, long live my emperor, long live!" The ministers knelt down again and said respectfully.

Yan Lingxiao turned around, a hint of treachery flashed in her eyes, and she walked directly towards the top of the main hall.

After the worship was over, in the inner hall, Yan Lingxiao sat down with his back against him, he looked at the kneeling people below, and said indifferently: "Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, get up and talk." ”

The prime minister said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then he stood up, but his head was still bowed.

"Today's hall, thanks to Aiqing, otherwise I am afraid that I will be accused of killing my father and brother." Yan Lingxiao raised her hand and picked up the tea cup on the table, took a sip, looked at the prime minister below, and said lightly, with indifference between her eyebrows and eyes.

As soon as he heard this, the prime minister hurriedly said: "That's all nonsense from the eldest prince, he just wants to blame the emperor for the crime, so as to seek the throne, in fact, the ministers have already searched for the poison that caused the poison of the former emperor in the prince's bedroom, and the ministers have announced this matter to the world." However, thanks to the Emperor's Sage, the Great Prince of Zhilu Dao will ...... under impulse."

Nodding, Yan Lingxiao put down the teacup in her hand, looked at the prime minister, and said with a chuckle: "What Aiqing said, I don't understand, but Aiqing has a meritorious role in saving the driver, and I should be rewarded, say, what do you want." ”

"Doing things for the emperor is what a minister should do, how dare a minister expect anything else." The prime minister hurriedly said with a smile, but his forehead was sweating, the emperor has always done things without leakage, and who can know what happened today, all of this was designed by him, otherwise how could the eldest prince pass through the palace wall to this hall, but the more he thought about it, the more terrible he felt in his heart, and it was better not to think about it. He almost said the wrong thing just now.

Yan Lingxiao smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Aiqing doesn't have to be polite to me. ”

After hesitating for a moment, the prime minister said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, now that you have ascended the throne, it is time to consider the matter of the next generation, this is not filial piety, and now you have no children under your knees, this is ......"

Yan Lingxiao's eyebrows moved, there was still a shallow smile on his face, and he said indifferently: "Aiqing, are you saying that I will die soon?" ”

"The minister doesn't dare, the emperor forgives the sin, the emperor forgives the sin! That's definitely not what the minister meant. When the prime minister heard this, a trace of horror flashed on his face, and he quickly knelt down.

Shaking her head slightly, Yan Lingxiao chuckled and said, "Look at how scared Aiqing is, you don't have to care, I'm just joking with you." However, Aiqing doesn't have to worry about the future, I already have a plan in my heart. ”

The prime minister was shocked, looked up at Yan Lingxiao, he didn't know what Lu Dao was for, those eyes were bottomless, and they were fearful for no reason, and he finally said: "So the old minister is relieved." ”

"The prime minister has been busy recently, so let's kneel down first." Yan Lingxiao waved her hand and motioned for the prime minister to leave.

The prime minister left respectfully, looking at the departing figure, Yan Qin's face sank, looked at Yan Lingxiao, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this prime minister clearly wants to enter his daughter into the middle palace, why do you want to agree to him?" ”

"Promise him? When did I promise him? My harem is very big, and it is not a big deal to let his daughter enter the palace, but there is only one in the middle palace. It's just ......" Speaking of this, Yan Lingxiao's eyes lit up, and she looked coldly ahead, and the gloom in her eyes was even worse, "She seems to have forgotten what I said to her." ”

Yan Qin's heart was shocked, remembering the news he heard a few days ago, he turned his head to look at Yan Lingxiao, it seemed that the emperor was really angry this time.