Chapter 771: Confronting in Public (1)
The deployment time left for Zhou Xianyu and the others of three days passed quickly.
Compared to the fact that they had to withdraw from Changping City, Xiangping and Ji Lingfeng, who now have the upper hand, can be said to be raising their eyebrows these days, and they are even more busy with Zhou Yi's accession to the throne.
After all, the thought of this child becoming the Ninth Five-Year Emperor is equivalent to completely sending the imperial power into their hands, and this temptation is so great that Xiangping has gone completely crazy about it.
Because everything is now dominated by Xiangping, after all, her status as the eldest princess of the royal family is still very cohesive.
Seeing that the auspicious time has arrived, Zhou Yi will be able to become the new monarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty under the congratulations of hundreds of officials.
For Xiangping, who has personally promoted all this, she is now sitting in the position of listening to politics, and her heart is surging.
Seeing that everything was ready, but he was still not very relieved, Xiangping, who had personally experienced this kind of national event for the first time, couldn't help but whisper to Ji Lingfeng on the side:
"Whether you and I can take the imperial power of the Great Zhou Dynasty today is a matter of success or failure. Xiao Jinxuan's slut hid and left Changping City, and the seventh brother didn't make any movement now, and this princess was really unstable in her heart. Ling Feng, you can take precautions against everything, I don't want the enthronement ceremony to be disturbed in any way, and thus fail. ”
He Xu Xiangping repeatedly instructed that Ji Lingfeng was extremely ambitious, and he did everything possible to find Zhou Yi and replace Zhou Xianchen as the new emperor.
After doing so many things that were rebellious and even murdered the king, how could Ji Lingfeng let his hard work come to waste.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, don't worry, today is to prevent mistakes in the enthronement ceremony, I even ordered someone to close the gate of the imperial capital last night, and no one is allowed to open the gate without my order. Even if Zhou Xianyu holds the military power in his hands, if he dares to forcibly attack the city, it will be equivalent to a rebellious minister and thief, and we will have even more reason to kill him. ”
Hearing this, Xiangping smiled with satisfaction, and then saw that the time for the enthronement ceremony was approaching.
On this occasion, with Zhou Yi's age of five or six years old, it is really difficult to support the entire ceremony alone, so Xiangping will be assisted throughout the whole process.
thought that she could be like the Son of Heaven, step by step on the high platform, and then worship the sky with Zhou Yi, burn incense and pray.
Xiangping's heart power slammed up, and the excitement was overwhelming.
And wait until the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ranks stand up, and the rites and music are ringing in unison.
Xiangping pulled up Zhou Yi, who was wearing a bright yellow emperor's robe, as if she had ascended the throne and claimed the emperor herself, nodded to everyone with a smile, and walked towards the high platform of the sacrifice.
Just when Xiangping was as good as he could, and in his mind, he fantasized about wearing the robes of the Nine Dragons Emperor and accepting the scene of the hundred officials, and he couldn't help but be excited in his heart.
But he didn't want to sneer, and suddenly came from the solemn and solemn enthronement ceremony, and Xiangping could hear that the owner of this voice was Xiao Jinxuan.
"Xiangping, I sometimes really admire you, the enthronement ceremony, burning incense to worship God and the ancestors, aren't you afraid that Emperor Qi and Empress Chen will ask you, why do you want to take their lives, and you don't think about family affection and blood. Now that you are leading a child who is not of the Zhou family's bloodline, and you want to get involved in the country, people like you, the ancestors of the royal family probably only want to punish you, an unfilial descendant, and the ancestors who receive your incense will not be at peace. ”
Xiangping, who was intoxicated by the attention of thousands of people and held the imperial power in his hands, Xiao Jinxuan's words were like a basin of ice water, which completely made her wake up.
The footsteps of climbing the high platform were forced to stop, and Xiangping couldn't help but immediately look at Ji Lingfeng, and asked with all his might:
"Ji Lingfeng, what are you eating, didn't you say that the guards are foolproof, why is this slut still here. If you don't hurry up and take down the people, the enthronement ceremony is a major event of the country, and those who dare to disturb should be killed on the spot, and the surrounding royal forest troops will listen to the order and take down the people for me immediately. ”
The deaths of Zhou Xianrui and Empress Dowager Chen are her death holes for Xiangping.
When the fear in her heart spreads more and more, she just wants to kill Xiao Jinxuan and let everyone who knows the truth of the matter die, and she feels that she can completely get rid of the shadows.
But when Xiang Ping was emotional, he only cared about shouting and angering Ji Lingfeng, but he didn't notice that Xiao Jinxuan didn't come alone, and the civil and military officials knelt respectfully on their faces.
And seeing Xiangping's order, the forbidden army that was loyal to her and Ji Lingfeng was about to surround from all sides, capture Xiao Jinxuan and correct the law on the spot, and carry out the order.
But at this moment, I saw the king of Yongchang, who came with him, immediately raised the ring ruler given by Emperor Ming in his hand, and said with the majesty of his voice:
"The ruler in the hand of this king is a gift from Emperor Ming, which can warn the king and beat the ministers with a rod. This prince wants to see if there is still a difference between ministers and ministers in this court, and the legal principles are normal. I can't interfere in politics in the harem of the Great Zhou, Xiangping is just a royal princess, and the imperial uncle is still here, and it is not your turn to give orders. If you don't come down from the altar of the sacrifice, you can't represent the royal family, and you don't have the right to decide on the candidate for the prince, and your identity as the princess of the district doesn't have this weight. ”
King Yongchang is the most relied on royal family member who assisted Emperor Ming to stabilize the situation.
Therefore, as soon as he appeared, there was nothing to be a minister standing on Xiangping's side because of Zhou Yi's status as the prince, but the royal family originally respected King Yongchang.
Therefore, before his reprimand was spoken, there were immediately royal relatives who seconded the proposal, and with the backbone of King Yongchang, they were unwilling to obey the dispatch of Xiangping, the district chief princess.
As for Xiangping, the moment she saw King Yongchang, the so-called royal honor, in front of this old prince, was immediately suppressed in arrogance.
Seeing that Xiangping was completely in influence and could not be compared with the King of Yongchang, Ji Lingfeng saw it in his eyes, and immediately changed the topic with a sword:
"The princess is not involved in politics, but under special circumstances, she has to show up for the sake of the country. On the contrary, it is you, the old prince, why are you standing with Zhou Xianyu and these chaotic ministers and thieves. Could it be that Empress Chen and Emperor Wen were killed, and the regent dared to do something disrespectful, because of your support behind the scenes. And today's city gate is closed, and you dare to break in, which is equivalent to forcing the palace to rebel, and you should be sentenced to death for bringing disaster to the country. ”
Zhou Xianyu, who walked in the last with more than 100 soldiers. After deploying troops to confront the forbidden army, Ji Lingfeng's nonsense made him unable to listen.
"Ji Lingfeng is so bad that you are still a dignified seven-foot man, the martial champion of my Great Zhou in the past. But look at you now, pretending to be a eunuch and following Xiangping all day long, embarrassed and treacherous, you don't have any shame at all. And if you really want to seek power and usurp the throne, don't pour dirty water on me if you have the ability, and do those shrews messing around, I think you are really a eunuch for too long, and now you don't even have a male or female personality. ”
Zhou Xianyu is really not good at talking to people, but because he has always been quick to talk, this will be counted as Ji Lingfeng, which is also quite unkind.
Immediately hearing the dumbfoundedness of the civil and military officials, they looked at Ji Lingfeng with shocked eyes, because if the other party was not a eunuch, but he was messing around with the princess Xiangping all day long, then the matter here would be too worthy of exploration.
Although Zhou Xianyu's words did not directly hit Ji Lingfeng's vital point, the attention of the ministers was also attracted to this.
Xiao Jinxuan, who is good at the art of scheming, will naturally help Zhou Xianyu continue to talk about the matter and give Ji Lingfeng a complete fatal blow.
"My husband Zhou Xianyu is right, Ji Lingfeng is not only not an internal servant, but also a group of wives and concubines. Moreover, this person was loyal to the deposed king Zhou Xiantai in the past, and intended to force the palace to rebel, and he was not a meritorious person who exposed this matter. All this is just an excuse for our princess Xiangping to excuse each other. Because Ji Lingfeng is good at winning people's hearts, and this is what Princess Xiangping needs most, and I advise you that after returning to the mansion, it is best to thoroughly investigate your wives and concubines. As far as the prince and I know, Ji Lingfeng has cultivated countless beauties for many years, and specially sent them to various mansions to obtain information. And now that Zhou Yi has been promoted to the emperor, it seems to be a helpless move, but in fact, who benefits the most, you look at the stands, isn't it clear. ”
With Xiao Jinxuan's words, the civil and military officials present, who was not an old fox who was crawling in the court, immediately knew that the person the other party was referring to was Xiangping.
And at this moment, I saw countless princes and nobles, under the protection of the soldiers in the Beijing military camp, walking quickly in front of Zhou Xianyu, and bowing to the ground with brushes, and the person at the head turned out to be Qian Yunhong.
Seeing this Huai'an Hou, after first saluting King Yongchang and Zhou Xianyu, he immediately stood up and said to everyone at the enthronement ceremony:
"Everyone, please don't be fooled, the real rebels and thieves are Ji Lingfeng and Princess Xiangping. As for today's Yongchang old prince and the regent will enter Beijing, it is all because I, Qian Yunhong and many nobles, used the private soldiers in the palace to forcibly occupy the city and open the city gate to welcome them in, so there is no talk of attacking the city at all. Ascending the throne and becoming the emperor is a major event of the country, and there is no room for mistakes. Since the identity of Prince Zhou Yi is in doubt, and His Majesty Emperor Wen is only in a coma and has not died. We, the princes and nobles, believe that after the result of this matter is confirmed in detail, it is not too late to hold a great ceremony to worship the heavens. ”
Now that the royal family has King Yongchang in charge, and Qian Yunhong among the nobles has raised objections, everyone present who has been shaken does not want Guo Yi, the six Shangshu, to also stand up at this time.
"Colleagues, in fact, today's enthronement ceremony, Guo Yi also feels very inappropriate. After all, Prince Zhou Yi, if it is royal blood, why did Emperor Qi not mention the succession at all when he was very conscious before his death. And as we all know, the regent can fight well, if he covets the throne, why wait for so many years, when Emperor Ming died, don't forget that the person who quelled the rebellion is the regent. It is still the prince who supports Emperor Qi's accession to the throne and hands the heirloom jade seal to the other party. If he really wanted to be emperor, he could have done it a few years ago when the support for counterinsurgency was at its highest, and if you think about it, don't you think it's a joke to say that the regent intends to rebel and usurp the throne. ”
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