The crown prince Xiao Yin, who was sitting in the central seat, had bright eyes, and thought to himself, I, Xiao Yin, had not followed the path that my father had walked. When I was a child, I still remember the scenes in my heart, the holy land of the palace and the world, which is the world of prisons, the earth of corpses, and the blood flowed like a river.

Bright red blood spilled all over the bluestone slabs, and traces of blood flowed down the cracks in the stone into the moist earth. I remember that in the second year, the flowers in the Imperial Garden were as bright as rainbows, and they did not show weakness compared to the scorching sun. There were unfamiliar faces everywhere, and young people in their twenties were lying in pools of blood with wide-eyed eyes and scared to death.

was pulled by his father and watched several uncles beheaded by huge steel knives, and the military generals scolded loudly one by one. Wearing armor without a trace of blood, his father held a long sword in one hand, pulled himself in the other, and pointed at the ministers who were wantonly slaughtered by the soldiers, and only said one sentence: "This is the world." Then facing south, it is like climbing Mount Tai and looking down on the mountains and rivers.

The prince slammed on the table and chair and roared, "I know what you guys are doing. The ministers were speechless. The crown prince looked at the ministers and roared angrily: "This is a rebellion, Your Majesty is in good health." I don't have any room for you to worry about, so I'll all go back. ”

Xun Sizhan walked out first: "Your Highness Weichen has definite news, Your Majesty is terminally ill, and he has not made an edict to pass on the throne for a long time. His Royal Highness must prepare in advance in case King Qi forces the palace. ”

Xun Sizhan led the civil and military ministers to stand up one by one, and the prince stared at more than 30 civil and military generals with a pair of eyes. Thinking of today's conversation in the Jiaofang Palace, the queen with a sad face told the story of what happened in the palace. The prince sat on the side and listened attentively, and at the end the queen asked a question that the prince had never thought of.

"Your father was forced to do so back then, he didn't really want to force the palace. His subordinates are forcing him, and he can't go into the palace without troops to fight for the throne. The prince understood what the queen mother had said at this time, just as now.

The crown prince can't do it, if there is no King Qi, maybe everything will go smoothly. Now everyone is staring at the edict of succession that has never been published, not only the ministers of civil and military affairs who are present, but also the officials who are afraid of not participating in the party struggle are also staring at the edict.

Before the crown prince left the Jiaofang Palace, the queen said: "Your Majesty's body is indeed rumored to be rumored by the outside world, and it has run out of oil and dried up in the past few days. The edict of succession is not here with the queen mother, but there is a copy in the hands of the national teacher. I don't know where the other one is, maybe it's in the hands of Prime Minister Wang An, or maybe it's in the hands of Liu Ce, and it's definitely not in Lin Xie's hands. ”

Before leaving, the queen looked at her only son beside her and said, "Yin'er, what do you want to do, the queen mother supports you." The queen mother doesn't want you to ruin your father's wisdom at the last moment, whether you want to do that, the queen mother is behind you. ”

From the Jiaofang Palace, passing through the Qinglin Palace and then to the East Palace, I have been thinking about one more thing. If the edict of the death of the father and the emperor has not been issued, or if the edict says that another name is really to be made. He still didn't make a decision when he entered the East Palace, and at this time, he was furious when he looked at the military generals who had supported him for many years.

Led by Xun Sizhan, more than 30 knelt down one after another, and everyone shouted heavily: "Please make a choice, Your Highness." Then a voice sounded: "His Royal Highness echoed in the ears of the crown prince, clenching his fists and looking at everyone's determined eyes." is no longer waiting for the prince's orders, but forcing him to enter the palace and ascend the throne.

His Royal Highness was like thunder, and the prince's heart couldn't calm down for a long time.

Just as he was making a decision, a prisoner of the East Palace hurriedly came, and the thunderous shouting suddenly stopped. The prince asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The inner eunuch looked at the many ministers in the hall and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty summoned His Royal Highness into the palace, and Duke Wei waited outside the East Palace." ”

The prince glanced at the ministers and motioned for the inner eunuch to leave, walked outside the hall and looked back at dozens of pairs of eyes staring. opened his mouth and said: "This palace is now in the palace, if you listen to Lord Xun's orders tonight, Zhou Heng, you can also act." ”

Everyone clasped their hands into fists: "Obey." ”

Zhang Bai strode forward, followed by the three of them, and said to His Highness: "Please let Lu Lin and Zhao Ping follow His Highness." ”

The prince looked at the two young men, these two people were Liu Zhixing's last resort. Since Lu Lin had arrived, the three hundred lone wolves who had promised had already entered Taiping City, and suddenly looked at Zhang Bai. I feel that this champion is actually very terrifying, and his calculations are even better than Zhou Heng.

Striding ahead, Lu Lin Zhao Ping also had a middle-aged swordsman. The middle-aged swordsman was holding a heavy knife in his hand, and he had never had an accident with the prince for many years, a swordsman who was not in the Jianghu Grandmaster. The yellow-clothed prince walked in front, and Lu Lin Zhao Ping's middle-aged swordsman followed behind.

Outside the East Palace, Gonggong Wei didn't feel that the three guards behind him were surprised, and he didn't say anything all the way. Until the emperor's dormitory, Gonggong Wei blocked the three warriors from the forbidden army outside the palace gate and said, "Your Highness, please." ”

The crown prince Xiao Yin followed Gonggong Wei step by step to the door of the dormitory, pushed open the door, and the prince entered the dormitory alone. The dormitory was brightly lit and empty, and walked through the outer hall into the dormitory. Only a lonely old man sat with a withered face.

Wrapped in a mink fur, he sat quietly, and the prince walked very slowly. The last ten steps seemed to have gone through ten years, and I walked to the old man and looked at the kind old man. The old man's wrinkled face seemed to be smiling, and he pointed to the wooden stool beside him and said, "Sit down." ”

When Xiao Yin sat down, the emperor suddenly asked, "Do you know what I mean by calling you." ”

"Yes. I just didn't expect this day to come so quickly. He said with a solemn expression.

Tightened tightly, Mink Qiu seemed to be unable to sit still, so he lay down and suddenly said, "If I say that I will pass on the throne to the King of Qi, what will you do." ”

Xiao Yin, who had never been tough by this man's side, suddenly stood up and said: "Just like you back then, you are not afraid of having a second time after experiencing it once." If you can do it, you won't be unable to do it as a son. ”

The old emperor, who had difficulty lying down and moving, said: "It's a little cold, Yin Er covered the quilt for his father." "For the first time in such a big life, this man thinks that his father calls himself. The crown prince stretched out his hand to smooth the emperor's body, covered the mink fur, and wrapped it vigorously.

"Now that I'm so close, just kill me and tell the courtiers that I've passed on the throne to you. Isn't it simpler. He said in a flat tone and with a tenacious look in his eyes.

Prince Xiao Yin loosened his palm and said: "You are my father, the royal family is ruthless, and I, Xiao Yin, am not a ruthless person." Only after you die, the edict will be modified, and the first emperor can write the edict, and the new emperor can also rewrite the edict. ”

The emperor continued to ask, "If you ascend the throne, will you kill Kun'er?" ”

Xiao Yin's eyes were firm: "King Qi will kill him if he dares to enter the palace." ”

The two pairs of eyes met each other, and everything was silent. Xiao Yin sat quietly on the wooden bench, as if waiting for the old man lying on the wooden collapse to close his eyes, and the old emperor's eyes widened as if waiting for the dawn to break. The two were speechless for a long time, and the emperor suddenly said: "I have arranged the future affairs properly, and some of the many old people who have been dismissed in the court can be reused." The new emperor could not blindly use young people when he ascended the throne, let alone only have big people who formed a party and ran a private business in the court, and also needed some ministers with roots. ”

"I know."

The old emperor slowly raised his eyes and suddenly said, "Nan Chu." "A place that has been thinking about it all my life, from looking at the strong Da Chu when I was young, it took 20 years to turn the big characters of Da Chu into South Chu, and the north characters of Beiliang into big characters, and the difference between one word is very different.

The prince, who was still sitting on the wooden bench, said calmly: "Father, what you didn't do, your sons will do." ”

The old man who wanted to sit up and say a few more words finally did not stand up like he did back then, but said quietly: "Everything you want is here, take it!" Don't live up to your father's expectations and be upright for the emperor. Intrigue is not the way of the emperor, the way of the king is the way of the king, and the combination of the king's way and the king's way is the way of the emperor. ”

Prince Xiao Yin got up and bowed to the old man for the last time, bowed three times and bowed nine times with the power of the monarch and ministers, got up, took a piece of gold silk in his hand, and strode towards the outside of the hall without looking back. The old emperor slowly opened his eyes, as if he saw the big beam iron horse galloping on the vast Chudi Plain, tens of millions of people clasped their hands, there was only one emperor in the Central Plains, and in an instant, a woman in purple appeared and said, "Brother Xiao, I'm here to pick you up." ”

Walking out of the palace gate, Gonggong Wei bowed his head and bowed, looking at the prince Xiao Yin, who was dressed in yellow, walking firmly. From this moment on, the man who watched him grow up has changed into a person, no longer the obedient young man has grown into a generation of emperors.

Before the prince walked out of the gate of the dormitory, a palace maid in the dormitory hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty is dead, Your Majesty is dead." ”

The entire palace was full of shouts, and the prince walked out of the dormitory without any confusion, followed by the three warriors and walked firmly towards the Taihe Palace.

A ray of sunlight shone on this century-old palace, as if welcoming a master to the heavenly palace. In a magnificent mansion in Taiping City, Lin Xie, who was also an old man, couldn't help but stay all night, listening to the bells from the palace. The old man got up slowly, looking at the starry sky at the last moment, and now it was the first sunset.

Shaking his sleeves that had been quiet all night, he said: "Your Majesty, you are still walking in front of the minister, and you have given the minister a big problem." ”

Liu Ce, who was woken up by the bell in the Liu Mansion, put on his coat and hurriedly walked out of the door, looking in the direction of the palace. I heard the bell ending, and my wife next to me asked, "Master, it's Your Majesty." ”

Liu Ce looked silent and lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty has died, I don't know if what happened twenty years ago will happen twenty-two years later." With her hands clenched into fists, Mrs. Liu gently pulled Liu Ce's arms tightly.

Prime Minister Wang An, who woke up from his sleep, got up when he heard the bell and took out two copies of gold silk from the bedside. Dressed neatly and instructed the servants of the house to prepare the carriage, only to walk outside the gate of the mansion without boarding the carriage, looked at the two gold silks in his hand and walked towards the mansion reflexively, and immediately ordered that no one in the mansion was allowed to go out today, even if the Taiping City was in turmoil.

King Qi, who had been preparing all night, was wearing armor that he had not worn for a year, holding a long sword and carrying a chair outside the hall of King Qi's mansion, and his three thousand private soldiers were all in front of him. waited until the last bell stopped, and Zhou Jin beside him said, "Your Highness, the bell has stopped." ”

Qi King Xiao Kun slowly got up, clenched the long sword in his crotch with one hand and said, "Give the order." ”

Zhou Jin left with a full fill, King Qi decisively pulled out his long sword, and Zhao Chong immediately pulled out his long sword. Xiao Kun pointed his sword at the sky and said: "This is the most important battle of this king, and it is also an important battle for you. You are willing to ascend to the supreme throne with this king and enjoy the glory of a lifetime. ”

Led by Zhao Chong, many generals shouted at the same time: "We will follow His Highness from afar." ”

Xiao Kun, who was holding a sword in one hand, walked on the bluestone slab step by step towards the door, stood at the door and turned his head and shouted: "Kill, kill, kill." ”

The three thousand armor soldiers shouted one after another: "Kill, kill, kill." ”