In the next three days, Liu Jian, Zhong Zhiming, Li Xiaofei, and Hongrui handed over the affairs of Shou County and Huainan Zhuzhou County one by one to the people sent by Xiaoshan. The four of them gathered 500 cavalry and marched to Jinling.

Along the way, they met the 300 cavalry led by Xiao Qian, and the five of them walked together for two days before arriving at Jinling.

Eight hundred cavalry camped outside the north gate, and the Chen family army fought each other. Xiao Qian took Xiao Shan's handwriting and Wang Xianfa's edict and rode into the city with Liu Jian and others.

It was September 16, and the autumn wind had begun to blow slowly into the city. Broken armor and equipment can be seen in the city, a small number of hawkers carrying loads of goods on the streets, most of the doors are closed, and there are few pedestrians on the streets. Liu Jian shook his head: "I don't want to see the scene of "Lihuang" in the Book of Poetry today, and the autumn leaves in the south of the Yangtze River are also a little sad", Xiao Qian sneered: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have thought that a prince who danced with knives and guns every day would be able to export chapters", Hongrui also echoed: "Miss Xiao, this prince is extraordinarily serious in front of you, it seems that it is really a thing to a thing", Li Xiaofei smiled secretly beside Hongrui. Zhong Zhiming made a gesture to vomit: "It's too sour, it's too sour, I should stay in the camp and wait for you, and I don't know how many pairs of vinegar jars you have, hey." One remark provoked all four people to ridicule him.

While speaking, he had arrived at the foot of the imperial city, and there were already several inner eunuchs waiting at the door, and his thin voice shouted: "Royal forbidden land, untie the sword and dismount, verify the body, and then enter the palace", the four of them dismounted and unstabbed the sword, and showed the edict and Xiaoshan warrant to the inner supervisor, and one of the inner eunuchs led them into the palace.

The five people were led by Qin Shun, the inner supervisor, and Xiao Qian rushed forward and quietly stuffed two beads for Qin Shun. Qin Shun naturally accepted the beads, looked around and instructed them: "It's good that the prince is here, today is not only to mourn the young emperor, but also to promote the new emperor, if the prince does not come, he will lose the minister's festival." Now that Wang Dashuai has many generals, King Jingling has arrived in Jinling five days ago and met with many surviving ministers. However, King Qinghe also made great contributions to sweeping Huainan, and he had to be crowned a prince no matter how he said it. In the future, I will have to rely on the prince to take care of it", Liu Jian laughed: "According to Qin's internal supervisor, the new emperor is undoubtedly the king of Lingling, and the inner eunuch does not rely on the emperor's big tree, but wants to come to me, the prince in distress, is not making fun of me", Qin Shun sighed: "Wang Dashuai blamed us for shamelessly surrendering to the enemy, plotting to kill the young emperor in the back, saying that the new emperor will drive us all out of the palace when he succeeds to the throne, and I don't know if we are dead or alive at that time", Qin Shun cried and lifted his clothes to let everyone see the whip marks on his body.

Xiao Qian Hongrui suddenly felt pity for Qin Shun, Zhong Zhiming was silent, and Li Xiaofei heard that the internal prisons were not good things since he was a child, and he didn't make a sound. Liu Jian looked at the injury: "When the court is dispersed, I will get you some gold sore medicine, it is not easy for everyone to live."

Qin Shun immediately knelt down and thanked Liu Jian, who helped him up. Qin Shun pointed to the main hall in front of him: "Lord Wang, the servants only dare to bring you here, Wang Dashuai, General Chen, and all the ministers are inside."

Xiao Qian showed the edict and warrant again, Liu Jian pushed open the door and went in, and the quarrel inside was busy. When everyone saw Liu Jian coming in with the four of them, they all stopped. On the top of the main hall was the coffin of the young emperor, and the princes and generals on both sides were full.

Wang Xian is in the second position on the left, the first is King Jingling, the rest are Chen Hongyi, Wang Guan, Xiao Ding, Lu Feng, Xie Qian and some generals, ministers, princes, and princes, the first place on the right is empty, the second is Yuan Kang, followed by Xie Rui and some other ministers. Liu Jian and the others sat down straight on the last seat on the right.

Wang Xian looked at Liu Jian, a little surprised, Yuan Kang stood up: "Please Qinghe King Liu Jian to the first place", everyone on the right looked at Liu Jian, Liu Jian went to the first place on the right next to Yuan Kang. Wang Xian got up and swept his gaze to everyone: "Now that the external troubles have not been settled, Xiangyang City is in danger, and the remnants of the Su thief rebels have retreated to Danyang to defend it. Now the Lanling Xiao clan and I, the Taiyuan Wang clan, and the Lingnan Chen clan and the Jinling Xie clan all support the King of Jingling to inherit the unification, and Huaiyang Taishou Xie Qian has dedicated the jade seal of the country. You have no objections."

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Qian rushed in front of Yuan Kang and spoke: "The Lanling Xiao clan is now represented by me, and the left servant can only represent himself, not the Xiao clan", Xiao Ding did not answer.

Wang Xian stroked his beard: "I heard that the Xiao family married a daughter to King Qinghe, but when King Qinghe was in Huaiyang City that day, General Chen had already asked him to withdraw from the battle for the throne, by the way, I still have the alliance of the four princes here", after saying that, he took out the alliance book and showed it to the courtiers, and then looked at Chen Hongyi.

Chen Hongyi also got up and told everyone: "Wang Dashuai is right, on the same day, I persuaded the prince to take the overall situation as the most important thing and not fight for this throne, and asked him to withdraw, and the prince also agreed to sign the alliance."

As soon as these words came out, everyone on the right side talked about it, and Yuan Kang also stood up and pointed at Chen Hongyi tremblingly: "Chen Hongyi, you are a person who sells your reputation and reputation, in order to make a name for yourself, but you want to ruin the country!" ”，

Wang Xian raised his voice and yelled at Yuan Kang: "Lord Yuan, be cautious!" Yuan Kang had to sit down.

Chen Hongyi didn't sit down, but coughed twice: "Lords, lords, the old man's words are not finished yet." On that day, King Qinghe took the initiative to give up the fight for the throne. But this does not mean that King Qinghe is not qualified to inherit the throne. King Qinghe is also a descendant of Taizu, and he has made military exploits, he is qualified and capable to inherit the throne",

At this time, the pot exploded in the hall, and Wang Xian patted the few cases in front of him and stood up: "Chen Hongyi, what do you mean, go back on your word, are you not fast enough to be an old man's sword?" ”

Chen Hongyi laughed: "Haha, isn't Wang Dashuai obedient to the overall situation?" Before the old man finished speaking, King Qinghe and King Jingling were both qualified, but as far as I know, in this hall, the thirty-seven princes who came to participate in the court meeting were also qualified. Are we going to have thirty-seven emperors? ”

Chen Hongyi's words, not only Wang Xian had nothing to say, but everyone present was speechless for a while. Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Chen Hongyi began to say again: "The foundation of the country is that everyone abides by the etiquette system and the law. Lord Yuan, you have always been proficient in etiquette, so please tell us about the etiquette system of the new emperor."

Yuan Kang stood up with a flushed face, he was originally a person who insisted on etiquette, because he couldn't get used to Wang Xian's domineering, so he simply supported King Qinghe to fight with Wang Xian. Yuan Kang looked at everyone, straightened his hat, and said slowly: "The young emperor is unfortunately in trouble. When the other princes of the first emperor are appointed, if there are no other princes, then the elder of the brothers of the first emperor is selected, and if the brothers of the first emperor are no longer alive, the elder is selected among the uncles of the first emperor",

Wang Xian cleared his throat and asked Master Zongzheng Liu Qian to check the genealogy and inform the adults.

Zongzheng Liu Qian got up and flipped through the genealogy, and read: "The first emperor only has one son, the younger emperor, the first emperor's brother King Qi was unfortunately killed, and the rest of the brothers were also killed by the rebels, and the first emperor's uncle and the king of Xiping are all gone."

Wang Xian snorted and looked at Chen Hongyi arrogantly: "Isn't this tossing circle back to the previous situation?"

Yuan Kang hurriedly said: "Wang Dashuai's words are wrong, the etiquette system must be followed, since there is no one in the first emperor's lineage, we will choose from the descendants of Taizu according to the noble relatives and the young, how can we talk about returning to the previous situation." Please also ask Master Zongzheng to read the genealogy again."

Zongzheng Liu Qian checked with the princes and ministers for two hours, and finally picked out one person, Liu Yuan, the king of Xinping.

The hall began to talk again, because Liu Yuan fell and injured his spine and had been bedridden in Jinling's house, and even the rebels ignored his existence, so he survived.

Wang Xian spoke again: "How can there be a bedridden son since ancient times? ”

In one sentence, everyone had to echo Wang Xian, and Zong Zheng then reported the name of one person, Liu Xuan, the king of Guilin.

Liu Xuan, the king of Guilin, was not in the main hall, and everyone seemed to remember that this prince was in Jinling, but they forgot where they were for a while.

At this time, an internal supervisor spoke: "Liu Xuan, the king of Guilin, is still in the prison and has not been released."

Chen Hongyi couldn't cry or laugh: "The guards of the prison are really loyal to their duties, Jinling City has fallen twice, but the prison has not fallen once."

Everyone laughed, it turned out that the guards of the prison surrendered directly every time they encountered the fall of Jinling, and the rebels only cared about looting money and food, so they continued to guard the prison, and this prison became the safest place in the world.

Wang Xian retorted again: "The king of Guilin offended the first emperor and has been imprisoned for thirteen years. ”

Xie Rui, who had not spoken, spoke: "The king of Guilin was wrongfully imprisoned, and the world knows it, and if the first emperor was not virtuous, how could he end up like this." The king of Guilin is famous and old, and he is the emperor, I think all the princes and the people of the world will be convinced."

As soon as the words fell, Liu Jian was the first to echo: "I am willing to support Liu Xuan, the king of Guilin, as the emperor", and then everyone on the right and Chen Hongyi seconded: "I am willing to support Liu Xuan, the king of Guilin, as the emperor"

Wang Xian and Liu Ke, the king of Jingling, glanced at each other, knowing that the general trend had gone, Xie Qian was the first to shout in favor of supporting the king of Guilin on the left, and the rest of the people also seconded the proposal.

The result of supporting the new emperor was beyond most people's expectations, King Qinghe looked at Xie Rui, and Xie Rui nodded.