Although the emperor had no special instructions, Jia Ke thought that if he didn't show loyalty now, he wouldn't have such a good opportunity in the future.

So Jia Ke put on a crown of armor, held a halberd painted by Fang Tian, stood outside the emperor's tent door, and kept vigil for the emperor. were all sternly rejected by Jia Ke, what Jia Ke said was very good, since the emperor handed over the safety to the lowly position, the lowly position cannot have a trace of slackness, in case there is any problem, who can take care of it.

Dai Quan had no choice but to return to the tent and learn from the emperor what Jia Ke said. When the emperor heard these words, he was also very moved in his heart, as the emperor, he had not had this kind of emotion for many years. I don't know why, since the emperor met Jia Ke, he has a special impression of him.

And on this day, the emperor slept in the tent, unprecedented peace, the emperor was often awakened in the middle of the night by nightmares, either evil ghosts came to ask for his life, or there were man-made counter-kills into the palace, and this night these nightmares did not appear. It seems that these demons are afraid of Jia Ke's majesty.

At dawn the next day, the emperor was still asleep, which was unimaginable before. Dai Quan saw that the hour was almost up, and he had to bite the bullet into the tent and gently wake up the emperor.

As soon as the emperor woke up and looked at the sky outside, it was already bright and bright, and he felt that he had slept too comfortably this night, and completely let go of the worries in his heart.

The emperor dressed and closed, gathered all the ministers, and went to the mausoleum of Taizu. You can't take a car at this step, you have to walk. The emperor took the lead in the front, Jia Ke was escorted by Jia Ke, and the ministers followed the emperor and slowly walked towards the mausoleum. Because the emperor and many ministers were old and frail, they walked very slowly on the way, they set off from the morning, and came to the mausoleum at noon, so when they arrived at the edge of the mausoleum, the emperor was already tired and could not walk, if it were not for Dai Quan next to him, he would have been lying on the ground.

Jia Ke followed the emperor to the side of the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Taizu, looked up carefully, and found that the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Taizu was not large in scale, just because the people were exhausted when the founding of the country was founded, Emperor Taizu had the virtue of a good life, and refused to be too extravagant and wasteful, so when building the imperial mausoleum, although the specifications were the same as those of the previous emperor, the size of all the buildings was much smaller, and left a will From now on, the imperial mausoleum of future generations shall not exceed his scale. Therefore, the imperial tombs of the emperors of this dynasty are not large.

The imperial mausoleum has three city walls: the inner imperial city, the brick city, and the earth city. There are hundreds of halls in the mausoleum, the left and right halls of the palace, the palace hall, the straight room, the god kitchen, the slaughtering kitchen, the wine room, etc., dozens of golden gates, red gates, and the stars gates, dozens of royal bridges, red bridges, and water gates, dozens of stele pavilions, two ancestral halls, sacrificial offices, dozens of shops, hundreds of pines and cypresses, dozens of pairs of stone people and stone horses. Among them, the main hall of the imperial mausoleum is the most magnificent, with nine rooms wide, and the third level of Dan Majesty, which is the place where sacrificial activities are held.

The emperor and important ministers came to the main hall and offered sacrifices. The Son of Heaven sacrificial vessel nine tripods eight nine tripods hold cattle, sheep, pigs, fish, wax, intestines, skin, fresh fish, fresh wax, this kind is also called the prison. This was a method of sacrifice that only the emperor could use.

The emperor had just finished his sacrifice and came to the square in front of the main hall. Suddenly, a forbidden army ran from the Shinto, this person ran out of breath, but he didn't dare to pause, Dai Quan hurriedly asked people to stop him.

The emperor saw it clearly, and instructed Dai Quan: "Don't stop him, let him come and talk." Dai Quan hurriedly glanced at the guards below, and the guards let him go.

As soon as the forbidden army came to the emperor, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and eagerly reported: "The emperor's affairs are not good, and countless soldiers have surrounded the imperial tomb and blocked the internal and external communications. ”

The emperor said expressionlessly, "Go down, I know." ”

Li Lu, a scholar, stood up at this time and replied: "Your Majesty, now that the imperial tomb has been surrounded, there must be someone who is not subservient, please send someone to break out of the encirclement immediately, and find a few passers-by Ma Qinwang." ”

"There's no need for this, I want to see who is so unsightly." The emperor said calmly.

The emperor didn't show a panicked look until now, because he had long expected such a move today, and he had already made all arrangements a few days ago.

His henchman, King Beijing, did not come with him today, but had already been sent by him to the forbidden army, ready at any time, to lead men and horses to reinforcements.

And the military department Shangshu is also in charge of the capital, ready to quell the rebellion at any time, so the emperor is already confident, as long as he gives an order, the king of Beijing will take the soldiers of the king of Qin from all walks of life to surround and exterminate the people below.

And there is still a Jia Ke standing next to the emperor, as long as the other party does not attack the mountain, with Jia Ke's strength, nothing can hurt him.

While their monarchs and ministers were discussing, a forbidden army suddenly came to report that there was a eunuch who wanted to see the emperor.

The emperor had a sneer on his lips, and then ordered the eunuch to be brought along.

After a while, the forbidden army brought a little eunuch, this eunuch showed off his might, did not pay attention to everyone at all, and only bowed when he saw the emperor, and then said to the emperor: "Emperor Taishang, our family is here to pass the decree on the order of the emperor." ”

The scholar Yan Mu was furious when he heard his words, and refuted loudly: "The emperor is right in front of him today, where is there any emperor?" Who the hell are you? Dare to falsely proclaim the Divine Decree. ”

The little eunuch glanced at Yan Mu disdainfully, and then said slowly: "The crown prince has ascended the throne as the emperor, and he ordered me to bring the will of rewarding the emperor." Are you accepting the emperor's will or not? ”

After hearing this, the emperor couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha, what an emperor, a good prince, he wants to do something to force his father to seize the throne." I'm afraid he doesn't have that ability. After speaking, he said to Dai Quan: "Give an order." ”

When Dai Quan heard the emperor's order, he hurried to the back and began to wave a large red flag. The little eunuch didn't stop him when he saw this, but just stood there looking like he was watching a good show. Dai Quan shook his arm off, but no one responded.

The emperor was a little frightened when he saw this, and his face began to turn pale.

The little eunuch laughed, and said with a sneer: "Emperor Taishang, this is a reinforcement for King Beijing." It's a pity that King Beijing is now on Huangquan Road. The entire forbidden army has been controlled by the crown prince, and the military horses of the Liaodong Jiedu History are surrounding the imperial tomb. The Emperor Taishang has now received the will and can enjoy his old age in peace. Otherwise, I am afraid that I will not be able to get a good death. ”

The emperor had already begun to tremble at this time, the plan he had arranged was seamless, how could there be a mistake? The emperor asked unwillingly, "How did you get the news to control the forbidden army?" ”

The little eunuch said with a smile: "The emperor has long known that the emperor will ask, so let me and the emperor make it clear, so that the emperor will die." ”

"Emperor Taishang, maybe you don't know yet, Huo Tu, the secretary of the military department, has long been our emperor's person, and your every move is under the emperor's control." He smiled smugly.

The emperor was already a little unsteady at this time, and the eunuch next to him hurriedly held him up. Although the emperor expected that there would be a traitor within him, he never expected that it would be this Huotu. He can be said to be a confidant of him, otherwise he would not have let him take charge of the military department, but he didn't expect that he betrayed him in the end. It seems that all his plans have been known by the prince, and this time he is really unlucky.

The emperor barely stood firm with the support of the eunuchs, and then looked at the ministers below and said, "When things come to a crisis, what can you do?" ”

These ministers bowed their heads one by one and did not speak, and at this time these ministers were thinking and weighing the pros and cons. Whether to continue to follow the emperor, or take advantage of this effort to switch to the prince's command.

But soon someone made a decision, and suddenly a minister knelt in front of the emperor and said loudly: "Long live Qiyu, now that the crown prince has grown up, and he is extraordinary, please ask the emperor to order Zen in the crown prince." When the time comes, the world will be peaceful, so that his life will not be ruined. ”

As soon as the minister finished speaking, forty or fifty more ministers knelt at his feet. Said together: "The ministers seconded the proposal. ”

These people have already seen that the emperor is at the end of his rope, and they still have a good life and family to take care of, and they must not have an accident here, and they are to switch to the crown prince, and with their power, the prince wants to govern the country, and he still has to rely on them. Therefore, after careful weighing, some people still feel that they should push the boat down the river and lean on the side of the prince in order to continue to maintain glory and wealth.

When the emperor saw this, he was so angry that he couldn't speak. At this time, the scholar Pan Yong stood up and said to these ministers who were kneeling on the ground: "Do you people still have the heart of a scholar? Kong said that he became benevolent, and Meng said that he took righteousness. Now it's time for us to be loyal to the emperor. How can you be greedy for life and afraid of death? ”

When the emperor heard his words, he couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth, the three scholars he promoted, Li Lu and Yan Mu everyone said that they were capable ministers who ruled the world, and Pan Yong everyone said that he was a villain who flattered himself, but at the critical moment, these righteous gentlemen who were full of benevolence and morality wanted to force themselves one by one to Zen the prince, and this villain in their mouths wanted to be loyal to himself, which showed that he was not wrong.

But the emperor didn't know that Pan Yong didn't look down on others in order to flatter the emperor, and even contradicted the prince a few times.

Seeing this situation, Jia Ke knew that he should also come out and say a few words. This time, I looked dangerous, but there was actually nothing difficult.

Fan Kang had already expected this situation, and a few days before departure, Fan Kang had already told him all kinds of situations and arranged specific solutions for him.

Now Jia Ke looks dangerous, in fact, he is as stable as Mount Tai, at this time, showing loyalty to the emperor can show his loyalty, and secondly, the emperor has an accident, and he can also break out of the enemy camp with his martial arts, and then gather people and horses, with the side of the king, maybe he will be able to control the court in advance.

Jia Ke could also fall down after Pan Yong finished speaking: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know anything else, only the word loyalty." Now that things are critical, it is time for Weichen to be loyal. Today, as long as Weichen is here, they don't want to hurt a single hair of the emperor. If the minister is gone, please take care of the emperor. ”

After listening to Jia Ke's words, the emperor was even more moved, and now Jia Ke obviously meant that if he could keep the emperor, if he died in battle, the emperor would have made plans early.

Seeing that there were already two loyal ministers on his side, the emperor asked the other two scholars, "What do you think?" Also let me Zen be located in the prince? ”

Li Lu and Yan Mu were silent at this time, but silence was the biggest expression at this time. It seems that they also think that the emperor has no chance of turning the tables. As long as they don't express their position, when the new emperor ascends the throne, they will spread all over the world with their protégés and former officials. The new emperor rules the world, and he still can't do without them. At that time, the glory and wealth will not be less, and there is no need to stand up and express your position at this time.