The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty respectfully asked to "preside over the overall situation", which was not to force the palace to usurp the throne, but to accept the order in danger.

Ye Han didn't refuse, he was here for this.

"Please abdicate from the throne." He got straight to the point.

The Emperor looked dumbfounded, as if he had no idea what was happening. The little eunuch next to him reminded him several times before he reacted, but he looked at Ruan Wenzhong and said, "You came here today to tell me that I killed you too late, right?" ”

Ruan Van Trung fell to the ground and said respectfully: "Yes." If Your Majesty were a Ming monarch, he should have beheaded his ministers when he heard that ridiculous suggestion; If Your Majesty is unconscious, you should also kill your ministers to vent the anger of the people when the epidemic in Rucheng is out of control. However, His Majesty not only did not kill his ministers, but connived at his ministers' mediocrity, wealth and glory to this day, which shows that His Majesty has no virtue, incompetence and responsibility, and is not worthy of being a king. ”

The emperor looked at his righteous and stern appearance, and smiled mockingly: "What a 'no virtue, no ability and no responsibility'!" Since even you say so, how about I finally 'take responsibility' and get rid of you as the culprit for hundreds of thousands of people in the Northland?! ”

"Your Majesty, please give an edict." Ruan Van Trung bowed respectfully, "The minister is willing to die." ”

The emperor was a little surprised, and was stunned for a while.

At this time, Imperial Doctor Du next to him suddenly fell to the ground and cried bitterly: "The minister is guilty!" Your Majesty, everything that happened back then was because the epidemic was out of control, and it was the fault of the minister's medical skills! For eighteen years, the minister has been worried about his heart day and night, and he has not slept peacefully, but now that Ruan Xiang has finally said it, the minister can be considered at ease! I beg Your Majesty to give death to the ministers to atone for their previous sorrows...... But Your Majesty cannot abdicate in any case! ”

I said a thousand words and ten thousand words earlier, all for the last sentence.

It is not possible to abdicate.

As soon as he shouted like this, several old ministers also reacted, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty can't abdicate!" ”

Among them, there are also those who were still shouting just now, "Please ask His Royal Highness King Li to preside over the overall situation".

They didn't feel that they were inconsistent, and after shouting "Your Majesty can't abdicate", they hurriedly explained to Ye Han: "Eighteen years ago, the old things have been sealed in the dust, and almost no one has survived in the place where the plague spread back then. ”

As soon as this explanation was finished, someone immediately followed: "This matter is not difficult. Just say that Your Majesty's dragon body is not safe and inconvenient to go to the court! Is it just because that incident can't be made public, so we have to get by and pretend that it never happened?! ”

Although the selfishness of the courtiers is heavy, they still understand the righteousness a lot. Everyone argued for a long time, and in the end most people still insisted that the emperor should abdicate, but the old incident of eighteen years ago did not need to be explained.

As for the liquidation of Ruan Wenzhong, Imperial Doctor Du and others, it will be necessary to find another reason in a few days, and there is no need to explain it to the people.

The emperor looked at it coldly for a long time, and knew that he had no hope of turning the tables at all, so he struggled to ask the little eunuch to help him up, asked for pen and ink, and wrote the edict of abdication by himself.

The ministers were a little surprised, but they could generally understand his mood, so no one said much, and they all calmed down and watched him slowly write on the silk word by word.

This is also a historic moment.

An edict was written for a quarter of an hour. The little eunuch brought the jade seal, and the emperor hesitated in his hand for a long time without pressing it on the edict, I don't know if it was because he was unwilling or because he was nostalgic for the warm feel of the jade seal.

The ministers stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks waiting for the jade seal to fall, so tired that their legs trembled, and they were about to commit cervical spondylosis.

I waited for a long time and didn't wait for it to be done, but I waited for a cold voice outside the door: "What are you doing?!" ”

It's Jin...... Oh, it's the prince.

The special prince's dress has not been rushed out, so Ling Shuang is still wearing an ordinary prince-style court dress, with a neat crown and ribbon, but it is also dazzling.

Especially compared with Ye Han, who came back all the way from the wind and dust, it seems that he is full of luxury, and the prince's posture is very stable.

More than 20 people in the hall immediately rushed over to kneel to greet them, calling them "Prince Chitose".

The rest of the crowd stood there and hesitated, but did not move.

Ling Shuang strode in, stood in front of Ye Han, and sneered: "It seems that the sky has changed in the middle of the court." ”

"Nope." Ye Han looked at him and said, "The sky is still that day, it was you who covered it up and made a miasma, and now this king wants it to shine again." ”

"Ha," Ling Shuang smiled, "The third brother hasn't read much, but he has also practiced a pair of sharp teeth." ”

Ruan Qingzhi said on the side: "You have read a lot of books, but you have only cultivated a wolf's heart and dog lungs!" ”

Ling Shuang's face was hard to look at. He glared at Ye Han fiercely, then turned around suddenly, threw himself at the emperor's feet and cried: "Father, let them kill their sons!" It's all the sons who are not good, if the sons didn't become the prince, the third brother wouldn't have suddenly come back...... If the retainer is dead, they may not persecute their father! ”

The jade seal in the emperor's hand paused and put it on the table next to him.

Ling Shuang raised her head as if she wanted to snoop. But the table was so high that he didn't see anything.

Ruan Qingzhi saw it and gave him a disdainful look: "His Royal Highness the Prince, don't just play tricks!" If you really have filial piety, you will die here, maybe you can really do it today! ”

After she finished speaking, no one in the hall reprimanded.

This was a very bad sign for Ling Shuang, which meant that the situation in the palace was completely under the control of King Li, and there was no room for others to intervene.

In particular, even the emperor didn't say much.

Ling Shuang looked up at his father's face again, feeling a little flustered.

I can't count on it. He is "desperate", and he can really only rely on himself.

"I'm not guilty." Ling Shuang slowly stood up, glanced at Ye Han, looked at everyone again, and repeated, "I am not guilty. The father is not guilty. You can't forget the way of being a minister just because the Northwest Army is strong and strong, and follow him to coerce the monarch and subvert the country with your conscience. ”

"Shuang'er," the emperor finally spoke, "you, admit your mistake to your third brother, don't make trouble." ”

"Father?!" Ling Shuang was shocked, "What is the truth of this?" The third brother instigated tens of thousands of people to besiege the palace, and the people have not dispersed at this time, how can it be the fault of the ministers? The third brother coerced you, didn't he? Father, let's ......"

The Emperor interrupted him with a wave of his hand, shook his head, and said, "I have promised to abdicate, you don't have to say anything. ”

Ling Shuang immediately continued: "But I am already the crown prince of Southern Qi, even if you abdicate, I should be the one who succeeds you!" I'm not guilty, why is it that as soon as the third brother comes back, I'm nothing?! ”

When he spoke, his eyes kept staring at Ye Han, and his gaze was very fierce, as if he deliberately wanted to confront the murderous aura of the soldiers of the Northwest Army, which was quite impressive.

Ye Han was impatient with his gaze, so he had to speak: "Because you are nothing in the first place." Don't say the word 'innocent' casually, it's easy to slap your face. ”

"So, the third brother thinks I'm guilty?" Ling Shuang laughed, "Also, since the third brother wants to rebel, how can he not prepare the charges." It's just the third brother, Luo Weaving's accusations can't deceive the people of the world, you can't say that because I can't use soldiers to fight, so I'm not worthy of being the prince, right? ”

"You don't need to fabricate your crimes." Ye Han laughed and pointed to the side.

Ling Shuang followed his fingers and looked over, only to see that a soldier of the Northwest Army suddenly took off the fur hat on his head, revealing the face of a pretty woman.

"Yueniang, you?!" Ling Shuang's face changed drastically.

The woman knelt down, kowtowed to him three times, and then straightened up and looked at him: "Your Highness still remembers the slave maid." ”

Ling Shuang's mind spun around quickly, and his face sank: "You, bought by them?" ”

"Slaves and maids have never been bought by anyone," Yueniang bowed her head, "Slaves and maids just don't want to watch the people of the world live their lives like real martial arts." ”

Ling Shuang snorted coldly, raised his foot and kicked: "Eat things inside and outside!" ”

Ye Han blocked it with the scabbard in his hand, and said coldly: "In front of my Northwest Army, don't use force." ”

"Ling Han, Qiao Yueniang is my person!" Ling Shuang roared angrily, "Pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and it won't be your turn!" ”

"Well said!" Ruan Qingzhi said coldly beside him, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Qiao Yueniang is your person, she is first and foremost a 'person'. Since you are a human being, of course, you will inevitably have a time when you are ashamed to be in the company of animals. ”

Ling Shuang was furious, looking like she was going to find someone to fight at any time.

Seeing this, Ruan Qingzhi simply ordered someone to hold him down and stuffed a sock into his mouth.

Ling Shuang fainted at that time, and the last trace of consciousness before falling down was, of course, regret - regret that he didn't listen to the words of the strategist, escaped from Shangjing, and became a carefree person from now on.

The soldier who took off his socks looked at the crowd who had withdrawn three steps away in an instant, and was a little embarrassed.

Ruan Qingzhi ordered someone to wake Ling Shuang up, and then pinched his nose and instructed Qiao Yueniang: "Say it." ”

Qiao Yueniang's face was expressionless, and she knelt on the ground and said: "I am a slave of the Jin Palace, and I was ordered to garrison near Hancheng a year ago, until now. There are six people like me in the Zhenwu Army, and we are nominally responsible for supervising the training of the soldiers, but in fact, it is to keep an eye on the generals in the team to prevent them from disobeying or even escaping. ”

"That's not right!" A veteran suddenly interjected, "There are soldiers in the army who run away, how can a general escape?" ”

Qiao Yueniang said indifferently: "There was a case of a general escaping before. The rules in the Zhenwu army are that when going down the mountain to train soldiers, live people are targeted, and anyone who refuses to obey must be dealt with by military law. At the end of the previous year, several generals refused to kill innocent people and fled, and His Royal Highness was furious, so there was a matter of sending maids to supervise the army in the Zhenwu army. ”

The ministers couldn't help but be furious when they heard this, especially the military generals of the DPRK and China, who were even more hateful.

Qiao Yueniang glanced back at Ling Shuang, and added: "These rules for military training are all set by the King of Jin, but Your Majesty doesn't know. ”

Ling Shuang was so angry that she couldn't stop shaking her head.

The soldier next to him seemed a little embarrassed to care about him, and finally made him vomit out his stinky socks.

Ling Shuang spat a few mouthfuls of spittle, and roared sharply: "Qiao Yueniang, this ...... This palace treats you well! Why did you betray Hongu! Ling Han, did he put you in pajamas? ”

Qiao Yueniang's eyelids drooped, and there was still no expression on her face: "Ladies and gentlemen, what the slave maid said just now is true. In addition, I would like to remind you that the King of Jin is suspicious, and no one believes in him except the women who have been in his 'pajamas', and many of his subordinates who have been in trouble together have never escaped the fate of being wiped out after doing great things. May I ask you, my lords, such a person may be in a great position? ”

Perhaps because a certain word is too vulgar, the topic seems a little awkward. The ministers in the hall did not answer, and only Ling Shuang was roaring alone.

Qiao Yueniang ignored it, and continued: "There is a back mountain in the Jin Palace, and there are two crocodiles in the pond. If you don't believe that King Jin is cruel, just order someone to go to the pool and salvage it, and see how many bones can be fished out. ”

"Qiao Yueniang, you slut!" Ling Shuang straightened his neck and scolded, "Even if you slander this palace, see who will believe you!" ”

"What if there's another me?" In the ranks of the Northwest Army, Yu Zhongqian stood up.

Ling Shuang looked at him, inexplicable: "Who are you?" ”

Yu Zhongqian held his head high, his eyes widened: "Yu Zhongqian, the son of the late General Huaihua and the commander of the Anbian Army!" ”

Ling Shuang didn't know what Yu Zhongqian was, but when he heard the words "An Bian Jun", he understood: "You are also here to slander the palace?" ”

Yu Zhongqian was furious: "Everything you Zhenwu Army has done is under the nose of An Bian Jun, what do you need to slander!" You keep saying that you are innocent, and the eyes of the 3,000 soldiers of my Anbian Army are not blind! ”

"Ha, haha!" Ling Shuang laughed, "This is really a wall that everyone is pushing down...... You're seeing that this palace has lost power, and everyone is going to step on it, right? What kind of glory and riches has your new master promised you? Say it, and give this palace some insight too! ”

Qiao Yueniang slowly stood up with one hand on the ground, walked in front of Ling Shuang, and said in a deep voice: "King Li has never promised anyone glory and wealth. He just promised us that we would be human beings in life and death, and that we would no longer have to be brutes with a clear conscience. ”

At this time, the two were very close, and Ling Shuang lowered her voice and said, "You want to be a man yourself, and your family doesn't care?" ”

Qiao Yueniang looked at him and smiled sadly: "I'm dead, and their sins are gone." Your Highness, you are gone, admit defeat......"

Ling Shuang was even more angry when she heard this, and when she was about to scold, she saw a blood mark on the corner of Qiao Yueniang's lips, and her eyes slowly closed.

At this time, he was busy looking down, and finally found that Qiao Yueniang had a sharp knife in her sleeve, which had quietly stabbed into her own chest while no one was visible.

She's dead. Her words speak for themselves.

Ling Shuang's mind echoed with her words "the general trend has gone", and her face turned pale.

But when he came in alone tonight, he knew that there was little way to live, so he didn't panic any further.

He struggled to raise his head and looked at Ye Han: "In just two months in the north, you have found so many witnesses, it is really hard for you." - Even if I did do those things, are you more innocent than I am? What you are doing at this moment, isn't it bullying and usurping the throne? ”

"I'm not like you." Ye Leng said coldly, "You set up a situation, I resist; You bully the weak, and I save the people. I incite the people to besiege the city today, this is not called forcing the palace to usurp the throne, this is called, the people's will. ”

Ling Shuang knelt on the ground and sat silently for a long time, and said, "This matter is important and should be decided by my father." ”

Ye Han's expression was cold: "No need." My father is not worthy, so let's just decide for ourselves. ”

Ling Shuang was stunned.

But seeing that the emperor and the ministers did not react, he knew that there should be some major events in the palace before he came, and the situation at this time was no longer what he expected.

But he was still not reconciled.

Thinking of his painstaking planning for many years, he really couldn't back down at this moment, so he had to grit his teeth and say: "Third brother, since that's the case, don't blame the brothers for fighting against you!" ”

Ye Han frowned: "The soldiers of our Northwest Army can't be consumed in internal fighting. I advise you to stop. ”

"Hah!" Ling Shuang laughed, "Arrow on the string, tell me how to stop!" Third brother, to tell you the truth, I have buried some gunpowder outside the palace, and if it is detonated at this moment, those people outside the gate will ......"

The ministers were in an uproar.

Ye Han's face also changed, and he immediately turned around and ordered: "Pass on Jin Wuwei!" Search the streets of Miyagi and beyond! ”

Outside the door, Jin Wuwei responded with a bang, and the footsteps gathered, and soon dispersed in every corner of the palace.

Ling Shuang's face became more and more ugly, and finally said in a dumb voice: "You...... You even bought Jin Wuwei? How can you do this! ”

Ye Han didn't look at him, just looked out nervously, waiting for Jin Wuwei to return.

It was late at night, and it was not easy to find something outside the palace walls.

Yehan had no choice but to send a message to the people outside, ordering them to disperse and go home.

But the people knew that something big was going to happen tonight, and everyone wanted to wait to see the result, and no one would leave.

After Ye Han learned about it, he couldn't help but be more nervous, and he couldn't tell the people the truth, so he suddenly seemed a little passive.

Seeing this, Ling Shuang was a little more confident, and her face showed a somewhat smug look.

Ye Han looked at him and said coldly: "You don't have to be complacent. If a people die today, I will cut you with a sword. You might as well do the math for yourself and see how long you can last. ”

Ling Shuang's smile froze, and it took a long time before she gritted her teeth and said, "The third brother really loves the people like a son. ”

Ye Han didn't intend to pay attention to him, and he didn't have the intention of talking to others, so he just stood at the door and waited silently.

After a period of time, the princes and clansmen who had come to the palace gate before, as well as some officials who were not very popular, also came, and a large area inside and outside the Fu'an Palace was full of people.

It's a matter of life and death, and no one has the heart to talk.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Jin Wuwei finally came back one after another, picked up some things and threw them under the porch outside, and came in to reply: "Your Highness, all the things have been found!" ”

Ling Shuang's face turned blue suddenly.

Ye Han breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked someone to take things out and destroy them, but in a blink of an eye, he saw several figures flashing under the corridor, which seemed to be Jin Wuwei's outfit.

But Jin Wuwei had been almost collected by Wang You and others a few months ago, and it stands to reason that there would be no accidents, so how could there be people who disobeyed orders running around at this moment?

Ye Han thought quickly in his heart for a while, and suddenly was shocked: "Everyone! Immediately! Withdraw from the Temple of Fu'an! ”