It's early morning, and it's the dead of night.

Knock Knock......

Suddenly, there was a sharp knock in front of the door of the Young Master's Mansion, breaking the silence of the night.

"Who?" Soon, two doormen with waist knives opened the side door, and looked warily at one of the attendants standing outside the door with their hands on the hilt.

"The miscellaneous family is the attendant of the queen's mother, and he came to see the young master at the behest of the mother." The chamberlain wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the two doormen in a hurry.

"Please come with me." After checking the chamberlain's waist plate, a doorman made a gesture of invitation to the chamberlain, inviting him and the two escorting soldiers who followed him in.

Because the emperor of the apocalypse drank the "spiritual drink dew" after the dragon body recovered, Li Hongyu was able to go home to reunite with his wife and children, and he was woken up by his subordinates when he was sleeping soundly with Zhao Xin in his arms.

When he learned that Zhang Yan had sent someone to see him, Li Hongyu, who was sleepy-eyed, suddenly fell asleep, and hurriedly got up and dressed, with an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Xianggong, is there something wrong with the emperor?" Zhao Xin was awakened, and asked with concern while waiting for Li Hongyu to get dressed, but she couldn't think of any other reason.

"I hope it's not that bad." Li Hongyu smiled bitterly when he heard this, he was no stranger to this situation, he was also awakened in the middle of the night after the death of Emperor Taichang.

Zhao Xin knew that the situation was not optimistic enough, she and Li Hongyu naturally did not believe that there was any panacea in the world, and the so-called "Spirit Drink Dew" was just a life-saving talisman that burned life.

Therefore, after Li Hongyu was dressed in official clothes, Zhao Xin was also dressed neatly, and tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

When he came to the main gate of the imperial city, Daming Gate, Li Hongyu had an unexpected accident, and the pro-army generals guarding the gate refused to open the city gate and let him in on the grounds that there was no edict from the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

This made the chamberlain who came to deliver the edict to Li Hongyu so anxious that he stomped his feet, when he went out of the city before, the Daming Gate guard directly opened the city gate and let him out, but now he didn't open the door anyway.

Li Hongyu's brows furrowed slightly, it seemed that the other party deliberately did not let him enter the imperial city, in other words, someone already knew the news of the accident of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so he took the first step to control the imperial city.

In Li Hongyu's opinion, there is only one person in the capital who can do this, and that is the Empress Dowager Zheng in Kunning Palace, it seems that the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family has been busy during this time.

There is never a shortage of people in the officialdom of the capital who sharpen their heads and climb up, so under the temptation of "from the dragon's work", some people will definitely take risks, as long as they succeed, then they will soar, with countless glory and wealth.

Because he had too many affairs to do, Li Hongyu didn't have much energy to pay attention to the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family, and he didn't believe that the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family could make a lot of waves, after all, the pro-army and forbidden army generals in the imperial city were all people of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

But now it seems that Li Hongyu underestimated the Empress Dowager Zheng, and at the same time overestimated the loyalty of the pro-army generals to the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Although there are also forbidden troops loyal to the Emperor of the Apocalypse in the Forbidden City, the forbidden army mainly guards Xiyuan and the Ten Princes' Mansion, and does not care about the defense of the imperial city gates, so Li Hongyu can't expect the forbidden troops in the imperial city to open the city gates, and those forbidden troops can't know that he is blocked out of the city.

"Young Master, they don't open the city gates, what should we do now?"

The chamberlain sent by Zhang Yan shouted and broke his throat, but the pro-army generals on the city gate tower were unmoved, so he wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead, and asked Li Hongyu who was standing aside with an expressionless face with an anxious expression, this is not a good sign.

"Let's go back first and convene the ministers of Beijing to discuss countermeasures."

Li Hongyu pondered for a moment, and then turned to leave, since the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family asked people to block him out of the city gate, then presumably the guards of the city gate tower would definitely not open the city gate.

The chamberlain glanced at the city gate tower with annoyance, and followed behind Li Hongyu helplessly.

"General, Master Young Master is gone." Seeing Li Hongyu leading people away, a thousand households who were observing the movement on the city gate tower hurriedly entered the three-story building behind him, and a general who was waiting inside reported it.

"Go, quickly send someone to tell the Empress Dowager that Young Master Li is blocked out of the city."

The general immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered that the Empress Dowager of the Zheng clan was now waiting for this good news, and she could not let Li Hongyu enter the imperial city no matter what.

In view of Li Hongyu's prestige in the pro-army, once Li Hongyu entered the imperial city, the pro-army generals who had taken refuge in the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family would not be able to control the army at all.

As long as King Fu's yellow robe is added to sit on the dragon chair of the Taihe Hall tomorrow, then he is the new son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and the officials of the DPRK and China, including Li Hongyu, will have to admit this fact.

Ten Princes' Mansions.

"Queen Mother, did you really withhold the emperor's edict to King Xin?"

King Fu looked at the Empress Dowager Zheng who rushed from the palace in surprise, never imagined that the Emperor of the Apocalypse would die at night, let alone that the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family would intercept the attendants who came to the Ten Princes' Mansion to deliver the edict.

"King Fu, this is the will of heaven, it is God who wants you to ascend the throne and inherit the throne!"

The Empress Dowager Zheng said with a radiant look, her face was filled with excitement, she originally thought that King Fu was going to leave Beijing this time, but who would have thought that the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who had already improved his condition, would suddenly become a guest, it was like a dream.

"But without the emperor's edict, how can a child ascend the throne?" Seeing the affirmative tone of the Empress Dowager Zheng, King Fu believed that the matter was true, and then frowned and said, if there is no edict, he will not be able to ascend the throne, and it will be difficult to sit on the dragon chair at that time.

"The edict is good to say, the mourning family has asked the Shu Jishi of Wenyuan Pavilion to write a copy, as long as the emperor's jade seal is stamped, then the edict will become true."

The Empress Dowager Zheng had already prepared, and smiled disapprerovingly, there are many people who are hungry for profit in these years, and they have tried their best to climb up, although she looks down on this kind of person, she can use it to achieve great things.

"Queen Mother, the emperor is willing to believe that the king will inherit the throne, even if we have an edict, I am afraid that it will be questioned by the courtiers, yesterday I don't know if the emperor revealed to those ministers that he wants to believe in the king's accession to the throne."

King Fu was still not happy when he heard this, and looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang worriedly and said, "Queen Mother, many courtiers are loyal to the emperor, if they unite to support King Xin, then the child will not only be unable to sit on the dragon chair steadily, but even his life may be lost." ”

His worry is not groundless, since the Emperor of the Apocalypse hinted to him yesterday that King Xin is more suitable to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty than him, then it is likely that he has also told others about the inheritance of the throne to King Xin, so even if there is a forged edict, it is likely to arouse the doubts of the ministers.

"As long as there is an edict, then the ministers are helpless even if they have doubts in their hearts, after all, the emperor has not issued an edict to pass on the throne to the king of Xin, even if they are reluctant, they can only obey the edict."

The Empress Dowager Zheng didn't think this was a problem, and opened her mouth to comfort King Fu, "As long as we only need to give them an official and a knight, then no one will raise objections at that time, and they may be thinking about how to please you at that time." ”

"Queen Mother, the child is worried about Li Shaofu and others, they are the emperor's confidants, the emperor must have told them about letting King Xin inherit the throne, these people can control the military power of the capital, in case they ......"

King Fu pondered for a moment and then looked at the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family with a worried look on her face.

Although the Empress Dowager Zheng had bribed several pro-army generals, the military power of the capital was in the hands of the noble generals loyal to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and if they supported King Xin, King Fu would have no chance of winning.

"As long as the queen and King Xin are in our hands, then Young Master Li and they will not dare to come nonsense, and after the enthronement ceremony is held, you will be the son of our Ming Dynasty, and you can issue an edict to hand over the military power of the capital to our people, so that your throne will be solid."

The Empress Dowager of the Zheng family knew that King Fu was jealous of Li Hongyu, so she explained with a smile, she felt that everything was providential, if Li Hongyu was in the imperial city tonight, then things would be difficult, I am afraid that no pro-army soldiers would dare to use force against Li Hongyu.

King Fu heard that he wanted to say something, but the corners of his mouth squirmed a few times and finally couldn't say it, he knew that the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family had made up her mind, and she was also full of desire for the throne in her heart, so she was ready to take a chance.

At the same time, the Young Fu's Mansion.

Although it was early in the morning, the living room of the Young Master's Mansion was brightly lit, and there were twenty or thirty people sitting in the dark pressure, and Li Hongyu had been invited to discuss the matter by the cabinet members, the six ministers, the governors of the five prefectures, and other important ministers who constituted the center of power in the Ming Dynasty.

"Young Master has arrived!"

Just when everyone was talking about Li Hongyu's intentions there, a loud voice came from the door, and Li Hongyu led Gu Bingqian, the head of the cabinet, Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the ministry, and Zhang Weixian, the British minister, walked in, all expressionless and serious.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly got up to greet them, seeing that Li Hongyu and Gu Bingqian were not good-looking, they were even more suspicious in their hearts, and they didn't know what was going on, so Li Hongyu actually called everyone together late at night, you must know that this is a taboo for the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official just received news that the emperor has died!" After taking a seat in the first Taishi chair in the living room, Li Hongyu glanced around at the ministers who were looking at him curiously, and announced with a serious expression.

"What, the emperor died?"

With a bang, the silent living room suddenly exploded, and the ministers looked at each other, just yesterday they also saw the radiant Emperor of the Apocalypse, who would have thought that the Emperor of the Apocalypse would die in the blink of an eye.

Especially Huo Weihua, who presented the "Spirit Drink Dew", his whole face became pale after brushing, his face was bloodless, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

There is no doubt that he is in big trouble this time, after all, the Emperor of the Apocalypse died after taking the "Spirit Drink Dew", and he will bear the brunt of being implicated, and it is difficult to escape the blame.

(End of chapter)