Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yijun sat on his throne with a calm face.

Of course, if his hands were not tightly clasped on the armrests, and the back of his hands was not exposed, he would have been really calm.

The senile Empress Dowager Li was sitting beside him.

She is very quiet, as if she accompanied the young Zhu Yijun to the court to listen to the government more than ten years ago.

And more than 30 major civil servants and martial artists led by Shen Yi stood in the palace, and the elite soldiers guarded outside the palace, leaving the palace guards unblocked, at least until they had an understanding of what was going on, they would not leave.

"Chen Shen has always visited His Majesty and the Queen Mother."

Led by Shen Yiyi, more than 30 civil ministers and martial artists knelt down together to make one last pilgrimage to their emperor.

"The ministers will meet Your Majesty and the Queen Mother."

Shen has always not felt strange that Empress Dowager Li will appear here, although Empress Dowager Li is old and does not want to participate in government affairs, she is still the only person who has survived to the present day in the original Daming Iron Triangle.

Because of the policy of pursuing small doors and small households, among the mothers of the Ming Dynasty, except for Queen Ma in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, she is the most famous, and she is the most powerful.

In the early Wanli period, when the lord and the country were suspicious, she joined forces with Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao to combine the power of the inner court and the outer court unprecedentedly, and almost created the only glorious period of upward development of the Ming Dynasty since Yongle Xuande in that decade.

This woman has the side of a strong woman, but her background in a small family and the general environment of the Ming Dynasty limited her ambitions, so she did not dare to continue to pursue anything, so she retreated.

But even so, she still has a certain degree of influence in the current Ming Dynasty court.

She was here, although she didn't speak with her eyes closed, but the ministers were a little worried.

Unlike Empress Dowager Li's peaceful appearance, Zhu Yijun's calm face instantly became hideous.

"Minister? Are you ministers? Meet me? Shen Yiyi, are you mocking me? ”

Zhu Yijun tried his best to suppress his anger.

"Ministers are naturally ministers, Your Majesty knows, and ministers are always loyal to the Ming Dynasty."

"Loyal to the Ming? Are you loyal to the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Yijun clenched his teeth: "Shen Yiyi, you have betrayed me, you are a rebel minister of the Ming Dynasty!" Rebel! ”

"Your Majesty! Loyal to the Ming Dynasty, not His Majesty alone! ”

Shen Yi raised his head and looked directly at Zhu Yijun: "As the second assistant of the cabinet, the minister is in charge of the government, so naturally he can't turn a blind eye to arrogant people and arrogant things, and the minister must be responsible for all the people in the world!"

His Majesty believed the villain's slanderous rumors, misunderstood the ministers, and even wanted to lead foreign troops into Beijing to ask the ministers for sin! Your Majesty! What is the difference between this and He Jin recruiting Dong Zhuo to lead troops into Beijing in the late Han Dynasty? How did His Majesty know that Xiao Thief was not carrying Dong Zhuo's heart?

It is easy for Your Majesty to get rid of the ministers, but after getting rid of the ministers, who else does Your Majesty think will protect Your Majesty? Xiao thief has the intention of rebelling and usurping the throne, how should Your Majesty deal with it? ”

Zhu Yijun was furious, stood up suddenly, pointed at Shen and scolded.

"You fart! Shen consistently! Full of gibberish! I misread you! I'm blind! Misread you! Dong Zhuo? Will Dong Zhuo tell me what happened outside the capital that I couldn't see? Will Dong Zhuo tell me the truth? If Xiao Qing is Dong Zhuo, who are you?

Shen Zhengyi, and you bastards are rebellious! Don't put gold on your face anymore, you are all rebels, you are all rebels! I am incompetent, I can't keep my ancestors' inheritance, and let the world fall into the hands of you rebels! This is my incompetence, I have nothing to say!

I don't complain about the sky or the earth, I can only blame myself and blame myself for being incompetent! I blamed myself for not listening to the words of the old chief, and I blamed myself for not taking the first step to execute Luo Sigong, a traitor, Ling Chi!! ”

Zhu Yijun gasped with hideous eyes, and suddenly fell back to his throne.

Luo Sigong lowered his head and didn't say a word, just took a step back or two slightly, and he didn't know if it was due to his weak heart.

"Your Majesty's misunderstanding of the ministers is deep, which makes the ministers feel cold."

Shen has always said calmly: "The minister has dedicated himself to the country for decades, only to be treated and evaluated by His Majesty like this, and the minister is cold. ”

After that, Shen always knelt on the ground.

"Minister, I beg Your Majesty to abdicate!"

Zhu Yijun's breath stagnated.

"You ......"

"Your Majesty begs for abdication!"

More than thirty civil officials and martial artists in the hall knelt down after Shen Cheng and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty begs for abdication!!"

Hundreds of officials outside the hall knelt down and shouted loudly.

"It's the other way around! It's the other way around! It's really the other way around!! ”

Civil officials, martial artists, those who know, those who don't know, those who are close, those who are not close, those who are not annoying, those who are not hated, at this moment, are all making him abdicate and let him leave this position.

Zhu Yijun's eyes widened, and his anger was even worse, and he was just about to scold, but Empress Dowager Li, who had been closing her eyes and not speaking, suddenly opened her eyes and stood up.

"Alright, don't say any more."

Empress Dowager Li didn't look at Zhu Yijun, and stood facing Shen Yijun and the ministers: "Shen Yiyi, the mourning family asks you, what are you doing today?" Is it really just to abdicate the emperor? Instead of changing the dynasty? Or kill the emperor? ”

Zhu Yijun trembled.

Shen Zheng hurriedly kowtowed.

"The queen mother misunderstood the minister, the minister just couldn't bear to see the Ming dynasty fall, so she decided to set things right at the expense of eternal infamy, abolish the king of the unreasonable, welcome the king of Taoism, and create a prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty."

"So what?"

"The minister is willing to serve the emperor's eldest son Chang Luo as the new emperor and assist the new emperor to create a prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty."

Shen always knelt on the ground.

Even if he had expected it, at this moment, Zhu Yijun still felt that his brain instantly became blank and unable to think.

And Empress Dowager Li seemed to be very calm.

"You're just here to set up a new emperor, not to make a fortune? You won't imitate Sima Yi's story and be Emperor Xuan, right? ”

Empress Dowager Li looked at Shen Cheng very seriously.

Shen has always kowtowed again: "The minister does not dare, the minister is deeply favored by the Ming Dynasty, a family full of loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, what the minister did this time is really a last resort to eradicate the traitors, if anyone dares to covet the throne of the Ming Emperor, whether it is the minister's family, or anyone present, the minister, will be punished!" ”

"Will you protect the Ming Dynasty, and will always protect it in the future?"

"Even if the minister dies, the minister will never let anyone hurt the Ming Dynasty."

Empress Dowager Li closed her eyes, and then slowly opened them.

"After the emperor abdicates, how should you settle down?"

Shen has always spoken: "Please Your Majesty abdicate as the Emperor Taishang, live in the Yuxi Palace in Xiyuan to retire for the rest of the year, one should serve as before, one should serve people and other expenses arranged by the cabinet, according to the practice of the dynasty, the Emperor Taishang is still the emperor, and the ministers still respect the Taishang Emperor." ”

Empress Dowager Li took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.

"May you remember today's words."

Zhu Yijun's eyes widened and he looked at his mother in disbelief.

Shen Yi's pupils shrank, and he knelt on the ground again.

"I don't dare to forget!"

Empress Dowager Li nodded.

"Go and bring Chang Luo and bring him to the mourning family."

"Yes!"

Shen Yi immediately ordered Luo Sigong to bring Zhu Changluo to the palace.