Empress Dowager Zhang looked at the ministers in the main hall who bowed down and asked for their own decision, especially Guo Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Liu Zhongfu, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, she never imagined that the two auxiliary ministers who were selected by Emperor Xuande did not support the prince, which was really unexpected by her.

Guo Jin and Liu Zhongfu were in high positions and were auxiliary ministers appointed by Emperor Xuande, so their statements had a subtle impact on the court officials, making the shape more and more unfavorable to the prince.

There was a subtle sneer on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, it seemed that Guo Jin and Liu Zhongfu had secretly decided to fall to King Yue, who had the upper hand in momentum, in order to defeat Hu Ying.

Anyway, King Yue is also a descendant of Taizu and the son of Empress Dowager Zhang, and he also has the qualifications to inherit the throne, although supporting King Yue violated Emperor Xuande's edict, but since Emperor Yongle can take the throne from Emperor Jianwen, then what is the big deal with King Yue, the uncle of the emperor, taking the throne from the crown prince.

Moreover, more than ten years later, in the Battle of Tumubao, it was not the young prince who ascended the throne after the Orthodox Emperor was captured by the Warats, but Emperor Jingtai, the half-brother of the Orthodox Emperor.

If Emperor Jingtai is willing to pass the throne to the son of the orthodox emperor, then there will be no future "change of seizing the door", so that the orthodox emperor can be restored and ascend to the throne again.

It can be seen that before the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was no succession system for sons to inherit their father's business, otherwise Emperor Jingtai would not have been able to ascend the throne, and Emperor Jianwen probably would not be able to bypass his uncles to inherit the throne.

With the statements of Guo Jin and Liu Zhongfu, the situation in the Taihe Hall suddenly became tense, and no one thought that the two auxiliary ministers did not support the prince.

Guo Jin and Liu Zhongfu did this not only to defeat Hu Ying, but also to gain more power, although the two are auxiliary ministers, but because of their low qualifications, they are bound to be suppressed in front of Yang Shiqi and Hu Ying and others.

Therefore, although Guo Jin and Liu Zhongfu also hold the title of auxiliary minister, in fact, the two do not do much in the auxiliary minister, and belong to the role of vassals, which is what the two do not want to see.

Empress Sun clearly felt the oppressive atmosphere in the hall, and subconsciously glanced at Li Yuntian who was standing quietly on the side of the hall with the corner of her eye, and her nervous mood immediately calmed down, and she felt relieved to have Li Yuntian in charge.

Subsequently, Empress Sun's eyes fell on a eunuch in charge of Kunning Palace who was standing with his hands bowed beside him, and the person who could sit on the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace was naturally Empress Sun's henchman, and at this time she carried the two holy decrees handed over to Empress Sun by Emperor Xuande, and Empress Sun wanted to announce the corresponding holy decrees according to the shape of the Taihe Palace.

It is worth mentioning that although the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace carried those two holy decrees, he did not know the content of the holy decrees, so these two holy decrees were handed over to him by Empress Sun before she went to court.

Judging from the current situation, Empress Sun must choose the holy decree that reinstates Li Yuntianguan, otherwise the crown prince will be taken away from the emperor's throne by King Yue.

There was silence in the hall, and all the ministers looked up at the Empress Dowager Zhang to hear the opinion of the Empress Dowager Zhang, who was the imperial grandmother of the crown prince and the queen mother of the king of Yue, and the opinion of the Empress Dowager Zhang on this matter was extremely important.

"King Yue, what do you think of this?" Under the gaze of everyone, Empress Dowager Zhang broke the silence of the scene and looked at King Yue standing in front of the royal family on the right side of the main hall with a frown.

The civil and military officials in the main hall looked at King Yue when they heard this, since the two factions of officials quarreled in the court over the succession of King Yue, King Yue stood there without saying a word and did not show his attitude.

"The queen mother, the sons think that Yiqiē is because of the importance of the Daming Jiangshan Sheji, otherwise we will have no shame to face the ancestors and ancestors under the nine springs." Under the gaze of everyone at the scene, King Yue stepped forward and said in a deep voice after arching his hand at Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang's face suddenly changed when she heard this, and she sighed in her heart, originally she still had the last hope that today's court affairs had nothing to do with King Yue, but her hope from King Yue's answer came to naught, it was obvious that King Yue also had the heart to compete for the throne, otherwise he would not answer ambiguously.

"King Yue, the crown prince is the prince appointed by the Daxing Emperor, although he is young, he is assisted by the humerus minister selected by the Daxing Emperor, and the mourning family believes that he will be able to govern the affairs of the Ming Dynasty."

Not only the Empress Dowager Zhang, but also the civil and military officials in the hall also understood the meaning of King Yue's words, and couldn't help but stir in private.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang is the biological mother of King Yue, she is still the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty, and she must think about the face of the Ming Dynasty and the interests of the imperial family.

Now if King Yue, who is the emperor's uncle, also wins the crown prince's country, it will undoubtedly become a major scandal in the history of the Ming Dynasty, where will the royal face go?

What is particularly important is that in this way, the king of Yue created a very bad beginning, so that later generations of royal descendants can follow suit, and the Ming dynasty will fall into turmoil, causing many royal families to covet the throne.

Therefore, for the sake of the face of the Ming Dynasty and the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, Empress Dowager Zhang must support the crown prince to ascend the throne, so she euphemistically advised King Yue to give up.

"Queen Mother, the minister thinks that the Ming Dynasty should not fall into the hands of others, otherwise it will violate the ancestral system!" As soon as Empress Dowager Zhang's words fell, Wang Ji, the second assistant of the military pavilion, who had not spoken before, said in a deep voice.

"Please think twice!" Immediately, a group of officials bowed to Empress Dowager Zhang and said loudly.

"Lord Wang's words are wrong, the auxiliary minister assists the prince according to the order of the emperor, and is the prince's courtier, how can he make the Ming Dynasty's country and society fall to others? Hasn't Lord Wang heard of Duke Zhou's auxiliary government? At this time, Zhang Hao, who was silent, finally opened his mouth and coldly retorted to Wang Ji.

To tell the truth, Wang Ji and other civil officials have an embarrassing position in the military cabinet, and they are usually regarded as "-stirring sticks" by the Ming nobles, and they have to mix everything up, which makes them quite disgusted but helpless, so seeing that Wang Ji supports Zhang Hao, the king of Yue, he will of course not be polite.

Wang Ji was also because he was snubbed and excluded by those nobles in the military cabinet, so he thought about supporting the king of Yue, and after the king of Yue ascended the throne, he would revoke the military cabinet and restore the ancestral system set by the Ming Taizu, so that he could become the secretary of the military department of the Ming Dynasty, and he would never be in the same house with those vulgar reckless men again.

"The queen mother, the prince is the prince set up by the emperor of Daxing, which is the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, and the minister thinks that the prince should be invited to choose an auspicious day to ascend the throne and reign over the world." Immediately afterwards, Zhou Zheng, who had been silent, also opened his mouth to express his attitude, and said to the Empress Dowager Zhang quietly.

"Please enthrone the crown prince!" Zhang Hao and Zhou Zheng are the two most capable nobles in the Ming Dynasty, with heavy troops in their hands, plus Zhang Fu supports the prince, which makes the prince gain an overwhelming advantage in the nobles, and the officials in the hall who have a wait-and-see attitude bow to the queen mother and say, and the momentum suddenly overwhelms the king of Yue.

After all, the change of dynasty is fundamentally a contest of military strength, and now that the crown prince has the support of Zhang Hao, Zhou Zheng and Zhang Fu, his military power has overwhelmed the king of Yue, and the officials on the scene are all experienced people, so they naturally know what choice to make.

Seeing this, King Yue's brows furrowed slightly, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, he didn't take this kind of rudder to heart at all, these people were at best just inconspicuous pawns in this battle for the throne, and they couldn't affect the overall situation at all.

Empress Sun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, there were so many courtiers supporting the crown prince, her hanging heart finally let go, and she had overwhelmed King Yue in momentum.

However, Empress Dowager Zhang's brows were still tightly wrinkled, because she found that there was a person in the hall who had not yet expressed his position on the succession of the crown prince, and this person was the general soldier of Juyongguan and Fan Yong, the Marquis of Wuzhong.

If it was left in normal times, Empress Dowager Zhang would definitely not pay too much attention to Fan Yong, after all, Fan Yong seemed a little insignificant in front of the military cabinet members of the Ming Dynasty and the governors of various prefectures.

But now the situation is different, Fan Yong led 50,000 Juyong Pass guards into the imperial city to guard, and then controlled the defense of the imperial city, which made Empress Dowager Zhang feel inexplicably flustered, because Fan Yong was transferred to the capital from Juyong Pass step by step by King Yue, and then entered the imperial city.

If it was left before today's court meeting, Empress Dowager Zhang would never suspect that King Yue would have selfish intentions in letting Fan Yong defend the imperial city, but today's court meeting gave her a blow to the head, and she found that she had mistrusted King Yue, and the recent incident in the capital was likely to be related to King Yue, including Li Yuntian's death in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion.

Knock knock knock......

Just when the situation in the main hall was becoming more and more depressing and dull, a melodious drum sound from outside the temple gate floated into everyone's ears.

"Dengwen Drum!" Immediately, the ministers in the main hall realized the source of the drum, and couldn't help but look out of the hall door in surprise.

However, who would dare to beat the drums at this time? Who can avoid the inspection of the four gates of the imperial city today and beat the drum to cry out the grievances?

"Find out who's drumming!" Empress Dowager Zhang never expected that someone would beat the Dengwen drum at such an important moment today, so she shouted coldly to the guards on duty in front of the palace, with a hint of anger on her face, didn't the person who beat the drum know that the Taihe Palace was discussing a major matter related to the Daming Jiangshan Sheji?

The beating of the Dengwen drum not only surprised everyone but also eased the tense situation in the Taihe Palace, and everyone's attention temporarily shifted from the succession to the throne to the person who beat the drum.

No one noticed that Li Yuntian in the corner of the main hall had a subtle smile on the corner of his mouth, he had waited for so long and the show was finally about to be staged. R1148