It was not the first time that Liu Yu had participated in the court meeting, in fact, the scale of the worship of heaven in the Temple of Mercy and Grace was larger than this time. After all, the vassal king and his subordinates were still in the capital at that time. The biggest difference about this meeting is that everything is unknown to him.

If Su Zhe died without the old emperor in the capital, the old emperor might not dare to pass on the throne before his death. Who to pass it on, how to pass it on, and how to ensure that the situation in Chang'an can be quickly stabilized after the succession are all quite big problems in front of the old emperor before his death. The most feared thing is that the old emperor died before he could pass on the throne, so the question of the heir to the throne is likely to lead to a chaotic fight in the imperial court, and the palace Li Guifei and Mrs. Lu will bear the brunt, plus the subordinates of the princes and princesses, it is completely an open contest. The final result was either that the court fell apart, or that the Huai Wang fisherman benefited.

Liu Yu now has no position to command the overall situation, and second, he has no connections, and he can't help anyone who he wants to assist.

On the second day, Liu Yu and Xu Xuanzhu had to attend, and Xu Caihua also followed behind. This is a "Jiangmen family", a very strange combination, although Liu Yu has no soldiers around him, but the daughter army has more than 10,000 new troops outside the city, which may become a force to influence the situation. As soon as he entered the main palace gate, he saw the figures of the fourth princess Su Bi and Chai Jin, and when they met them head-on, Liu Yu also had to say hello.

"General Liu, you can really do it!"

From Su Bi's mouth, even if it is a compliment, it is very unpleasant to hear, mainly because her tone is too impulsive, and it is clear that she is entertaining you.

Liu Yue smiled embarrassedly, Su Bi didn't have anything more, originally Chai Jin wanted to say something. was pulled by Subi. Chai Jin can only sing with her husband. didn't even have a chance to get acquainted with Liu Yue.

Liu Yu paid special attention to the security of the palace, it seems that it has not been strengthened, if it is really the old emperor Bintian, no matter who has the initiative, he will first strengthen the guards of the palace to the extreme, and then announce the succession in public by thunderous means. In the end, it depends on whose means are tough.

Liu Yu saw Li Mi's figure.

"How?" Liu Yu approached Li Mi and asked, "Did anyone go to the Yamen of the Yunanmen Gate last night to make any will?" ”

Li Mi was stunned for a moment, pondering the meaning of Liu Yu's words. "Not really. Brother Liu is afraid of the palace...... Have an accident? ”

This kind of thing can't be said nonsense in the court, and Liu Yu didn't discuss it with him anymore. If you want to enter the main palace, you must first pass through the Yuhua Palace, and there are eunuchs to check whether they have sharp weapons on their bodies, and then pass through the cloister to the front of the main hall Fengcui Palace, which has gathered two or three hundred officials of all sizes in Chang'an City. Civil officials wear official uniforms, purple robes above the third rank, and blue robes below the third rank, and the number of the two is equal. Military generals wear armor, and only the deputy commander and above are eligible to participate in the court meeting, and the number is relatively small. The generals of the Chang'an Outer Battalion were in charge of Gyeonggi security. I wasn't supposed to participate in the court meeting, but this time I also came by edict. Liu Yu was even more puzzled.

Isn't the old emperor afraid of any changes, these people with military power are not in their positions and cannot be controlled?

This is Liu Yu's first time into the Fengcui Palace, the usual court discussion has nothing to do with him, this time the big court will only have festivals on weekdays, and most of them are celebrated, last time even the Turks broke through Shaowu Pass and did not hold a court meeting, this time the court meeting was held in Liu Yu's view, either the old emperor died to pass on the throne, or announced the successor. After all, the old emperor's body is also obvious to all, and if it drags on, it will be more difficult to control the dying succession.

Although the ministers in Fengcui Palace did not speak loudly, they seemed to be very noisy, and I saw that at the head of the Wenchen, an old man with a square face in his fifties and sixties was talking to several important courtiers around him. Liu Yue learned early that the new right man's surname was Yuan Bolang, and the word Yu Zhong was Zhong. As his name suggests, this Yuan Bolang is a foolish and loyal minister, who has been idle at home, this time to recruit him into the prime minister, the old emperor also has the intention of making a stable transition, and his person is famous for his loyalty in the court, which can be said to be the best candidate for the emperor to entrust Gu. And Li Yannian, the father of Li Sha'er, who was originally very popular, was naturally defeated, after all, Li Yannian had just been released from prison, although he had the official title of a compensatory waiter in the Ministry of Rites and was crowned the crown prince Shaobao. To put it bluntly, it has been disconnected from the current officialdom and connections, and it cannot convince the public, so it has been shelved.

Liu Yu's father, Liu Zhao, was not listed, and none of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion came except Liu Yu.

Before the court meeting began, Liu Yu was a little bored waiting in such a noisy place, when a little eunuch suddenly came over and said, "General Liu, someone is looking for you outside." ”

Liu Yu turned his head and saw Han Sheng waving to him at the gate of Fengcui Palace.

Liu Yu said to Xu Xuanzhu and greeted him, at this time, Han Sheng's face was also very nervous, holding a book fold in his hand, and beckoned Liu Yu to a place about fifty meters away from Fengcui Palace before stopping.

"Brother Han, is there something wrong with the palace?" In the face of Han Sheng, Liu Yu didn't need to be too shy about it.

Han Sheng glanced behind Liu Yu and saw that no one was coming, so he said, "I don't know what kind of situation it is now, it's a mess in the dormitory, and I can't see it if I ask to see it a few times." ”

Even Han Sheng, a close minister of the emperor, didn't know about the situation in the Lu Dao Palace, and Liu Yuxin said that the matter might be very serious.

"Concubine Li Guifei decreed that palace maids and eunuchs were not allowed to move around at will in the inner court, and no one was allowed to enter except for the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor who entered to diagnose the emperor's pulse has not seen any of them so far. Even the commander of the Imperial Forest Army couldn't find him, which was really fatal. Han Sheng said worriedly.

"Commander He is gone?" Liu Yu was a little surprised. In any case, He Mao, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, should stick to his post, and if there is an accident, he should come out as soon as possible to stabilize the overall situation of the palace.

"Commander He can't find it, this will be handed over to you for safekeeping, if the emperor has an accident, you will come out to preside over the defense of the Imperial Forest Army and stabilize the overall situation."

Han Sheng handed the book in his hand to Liu Yu, Liu Yu opened it curiously, looked at it and was startled, and hurriedly closed it. This book fold is nothing else, but an edict from the emperor to Su Zhe, the king of Chu.

"This ......" Liu Yu hurriedly returned the hot thing, and said, "Where did Brother Han get this thing from?" ”

Han Sheng sighed: "You returned to Chang'an one day earlier, and as soon as you saw the emperor, the emperor entrusted this thing to the old man for safekeeping, saying that it was in case of emergency, and he would work with Commander He to stabilize the situation. The old man could feel the emperor's nervousness, but he didn't expect such a big change in just two days. ”

Liu Yu frowned, although the emperor's condition was worse than one day at a time, he definitely would not have expected the deadline when his body was still well, and he was so prepared to hand over the edict of succession to the trusted Han Sheng for safekeeping. Han Sheng has no official position and no status connections in the court, and the most he can call is He Mao and his Imperial Forest Army, and now the tiger talisman is not in Han Sheng's hand, and He Mao is nowhere to be seen, and the edict of succession in Han Sheng's hand is useless, and it is likely to become a life talisman.

"Brother Han, you say, could it be that someone wants to rebel?" Liu Yu made a bold assumption.

"What does Little Brother Liu mean?"

"I mean, the emperor expected that someone would be unfavorable to him in advance, and he was surrounded by empty air, so he gave this edict of succession, so that you can discuss countermeasures with Commander He?"

Han Sheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly his face became even more worried, "You mean...... Li Guifei? ”

"To be precise, Li Guifei's mother and son, now the king of Chu is not in the capital, the king of Jin is still on the way back, the eldest princess and the fourth princess are women, but it is appropriate for the king to complete the task of paying food and return to the capital as soon as possible. If the emperor has three long and two short, who do you think will be the biggest beneficiary? ”

Liu Yu was originally surprised by his resignation, if he won the emperor's trust and made a great contribution, the old emperor would definitely not remove him. But if the emperor is coerced and has to dismiss some trusted people and force them to make a move to pass on the throne, then the old emperor's attitude is very interesting. However, this time the court will recruit the principals of the various defense divisions and yamen in Chang'an City into the palace, and the power of Chang'an City has entered a vacuum.

And now, only the five princes, that is, Yiwang Su, can also unite with Li Guifei, who is calling for wind and rain in the palace, and the mother and son can do it.

If this is the case, then Li Guifei and Su Yi's mother and son did a very smart job, and directly jumped out of collusion with foreign ministers to mobilize the soldiers of the six major defense divisions of Chang'an, who did not belong to them, and only needed to control the old emperor and force the old emperor to write or kill the old emperor They pretended to be an edict of succession, and they could succeed to the throne at the court meeting. If anyone is not satisfied, they can be killed on the spot, and the head of the Yamen of the Defense Department of Chang'an City has no soldiers and no power, so they only need to be imprisoned at that time, and then in the name of the new emperor, they will send an edict to the Internal Defense Department and then to the camp outside Chang'an, and take over the military power with a trusted person. It can be said to be a way of control from the inside out.

When Han Sheng heard Liu Yu's words, he felt that the situation was serious.

"Now you and I have no power or power, even if we have this edict of succession, it is equivalent to nothing!" Han Shengdao. (To be continued......)