When Liu Yu and Xu Xuanzhu returned home, they had just beaten the stick drum of the second watch. Because there was not much to eat at the banquet, when he got home, Liu Yu asked the kitchen to make a supper and called the Han sisters to eat together.

After eating, Xu Xuanzhujiao asked timidly: "Husband, it's late at night, are you accompanying Yi'er and Ting'er tonight, or are you accompanying your concubine?" ”

Liu Yu didn't want to rest, and rarely put on the uniform of the commander of the Imperial Forest Army and went to the palace.

Xu Xuanzhu was very puzzled, and Liu Yu instructed: "Madam, don't sleep tonight, wait for the news of your husband at any time, and take the guards out of the city." ”

"Out of town?" Xu Xuanzhu was surprised.

Liu Yu explained: "At present, Vice Marshal Xu is still in the cave room, and only Madame can mobilize the female army outside the city into the city." Don't forget to bring Ting'er and Yi'er then, it's not peaceful in the city tonight, and it may be dangerous to stay at home. Go and get the carriage ready now, but don't act rashly without hearing from me. ”

Xu Xuanzhu could hear the tense atmosphere in Liu Yu's tone, and she finally understood the meaning of what Liu Yu said before that the sky was going to change.

"Without the emperor's warrant and tiger talisman, can the female army be mobilized?" Xu Xuanzhu said with a worried look.

"I will try my best to let the guards Lu send the tiger talisman out, and for the rest, you can adapt to the situation, madam."

Liu Yu went out and was about to call the guards to set off together. The guards who came in at the door reported that someone from the palace had arrived.

"Who?" Liu Yu hurriedly asked.

"It's a father-in-law, surnamed Wu."

The eunuch general, Wu Gonggong, came to deliver the message in person, and Liu Yue could feel the seriousness of the problem. When he came out, Gonggong Wu was tired and panting, and he did not have the arrogance of ordinary powerful eunuchs. Just sit on the stone steps in front of the door and rest. People are very humble. Gonggong Wu only brought a little eunuch with him.

"Commander Liu. Emperor...... The emperor can't do it, summon you to the palace. Wu Gonggong's tone was a little sad, he had been with the emperor for a long time, although he had been neglected for many years, he still had feelings for the emperor.

"Let's go to the palace below." Liu Yu was about to leave, but suddenly turned around and asked, "The emperor has summoned others?" ”

"It's been passed on, it's been passed on." Wu Gonggong repeated. "It was also rumored that Yuan Xiangguo entered the palace, which was passed on by Gonggong Ma, and he came out of the palace with the old slave."

As Liu Yu expected, Wen was headed by the right prime minister, and Wu was led by the Imperial Forest Army to stabilize the overall situation. Liu Yu felt the urgency, and didn't care about waiting for Gonggong Wu to enter the palace together, he jumped on the horse directly, and beckoned the guards: "Let's go!" ”

The guards jumped on their horses and rode their horses.

Liu Yu had to enter the palace before Yuan Bolang to win the initiative, which involved the implementation of his plan. Yuan Bolang's house is a little farther away from the palace. Coupled with the fact that civil officials enter the palace by sedan chair instead of riding a horse, Liu Yu has an advantage in this regard.

The group arrived at the south gate of the palace. At this time, there was no tension in the palace. At least the guards of the Guards are still the same as they used to be. Qu Zhu had already taken a step forward to wait here, and when he saw Liu Yu, he greeted him and held the horse's head.

"Someone entered the palace first tonight?" Liu Yu asked hurriedly.

Qu Zhu shook his head, and Liu Yu said: "Yuan Xiang will come over in a while, drag him down, and use the excuse to strictly check him, saying that it is the emperor's order." ”

Liu Yu's words also shocked Qu Zhu, he didn't know whether this order was ordered by the emperor, but he knew that most of the words were falsely spread by Liu Yu. But with his trust in Liu Yu, he still agreed without hesitation.

Liu Yu hurriedly entered the palace, accompanied by Lian Husheng, Liu Yu's personal guard captain.

"Who is the Left Commander on duty tonight?" Liu Yu asked as he trotted.

"It's Zhang Ye and Zhang Zuo." Lian Husheng followed closely and replied.

"You go and inform Commander Zhang Zuo, and let him immediately integrate all the guards of the Imperial Forest Army, including those who are on rotation, and find someone to pass Yang Lie and Yang You's commander into the palace!"

Lian Husheng took his life and hurried away.

The slack defense of the Royal Forest Army suddenly tightened. This is also what Liu Yu planned in advance. Although the palace gate has been closed three times in the past few days, it has aroused the criticism of many courtiers, but after all, there has been a poisoning case in the palace, and no one thinks about the transfer of imperial power. Many people are watching the daily dispatch of the Imperial Forest Army to speculate on the development of the emperor's condition. The Imperial Forest Army has been in an orderly manner from the guards to the guards in shifts, and even the president of the Royal Forest Army took a day off on the fifth day of the first month of August to attend the wedding banquet of Xu Caihua, the deputy marshal of the female army.

The emperor suddenly fell ill under the unexpected circumstances of his ministers. Many people guessed that there would be this day, but they did not expect this day to come so early.

Before Liu Yu entered the door, he specially explained to the guards at the door.

Perhaps it was the poisoning case in the inner court in the past few days, and the old emperor stayed in the Yaqian Hall and did not enter the palace to rest after he became seriously ill. The table has been removed from the kang in the Yaqian Palace, and the bedding and pillows have been moved from the dormitory. When Liu Yu entered the door, Qu Ning was checking the emperor's pulse.

"Your Majesty, Commander Liu is here." Qu Ning said in the ear of the sleepy old emperor.

The old emperor raised his trembling hand and swung it, meaning to let Qu Ning and the palace maids retreat. When Qu Ning arrived at the door, Liu Yu grabbed her sleeve and looked at her with an inquiring gaze.

"It's a vein." Qu Ning only dropped a sound.

Liu Yu walked to the kang, and the old emperor lay on his back on the pillow and looked at Liu Yu with a smile.

"Wen Yan, help ...... I'm up. The old emperor's face was full of red light, and Liu Yu guessed that this was almost a sign of returning to the light.

Liu Yu stepped forward to help the old emperor, who wanted to sit up, but his physical strength was exhausted, so he could only barely recline on the rolled up quilt. The old emperor kept looking at the door, as if he was waiting for someone. Liu Yuzhi said that he was waiting for the arrival of Yuan Bolang, the right minister of the "Minister of Care". But Yuan Bolang's way into the palace to the Yaqian Hall had been ordered by Liu Yu to try to block it.

The old emperor couldn't lift his eyelids a little, and suddenly coughed violently again. Liu Yu supported the old emperor and stroked his back, wanting him to smooth his breath as much as possible. The old emperor coughed for a long time and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood. Waving your hand means no more effort.

"Wen Yan, you ...... Open the cabinet and ...... inside"

The emperor didn't have much strength, and pointed to a small wooden cabinet next to the kang.

Liu Yu hurriedly opened it, and there was only one wooden box inside, which was handed to the emperor. But the old emperor didn't answer. Make a gesture to make him open. Liu Yu opened the wooden box. Inside is an edict book that is the same as Su Zhe, the king of Chu who saw the throne before. Liu Yu was also inexplicably nervous in his heart, and when he lifted it and opened it, it was empty, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

The rapid deterioration of the old emperor's condition made him unable to write the most difficult edict of succession.

The old emperor said with all his might: "Wenyan, originally, this edict should be ...... Written by Yuan Aiqing. But I can't hold it anymore. You take the pen, I say a word, you write a sentence. When the old emperor spoke, he was already panting roughly, and his breath was already cloudy.

Liu Yu picked up the pen and stood in front of the table more than a foot away from the kang.

"I ...... Ordered by the sky, according to the order of the emperor in front of the bed, the ancestral hall, and the shrine. Twenty years ago, don't dare to be wasted. However, the first emperor dreams and summons, and I will serve in front of me. To fulfill filial piety. The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the society cannot be without an owner for a day. Su Zhe, King of Chu. With both benevolence and filial piety, and the long-cherished success of virtue, it will be able to be at ease with the community internally and serve in Fanbang externally. Ministers should obey my orders, and do not disobey them. ”

The old emperor was originally usurping the edict to obtain the throne of his brother and crown prince, and he did not forget to defend himself in the edict when he died, saying that it was because his filial piety moved the former emperor that he got the dying entrustment before the bed.

Liu Yu finished writing the last word, but he was not in a hurry to show it to the emperor. At this time, the old emperor seemed to have fulfilled his unfulfilled wish, and when he was happy, his physical condition also deteriorated sharply. Liu Yu was about to show the edict to the emperor so that it could be stamped with the emperor's letter seal and the jade seal. There was a cursing sound outside, Yuan Bolang was already angry when he was stopped all the way, and he was still not allowed to enter in front of the Yaqian Palace, so he was even more angry and scolding at the guards.

"Wen Yan...... Who's outside? ”

"It's the right minister." Liu Yudao.

"Quick...... Please. ”

Liu Yu nodded, then put the edict he picked up on the table again, and went to the door to order the guards to let him go.

Yuan Bolang glared angrily at Liu Yu as he entered the door, but in front of the emperor, he couldn't attack, stood respectfully in the distance, knelt down and saluted. At this time, Liu Yu also showed the edict to the emperor.

"Very well written, very well written."

The emperor's wheezing voice was getting more and more muddy, thick and urgent, and the edict only glanced at a few cursory, looked at the most critical places, and took out the seal of the letter with trembling hands, and gently stamped it at the end of the edict. All things are in accordance with the law of ethics.

The old emperor pointed at Yuan Bolang again and said, "Wenyan...... To...... ...... with seals"

The lack of strength has made him unable to say a complete sentence.

Yuan Bolang didn't expect that the matter of writing the edict of succession would be handed over to a martial artist to do, and his eyes have not fallen on the behavior of Liu Yu and the old emperor.

Liu Yu closed the edict with a strange expression, shook his sleeves, and could not see any changes outside. But when Yuan Bolang turned out the edict, there were some subtle changes in the content on it.

At the same time that Liu Yu left a small piece of paper in his pocket.

In the edict of succession, "Su Zhe, King of Chu" became "Su Yan, King of Yu", and the edict at this time was complete and complete, without any traces of tampering.

"Yuan Xiang, please use the jade seal."

Liu Yu was a military general and did not have the power to seal the emperor. Yuan Bolang picked up the edict and only glanced at it, quite shocked. In this edict of succession, it is neither the fourth prince Su Ren and the fourth princess Su Bi, who have the highest voice, nor the introverted and scheming seventh prince Su Zhe, but a figure that he can't figure out even after spending ten days and ten nights, the ninth prince Su Yan.

"Yuan Xiang, is there a problem?" Liu Yu looked at Yuan Bolang coldly.

Yuan Bolang really couldn't put forward a contradictory opinion, this edict was written by Liu Yu, but after it was written, it was shown to the emperor himself, and the emperor personally used the imperial seal, everything was under his gaze, and it was impossible to fake it at all. Liu Yue is too late to steal the day.

Moreover, the format of the edict has always been the top secret of the royal family, and outsiders cannot see it.

It's just that the content of the edict is too incredible.

"Your Majesty, you ......"

Yuan Bolang also wanted to ask the emperor for verification. But at this time, there was only a heavy wheezing sound on the old emperor's side, as if he was asleep, and as if he was unconscious.

Yuan Bolang was loyal to the emperor, although he did not understand the emperor's intentions, he could only sigh at this moment, take out the jade seal from the treasure box, and stamp the red seal on the edict.

From this moment on, Su Yan became the legal emperor of the Great Shun Dynasty. (To be continued......)