After a night of restlessness and excitement, when dawn crept up the horizon, a big drama really began to play out.

Today's Taihe Hall is no different from the past, standing quietly and solemnly in the center of the imperial city in the morning mist.

This slightly quaint looking hall is the place where the imperial power of the entire Great Wei Dynasty is most concentrated, how many people have tried their best to enter here, worked hard, and even paid the price of their lives in the end, which shows how fatal the charm and attraction of this hall are.

And today, there are also people who want to occupy it here, quietly revealing their ambitions and desires in the eyes of the world.

As the door of the red lacquer palace slowly opened, the courtiers who had already stood in two rows methodically climbed the stairs and walked towards the Taihe Palace.

And in these two rows, there are many people secretly exchanging glances and muttering words; The procession, which looked the same as in the past, looked a little gloomy in the future with a bit of heavy rain at this moment.

And in this team of the last dynasty, Li Ze, the prince of Zhenguo, was naturally among them, and he was still standing in the front position.

Zhao Xi, who was dressed in the prince's costumes, walked in front with Zhao Heng, both of them looked calm, with a touch of alienation and nobility between their eyebrows, when they saw Li Ze's eyes, Zhao Xi and Zhao Heng exchanged a look, and then deliberately took a step and waited for Li Ze to come up.

"What's the matter with Guogong?"

Li Ze was dressed in a dark red first-class official uniform, although he was not confused, but his appearance and temperament were quite outstanding, even if he stood next to Zhao Xi, who was younger than himself, he was not suppressed by Zhao Xi's princely bearing; On the contrary, the charm of the years on his body cannot be compared with a young man like Zhao Xi.

Looking at such an excellent Li Ze, it is really hard to believe that such a man would give birth to a clumsy and ignorant daughter like Li Fuqing.

Li Ze leaned closer to Zhao Xi's ear, looked around carefully, and said, "His Royal Highness King Xi should be careful, have you found out?" Almost all of the people in the Jiang family's faction look like they are winning, and it seems that something unexpected may happen to us in the court later. ”

This is also where Zhao Xi feels strange.

When he was at the gate of the palace just now, he noticed that the people of the Jiang family didn't seem to have the slightest hint of panic at all, but he obviously received the news from Hu Chong that the eldest brother had been successfully stopped by them, and it was absolutely impossible for him to appear in the Taihe Hall today.

It stands to reason that Brother Wang will not appear, which is really a fatal blow to Jiang Qiang's plan, and they should be in a hurry; But the current situation is indeed strange at every turn.

"Is there a problem with our arrangement?" After all, Zhao Xi is young and does not have much experience, so he is somewhat overwhelmed when faced with the sudden change of situation.

But fortunately, Li Ze is an unusual person, after seeing Zhao Xi's nervousness, he smiled lightly and said: "Lord Wang, don't worry, since things have developed to this point, we don't have time to find out where there is a mistake or omission in the arrangement; For today's plan, we can only see the moves, and when we are in the court for a while, the prince can show his prince's bearing and the people of the Jiang family's faction to fight well; I will also fully support the prince on the side. ”

Hearing Li Ze say this, Zhao Xi could only nod stubbornly; Yes, since I don't know what kind of conspiracy and tricks the Jiang family is playing behind the scenes, I can only face it head-on and see the moves.

Zhao Xi's hand hidden under the wide sleeves slowly tightened, as if he was cheering himself up; Vaguely, he quietly prayed in his heart, hoping that the third brother would suddenly appear; Of course, he also knew very well that this idea could only be thought about, and now that the third brother was probably still on the way back, how could it fall from the sky.

When the courtiers walked into the main hall in turn, and the two columns turned into four columns to stand neatly waiting for the Son of Heaven to go to court, a figure dressed in white plain clothes flashed at the gate of the palace, and then, under the surprised eyes of the ministers, slowly came to everyone's eyes.

After Zhao Xi saw who was coming, a sarcastic smile immediately appeared on his face; The show has finally begun.

Today's Jiang Qiang didn't apply any powder, and she didn't even wear any accessories, her long black hair was fixed on the top of her head by a white hosta, and her white plain clothes were worn on her thin but straight body, although the whole person looked cold and cold, but there was arrogance between her eyebrows and eyes, but she was so conceited that her face was a little sad.

So many feelings appeared on Jiang Qiang's face at the same time, which made people look quite funny for a while, but no one present dared to laugh.

After all, the woman in front of her is the most noble woman in the Great Wei Dynasty after a country.

Jiang Qiang walked towards the center of the Taihe Hall step by step, looking at the empty but high dragon chair, her eyes immediately burst out with dazzling light, like a hungry colorful poisonous snake, and finally revealed her greedy heart after finding the prey she had in mind.

This hall, that dragon chair, she really hasn't been in such close contact for a long, long time.

It seems to have been twenty years ago since the last time I came to Taihe Temple.

At that time, she used the background of the Jiang family and her own ability to support Emperor Showa to ascend to the throne, and she is also standing here like this today, looking at the man who sits in the most honorable position; At that time, she had already gained the whole world by herself, with a beloved husband and monstrous power, she could almost make rain in Dawei at will, but the blow of reality made her disheartened.

She watched her husband push her far away, watched a lowly woman gradually replace her, and at that time she asked herself countless times what she had done wrong, why she felt rich one moment but was pushed into the abyss the next.

In order to protect her hard-won position, she wronged herself and let herself hide in the Buddhist hall for more than 20 years; Now, she can finally come out of the Buddha hall, step into this place again in a bright light, and get back all the things she once missed.

Thinking that she was about to fulfill her wish, and that her name would soon be recorded in the green pages of history, Jiang Qiang felt that the blood in her whole body was flowing rapidly; If it weren't for the ecstasy that was about to break her through the back of her heart, she might have laughed out loud here.

At the moment when Jiang Qiang appeared, there were still many courtiers present who did not know the truth and showed a stunned look, especially some Qingliu ministers who had never participated in the party and government, and they were even more curious about why this queen who had never come to the previous dynasty appeared here.

So, I saw a young imperial historian walk out, saluted Jiang Qiang, and said, "Queen Mother, this is the place where the Son of Heaven talks about national affairs, and you don't seem to be suitable to appear here." ”

Jiang Qiang was waiting for this, and took the initiative to wait until someone asked her why she came here today.

"Ministers, although this palace is a queen, she also knows that her identity is just a harem woman, and she really shouldn't appear here; However, in the early hours of this morning, the emperor suddenly became ill and urgently sent the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment, but he has not improved so far; Hongu is worried, worried......"

Speaking of this, Jiang Qiang immediately took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and began to wipe the tears that had finally been squeezed out of the corners of his eyes in front of the ministers; The anxious appearance of worrying about her husband is really deduced, and there are eight or nine points similar.

The news brought by Jiang Qiang was so shocking that except for Zhao Xi and the others who knew the truth and the people from the Jiang family's faction, the rest of the courtiers immediately became chaotic in Jiang Qiang's expectations.

"How could the emperor suddenly have a dragon body? What did the Imperial Physician say? What is the emperor's situation now? ”

"Queen Mother, there is a problem with the emperor's dragon body, I should wait as a courtier to take a look!"

"Yes, Niangniang, don't cry yet, let me wait for the courtiers to go to see the emperor, and after consulting the imperial doctor, I will make plans."

While speaking, the Qingliu ministers, who did not occupy anyone's edge, were about to walk towards the outside of the Taihe Palace.

Zhao Xi, Li Ze and others all stood still when they saw this scene, watching how Jiang Qiang was going to sing in the next play.

As for Jiang Qiang, she was not in a hurry to explain, but continued to show her anxiety and grief in front of the ministers; At this time, a bell suddenly remembered, and it was immediately put into the Taihe Hall like *.

When Jiang Qiang heard the bell, her face turned snow-white, covered half of her face with a handkerchief, and knelt on the ground with a loud cry: "Your Majesty!" ”

Listening to Jiang Qiang's sad cry, and then listening to the sound of the heavy bell, everyone present knew that this bell was the death knell bell.

Several ministers, who had been clamoring to see Emperor Showa, seemed to have been lit to the acupuncture points, but when they heard the death bell that made the scalp tingle, they finally turned on their faces and knelt on the ground with the others, crying out in pain.

Although Zhao Xi and Zhao Heng had long known that their father had suffered an accident, the moment they heard the death knell bell, they seemed to really realize that the father who gave them life and gave them supreme status was really gone.

For a while, there was a cry in the Taihe Palace, and even Jiang Qiang couldn't help but squeeze out a few tears of hypocrisy.

After Jiang Qiang cried a few times in grief, she was helped up by Aunt Yinglan, slowly walked to the front of the Taihe Palace, and slowly took out a bright yellow holy decree from her sleeve and displayed it in front of the ministers.

"Although this palace is a woman, she is also the lord of the six palaces sealed by the emperor's imperial decree, and she is the emperor's wife; In the more than 20 years since marrying the emperor, although he has not made any achievements, he has never made any mistakes, and he can be regarded as a close confidant of the emperor; Therefore, when the emperor was seriously ill and dying, he called the palace in front of him, handed over the edict to the palace, and repeatedly told the palace to let the palace and all the ministers work together to help the prince Zhao Xuan as the son of heaven and succeed to the throne on the same day. ”