As soon as the incense was burned, he packed up, got into the carriage, and followed the attendants sent by the palace.

According to the rules of the dynasty, except for the emperor's permission, no one is allowed to travel in a car, sedan chair, horseback and other ways in the palace.

Wear Yongle Gate, Gongli Gate through the door of the province, the History Museum, and then the more Qianhua Gate, turn the political gate through the Wanchun Palace, and then go out of the Shenlong Gate to the Shenlong Palace, and then go to the Yan'an Palace - the emperor's daily residence and activities place.

Outside the Yan'an Palace kneeling the ministers of the court, Xiao Jing knew that the emperor's situation was not very good.

When the ministers outside saw Xiao Jingqing, they didn't get up and salute, but just bowed their heads, Xiao Jingqing never cared about these false courtesies, so they waved their hands to avoid it.

The chamberlain led Xiao Jingqing through the main hall to the Sui'an Hall of the East Warm Pavilion, Xiao Jingqing saw several important ministers kneeling in the Ming Room, and the emperor's concubines were kneeling in the East Warm Pavilion.

The cries one after another seemed to announce that the emperor was no longer able to return to heaven, and now it was just a return to the light.

Sure enough, the emperor was lying on the soft couch inside, as weak as a cloud that would dissipate at any moment.

There are a lot of people standing in Sui'an Hall: Empress Wen, a female official of the courtiers, but there is no queen mother.

Empress Wen was a little haggard, her face was pale, her eyes were red, her hair was neatly combed, and a lock of hair was pinned to the back of her head, it was not difficult to see that it was temporarily combed.

Xiao Jingqing made a gesture: "Brother Xiao Jingqing has seen the royal brother, the queen's mother." ”

Empress Wen breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly wiped her tears: "No courtesy." ”

Xiao Jingqing saw that the emperor was still asleep, so he consciously stood aside.

It didn't take long for the emperor to wake up and struggle to sit up, and Empress Wen hurriedly helped him up, put a few soft pillows behind him, and folded the brocade quilt.

"The sixth brother is here?" The emperor was a little weak, and even his voice was soft.

"Brother Huang, my brother is here." Xiao Jingqing said.

He looked around again, and his expression was gloomy: "Queen Mother...... Didn't she come? ”

Empress Wen lowered her head: "The queen mother said that she would come to see Your Majesty after approving the fold, so that Your Majesty does not have to worry about state affairs, with her here, Your Majesty can recuperate with peace of mind." ”

"You go...... cough cough cough cough ...... "As soon as the emperor wanted to speak, he coughed a few more times, and his heart was so distressed that Empress Wen's tears were like a kite with a broken string, and she couldn't stop flowing.

"That's it......" the emperor waved his hand.

The concubine outside seemed to hear this cough, and the crying voice rose to a small climax.

"Shi'an, they ...... But you're crying me? The emperor looked up at Empress Wen and smiled bitterly.

Empress Wen's eyes were full of tears: "The concubine will go out immediately to mention them." ”

Empress Wen was extremely efficient, and as soon as she went out, she stopped them, and she didn't dare to cry loudly, only the sound of low sobbing remained.

The emperor coughed and waved his ministers down.

"Brother Huang, what do you command?" Xiao Jingqing lowered his head.

The emperor pondered for a long time and opened his mouth: "Sixth brother, I'm ...... I know I can't live up to you...... Queen mother...... The queen mother can't stand you, our family...... I owe you a lot...... Can be...... cough cough cough cough ...... Now I'm afraid that I can't go back to the sky, and I pity Shi'an, and I can't give birth to a prince......" He was a little sad.

"Once I'm dead...... The DPRK and the Central Committee will definitely argue over the choice of the emperor...... cough cough cough cough ...... I know that your talents, you have been hiding yourself in order to protect yourself, I can understand this, if nothing else, you will be elected by the clan as the emperor......"

Xiao Jingqing was busy: "Jingqing doesn't dare." ”

The emperor smiled: "You don't have to shirk, you were raised by your grandmother, and your grandfather treated you far better than our brothers...... Ahem...... Although the ministers of the DPRK and China are not very capable of handling affairs, they are extremely capable of seeing the wind and steering the rudder...... But I only have two requests, you must promise me! cough cough cough cough ......"

Xiao Jingqing stared at him with a complicated expression, and said for a long time: "Okay." ”

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, propped his hands on the couch, leaned forward, and looked at Xiao Jingqing's eyes: "First," he took a deep breath, "Although the queen mother usually doesn't wait to see you, and always excludes you, she is the queen mother after all, your nominal mother, if you really don't like her, let her move to another palace." ”

"Yes." Xiao Jingqing replied.

"Second ......" his ears flushed slightly, and his eyes drifted to the door, "If I leave, Shi'an will definitely feel lonely, you have to enlighten her, don't let her be buried for me." ”

"Okay," Xiao Jingqing looked into his eyes.

"But you really believe in me that much?"

The emperor leaned on the soft pillow and looked at him: "The only thing I can believe now is you cough cough cough ......"

Xiao Jingqing was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Yes." ”

The emperor said happily: "That's it, I'm tired, you can go out...... Incidentally...... Ahem...... Help me call Taifu, Liubu Shangshu in, I have something to say. ”

Xiao Jingqing replied: "Yes." And he went out.

After Xiao Jingqing called a few people in, he knelt on the "Bat Shou Wannian" stone brick outside the Yan'an Palace with the ministers of the clan, and the carvings on the stone bricks were particularly knee-high, and I don't know how those ministers persevered.

The imperial doctors withdrew one after another, and the concubines inside seemed to cry even louder.

After kneeling for more than half an hour, the shrill voice of the minister came from inside: "Your Majesty is driving the dragon......

"Your Majesty's ......" in the concubine's cry shook the sky as if to go straight to the sky, from today on, they are the widows of Emperor Daxing, and there are only three ways to live since then, one is not to enter the Chongsheng Huguo Temple, pray for the country; the second is crowned and moved to another palace to be raised; The third is to be buried with Emperor Daxing.

Xiao Jingqing knelt down with the ministers of the same cadre clan.

There seemed to be a faint fragrance of fat powder passing by, and it was an extremely desolate cry: "Emperor, ......"

The corner tower of Miyagi hit the bronze bell, four times, and it hit everyone's hearts all at once.

They knew that a generation of Sons of Heaven had passed away. Emperor Daxing was blessed and failed to leave heirs, and everyone was taking stock of how to maximize their interests.

……

In the Chongzheng Palace, the Queen Mother sat on the top and touched her tears: "Emperor Daxing is gone, and the Ministry of Rites has decided to drop out of the dynasty on the 25th and prohibit music marriage." ”

Taishi Gao Ping, who was sitting on the soft couch, arched his hand: "The Queen Mother, the old minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

The Queen Mother took a breath slowly and calmed down: "The Taishi is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"As the saying goes: 'A country cannot be without a king for a day', Your Majesty failed to leave an heir, so he should choose one person from the clan to inherit the unification and reassure the people."

The Queen Mother wiped her tears, thought for a while, raised her eyes and glanced at the ministers seat: "According to the etiquette law, King Kang, the younger brother of Emperor Daxing, should be appointed as the king, what do you say?" ”

Liu Zhiping, who is still the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Among the princes of Emperor Dezong, King Mu Cheng and King Suding are old, but they have already followed Emperor Shenzong, King Kang is young, and he is very playful, I am afraid it will be difficult to govern the government, it is not suitable to be a king, King Jing is in the frontier, but it is too late to rush back at this moment, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and it should be established as the king." ”

Taichang Siqing Li Jin muttered: "If you are older, then King Duan is the king, if you follow the rules of etiquette is King Kang as the king, our dynasty does not have the rules of the eldest son of the eldest son to succeed to the throne, it should follow the etiquette law, and the younger brother of the Daxing Emperor will succeed to the throne." ”

As he was talking, King Kang broke in: "Queen Mother, do you want to be the emperor......

The Queen Mother's face changed: "What nonsense? Get out! ”

King Kang saluted: "All the ministers know that I don't like to be bound by nature, I am happy to play, papers, I can't compare to Brother Duanwang, on martial arts, I can't compare to Brother Jingwang, and I am far inferior to Brother Huang in governing the country. ”

The Queen Mother's face turned green with anger: "You ......"

Liu Zhiping said lightly: "They are all the heirs of Emperor Dezong, the dragon son of the Heavenly Family, so there is no need to say so." ”

"It's just that Emperor Shenzong once said that King Duan is a blessed person, and now if you talk about it......"

"Spread the Empress Dowager's message" Yu Cheng suddenly came in, the Empress Dowager hurriedly got up and went down the steps, and knelt on the ground with the courtiers: "Spread the Empress Dowager's dictation: King Duan was raised by the old body, and his character and talent are also passable, in the past, Shenzong also thought about making him the emperor's grandson, but he left in a hurry and did not succeed, and now look at it, if the emperor's throne is inherited by King Duan, it can be regarded as fulfilling Shenzong's wish." ”

Everyone said yes in unison.

Yu Cheng came in and passed the word and withdrew.

The Queen Mother held her forehead with her hand and sighed softly: "Well, since it is the meaning of the Queen Mother, then Duan Wang will succeed to the throne." ”

Liang Bian, the waiter under the door, said: "Obey the order......"

The Queen Mother made a look, and Li Jin immediately said: "Queen Mother, although King Duan is old, he has no experience in governing the country, so he should be listened to by the Queen Mother, and he should practice it and educate him carefully." ”

Gao Ping's face was a little gloomy, he knocked twice on the ground on crutches, and stood up tremblingly: "Although I wait for the cabinet ministers to be old, they are not too old to walk, they can't handle government affairs, and the officials of the six ministries are still there, so there is no need to bother the Queen Mother anymore." ”

The roots of the Queen Mother's teeth hurt, but she had no choice but to go with him.