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The night sinks like water. Only the palace lights are warm yellow, and the window paper is heard by the wind and snow sumo, and there is a sound. There were a few low whimpering voices from the few imperial doctors in the dormitory of Zichen Palace, but I sat in a daze like a clay sculpture and wood carving, no matter how warm the smoke cage was, I only felt that my whole body was cold, and my internal organs seemed to be frozen.

Jiang Shouquan walked over with a suffocating voice, choked up and said to me: "Queen Mother, the Emperor has died, you can't have any more accidents! Queen Mother, you were the only one present when the Emperor left, do you remember what he said to you? While there are not many people who know at this time, you have to make a decision early, otherwise, there will be a big 'mess'!"

I slowly raised my eyes, glanced at him, and said in a hoarse voice: "Go and spread the word that the Eight Sages King has entered the palace, and order Huo Qing to guard the palace 'door', no one is allowed to enter or leave without my edict!" Let the imperial doctors all go down, and no one will be allowed to leave the palace 'door' before tomorrow morning!"

Jiang Shouquan forced his 'spirit' to go out to spread the word, and I struggled to stand up, sent away those imperial doctors, and stood in front of the couch. Qi Heng's appearance was not glamorous, because the toxin had already invaded the blood all over his body, and I gently 'touched' his face with trembling fingers, and it had become stiff. I hurriedly turned around, afraid that if I looked at it again, tears would fall involuntarily.

I wanted to wait quietly for Qihuai to enter the palace, but when I heard the sound of footsteps, I was surprised to come so quickly. When I looked up, I saw that it was Enlightenment that came in. Glancing at Cao Hong behind him again, he sneered: "You move fast!"

Cao Hong lowered his head weakly, Qi Min didn't say a word, he first went to see Qi Heng on the couch, and then asked me: "What did the imperial brother say before he died?"

I looked at him coldly and said, "The edict is that the emperor and grandson will ascend the throne, and the eight sages will be the auxiliary government." ”

He nodded, as if he had guessed so, and asked, "Does the imperial brother have a testament?"

"It happened suddenly, and he didn't have time to ......" Before I could finish my words, Qi Min came over and took my hand and pulled me to the side of the bookcase, and said: "Without an edict, the courtiers will not believe you based on your one-sided words alone." ”

"What then? Without an edict, can you still conjure up a copy? If any courtiers don't believe it, they will correct the Fa on the spot!" I said with a straight face.

Qi Min sighed and said: "Now that the eight princes are still in the palace, although the king of Jinchang County is far away outside the palace, he will definitely rush back as soon as he learns the news, and there is no convincing evidence to prove that the emperor will pass the throne to Run, how big will it be?"

I was silent for a moment and asked, "What do you do?"

Qi Min lowered his voice and said: "I remember that when the imperial brother was in the Jiucheng Palace, he 'hurt' his arm for a while, and you have been helping him correct the folds, can you imitate his handwriting......"

"So you even calculated this!" Somehow, when I heard him say these words, I only felt that my heart sank to the bottom, cold sweat broke out in my palms, and my back was even more cold and hot!

Qi Min looked at me with pain in his eyes and explained, "Auntie, I'm not calculating, I'm just ......"

"Say no more! I won't promise you! You don't want to get a piece of it!" I said, and I turned around angrily, striding out of the dormitory, nearly colliding with the oncoming Qihuai. When I saw him, as if I saw a savior, I grabbed his arms and said, "Teacher, it's good that you're here!"

Qi Huai looked at the inner room, and when he saw Qi Ming, he was not surprised, patted the back of my hand to show comfort, and said, "It's okay, I'm here." Then he motioned to Jiang Shouquan: "You are guarding the 'door'." ”

Jiang Shouquan looked at me, I hesitated for a moment, and nodded. Jiang Shouquan retreated and closed the 'door'.

I looked at Qi Huai in confusion, and Qi Huai said to me: "The news of the emperor's death has not yet spread out of the palace 'gate', so we must settle everything while there is still time." ”

I nodded busily, looked at Qi Min hesitantly, and said: "The emperor let the emperor and grandson ascend the throne before he died, and you assisted the government, but the king of Langya ......" said, I turned my face away, and I didn't want to look at Qi Min again.

Qi Huai said: "I also know about this, on the day of the winter solstice sacrifice, the imperial brother told me, but I didn't agree. ”

I was stunned, but Qi Min took the lead in asking, "What did he tell you?"

Qihuai didn't shy away from him, glanced at me, and said bitterly: "The same is true of the original words, but I heard one more thing with Auntie." The royal brother wants me to assist the government, but the premise is that A'Rao will move outside the palace and become a monk. I was stunned, and he smiled bitterly: "So I didn't agree." ”

I bit my lip desperately to keep the cry from overflowing.

The prince is no longer there, but he still wants me to become a monk......

Qi Huai sighed: "The young Empress Dowager, the uncle who assists the government alone, who knows how ugly the gossip will be when the time comes." That's why the royal brother made me swear......" He knew that he had slipped his mouth, so he quickly shut up.

I asked, "What do you swear?"

When he saw me staring at him with burning eyes, he couldn't help but smile bitterly again, and said, "I swear never to have delusions about you." ”

I looked away, glanced at the dragon couch again, then walked over to the bookcase and asked, "How do you write the edict?"

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Li Run, the grandson of the emperor, the son of the filial prince, and the eldest grandson of me. Although he is young, he has a noble identity, a pure character, a deep Xiao bow, I 'want' to pass on the crown prince, but I have no choice but to collapse early, so it belongs to the order of Yilun, and the edict of Emperor Sun Run to succeed the emperor, the eight sages Wang auxiliary, and the Langya king regent, Qin this!"

Hearing the last sentence, I suddenly looked up and looked at Qihuai in surprise.

Qi Huai looked at me seriously and said, "I can't bear the entire empire alone. ”

I hadn't put pen to paper for a long time, and when I looked at Qi Min, he had kept his lips closed all the time and didn't say anything. I snorted coldly, wrote down what I said, and said self-deprecatingly: "But I want to add one more sentence: What about the Empress Dowager moving outside the palace?"

Qi Huai held my hand with pity, I pulled it out fiercely, sneered at him like a revenge, and said, "Teacher, don't forget that you swore to the emperor that you will never give up your delusions about me!" Qi Huai's face turned pale, and his eyes were inexplicably painful.

I didn't feel a trace of happiness, but a heart that was painfully almost distorted. I pointed to the two of them and said, "I won't ignore the affairs of the court, and from now on, I don't need other people's advice in my life." "After speaking, I mentioned the 'jade' seal and pressed heavily on the so-called edict.

Looking at the bright red seal, my heart felt like a boulder falling to the ground: it's over, it's finally over! It belongs to my harem, my husband's court...... It's over. And from tomorrow, I will no longer be a queen, I can no longer live in the Chenghuan Palace, I want to stay away from here, away from these sins and filth!