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The emperor's voice was already very weak, and now I am afraid that only Zuo Ying, who was close to his face, could hear it; The others, including the queen, did not dare to come forward without a holy decree.

Zuo Ying frowned in her heart: Surrender the gun? Do you want me to live by the kindness of the Master in the future? The emperor learned from the pain and realized such a truth.

"Brother Huang," Zuo Ying leaned her face close to the emperor's ear, "Pass the throne to me, and I will have the possibility of living." ”

Even if she gets the throne, she is as ruthless as Helan Chu, and she will not keep her as a hidden danger. If the throne fell into the hands of Helan Chu, all she could do was flee for her life. And in her Zuo Ying's dictionary, there is just no word "escape".

The emperor's already dim eyes burst out with inexplicable surprise, "Ying'er...... You ......"

Could it be that he, a rude and willful sister, saw clearly with his own eyes the true face of Helan Chu, a chaotic minister and thief, in what happened just now, and finally came to his senses? However, with such an awareness at this juncture, I really don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

At this time, Shang Shu ordered Dugu Mingde to rush to answer the edict. Because the emperor had been summoned today, he had been waiting outside the road gate, and this time came so timely.

Relying on diligence and dedication, Dugu Mingde, who has gradually risen from a Jiupin school scholar to his current position, is now gray with pale temples and short hair. Seeing the emperor's current appearance, he immediately understood the seriousness of the situation, and hurriedly knelt down in front of the emperor's bed, and said in a voice that was already a little choked: "Your Majesty summoned the old minister, what is your request?" ”

At this time, the emperor reached out to hold Zuo Ying's hand, but it was already difficult to speak.

Zuo Ying looked at the emperor's situation and knew that it couldn't be delayed any longer.

She turned back to Dugu Mingde and said, "Lord Dugu, the imperial brother summoned you to ask you to immediately draw up an edict and make me the crown prince." ”

Dugu Mingde raised his head and saw the emperor holding the princess's hand and nodding slightly, so he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went to the bookcase in the inner hall to start drafting the edict.

The emperor barely opened his eyes, looking at the calmness and decisiveness in Zuo Ying's eyes that he couldn't believe that it belonged to his sister, and he was surprised, relieved, and worried...... Have mixed feelings about. It's not that he doesn't understand the truth of "there are no eggs under the nest", but when he can't choose, he can only believe that Helan Chu still has a trace of nostalgia. On the other hand, if Helan Chu really wanted to kill everything, even if she was on the throne, he would just be in the way of public opinion and not attack her so blatantly; With her willfulness and recklessness, how many more days can she live under Helan Chu's nose?

The emperor's heart was suddenly depressed, and he was so angry that his throat was spicy, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, and the only strength left in his body could no longer hold his eyes open.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You open your eyes and look at the concubines, open your eyes and look at the concubines......" Empress Li couldn't care much more, and grabbed the emperor's face, but when she saw that the emperor closed his eyes and couldn't open them again, his head and neck quickly lost their strength.

The elderly imperial doctor also hurriedly came forward, and after checking for a while, he fell to his knees and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty...... Died ......"

The scene in front of her suddenly made Zuo Ying's heart rise with a long-lost feeling, just like when she learned the news of her father's death ten years ago. Is that feeling called "loneliness"? Who likes to think so and who thinks so, for her Zuo Ying, this is just a small wave of negative emotions that linger, isn't it?

She stood up from the ground and took two steps back unconsciously. Because his body was relatively weak, and he knelt on the ground for a while, his eyes were dark, and his body fell back uncontrollably, and his back suddenly leaned against the chest of a person behind him, and he was helped again, and he barely stood on his feet.

A low, magnetic voice rang in my ears: "Princess, please mourn." ”

This voice was undeniably good, but it made Zuo Ying feel excited in her heart and turn around.

I saw that standing behind her was Helan Chu with a frosty face. I don't know if it's because of the relatively large height gap between the two, Zuo Ying actually felt a sense of oppression that she almost never felt coming to her face, and if she couldn't hold it a little, it would make people unconsciously take two steps back.

Why didn't this unlucky child get married? Now it's okay, as soon as the emperor dies, the courtiers will keep filial piety for three years, and then the girls may not wait for him, he will be a bachelor for a few more years.

Helan Chu was still kneeling beside him, and the edict with ink open on his hand was Ling Dugu Mingde. It seems that Helan Chu has already read the edict. He flicked the ribbon, knelt on the ground, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty has made the princess the crown prince, please mourn the princess and preside over the funeral for Your Majesty." The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the minister will choose an auspicious day for the princess as soon as possible and ask the princess to ascend the throne. ”

This executioner appeared like a lonely minister, I believe that he is already familiar with this kind of business, Zuo Ying admires the thickness of his face.

Empress Li, who couldn't cry, straightened her waist and looked back at Helan Chu, the look in her eyes was a little complicated in addition to grief and fear.

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In Zuo Ying's experience, the funeral is far more than the meaning of mourning or watching the excitement and pomp. It was a time when all the relationships centered on the deceased surfaced in one go. Some things are usually hidden in the invisible bottom of the water like fishing nets in the deep sea, and others only see the "tip of the iceberg" or even a "mirage", and only at this time will they have to be revealed as if they were about to catch and harvest, and they can not help but hide easily.

The people who appear at the funeral are not only those who are close to and friendly with the deceased, and who come to mourn sincerely; There are often many people who are hostile to each other on weekdays. There are people here who sigh for the loss of a competitor who reflects their own value, and hope that the grievances between the two sides will also be buried in the loess with the deceased; There are cats crying mouse, hypocrisy, and even the fact that they are the enemies who put the deceased to death—as long as the undercurrent under the table is not pierced.

From the clothes, movements, language, and demeanor of the visitors, there is a lot of information that no one can ask for. For Zuo Ying, who has been rolling in the underworld for many years and has participated in countless funerals of underworld bosses, no one knows better than her.

Being good at receiving the help or warning of this information is even more important than inheriting the material legacy left by the deceased.

The funeral of the gangster is still like this, not to mention the funeral of the head of the Great Zhou royal family?

The princess who only knew about pleasure all day long left Zuo Ying with too few things about the ecology of the court, and she had to seize the opportunity to make up for it.

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