In the main hall of the Xuande Hall.

The emperor sat behind the dragon case, and the Marquis of Che, who was over sixty years old, knelt in the center of the hall, his whole body prostrate on the ground, and his hair was full of gorgeous hair to meet the emperor's gaze.

A deathly silence spread through the hall, and pins could be heard.

The entire hall could only hear the faint breathing of the two of them, and the click of Che Hou's long-kneeled knees.

The emperor was dewed, grabbed the armrest with both hands, and stared straight at the dazzling Hua Fa.

Once upon a time, the person in front of him was full of green hair, dressed in military uniform, heroic, and magnificent, who made great contributions to the twilight country and was the patron saint of the people of the twilight country.

But in the blink of an eye, the ruthless years have pushed the meritorious general into old age, and only a wound remains.

The emperor couldn't bear it, his face was moved, and he was silent for a long time, and finally called him up from the ground.

"What Chehou said in the court today, but it is from the heart?"

The emperor suddenly asked, and the Marquis stabilized his weak and swaying body, and replied, "The old minister is from the bottom of his heart, and he doesn't dare to bully the king." ”

The emperor frowned, "That's your only granddaughter, why don't you fight for her?" ”

At the court meeting, the Marquis of Che asked to enter the palace and asked for the abolition of the queen.

He also begged His Majesty, for the sake of his lifelong loyalty to the monarch and the only heir left under his knees, to allow him to bring the abolished queen home, stay in the palace forever, meditate, and pray for the blessing of the country.

Chehou coughed twice with his fist over his lips, his lungs buzzing, and the small cough seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and he breathed hard.

"Back to Your Majesty, the queen is crazy and unworthy, and she is no longer worthy of the position of the mother of the country, and should be abolished. Although the old minister is the queen's grandfather, he is also the marquis of the twilight country, so he should be worried about the twilight country. The war was tense before, and after the abolition, I was afraid that the people would be uneasy. Now that there is Tianyang to help each other to defend against the enemy, the old minister dares to write a letter to ask for guilt. ”

"Do you really think so?"

The emperor's words were suspicious, his eyebrows were frivolous, and his noble face was secretive, and he looked at his expression seriously, capturing the slightest subtle change.

Chehou coughed hard again, his shaking body almost couldn't stand, and he gasped for a long time before he slowly stabilized.

"Lao Chen's entry into Beijing this time, in addition to the queen's affairs, there is one more thing ......"

He spoke a little breathlessly, his voice was weak, and as he spoke, he took out a long brocade box from his sleeve with trembling hands.

He raised the brocade box with both hands above his head, shook it, slowly knelt down, and said word by word, "This is the first emperor...... Before the collapse, it was handed over to the old minister...... Blank edict. ”

As soon as the words fell, the people behind the dragon case had to stand up, walked two steps down the imperial steps, and stood in front of Chehou.

He reached out to touch the brocade box, but finally took his hand back and looked at Chehou's old face alertly.

"Chehou took out the blank edict at this time, did he think of a will?"

The emperor's vigilance and impatience were too obvious, and the Marquis did not find it strange at all.

He had already thought that the abolition of the queen was just an attempt by the emperor to force him to hand over a blank edict.

But in fact, why should Your Majesty force him, when the time comes, he will hand it over.

"Old minister, I want to hand over this blank edict to Your Majesty......"

As soon as Che Hou's words fell, his body fell to the ground unsupportively, covering his mouth and coughing again, his face was flushed, and his lungs were about to cough out.

The brocade box fell to the ground, and the blank edict rolled out of the brocade box.

A jade shaft with auspicious clouds and cranes spreads out, and at both ends of the decree there are silver dragons that fly to prevent forgery.

The holy decree is stamped with a jade seal, and the emperor has written a pen.

The content in the middle is blank, and as long as the ink drops, it seems that it can stir up a storm at any time.

The emperor did not bear it, moved over the soft couch, and helped him to sit on it.

Picking up the blank edict, he sat down next to him.

There are no outsiders in the hall, only the two of them, and they don't have to care about the influence of the rules.

"What do you mean by that?"

The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at the blank edict in his hand over and over again, his palm was a little hot, and he carefully rolled it up and took it back into the brocade box.

Chehou helped him to gasp for a few breaths, and drank two sips of tea handed by the emperor, and his breath finally calmed down slowly, and his cough stopped.

He said slowly with a sickly face, "When the Holy Lord died, everyone in the world thought that the glory of the temple would be gone forever. But to everyone's surprise, in just three years, the temple grew rapidly and strongly. The number of believers has proliferated, and the prestige among the people is great, and there is even a hidden tendency to surpass the royal family, and the influence is even greater than when the Holy Lord was alive. ”

Chehou was weak and short of breath, so he stopped to rest and breathe after saying a while, and then continued.

"The emperor was aware of the horror of the temple before he died, and at that time the Peach Blossom Spring Village had become famous in the twilight country, and the people were full of praise. He had a hunch that if he continued like this, he was afraid that in the future, the entire Twilight Kingdom would be enveloped by the power of Peach Blossom Spring Village. The facts also confirmed his hunch, and now half of the disciples of the Holy Lord of the Dynasty are here, and the power of Peach Blossom Spring Village is omnipresent. Therefore, he left this blank edict, which he could use to protect the imperial power of the Li family when the situation in the world changed significantly. ”

With Chehou's big gasp, the emperor also breathed tightly, and his face was as solemn as a deep pool.

His hands were clenched into fists, goosebumps forming on his body.

"The reason why the old minister advised the emperor to stop the war was because the old minister knew that the calamity was just an excuse, and it was just a battle of the ambitions of the Tianyang Kingdom to expand its territory and engulf the Qi Meng Kingdom. Emperor Tianyang has grand ambitions, if he really takes Qimeng Kingdom as his territory, who will be the next target? I am afraid that our twilight country is not far from the disaster of destroying the country. ”

"The Holy Lord didn't want the world to be miserable, and he didn't want innocent people to be implicated, so he went against the world and proposed to stop the war and protect the child."

Chehou became agitated as he said this, and his old, aged scarred hand grasped the emperor's arm, and his eyes explained with a gritty gaze.

"Although the old minister once agreed with the Holy Lord to stop the attack on Meng, the old minister has never betrayed the emperor and His Majesty."

Chehou bent his legs and slid off the soft couch and knelt directly on the ground, and the emperor hurriedly helped him up with both hands, with mixed feelings in his heart, and he felt guilty and empty.

Indeed, he had always been suspicious of Chehou.

How can a courtier hold an edict from the emperor that is enough to influence the society of the country, how can he feel at ease.

In particular, not long ago, I learned that the owner of Peach Blossom Spring Village had visited Chehou, and Chehou had been on the side of the Holy Lord back then, so I was worried that he was a believer in the Holy Lord, and the blank edict would be used by the temple.

Therefore, the emperor will use the matter after the abolition to lead to a blank edict.

"These things...... Why didn't you talk to me earlier? ”

The emperor's mind was filled with these new news, frowning, and his temples jumped suddenly.

Chehou coughed and took a deep breath, "Your Majesty was only ten years old when he first ascended the throne, he was young and immature, and the Queen Mother listened to the government. Since His Majesty's personal conquest, he has been diligent in government and loves the people, and his heart is hilly, and the old ministers have seen it in his eyes. The old minister's health is getting worse day by day, and it's time to tell His Majesty everything. ”

Che Hou's words contain deep meaning, and this blank edict is actually a vigilance against the Queen Mother.

If the emperor grows up, but the queen mother is unwilling to return to power, this blank edict can be the right to the throne and retreat from treachery.

"It is a great blessing that the old minister was not able to use this blank edict in his lifetime. Now that it is in the hands of His Majesty, I believe that His Majesty will be able to use it well and live up to the good intentions of the emperor. ”

The emperor held the brocade box in both hands, only to feel heavy, but it was heartwarming.

He thought that his father didn't care about him at all, but it turned out that his father was still thinking about him in his heart.

The far-reaching intention of leaving this blank edict will help him protect the twilight country.

The emperor couldn't control the wetness of his eyes, and his heart was sour and happy.

"I know that Peach Blossom Spring Village is already sitting big, and it should not be taken lightly. But they neither interfered in government affairs, nor violated national laws, nor did they harm the people, so they had no way to do it. As long as the imperial court takes the slightest action, before they can react, I am afraid that it will immediately arouse the condemnation and resistance of the people. ”

"This is the terrible thing about Peach Blossom Spring Village, which can easily shake the hearts of the people."

Chehou sighed lightly, and his tired voice actually carried a hint of admiration and exclamation.

The emperor got up and paced back and forth in the main hall, thinking a lot in his heart.

As the emperor, he naturally cannot allow such a powerful force to exist that is out of control and can influence the people at any time, but he must not act rashly.

Don't forget, Peach Blossom Spring Village is just one of the Templar's branches in the Twilight Kingdom.

"Biting dogs don't bark! The more desireless and unmoving, the more terrifying the power is when it explodes. The temple had been in store for fifteen years, and now a dark tide was raging, and a storm was coming. ”