By the time you see this letter, I'm afraid I'll have already sailed west. Although I have not made any achievements in politics in my life, I think that I am not a faint king.

In my later years, the court gradually stabilized, and the people were in good weather, because I fought on the battlefield when I was young, and left many old diseases in my later years, so I decided to abdicate and spend the rest of my life in style.

On my way through the city of Xiaocheng, I met a widow who was gentle and virtuous, and who was very kind to me, and I was willing to stop for her, and then I and her child were born.

I am old, and sooner or later I will go before their mother and son, and I have left this letter to prove the identity of their mother and son, hoping that if their mother and son can't live in the future, there will be a place for one party to settle down.

In addition, when I left, I did not pass the throne to any prince, I felt that I owed them mother and son, and I specially left the throne to this son, if he had the heart to inherit the throne, he would take this fold back, see the fold if you see me, you need to assist him to sit on the throne.

……

The emperor read the words on the fold word by word, especially after seeing the private seal and jade seal of the emperor at the place where the payment was made, the emperor was almost stunned - Meng Yi had spent more than thirty years in the world unharmed, and now he only appeared with this fold, it was nothing more than a short time to see him, so he wanted to stand up and seize the throne!

After 30 years of silent forbearance, he has only now announced his ambitions to the world, and even the emperor has to admire this forbearance!

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......" The excitement made the emperor start coughing violently again.

Seeing this, Liu De on the side hurriedly walked up to help the emperor gently pat his back and smooth his breath, "The emperor is angry, the emperor is still sick, don't be angry......"

Others don't know the emperor's physical condition, but Liu De couldn't be clearer, and now he is vaguely reminding the emperor not to be too excited.

When the emperor heard this, his emotions calmed down a lot, "...... You can show the excerpt to the others first. ”

Now that Meng Yi came out with this fold, this was no longer something that the emperor could solve alone, he needed someone to help him share the burden, and the ministers standing in the room were the only people he could trust.

"Yes." Meng Yi responded, turned around and walked to the middle of several ministers, and showed the contents of the fold to several ministers.

After reading the contents of the excerpt, several ministers had different expressions for a while, and none of them stood up to speak.

The emperor waited for a while and didn't see these people speak, knowing that it was hopeless to point to these people, so he had to open his mouth and say to Meng Yi: "The former emperor lost his mind in his later years, this is something that everyone knows, whether this letter was written voluntarily by the first emperor, or whether it was induced to write it down by someone No one knows." ”

"Besides, why didn't you come to me earlier with this fold, but didn't come until now? And with just a letter of excerpt, how can you ensure that your royal bloodline is not an impostor? ”

Let's not talk about whether the emperor is willing to give up this position, just say that he wants to let go, and the first thing he thinks of is naturally his sons, not this 'brother' who has only met once.

Meng Yi didn't think that things would go too smoothly, so in the face of the emperor's obstruction at this time, his expression did not change much, "When the first emperor was traveling, he was followed by a guard every step of the way, and after the first emperor died, the guard left with the ashes of the first emperor. When he was young, he also got along with this guard for a while, and if the emperor could find him, he would naturally be able to prove his identity. ”

The guard Meng Yi said has been in the imperial city since he came back, and the emperor can indeed summon people now.

The emperor glanced at Liu De on the side, and Liu De quickly retreated.

In fact, the emperor was almost certain of Meng Yi's identity at this time, but he was unwilling to give up this position, and what he was thinking about now was how to properly solve the trouble in front of him.

The room was quiet for a while, and after everyone waited for a while, Liu De quickly came over with the guard.

"The grass people see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." Although this guard is a person who is about the same age as the emperor, but because he is a person who practices martial arts, his spirit and spirit are much better than the emperor's, and compared to the two, the person in front of him looks at least ten years younger than the emperor.

The emperor glanced at the people below, his face was a little ugly, "This person claims to be my brother, why didn't you tell me that the emperor had a son outside after you came back?" ”

Otherwise, there would not be so many troubles today. The Emperor was furious at the guards' concealment.

However, the guard behaved very calmly about this, "At the beginning, the emperor asked his wife for his opinion, and the lady said that she didn't want the prince to have anything to do with the court, and just wanted to live an ordinary life, so the emperor ordered the grass people not to take the initiative to mention this matter after returning to the city, and the grass people just obeyed the emperor's last orders. ”

The guard's words made it impossible to find any fault, and the emperor opened his mouth and was speechless.

"Then let's see if this person is really the widow of the former emperor." The Emperor forcibly suppressed his fire qi.

"Yes." Hearing this, the guard got up and first looked at Meng Yi's eyebrows seriously, and then grabbed Meng Yi's left arm and lifted Meng Yi's sleeve.

Then he turned his head to the emperor and said: "Back to the emperor, there is a birthmark on this person's left arm, which was carried by the son when he was born, and this person's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to the son when he was a child. ”

Sure enough.

In fact, the emperor already knew the answer, but listening to this guard say it so bluntly, he was still a little disappointed in his heart.

"In that case, I will soon announce your identity to the world, as for this succession to the throne...... I'm afraid that the people below will not accept it as easily as I do, so we have to plan slowly. ”

Speaking of which, I still don't want to give way.

Meng Yi smiled and changed his words: "Since this is the case, then thank you to Brother Huang." ”

Brothers who are so different? It's all a mess left by the emperor!

The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched fiercely, "I don't know my brother...... Where do you live now? I'm going to ask someone to arrange for you to live in the house. ”

As he spoke, the emperor didn't mean to let Meng Yi answer at all, but directly instructed Liu De on the side: "Spread my will, reward the third brother with the house near the palace on West Street, and then choose some trustworthy people to serve the third brother well." ”

The emperor meant that he was going to put Meng Yi under his nose to watch.

"Thank you, Brother Huang, there is nothing else, the younger brother will leave first." No matter what the emperor arranged, Meng Yi took it with a calm smile.

After Meng Yi and the guards left, the emperor's face became gloomy.

Several ministers in the room stole a glance at the emperor's face, and someone hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Your Majesty, the current princes are very good, if you let a stranger who has lived in the people for decades take charge of the government, this is simply a joke about the court!" ”

"Hmph, why don't I know this?!" The minister's words were about to hit the emperor's heart, and the emperor then said angrily: "But as soon as the fold in that man's hand is taken out, who dares not to let him take the throne?" If you want to solve this matter, you must first destroy the fold in that person's hand! ”

There was a chill in the Emperor's tone.

……

Recently, there has been a rumor about a folk prince, Lin Yingxue has walked along the way, whether it is a storyteller in a teahouse or a vegetable vendor outside, almost everyone is discussing Meng Yi.

"Eh, have you heard, this prince who was left behind in the world was born gentle and polite, and he is so much younger than the emperor, I heard that he is going to take over the emperor's position!"

"Really? Where did you hear this? Didn't it mean just restoring his identity? ”

"Oh, the storytellers in the teahouse all say this, I see, this matter is estimated to be eight or nine!"

……

Lin Yingxue has listened to such conversations dozens of times today.

She had no intention of wandering around the streets anymore, but took Leng Yue straight to the prince's mansion.

“…… Before, I didn't know why Meng Yi, a person from the rivers and lakes, wanted to get involved in the affairs of the government, but now it seems that Meng Yi's ambition is obvious, if the prince does not act again, I am afraid that this throne will fall to the prince Yi who was killed halfway! ”

Lin Yingxue persuaded the prince with an anxious face.

However, the crown prince still seemed very hesitant, "But isn't my father still there?" How could it be the turn of this prince who suddenly appeared to succeed to the throne? Even if it is not good, there is still an Uncle Jing in front of this prince, no matter how you look at it, it will not be this person's turn to take the position. ”

"Your Highness!" Seeing that the prince still failed to grasp the key point, Lin Yingxue was so anxious that she became angry, "The prince has been serving the emperor every day these days, what is the emperor's body, outsiders don't know, but how can you not know, prince?" ”

"Also, right now, this Meng Yi can actually let the emperor recognize his identity so easily, which proves that he must have a hole card in his hand that makes the emperor have to submit, and this hole card can't even be competed with by the emperor, so how can the prince resist?"

"What we can do now is to take advantage of Meng Yi's failure and quickly take the power into our own hands, only in this way can we have the ability to compete with the Five Princes and Meng Yi!"

Lin Yingxue's words and proverbs finally shook the prince's heart.

"But I don't think my father seems to want to hand over power at this time, and our chances of winning are probably not great." This is what the prince is really worried about.

"It's easy to do." Seeing that the prince was shaken, Lin Yingxue finally breathed a sigh of relief, "The prince only needs to convey this meaning to the ministers who support the prince." ”

"The emperor's body is at the end of his strength, and the crown prince is a righteous prince, and he proposes to take charge of the government on behalf of the emperor, and no one including the five princes can say anything."

Seeing Lin Yingxue's confident look, the prince hesitated, finally nodded and asked, "Then when will we act?" ”