Chapter 316: Usurpation
The crown prince bent down and tidied up the dragon robe for his father a little, and asked his father to sit on the dragon chair as upright as possible.
He remembered the kindness that his father had taught him when he was young, he was his father's favorite child, the most favored, no matter how much trouble he caused, how arrogant and domineering, this man was always reluctant to punish him.
Maybe this is the reason why the prince is reluctant to kill his father, no matter how rebellious he is, he still doesn't want to be that evil executioner in his heart, so that his heart will be better in the future? Or does he have a trace of father-son affection for this man?
The queen behind Zhulian saw that the prince had not made the next move, and she had no choice but to make this son's failure, so she could only glance at the old eunuch beside the emperor, and motioned him to read the false holy decree they had drawn up last night in front of the civil and military officials.
Although the old eunuch was unwilling in his heart, but last night's terrifying coercion and evil words are vivid, if he doesn't do it, his own life will not be guaranteed, and all the characters related to him in the nine clans will die together, these hundreds of lives, how can this old eunuch bear it?
The old eunuch is of the same age as the emperor, and he has been following him since the emperor was still the prince, until the prince Jackie Chan was promoted. Decades of spending time together made him feel that everything he was doing now was full of sin and guilt.
Tremblingly, he picked up the golden decree, took a step forward, spread out the decree, and solemnly read it according to the content of the decree, as in the past.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said......"
The content of the holy decree is not bad from what the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty thought, and naturally declared that he was terminally ill and that time was short, and he wanted to retire from the throne and inherit the throne by the queen's son, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
After the old eunuch finished reading the decree, he glanced at the emperor with complicated eyes, didn't dare to say more, and silently stepped aside.
The emperor didn't know whether he drank the decoction sent by the prince last night, or was angry and vomited blood, at this time the condition had deteriorated so seriously that he couldn't speak, and the only thing he could do was to stare at the prince with hateful eyes, with a painful look on his face, and his fists were clenched tightly and refused to let go.
If the emperor at this time had the prestige of the past, he would be eager to tear these two rebellious mothers and sons to death. However, this thing that he could do with his mouth open at the beginning is now as difficult as heaven for him, he can't say anything, he can't do anything.
After the reading of the holy decree, the ministers began to talk about it again, which was full of doubts, but they could only bury these doubts in their hearts, after all, this was a holy decree read out in front of the emperor, who would dare to question it? Don't want to live? Moreover, the crown prince is also the crown prince personally set up by the emperor, the queen's prince, and it is justifiable that the current crown prince will succeed to the throne, and there is not enough reason for anyone to ask questions.
Hua Yiyun and Jiang Yuntian were shocked at the same time, and sure enough, they didn't think in their hearts, the emperor was probably taken hostage, no wonder the emperor did not appear in the early dynasty today, and the prince and queen who were under house arrest appeared in the early dynasty at the same time, before the emperor was still thinking about how to deal with the crimes committed by these two people, but in the blink of an eye, they were acquitted, and they appeared in the early dynasty openly, as if the two were under house arrest before never happened.
And the emperor himself said yesterday that he was going to give way to King Yi, and now the earth-shaking changes are really confusing.
The emperor, who could still walk yesterday, is paralyzed today, and must have been murdered and held hostage by the two princes, and the holy decree read out must have been done by the two of them.
Jiang Yuntian and Hua Yiyun thought about the stakes in their hearts, whether to expose this shocking lie on the spot in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.
Hua Yiyun just wanted to step forward and stab all this, Jiang Yuntian hurriedly pulled him back, and said in a low voice: "You and I both know that it is wrong, and even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also know that there are many doubts in it, but how can you be convincing with only your one-sided words, without evidence, everything is empty talk, useless, let's wait and see what happens, there will definitely be a chance." ”
"But my father ...... him"
"Listen to me! Watch and see what happens. Jiang Yun grabbed Hua Yiyun, who wanted to rush to the top of the Golden Palace.
Hua Yiyun was anxious, anxious, not in a hurry that the throne that originally belonged to him was taken away by his brother, he was anxious that his terminally ill father was in danger at this time, if the condition was delayed, the situation would be irreparable, and now if he can treat his father in time, maybe, maybe...
Hua Yiyun remembered the scene when his father took him to climb the mountain when he was a child, at that time he was sonorous and majestic, he was young and followed behind his father, was thrown away a long distance, climbed halfway up the mountain under the scorching sun, tired and sweaty, his little feet seemed to be hung with a thousand pounds of heavy iron, and he couldn't step out, after all, he was still a child, crying and trying to go back.
The father looked at the crying Hua Yiyun, not only did not care at all, but did not smile, and retreated from the palace maid and eunuch who wanted to step forward to support Hua Yiyun on his back, and dropped a sentence that he would not go back if he couldn't climb to the top of the mountain, and turned around and left.
Although several palace maids and eunuchs felt sorry for the little prince, how could they dare to disobey the emperor's orders, so they could only leave the little prince and follow the saint to continue to move forward.
Hua Yiyun broke down and cried in a hurry, slumped on the ground and rolled and cried, until his father and his entourage disappeared and did not look back at him, at that time he resented his father's ruthlessness, but he was also afraid of being left alone in this deep mountain, so he could only wipe away his tears and sobbed and continued to crawl.
The mountain road is very steep, only one mountain road winds and hangs down from the top of the mountain, like a mountain stream flowing between the bamboo forests, and it is extremely difficult for adults to crawl, let alone a child
It wasn't until he was so tired that he was about to fall down that he could see his father on the top of the mountain waiting for him expressionlessly.
The young Hua Yiyun was angry, the physically and mentally exhausted child gritted his teeth with a grit of resentment in his heart, and the little hands and feet were worn out and did not cry again, when the last step entered the top of the mountain, the stubborn child could no longer bear the exhaustion of his body and collapsed to the ground and fell unconscious.
When he woke up again, he was already on the way down the mountain, his small body was lying on a broad back, Hua Yiyun wiped the corners of his eyes, and couldn't believe that his father, who had always been unsmiling at him, actually put him on his back and carefully carried him down the mountain, without the help of the palace maid and eunuch, he walked step by step, and the original resentful heart suddenly disappeared in Hua Yiyun's young heart.
On that part of the mountain road, the emperor told him a lot of truths that he seemed to understand, and the influence of them is far-reaching to this day.
On the Jinhua Palace, Hua Yiyun stopped thinking.
The more he recalled, the more he almost couldn't control himself, watching his former powerful father and emperor now become a puppet at the mercy of others.
Hua Yiyun desperately wanted to step forward, but seeing Jiang Yuntian's resolute dissuasive eyes, he forcibly suppressed the emotions in his heart and held back, everything must be based on the overall situation.
"The crown prince's accession to the throne will be held in three days, and this is the end of the dynasty this morning! Retreat! ”
As the words fell, all the ministers retreated, and the queen saw that all this was close at hand, and smiled with satisfaction, she had waited too long for this day, too long, she finally saw that her emperor was going to ascend the throne as the emperor.
After the early dynasty passed, the prince personally ordered the emperor to be sent back to the palace, and then sent a large group of royal guards to guard it strictly, and no one was allowed to enter without his order, and those who violated it would be killed! This made Hua Yiyun and Jiang Yuntian, who originally wanted to ask to see the emperor, anxious and difficult, and they could only go back to the house to think of another countermeasure.
In the emperor's bedroom, only the old eunuch who has always been with the emperor is left to take care of his daily life, after all, the old eunuch is already his person under his control, so he is naturally not afraid of any chaos.
The emperor lay on the couch, his whole body was extremely stiff, his lips were black and purple, and his face was pale. After the old eunuch looked at the prince again, he immediately knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty! What the slave did in the palace was coerced by the prince, and the slave deserved to die! ”
The emperor's godless eyes turned with difficulty, looked at the old kneeling slave, closed his eyes helplessly, and muttered a few times with difficulty.
Seeing this, the old eunuch hurriedly got up and listened to it.
"Find..."
"Find... Yiwang. ”
The emperor muttered with difficulty, just saying these words was already so tired that he was sweating profusely, the old eunuch finally understood, the emperor wanted to find King Yi himself to save the current situation of the court and prevent the prince's usurpation of power.
The old eunuch couldn't bear to look at the tragic situation of the saint now, and responded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the old slave is low, the prince makes people stare here day and night, and the old slave can't find a chance even if he wants to die loyally." ”
Hearing this, the emperor closed his eyes in despair, all of this was caused by his own hands, and he himself ruined his country.
"Your Majesty, drink some water." The old eunuch carefully brought tea and fed it to the emperor.
The entrance of the tea was warm and smooth, and the emperor consciously felt that his throat was so painful, he whimpered a few times, and tried to speak again, making a hoarse sound.
"Brute! These two brutes. ”
The old eunuch was overjoyed and said, "Your Majesty, can you speak?" ”
"What's the use?" The emperor's eyes were gloomy, and he finally knew that his sudden aphasia was not because his condition was aggravated, but because the two beasts really poisoned the real thing last night, for the purpose of usurping the throne of the dynasty this morning, and now that he can speak, I am afraid that the effect of the medicine has passed.
"Your Majesty! Slaves deserve death! Minions are sorry for you! The old eunuch fluttered and knelt on the ground again, crying bitterly, he has followed the emperor since he was a child, and he has grown up with the emperor whenever he has been with the saint, and now the emperor and the government have become like this, so how can he not feel guilty and sigh.