The sedan chair was slowly lifted by the side of the ministers, swaying and squeaking.

The autumn breeze lifted the cyan tulle around the sedan chair, and also revealed the true face of Lushan to the person hiding behind the tulle.

The emperor in the bright yellow dragon robe leaned weakly on the sedan chair, on the sallow and emaciated face, the mouth and eyes were crooked, the eyes were blank, and the skinny body trembled with the shaking of the sedan chair, as if he would fall from it at any time.

At this moment, the emperor still looks like a man in his thirties, at least a dozen years older than his age, haggard, old, and without any energy.

As soon as the wind stopped, the thin light veil around the sedan chair fell again, blocking the emperor's figure.

Several courtiers kneeling on the side looked at the emperor on the sedan chair in amazement, not even noticing that Si Zhu had finished reading the congratulations.

Except for the prince of the clan and some important ministers, most of the courtiers have not seen the emperor since the emperor "stroked" in August of last year, until today.

A whole year has passed, and even if the current emperor looks like the former suave emperor, these ministers still recognize the emperor at a glance.

The emperor even came to the Taimiao!!

The emperor has been recuperating from illness in the Heart Cultivation Hall for a year, and no matter what happened to the court, he never showed up, so why is it an exception today?

The courtiers were shocked in their hearts, and stupidly watched as the sedan chair slowly carried the emperor in the direction of the front hall.

"Squeak ......"

Some people saw the emperor, some didn't, and those who saw it couldn't help but pull the sleeves of other people next to them to remind them, so more and more people looked at the emperor on the sedan chair.

A subtle change has taken place in the otherwise solemn atmosphere.

In the burning eyes of everyone, the person who carried the sedan chair put down the sedan chair and stopped in front of the front hall.

The two middle-aged waiters neatly lifted the light veil with their hands and feet, grabbed the emperor's arms one by one, and "helped" him out of the sedan chair.

The Emperor was paralyzed, unable to walk with his hands and feet, but he was pulled out by his arms, and his head was tilted to one side, like a marionette with a broken thread.

At this moment, the princes, courtiers and nobles who were kneeling at the front saw it more clearly, looked at the emperor in a daze, and had a little unreal feeling of being in a dream.

It's really the emperor's royal car!

Mu Youxian, Mu Youyi and other princes lingered on the emperor's face, and then silently withdrew their gaze, and no one stepped forward to salute the emperor.

The ministers around couldn't help but whisper to each other, with different expressions.

Some keen people have seen that the emperor's dragon body has no signs of recovery at all, he is like an old tree that has been hollowed out by insects and ants, and even its roots have been eroded. I'm afraid the emperor won't live long like this......

Someone looked at Mu Yan in the front hall, someone looked at Cen Yin who was standing beside the ceremony, and a courtier muttered softly: "Why is the emperor here?" ”

This was also a question in the minds of the other courtiers.

Looking at Cen Yin's appearance, he obviously knew that the emperor would come, so what about Mu Yan?!

"Isn't it because of the sacrifice that the emperor was specially invited to come?" The other courtier whispered uncertainly.

Duanmu Xian, who was kneeling in the front row, also heard the whispers of these people, and his face was complicated.

Many courtiers didn't know that the emperor would come today, but Duanmuxian had known about it for a long time. Mu Yan informed the Ministry of Rites in advance that the appearance of the emperor would inevitably affect the ritual of today's sacrifice, so Duanmu Xian, as the first assistant, also heard about it.

Duanmuxian only thought that it was Mu Yan's idea to let the emperor come, and he was a little worried.

Mu Yan was reckless in this matter, after all, the emperor was under Cen Yin's control, and if he wanted the emperor to leave the Heart Cultivation Palace, he had to go through Cen Yin's consent.

To be honest, Duanmu Xian didn't expect Cen Yin to agree, and looked at Cen Yin's side, his expression became more complicated.

Not only Duanmuxian, but also several other cabinet elders thought so, staring at each other silently, guessing that Mu Yan must have asked the emperor to come with the intention of venting his anger, and he felt that Mu Yan was too reckless in order to fight for a moment.

Almost everyone looked up in the direction of the Emperor and Cen Yin, and there was no sound around them except for the sound of music echoing in the air.

Cen Yin naturally also noticed the gaze of the ministers, and a faint eye swept over, and the ministers were so frightened that they all lowered their heads in unison.

"......

Xi Xi's autumn wind blew a few fallen leaves and floated over, falling on the shoulders and hair of several ministers, but no one dared to move, no one dared to blow.

Cen Yin's soft voice came from the front: "The emperor knows that he is deeply guilty, and today he came to Taimiao to apologize to the ancestors and Emperor Chongming." ”

His voice was neither light nor heavy, and it clearly echoed in everyone's ears, and the ministers were all motionless, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes.

Cen Yin is what he says, and who dares to say no!

Cen Yin said as he stroked his sleeves casually, turned his head to look at the emperor, and asked, "Your Majesty, yes or no?" ”

"......" The emperor clenched his fists, his eyes were deep, and his heart was full of hatred.

He looked around with difficulty at the courtiers kneeling on the ground, these people were crooked on weekdays, making a clear appearance, but in fact, they were all afraid of Cen and hidden like tigers.

He can't put all his hopes in these soft bones.

The forbidden army, the forbidden army only obeys the emperor's orders, they are his real reliance!

When the sacrifice reaches the end of the incineration of blessings and silks, the forbidden army accompanying them today will come in to perform three bows, and then escort everyone out of the temple, this is his chance to let the forbidden army rescue him!

The emperor told himself in his heart that only with the support of the forbidden army would these courtiers who had long been dissatisfied with Cen Yin and Mu Yan dare to stand up and support him.

At this time, Cen Yin asked again in a faint tone: "Your Majesty, yes or no?" ”

His voice did not rise and fall at all, and his tone was soothing and casual, as if the person he was facing was not Emperor Dasheng, but an ordinary person.

If it was the emperor in the past, he would have turned his face in a gaffe at this moment.

But since he woke up from a coma and suffered setbacks again and again, he began to recognize the current situation.

Now is different from the past, although he now has the title of emperor, but that's all.

To extricate himself from his predicament, he must wait for the moment and hit with one blow.

The emperor gritted his back molars, and he wanted to tear Cen Yin in his heart, but he finally endured it, and he squeezed out a word from between his teeth with difficulty: "Yes." ”

The emperor's voice was muffled as if he had a tongue wide open, but everyone present heard it.

There was silence again.

The courtiers looked at each other with even more strange expressions, and if they hadn't seen and heard it with their own eyes and ears today, they wouldn't have dared to believe that the emperor would say this.

Could it be that after the emperor stroked, something went wrong with his brain?

They had no idea what was going on between the Emperor and Cen Yin, let alone what would happen next, and now they were certain that today's Taimiao sacrifice was not as smooth as they thought before.

Someone boldly glanced up at the emperor in front of him, only to see the emperor "support" the two middle-aged servants into the front hall, and at the same time, the little scorpion took off Cen Yin's cloak, and Cen Yin also entered.

As soon as Cen Yin left, all the courtiers felt that the air was relaxed, and they let out a long breath, and a cold sweat had already broken out behind their necks.

Now when the wind blows, everyone feels cold, and they feel that they are almost scared out of their hearts.

The emperor who was put into the front hall was a little nervous. Victory or defeat is here.

He spent so much effort and finally left the cage of the Heart Cultivation Palace, along the way, the emperor was apprehensive, he was afraid that he would fall short, and he also expected various variables, such as Cen Yin temporarily repented, or Mu Yan objected.

Fortunately, everything went well, and he finally came to the Taimiao.

An unusually bright light flashed under the emperor's eyes, suppressing the corners of his mouth that were about to curl.

Prince Li, as the commander of the sect, was naturally there, and when he saw the emperor being "helped" in, he was shocked and suspicious: What kind of medicine is buried in Mu Yan and Cen Yin's gourd? !

Several other clan princes all looked at Prince Li silently, wanting to see if he knew in advance.

The atmosphere was slightly condensed, and all the princes were holding their breath.

At this time, the solemn music stopped again, and the ceremony announced "Feng Zhu, Silk Send Liao", and Si Zhu and Si Bao immediately asked for Zhu and Silk to go out of the front hall and respectfully sent to the furnace for incineration.

Seeing this, the emperor's eyes brightened, and he said secretly: It's almost over.

After the ceremony, Mu Yan stood up from the futon and looked at the emperor with a cold expression.

Since the emperor was paralyzed on the couch, every time he saw Mu Yan, he had to look up at the other party in humiliation, and at this moment he was finally able to look at him face to face, but he didn't feel happy.

He suddenly found that at some point, Mu Yan was more than half a head taller than himself.

The handsome young man was tall and straight, his eyes were bright and sharp, he just stood there like this, like a famous sword in a sheath, exuding an invincible momentum, and the emperor who could not even stand stood beside him, looking like an old man in his twilight years.

Mu Yan said coldly: "Since Uncle Huang is here to apologize, then kneel down and apologize to the ancestors and ancestors for the killing committed nineteen years ago, for the disasters that have plagued the country and the people over the years." ”

"......" The emperor stared at Mu Yan and An Ping beside him with wide eyes, and once again regretted that he had not cut the grass and eradicated the roots back then.

An Ping glanced at the emperor with disgust, feeling that it would be dirty to look at him more, and urged: "Don't let him kneel yet!" ”

The two middle-aged chamberlains immediately received the order and forcefully pressed the emperor down on the futon......

The emperor wanted to struggle, but his limbs did not obey the call, his struggle was as weak as a baby, and his eyes looked at the tablet of Emperor Chongming in front of him unwillingly.

He didn't want to kneel, and he didn't want to kneel!

"Stepping on ......"

Suddenly, there was the sound of neat footsteps from behind, as if they were from the same person.

Here it comes! It's finally here! The Emperor eagerly turned his head to look out of the hall, for it was so difficult for him to even turn his head around, and he barely turned his head a little with the strength of feeding.

Outside the hall, nearly a hundred bannermen and guards of the forbidden army walked in the direction of the front hall with uniform steps, and two columns of forbidden soldiers stood on both sides of the hall in ten steps.

The commander of the standard-bearer guard strode to the main entrance of the front hall with two personal soldiers, clasped his hands into fists, and was about to salute, when he was interrupted by the emperor:

"Zhang Mianhua, hurry! Hurry up! ”

"They...... Mu Yan, Cen Yin, An Ping...... They are all rebels and thieves! ”

The emperor, who was kneeling on the futon with his attendants, shouted as if he had seen a savior.

However, even if he used all his strength, his voice was only at the volume of ordinary people's speech, at most a few people in the front hall could hear it.

The princes and princes felt their scalps tingle, and they wished they hadn't heard it at all.

The emperor looked at Prince Li again, and then said, "Uncle Huang, Mu Yan plotted to kill me, and he killed my uncle...... It's also a killer! ”

Just a few words, the emperor was already out of breath.

He stared at Prince Li with burning eyes, and now with the support of the flag guard, and Prince Li coming forward, and there are hundreds of civil and military officials outside as witnesses, this is a great opportunity to justifiably punish Mu Yan!

Mu Yan acted so recklessly and disrupted the dynasty, and now he is also conforming to the will of the people!

This time, it was really the right time, place, and people.

"......" Prince Li is the first two big, looking at the emperor for a while, looking at Zhang Mianhua for a while, and Mu Yan for a while, his mind was a little confused for a while.

The other princes and princes all pursed their mouths tightly and said nothing, feeling a little sympathy for Prince Li in their hearts. It's not easy to make!

Suddenly, Prince Li put his fist to his lips, cleared his throat, looked at Mu Yan hesitantly and asked, "Ah Yan, what's wrong?" Prince Li barely squeezed out a smile, and his tone was so angry.

The emperor didn't expect Prince Li to behave like this, and his heart was cold.

Mu Yan glanced at the emperor again, stood with his hands in his hands, and said with a smile: "Uncle Huang, you said in person that you wanted to apologize, and you didn't joke, didn't you admit it after less than half a cup of tea?" ”

The emperor's face was pale, and he felt that Prince Li could not be counted on.

He hatefully ordered again: "Mu Yan and Cen Yin...... Collusion into a party, the following crimes, dare to put me under house arrest, the crime is unforgivable! ”

"Zhang Mianhua, take it for me...... These two traitors! Whoever dares to disobey will be killed! ”

The last four words, the emperor said murderously, but now he knelt on the futon, and when he spoke, he was vague, and his momentum was always a little less.

However, Zhang Mianhua still stood at the main entrance of the front hall, motionless, neither entering the hall nor retreating.

Mu Yan hooked his lips and smiled, looked down at the emperor kneeling on the futon, shook his head and sighed: "Sure enough, I don't admit it!" ”

"Also, Uncle Huang has always been like this, whether it was nineteen years ago or now."

"A person who killed his brother and seized the throne, was lascivious and extravagant, and almost ruined the Dasheng country, how can he know how to reflect on what is wrong?"

With Mu Yan's words, the emperor was so angry that the corners of his mouth trembled, the muscles on the side of his cheeks trembled, and even his chest rose and fell violently.

Mu Yan took two steps closer to the emperor with his backhand, and the emperor subconsciously wanted to retreat, but his body was tightly shackled by the two chamberlains, and he couldn't move at all.

Mu Yan's long shadow cast on the emperor's crooked and hideous facial features, reflecting the emperor's more and more obscene.

"Then let me, a nephew, teach you!" Mu Yan looked down at the emperor from above, as if he was looking at an ant.

"During your nineteenth reign, the population of Dasheng has plummeted by 50 million, less than half of what it was at its peak. Once, when you succeeded to the throne, the treasury was abundant, with a full 60 million taels of silver, but since then, the financial situation has deteriorated, and in recent years, the treasury has been unable to make ends meet every year. ”

"The southern border once fell to two states, and the northern border has been in war for many years, and it has not been peaceful, and in recent years, there have been frequent civil strife in Dasheng......"

"Do you know what's wrong?!"

Mu Yan stared at the emperor who was less than three feet away from him and asked.

The princes and princes present naturally heard it, their expressions were complicated, and their faces were ashamed, thoughtful, trance, and reminiscence......

There are eggs under the nest, and if Dasheng collapses, these Mu children will not be able to get well.

Only when they are prosperous and prosperous can they have a good life for these clans, and they can be superior princes and princes, and their descendants can be graced.

The atmosphere in the hall became more and more stagnant.

The emperor was ashamed, angry and hateful, his face was red and white, white and purple, purple and blue, and the colors changed wonderfully.

He held his head high and angrily questioned Prince Li and other clan princes: "I will always treat ...... You're not thin, why don't you escort?! ”

"Zhang Mianhua, you are still ...... What are you waiting for! Take it down...... These two traitors! ”

However, neither the princes of the clan nor Zhang Mianhua moved, and Zhang Mianhua's tall and sturdy figure stood outside the gate of the front hall like a hill.

The silence of the crowd made the emperor start to panic a little, and the bloodshot in his eyes became denser.

The emperor couldn't help but think of Gao Zelu, the commander of Yu Linwei.

He always thought that it was Gao Zelu, a chaotic minister and thief, who became angry and joined Cen Yin, until this moment, he began to imagine another possibility-

Could it be that it's not just Jinyiwei, Jinwuwei and Yulinwei, but that all the upper twelve guards have been bought?!

No!

The Twelve Guards are the emperor's personal guards, and for more than 100 years, the Twelve Guards have always been loyal to the emperor.

The emperor tried to convince himself, but another voice in his heart told him that nothing was eternal.

For example, the Geng family.

Once Emperor Chongming probably trusted Geng Hai as he trusted Shang Twelve Wei, Geng Hai betrayed Emperor Chongming and served himself.

At one time, he also trusted Geng Hairu's confidant, but then?!

The emperor's mind flashed through the scenes of these years, thinking of Geng Hai's attempt to rebel and finally being punished by Cen Yin, and thinking of the Geng family being seized by himself......

In an instant, it was as if a lightning bolt struck his heart, and the emperor suddenly understood.

Is he wrong?!

It was Cen Yin who said that Geng Hai rebelled, it was Cen Yin who made Geng Hai killed, and it was Cen Yin who asked Yuan Weigang to replace the position of Governor of the Metropolitan Mansion of the Five Armies...... Later, even Wei Yongxin died.

The cronies around him were eliminated one by one, and gradually, only Cen Yin was left by his side, so that he believed in Cen Yin deeply.

Could it be that a long time ago, Cen Yin and Mu Yan secretly colluded together?!

So, Cen Yin betrayed himself a long time ago?

The emperor's face turned white, cold sweat quickly oozed from the corners of his forehead, the back of his neck, and his back, and his body was shaky.

At this moment, the emperor regretted it, he should have believed Geng Hai.

If Geng Hai was still alive, Geng Hai would be loyal to him, how could he fall to the point where he is isolated and helpless today!

Who else could he hope for now?!

The emperor struggled to look around at the cowardly princes of the clan again, his teeth chattering.

"Uncle Huang," the Emperor said slowly, "I am the Emperor, and you ...... Your clan should know that I am better than Mu Yan in terms of throne! ”

"And you...... You have to be careful, sooner or later Mu Yan will settle old accounts! ”

Under the emperor's compelling gaze, those clan princes all shrunk their necks, and still no one dared to speak up, including Prince Li.

Some of them were glancing at Mu Yan, and some were glancing at Cen Yin.

Since entering the front hall, Cen Yin has not said a word, let the emperor scold, but he does not move, it seems that he does not look at the emperor at all.

The emperor shouted again to Prince Li and the others: "Quick, take down Mu Yan and Cen Yin, and break their bodies to pieces!" ”

The emperor's heart was even more panicked, and the apprehension in his heart spread like wildfire.

These days, he has always felt that Mu Yan is young and vigorous, and in order to take that breath for Emperor Chongming, he released himself to "apologize", and he must seize this last opportunity.

Occasionally, he also doubted whether Mu Yan thought that he couldn't turn the tables, so he didn't take himself to heart at all, and immediately denied this idea.

Just like Cao Aiqing, who went to cry outside the Yangxin Palace that day, most of the courtiers were still loyal to the monarch, but these courtiers tended to be auspicious and avoided evil, and they didn't dare to easily confront Mu Yan and Cen Yin.

He believed that as long as the time and place were favorable, these courtiers and nobles would definitely choose to be loyal to their "orthodox" emperor.

Even if Emperor Chongming has corrected his name, Mu Yan is still a chaotic minister and thief with a suspicious background, and he can't become a climate!

In the past few days, the emperor has told himself this over and over again, and now he finds that things are different from what he expected.

He has been isolated from the world for a year, and the court has changed too much!

The emperor's heart was cold.

Mu Yan glanced at the emperor again with contempt, then turned his head and asked Prince Li, "Uncle Huang, what do you think?" ”

Mu Yan's expression and tone were extremely calm, as if he was asking the other party if he was drinking water.

But in the ears of Prince Li and the other princes, Mu Yan's words were meaningful.

Mu Yan was forcing them to choose between him and the emperor.

Prince Li's heart seemed to be pressing against a small mountain, and he couldn't breathe.

He looked at the emperor, looked at Mu Yan, and couldn't help but look at Cen Yin standing there again, his pupils were bright and dark.

The other clans looked at each other in twos and threes, still silent.

The emperor could naturally see Prince Li's hesitation, his face became even more ugly, and he said aggressively: "Uncle Huang, why are you ...... Disobedience?! ”

None of them are afraid of the death of the cunning rabbit, the lackeys cook?!

He didn't cut the grass and eradicate the roots back then, so he ended up like this, will Mu Yan repeat the mistakes of the past?! Sooner or later, Mu Yan will liquidate them all!

"......" Prince Li clenched his fists, feeling his throat tighten slightly.

Either Caesar or nothing.

Even a fool can see that the emperor has completely lost in this game of power.

Now it is Mu Yan who wants the emperor to live, Mu Yan who wants him to die, the emperor's life is in Mu Yan's hands, and the flag guards outside the hall are also under the control of Mu Yan and Cen Yin.

The situation is irreversible.

Today's emperor is just a waste man who can't even speak clearly, can't even stand, has no soldiers and no power, except for the name of emperor, he has nothing.

A prince next to him had the audacity to quietly pull Prince Raly's sleeve and give him a look.

Those who know the times are Junjie.

At this time, it is not worth offending Mu Yan and Cen Yin for the sake of the emperor!

Besides, these clan princes were already worried about whether Mu Yan would be liquidated because of Emperor Chongming's affairs, and now was a good time for them to express their sincerity.

Prince Li actually had a plan in his heart, and quickly glanced at the prince who was pulling his sleeve, and the other party also counted.

The emperor of the Liqin Dynasty took a step closer, put his usually kind face up, and said in a cold tone: "Your Majesty, you killed your brother and forced the palace, and you are guilty first." Today, since you have asked to come here to ask for sin, you must have recognized your sin. ”

"The ancestors of the Mu clan are on top, you have to make a good compensatory deal with your imperial brother today!"

The other clan princes behind Prince Li also nodded frequently one after another, lest they would be dissatisfied with Mu Yan if they were one step behind.

The emperor's pupils shrank sharply, the last flame in his heart was extinguished, and he glared fiercely at Prince Li and the princes of the clan behind him.

Since he ascended the throne, he has treated these Mu clan people well, but these people are all wolf-hearted and ungrateful!

The emperor's eyes showed resentment, as if he had quenched poison.