In this way, Wei Qingshan knelt in Kongyun Temple until the end of the blessing ceremony, and his legs were almost useless.

After the seven-day blessing ceremony was over, Wei Zhaohua looked at this empty cloud temple before leaving, I don't know why, she had an intuition, she would definitely come back here.

After returning to the capital, Wei Qingshan was sick at home for a long time, and the emperor blamed Wei Qingshan for one decree after another, but Wei Qingshan had no other way.

After Wei Zhaohua returned home, he became extremely pure, and after losing his grace, the entire Wei Mansion was also in peace. Elegy is in his yard, the gate is not out, the second door is not stepping, Su Chengbi takes care of the affairs up and down the house, and in the days without waves, Wei Zhaohua is very comfortable.

Wei Shaoyun has been holding back in the yard since Wanxin's death, and it doesn't work no matter who calls her.

When the autumn leaves fell, Wei Zhaohua was reading a book in the yard, and the leaves fell on Wei Zhaohua's body, which seemed extraordinarily quiet.

"The county lord loves to ignore everyone except books these days, and the son should wake her up when he comes!"

You smiled and said to Wei Songting, Wei Songting came in from outside, and when he saw Wei Zhaohua, he shook his head.

"Zhaohua, why are you so inactive lately, do you want to go out and ride a horse?" Wei Songting said happily and sat next to Wei Zhaohua.

Wei Zhaohua didn't raise his eyes, but said lightly, "Isn't my brother busy these days?" Inside the East Palace, how is His Royal Highness the Prince? ”

Wei Zhaohua pretended to ask casually, but in fact, Wei Zhaohua wanted to ask this sentence since the blessing ceremony. Shen Cuobai hadn't looked for her for a long time, and Wei Songting followed Shen Cuobai and rarely went home. Could it be that something happened to the East Palace that would make them so busy?

"Alas!" Wei Songting heard Wei Zhaohua mention this, and sighed, "The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and everyone is staring at the position of His Royal Highness the Prince!" The slightest mistake may be a crime of killing the head, haven't you seen that you haven't seen your uncle and cousin recently? All busy. ”

Wei Zhaohua thought about it carefully and felt that what Wei Songting said was indeed reasonable. Even at the blessing ceremony, Su Chengtuo and Su Qinfeng were not seen. Isn't the wind really going to change recently, why does it look gloomy?

Wei Zhaohua put down the book in his hand and looked at Wei Songting, "No matter how the world changes outside, my brother just needs to learn to protect himself." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise and powerful, as long as he can protect himself, he will naturally share his worries for His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Wei Songting listened to Wei Zhaohua suddenly pull out such a bunch of truths, smiled, and gently rubbed Wei Zhaohua's head, "That's it!" You little girl! Know something! Take it with you in the house these days, don't run around! ”

After speaking, Wei Songting got up and left, Wei Zhaohua looked at the back of Wei Songting leaving, and he didn't come to his senses for a long time.

"Yoyo, you prepare, tomorrow we will enter the palace." Wei Zhaohua suddenly spoke, although Yoyo was puzzled, he also responded, preparing what he needed.

The next day, I don't know if Wei Zhaohua was prepared or worried, and he got up more than usual

It's going to be a long time ago. As soon as the sky was white, Wei Zhaohua had already gotten into the carriage to the palace.

"County Lord, what are you always doing with the token in your hand!" Youyou asked curiously, looking at Wei Zhaohua's slightly pale face, a little distressed.

Wei Zhaohua reacted from Youyou's words, looked at the token in his hand, and realized that he had been holding it tightly, and even his palms were already sweating. Wei Zhaohua's heart was pounding, as if something was going to happen.

Wei Zhaohua lifted the curtain and looked at the gray weather outside, frowning slightly, there has been good weather in the past few days, how could it suddenly become such weather?

Just as he was thinking about it, a strong bell suddenly rang outside. The sound of "bell" seemed to hit Wei Zhaohua's ground, and every time the death knell rang, Wei Zhaohua's heart trembled.

Seven strokes, the death knell.

Wei Zhaohua lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked in the direction of the palace, the death knell at this time, isn't it the old emperor?

"Anyang! Speed up! Wei Zhaohua put down the curtain, sat in the carriage, and clenched the token in his hand even harder. The kind face of the old emperor appeared in front of him, Wei Zhaohua closed his eyes and frowned.

When the carriage quickly arrived in front of the palace, the palace was already heavily guarded, and the vehicles were all being checked, Wei Zhaohua and the others were irritable, so they simply got out of the carriage directly.

At the gate of the palace, the guards looked at the woman in front of them in a daze, and Wei Zhaohua didn't pay attention to it, and directly showed the token in his hand. Seeing this, the guards naturally didn't dare to stop it, and Wei Zhaohua walked straight towards the old emperor's residence.

The palace people in the palace were in a hurry, with tears on their faces, Wei Zhaohua only felt even more desolate in his heart when he saw this appearance. If the emperor is really gone, then what about Shen Cuobai now?

When Wei Zhaohua arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Jiang Heng was guarding outside, a column of imperial guards surrounded the emperor's dormitory, and the officials and ministers outside knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

Jiang Heng noticed Wei Zhaohua and walked in the direction of Wei Zhaohua, "County Lord, the situation in the palace is grim, the emperor is dead, the crown prince's ascension to the throne will definitely not be smooth sailing, it is inevitable that there will be soldiers to meet each other, the county lord still don't risk his life, I will send someone to send you back." ”

Wei Zhaohua watched a large number of Imperial Forest troops walking in the direction of the emperor's bedroom, if he was not mistaken, Shen Cuobai should be preparing the emperor's funeral inside at this time. The death of the old emperor seemed to be without warning, as if he was a good person one moment, and the next moment he was gone.

"Why did the emperor die, so heavily guarded, what is so difficult to hide?"

Jiang Heng shook his head, "It's not been a day or two that the emperor has been unwell, but Cheng'an's father-in-law helped the emperor cover it up very well." Now this time, it's really a lack of skills. The four princes and the queen are eyeing each other, and we have to guard against them. ”

Wei Zhaohua looked not far away, and sure enough, the queen was walking towards this side, followed by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, walking like the wind. "Even if it's the queen, did you only know about the emperor's death after the death knell?"

Jiang Heng nodded,

looked at Wei Zhaohua's eyes, and when he saw the queen, he frowned faintly.

"Go get busy, don't worry about me, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is exactly when he needs you!" Wei Zhaohua said to Jiang Heng, the Son of Heaven has died, if the crown prince wants to ascend the throne, what he has to overcome is not only the battle for the heir.

Wei Zhaohua took Youyou and Anyang towards Xuanyi's dormitory, if it is said that in the entire palace, except for Shen Cuobai, only Wei Zhaohua will care about the death of the old emperor.

Xuanyi's Changyi Palace has long been defended by the Imperial Forest Army, Rao is Wei Zhaohua showed the token, and the Royal Forest Army refused to let Wei Zhaohua in. Youyou and An Yang argued with the Imperial Forest Army, but in the end, it was the voice outside that alarmed Xuanyi. When Wei Zhaohua saw Xuanyi, Xuanyi didn't have much sadness except that his face looked a little paler.

"Zhaohua, do you know that in seven days, it will be the sacrifice day of the Purple Jade Queen. It should be very gratifying for my father to leave at this time. Xuanyi looked in the direction of the emperor's dormitory and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Xuanyi, since you can also think about it, I can rest assured." Wei Zhaohua breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Xuanyi's appearance, he should not be overly sad.

Xuanyi looked at Wei Zhaohua, "The most difficult thing now is the imperial brother, although he has the identity of the crown prince, it is difficult to order the ministers!" His father died in a hurry, and no one knew whether he left an edict to pass the throne. ”

Wei Zhaohua was stunned in his heart, if there was no edict of succession, if there were really ministers who supported Shen Chenmo, then it could only be solved by the method of fighting each other. No wonder Shen Cuobai blocked the water around here, he should have thought of this a long time ago. I am afraid that these disputes will hurt Xuanyi, so I will protect Xuanyi like this.

However, before Wei Zhaohua could comfort Xuanyi, he was suddenly interrupted by Jiang Heng's appearance.

"Lord Zhaohua! The emperor left something for you! Jiang Heng looked at Wei Zhaohua hurriedly, and there were fine beads of sweat on his face because he was too anxious.

Xuanyi and Wei Zhaohua were both a little chilled, especially Wei Zhaohua, the emperor was dying, and he actually had something left for himself?

followed Jiang Heng all the way to the emperor's bedroom, and the queen, who was stopped outside, watched Wei Zhaohua walk into the emperor's bedroom, with a burst of unhappiness on her face.

There were also people kneeling on the ground in the dormitory, and when Wei Zhaohua walked in, Shen Cuobai was also kneeling on the ground.

When Cheng An saw Wei Zhaohua coming, he rubbed his somewhat reddened eyes and saluted Wei Zhaohua, "Zhaohua County Lord Wan An." Before the emperor died, he handed over a brocade box to the slave, and the slave must be handed over to the county lord. It is said that when you encounter a place that needs to be solved in the future, opening the brocade box is the answer. ”

Wei Zhaohua took the brocade box from Cheng An's hand and looked at Shen Cuobai. Shen Cuobai didn't seem to pay attention to her affairs, just knelt on the ground lightly. "Thank you, father-in-law."

Cheng An nodded, looked at the body of the old emperor who had been blinded by mourning on the bed, and said earnestly. "Although the emperor once confessed that there was an edict left in the world, the old slave did not know where the edict was. The emperor remembered the county lord before his death, if the county lord knows, please give advice. ”

Wei Zhaohua looked at Shen Cuobai, and Shen Cuobai also looked at himself because of these words. Wei Zhaohua looked at the brocade box in his hand, the old emperor was not unaware of his own goodness, but the edict did not inform her. Isn't it related to this brocade box?

Thinking like this, Wei Zhaohua was about to open the brocade box, but was stopped by a voice.

"Whether the emperor has an edict or not, the palace is the queen, the future queen mother. Whether it is the emperor's posthumous affairs or the enthronement of the emperor, this palace has the right to know! ”

(End of chapter)