Chapter 141: Succession Turmoil

Xue Yi accidentally found the secret room in the small courtyard, driven by curiosity, she originally thought that the secret room was just a sleepy place, small and damp, but she didn't want the underground world to be like another beautiful palace, there are rockeries, flowers and trees, pavilions, and there are two exquisite bamboo houses, Xue Yi came to the bamboo house near the front, pushed the door in, but saw that the furnishings in the house were extremely simple, but a bed, a bookshelf and a desk, she saw that the rice paper on the desk was tiled, the ink fragrance was faint, and she walked over slowly, when she saw the unfinished paintings on the rice paper, I can't help but be surprised!

There is an unfinished woman painted on rice paper!

Although it was never completed, Xue Yi still saw that it was her own portrait in the vaguely recognizable eyebrows and eyes of the woman in the painting!

She picked up the paintbrush and followed the lines of the original sketch, and soon, sure enough, she drew her own portrait, she should not be shocked, has the man in this basement seen herself? When have you ever seen a man other than Xiao Yichen?

The Five Princes?! Xue Yi's mind suddenly appeared the cynical handsome face of the five princes, except for Xiao Yichen, only the fifth prince Xiao Luochen has such talent and skills, and he can draw her portrait without seeing her. ET

Xue Yi raised her head and pondered, not wanting to look up and see a cyan robe on the wooden bed, she clearly remembered that it was still sewn for Xiao Yichen when she first entered the palace, how could she be in the bamboo house in this underground world?! Xue Yi put down the pen and paper and went straight to the long gown, and after she picked it up and looked at it carefully, she was even more sure that it was sewn by herself!

Could it be that this is the place where Xiao Yichen changed his appearance? Is it really as he guessed, Xiao Yichen and Xiao Luochen are similar to the two brothers, so he imprisoned his biological brother Xiao Luochen here, and he himself impersonated the current emperor?! The more Xue Yi thought about it, the more he felt that things were suspicious, touching the green shirt, Xue Yi decided to try the five princes again, if the five princes were really Xiao Yichen, he would not ignore his own children!

After lingering for a few more moments, Xue Yi climbed the stairs and returned to the ground.

"Princess.......

"Princess....... where are you .......?"

Outside the green wall, there was the voice of Du Ruoliu Nong and others, at this time the sky was already bright, Xue Yi did not answer, but carefully observed the corner of this small courtyard, her eyes stared at the thick round porcelain jar and walked, when she saw that the vinegar jar had no bottom, she understood why the sigh and flute sound she heard that day sounded from here, it turned out that there was a dark liao here, presumably the man who lived in the underground world that day was here to blow the flute and echo, right?

The sound of the call faded away. ET

Xiao Yu fell from the tree, and it turned out that he had been sitting in the treetop watching Xue Yi's every move.

Xue Yi obviously didn't expect Xiao Yu to be still guarding here, and was slightly stunned: "Guard Xiao has been guarding here?" Are you worried about Xue Yi's safety or are you ordered to monitor Xue Yi's every move? ”

The cold eyes were deep and dark, making it impossible to see her thoughts, Xiao Yichen shook his head, turned around and said: "No, Xiao hopes that the princess is safe and well, as for the five princes, they will not come to our palace in the next few days, princess, please relax." ”

"Oh? Why? Doesn't he keep a watch for his brother? Xue Yi couldn't help but feel disappointed in her heart, she just wanted to test the truth of the fifth prince, but she didn't want him to avoid it.

Xiao Yu was silent for a moment, as if it was difficult to speak.

"Since Escort Xiao is fine, Xue Yi has taken the first step." The snow walked forward in broken steps.

Xiao Yu looked at Xue Yi's thin and thin back, and suddenly spoke: "Today is the enthronement ceremony of the five princes, according to the rules left by the ancestors, the new monarch will only treat the funeral of the first emperor after he succeeds to the throne, so he will not come to our palace for the time being." ”

Xue Yi turned her back to Xiao Nu, she expected that there were other tricky things, so she stopped and was silent, waiting for Xiao Nu's words.

Sure enough, Xiao Yu stepped forward slowly: "According to the news reported by the line, Prime Minister Lan's army will return to Shuangyang City at noon today, the princess must know very well in her heart that the prince and the five princes regard Prime Minister Lan Cheng as an enemy who kills his mother, and Lan Cheng is also quick to get rid of the two brothers, presumably the princess doesn't want to see the two of them as enemies, right?" ”

"What can I do? Doesn't Xiao Guard know my three conditions? The new emperor will not listen to my persuasion, and my father has never put my daughter in his eyes, nor will he listen to me, now I am too busy to take care of myself, I can't take care of anything else, I can only ask for more blessings! ”

The back straightened, Xue Yi no longer paid attention to Xiao Yi, and went straight to the mourning hall, only then passed through a moon gate and met Gong Mama, Gong Mama was obviously worried about Xue Yi's body, and followed by a soft sedan chair, at the moment, Mama waited for Xue Yi to get on the soft sedan chair, and the two went straight to the mourning hall.

Along the way, Xue Yi secretly watched and found that there were many fewer guards in the palace, and yesterday it was still three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, but at this time, there were only a few elderly guards patrolling back and forth.

"Mama, where are the guards in our house?" Xue Yi asked knowingly.

Mama Gong sighed lightly: "Alas....... they were all taken away by the new emperor!" ”

After a pause, Mama Gong looked at Xue Yi and asked, "The princess doesn't know, today is the day when the new monarch holds the enthronement ceremony, and from now on, the princess really has to plan for her future." ”

Xue Yi was sad in her heart, what could she plan, she glanced at Mama Gong, and saw that her temples were white overnight, and she seemed to be a lot older in just three days, and the doubts and hatreds in her heart became more and more intense, if the new monarch was really Xiao Yichen's impostor, and concealed her from the princess, it was so ruthless to hide from Mama Gong, it can be seen that this person is ruthless, then she will not reunite with him if she swears to death!

The two of them came to the hugging house on the edge of the mourning hall, and Du Ruo and Liu Nong also greeted them, and asked in unison: "Where did the princess go, the slaves and maids were scared to death early in the morning." ”

Du Ruo stepped forward to support Xue Yi and walked into the hug building, Xue Yi was indeed a little tired, she was lying on the bed, Liu Nong had already brought the water for washing, the three of them had finished serving Xue Yi to freshen up, and the palace grandmother served a few dishes of exquisite side dishes and a bowl of red rice porridge, and persuaded: "The princess has not eaten water and rice for two days and two nights, how can she eat so much.......

Xue Yi didn't wait for Mama Gong to persuade again, straightened up and nodded: "Mama also sit down and eat with me." ”

Mama Gong's eyes were red, and she didn't want Xue Yi to be sad when she saw it, so she lowered her head and whispered, "The old slave is not hungry." ”

Xue Yi went over to hold Mama Gong's hand, but persuaded her: "Xue Yi knows Mama's sadness, but Mama is right, we have to live well for the prince, maybe there will be a goodbye day!" ”

Mama Gong stared at Xue Yi in surprise when she heard this, she also suspected in her heart that it was not Xiao Yichen lying in the coffin, but she carefully examined that body, and it was 100% fake, did Xue Yi find anything? After all, the two of them are husband and wife.

"What does the princess mean by this?"

Xue Yi dragged Mama Gong to sit down: "You and I will die in the future, and we will meet the prince at that time." ”

Seeing Xue Yiyu's indifferent face, Mama Gong only said that she was still too sad and talking nonsense, so naturally she didn't take it to heart.

Tranquility returned to the hug building, and occasionally one or two chopsticks hit the plate, and although a breakfast was hard to swallow, Xue Yi began to eat.

"What time is it?" Xue Yi glanced out the window and asked.

"It's almost past midday." Du Ruo replied casually.

"Really? Then the new monarch is going to go to the Jinluan Hall to accept worship, right? Xue Yi lay on her side facing in, and suddenly said.

Du Ruo, Liu Nong, and Gong Mama glanced at each other, and they couldn't guess what Xue Yi meant, so no one answered.

"I'll sleep for a while, and I'll be woken up if something wakes me up." Xue Yi closed her eyes.

The three of them looked at each other, they couldn't guess Xue Yi's thoughts at this time, and they didn't know what happened last night, how Xue Yi seemed to be a different person overnight, Liu Nong and Du Ruo went down to rest, and Gong Mama sat down on the footstool on the side, looking out the window and guessing the scene in the palace at this time.

The emperor's enthronement ceremony was a very cumbersome and grand event. This is a crucial day in the life of any emperor, and the rise and fall of the world, the well-being of all the people, and all depend on the emperor, so this enthronement ceremony is really sloppy, just related to the etiquette classics are afraid that there are so many people that can bury people, and to organize a grand enthronement ceremony, at least the officials of the Ministry of Rites have to forget to sleep and eat and work for ten days and a half.

Today's new monarch is in danger of being ordered, at this time the invitation to the moon looks rich and rich, but many courtiers understand very well in their hearts, this is just an illusion that the building will fall forward, the master of ceremonies in charge of the harem has long been hollowed out, at this time in the harem is for the palace maids and eunuchs to change the filial piety clothes and robes of the silver or the new monarch does not know where to borrow.

So everything is simple, at this time there was a low-pressure cry in the side hall, Concubine Yuan led the concubines and concubines in the palace to kneel in front of the dragon couch, and the five princes and cabinet scholars and other important ministers knelt behind, the face of the lord of Xiao on the dragon couch was serene, as when he was alive, the only nose that no longer breathed showed that what existed here was just a body!

Lou Sikong, who was in charge of etiquette, shouted loudly, and there was a howl and cry in the hall, and then Lou Sikong asked Concubine Yuan to accept the worship of the new monarch, and the harem of the lord of Xiao was withered.

The five princes respected Concubine Yuan as a concubine, and changed their dragon robes under the service of the inner chamberlain.

At the end of the harem, the new monarch wants to go to the court to receive the congratulations of the hundred officials.

The new monarch stood behind the curtain at the door of the court, looking at everyone through the gap, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"The new monarch succeeds to the throne, and the hundred officials worship the ......." The shout finally sounded, the five princes walked up to the golden hall with square steps, stood beside the dragon chair, looked down at the people kneeling on the ground, the sound of a mountain calling long live made him feel a little like a dream, his hand fell on the armrest of the dragon chair and rubbed back and forth, this is a dream he has had for fifteen years, and now his dream has finally come true!

Just as he was about to sit down, someone shouted at the door of the hall: "Slow! The old man has something to say! “