In the Funing Palace, a group of ministers are arguing.

The coffin of the Son of Heaven was placed in the outer hall, and someone had already stepped forward to change Zhao Rui's longevity clothes, his bones were not cold, his body was not stiff, and his eyes were not closed, he just lay quietly on the bed, waiting to be moved into the coffin.

In the inner hall, the important ministers of the two prefectures didn't even have time to transfer the place, and they were replaced by Chongzheng, Wende and other palaces to discuss, and it was already here that there was a trouble.

Zhao Rui did not have time to determine the successor, before his death, he had two edicts drafted by Hanlin scholars on his bed, one was to succeed the son of King Ji Xingliu as the emperor's heir, recorded in the name of Empress Yang, Neichan and him as the little emperor, Empress Dowager Zhang hung the curtain; The other is to give the inner Chan to Zhao Duo, the king of Wei, as the new emperor.

Although the edict with King Wei as the new emperor was stamped by the Son of Heaven, it attracted Wu Yi to stand up and vigorously impeach, and there was no conclusion yet. If Wu Yi's impeachment is true, Zhao Duo is naturally not suitable to be the emperor.

Now that the throne is vacant, the situation is uncertain, everyone has their own ideas, and everyone has their own interests, so it is natural to quarrel.

Sun Bian now has the Criminal Department in his hands, and he is also in charge of the Kyoto Mansion, and he is also in charge of several key positions, and then the Empress Dowager Zhang stands on top, and even the waist rod is a little stiffer when she speaks, and she is fighting with his former ally Fan Yaochen, and refuted loudly: "The grass edict has not yet obtained the official seal of the Yellow Minister, and it has not been signed by the Chinese book, how can it be regarded as an edict?!" ”

Fan Yaochen said: "Your Majesty has a saying on his deathbed, and he wants to pass on the throne to the King of Wei!" ”

Ren Hao, who is usually the old person of the Queen Mother, interrupted: "There is no seal in the Chinese book!" ”

Later, Wu Yi raised his voice and said: "King Wei has done this evil thing to judge the country, how can he be the Son of Heaven?!" ”

Huang Zhaoliang said loudly: "For the sake of the society, we should take the succession as the top, and let it go to ensure that the DPRK and the Central Committee are not chaotic." ”

Li Hui seconded: "What Huang Xianggong said is very true, for the sake of the society, it should be based on succession!" ”

Fan Yaochen emphasized: "Your Majesty wants to pass on the throne of King Wei!" ”

Li Hui denied it: "Your Majesty can hear Wu Hanlin's words, and he should investigate it in detail, how can he still be in the court!" ”

Fan Yaochen said: "There is His Majesty's signature!" ”

Everyone was still arguing, but the waiters of the Yellow Gate who were gathered around the bed were getting tighter and tighter, and they looked like they were about to take off their shoes and get into bed.

Empress Dowager Zhang was frowning and listening to the quarrel of the officials below, she was already very displeased, and when she heard the sound of the head, she turned her head and caught a glimpse of the unorthodox appearance of those people, and said angrily: "What are you doing here?!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang is not Empress Yang, she is very powerful in the palace, and at this time, just one sentence scared many yellow doors into not daring to move, and they only retreated one by one to see the person who was changing Zhao Rui's longevity clothes.

The little yellow door hurriedly knelt on the ground with a "plop", trembling and kneeling in front of the Empress Dowager Zhang, raised the bright yellow edict in his hand with both hands, and said: "Qi Sheng, the lower official changed His Majesty's shirt, and found that there was an edict left in His Majesty's arms, one of which generally has a signature and seal......"

As he spoke, he presented the two edicts to the Empress Dowager Zhang.

In front of everyone's eyes, Empress Dowager Zhang stretched out her hand to take it, began to look at it, and after a while, she raised her head and said coldly to more than 20 officials in the palace: "All the Qing family, the emperor has left two copies of the draft edict, one of which wants to succeed Zhao Xuan, and the other wants to succeed Zhao Fang, the youngest son of King Qin, as the emperor's heir." ”

As he spoke, he handed the edict in his hand to the yellow door on the side.

Her tone was slightly dull, her face was displeased, and both her expression and her movements had already shown her dissatisfaction.

No one spoke.

No matter how stupid a person is, he knows that he should not provoke the Queen Mother at this time.

Zhao Rui has three brothers, except for his brother King Qin, King Ji and King Wei, all of whom are his younger brothers. At this time, he suddenly bypassed Empress Dowager Zhang's parents and wanted to pass the son of his stepbrother, since he was blood, he really had nothing to do with her, how could he not make her angry?

Hearing this, the little yellow door hurriedly took back the edict from Zhao Rui's body and stood up.

He took a few steps outside and presented the edict in his hand to Prime Minister Wang Yi, who had not said a word.

Wang Yi took the edict, only looked down twice, and then changed it to the yellow door.

Gu Yanzhang and Zheng Lin stood at the end, waiting for all the officials to see it, but no one handed it to them - with the official positions of the two of them, they were not qualified to participate in such a big event.

The hall was quiet for a long time, and finally Empress Dowager Zhang asked, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Huang Zhaoliang didn't speak, Sun Bian and Li Hui didn't speak, only Fan Yaochen stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty wants to pass on to the King of Wei before his death, although Wu Hanlin is impeached in the palace, but I don't know whether it is true or false, it is better to inquire first, and then do the follow-up, and the throne should be the emperor's will......"

His words, although not very clever, but the reason is very right, for a while, and no one to refute, only the imperial history in the Cheng said: "If it is the emperor's will, should be subject to the edict, His Majesty has a total of three edicts, one of which is his dying meaning, want to Zen His Royal Highness the King of Wei, this edict has a signature, there is a holy oracle, once seen, all can testify, if it is verified that what Wu Hanlin said is not true, should be succeeded by the king of Wei." ”

He paused, and then said: "The second is the grass edict hidden in His Majesty's arms, in which he wants to succeed the young son of King Qin as the heir, His Majesty has no heirs, if he succeeds, he should be the emperor." ”

Someone retorted: "Why is this the second, there is still an edict to succeed the son of King Wei as the emperor's heir, why don't you put that one first?" ”

Fan Yaochen said: "This copy has His Majesty's Great Seal. ”

Huang Zhaoliang, who had been silent for a long time, added, "This is written by His Majesty himself." ”

Zhao Rui's handwriting, others may not know it, but the people standing here are all close ministers of the Son of Heaven, how can they not recognize it.

This draft edict, although there is no signature seal, but it has the seal of the Son of Heaven, and more importantly, Zhao Rui did not hand it over to the Hanlin Bachelor to draft, but he wrote it himself, and it was hidden in his arms, so it was naturally heavier.

In comparison, another edict to succeed Zhao Hao's son, although Zhao Rui had said before, but after Zhao Xuan refused, he did not mention it later, and the edict did not use a seal, if there is no other choice, maybe it can only prevail, but now there is another way, naturally it is more accurate.

Everyone debated for a long time, and finally had to settle in this order for the time being.

Because Wu Yi impeached Zhao Duo, the king of Wei, for violating the law, seeking personal gain, and sentencing the country, there were a lot of cases involved at this time, and the subject was the vassal king, so the criminal department investigated and sentenced him.

While they were talking, everyone suddenly heard the deafening sound of the bell outside.

The voice sounded in the palace, spreading from a high place, and the "bell" sounded, almost resounding through the sky.

Mrs. Zhang's color changed drastically, and she shouted, "Who is going to ring the bell!" ”

The bell rang for a long time before it was heard, and the buzzing sound lasted for a long time.

Almost everyone in the Funing Hall suddenly changed color.

The throne has not been decided, and it should not be mourned, and it should be arranged until it is determined, but as soon as the bell rings, the world knows that the Son of Heaven is in a great way, which is equivalent to forcing everyone to set the throne immediately.