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The affairs of Emperor Xichu and Nalan Ye are almost known to everyone, and when Du Ji'an said a word, all those who opposed it tightened their faces.

If he is really charged with colluding with Nalan Ye, the king of Chu, then he is wronged! In an instant, the voices of the audience suddenly became smaller, and everyone had different faces and frowns.

After half a ring, Wei Yanghou finally stood up again, looked at Nangong Chen and said: "No matter what the five princes say, changing the crown prince is a big deal, even if the five princes now have a holy decree in their hands, they also need His Majesty to announce it in person in the court, and all the procedures have to be followed, and it can't just be done by the five princes saying a few words, isn't it too casual." ”

"Hehe, what Wei Yanghou said makes sense." Nangong Chen laughed and remained silent.

"Well, we have listened to the holy decree, and we have congratulated the wedding banquet of the five princes. If you have anything to say, you will discuss it again tomorrow in front of Your Majesty. ”

After speaking, Wei Yanghou's family had already stood up and were ready to leave.

Who knows, Nangong Chen didn't say anything at all, and the housekeeper Hu Chen stood in front: "Hey...... Master Hou, you can't leave yet. As soon as the words fell, the Praetorian guards guarding the door immediately approached a few steps, and the saber at his waist was half unsheathed, and the threat was self-evident.

Mrs. Wei Yanghou's face turned pale with fright, and Wei Yanghou's face changed even more, and she said angrily: "What do you want to do? He turned his head to look at Nangong Chen, and said coldly: "What, didn't the fifth prince let Ben Hou leave?" With so many people present, do the five princes want to keep everyone? ”

The people who had been panicking for a long time suddenly let out a riotous discussion, some of the noble ladies were even more frightened and almost fainted, and some of the teenagers who went out for the first time with their elders were even more pale and could not stand steadily.

In the face of the forbidden army surrounded by groups, with such an obvious threat, almost no one dared to speak. Some of those who had long been on Nangong Chen's side looked indifferent, smiled and did not speak, as if they had nothing to do with themselves, and only comforted their families softly. Some centrists hesitate inwardly, secretly speculating about the consequences of today.

Originally, most of them were dissatisfied with Nangong Chen's self-assertive and arrogant attitude today, but when he saw the countless forbidden troops around him, he had already thought of the consequences. If you don't say something, I'm afraid you really won't be able to get out of this door today.

But once it is expressed, it has something to do with Nangong Chen. But now that Emperor Xichu has not appeared, this makes people feel suspicious. If Emperor Xichu really wanted to make Nangong Chen the crown prince, why didn't he follow the normal procedure? But if it's Nangong Chen's wolf ambition, what about the holy decree in his hand?

Even if the holy decree is fake, everyone can see clearly just now that Emperor Xichu and Queen Wang's attitude towards Nangong Chen is not bad, and now they just go to rest and do not show anything, so they can't see Nangong Chen's treason.

Just when everyone was nervous, Nangong Chen finally spoke: "Wei Yanghou's family wants to leave, that's okay, just sign the roster." ”

After speaking, Hu Chen immediately took out a booklet that had been prepared a long time ago, like a famous post, but it was seven or eight feet long when unfolded, and if it was signed, it would be more than enough to write hundreds of names.

Hu Chenpi walked up to Wei Yanghou without smiling, and handed over the booklet and pen and ink: "If Lord Hou wants to leave, you can sign it, and our Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely not stop you." ”

When Wei Yanghou looked at it, there was a line of words "Enthronement Edict" written at the beginning of the booklet, but as for the back, he didn't read it at all. His heart was shocked, as if he had been slammed by a sledgehammer, Wei Yanghou stiffened, and it took a long time before he turned his head with difficulty, and said word by word: "Nangong Chen, you ...... You're ......"

"Your Majesty is still alive, the dragon is healthy, you have prepared the edict of enthronement, you ......" said a few words, Wei Yanghou became more and more excited, and even the little jealousy and fear just now were thrown out of the clouds, "You are simply a wolf with ambition, and you are a big rebel!" I, Su Quanhai, will never collude with you......"

Click!

Two snow-bright long swords rested on Wei Yanghou's neck, and Mrs. Wei Yanghou screamed even more, and fell down as soon as she was weak. Hu Chen looked at Wei Yanghou with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "Scold, Master Hou, you continue to scold!" If you talk nonsense again and anger His Royal Highness the Prince, beware of the life of your whole family! Not to mention you, and your delicate granddaughter, Miss Su, she is still the former crown prince and future crown princess, right? Hehe, it's really pitiful to be killed by Hou Ye at such a young age. ”

"The position of the crown prince of this palace is justified, if anyone has any opinions, just put it forward today." Nangong Chen sat with a golden sword, his young and handsome face added a bit of the momentum of dominating the world, glanced around at everyone, he smiled lightly: "If you agree with this palace, just sign this list, if you don't agree, there are still opinions, hehe......"

The rest of the words didn't go on, he only had one look, Hu Chen had already understood what he meant, stared at Wei Yanghou and warned: "Since Hou Ye stood up first, let's start with Hou Ye, right?" Master Hou, do you sign...... Still don't sign. ”

The gloomy voice, with a strong killing intent, coupled with the countless forbidden troops around them, everyone felt a heavy pressure. It seems that there is no escape today, and you must sign a statement, otherwise don't want to leave safely.

Although it is a small signature, it represents a personal standing, and the meaning of this is not insignificant.

If it was said that at the beginning, Nangong Chen took out the holy decree and read out the content of the crown prince, then everyone was still a little puzzled, and they were not sure whether it was the true meaning of Emperor Xichu. But now, Nangong Chen has even prepared the edict for enthronement, what else is there not to understand?

Emperor Xichu did not say that he wanted to abdicate at all, Nangongchen directly took out the edict of enthronement, and Emperor Xichu and Empress Wang went in to rest for a long time, and they never appeared. On such an important occasion, the Empress of Western Chu did not move, except that she had been placed under house arrest by Nangong Chen, what else could it be?

More and more people realized the seriousness of the problem, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more heavy, like a mountain, and the crowd was almost breathless.

At this moment, Du Ji'an, the warden of Jiangbei County, stood up again, walked up to Hu Chen, glanced at everyone and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, what is there to hesitate about. Since Your Majesty has written a holy decree today to crown the five princes as crown princes, it is only a matter of time before His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends to the throne, so what if we sign this edict? ”

After speaking, he directly picked up the pen and was the first to write his name on the edict: Du Ji'an.

"Haha, congratulations to Lord Du." Hu Chen arched his hand with a smile, looking polite and flattering. Although Du Ji'an's official position is not high, he has contributed to today's affairs, and he is also the nominal father-in-law of his master Nangong Chen, so he still has to give this face in public.

Putting down the pen, Du Ji'an arched his hand towards Nangong Chen: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Facing Du Ji'an, Nangong Chen still gave face, nodded and smiled: "I'm tired of my father-in-law going to the backyard to have a look, I don't know if my father and queen mother are resting, I'll go over in a moment." ”

Du Ji'an nodded: "Okay, I'll go see Your Majesty and Niangniang, and tell them the good news by the way." ”

Watching Du Ji'an come and go as if he was at home, as well as the conversation between him and Nangong Chen, everyone knew today's ending. If you don't sign your allegiance, you're afraid that your life will be left here. If he signed, he would completely stand with Nangong Chen, betrayed Emperor Xichu, and would never be able to erase the charge of rebellion for the rest of his life.

But now, no one can do it.

From the very beginning, I was on Nangong Chen, and I really thought that today was a simple concubine, and everyone came to congratulate him. Who knew something like this could happen? If you don't make a public statement, I'm afraid that it will be a trivial matter to become a prisoner, and it is very likely that you will not be able to go back alive at all.

When such an idea arose, everyone fell silent one by one and accepted their fate. Even if it's not for yourself, you can't affect your family. Since Nangong Chen has been prepared, even Emperor Xichu dares to put him under house arrest, and there are so many forbidden troops in the entire Five Princes' Mansion, you can guess that you are afraid that Qiu Yuming, the commander of the forbidden army, is also his way. In this case, there is only one way to oppose - death!

Time passed little by little, and some of those who had been on Nangong Chen's side took advantage of the situation and signed the edict. Once one person stood up, there was a second, but in a few moments, more than a dozen people wrote their names on the edict one after another.

For a moment, there was finally some laughter and congratulations in the hall, but it was quite reluctant, and these insincere congratulations sounded so fake, as if they were fluttering clouds. The courtiers, who did not have signatures, looked at these 'betrayers' angrily one by one, their eyes full of contempt.

"Why, there are so many people who don't want to sign? Don't you look down on this palace? ”

After waiting for a while, Nangong Chen couldn't bear it anymore. Those who openly stood on his side were counted as much as they had long been expected, and only three neutrals could not resist the pressure and threats, and reluctantly signed and left. And those who have always looked down on him, without signatures, are what he really wants to control and woo.

For example, the Marquis of Weiyang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the Marquis of Xuanping, the Duke of Song Guogong and so on...... These are the big names in Xichu, who are on the stage and are looked at by him. If he can't win these people, then even if he forcibly takes the position, I'm afraid he won't be able to sit steadily.

And Nangong Chen's biggest worry is not only this, until now, his eldest brother Nangong Qing has not appeared, he definitely does not believe that Nangong Qing is missing. And the relationship between Nangong Qing and Nalan Ye, he was more worried about Nalan Ye, as soon as he thought that Nalan Ye still had 200,000 troops in his hands and didn't know where to hide, Nangong Chen was panicked and uneasy.

I'm afraid that I will have to make a heavy move, otherwise these people will not look at their faces one by one.

Thinking of this, Nangong Chen got up, walked to Wei Yanghou, who had been holding the long sword around his neck, and said with a light smile: "I have wronged Wei Yanghou, this palace has come to ask you in person, and it is also the last sentence, is Hou Ye willing to sign?" ”

After speaking, Nangong Chen buckled the long sword in the hand of the forbidden army and personally pressed it against Wei Yanghou's neck.