Summer goes to autumn, and in the blink of an eye, the big victory has arrived in the golden autumn and October. But the government and the opposition are in turmoil at the moment, half a month ago, the imperial doctor diagnosed that Ye Duanli was already terminally ill, and there was not much time left after that.

The news was supposed to be very hidden, but for some reason it spread through all the streets of the Great Victory overnight. So much so that early the next morning, almost everyone knew that there was not much time left for the great victory over the emperor.

In the past few days, there has been chaos in the palace, and the courtiers' recitals are almost piled up in the entire imperial study, but Ye Duanli has long had no strength to read them.

It has always been just for him to decide on the candidate for the prince as soon as possible, and this group of courtiers are all respectful on the surface, but they all have countless flowers and intestines in their hearts.

"Lehi, come here." Ye Duanli lay weakly on the floor, calling to Lehi, who was serving on the side, in a hoarse voice.

Lehi also looked a lot older over the years, and his face had a lot of wrinkles, and his temples were gray, and he was already an old man.

"Your Majesty, the slave is here, please tell me what you want."

Ye Duanli just coughed lightly twice, and his whole body shook violently, his face was red, and he looked very seriously ill.

Seeing this, Li Hai hurriedly took a handkerchief from the side and wiped the corners of Ye Duanli's mouth.

"My life is not long, but my country is still not at ease, now the northwest is not peaceful, the south is ready to move, and the neighbors have bad intentions, but all this I have more than enough heart and not enough strength."

Li Hai said in a sad tone: "Your Highness's body of ten thousand gold, you must not give up on yourself, Dasheng has been a generation of Ming monarchs from the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present, and the people live and work in peace and contentment." Sooner or later, whether it is the North, the South, or the neighboring countries, they will surely surrender to the feet of great victory. ”

Ye Duanli rarely showed a little smile, but he quickly lowered his face and said, "But I haven't decided on the choice of this prince yet." It is still unknown who will fall into the hands of this great victory in the future. The three princes died violently, the crown prince was imprisoned, the sixth prince was weak, and the eighth prince and the ninth prince were still young. Hey, Lehi, tell me what to do. ”

Li Hai lowered his head and looked respectful: "The slave does not dare to make decisions for the emperor." ”

"But it doesn't hurt if you say it's okay, I won't care. At the moment, I can't find anyone else to discuss this matter except you. ”

"The slave thinks that the emperor seems to have missed a certain prince."

"You mean the Seventh Prince. I didn't actually leave him out, but he ......, "To this day, Ye Duanli still can't like Ye Yugui, as if there is a thorn in his heart that can't be pulled out, and now even the national teacher died three years ago, but the prophecy of eighteen years ago has always made him remember it very clearly."

"Does the emperor think that the Seventh Prince is a disaster, so he has any scruples?"

Ye Duanli raised his eyes to look at a bright yellow ceiling, his eyes were cloudy, but there were endless thoughts flowing in it.

"Yes yes, yes yes no, I have so many children, only the Seventh Prince is the one I don't know the most, although he is still young, but he is a person with a deep mind. The drought control method of those years came too timely, and it seems that it would not have been effective any earlier, and it would have lost its effectiveness at a later date. Later, I also wondered if the Seven Princes had known that there would be a drought. But at that time, such a young child, would he really have such a heavy mind? ”

Lehi raised his eyes and looked at Ye Duanli, who was half-closed, and his voice was deep and hoarse, and his eyes sank. Thinking that the Seven Princes at that time were still too immature, Jiang was still old and spicy, but I didn't expect that after so many years, Ye Duanli would still be able to find the doubts during the drought that year.

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that it would be better if what happened back then was premeditated by the Seventh Prince."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, don't you think that what is needed to fight for the throne is extraordinary strategy and courage, if the Seventh Prince could have such thoughts ten years ago, then wouldn't it prove that he is the most suitable person to survive in this palace."

Li Hai paused when he saw that Ye Duanli was silent, and then said: "The slave thinks that what the Seventh Prince has done over the years has always been very low-key, and he has no intention of competing for the throne, even now that the crown prince has fallen, he has not shown the slightest ambition. ”

"How do I know that he is hiding too deeply, acting too well, or really has no mind. After all, the seventh prince is the queen's child after all, and now that he is married to the daughter of the Liu family, does he really have no ambition. ”

"If the emperor thinks so, then it is inconvenient for the slave to say something."

Ye Duanli felt a little tired, so he quickly closed his eyes and said slowly: "Actually, I have already decided on the candidate for the prince, and after I die, you can go and take down the secret letter behind the plaque in the main hall and announce it." After the new emperor ascends the throne, you have to pay more attention, after all, I really took a big risk this time. ”

In the evening, Li Hai appeared in the mansion of the Seven Princes outside the palace dressed in black, and secretly said everything he talked about with Ye Duanli today.

After Ye Yugui frowned and listened, he asked directly: "Do you know who the emperor will let inherit the throne?" ”

Lehi shook his head: "I don't know, but it is absolutely impossible for the prince, because the prince has completely lost the hearts of the people and his ministers after this incident, and he is unable to return to heaven." ”

"That's right, I think so too, but except for the Seven Princes, no one else is even more likely. The sixth prince is a dou who can't be supported, and the eighth prince and the ninth prince haven't even cut off their milk. ”

Ye Yugui pondered for a while and asked, "Is there any mechanism on the plaque in the main hall of the palace?" ”

Li Hai nodded and said: "Naturally, there is, that plaque has always been the place where the secret letters of the princes of the past dynasties were selected, so there are dense organs around, and there are thousands of poisonous needles alone, so it is almost impossible to get it." ”

"By the way, Your Highness, the emperor finally said that he took a big risk this time."

"Adventure? Has he been calling anyone too often lately? Ye Yugui seemed to have found something suspicious, and hurriedly asked.

"Frequent summons? Except for a few ministers and concubines, it should be the eldest princess, but these are the same as before. Nothing suspicious. ”

Ye Yugui didn't speak, and an answer surfaced in his heart for a while. After a while, he said in a heavy tone: "You go back first." ”

"Yes."

Half a month later, Concubine Shu was summoned by the emperor to see once, and the next day she took the initiative to go to the temple on the outskirts of Beijing to burn incense and worship the Buddha for her.

And Ye Duanli summoned Ye Yufu more and more frequently during this time, and Ye Yufu would have many ministers standing next to Ye Duanli every time she visited, and consciously or unconsciously instilled political affairs in her.

On this day, Ye Yufu was still in the peak, but it was rare that there was only Ye Duanli in the dormitory.

Ye Duanli still looked in poor spirits, leaning on the collapse sickly, and pulled out a smiling face when he saw her coming.

Seeing this, Ye Yufu hurriedly stepped forward and covered him with a quilt: "Father, it's cold, you must take care of your body." ”

"You're still so concerned about me, Fu'er, do you know the purpose of how often I've summoned you these days?"

Ye Yufu shook her head and looked at Ye Duanli with an old face in front of her.

"I'm afraid that my body won't last for the New Year now, but the matter of this prince has not yet been decided. That's why there was always a stone in my heart that couldn't land. ”

Ye Yufu held Ye Duanli's shoulders and let him lean comfortably on the pillow: "Did my father really give up on the second imperial brother?" ”

Ye Duanli sighed heavily: "It's not that I give up, but it's that the crown prince is really difficult to become a climate." ”

"Father!"

"You don't have to intercede with the prince, although he has done something wrong, he is always my son, and I will not treat him badly. On the contrary, you made me feel at ease. ”

Ye Yufu didn't understand the meaning of Ye Duanli's words, but comforted her: "Don't worry about the father, my daughter will take care of herself in the future." ”

"Fu'er, you are also twenty years old this year, but you have never married, before that Yu Baiyi was a rare young talent, but he didn't have long eyes, and he dared to withdraw from the marriage. But now it seems that this is fine. ”

Ye Duanli's next words directly made Ye Yufu stunned in place.

"Fu'er, I intend for you to inherit the throne." As soon as these words came out, it was like smashing a boulder on the surface of a calm lake, setting off layers of wind and waves in an instant.

"Father, don't be joking, how can I inherit the position of the prince with a daughter. Wouldn't it be a joke if the world knew about it? ”

But Ye Duanli didn't look like a joke at all, and his tone was majestic: "Who dares to laugh at what I decide, and what about the female streamers, isn't Ye Wenshu, the first emperor of the Great Victory, a woman, and the political achievements she has achieved are more than a hundred years old, and no one can match them except the founding emperor." ”

Ye Yufu knew Ye Wenshu's name, this legendary female emperor was still the person she admired the most when she was young, but she never expected that one day she would have the opportunity to become the second empress to follow in her footsteps. But she is more than a star and a half worse than Ye Wenshu.

"Father, please think about it, my daughter doesn't know if she has the ability to take on the whole country."

Ye Yufu wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Ye Duanli: "You don't need to say it anymore, I am the king of a country, and if I say it, the water I spilled will not be recovered." These days, I will send someone to teach you, you are much more gifted and intelligent than the prince. ”

After saying that, Ye Duanli called the guards outside the door to drive Ye Yufu out, and Ye Yufu looked completely unbelievable, how could it be that he suddenly became the prince of the big victory.

She immediately remembered that Ye Duanli had summoned Song Wei before, but Song Wei chose to go to the temple to pray for blessings on the second day. Could it be that the father and the emperor told the mother about it at that time.

Ye Yufu was full of sorrow, and he didn't know how he returned to the palace.

As soon as he entered the entrance of the temple, a familiar voice came from behind.

"Sister Huang!"

Before she could turn around, she suddenly had a pain in her head and her eyes went dark. He fell straight to the ground. Before fainting, she saw Ye Yugui's face very clearly.

He said, "I'm sorry, Sister Huang, who let you get in the way of my business." ”