Chapter 328: Preemptive Strike
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Gu Mingjue and the others never thought that that day would be the last time they would see Emperor Yongli.
The next day, the early dynasty, the Yongli Emperor, who had never been absent from the early dynasty since ascending the throne, did not appear in the court for the first time.
The chief eunuch beside Emperor Yongli issued an order saying that Emperor Yongli was in poor health and that King Ning was in charge of the country.
For seven consecutive days, Emperor Yongli did not go to court.
Finally, on the tenth day of February in the twenty-second year of Yongli, Emperor Yongli, who had worked hard for half his life, completely closed his eyes in his bedroom.
For a while, the death knell rang for a long time, and the entire Yan Kingdom fell into deep grief.
From the palace to the palaces, to the homes of hundreds of officials and ordinary people, everywhere the eyes can see is white.
Because Emperor Yongli did not establish a prince during his lifetime, the position of the monarch of the Yan Kingdom has become a sought-after fragrant bait, and the princes are showing their own magical powers and do not give in to each other.
Even when he was mourning Emperor Yongli, he never stopped.
And the Yongli Emperor, who has died, obviously guessed that this would happen, and after his death, King Ning took out an edict ordering the princes not to raise troops during the state funeral.
Because of this holy decree, the turbulent Yan Kingdom temporarily regained some calm.
The princes' feelings for Emperor Yongli are very complicated, after Emperor Yongli really died, they were not as sad as everyone imagined, and they all racked their brains to think about how to grab the first prize after the national funeral.
And for example, Gu Xichen and their little emperors and grandchildren cried and broke their bowels, and one by one the little people knelt in the mourning hall and cried heartbreakingly, and those who heard it were sad.
Emperor Yongli was a strict father, but he was a loving grandfather, and he was really kind to the little emperors and grandchildren.
Su Jinli knelt in the mourning road with a sad face, and couldn't help but feel very distressed when she saw Gu Xiyao's eyes red and swollen from crying, but she didn't know how to persuade Gu Xiyao.
In addition to Su Jinli, Song Ling, Ye Yun, Baili Shihan and other concubines all knelt in the mourning road and cried.
They had been kneeling here for days, and the once very good sisters had not spoken a word at this sensitive time.
Speak, what to say?
At this time, it is wrong to say anything!
Politics is a man's business, but how can women really not be involved at all?
In this way, twenty-seven days passed in a daze, and it was finally time for Emperor Yongli to be buried.
Because Emperor Yongli did not set up a prince, his future affairs were presided over by King Ning.
Although King Ning and Emperor Yongli are not brothers of the same mother, their relationship is extremely deep.
From the beginning of the nail coffin, King Ning's tears flowed uncontrollably, if it weren't for the palace people around him to pull tightly, I was afraid that King Ning would rush in to bury Emperor Yongli!
Seeing King Ning like this, Ning Guogong, who was already so weak that he couldn't walk, had no choice but to stand up and take the place of King Ning to preside.
In this life, although Emperor Yongli did not make any contribution to expanding the territory, he also allowed Dayan to spend decades steadily.
Ning Guogong and other old ministers still have great respect for Emperor Yongli, and Ning Guogong held back his tears and commanded the mighty crowd with spirit.
After the coffin was nailed, the children of the family who had been ready to carry the coffin carried the coffin out.
The queen mother had already gone out of the palace with the queen and other concubines before, and all the civil and military officials followed behind the harem maids.
The ladies only sent Emperor Yongli's coffin to the palace gate and returned, but Gu Mingyan and other princes and civil and military officials wanted to send it to the imperial mausoleum that had already been built.
Su Jinli and her daughters-in-law were only sent to the palace gate and went home.
As soon as Su Jinli returned home, he hurriedly called Wei Yi to start the deployment.
If she and Gu Mingjue didn't guess wrong, as long as Emperor Yongli was buried, Gu Mingyan and Gu Mingyue and the others who wanted that dragon chair would start to act!
She had to take precautions early to avoid unnecessary losses to the government in the event of a mutiny.
When she discussed it with Wei Yi, she sent the Tianzi guards of the Ningguo Mansion to take the Gu Xichen brothers and sisters out of the capital.
Judging from the experience of her previous life, the turmoil in this Yan Kingdom will not end until at least three months later.
At this special time, these young children are the most dangerous!
In addition to Su Jinli, the other princesses immediately arranged guards to guard the mansion as soon as they returned to the house.
In addition to deploying the defense of the mansion, Song Ling also set up a lot of bureaus for Gu Mingyan, waiting for Gu Mingyan to use when he came back.
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On March 14, the funeral procession for Emperor Yongli finally returned to Beijing.
Gu Mingjue had just returned to the house and said a few words to Su Jinli, and Kyoto had changed.
Gu Mingyue preemptively entered the palace as the queen's concubine, entered the palace, and sent the Imperial Forest Army to surround the mansions of other princes.
It's okay for a neutral palace like Prince Qing's Mansion, he just sent people to surround it, like Prince Gong's Mansion, which was guarded by the Imperial Forest Army on the inside and outside of the three layers.
No one knew when Gu Mingyue took control of the 100,000 Imperial Forest Army, and when they found out, they had already been taken by Gu Mingyue.
By March 15, all the princes who did not expect the Imperial Forest Army to be controlled by Gu Mingyue had been imprisoned in the palace, except for Prince Gong Gu Mingyan.
Gu Mingyan can be said to be the one that Gu Mingyue fears the most, and at this time, Gu Mingyan is like evaporating from the world, and he can't be found everywhere.
Even though he had sent all the people under his command out to search for Gu Mingyan, he was still very uneasy in his heart, he always felt that Gu Mingyan would bring people into the palace at a certain moment.
He was anxiously walking around the Qianyun Palace at the moment.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and he was still the Royal Forest Army who had come back to restore his life, and said happily: "The third emperor brother has been caught?" โ
"Alas!" He was answered with a sigh.
When he raised his eyes, he saw Baili Shihan walking in with a bowl of soup and medicine.
"Han'er, why are you here?" He frowned.
Obviously, he was very surprised by the arrival of Baili Shihan.
"I heard that you are very anxious now, so I boiled a bowl of calming soup." Baili Shihan smiled lightly.
As she spoke, she handed the soup to Gu Mingyue.
The corners of Gu Mingyue's lips hooked, and the confused Han'er became more and more intimate.
Although he didn't like to drink this kind of decoction, after all, this was Baili Shihan's intention, and he couldn't bear to refuse, so he took it and drank it.
"Han'er! The Three Emperor Brothers are still nowhere to be found! He sighed.
He didn't dare to show such a fragile appearance in front of others, and only in front of Baili Shihan could he show his joys, sorrows, and sorrows without any scruples.
Baili Shihan gently shook his hand and soothed: "Don't panic, it's not a big deal!" No matter what, my children and I will be with you! โ
Yes, she thought about it as early as when Gu Mingyue made up her mind to compete for this throne.
No matter whether she succeeds or fails, she will accompany him on this road full of difficulties and obstacles!
If she succeeds, she will be his queen and share the prosperity of this prosperous world with him!
If he loses, she will take a pair of children to accompany him to Huangquan together, and she will never survive!
"Good!" Gu Mingyue smiled and shook her hand back.
It was the first time he had a smile in days.
Then, he told Baili Shihan a lot about the current situation, Baili Shihan didn't understand very well, but she listened quietly.
She knows very well that her husband doesn't need her to give him advice, all he wants is her company!
In this way, the two of them chatted in Qianyun Palace for a whole night, and they ended chatting when it was daylight.
"Han'er, come with me to the main hall." Gu Mingyue said softly.
He wants all the officials to recognize him as Lord today!
As long as he is the first to be worshiped by hundreds of officials, then it will be useless for Gu Mingyan to return again!
"Good!" Baili Shihan didn't even ask, but responded with a smile.
Then, the two of them took off the linen clothes they wore when they were filial piety and changed into gorgeous clothes.
Gu Mingyue kept holding Baili Shihan's hand, and when he arrived at the door of the main hall, he reluctantly let go of her hand.
He straightened his back and walked in front, Baili Shihan followed behind him, keeping a distance of three steps.
As soon as the two of them entered the hall, the hot-tempered Eighth Prince scolded: "Gu Mingyue! Your father's bones are not cold, you just swaggered through the market like this, imprisoned your brother, won't your conscience hurt? โ
Gu Mingyue's brows frowned slightly, and with a wave of his hand, the Royal Forest Army stepped forward to block the mouth of the Eighth Prince for you.
"If it weren't for the sake of your father's bones, do you think you would still have the opportunity to accuse Gu here?" Gu Mingyue sneered.
He used the self-title of the prince, and the ministers were in an uproar, but no one dared to stand up and accuse him of anything.
Only the Eighth Prince, who had been gagged, was still glaring at him unwillingly, if his eyes could kill, he had no doubt that he had died many times!
He glanced lightly at the ministers standing at the front, and the elder Liu Ge stepped forward and said: "Prince Zhuang is the son of the first emperor, and his talent is outstanding, and it is very suitable to inherit the throne!" โ
After saying that, he stepped forward and bowed, bowed and said: "Weichen is willing to serve Prince Zhuang as the prince and inherit the unification!" โ
As soon as the words fell, there were many ministers who surrendered to Gu Mingyue.
Gu Mingjue's eyes flashed, he knew that Gu Mingyue had been secretly recruiting people, but he didn't expect that Gu Mingyue had already attracted two-thirds of the ministers in the court!
Now, except for the officials who are absolutely neutral in the line of the Ningguo Mansion, they are also the staunch supporters of the former emperor and Gu Mingyan have not yet knelt down to confess the lord.
Gu Mingyue walked forward proudly, he actually sat on the dragon chair in front of everyone!
Before the princes had time to criticize Gu Mingyue, the queen mother, who was already full of white hair and wearing black palace clothes, entered the main hall with the support of the queen who was also dressed plainly.
She walked up to the top without squinting and sat down beside Gu Mingyue.
"The mourning family heard that you were choosing a prince to inherit the throne, so they came over, it turned out that you chose Yue'er! So be it! "The Queen Mother is quite dignified, and her words are gentle but make the princes' brows jump a few times.
Their imperial grandmother is not simple!