Liu Jien laughed and stood up, taking one last look at the corpse on the bed.

"Tomorrow your death will be announced, and in a few days I will be the new emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty. Let's go! If you want to complain, blame your dead ghost prince, isn't it good for you to be a partner on the Huangquan Road! Hahaha......" he laughed maniacally and brushed his sleeves away.

The next day, the news of the emperor's death was announced to the whole country.

In front of hundreds of civil and military officials, the queen took out the emperor's edict and read out the eldest prince Liu Jien's benevolence and loyalty, civil governance and martial arts, and established him as the new emperor, and ascended the throne on the same day.

The five princes have come forward to support the new emperor, and most of the courtiers in the court have been bought, and some dare not offend and choose to remain silent. Those who dared to speak out against or resist were all put into prison on the spot by Liu Jien.

The prince has been in business for many years, there are many cronies, most of the important ministers in the capital are the prince's party, as long as they are not rebellious, they are all raided and destroyed, and for a while, the capital is full of blood and rain, and the prison is overcrowded.

Every day, dozens of people are executed and beheaded.

The people and courtiers, although there are many speculations and doubts about this change, but the emperor is dead, the life and death of the prince are unknown, and no one dares to speak out against the leaderless dragons, only secretly discussing in private.

The remaining forces of the prince's party are also hidden, waiting for news from the prince.

Liu Jien ascended to the throne in such a bloody storm.

Yelu and Gu were honored as the empress dowager.

The first thing he did when he ascended the throne was to re-establish the alliance between the Northern Han and the Liao State.

The most important clause in the covenant is that Liu Jun will marry the princess of Liao, Yelumeng, and two months later the auspicious day of the zodiac will be the wedding day, and Yelumeng will be the future queen of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Inside the Royal Palace.

Yelu and Gu walked into Liu Jun's bedroom, and they seemed to be able to hear the voices of the courtiers congratulating the new emperor during the day.

From today on, she is no longer the queen, this title has followed her for so many years, and she suddenly wants to become the queen mother, and she is still a little uncomfortable.

The years are so ruthless, the young woman who was full of love and a beautiful new life seemed to have just entered the palace, but in a blink of an eye, the years had passed.

Unconsciously reached out and touched his face, and his fingers slid through the ravines that seemed to be able to feel wrinkles.

And the man she loved deeply and pinned her infinite hopes on never even held her hand in her life.

Now he lies cold in the dormitory, and the glory and splendor of his life are gone.

No one will come except her, Jelu and Gu, no one will remember him anymore, no one will mourn, and everything in the past will be as if it never existed.

People only remember the celebration of the new emperor's accession to the throne and forget that there is also a state funeral.

Yelu and Gu laughed and sat on the edge of the bed, for the first time in their lives, they could touch his face, they could lie beside him and hug and kiss.

Never again will he be pushed away, nor will he see his disgusted eyes, nor will he turn away without saying a word.

Lying quietly beside him, I felt very beautiful, it turned out that lying next to my husband was such a feeling, how quiet and sweet.

Imagine that this is the night of the wedding, not to stay alone in the empty room with tears, but to spend the most unforgettable night of her life happily.

"You're finally mine." looked at his side face and whispered, "I knew that I could get you this way, I should have killed you earlier, hehe...... It turns out that it is so comfortable to lie next to you. ”

She sighed, rejoiced, and fell asleep unconsciously.

I've never slept so peacefully and sweetly in so many years!

A little eunuch passed by, saw that the door of the palace was empty, and wondered in his heart that no one had come here, only the body of the first emperor was inside, and he would be funeral tomorrow, and he clearly remembered that the door was closed.

So he went in with a lantern to check.

There was nothing abnormal in the hall, and when he walked to the side of the dragon couch, the lantern shone brightly, and he was almost screaming in fright.

On the dragon couch, Yelu Hegu was wearing the red dress he had had at the wedding many years ago, lying down with heavy makeup and heavy decoration, sleeping deeply.

And Liu Jun, who was in her arms, had begun to smell rancid because she had been put for many days, the skin on her face had become wrinkled, and thick water was even flowing out in some places, and some small meat worms were wriggling.

The picture is gorgeous and treacherous.

The little eunuch felt a chill in his heart, hurriedly pressed his mouth that was almost screaming, and rushed out of the dormitory with the lantern in a row.

……

And at this time inside the main hall of the palace.

Liu Jien walked into the main hall alone, walked to the dragon chair step by step and sat down.

During the day, he ascended the throne here, inherited the throne, and accepted the worship of the ministers and hundreds of officials.

The Liao State, the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the countries of the Western Regions that had diplomatic relations with each other all sent envoys to attend his enthronement ceremony with congratulatory gifts.

The deafening sound of congratulations and the sound of the salute seemed to still echo in this hall.

This was his dream all along—to ascend to this supreme throne, to the top of glory, to trample under his feet the brother who had been suppressing him all along.

The five high-ranking princes also bowed down to themselves.

The Xue family sent a grand gift, looked up at him on the dragon chair with a humble attitude, and said extremely flattering and congratulatory words.

Trampling on the soles of these people who had bullied him - finally did it!

Lean back on the dragon chair and exhale softly.

"His bones must have begun to rot now!" Liu Jien thought to himself.

Hating Liu Jiyuan is actually more out of jealousy. They come from the same woman's bloodline and inherit her beautiful looks, but also the madness and extremes of her character.

I can't tolerate all the light being snatched away by Liu Jiyuan, and I can't tolerate his arrogance of being cold and controlling everything.

So it must be destroyed, but after fighting for all these years, he has always been at the bottom, and he has lost more and more.

Just when he began to despair, he received a letter.

A perfect plan unfolded in front of him in the letter, like a bright light, which made him suddenly open up and regain his confidence.

At the same time, the five princes also received a letter.

So the people, who had been fighting with each other and each for their own interests, were united by a letter. secretly began a well-planned conspiracy, and the goal of all this was to get rid of the emperor and the crown prince and support Liu Jien to ascend to the throne.

Liu Jien on the dragon chair thought about these things, and never knew who the person who was plotting behind the scenes was, and every time it was just the Third Emperor Uncle who helped convey the letters.

Even the famously feared Flame Sect in the desert was recruited by that man to serve. If there is no Flame Sect involved, who in this world can poison him.

Uncle Sanhuang must have known, but he refused to say it.

But who is it? This person is so mysterious and terrifying, he actually secretly plotted to really make everyone who was doing their own work unite to abolish the crown prince and push himself to the throne.

Not only himself, but even the five princes gradually died down in the years of fighting with the prince, and they lost the heart to compete for hegemony, but they did not expect to be remobilized by this person to regain their greed.

What an impossible thing that would have been!

The idle chess pieces were compiled one by one by this invisible hand, forming a huge net of boundless power and slaughter, enveloping the entire Northern Han court.

He was happy and a little frightened at the moment, as if he felt this hand pinching his neck, which could make you breathe freely or stop breathing.

Looking at the deep night outside the main hall, my heart suddenly became hollow.

It's all like a dream, will it last forever or will it suddenly wake up, will it all come to naught?

A cold wind blew in, and he couldn't help but tighten the cloak on his body.