Hearing Ji Ying's words, Zhou Jue struggled to extricate himself from his sadness, he let go of Zhou Rukang's hand, looked down at his father's sleeping appearance, and said, "Of course I know what you are talking about. The father is already in danger, the fifth brother has not returned, according to the ideas of ordinary people, now is the best time to write an edict. ”

Zhou Jue is really just naïve on the surface, Ji Ying thought.

Zhou Jue said: "Ji Ying, who do you think I and my fifth brother are more like people who can sit firmly?" ”

Ji Ying knelt down and said, "Ji Ying is a courtier, I don't dare to say anything about the Son of Heaven." ”

Zhou Jue sneered: "You have always been informal, not afraid of rumors, what don't you dare to say?" What don't you dare to do? Where did the energy that taught me and Yuhan on the street go? Who is this looking like now? ”

Ji Ying said: "No matter how conceited Ji Ying is, she also knows how to be measured. At this time and that time, Your Highness should not laugh at me. However, Ji Ying understands that His Royal Highness really treats me as a friend and asks me like this, so I will tell His Highness my thoughts truthfully. ”

Zhou Jue smiled and made a gesture of listening.

"His Royal Highness King Qi is an outsider in the royal family, suitable for a free and leisurely life; His Royal Highness King Yan has both civil and military skills, and he is more able to sit firmly in the country. ”

Ji Ying's answer is in line with Zhou Jue's thoughts. Coming from a royal family and having seen too much fratricide and bloodshed, he understood that although the supreme position represented supreme power and glory, it also meant facing equal responsibilities and struggles, and he did not want such a cruel fate to fall on him and his juniors.

Zhou Jue's brows finally stretched out completely, since he really didn't need it, it was better to fulfill others.

Zhou Jue ordered the eunuch beside him to prepare pen and ink and jade seals, and asked Ji Ying to write and draft a decree for His Majesty. Ji Ying naturally understood Zhou Jue's thoughts, she grinded it well, and wrote on the silk silk:

Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said:

Since ancient times, the Son of Heaven has ruled the universe, based on the community, the country is labor, and the food and clothing are eaten at night, and the ancestors are respected. However, I know that I can't cheer up and resist humiliation outside, and I can't be close to the virtuous and far-reaching, so that the mob is everywhere, the murder is frequent, the civil ministers are silent, the military generals are difficult to respond, the temple is shaking, and the disaster is the Xiao Wall, which is my fault, I feel guilty, and I dare not take a breath to comfort myself.

I have been in the dynasty for 33 years, and now I will abandon the group of workers, return to the temple, the volunteer is unfinished, and there are many regrets, so I will make a special entrustment.

Zhou Yu, the fifth son of the emperor, is liberal and benevolent, alert, both civil and military, and has all the ability and ability, relying on the blessing of God and the protection of the ancestors, and will be able to share the blessings of tranquility with hundreds of millions of subjects, so he will succeed me to the pole. As for the elimination of corruption, the cleansing of redundant personnel, the eradication of evil violence, and the punishment of party rebellion, there is also the assistance of the ministers and the support of the people.

The sick body is difficult to support, and the ruler is short.

Announce it to the world, and make it hear. Chin this.

Zhou Jue watched Ji Ying finish writing, and then skimmed it again, and asked for the jade seal and the seal. At this time, Ji Ying had already prepared an edict for His Majesty, and this time Zhou Jue didn't even look at it, and directly sealed it.

Ji Ying raised her head and asked, "Your Highness, do you think you will regret it in the future?" ”

Zhou Jue smiled bitterly and said, "Who knows what will happen in the future?" But I don't regret it now, not just for myself, I'm sure if Xiaoci was here, she would want me to do the same. She's also an uninhibited person. ”

Ji Ying thought silently, Rong Ci, this girl, is really a blessing.

On the nineteenth day of the first month, Zhou Xuanyu's party was basically purged, and the palace was completely cleaned. Just after the New Year's Festival, Chang'an City seemed to be a sluggish person who finally woke up, ushered in a short celebration, and people poked their heads out of their homes and breathed a long sigh of relief.

What's more appropriate is that Zhou Rukang was awake on this day, although the time is only one hour, but it is better than nothing. Therefore, Zhou Jue took this opportunity to let the courtiers of all sizes enter the palace to pay respects. As a result, the boiling news in the capital that His Majesty had actually died long ago finally subsided, and the floating hearts of the people in the world calmed down a lot.

But this calm only lasted one day, because on the morning of the twentieth day of the first lunar month, before dawn, Zhou Rukang died, and when the eunuch who delivered the medicine found it, his body was already cold.

Zhou Rukang's funeral is said to be the rule, but it is also simple. Zhou Jue ordered the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple to do the Dharma for 7749 days, which was considered to satisfy Zhou Rukang's lifelong preferences, but Zhou Jue secretly planned that when the Dharma was completed, he would quickly dismiss this group of Taoist priests who were full of smoke - in fact, Zhou Jue was also very disgusted with these people.

On the third day of the funeral, that is, on the twenty-third day of the first month, Zhou Yu, the king of Yan, who had been fighting for nearly a month, finally returned to the capital.

Zhou Jue had already sent someone to tell Zhou Yu the news of Zhou Rukang's death, so although the Northern Army was a victorious division, the whole army was plain and did not publicize it.

In Zhou Yu's impression, no matter how big the battle was won in the past, he was left out in the cold when he came to Chang'an City, not to mention that no one arranged the soldiers who accompanied him, even himself, no one came to greet him, and no one seemed to be able to think of him, the prince who was exiled to the army all the year round.

But today's scene is a bit big, no, it's too big.

The outside of the city gate has been cleaned, and there are layers of white flags hanging on the city tower, and under the city stands a group of people in mourning clothes, they stand in a proper manner, like geese falling on the flat sand, but they are neater than geese; Like a pear blossom to be swept but quieter than a flower.

Originally, Zhou Yu simply thought that Zhou Jue led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him, and secretly laughed in his heart that his younger brother was too careful and polite, and the weather was still cold, so why bother waiting for him in such a big battle.

But when Zhou Yu saw the box in his hand by Zhou Jue, who was standing at the front, he lost his mind for a moment, even if he hadn't seen it closely, he knew that it was the jade letter of the jade seal of the country.

There was still a distance of forty or fifty zhang from Zhou Jue, and Zhou Yu jumped off his horse and walked towards the city gate. He didn't know what words to use to describe his mood at this point. Joy? Smug? Impressed? Scared? …… He didn't know, he only knew that when he saw the appearance of hundreds of civil and military officials, including Zhou Jue, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, the hardships and unfairness he had experienced in his memory were washed away.

When Zhou Yu approached, Zhou Jue knelt on the ground, held up the jade seal and the edict, and said: "Brother Zhou Jue, on the order of the emperor, please ask His Royal Highness King Yan to ascend to the throne as soon as possible!" ”

The ministers also knelt down and shouted, "Please ask His Royal Highness King Yan to ascend to the throne as soon as possible!" ”

The spring breeze of Chang'an City Tower caresses the corners of everyone's clothes, looking very cheerful, this year's spring seems to come earlier than in previous years.

Zhou Yu helped his younger brother who was kneeling in front of him and said, "You don't have to be like this, I'...... I won't ......"

What won't happen? will not threaten Zhou Jue with military merits and military power, let alone be unfavorable to him and his heirs. Although they haven't been together for a long time, he cares about this brother.

"I'm willing," Zhou Jue said with a smile, "I'm not suitable to be an emperor, the fifth brother can see this, why embarrass me?" My father remembered you on his deathbed, and his heart was full of remorse. Fifth brother, you should forget about the resentment towards your father and give him dignity. ”

Zhou Yu's mind was churning unscrupulously. He nodded, made a big gift to Zhou Jue, and took the jade seal and edict in Zhou Jue's hand. He faced the ministers all over the ground and shouted: "Zhong Aiqing, flat." ”