After the Lantern Festival, although there is no more snowstorm, the haze that shrouds Jinyangjing does not dissipate for a long time, and it is gloomy all day long, and the snow on the green tiles gradually melts, dripping along the eaves, but it is frozen into sharp edges.

On the afternoon of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, the anxious Prince Qing finally looked forward to the edict of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time, the rest of the princes were also edicted to enter the palace, but they failed to enter the Qianming Palace.

Only King Qing can see the dragon's face.

Naturally, the people of the city could not have predicted the upcoming changes on this ordinary day.

But the prince who still has a dark line in the Dalong court is in the next day, and he heard the bad news of the death of the Son of Heaven!

The death knell has not yet sounded because the prince has not been selected before the death of the Son of Heaven, and it is bound to be edicted to a major minister, and the new monarch will be recognized, and the palace will sound the death knell to the public when it is ready.

When Xue Dongchang anxiously told Dajun about this, for a moment, his shoulders stiffened.

Finally, he lifted his clothes, knelt on his knees in the direction of the palace, and bowed.

In the courtyard that was not too spacious, more than a dozen pro-soldiers knelt down with the Maharaja.

"What's going on in the palace right now?" The Maharaja immediately got up and asked.

"There was a lot of trouble, and it is said that the saint did not leave a written edict...... The main reason is that Concubine Li and the six princes are not satisfied, and they question King Qing's fake transmission of the holy testament. Xue Dongchang said.

"No matter how much trouble they have with their mother and son, the key is to see if the courtiers comply." The Maharaja's expression was solemn: "The time has come, we can't delay any longer, and immediately notify the ambush soldiers on the outskirts of the city to stand by." ”

As he spoke, he had already walked out, and by the way, he pulled up his hood to cover his face.

Although it is still evening, but because the sky is gloomy, Youzheng is already twilight, and listening to this situation, the palace has to make a fuss for a while before the death knell is sounded, the general trend is undecided, Yu Feng will not leave the palace, and he needs to take advantage of this time to start arranging and acting.

When the old princess and Yijing left the house, the monarch didn't know, but he inquired about Chen Guifei's edict, and expected that Yu Feng had arranged for Yijing to "get out of the shell", it would not be too far, it should be on the outskirts of the city, others didn't know, but the prince knew that Yu Feng had a secret garden in the eastern suburbs, and he guessed that it should be that.

But at this time, he went to Zhengzhengfang.

Aunt Li's husband and the Xiao family brothers are now in charge, one is in charge of security in the eastern suburbs, and the other is in charge of the liaison in the Chu Palace, since Jinyang has strengthened the prohibition, the imperial city is even more strict, and the guards who usually follow Yu Feng can still wait in front of the Zhengyang Gate, but now they can only stay in the thousand-step corridor outside the Ping'an Gate, this task has always been the responsibility of Gray Du, so the commander of Xiao Xiao is only waiting for orders in the Chu Palace.

He hadn't heard the rumors in the palace at this time, and he didn't know that the Son of Heaven had died.

I got a report, saying that it was an "old man" who asked to see him, and Xiao Xiao was confused, and went out of the corner door to look to the left, but saw a man in black standing under the shade of the sycamore tree.

However, when Commander Xiao Xiao saw the blood jade order in the hand of the man in black, his disapproving expression immediately changed greatly, and he subconsciously glanced back at the corner gate of the palace, and followed the man in black with a solemn face to turn the corner of the wall and get into an inconspicuous green oil car.

"Your Highness!" When Commander Xiao Xiao saw the Maharaja, his eyes almost fell out.

That's right, the Xiao brothers and Aunt Li's respective fathers were actually the dark lines that Gaozu planted in the Chu Palace, and they were the "green birds" in the mouth of the Great Monarch.

When Commander Xiao Xiao saw the Blood Fei Order, and thought that it was the Son of Heaven who handed over this order to others, how could he have thought that the three princes who had left the country for Xiliang in the old year suddenly fell from the sky, and the Blood Fei Order was still in his hands!

"Commander Xiao." The Maharaja sat cross-legged and did not explain anything, but asked directly: "Where is the princess?" ”

Xiao Xiao hesitated slightly, but he acted on the blood jade order, and saw that the ancestral training of Ling Rujianjun had penetrated into his bone marrow, so although he was surprised, he still replied very quickly: "In the eastern suburbs of the garden." ”

The Maharaja breathed a sigh of relief, that day he saw that Yijing was just returning to the Weiguo Mansion, and he was carrying two "green sparrows" with him, and he expected that this family still had to be trusted by Yu Feng, and it seemed that he was assigned to specially escort Yijing to travel, which was of course very beneficial to his intentions.

"Where's your brother?" The Maharaja asked again.

"It's in the annex."

"To the eastern suburbs." The Maharaja raised his voice to command, and the car slowly began to move.

Seeing Xiao Xiao sitting on pins and needles, the prince did not shy away from saying: "The prince is not worried about the princess, presumably the old princess is also in the eastern suburbs, right?" Seeing that Xiao Xiao was uneasy, but his expression had already expressed his acquiescence, the prince said something again.

Xiao Xiao was terrified when he heard this: "Your Highness! How can you say this, how can you lie that the Holy One is already ......"

"It's not a lie, my father did die at the beginning of Yin."

After getting this heavy news, Xiao Xiao was so frightened that he almost didn't fall, and his back hit the wall of the car with a heavy bang.

The Maharaja also gave him enough time to digest the sudden bad news, so he leaned against the wall of the car and tapped his long fingers on his knees.

"Your Highness, forgive me for not being able to obey my orders." Xiao Xiao, who came back to his senses, fell to his knees, his forehead resting on the trembling compartment: "Although the humble position is a royal secret person, but Gaozu had an order back then, not to endanger the ...... of the palace master's family."

"When did Lone let you hurt someone?" The monarch raised his eyebrows obliquely: "Lone will not harm the life of the princess." ”

Xiao Xiao: ......

"Commander Xiao, seeing the order is like seeing the king, is your family trying to disobey the blood order?" The Maharaja asked coldly: "Although Lone went to Xiliang, he also got the permission of the Holy Lord, and besides, the Holy Lord did not withdraw the Blood Fei Order, that is to say, you still have to act according to Lone's instructions, is it because you watched the Holy Lord die, and you actually had a rebellion?" ”

These words were like Mount Tai pressing on the top, so that Xiao Xiao didn't even dare to say it, and there was already a cold sweat on his forehead.

"When you get to the other garden, you first find a way to inform your brother and the Li family, and let them follow the order, and you and your wife will go to Xiliang with the princess, so that you can keep her safe." Of course, the prince didn't give Xiao Xiao a chance to hesitate, and sneered: "The dark people have the code of the dark people, and only recognize the one who holds the order as the master, and in the future, you will no longer be the subordinate of the Chu Palace, but my Yu Haoxi's subordinates, as for the Ling Zun...... During the trip, you can repair the book and send it to Chu, and I naturally arranged a pick-up outside Tongling Pass, which can ensure that he escapes. ”

Yi Jing was finishing dinner at this time, gossiping with the old princess, she had never expected the danger to be imminent, and when Xia Ke hurriedly entered, saying that when Commander Xiao asked to see her, how could she fortify this person had been subdued by the Blood Fei Order? I believe it completely.

While we were in a hurry to prepare, the death knell rang!

Yijing's body stiffened, and the old princess also clenched her chest with one hand.

The death knell sounded, indicating that the new monarch had been decided, and the palace had been stable, which was announced to all the people.

The scenery is becoming more and more suspicious of others.

Because the servants still had to prepare, Yijing only let a few personal maids follow him to get in the car and go back to the capital first, and share two with the old princess, of course, he had to be guarded by his own soldiers.

Aunt Li rode a horse, but Xia Ke and Qiu Yue rode with Yijing, and along the way, everyone did not speak.

But suddenly I heard the noise, it seemed that the arrows were coming through the air, followed by a "killing" sound.

The scenery was taken aback.

Xia Ke and Qiu Yue also turned white, but they subconsciously blocked in front of Yijing, and their eyes widened.

"Princess, there are assassins coming!" It was Aunt Li's exclamation.

Then the sound of swords clashing outside rang out, and Yi Jing had the courage to open a corner window, and took a look at the torches folded on the ground, but saw that there were dozens of black-clothed men fighting with his own soldiers outside.

"I must keep my grandmother safe!" The beautiful view ordered through the window.

"They seem to be coming for the princess." Aunt Xiao Li forced back a masked assassin with a sword, and said in a tight voice, "Most of them are besieging us. ”

"Princess Shizi, just in case, let's evacuate to the outskirts of the city first, and lead away the pursuers." This is what Commander Xiao is suggesting.

In a hurry, Yijing couldn't think of any other way, she subconsciously thought that this must be the bureau of which prince, intended to seize the throne, and it must not fall into their hands, and the old princess must not be surprised, here is far from the city gate and the guard, but it is separated from the two directions, if she goes to the patrol, she can ensure that the old princess enters the city safely.

Immediately agreed to Commander Xiao's suggestion.

Sure enough, these assassins did not chase the old princess's car, most of them came straight to Yijing, and there were personal soldiers to block them, they really could not pose a threat to Yijing, Commander Xiao personally drove and gradually threw the assassins away.

Hearing the sound of fighting outside the carriage gradually moving away, only the sound of the wind was still there, and the beautiful scenery was relieved, and after a while, the car suddenly stopped.

Yijing thought that he had arrived at the patrol camp, but when he pushed the window, he saw that it was pitch black outside, and it was clearly a field.

Yijing's heart tightened.

"Commander Xiao! You ......" the princess immediately reacted, something was wrong.

But she saw the two couples kneeling on the spot.

The beautiful scenery is cool.

The waning moon is like a hook, and the dark clouds have just come out at this time.

She heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from afar.

Flying like flags, hunting sounded, and under the moonlight gradually approached several fast horses.

The man jumped down from the saddle, raised his eyebrows, and walked slowly.

"Fifth sister, don't come unharmed?"

One person in the eastern suburbs succeeded, and at this time, a confrontation had just ended in the deep palace.

It is not true to say that it is a confrontation, it is more like a ridiculous farce staged by a pair of unwilling mother and son.

In the afternoon, the Son of Heaven ordered the princes to enter the palace and wait for the Qianming Gate, but he saw Prince Qing alone, and the six and seven princes were already full of gloom, but the seventh prince was implicated by the Kong family because of his biological mother Liang Zhaoyi, and the ban had not been lifted, so he was naturally more restrained than the sixth prince.

Prince Qing was also only seen by Shen Chu and was delayed in the Qianming Palace for a long time.

At the beginning of Youchu, the chief attendant Zhan Gonggong was anxious to send the imperial doctors into the palace.

Soon, he received the sad news of the death of the saint.

It was only after the important ministers of Zhongshu Province and the two cabinet scholars were allowed to come that the concubines arrived one after another.

The Qianming Palace cried for a while.

After a while, someone asked about the edict of the Son of Heaven.

After all, the country cannot be without a king for a day, although the death of the Son of Heaven should be mourned by the whole country, but the new monarch chooses who is also the first priority.

Only then did Prince Qing come forward and say that the Son of Heaven had left an edict before his collapse and passed the throne to him.

But the dramatic scene was that the Son of Heaven did not leave an edict, and at that time, King Qing faced the saint, and the Son of Heaven deliberately withdrew others, even Gonggong Zhan was not in front of him, and there was only one envoy of the Imperial Hospital, that is, Jiang Qinggu was left in the palace by the Son of Heaven for timely treatment.

In other words, the conversation between the Son of Heaven and King Qing was only witnessed by Jiang Qinggu.

He affirmed Prince Qing's words.

Of course, the Qingwang party immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but many courtiers were suspicious, and they couldn't stop talking for a while.

Li Concubine jumped out at this moment, took the lead in attacking, angrily reprimanded King Qing's edict, and said without evidence that the Son of Heaven had intended to set up the six princes as princes, and later, she simply questioned that it was King Qing who colluded with Jiang Qinggu to kill the king, and the six princes immediately stepped forward and ordered the palace guards to take down the rebellious ministers and thieves.

Of course, no one was told.

In front of the Qianming Palace, it was mainly the mother and son of Concubine Li and King Qing's party who quarreled endlessly and attacked each other.

At this time, many courtiers who had to be edicted to enter the palace focused their attention on Yu Feng and Su Yi, of course, because the two cabinet scholars accompanied the Qianming Palace almost every day, and they were most likely to judge this public case.

Su Yi frowned slightly, and also looked at Yu Feng suspiciously.

Yu Feng's expression did not change at all, he just knelt at the bottom of the steps, as if he turned a deaf ear to the accusations of the two parties.

Su Yi couldn't help but ask: "Shizi, how could the saint not leave an edict?" But if you say that King Qing is overbearing......"

"The third uncle is at ease, and the Queen Mother will know when she arrives." Yu Feng only had one sentence.

Su Yi became more and more unclear.

The corners of Yu Feng's lips were slightly cold: "It's not an edict, if the saint has no intention of passing on the throne to King Qing, he will not be ordered to see him alone." ”

But if the Son of Heaven intends to pass on the throne to King Qing, why didn't he leave an edict? The Son of Heaven clearly expected that he had reached the limit today, so he sent you an edict to enter the palace.

Moreover, only Jiang Qinggu was left to be present to witness!

Jiang Qingguan is just a doctor, and his words are really difficult to convince the public.

Yu Feng looked at Jiang Qinggu, who was kneeling on one side, and his eyebrows were slightly invisible.

The queen mother came a little later, claiming to believe the testimony of the envoy of the Jiang court, but did not say that the Son of Heaven had intended to pass on the throne to King Qing.

This situation is becoming more and more thought-provoking.

Concubine Li's mother and son did not forgive, but Qin Xiang and the Chen family and the Qing Wang Party were in the Queen Mother's sentence "The envoy of the Jiang Yuan has been waiting for the imperial court, and he has won the trust of the saint, and the mourning family believes that what he said is true." After that, he took the lead in worshipping the new king.

Officials also visited the shrine one after another.

When the dust settled, Concubine Li and the Six Princes had no choice but to compromise.

At this time, the death knell sounded, and Xuan Baiguan cried and mourned.

Prince Keqing's demeanor was slightly frightened and trance, although he didn't show it too obviously, but he was silently taken into his eyes by Yu Feng.

The palace immediately raised white flags, distributed filial piety clothes, and was busy in an orderly and sad manner.

At this time, King Qing suddenly received a secret report - although he did not have an enthronement ceremony, he was already the nominal emperor, and as soon as he reported to the palace, of course, he had to let him get the news first.

It was the soldiers of the Chu Wangfu who passed the news of entering the palace.

King Qing glanced at Yu Feng suspiciously, his face was very heavy.

Yu Feng's heart sank.

King Qing covered up his puzzled look in a blink of an eye, only heavily, and stepped forward to pat Yu Feng's shoulder: "Yuanyang, you go back to the house first, it is said that Ling Zheng ...... Attacked on the way back to the city......"