On this day, the palace of the Hidden Kingdom was full of a sad atmosphere, and all the people in the entire palace did not dare to take a breath, because the emperor of the Hidden Kingdom was about to die today, but no one dared to say this, because no one dared to say this.

The imperial concubine sat on the edge of the bed, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said, "Your Majesty, all the princes and ministers are waiting outside, do you want to see the emperor?" ”

The emperor, who was lying on the bed, nodded a little weakly, as if it was really the end of his life, but he was still barely holding on.

Everyone came in, knelt on the ground and said, "Wechen see the emperor." ”

"See the emperor."

The imperial concubine said, "Everyone is up, the emperor is calling everyone here now because there is something to announce, so let everyone come over, now in this situation, everyone just needs to stay quietly, don't make the emperor angry again." ”

"After I leave, don't bury me in the imperial mausoleum, choose a place with beautiful scenery, and then bury me." These were the first words spoken by the old emperor.

All the ministers were stunned, and immediately some ministers stood up and said, "How can the emperor do this, the emperor is buried in the imperial mausoleum, this is a rule since ancient times, how can you change it without authorization." ”

The old emperor closed his eyes and was reluctant to answer this question, and the imperial concubine said on the side, "Lord Li, there is something to say later, and now what the emperor says is what it is." ”

The ministers said on the side, "Yes, it's all up to the emperor's orders." ”

"Also, there is the future emperor." The old emperor slowly pulled out a yellow paper scroll from his hand, and then handed it to the imperial concubine, but then his hand fell completely.

The imperial doctor hurriedly came over from the side, put his hands on the emperor's pulse, and immediately knelt down after a while, "Niangniang, the emperor has died." ”

All the people knelt on the ground, the whole hall was crying, all kneeling on the ground, all the palaces were directly replaced with white silk, and all the palace people were wearing sackcloth.

Because the imperial concubine Niangniang is the one who holds the posthumous photo in her hand, and she is also the most powerful person in the entire harem at present, after the emperor's corpse coffin is collected, the makeup of the imperial concubine crying is spent, but the imperial concubine does not care about these details.

Standing in front of him and said, "Now all the ministers and princes are also concerned about the content of this posthumous photo, this posthumous photo in the hands of the palace in order to avoid long nights and dreams, the palace will read out this posthumous photo now, this posthumous photo is given to the hands of the palace in the eyes of everyone, this is a thing that everyone can see, since this is the case, do you still have any questions about this posthumous photo?" ”

"No, this letter has always been under our noses, so the ministers will not doubt the content of this posthumous photo, and ask the mother to read it." The ministers said.

However, the imperial concubine suddenly said: "There is another thing, that is, no matter what the content of this posthumous photo is, this palace hopes that the successor can let the palace and the emperor leave, this palace has served the emperor in the palace for many years, and now the emperor is no longer there, this is just a sad place, and this palace will always guard the emperor, so please agree to this request." ”

"But if the imperial concubine leaves, there will be no virtuous and respectable people in this harem, and what will happen if there is chaos in the harem at that time." A minister from below stood up and said.

The imperial concubine said, "The new emperor will ascend the throne, there will be a knowledgeable woman to become the queen's harem, it will also be a new atmosphere, even if there is no palace, there will be others, but I am now old, with young people, it is inevitable that there will be some unpleasant places, it is better to go out and hide a clean house, are all the ministers unwilling to agree to this matter?" ”

"The ministers must follow the arrangement of the imperial concubine." The ministers bowed their heads and said.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, he said, "Now the palace will begin to read the edict. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." All the people knelt on the ground and said.

"There are four princes, Rong Yao, who is good at writing and martial arts, sympathetic and loving the people, loving the people, loyal and filial piety, and benevolent This edict has already been established when I am not seriously ill, and it is appropriate to inherit the unification, and everyone must not have any doubts, and I admire this." The imperial concubine finished reading the edict in her hand.

Everyone didn't expect that Rong Yao, who was usually inconspicuous, would actually become the emperor's heir, but Rong Yao himself didn't seem to be very surprised by this matter.

The imperial concubine said, "The four princes come up to receive the order." ”

After speaking, he handed the holy decree to the four princes, and then stood aside, only to see the four princes looking at the ministers on the ground and saying, "All Aiqing get up, I will rely on your lordships for more guidance in the future." ”

"Weichen doesn't dare, he will do his best to assist the emperor." The minister said.

"It's the height of summer now, and my father's body should not be stored for too long, I'm afraid it will damage Long Yan, and my father's affairs will be handed over to the imperial concubine Niangniang to complete, and Niangniang is tired." The fourth prince said.

"You're welcome, the emperor should still have a lot of things to deal with, and the palace will retire first." The imperial concubine said.

The imperial concubine returned to the harem, changed into the palace clothes she wore in the morning, and changed into the simplest clothes, just at this time the four princes came over.

"The emperor's government affairs have been dealt with so quickly, although this throne is given to you by the emperor, but your brothers still have a lot of coveting your position, you are so relieved and bold to come out, are you really not afraid of what those brothers will say?"

The fourth prince sat down and said with a smile, "My throne was given by my mother, so I naturally have to be grateful to my mother, but did my mother really think about leaving with my father?" ”

In fact, to take advantage of the emperor's illness to leave the emperor openly and without being suspected, there is only one way to leave the emperor with Huang Sa and the death, but if he dies, he must face the problem of succession, but the imperial concubine has already chosen the person, which is the person sitting in front of her.

"I just don't know what the benefits of Niangniang helping me to do this position? My relationship with my mother doesn't seem to be very close. Rong Yao said incomprehensibly.

The imperial concubine smiled and said, "It's because the relationship is not close that I chose you, since everyone has no enemies in the past with the five elements, I don't have to worry about you hurting me, you don't have to worry about me using you, it's just a simple relationship of interest between us, I'm afraid you don't care about raising us two idlers when you ascend the throne." ”

"What did Niangniang say, I will definitely not treat the two of you badly in terms of food and clothing after you and your father leave the palace, so please rest assured at this point, it's just that today's matter is ......"

"Today's palace is just reading the emperor's edict, your majesty, you should go to prepare for the boarding ceremony." The imperial concubine said with a smile.

With the words of the imperial concubine, Rong Yao also left with peace of mind.