Chapter 639: The Empire Changes

Fengyun Empire, Yanjing,

In the center of power in this thousand-year-old empire, an event that shook the entire empire spread through the streets,

The lord of the empire, the monarch of a vast territory and hundreds of millions of subjects, is dead,

Before he succeeded to the throne, the previous masters of this empire selected three talents for his next masters,

One became the general of Zhenbei who guarded the northern frontier, the other became the general of Zhennan who threatened the southern frontier, and the other once controlled the absolute military power of the empire and then abstained.

These three men, when he succeeded to become the monarch of the empire, once made his empire rock stable,

But after decades, now one is far away and does not know where to go, and the other is forced to retreat to the north by the most powerful imperial uncle in the empire.

In the past, the prosperous Fengyun Empire, at the moment of his death, was already turbulent and turbulent.

The monarch of the empire, the man who made the people of the world tremble, he finally died,

His death was inevitable,

His death is the product of all scheming,

Maybe he used to be a supreme monarch with great ambitions, but now he is just a dead man in the eyes of the people of the world.

Some people are dead, but he is still alive,

Some people are dead, and he might as well be alive,

Some people suffer because of his death, some people laugh because of his death, some people regret his death, and some people are excited about his death,

Some people think that he died in time, and some people think that he died at an inopportune time.

But no matter what, this man who once stood at the top of the power of the empire, he is dead,

The singing and dancing of Yanjing in the past has disappeared, and the bustling streets of the past have become much quieter.

The palace, a plain pickaxe and crying,

The death of the imperial monarch, the impact on the royal palace was the most direct,

From the princes and ministers to the palace ladies and eunuchs, all of them wept and wept bitterly over the death of the imperial monarch.

Qiankun Hall is the place where the absolute right of the imperial monarch is realized,

In the past, the scenes of civil and military officials on both sides of the list of talking about state affairs are gone, and instead of the scenes of being dressed in white and bowing their heads and silent,

Directly above the main hall is a throne that symbolizes power, and at this moment no one sits on it.

And directly below the throne, in the center of the main hall, a crystal ice coffin was quietly placed there,

On either side of the crystal ice coffin, two men stood,

Although the one on the left is a little young, his posture is tall, and he is dressed in golden clothes, and his eyes are quite encompassing the world.

On the right is a middle-aged man, he is dressed in armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, the man looks calm, and quietly looks at the throne above with his hands behind his back.

The hall was very quiet, there was not a trace of noise, and all the people were silent.

Only the sound of the palace maids and eunuchs coming from outside the main hall can be faintly heard.

I don't know how long later, an old eunuch led two little eunuchs into the main hall,

In the hands of the old eunuch, he held a thing,

If you look closely, it is a holy decree exclusive to the monarch of the empire,

"The crown prince, the prince and the ministers, you have been waiting for a long time. Before the old eunuch came to everyone, he stood on top of the crystal ice coffin, looked at the young and middle-aged people standing beside the crystal ice coffin with a respectful expression, and then glanced around at everyone, "This is the last will left by the monarch, please ...... you"

Before the old eunuch's words were finished, the middle-aged man stretched his right hand forward and said lightly, "Take it." ”

Although the middle-aged man's voice was not loud, it was very clear in this extremely quiet Qiankun Palace,

Suddenly, all the officials in white plain clothes looked at the middle-aged man in the center of the main hall.

The old eunuch glanced at the middle-aged man in embarrassment, and then looked at the young man, hoping to ask for his help, but to his disappointment, the young man's expression was calm, and he just looked at the crystal ice coffin next to him quietly.

"Lord Xiao, this is not in line with etiquette and rules. The old eunuch said with a bitter face, "The monarch's decree must be read by the prime minister and eunuch in charge of palace affairs, this is a rule that the monarchs of the empire have abided by.......

"This king does not like to speak a second time. Looking at the old eunuch, the middle-aged man said lightly, "The monarch is my stormy imperial brother, and the holy decree he left behind was personally read by the king for him." ”

The middle-aged man is the wind and clouds,

"This ......" The old eunuch glanced at the young man in embarrassment, and then looked at Feng Yunxiao, who was dressed in armor and looked calm, and finally had to step forward helplessly, respectfully putting the holy decree in his hand in Fengyun Xiao's hand,

Glancing at the old eunuch lightly, Feng Yunxiao looked at the young man and said calmly, "Prince, this holy decree is read by the imperial uncle, you have no opinion." ”

The hall was silent, and all the officials looked at the prince, waiting for his reply,

After being silent for a while, the crown prince raised his head to look at Feng Yunxiao, and said with a smile: "Since the imperial uncle is distressed by the old age of the chief eunuch and wants to help him read it, as a nephew, success will naturally not ruin the imperial uncle's act of love." ”

It's very common to hear this, but if you chew it carefully, it is not difficult to find that this is the prince who is secretly meddling in the wind and clouds, and going to do the work of a eunuch in front of the prince.

Feng Yunxiao is not a fool, so he can naturally hear the meaning of the prince's words,

However, he looked calm and didn't say much,

Looking at the old eunuch, Feng Yunxiao said lightly, "Since you are loyal to the monarch, then I will give you to continue to take care of the monarch in the future." ”

Hearing this, the old eunuch suddenly collapsed to the ground with a dead face,

What does it mean to continue to take care of the monarch,

Now that the monarch of the empire is dead, and wants to continue to take care of him, that is, to die with him,

However, he had no chance to speak.

With a wave of his big hand, Feng Yunxiao directly swept the old eunuch and the two little eunuchs on his body out of the hall, and then stepped forward and took three steps.

Turning around, he glanced at the prince next to the crystal ice coffin, swept a glance at all the civil and military officials in plain clothes in the main hall, spread out the holy decree in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Imperial Monarch Order: The prince is virtuous, can inherit the throne of the empire, and holds the supreme monarchy. In order to stabilize the empire's thousand-year-old prosperity and peace and stability, Fengyun Xiao is now ordered to temporarily lead the affairs of southern Xinjiang, so as to share the responsibilities of the new monarch, forget the new monarch's diligent governance, and not lose the grace of the ancestors. ”

After reading, Feng Yunxiao glanced at the people in the hall, then looked at the prince, and said, "The monarch's will is very clear, the prince ascends the throne, and the king assists and assists, but this king has important things to do, so he can't stay in Yanjing for a long time, but in order to comply with the monarch's wishes, this king will lead the southern Xinjiang by himself and share your worries for the prince." ”

Without waiting for the prince to speak, Fengyun Xiao said lightly, "The prince doesn't have to thank this king, as an imperial uncle, this is what this king should do." ”

"General, you are clearly bullying the king. Among the civil and military officials, an old man looked at the wind and clouds angrily, and scolded loudly, "If the holy decree is really written like this, the official will immediately crash to death on the pillar of this hall, if not, please ask the general to take out the holy decree to the civil and military officials......"

Before the old man finished speaking, a wisp of black smoke came out of his head, and then he immediately fell to the ground and died on the spot.

"The holy decree was written by the national teacher himself to help the monarch, if you doubt the holy decree in the hands of the general, you are suspicious of the national teacher. A masked woman in black fell from above the main hall, glanced at the old man who fell to the ground and died in a cold tone, then glanced around at all the civil and military officials present, and finally looked at the prince and said, "Prince, this person suspects that the holy decree in the hands of the general is fake, and the prince can personally come forward to verify it." ”

The masked woman is the right envoy of the national teacher, the poisonous lady Yanji,

Looking at Yan Ji, a trace of emotion flashed in the prince's eyes, and then he looked at Fengyun Xiao with a slight smile and said, "Even if you don't believe anyone, it's impossible not to believe your imperial uncle, there is no need to verify the evidence, since the imperial uncle said that the holy decree is so, there must be no mistake." ”

Glancing at the crown prince, Feng Yunxiao looked at the civil and military officials, and said slowly, "This king does not say that he will go south to assist the new monarch in managing southern Xinjiang, as for the new monarch's accession to the throne, I will leave it to you to handle, in addition, I hope that everyone here can work together to help the new monarch, otherwise this king will not mind bringing the army into the palace to kill him on the spot in this Qiankun Palace." ”

After speaking, Feng Yunxiao looked at the prince, threw the holy decree in his hand to the prince and said, "Prince, the holy decree will be handed over to you for safekeeping." ”

Just as the prince was about to receive the decree, a black flame enveloped the decree, and then the decree turned into ashes.

Yan Ji said lightly, "Oh, why is the prince so careless, he actually turned the monarch's holy decree into a cloud of ashes, alas...... If this spreads, how will the world think of you, the new monarch who is about to take charge of the empire?"

The prince glanced down at the holy decree that had turned into ashes, and a cold glint flashed in the corner of his eye,

He naturally knew that this was Yan Ji playing tricks, the purpose was to make him unable to see the true content of the holy decree.

Raising his head, the prince looked at Yan Ji and Fengyun with a smile and said, "Since there is an imperial uncle to help manage southern Xinjiang, it is naturally the best, I just hope that the imperial uncle will not work too hard, so that he will feel guilty for success." ”

The corners of Feng Yunxiao's mouth pulled up an arc and smiled, and then strode towards the outside of the Qiankun Palace,

Yan Ji, on the other hand, glanced at all the civil and military officials present, and then followed Fengyun Xiao to leave the hall.

In the main hall, only the prince standing quietly by the crystal ice coffin and the ministers looking at each other were left.

After a long time, the prince turned to look at the ministers and said, "The monarch will be buried after the third day, and the prince will ascend the throne after the seventh day." ”

According to common sense, when his father died, he should keep filial piety, especially when the imperial monarch died, he should keep filial piety.

And the matter of the crown prince's accession to the throne should not be said by the prince himself, but by the ministers present after deliberation and unanimous decision.

But at this time, the crown prince no longer needs the opinions of these ministers,

And these ministers all know the proportions, and they don't come up with one or two stupid things like this is not in line with the ancestral system and the rules.

Turning around, the crown prince looked at the throne directly above the main hall, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes,