On June 21, the official retired to the court.

Today's officials are especially diligent, arriving at the main hall a quarter of an hour earlier than before, or even a quarter of an hour later.

When they arrived, they did not go in, but stood at the door of the temple in a heap of three or two, and whispered to each other.

They were eager to know if the rumors that had been rampant these days were true.

If not, did the general have no patience and want to force the emperor to abdicate, so he came up with this trick to force him to be forced by public opinion?

Most of the speculation was made by the Zhao family and neutral officials, the latter worried, and the former excited.

When Xiahouren, Wei An and others arrived one after another, they were targeted.

Everyone had agreed to come out, and these people were present that day, so in front of everyone's eyes, Xiahouren, Tao Wu and Wei An were caught by the three court officials, and they were squeezed aside and asked: "Your Majesty really said that you want to be a general that day?" ”

The officials moved their feet lightly and pricked up their ears to listen.

Xia Houren didn't have much expression, and wanted to push them away, "You will know when the time comes......"

"Brother is not kind, yes or no, you don't speak, even if you nod and shake your head."

Xia Houren didn't even dare to move his neck now, for fear that they would misunderstand.

Although "yes", who knows if the Xun brothers have changed their minds?

He didn't dare to reveal the news, and he didn't know who it was, he had a big mouth as soon as he went out, didn't he know that if this kind of thing was not handled well, he would die?

The big-mouthed officials silently bowed their heads and entered the hall, and they revealed to their brothers, close friends, and brothers-in-law, after all, they are a family, and they must always be informed in advance, otherwise what will happen if the court suffers.

Who knew they would leak out?

When Xiahou Ren was motionless and didn't dare to move, someone shouted, "The general is here—"

The officials immediately let go of the people who had been held hostage and bowed down to stand.

Zhao Hanzhang walked up the steps, glanced at them, frowned, and said, "Your Majesty is coming, why are you still outside the palace?" ”

Baiguan avoided Zhao Hanzhang's hula and squeezed into the inner hall, and soon found his position.

Fu Tinghan stood beside Zhao Hanzhang and watched all this dumbfounded, he came back late the day before yesterday, and Zhao Hanzhang only said to him, "The little emperor is going to give way to me." ”

Fu Tinghan had been prepared for this for a long time, and was not surprised, so he only nodded to indicate that he knew, and asked her, "Then are we going to live in the palace in the future?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded: "Yes." ”

Fu Tinghan: "It is convenient to go to the stargazing platform and the Ministry of Industry to live in the palace, but it is more troublesome to go out of the city, and it takes more than two city gates." ”

He thought that the abdication was already eight or nine, everyone knew it, and it was very gentle, but he didn't expect that most of the courtiers had not yet gotten the exact news, and they were still in the speculation stage.

Fu Tinghan turned his head to look at Zhao Hanzhang: "My parents ...... there"

Zhao Hanzhang: "I let Ji Yuan go, they didn't come to you yesterday, that's what it means to accept." ”

Fu Tinghan nodded, and then entered the hall with Zhao Hanzhang.

In the hall, all the officials had already stood in columns, Fu Tinghan walked to his position, and Zhao Hanzhang stepped on the steps to the platform.

On the left side of the platform, there is a set of seats at the bottom left of the dragon chair, and Zhao Hanzhang has been sitting here.

At this time, she also came here, and all the officials of His Royal Highness looked up at her with blazing eyes, seeing that she did not take one more step towards the dragon chair, or even take one more look, it was impossible to say whether she was excited or disappointed, and everyone silently withdrew their gaze.

Before he could bow and salute, he heard the chamberlain loudly announce that the emperor had arrived.

The ministers hurriedly waited with their hands closed, and saw Xun Fan helping the emperor step by step out of the apse, walking from the side to the dragon chair and sitting down.

Why is Xun Fan here, isn't he injured and recuperating at home?

It's okay to see that he's walking fairly steadily?

The thought flashed, and he saw Zhao Hanzhang bowing sideways to the emperor as usual, and the hundred officials also hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

When the chamberlain called, they got up and stared brightly...... Looking at the steps, he was still a little bold, his eyes swept directly over the emperor, and then occasionally took Zhao Hanzhang.

I always feel like something big is happening.

Xun Fan didn't go down the steps to stand in his place, but stood on the edge of the dragon chair, and he nodded to the little emperor encouragingly.

The little emperor cleared his throat, his voice trembled a little, although he was the emperor, but this was the first time he took the initiative to make an opening remarks at the court meeting, "I ...... I ......"

The words he thought before coming to the stage disappeared in an instant, his mind was blank, and the little emperor panicked and looked at Xun Fan at a loss.

Xun Fan frowned, quite hated that iron could not become steel, he was the emperor, and he was often asked questions by Zhao Hanzhang in the palace, although he was also nervous, he would not be unable to say such a word, this time he just let him start, why did he stutter?

This picture fell in the eyes of hundreds of officials, didn't you think that Zhao Hanzhang forced them?

If Zhao Hanzhang also suspects that they are deliberately acting......

The thought flashed, and I heard Zhao Hanzhang take over lightly, "Do you have something to do with the officials?" If you have something to do, if you have nothing to do, you can step down. ”

Someone opened a mouth, and the little emperor instantly knew how to take it, and immediately said, "I have something!" ”

Under the gaze of hundreds of officials, he took a deep breath and said: "Since I ascended the throne, the war has been raging and almost destroyed the country. Last year, the world was at the beginning of peace, the north and the south were unified, I thought that the world could be safe, although there was still a territory to fall, but over time, the Great Jin Dynasty will be able to recover the lost land, but this year's Spring Festival is just after the eclipse, and then it rained in March, not only Luoyang, Yuzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou were affected, and even Jiangnan was trapped by floods......"

The little emperor said in a low voice: "Although the general said that this is a natural disaster and has nothing to do with me, but I think, the heavens have this warning, obviously I have not done a good job, and today I have made an edict against myself, and all kinds of things in the world are in my life, if there is a punishment, I ask the heavens to descend on my body, so as not to hurt the people." ”

Zhao Hanzhang looked at the little emperor with a young face, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, this is a natural disaster, and the sin is indeed not on you." ”

The officials knelt down one after another, and said in unison: "The ministers are afraid! ”

The little emperor shook his head slightly, "I know that the stability of the world depends on the general, I am not a good emperor, and besides, because of the mistakes of the ancestors, the world is in chaos, and our descendants have inherited the shadow of the ancestors, and the sins of the ancestors should also be borne by the descendants." ”

"Today, the hundred officials are here, and I will give this position to the general, hoping that the general will inherit the weight of the country for me."

Zhao Hanzhang hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "The minister is panicking." ”

Xun Fan took the written decree and read it out, probably the same meaning, but he wrote it much sharper, not saying that it was the sin of the little emperor, but basically covering the heads of the rebellious eight kings, thinking that they caused the chaos in the world, the people were resentful, the heavens were angry, and the mandate of heaven was no longer in Sima's house, so he wanted to give up the throne to Zhao Hanzhang.

Zhao Hanzhang refused to accept the decree after listening to it, and said that he would wholeheartedly assist the emperor and rule the world together. (End of chapter)