In front of Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhan and Huang Yan, the commander in charge of the palace who came to deliver the message was full of cold sweat on his whole head.

Not only because what he just said was too shocking, but also because of the few people in front of him at the moment, he couldn't calm down at all.

He is not a county official in those small counties, he is the commander of the palace guards, whether it is the former crown prince Zhu Gaochi or the former old emperor Zhu Di, he has seen it with his own eyes.

Therefore, when he came to deliver the news to Zhu Zhandong, the king of Xiang, when he saw so many people in front of him, the whole person was confused.

In addition, after he informed everyone present of the news, the eyes that were eager to peel him alive made his whole body tremble involuntarily.

But in the face of everyone's questioning, he could only endure the fear and fear in his heart, and repeated the news again.

"Last night, there was a fire in the Qianqing Palace, Your Majesty, Your Majesty and the Queen and Princess Shunde were in it, and when the fire was extinguished, only the corpses of a man, a woman and a child remained......"

As the commander of the forbidden army retold the news again, everyone present widened their eyes, still unable to believe that all this was true.

That kid... He's dead?

The old man Zhu Di couldn't help but take two steps back.

He couldn't have imagined that he had finally made up his mind and was ready to return to the capital.

But the boy died before his old man.

He simply couldn't accept this reality.

And Zhu Gaochi, who saw this scene, was also shocked.

Although he, like the old man, was completely unacceptable in his heart at this time, when he saw his father like this, he hurriedly held him up, and then hurriedly said: "Dad, don't worry, I don't know what is going on yet." You've forgotten what we did! ”

"You say, with that kid's temper, will he deliberately make this show for us?"

Although after hearing the news at this time, Zhu Gaochi was not at all less hit than the old man, but compared to the old man, it was obvious that Zhu Gaochi thought more.

After all, this happened too strangely.

Even if there is an accident, there is no reason to say that it will not happen sooner or later, but it will happen when they reveal the fake death and then prepare to return to Beijing, right?

After sending the news that they were not dead back to the capital, Zhu Gaochi once considered a question, that is, what should the emperor do when they returned.

Although he, Zhu Gaochi, didn't have the heart to fight with his son about these things at all, but this matter was really there after all.

Let's just say that the old man can say that he abdicated, but what about him Zhu Gaochi?

How can there be any saying in this world that the father is still alive, and the son directly replaces the father as the emperor.

So he also thought about it for a long time, how to do this matter in order to arrange it decently.

Now after hearing that such a thing happened to his son, Zhu Gaochi naturally thought about it in this direction.

And after thinking of this possibility, Zhu Gaochi suddenly found that this possibility is really not small.

With the virtue of his own son, he was destined not to swallow this breath.

After all, when he was the emperor, looking back now, it really feels a little compulsive.

After all, if he didn't become the emperor at that time, no one would be able to clean up this mess.

And now, on the way back to Beijing, it is not impossible for this kid to make such a scene by himself.

Of course, this is just speculation, and the truth of the matter will have to wait until they return to the capital.

On the side, after hearing the possibility of his son Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Di obviously realized for the first time that with the virtue of his eldest grandson, this kind of thing is not impossible.

For a while, most of this feeling of depression in my heart disappeared in an instant.

The feeling of suffocation just now almost made the old man go straight without breathing.

Thinking that this matter might be a fake death caused by his eldest grandson, the old man Zhu Di instantly became a little angry.

This Ming Dynasty is up and down, and the one who dares to go against his old man is this kid.

Thinking of this, the old man didn't say anything, but after gradually gaining a foothold, he said to Zhu Gaochi: "Let's go, let's continue on our way, I want to see what the hell this kid is doing!"

With that, he turned around and got into the carriage.

Zhu Zhandong, the king of Xiang, on the side, looked at everything that happened in front of him, and he was also a little confused at this time.

In this short period of time, he also had emotional ups and downs.

Before he could feel sad about his eldest brother's death, his father said that this might be a fake death made by his eldest brother.

If you look at this matter alone, it's really a bit outrageous.

But if you look at it together with your own old man and your father, it's not so unacceptable.

After all, the upper beam is not right, and the lower beam is crooked.

You elders all play like this, and it's not too much for the juniors to learn from each other.

Zhu Zhan thought so.

The other side.

Inside the Imperial Palace in the capital.

With the fire in the Qianqing Palace and the news of Zhu Zhandong's death gradually spread throughout the circle of the imperial court, almost all the ministers of the imperial court came here.

No matter what kind of big things they have in their hands, but compared to this matter, it is negligible.

In the Fengtian Hall of the Imperial Court, all the ministers gathered together to discuss some things.

The entire Fengtian Hall was in a mess, discussing separately, and a group of dragons had no leader.

How much time has passed since the death of the good emperor on the way back from the Northern Expedition and the death of the crown prince.

When the emperor died, there were a lot of disasters, if it weren't for Zhu Zhanji, who was still too damaged at the time, to turn the tide, the entire Ming Dynasty didn't know what it would have become.

But now, not long after the incident, the new monarch who had just ascended the throne died in an accident.

This left their ministers with little time to prepare.

If it is just a death, with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, there may not be any problems.

But the key thing is that the new monarch has no heirs!

Who will take the throne next?

Therefore, when everyone is not sure of their minds, they can only invite the queen mother who is in the harem out.

It's up to her to take charge of it herself.

But at this time, Zhang Yan, who was sitting on the dragon chair as the queen mother, did not have the slightest worry.

Looking at the group of ministers below who were in a mess, they didn't say a word.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Yue, was anxious in his heart: "Mother, now that the eldest brother has died suddenly, now you have to stabilize the overall situation first." You see that the ministers down here are in a mess, do you think you want to say a few words first? ”

Faced with the words of the third child in her family, the Queen Mother Zhang Yan said indifferently: "Don't worry, this court can't be chaotic." ”

Hearing his mother's words, Zhu Zhanyong was speechless.

Can't mess up, can't this mess up?

But before he could say anything, the Queen Mother Zhang Yan sat on the dragon chair and muttered to herself: "The people of the Zhu family are really able to toss, the old ones are messing around, and the young ones are also messing around.....

"Your own world, make trouble by yourself...."

Suddenly hearing his mother's words, Zhu Zhanyong was stunned.

My eldest brother died unexpectedly, and I don't see how much sadness my mother has, what does it mean to say this now?

Just when Zhu Zhanyong was puzzled, the ministers below seemed to have discussed a result one by one, and began to gradually quiet down, and then a squire stood up and said to the queen mother sitting on the dragon chair: "Queen Mother, now that Your Majesty has died, although all the people are sad, but the country cannot be left without a master for a day, and now it is imperative to ask the Queen Mother to issue a decree to establish a new monarch.....

Listening to the words of the officials below, the Empress Dowager Zhang Yan, who was sitting on the dragon chair at this time, also knew that she couldn't hide, so she sank her voice and said: "The establishment of the new monarch is not trivial, and it needs to be considered in the long run. ”

Hearing this, although the officials below also knew this truth, most of the officials didn't say anything, but there were always a few guys who were not pure-minded and stood up and said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty has no children under your knees, according to the court etiquette, you should choose one of Your Majesty's brothers to inherit the throne." Although the incident happened suddenly, the major affairs of the court could not be delayed for a day, so the minister suggested that one of His Majesty's brothers be selected to temporarily replace His Majesty. ”

"When there is a suitable candidate, the new monarch will be officially established."

Faced with the words of these officials, the Empress Dowager Zhang Yan frowned and said, "Although there is no trivial matter in the affairs of this court, it is not so anxious, right?" ”

But those officials said: "Queen Mother, the major affairs of the imperial court, you can't delay it for a day....."

was so ignorant of being raised, and the Queen Mother Zhang Yan was also a little unhappy.

I wanted to blame something, after all, she is now the queen mother, even if the eldest is not there, there are also the third and fifth children, so there will not be the slightest worry about her own safety, but after thinking about it, she didn't say such a thing, but looked at these people coldly and asked: "Then according to your intentions, who should temporarily rule the power of the court?" ”

In the face of the Queen Mother's words, the people below didn't expect the Queen Mother to compromise so easily, but after thinking about it, they still said the candidate in their hearts.

But after these individuals chose to speak, they found that all of them had different opinions.

But most people still chose King Yue, who was in the court at the moment, and King Xiang, who had not yet returned to the court.

After all, these two are the most powerful in the court today.

However, because of the literature and martial arts, the people who support them are also obviously different.

Most of the generals supported King Xiang, and most of the ministers supported King Yue.

As for those who support the sidelines, they are only a minority.

Of course, although there is a lot of controversy in this court, it is limited to some officials who are not too high-ranked.

Those who really held the real power of the six Shangshu, as well as some other officials, all chose to remain silent at this time.

Although it is possible that everything they want to say has already been said through the mouths of others, on the surface, these officials have tacitly agreed not to say a word.

It seems that he will not participate in this battle for the throne.

However, these people can be silent, but Zhu Zhanyong, who is the king of Yue, can't be silent.

Even the exit vetoed the idea of those officials recommending himself as emperor.

At the same time, he expressed his heart to his mother.

For her son, the Queen Mother Zhang Yan naturally knows and understands him, so she doesn't really have the slightest opinion on him, but she looks at the officials who make a lot of nonsense in the court.

No matter what they said, she didn't say a word, she didn't stop it, she let them say it happily one by one.

It's just that when I look at these people, my eyes are as if I am looking at a dead person.

For those who are about to die, she naturally will not have any emotional ups and downs because of this.

Just when the controversy in the court over who to choose as the new monarch became louder and louder, a voice suddenly sounded from outside the palace.

"When do you need to decide on the candidate for the monarch of the Ming Dynasty?"

With the sound of this voice that had once made them so familiar, all the officials who were familiar with this business were stunned for a moment, and then looked at the door of the main hall in shock.

When they saw a few people walking slowly at the entrance of the main hall, everyone was stunned.

"Emperor.... The Emperor ......"

At this time, those who showed a shocked expression after seeing this scene also included Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Yue who was standing beside the Queen Mother.

After all, the person at the door is his grandfather and father, who have been dead for several years!

And beside him, after seeing these people coming back, the Queen Mother Zhang Yan also got up slowly for the first time, retreated to the side, and waited for these people to walk in.

Obviously, she already knew the news that these people were about to return to Beijing, so she deliberately did so when she was questioned by those ministers.

It's just that she didn't expect to come back so soon.

And the old man Zhu Di, who walked in the front, after returning to this court after many years, was not restrained at all, he walked in front of everyone and slowly came to the dragon chair to sit upright.

Then he glanced at all the officials present and asked, "Who did you say you were going to nominate to be the emperor?" Come, old man, I'm here to listen, you say. ”

Listening to Zhu Di's words, the officials standing below suddenly wanted to die.

They never imagined that things would come to this point.

This old emperor, who has been dead for many years, has come back to life by himself!

Just now because of the death of the royal king, I thought about the people who were swaying the government at this time, and the people who bullied the orphans and widows of the old Zhu family, and they didn't dare to let go of a fart at this time.

Who is Zhu Di, even if some of the newcomers among them don't know, but the daimyo has heard of it.

In front of such an iron-blooded king, you want to consult with him about the choice of the successor?

Isn't that just a hard arch of the head against that knife rack?

As for those powerful ministers, after the initial shock, they also quickly came back to their senses at this time, and at the same time they were extremely glad that they hadn't fainted just now.

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