Xiao Yan has been on the expedition for several days, and he must have arrived at the northern border pass.

There was also news from the palace, saying that the emperor's condition did not improve all day, and the courtiers asked the emperor to appoint the third prince as the crown prince in front of the palace every day.

The emperor glared and breathed a few sighs of relief before he was not alive.

"Go to court now! I want to make a prince! ”

As soon as the decree was delivered, the courtiers moved to the court hall one after another to wait.

Today's will will be announced to the world.

The emperor took the edict of the prince in his hand, raised his eyes to look at the heavy palace gate outside the dormitory gate, and said, "Go to court!" ”

He is dressed in a dragon robe, the dignity of the ninety-five, but in the end it is different from before, and now he is struggling to walk, and he is no longer the strategizing king of the past.

He sat on top of the court, and the courtiers knelt down below, and then read the decree to the inner chamberlain.

The princes knelt under the hall, with different expressions on their faces, Xie Xuan knelt at the top, and his face could not hide the excitement like a wolf.

For him, the crown prince belongs to him.

However, after the decree was read out, the faces of the courtiers changed in a thousand ways, and the smile on the face of the third prince Xie Xuan slowly froze, and then turned into a yin owl.

The emperor knew that in today's court, there are already ordinary courtiers who support the third prince Xie Xuan, but he still wants to canonize the second prince Xie Yu as the crown prince!

After the decree was read, the emperor went down to the morning court and was supported by the eunuchs around him and returned to the palace.

It was only when he was about to stand up that Xie Xuan couldn't bear it anymore and slowly straightened up from the ground.

"Father is not confused, today's holy decree of the prince, His Royal Highness thinks that it cannot be counted!"

The emperor paused, then turned around and glared at him angrily, "What? You rebel, you are disrespectful, you dare not take my words in your eyes, do you want to rebel? ”

Xie Xuan said with a smile: "His Royal Highness is just thinking about the Jiangshan Society of Lang Country!" The second prince is overwhelmed! His Highness does not agree with this will! ”

The emperor held his last breath and shouted: "You rebel, I really don't know that I just made the eldest prince the crown prince, and he fell off his horse and died the next day!" The doctor checked that he did not stumble at all, but poisoned! The one who poisoned you is you! ”

The emperor had long suspected this matter back then, and it was not until not long ago that he found out. Due to Xie Xuan's growing power in the court, the emperor did not punish him.

I didn't expect that the three princes who were unruly in the past and only knew how to spend all their days drinking and drinking all day long actually harbored the evil intentions of today.

Now his ambition is obvious, and he is pressing to this point step by step, forcing him to be crowned prince and make the old past public! It is to confirm the fact that he has evil intentions!

Even if he is desperate to take his last breath, he categorically cannot pass the throne to such a person! Say whatever you say, take him down!

The emperor called the Praetorian Guards in, pointed at Xie Xuan and said, "Take down this traitor for me!" Break into the prison and wait for disposal! ”

But the Praetorian Guard did not move.

The Emperor was shocked and said, "You ...... Are you all going to rebel? ”

Xie Xuan's face did not change, and he said faintly: "Isn't my father sick and confused, and he actually started talking nonsense?" As he spoke, he brushed his sleeves and said loudly: "The emperor is sick and confused, say some foolish words, come on, send the emperor back to the palace to rest!" Wait until he sobers up! ”

"You...... You rebel! The emperor pointed at him with a trembling hand, and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood in anger.

On Xie Xuan's orders, the Praetorian Guards "escorted" the emperor back to the palace.

And the prepared holy decree was thrown into the brazier by Xie Xuan in front of the ministers and turned into ashes.

Such actions are no different from seeking power and usurping the throne, but the court is silent, and no one dares to speak.

Xie Xuan walked up the steps of the head of the hall and approached the dragon chair step by step. He looked at the dragon chair and sat down as if no one was around.

Kyoto had been sunny for several days, but it rained heavily today.

The buds that had just been pulled out of the branches of the tree were destroyed by the torrential rain before they could fully bloom, and the white petals fell into the soil and withered.

After the emperor returned to the palace, he immediately wrote an edict, asking Xiao Yan to return to the palace overnight.

Only then did he know that Xie Xuan deliberately sent Xiao Yan to the north, and as soon as he left, no one could balance Xie Xuan.

It's just that if the decree goes down, it will all sink into the sea, but as everyone knows, Xie Xuan had already expected that those holy decrees prepared by the emperor himself were intercepted and killed by the spies arranged by Yang Zhong only halfway through.

And on the northern side, the two armies fought and fought to the sky.

The northern werewolves and the Usan kingdom joined forces to attack, and as they advanced, the northern defenders were crushed.

Yuwangfu.

Shangguan Rong received the battle report from the north and fell into deep thought for a while.

Shu Wan hadn't slept well for a few days in order to wait for the battle situation in the past few days, and seeing that Shangguan Rong's expression was wrong, her heart tightened and asked, "How is it?" ”

Shangguan Rong said: "The spies from the north have come to report, the situation has not improved, the number of enemy troops attacking this time is several times that of our army, although the imperial court is willing to send troops to help, but it will not be willing to send troops until ten days later." ”

Shu Wan said: "Why do you want ten days later? If the border is broken, the army will drive straight in, and the consequences will be unimaginable! Did they do this because they wanted Xiao Yan to die? ”

Shu Wan's eyes were red with excitement, there had been no good news for several days, and she was more and more worried about Xiao Yan's safety.

Shangguan Rong said: "I'm afraid, they just want Xiao Yan to die on the battlefield!" ”

Palace.

The emperor was lying in the dormitory, still a little sober. Inside and out, Xie Xuan's secret guards and Praetorian Guards were guarded.

Soon, Xie Xuan appeared in the dormitory, holding a blank holy decree in his hand.

He put the holy decree in front of the emperor, ignoring the fact that he was his father, and picked him up roughly, and said aggressively: "Do you write it yourself, or do you want me to force you to write it?" ”

The emperor closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, ignoring him.

Xie Xuan immediately slammed him back on the bed, and said viciously: "Now that the imperial court is facing enemies on all sides, the country cannot be without a king for a day, I advise you to think about this clearly!" Don't even want to wait for Xiao Yan to come back and preside over the overall situation for you! I'm afraid that he can't protect himself now! There has been a battle report from the north, our army has been defeated by the northern werewolves, if you insist on refusing to pass it on to me! I'm afraid that the entire Lang country will fall into the hands of others! ”

"You...... You actually threaten me with the country of Lang! ”

Xie Xuan slapped his face rampantly and said, "No poison, no husband!" Father, this is what you teach your children! ”

The emperor's eyes were about to split, his qi and blood fluctuated sharply, and in the face of Xie Xuan, he could only stare at him with a pair of bloodshot eyes.

Even if the news of the joint attack of the Northern Werewolf and Uzan reached Kyoto, Xie Xuan couldn't care about that at all, for now, nothing could be more important than the throne.

However, just when he was holding the victory, the news of Xiao Yan's death came from the north.