Although some of the ministers already knew it, they didn't dare to speak in the face of Xiao Ce.

Dali Siqing, who is still in the third grade, opened his jaw, slowly walked over from the crowd, and first stepped forward and said to Xiao Celai:

"Since this is the case, then His Royal Highness Lao, the minister will retire first today."

Although Zhang Jaw was reluctant to participate in the matter of seizing the heir, if he had to make a choice between the two, Xiao Ce, who was standing in front of him at the moment, was his choice, and after Zhang Jaw expressed his attitude and left the hall, the ministers gathered there dispersed behind him one after another.

Xiao Ce watched them go away piecemeal before walking towards his father's palace.

The guards and forbidden soldiers along the way, saw him from a distance and saluted silently, Xiao Ce had no one to stop him along the way, and he didn't need to be the same as before in the future, every time he went to a small courtyard, he needed to report layer by layer, he always felt that the process was cumbersome along the way, but now that things were simple, he didn't feel as relaxed as expected.

He also knew the old eunuch beside his father, and that person was guarding the door right now.

Xiao Ce stood in place and said to him, "Please tell my father, just say that I have something important to see." ”

The eunuch glanced at him, and although he was a little speechless, he still glanced into the room, nodded, and walked in.

Xiao Ce had been standing in the courtyard waiting, and after about a stick of incense, the old eunuch came out of the room, stood in place and shook his head at him:

"His Royal Highness King Ming, please go back, Your Majesty is not feeling well today and doesn't want to summon anyone."

Xiao Ce didn't answer for a while, he stood there and looked up at the room, and asked in a deep voice, "Is anyone my father referring to, including me?" ”

The old eunuch sighed, in fact, the things in this palace are not an impermeable wall, on the contrary, his father is the most well-informed here, and he knew what happened in Luoyang City last night.

But the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and the brothers are fighting, which was originally the last thing his father wanted to see.

Xiao Ce saw him sigh here, and he understood what his father meant, and then looked into the room quietly, his father would probably never forgive him.

Xiao Ce didn't want his father to be embarrassed, so he said, "I understand." ”

He was about to turn around and leave, but the old eunuch watched him turn around and leave, but suddenly shouted:

"His Royal Highness King Ming, although His Majesty is reluctant to see you now, but after all, you are his child, there is always a time when people are soft-hearted, Your Highness should not go to your heart, Your Majesty is still very good to Your Highness, don't want me to convey it to Your Highness, what Your Highness wants this time is hanging behind the plaque above the main hall at this moment."

All that can be hung there is the decree of the next emperor.

And he told Xiao Ce at this time.

Smart as he certainly knew what this meant, Xiao Ce immediately turned around, looking at the old eunuch's gaze with some surprise, the old lady also knew that he was surprised, but nodded quietly, what Xiao Ce heard just now was what he wanted to convey for His Highness.

Xiao Ce suddenly understood something, he turned around and knelt down towards the position of the room in the main hall, and kowtowed three times to the people who were resting in the room, even if his father was unwilling to forgive him, he still left him what he wanted and needed most at the moment, which was enough for Xiao Ce.

When he arrived at the main hall, the guards on the side had already brought a ladder and took out the holy decree hidden behind the plaque, Xiao Ce opened it and took a look, it was indeed the handwriting of the civil officials next to his father, and it was also stamped with the seal of jade on top of the holy decree.

"Fengtian carries the emperor Zhao said, my son Xiao Ce, these years of the southern and northern wars, for the public to make great achievements, famous all over the world, today to inherit the unification, is the court up and down the expectations of the people, but also what I think in my heart, you love Qing, from now on should be dedicated to assisting, admire."

That's what I thought.

Xiao Se's fingers rubbed over the holy decree, and his fingers swiped over the place where the payment was placed.

The payment will be made a few days ago.

That is to say, in fact, as early as last night, his father had already changed his mind and wanted to replace the crown prince, whether there was that last night, and he was the next person who would inherit the unification, and his father finally gave him this righteous decree.

Xiao Ce saw this holy decree at this moment, and his heart was somewhat mixed, he naturally did not regret what he did yesterday, because even his elder brother would doubt the authenticity of this holy decree when he saw this holy decree, he would not be willing to be the prince but could not inherit the unification, there would be a confrontation between them sooner or later, he just made the first move.

However, this holy decree did save him a lot of trouble, at least he didn't have to embarrass those old ministers who swore to follow orthodoxy to the death, and he could also stop those rumors outside the palace.

Xiao Ce closed the holy decree in his hand and said to the guards on the side: "Keep this holy decree properly, wait for Ning Yu to come back, send it to the cabinet, and hand it over to the cabinet chief assistant to copy and preserve." ”

The guards naturally knew the importance of this holy decree, and the holy decrees that were placed behind the plaque in the main hall in the past were all related to the succession to the throne, and His Royal Highness King Ming would believe in him so much as an ordinary guard on duty, so he took it with trepidation and said:

"Yes."

After Xiao Ce did all this, he suddenly felt a little tired, looked up at the sky at the gate of the palace, and probably knew in his heart that there would be only this one place left in the scenery that he would see in the future.

Of course, he had thought about the throne in the past, but after putting it in the plan to calm the world, now that this day is really coming, he feels that everything has become less real, and he begins to suffer some unconsciously from gains and losses.

Xiao Ce remembered, and the man he was now in prison frowned.

It seems that he still has to go and see his royal brother.

*

Li Hanning has been locked up for two days, the door of this dungeon is like a boulder blocking the mountain pass, isolating all sounds outside, she doesn't know what is happening outside, except for Zhao Yi, no one outside knows that she is locked up here.

It has been two full days since she began to be locked up here, and no one has come in to inquire about her current situation during these two days, and no one has come to deliver food and drink, it seems that Zhao Yi just wants her to fend for herself here.

Li Hanning's body is now so weak that it is difficult to even speak, let alone shout for help. Now, every once in a while, her hope of being rescued is smaller, and she is closer to death.

She thought in her heart for a moment, in fact, if she died like this, at least she would not be used by them to threaten Xiao Ce, he was locked up here, Xiao Ce should not be able to find her body, maybe next time she thought she was alive, maybe she would always send someone to look for her, even so, it was much better than knowing her death for sure.

Li Hanning thought of this, and felt that the only person she felt a little sorry for in this life was this child who was destined to die with her before she was born.

Li Hanning recalled her hurried life, in fact, she was not afraid of death, many times she was in danger, thinking that she would not survive, from the moment she became the Deadpool of Li Mansion, she did not plan to be like a normal person, there was an ordinary birth, old age, sickness and death, she did not think that she could die well.

Li Hanning couldn't tell when this point had changed, maybe it was after meeting Xiao Ce and seeing the best scenery in the world that he began to become a little greedy.

Thinking about it carefully, in the past two years, she has not seemed to particularly cherish the time she and Xiao Ce spent together on the battlefield, and time seems to pass very quickly, and Da Zhou has unified the world in the blink of an eye. Xiao Ce is not the proton who stayed in Chang'an in Luoyang at that time, he is the king of Ming, and he will also be the second emperor of the Great Zhou, just like when she saw him for the first time at that time, she thought that he would become the emperor of the Great Zhou, there seems to be a certain number in the dark, this way with Xiao Ce has come over, she does not regret everything she has done, but there are some pity, but it is a pity that she always felt that there was still time before, and there was a long time in the future that she did not cherish it seriously.

Li Hanning rested on the stake and quietly listened to the sound of water droplets around him. But suddenly I heard the sound of the stone door opening, and the mechanism in the stone door seemed to be embedded there, and the whole dungeon shook as soon as the door opened.

Li Hanning reacted to what was happening, and then opened her eyes with some vigilance and frowned, maybe because she hadn't eaten for two days, her vision was a little blurry, and she could barely see who the person who came over was, and she could only barely tell that he was not Zhao Yi.

But if it weren't for Zhao Yi, who would recognize this place?

It wasn't until he opened his mouth that Li Hanning recognized that the person who came at this moment turned out to be Li Zhao.

Li Zhao saw her look so bad, and when he got closer, he comforted:

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, I've found you."

He glanced at the chains that were still tied to Li Hanning, and then cut them with a sword, and tied her to the stake.

Li Hanning may be a little numb because he has been tied up for too long, or maybe because he has not eaten for a few days, and he really has no extra strength in his body, Li Hanning almost knelt down with his legs weak at the moment when the chain was cut, but fortunately, Li Zhao reacted faster and stepped forward to catch her.

"Hanning!"

This is a close sentence that Li Hanning heard before she fell into a coma, this is indeed Li Zhao's voice, and she will not forget his voice.

Her eyes were closed and her breath was weak, Li Zhao couldn't wake up at all, seeing that the person was already weak to the point of being unconscious, Li Zhao could only pick him up horizontally first, and take him out of this cold and damp dungeon first.