The queen's voice just fell.

There was a thunderclap in the sky of Shangjing, the rain was falling loudly, the pedestrians on the street avoided it, and the tea customers upstairs squinted their eyes, admiring the rain that had not been seen for a long time and the different beauty of the house after being wet.

The rain is not particularly heavy, but it is very cold, and after a while, the tea guests began to feel the slightest chill, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised, thinking that the autumn rain in previous years was just falling, and there must be three to get rid of the heat, why is the rain so cold this year.

Half a month later, the emperor's illness became more serious, and there was a tendency to deteriorate, and the imperial doctors in the palace were helpless.

The whole of Kyoto began to fall into a sense of unknown fear and confusion, and people did not know what was happening, except that in the evening, they heard the chiming of the bell in the corner tower of the Imperial City, and the slow and shocking beating of it against the background of the red twilight after the rain

His Royal Highness knelt down with three imperial doctors whose spirits had been exhausted to the extreme, and the rain on their bodies had wet the luxurious blankets, but they still knelt with their heads bowed, not daring to make a sound, for fear that their unlucky crows would eventually destroy the blessings of this palace that had stood proudly in the world for forty years.

"Cry what cry."

As soon as the queen said this, the concubines in the hall who were constantly crying and grieving forcibly stopped their tears, but they couldn't wipe away the horror and fear on their faces.

The crown prince Nanxu slowly sorted out his clothes, there was no trace of crazy joy on his face, the news that the emperor was dying reached the palace, and His Royal Highness the prince, like all the princes and ministers, fell to the ground and cried, and it was difficult to hide his sadness.

It's just that his face is a little more pale than sad. Walking to the door of the East Palace, facing the twilight in the far east, he bowed deeply, and two strings of tears fell from his eyes.

After a long time, he straightened up, straightened his body, and thought sadly in his heart: "Father, it's not that the son is unfilial, it's just that you have forced me to the point where there is no way out." ”

Even if the abolition of the crown prince is a rumor, he doesn't want to gamble, from his father's eyes, he sees that he is extremely disgusted with him, and after a long time, his second brother is more and more favored, and now he has a little chance of winning first.

"The emperor has died..."

In front of the door of the Taiji Palace, a large number of eunuchs and palace maids knelt down, and the cry shook the entire palace, all eyes were attracted, and the three thousand feathers and forest guards were all facing the direction of the Taiji Palace, and their legs bowed heavily.

The prince glanced at the palace gate of the Taiji Palace, turned around and glanced at the queen, frowned slightly, forcibly covered the helplessness in his eyes, held his mother's hand, and whispered in her ear: "Queen Mother, please mourn." ”

"Your father is dead...... the queen looked at the crown prince with blank eyes.

The prince slowly lowered his head and said, "The child knows, it's just ...... Everyone is going to die. ”

There was still a sadness on his face, but the words were extremely indifferent.

The queen seemed to regain her senses in an instant, understood the words, looked at her son with an incredulous face, opened her mouth wide, and did not speak for a long time!

The queen didn't know how many complicated emotions surged in her heart for a while, her lips trembled, and it wasn't until a long time later that she ate Ai Ai and said: What should I do now? What to do..."

The prince attached himself to her ear and whispered word by word: "Don't say this, remember, don't say a word...... If you still want me to sit on that dragon chair, don't say anything. ”

"So we have to hurry up and wait in the Taiji Hall now, and we have to personally confirm whether our father has really died."

The crown prince calmly grabbed the queen's shoulders and stared straight at him, trying to calm her panicked and unaware of what was wrong.

In the second prince's mansion, which is not far from the Taiji Palace, the second prince is like his brother, tidying up his clothes on the one hand, and simulating sadness on the other, as a member of the Son of Heaven's family, what he is best at is acting, so when he thinks about many things in his heart, the expression on his face is still in place.

The princess looked at him indifferently, did not step forward to help, and asked softly for a moment, "Do you believe it?" ”

The second prince's hand paused, and he replied calmly: "Believe it or not, does it matter?" As for the rumors of the abolition of the crown prince, we will know later. ”

The second prince bowed his head slightly, rolled up his snow-white sleeves, he was wearing a light-colored single dress today, and he looked extraordinarily low-key and silent.

The second prince smiled reluctantly, patted the princess's face, and said, "What should I be careful about?" My father died, and now the happiest person must be my eldest brother, who must be mourned by the whole country, and then the crown prince ascends the throne, and I am still the inconspicuous second prince. ”

After the second prince was silent for a moment, he suddenly spoke: "I won't hide it from you, I suspect that my father's condition is getting worse and worse, and it is likely that the crown prince did it...

The princess was taken aback and covered her mouth tightly.

The second prince smiled bitterly and said, "It's just a guess." ”

After saying this, he walked towards the gate of the mansion, summoned his personal entourage in the corner, and commanded softly: "Inform my father-in-law and be ready to enter Beijing at any time." ”

The father-in-law in the mouth of the second prince is the commander of the Nanzhong Army on the border of the southern front, the general of Huaihua Yu Wenzhao, and the princess is his adopted daughter.

A sneer appeared on the corner of the second prince's lips, he would help the prince, let him sit on that chair for the time being, let him face the courtiers and all aspects of the powerful backlash, he only needs to look indifferently, the prince's waste, when it is revealed that he is the mastermind of the murder of his father and the king in the future, see what fate he will fall to!

All those who knew the news of His Majesty's death from the Emperor's serious illness did not have time to grieve, and after a moment of shock, they began to arrange the follow-up matters calmly and even somewhat indifferently, and those who were qualified to sit in that chair began to prepare, and those who were qualified to decide the ownership of that chair began to ventilate secretly.

So the people were sad and weeping, and they didn't know what the future of this kingdom would become.

According to the past, it was the crown prince who ascended the throne, but the prince's words and deeds in the past made people worried.

The emperor is newly mourned, and the crown prince ascends the throne, at this juncture, most of the civil and military officials in the court are mainly stable, and they will not say too much to this prince.

However, the people of the second prince's faction seem to be unable to change anything, and if he is smart, he will quietly wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne.

However, at this time, Yao Cheng, the imperial historian, Xu Lin, and a few scholars in the court, as if they had not yet come out of the mood of the emperor's death.

Yao Cheng walked to the gate of the Taiji Hall alone, and he couldn't hear the greeting of the officials in plain clothes beside him, nor did he hear the voice of Duke Hou passing on the prince's will and inviting scholars to enter the palace.

He just stood at the temple gate in a daze, looking at the chaotic sacrificial procession in the square in front of the palace, looking at the white flags standing upright, looking at the forbidden officers and soldiers on the imperial city who were vigilantly looking around, listening to the bursts of firecrackers in the distance, and the terrible whip outside the palace gate, he suddenly felt a burst of blood rushing into his head, making his head dizzy.

From this moment on, Yao Cheng's head had been extremely dizzy, so that he walked into the empty Taiji Hall like a wooden man, standing in the second position of the civil official team, and the whole person was a little confused. cried sincerely, and did not hear the cries of the ministers of Qingguo echoing in the palace.

Falling to his knees with the ministers, he stood up again and stood silently. Scholar Hu Yong in front of him glanced at him with concern, conveying reminders and vigilance with his eyes, but he concealed the chill in his heart very well.

I saw him frowning, he couldn't hear any sound in his ears, looking at the colleagues in the queue who were very familiar on weekdays, he felt so strange at this moment, especially Scholar Hu in front of him, the two of them had a good relationship, although since last night, there was no time to say anything, but today outside the palace, he had hinted to Scholar Hu.

Why is Scholar Hu so calm, the crown prince's ascension to the throne is a continuation of the country, and no one can stop it.

Yao Cheng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and suddenly his body trembled, and his ears, which had been deaf for a long time, suddenly regained his hearing at this moment, and he heard the sound of gongs, drums, and bamboos outside the Taiji Hall.

He opened his mouth, and then he knew that what he had to say was finished, the prince...... It's time to ascend the throne!

The strange situation of the Chinese book has fallen in the eyes of many people. But the ministers of the court and the central government all knew that the first emperor and Yao Cheng had always been a monarch and a minister, and when they suddenly heard the news of His Majesty's death, the Chinese book was overwhelmed by the emotional impact, and it was natural for some people to lose their souls, so not many people were suspicious.

However, the queen, who was sitting behind the beaded curtain next to the dragon chair, had been staring coldly at his every move, and when her eyes turned, a eunuch walked behind him, ready to help the old man go to rest first.

The prince's gaze fell on Yao Cheng's body, and he forcibly concealed his sadness and said, "The old book ordered to go to the side hall to rest for a while." Then he stopped looking at the crowd, nor at the brothers at the bottom of the stairs, calmed his mood, and walked in the direction of the dragon chair.

Standing in front of the dragon chair, the crown prince looked down at his brothers and courtiers who were kneeling on the ground, knowing that when he sat down, he would become the third monarch since the founding of Nanzhao, the ruler who controlled the life and death of hundreds of millions of people.

This is the goal he has been fighting for for a long time, for this goal, he has been afraid, jealous, and debauched, but in the end he has learned his father's forbearance, calmness, and waiting...... Vicious.

When such a goal was suddenly close at hand, the prince's mood was so calm that he felt a little strange in himself.

The prince's eyes drooped slightly, looking at the second prince below, looking at the calm and gentle look on his face, although he felt wrong, but he couldn't care so much at this time.

"Please enthrone the crown prince..."

Yao Cheng felt that he was really dizzy, at such a solemn and sad moment, when the court was quiet, and Wanchen knelt down, he actually knelt on his knees, walked two steps out, came to the dragon chair, kowtowed to the ground, and shouted loudly: "No! ”

As soon as the word "no" came out, everyone in the court was shocked, the queen's face sank behind the bead curtain, and several eunuchs began to walk towards Yao Cheng's direction, but on the contrary, the prince who was about to sit on the dragon chair breathed a sigh of relief, because he finally understood what his doubts were before.

Yes, the ascension to the throne cannot be so smooth, there will always be some twists and turns.