Taihe Temple

After Yao Cheng shouted these two words, he got rid of those dizzy states, took a deep breath, and felt clearer than ever, he knew what he should do.

She didn't look at the eunuch who was helping her, straightened up, looked at the queen behind the bead curtain, the prince in front of the dragon chair, tried her best, and put her life of honor and disgrace, fighting for the life and death of the clan, and called out sadly.

"On the occasion of Your Majesty's Bintian, there is a testament, the crown prince...... No succession! ”

The house was quiet, and no one spoke.

As soon as the bead curtain dispersed, the cold light shone, and the queen's bottomless eyes. stared at Yao Cheng coldly, and said word by word: "Yao Zhong's order, vainly speaking of will, is a great crime of bullying the king!" ”

Yao Cheng's face changed slightly, and after being silent for a while, he bowed respectfully and responded: "I Nanzhao has no monarch today, how can I bully the monarch?" Facing the Queen Mother, this scholar didn't give an inch!

"Your Majesty is in the Taiji Palace, his condition has deteriorated and he is unconscious, and the incident happened suddenly, how can there be any edict?" The queen stared into his eyes and said calmly: "If there is an edict, where is it now?" ”

The prince's hands were a little cold, and his heart was even more cold, and he secretly thought to himself:

"Is the rumor of abolishing me true? Did the father really leave an edict before his death, in the hands of this Chinese order? ”

If there is, what is written on the edict, you don't need to think about it, the prince suddenly felt a sense of sadness, it seems that his father is really disappointed in himself.

He was silent beside the queen, and a wry smile appeared in his heart, knowing that the queen mother's spirit was extremely tired today, otherwise he would never have made such a bad response. The emperor died, as the wife of the emperor with a respected status, why did she need to be entangled with an old minister in these details? It's just that the conversation has already begun, if he wants to sit on the dragon chair smoothly, he must beat down this sudden edict!

The prince looked at the ministers below, and said slowly: "Yao Lao Mo is going to be deceived by traitors, if his father really has an edict, this palace is a son, of course, I think about it, I hope to see my father's handwriting again......"

The words were extreme, the prince was already slightly sad, and the ministers below spoke comfortingly, and he took the opportunity to stabilize his mood.

The meaning of this sentence is very clear, such a thing as a testament can be forged, and you are a subordinate of the Chinese scholars...

The crown prince looked at Yao Cheng, frowned and said: "This palace has always deeply respected the old bachelor as a person, but what I heard and saw today really disappointed this palace, I actually wanted to disturb the court, listen to rumors, and think about how important my father was to the old man back then, but today he is so confused and vicious, I don't know what face I will have to see my father in the future!" ”

The prince's eyes gradually became cold, and a strong aura that rarely appeared on him began to tighten the hearts of all the courtiers in the palace with the words in his mouth.

"The Chinese book ordered Yao Cheng, pretending to be the will of the emperor, discussing the court in vain, and someone came...... Cast him out of the temple, and put him in prison for later trial, in memory of his age! ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar, and the ministers knew that there had never been any tenderness in the struggle for imperial power, especially when Lord Yao moved out of the so-called edict today, the prince would inevitably choose the most iron-blooded means to suppress it.

It's just that everyone is not used to it for a while, and the gentle prince will show his and the deceased majesty in an instant...... Such a similar domineering!

Because of Yao Cheng's sad cry in the middle book, the process of the crown prince's ascension to the throne was forcibly interrupted, and all the ministers had already stood up on the ground, and the black or white plain clothes on their bodies were fluttering weakly, and everyone was stunned, their mouths were speechless, and the ripples on their sleeves were light.

In the empty Taihe Palace, all the ministers were silent, watching the eunuchs holding his arms, and at the same time, he glimpsed that outside the Taihe Palace, there were many people walking in the shadows - it should be the guards in the palace, those guards with short straight knives - all the ministers knew that if they didn't do it well today, they were afraid that it would end up in a blood-spattered hall!

The eunuchs helped Yao Cheng to the outside of the hall, and the murderous guards outside the hall were waiting.

The crown prince breathed a sigh of relief, these stubborn civil servants were still intimidated by the might of the royal family after all, and they didn't dare to be too presumptuous. The queen's heart was also a little calm, and she hoped to quickly drag this old man who didn't know the current affairs down and let the ceremony of the crown prince's enthronement end.

Yao Cheng was dragged away in embarrassment, while being dragged away, the old man thought in his heart that his reputation was here, and he might not necessarily die, but when the prince really sat on the dragon chair, would he be greeted with a glass of poisonous wine or a white silk?

At this moment, many people heard a faint sigh.

"Please take back the prince's will"

After the palace was silent for a long time, another voice came to mind, and the queen's face instantly became even more pale, and she looked at this person gloomily and said three times: "Okay!" Good! Good! …… Good for you! ”

Xu Mutou is the first emperor His Majesty gave this imperial history in the Cheng Xu Lin to take the bandit name, reward him for being upright and clear, not afraid of the heart of power, today the situation in the palace is dangerous, this imperial history in the Cheng after a long silence, suddenly made a loud sound, in front of the queen and the prince, another inch, word by word to find their own death!

The queen's eyes slowly narrowed, and the cold light gradually faded. However, the prince's face remained as calm as usual, and his eyes swept downward.

Yao Cheng stood at the door outside the hall in a daze at this time, looking at Xu Lin kneeling under the dragon chair in surprise and relief.

Xu Lin didn't look at Qin Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and said contemptuously: "The minister is the minister of the Southern Zhao Kingdom, the minister of His Majesty, the minister is the Zhongcheng of the imperial history, he is ordered to deal with state affairs, and the rules of the civil and military officials of the court, if Your Majesty has an edict, the minister will see it, why not tell anyone?" ”

At this time, the young princes in the row under the dragon chair were in mixed moods, and the second prince mocked the queen and His Royal Highness the crown prince in their hearts, thinking that it was about the chair, you have to take the road of fairness, no wonder you will cause so much trouble.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department was silent, secretly calculating whether the edict that the two adults said was true or false.

He discussed with You Tianming before going to the court, just don't say anything, don't do anything, and watch the tide rise and fall.

The crown prince, who was standing next to the dragon chair, looked coldly at the Yushi Zhongcheng who was kneeling below, his mood was very complicated, and he thought that he was right, in the two arms of Nanzhao Kingdom, in addition to the military one, Wenchen has always had his own brain. This brain was allowed to be possessed by His Majesty the Emperor, and at this time, this brain began to cause infinite trouble to the crown prince's path to the throne.

"The two respectable courtiers have stood up...... the prince thought lightly to himself in his heart, and then said indifferently: "As a courtier, but pretending to be a testament, Xu Zhongcheng, you should also reflect on yourself." ”

Since the vacancy of the post of Imperial Historian, the emperor has been hesitant to choose a candidate, and all matters of the Imperial History are to let Xu Lin temporarily replace him in the Imperial History, so his words carry great weight.

As soon as the prince's words fell, another eunuch guard stepped forward and supported Xu Lin's two sides. In an instant, the Taiji Hall was suddenly filled with a panicked atmosphere, and the two dignitaries in the court opposed the prince's accession to the throne! Are they all going to be imprisoned by Sona?

When was the last time such a situation occurred in the history of Nanzhao? No minister can think of it, they only know that these two ministers are important ministers of the country, if the prince cannot subdue them from the surface, but can only use such violent means to suppress them, then there will be many problems after all.

And this problem was immediately revealed on the way to Xu Lin on the way to the outside of the Taihe Palace. When Xu Lin and Yao Cheng looked at each other at the gate of the palace and smiled wordlessly, the civil and military officials who had been standing in the hall for a long time actually fell to their knees in a big uproar!

"Please think twice about the queen, please think twice about His Royal Highness the Prince."

A full half of the civil officials knelt down at this moment and shouted in unison! This is not just a plea between the two ministers, this is already a demonstration against the mother and son on the dragon chair, telling the two of them that in the court of Nanzhao Kingdom, not only the two of them, but also many people.

The civil officials who belonged to the second prince, as well as the military generals who had been silent, couldn't help but be moved when they looked at this scene. They don't understand what these kneeling civil servants think, what they want? Are you really going to exonerate Yao Cheng, do you really want to prevent the crown prince from ascending the throne? What strength do they have other than that mouth, that name?

Looking at the group of ministers under her feet, the queen felt dizzy in her head, and she was a little unsteady on her feet. The crown prince's face finally found it difficult to remain calm and became gloomy, he didn't expect that an edict that did not appear in front of everyone at all would bring such a big disaster to today's enthronement ceremony!

At this moment, the prince's mind was a little trance-like, he didn't understand why there were so many people opposing him, and he didn't usually notice it at all, and these officials kneeling at the moment were basically neutral factions......

Kill them all?

A stagnant pain between the prince's eyebrows began to spread throughout his skull, and he suppressed it in his heart and thought that he didn't dare, and he couldn't kill them all.

However, at this time, the queen, who had already sat back on the chair, lowered her voice between her lips and cursed Yao Cheng and Xu Lin fiercely.

The crown prince's cold eyes looked at the kneeling civil official, and then moved his gaze to the second prince Nanyu.

He understood why the civil officials on the side of the second prince did not protest together, not to support his accession to the throne, but to humiliate him nakedly.

The prince seemed to be able to see something in his eyes, as if he was speaking.

"These neutral civil officials have already protested against you, and the rest are my people, what chance do you have of winning, but you are just a clown."

The moment the eyes of the two made contact, the second prince smiled contemptuously, although he didn't laugh out loud, but the voice seemed to linger in his mind, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

The prince could only stand in front of the dragon chair angrily, clenching his trembling fists, and after a long time, he waved his hand to let go of Xu Lin and Yao Cheng.