Chapter 285: Thumbs Up
I remember a few years ago in a magazine I saw an ancient story, about an octogenarian, the old concubine gave birth to a son, just turned two years old, the old man left his hands to the west, when he died, he left all his property to the eldest son, only left a painting on the wall of the concubine, the picture in the painting is an old man holding a young son, pointing to the ground.
The moral of the painting is to leave a rich property to the young son, which is buried in the ground.
And now, the emperor's thumb is forced, could it be that there are any important objects at the head of the bed?
Ziwei looked at the emperor's eyes intently, followed the direction of the emperor's thumb, stretched out her finger and pointed to the head of the bed, and the emperor blinked his eyes a few times.
Wow! There's really something at the head of the bed!
Ziwei's eyes were shining, but her heart was nervous, her palms were sweating, she must have been terrified, she threw off her shoes, climbed onto the dragon bed, and pounced on the head of the bed to start looking for it.
The queen mother was surprised to see Ziwei boldly climb onto the dragon bed, her face was a little unhappy, no matter how favored Wei'er was, she was also the identity of the emperor's daughter-in-law, and it was inappropriate to climb onto the emperor's dragon bed.
"Wei'er, what are you going to do?
"Grandmother, my father told his daughter-in-law with his thumb that there was something hidden at the head of the bed, and asked the daughter-in-law to take it out for him. Ziwei rummaged and explained awkwardly that if she couldn't find something, then she would be embarrassed.
According to reasoning, there must be a hidden box or something like the emperor's bedside, Ziwei groped for the head of the luxurious dragon bed, carefully looking for the mechanism, but after touching the entire bedside, she still found no clues.
She held the head of the bed with her hand and lifted the brocade mattress under the emperor's pillow, there was no on the left, there was no on the right, and there was still no in the middle, just when she was disappointed, suddenly, her fingers intentionally or unintentionally pressed a carved petal, only to hear the sound of 'pop', and a small dark grid popped up at the bottom of the bed.
Ziwei was so frightened that she suddenly oozed a cold sweat, patted her heart in shock, and looked at it with her eyes, a roll of bright yellow holy decrees, lying silently in the dark grid, so dazzling and dazzling.
"Oh, Wei'er, take it out!" the Queen Mother commanded, her eyes wide in astonishment.
"Yes!" Ziwei trembled and took out the holy decree and unfolded it, and a few lines of the emperor's own imperial script were impressive.
"This is the emperor's decree to pass on the throne, and the copy in King Hao's hand is not written by the emperor himself, it must be forged!" The Queen Mother Fengyan was furious, and her lips trembled slightly.
Yesterday, the queen's death came, King Hao held the holy decree to stop the execution, King Xuan personally went to the prison to imprison the execution, did not buy his holy decree account, the two were frozen in the prison. As a last resort, the Queen Mother ordered King Xuan to be imprisoned.
King Hao almost went crazy, he held the holy decree, but King Xuan did not buy his account, and ignored the existence of this holy decree at all, and the queen mother also stood on the side of King Xuan, and finally let the queen hang herself. King Hao hated King Xuan and the Queen Mother because of this.
The empress dowager understood these stakes, and no one could pass the throne to King Hao! If King Hao ascended the throne, it would inevitably allow the Yin family to make a comeback to confront King Xuan, and at that time, the Han Dynasty would have another civil strife. If the ministers really want to support King Hao to ascend the throne with this holy decree, then she will not agree!
The Queen Mother glanced at Ziwei approvingly, many people saw the action of the emperor's fingers, but they all thought that the emperor's body could not move, he could only move his fingers, no one cared that this was a hint, but Wei'er understood the emperor's meaning, as smart as her, she found the holy decree of succession, and made another great contribution to the Han Dynasty!
"Imperial grandmother, the Golden Palace is discussing the succession, let's go to the Golden Palace to expose the conspiracy of King Hao!"
"Well, go up to the temple!"
At this time, the decree was being pronounced on the top of the main hall.
"The ministers obeyed. He Zhifan took the lead in kneeling, and a small half of the ministers also knelt down with the prime minister, but more than half of His Highness's ministers were standing.
Xiao Deng Zi held the holy decree in his hand, looked at the people who were glaring angrily at His Highness, and looked at the angry face of King Hao, and didn't know whether to announce this will or not.
"Declare the decree!" commanded King Hao again.
Xiao Dengzi opened the yellow satin holy decree and read it aloud, "I am poisoned by the King of Xuan, and I am the regent of King Hao, and I will inherit the unification within 100 days, and I will admire this." ”
"The ministers knocked on the new emperor,...。 He Zhifan shouted and bowed his head.
"Prime Minister and slow!" King Xuan hugged He Zhifan and laughed playfully, "Prime Minister He has always been shrewd, why is he confused today?"
"Oh, why did King Xuan say that?" He Zhifan asked with a sideways look.
"What a great deal it is to establish a new king, why don't you discern the truth of this holy decree, and then worship it before it's too late. King Xuan stepped forward and glanced at He Zhifan, who was kneeling on the ground, and then, turned his eyes to stare contemptuously at the holy decree in King Hao's hand, "This king suspects that this holy decree is false!"
"Nonsense! King Xuan, what crime should you be guilty of not worshipping the holy decree and despising your father?" King Hao scolded angrily, King Xuan's arrogance at this time made King Hao a little weak-hearted, if the false holy decree is exposed, it will be a capital crime!
"This holy decree is signaled by the emperor, written by the old minister, and there is a holy jade seal on it, why does King Xuan suspect that it is fake?" He Zhifan was treacherous, and continued calmly as usual, "King Xuan, don't be unreasonable, the country can't be without a king for a day, if you have a holy decree, you might as well take it out and read it?"
He Zhifan secretly sneered, hehe! Forgive you, no matter how powerful King Xuan is, he can't get the Holy Decree of Succession at this time! Today's victory or defeat in this move, although the emperor Chrysostom Yuyan named King Xuan as the prince of the prince, but, King Xuan has no evidence in his hands, this is the disadvantage of King Xuan, and King Hao is the only evidence of succession, as long as the proclamation ceremony of supporting the new monarch is completed today, no matter how many courtiers disagree, the new monarch has been born, and next, it is to use intimidation, woo and use, with his He Zhifan's connections and means, most of the courtiers will soon be won over.
King Xuan did not give in, and his tone became heavier and heavier, "My father is highly poisonous, and he can no longer take care of the world, and it is very possible that the jade seal will fall next to him, so this king will verify the authenticity!"
"There's no need to check it, it's fake, the emperor personally passed on the throne to this holy purpose!" the queen mother sighed and came gracefully.
"Listen to the order, Wei'er, announce the order!"
"Honorable Emperor's Grandmother!"
King Xuan looked at Ziwei's eyes shining, and took the lead to kneel, "Erchen obeys the order"
"The ministers obeyed. Mu Qingyang and Xin Ge knelt down to listen to the order.
His Royal Highness fell to his knees, and He Zhifan and King Hao also knelt down, and no one dared to resist the decree at this time.
Ziwei faced the courtiers, her clear eyes took a deep look at King Xuan who was standing in the front row, and then opened the yellow satin decree and read it aloud:
"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: My second son, Xuan Wang Yuxuan, exterminated the thief and made meritorious contributions, Yuxuan is calm and introverted, wise and wise, and can take on the important task of governing the country. ”