Lin Shou looked at the gold medal that the second prince took out with the word "exoneration" engraved on it, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

Although many places will show how power is above ordinary people, such a naked two words are even more ironic.

Lin Shou reached out to take the gold medal, and disappeared into his palm with a flip of his wrist.

The second prince patiently explained: "We royal family members will have such a gold medal, but I hope that I will never use it, so I gave this gold medal to Lin Daochang as a souvenir." ”

Lin Shou didn't say much, but the corners of his mouth curled, and no one knew whether that smile represented praise or ridicule.

Just when everyone was chatting casually, waiting for the time of apprenticeship, the most important person in this apprenticeship banquet suddenly broke over.

"The Holy One has arrived!"

With the high-pitched voice of the palace eunuch outside, the interior of the mansion, which was still lively and talking, suddenly became quiet.

Even though the emperor had not presided over the court for more than ten years, the existence of that position still made all the officials, including the eldest prince and the second prince, have goosebumps.

Even Zhong Yunyi looked at the door with solemn eyes at the moment.

Only Lin Shou was still eating and drinking at the moment, stuffing something into his mouth, as if the shout that had just come was just a boring slogan.

"Your Majesty?"

"Didn't Your Majesty say that he wouldn't show up until after the apprenticeship banquet?"

"Your Majesty's intentions are also something you and I can speculate about?"

"Don't be impatient, when the two of the three princes of the dynasty are here, what is there to worry about!"

There is some truth in this sentence, when the two of the three princes of the dynasty are here, even the emperor who has not been in the court for more than ten years relies on the three princes to control the court.

Because of this, Zhong Yunyi and Song Tinghui took the lead in stepping forward, and they followed the eldest prince and the second prince to the door to greet them respectively.

The officials present were all silent, everyone lowered their heads, they keenly smelled that the emperor did not follow the previous arrangement to the situation is still variable, they expected that something would happen, but they couldn't figure out what it was.

The door of Zhong Yunyi's mansion opened, and a cold wind poured in from the outside, making the mansion, which was not even warm, even colder, but those powerful people didn't even dare to shiver.

Except for the four who greeted him at the door, and Lin Shou, who didn't care, everyone in the mansion was very nervous and even uneasy.

As a dragon bowl carrying sixty-four people appeared, eight charcoal stoves were hung in copper basins around the dragon, and the delicate gray charcoal inside burned brilliantly to provide heat to the man in the center of the dragon bowl.

Half of the hundreds of people who accompanied him were eunuchs, and the other half were soldiers in elite armor, and they even had the aura of cultivators on them.

A thin eunuch knelt down after the dragon stopped, not paying the slightest attention to the frozen snow on the ground.

The dragon coughed in understanding, and then stepped out and stepped on the eunuch with one foot, and the eunuch's body did not dare to tremble a little, and faithfully did the work of the ladder.

Lin Shou couldn't help but be curious, and finally saw the true ruler of this empire through heavy eyes.

Lin Shou had heard a lot of rumors about this emperor, he had been obsessed with cultivation for decades, and he had to pursue immortality regardless of the roasting of dragon energy, the people called him a single husband, the traitors called him the dog emperor, and the officials respected him as Your Majesty, but in any case, this middle-aged man who looked a little ordinary actually dominated this empire for decades.

The emperor's body seemed to be a little weak, and soon two eunuchs came to his side to support him, and the emperor's figure seemed to be a little fat, wearing a black robe and a cloud crown on his head.

Zhong Yunyi and Song Tinghui took the two princes behind them and bowed respectfully to the emperor.

"Your Majesty!"

"Father!"

The dignitaries in the mansion behind knelt on the ground, saluting in unison and shouting in unison.

"Greetings to the Holy One!"

Except for the third prince and these two princes, all the other officials had to bow down when they saw the emperor.

When everyone kneels, the person who doesn't kneel is quite obvious.

Among the many powerful people, Lin Shou was the only one sitting on the chair, with the uneaten meat in his mouth, and looked at the emperor with a bit of scrutiny.

But it seemed that none of the people present found out that Lin Shou did not kneel to the ruler of the empire.

Even Song Tinghui and Zhong Yunyi, who are in the third realm of Legalism and the third realm of Confucianism, did not realize it.

"Okay, okay, don't kneel, today is the day of the second apprenticeship, and the protagonist is not me."

The Emperor waved his hand weakly and motioned for the magnates to get up.

After another burst of thanksgiving, the magnates slowly stood up from the ground.

With the support of the two eunuchs, the emperor walked into the mansion and sat on the throne.

The emperor asked all the eunuch guards to wait outside, only letting the thin eunuch who was kneeling on the ground as a step just now to support him, and then asked Zhong Yunyi to close the door.

After the door was closed, there was no cold wind pouring in from outside, and the mansion, which was originally a little cold, was a little warmer at the moment.

But whether the hearts of the people present are cold or warm is not very clear.

However, with the arrival of the hour, the apprenticeship ceremony gradually began, and the scene became a little more lively.

The process of apprenticeship is not complicated, but it is just that the prince gave the gift of apprenticeship, and then Zhong Yunyi personally admitted that accepting this disciple was completed.

It's just that due to the early arrival of the emperor, some of the original links were simplified.

After all, no one can say the emperor's current physical condition, and it is not a very wise thing to leave that warm and safe palace.

No one hoped that the emperor would have any problems in this situation, and they all hoped that the saint would return to the palace as soon as possible.

As Zhong Yunyi exerted his cultivation of the third realm of Confucianism and Taoism, he took down a white jade pen from his cave sky, just like the gift of apprenticeship when he accepted Zhang Baigui as a disciple.

The Emperor sat on the throne and watched this scene, and actually smiled, followed by a violent cough.

The thin eunuch beside him hurriedly took out the gourd tied around his waist and poured out a gray pill from it.

The emperor swallowed the gray pill into his stomach in a violent cough, and coughed for a long time before he calmed down.

"Very good, the second child has a teacher like Zhong Yushi, and I am relieved......"

The emperor had a smile of relief on his face, but the next moment he turned to the eunuch and said, "Take out the holy decree." ”

The emaciated eunuch took out a yellow silk cloth from his chest.

The emperor took a deep breath, looked at the many powerful people in the mansion, and said: "Some powerful people in the capital are basically here, and I have not presided over the court for more than ten years, so today is just a small court meeting." ”

While many of the magnates were still puzzled, the eunuch suddenly began to read in a sharp tone according to the yellow silk cloth.

"Fengtian carried the emperor and summoned him: Since ancient times, the emperor has succeeded the heavens and raised the royal area, and will establish the Yuan Chu and Maolong Guoben, and the Mianzong Society will have no borders. I have been working hard all night. Look up to the ancestors of Mo Lie. Entrusted. Cheng Ao Yanqing, end in Yuanliang. The second son, Li Chengyi, is clever and heroic, and he holds the ceremony. Bow to public opinion. I would like to tell heaven and earth, the temple, and the community. On December 30, the 16th year of Yongli, he was awarded the treasure of Chengyi. He was made the crown prince. It is located in the East Palace, with the unity of 10,000 years and the heart of the four seas. (Note)

In the already extremely quiet mansion, it was as if a thunder had fallen at this moment.

If it weren't for the emperor still in front of him, I'm afraid these magnates would have already started to talk about it.

Even so, the eldest prince's eyes widened, his face was full of disbelief, his hands were clenched tightly into fists, his nails were embedded in the flesh, and blood fell to the ground dripping.

Song Tinghui's face didn't seem to be surprised, just faintly listened to the eunuch read out the will.

Zhong Yunyi also looked at the emperor sitting on the throne in disbelief at this moment, his heart was full of doubts, why did the emperor do this, even if this fact was a good thing for himself.

The second prince frowned, not as excited as he imagined, even if he did have some surging emotions in his heart, but at the age of twelve, he felt that something was wrong, but the first thing was to kneel down and accept the order.

"Thank you for your grace!"

Just when everyone has different minds and can't speak, but they keep making eye contact.

At this moment, Lin Shou's figure came behind Zhong Yunyi like a ghost, but the words that came out of his mouth could only be heard by Zhong Yunyi alone.

"Mr. Zhong, this eunuch who reads the holy decree seems to be a dead man."

Zhong Yunyi hadn't yet recovered from the shock of just appointing the second prince as the crown prince, but when he woke up and heard Lin Shou, he threw out a bombshell at this moment.

Zhong Yunyi would not doubt Lin Shou's words at all, he had been with Lin Shou for so long, he could know Lin Shou's ability.

Therefore, if Lin Shou said that this eunuch was already a dead man, then he must be a corpse that could still move.

But why did the emperor follow a dead man?

Lin Shou was a little funny, looking at the emperor in front of him, how could these people use more evil methods than themselves.

Obviously, he is the ancestor who plays with the left side of the door, but the methods of these emperors and magnates are more like the side door and left way than themselves, which makes Lin Shou a little depressed.

After the eunuch read the will, he handed over the yellow silk cloth in his hand to the second prince.

The brother stood up tremblingly at this moment, and the eunuch quickly left, and went over to support the emperor.

The Emperor coughed a few times, then walked slowly towards the door without saying a word, as if he was about to leave, and was not prepared to explain anything.

It wasn't until the emperor walked to the door that he suddenly stopped and said, "Song Aiqing, you and I will go back to the palace together, and I will discuss something with you." ”

Song Ting met, nodded expressionlessly, and hurriedly followed.

Walking out of the door, the emperor asked in a voice that could only be heard with Song Tinghui, "How much?" ”

Song Tinghui's lips moved slightly, and finally spit out a number: "Fourteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-three." ”

The emperor closed his eyes and coughed twice, but his head tapped lightly twice.

……

And at this moment, the pot has already exploded in the mansion, if it weren't for Zhong Yunyi, he would still be in the mansion at this time, and the second prince, who had just become the crown prince, was still standing behind Zhong Yunyi as a student at this moment, and those powerful people would definitely rush forward to curry favor with the second prince, no...... It's the crown prince.

The eldest prince, who should have the right of de jure inheritance, is like a lonely wild dog at the moment, and no one cares about it.

His eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and pointed at his brother, his hands trembling, but he couldn't say a word.

The eldest prince had no choice but to wave his sleeves and turn away resentfully, and even failed to do the etiquette of greeting Zhong Yunyi.

Lin Shou had a smile on his face at this moment, and smiled at Zhong Yunyigong: "Congratulations to Mr. Zhong, it seems that you can become the emperor." ”

Zhong Yunyi smiled bitterly at this moment, with an indescribable complexity in his eyes, and replied, "How can Your Majesty do such a thing?" Abolishing the long and the young has been the way to take trouble from ancient times to the present, no, I must write to Your Majesty! ”

With a faint smile on his face, Lin Shou pointed to the prince behind him and said, "Mr. Zhong forgot that the disciple you just accepted is still behind you?" ”

Zhong Yunyi turned around and found that the disciple he had just accepted was trembling at the moment.

Zhong Yunyi sighed, he knew that this was a smart child, and he was not excited to be made the crown prince, but at this moment he was a little surprisingly scared.

Zhang Baigui walked up to the second prince and patted the crown prince on the shoulder, as if he wanted to express a trace of comfort.

Unexpectedly, the second prince suddenly raised his head and looked at his teacher, and said tremblingly: "Teacher, I don't know why my father wants to make me the crown prince, but I think my father must have some plan." ”

Zhong Yunyi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that his disciple could see this intention, he was not immersed in the joy of becoming the crown prince, or the fear of being hated by his eldest brother, but he was extremely keen to smell his father, what was the plan.

Lin Shou smiled and said to Zhong Yunyi: "Mr. Zhong, Poor Dao feels more and more that this prince has the appearance of an emperor, Poor Dao is here, congratulations to Mr. Zhong in advance on becoming an emperor!" ”

Zhong Yunyi replied with a wry smile: "Daoist Lin shouldn't be joking at this time. ”

But he didn't expect Lin Shou to say quite seriously: "What Poor Dao said is the truth, the intelligence of this second prince is rare in the royal family." ”

Zhang Baigui was still gently patting the trembling shoulders of the second prince at the moment, and Lin Shou's eyes were fixed on this young man with auspicious luck.

Lin Shou suddenly asked Zhang Baigui coldly: "Baigui, what do you think of this matter." ”

Zhang Baigui didn't think long when he heard Lin Shou's question, and quickly said: "It's impossible for Your Majesty not to know that this matter is wrong, so I agree with His Royal Highness the Prince's idea, Your Majesty has other plans." ”

Lin Shou and Zhong Yunyi listened to Zhang Baigui's answer at this moment, and Lin Shou asked again: "Then what do you think this emperor thinks?" ”

Zhang Baigui raised his head a little dazedly, looked at the second prince and Zhong Yunyi, and asked, "Your Royal Highness, teacher, can I speak?" ”

Zhong Yunyi naturally nodded, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also responded silently, which could be regarded as acquiescence.

And Zhang Baigui said amazingly: "Your Majesty seems to want to ...... The power of the eldest prince and the power of the second prince competed. ”

ps: Note: This decree is the decree of the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty that I am looking for

(End of chapter)