Although the emperor's words were a little cold, the empress was convinced, which was in line with the emperor's consistent style.

The queen has been deliberately wanting to change the crown prince for so many years, isn't it because Ye Gu Yuanhong's biological mother is still alive? Now that the emperor has passed on the throne to the ninth prince, Ye Gu Yuanheng is a motherless child, and the queen's position as the queen mother is as stable as Mount Tai.

Only by doing this can the emperor save all his children to the maximum, and he no longer has the strength to fight the queen. The power of the Miao family is deep-rooted, and the emperor can't do it if he wants to abolish the queen at this time.

Abolishing the queen is not a trivial matter, it is not something that can be decided by the emperor with a word, and now the pressure of the court alone can dispel the idea of the emperor to abolish the queen.

What he could do when he was dying was to compromise with the queen in order to preserve his country and his sons.

The emperor also considered, the queen is in full swing to one prince after another, and now there are only five princes and seven princes left, the five princes are a sick cat is basically not within the scope of the competition, it seems that the queen's hole cards should be the seven princes.

Concubine Xian, the mother of the Seventh Prince, has always been friendly with the queen, and the emperor has long expected this, but he can't be sure.

Now that he has passed the throne to the Nine Emperor Princes, the Empress is definitely not satisfied, so her next move should be what the Emperor is most looking forward to.

"Your Majesty, you are too tired, you should take a good rest, and the princes' affairs and concubines will be arranged." The queen was finally sent to the prison one by one, and the emperor wanted to release them all with a word, so the queen would not agree.

The queen slowly walked outside and called her father-in-law: "Bring the emperor a bowl of tranquil tea." ”

"Yes." Father-in-law Xi hurriedly went.

After a while, the princess walked back with a tray, and the queen walked into the inner room with a teacup.

All the things in the emperor's illness must be strictly inspected, and this Ningshen tea is no exception, and it is impossible to do hands and feet in the tea.

Of course, this refers to the fact that before the queen took over, the queen held the small saucer at the bottom of the teacup in her left hand, lifted the lid with her right hand and shook it gently and blew it gently.

She walked to the edge of the bed and sat on the embroidery pier, and handed the teacup forward: "Your Majesty, drink saliva to moisten your throat." ”

The emperor was even less suspicious, and raised his head slightly and slowly drank half a cup of tea with her hand. The Emperor has been drinking this Ningshen Tea for nearly twenty years, and there is nothing else abnormal that is refreshed after drinking it.

This time, I didn't feel more energetic after drinking, but fell asleep in a daze. The queen sat for a while and saw that the emperor was sleeping deeply, so she went outside and ordered: "Call Ma Cheng to come over." ”

Ma Cheng was one of the eunuchs beside the emperor, and he was a halfway purifier. Before entering the palace, he was also a scholar, and because he tried and tried to live without a brother, he had no way out, so he entered the palace cleanly.

The emperor saw that he wrote well, so he often ordered him to write some edicts and criticisms. As the emperor's body became weaker and weaker, Ma Cheng had more and more things to write, and later many holy decrees were directly written by Ma Cheng.

The emperor slept peacefully, and when he woke up, he saw the queen sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him with a smile.

"What time is it? I'm a little hungry. "The emperor looked like he hadn't eaten for a long time.

"It's just past noon, it's time to get something to eat." The queen gave the order to 'pass the meal', and the footsteps outside became messy, and it was obvious that preparations had begun.

"Your Majesty, the four elders of the cabinet ask to see you." Father-in-law Jing reported outside.

The emperor nodded, and the queen said, "Let them in." ”

The four elders of the cabinet were auxiliary ministers, and three of them were veterans of the three dynasties. In front of them, the queen mentioned the emperor's proposed edict.

When they came in, they paid homage to the emperor and the queen, and the emperor gave them to sit down, and they all sat down.

"Your Majesty, while they are all here, the concubine has a suggestion to say." The queen took out a volume of holy decrees: "This holy edict might as well be sealed and sealed and handed over to a special person to manage, and when it is needed, it will be opened in front of all the princes and officials, I don't know what Your Majesty means?" ”

The emperor didn't swallow a breath, he didn't want others to know who he wanted to leave the country to. Originally, the Nine Emperors were young and had no mother, and it was very dangerous for a child to be helpless.

If it was known that he would inherit the throne, who wouldn't want to take his place? Isn't the emperor's edict also out of this consideration?

"Okay." The emperor glanced at his father-in-law: "Please seal the country, and the holy edict will be kept by the queen after it is sealed." ”

"Yes." Father-in-law Jing retreated, and after a while, he walked in with a tray in both hands, and there was a big jade seal on the tray, and the jade seal was covered with a red cloth.

The queen lifted the red cloth and saw a large jade seal of turquoise. The queen unfolded the decree on the table, and the four auxiliary ministers all retreated to the corner, this is the emperor's secret edict, and no one can peek until it is publicly announced.

The queen calmly picked up the jade seal and covered it, and the bright red ink clay was like a blooming red flower, reflecting people's faces full of red light.

The jade seal is the most important weapon of the country and the national treasure among the national treasures. The jade seal is also called the dragon treasure, and the dragon treasure is divided into more than 20 kinds of treasures, such as the treasure of the line, the treasure of the letter, the treasure of Fengtian, the treasure of respecting relatives, the treasure of the edict, and so on.

Among them, the ordained treasure is the jade seal of the country, which is specially used to announce the enthronement of the Son of Heaven in the world. This edict has the order to pass on the throne, so this edict should use the ordained treasure, and the most unfortunate should also use the heir treasure, the heir treasure is a jade seal dedicated to the crown prince.

And this edict is printed with a seal treasure for the purpose of worshipping ancient teachings. The text and the seal are contradictory (sound back), even if this edict is the emperor's imperial pen himself, it can only be invalidated now.

The queen only knows that the jade seal is a large square seal of turquoise, and her queen seal is only one, where do you think that there are more than 20 jade seals?

When the four auxiliary ministers saw that it was a jade seal of jasper, they knew that this edict was not important, and the important jade seals were all of green jade.

"Crown Princess Xuan and all the princes are here." The emperor closed his eyes and did not want to say another word.

"Yes, the concubine will arrange for someone to invite them." The queen went outside to give an order, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the fifth prince Ye Gu Yuanzheng and the seventh prince Ye Gu Yuanqi rushed to the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor asked about the health of the five princes, and said that they had been quite stable recently, and they had not been sick for more than 20 days.

He also asked the Seven Princes if they were willing to go south, and if the Seven Princes were willing to go south at this time, unless he was a fool.

Seeing that the brothers are dead, locked up alive by the queen, he is left with a lively prince, and the emperor is so sick that he is about to choke at any time, can he be willing to leave the imperial capital?

"Father, the Jiangnan Rebellion is not something that the sons and daughters can sort out, the court has its own capable ministers and good generals, and the sons and daughters may not be competent."

"You can't govern a small Jiangnan, and you can't afford the whole Tanglin." The emperor sighed in disappointment, and the Seventh Prince should not be silent, anyway, those who go to Jiangnan at this time must be fools.

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