"Da Gradual" refers to the meaning of being critically ill, and Zhao Heng understands it in his heart. But who is critically ill? Is it the father? But if my father is really critically ill, someone will definitely come to me to give an order and summon my father. And how can the royal sister come? The imperial sister also said that he had not entered the palace to see his father recently. The father did not give an order, and if he entered the palace rashly, it might make his father angry. Zhao Heng swayed. A woman knocked on the door and said, "Prince, drink some herbal tea." ”

Hearing this slender and gentle voice interrupted Zhao Heng's train of thought, and then opened the door. A delicate woman was standing in front of the door of the study with tea, looking at Zhao Heng with a pair of smart big eyes full of smiles, and at the same time seeing Zhao Heng's sorrow.

"Your Highness, do you have something on your mind?"

"Yes, it's hard to decide."

The woman seemed to see something, and said, "Your Highness, if there is something unclear in your heart, just do it." Can you bother with this, and then there will be results? Then he walked to Zhao Heng's side, handed the tea, and said, "I believe in your decision, no matter what, Xiao'e will accompany you." ”

When Zhao Heng heard this, his heart warmed. It's not that he doesn't want to, but he's afraid of making the wrong decision. When people are confused, all they lack is a sentence, a sentence that can push themselves to make decisions. Zhao Heng strengthened his faith, then held the girl's hand and said, "Okay, Xiao'e, you wait for me to come back." Then he walked out of the study.

The woman shouted, "His Royal Highness the Prince! Then he went to tidy up Zhao Heng's clothes and said, "It is an important matter, and you also need to bring someone with prestige." Zhao Heng nodded and strode out of the study.

Above the main hall, several ministers were already waiting here. The emperor is seriously ill, so not all ministers will go to court in these two days, only important matters will be presented to the court as soon as possible, and the emperor will decide after seeing it. But on weekdays, the emperor is diligent in political affairs and rarely arrives late, and these ministers are discussing at this time. Naturally, there are still some people who already know it and pretend not to know. Just as everyone was talking in a whisper, Wang Jien walked out with a sad face. He said, "Please wait a moment, my lords, I have sent someone to inform the ministers, and they will be there in a moment." Then he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "Your Majesty died this morning." ”

As the first assistant prime minister, how could this Lu Duan not be present? said with a smile: "Princess, don't you laugh again." ”

"Son of Heaven Dragon Body, how dare I talk nonsense, the queen mother is already behind the palace, and I have ordered someone to inform all the ministers."

At this time, a few more adults came to ask quietly, and everyone was curious, not to mention that during this time, there were already few people in the previous dynasty, and now they had to convene all the ministers, and everyone present wanted to understand the situation first.

On weekdays, Prime Minister Lu Duan looks smiling and very kind. However, this person is sometimes confused, and he is a little disobedient in doing things, so this is also something that some people like and some people hate. Some people think that this confused person can be the prime minister, and I really don't know how the emperor listens to his rhetoric. thought that his ability was several times higher than him, and he was indignant for himself; Some people like him to be optimistic and easy to deal with. There are also some good and clever little officials, who are full of joy when they see this kind of person, and the more confused they are, the better they are to make small movements below.

Wang Jien didn't take Lu Duan seriously on weekdays, although he was a prime minister, but he always felt that he was a fool, and now it is also the year of the sixtieth year, I am afraid that he will not live for a few years, and he will not be able to become a big climate, and when he said this, the odds in his heart have increased a few points, and the emperor's business is that you are the prime minister who doesn't know it, and he does things seamlessly, and he is a little proud in his heart, but he still shows a lot of sadness.

The ministers were also sad and wept with tears, saying something like "the fortune of the country is not suitable" and "the genius of the heavenly furnace". Although Lu Duan knew it in his heart, he still said with grief and indignation: "Impossible! The emperor is in good health, and he will be blessed by God and Buddha, how can it be? ”

At this time, many courtiers rushed here, all weeping bitterly and grief-stricken. Wang Jien felt that the time was almost up, so he glanced at Li Changling, the governor of the political affairs, Li Changling nodded in understanding, and said with a sob: "Ladies and gentlemen, please listen to me." Then he pretended to sort out his mind and calm down, and said to the ministers: "The collapse of the emperor is a difficulty for my Great Song Dynasty, and I know that this is something that the ministers do not want to see, and I can feel the grief." It's just that the emperor drove the crane to the west, and we must do a good job behind the emperor's death, so that the emperor is right! Then he said to Wang Jien: "Princess, I don't know if the queen's phoenix body is good?" ”

Wang Jien replied: "The queen mother is very sad, she is in the apse, I will go to invite the queen mother now." ”

Li Changling said: "I'm tired of the princess, if the queen is in good health, please come out to preside over the overall situation." ”

Wang Jien said: "The villain understands and will bring this to him." Then he went to the apse to meet the queen.

Li Changling said sadly: "The sudden death of the emperor is really due to the incompetence of our subordinates, and they can't share the worries of the emperor, which causes the emperor to become ill from hard work and eventually return to the destiny of heaven." Then wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said righteously: "But the country cannot be without a king for a day, we must hurry up to help the new emperor succeed to the throne and prolong the prosperity of our Great Song Dynasty." ”

What a loyal minister, what a moving behavior, what an upright speech, but these words should be said by Lord Lu Duanlu, the prime minister at the head of the hundred officials. You shouldn't be a governor of political affairs, you can be considered a deputy prime minister at best. If Lord Lu is not here, you can still say that now that Lord Lu is here, why are you embarrassed to act on your behalf? Although a few adults thought so in their hearts, no one dared to say it, after all, Prime Minister Lu Cheng was here, and no one had spoken, so what ability did he have to accuse others. It's better to be wise and protect yourself, and it's better to mess with less.

Lu Duan listened to Lord Li's speech with great interest, and also agreed on the side: "What Lord Li said is yes." The new emperor must be quickly supported to ascend the throne. Li Changling was even more proud in his heart, thinking, Lu Duan, you should take a good look, and when we help the new emperor succeed to the throne, you can quickly go home and retire, and I will be the prime minister. How could Lu Duan not know their little abacus? But, you say it's up to you. If you don't let you finish singing the show, how should I perform the play in a while.

At this time, "the queen mother arrived". Under the support of the queen and Lu Duan, the ministers knelt down and saluted to meet the queen.

The queen sat down in the main hall, although her appearance was obviously tidied up, but she still couldn't hide the red eyes and tears in the corners of her eyes. The queen went straight to the point and said, "Ladies and gentlemen. The collapse of the first emperor is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, and now it is necessary to choose to support a virtuous new emperor. ”

At this time, the ministers below exploded in an instant, there is already a prince in the court, what else does he support? One of the ministers said: "The queen's mother, the country has a prince, the family has a prince, and the emperor has died, so the prince should be immediately summoned to the palace to inherit the throne." ”

I saw another minister say: "Today, the emperor died, but the prince was not summoned, nor did he serve in front of the emperor, and he did his filial piety, which shows that the emperor has no trust in the prince." Queen Mother, did the emperor say before his death who would inherit the unification? ”

Empress Li said: "No, the first emperor only said that the wise man will succeed the king." Tears ran down the corners of his eyes again, and the handkerchief wiped the corners of his eyes.

The minister said, "The queen mourns on her mother's day." It seems that the first emperor also saw that the crown prince's ability was not enough, so he did not summon the prince before his death, obviously to let us appoint a more capable person to inherit the throne. ”

"Joke, the first emperor suddenly collapsed, and it is very possible that he will not have time to order the summoning of the prince, since the emperor has already set up the prince, the prince deserves to be the best candidate for the throne." An adult said.

In an instant, the court was divided into two factions, one was to support the crown prince, and the other was to set up a new monarch, accusing the prince of being inappropriate. Of course, there are still some people who are silent, depending on which faction the situation over there is stronger. No wonder this situation is in this situation, since the first emperor was seriously ill, the ministers of the court have already begun to act, some have begun to show goodwill to the prince, and some have already colluded with Wang Jien, who becomes the emperor now will be related to his future career and fate, no matter what.

At this time, Wang Jien drank: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet first, and let the queen make a decision." ”

The queen calmed down and said: "When the first emperor was there, he said that the prince was too benevolent and weak, if it weren't for the eldest prince Yuan Zuo who lost his mind and went crazy, and the second prince Yuan Xi died of illness, he would not have made Zhao Heng the crown prince." After a pause, he said: "Recently, the imperial doctor has said that the madness of the eldest prince is no longer hindered, and when the eldest prince was young, he was deeply liked by the first emperor, carefully cultivated, and his behavior and behavior were also deeply influenced by the style of the first emperor, which is more suitable than the prince." ”

As soon as the queen said this, the expressions of the ministers below were different, some were ministers who continued to fight for the crown prince, some were sorry and sad, felt that they had voted for the wrong person, and worried about their future, and some who did not express their position also slowly showed favor to the ministers who supported the new emperor.

Lu Duan saw all this, but he sneered at those people in his heart. At this time, Lu Duan suddenly looked like he suddenly realized, and said to everyone: "By the way, the old minister remembered." The first emperor has a testament to me, saying that after he returns to heaven in a hundred years, he can show it to others. Now that the emperor has died, I think it is time to come up with this edict. ”

Several ministers with dead faces instantly said as if they had grasped a life-saving straw: "Lord Lu, why didn't you say it earlier?" Hurry up and take out the edict! ”

"Edict, what edict, I have never heard the emperor say that he left an edict." Wang Jien thought about it, his expression instantly became solemn, and he remembered the sneer on the corner of his mouth when the first emperor died, and said, "Master Lu, you have to think clearly!" You can't talk nonsense about this. ”

"The stakes are very high, I am the prime minister of the court, will I still be untrustworthy?!" Lu Duan said to Wang Jien.

"Then why didn't you take out the edict in the first place?"

"This edict has been here for a while, and the old minister is old, and some things are easy to forget, so I only recalled it when the ministers discussed it, it seems that I am really going to abdicate and make way for Xian, hehe." Lu Duan said with a smile. "I'll go and get the edict now."

Bring!? The edict is not on him now. That's easy to do, as long as you get the edict before Lu Duan, it's not just with me to modify it. Wang Jien hurried over and said to Lu Duan: "Lord Lu also said that he is old, so the villain will take the rough work of taking things for him." Where did you put your edict? ”

"The edict is in the Imperial Book Pavilion of Zhongshu Province. In the drawer above the third cabinet next to the main table? Lu Duan recalled. No, is it the fourth or the fifth? Above or below? ”

Wang Jien saw that he didn't know what to do, and he was also very angry in his heart, okay, you old thing, you are all confused to be the prime minister here with a cheeky face.

"Well, Princess, come with me to fetch it." Lu Duan then said.