The weather is cold, and the hearts of the people are colder than the weather.

So it was just after noon, and Zhu Qiyu had already fallen into the quilt and lay down.

Fortunately, most of the emperor's cronies have the beautiful quality of spreading out and not caring about it, and working on their own.

In the Fengtian Palace, Chen Xun, Wang Wen and other ministers have summoned all the princes, county kings, and concubines in Beijing according to the emperor's orders, and conveyed the emperor's dictation.

After hearing this, all the royal family members looked at each other. For the first time, I heard that there was also a gathering of the imperial family in the Fengtian Hall to discuss the change of emperor.

In the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" formulated by Taizu, there is a provision that if the vassal king has a major fault, the emperor can convene the clan relatives to discuss the disposal method.

But this is limited to dealing with the vassal king, not the emperor.

Although the current emperor has been grasping his identity as the king of Qi and refuses to let go, the clan relatives present do not dare to really treat the emperor as a vassal king.

Besides, the emperor not only did not make a mistake, but also just made immortal achievements. Then what are you still discussing, if you really discuss changing the emperor, won't it become a rebellion.

So the vassal kings all looked at each other, but no one stood up to express their opinions.

Seeing this, Wang Wen had no choice but to name him: "His Royal Highness King Xiang, His Majesty personally gave two plans, one is that the crown prince will succeed to the throne, and you will come to supervise the country." The other is that you will directly ascend the throne as the emperor and govern the country. I wonder what His Highness thinks? ”

King Xiang must have hoped that the crown prince would succeed him, but he didn't dare to say so, so he had to reply: "The supreme position is not something that the courtiers can discuss, so please ask Your Majesty to discuss it with the Holy Empress Dowager."

The widow only acted according to the edict and had no other thoughts. ”

Wang Wen saw that King Xiang spoke very politely, but he couldn't find anything wrong, so he turned his head and asked King Min again.

Although King Min is the same as King Yu, just by looking at the king's name, he knows that he is an extremely undignified prince. However, King Min is the only surviving son of Taizu, so he is now quite respected by the imperial court, and his right to speak at this court meeting is ranked before the kings of Qin and Jin.

King Min's answer was concise and clear: "The position of heaven has been decided, how can it be easier." The throne is not a plaything, how can it be endlessly let go and gone. ”

After King Min finished speaking, the King of Shu immediately echoed on the side.

But that's all, the other princes and county kings didn't open their mouths at all. If you ask hard, everyone is the same as King Xiang's rhetoric: We just have to act according to the order, whether it is the emperor's decree or the queen mother's decree, both can be done, and we will obey the order.

So the court discussion was so frozen, except for King Min and King Shu, the rest of the vassal kings refused to publicly admit that the throne had been decided, but everyone did not really discuss changing the emperor.

Anyway, the law does not blame the public, and everyone either doesn't speak, or they talk about him left and right.

Wang Wen had a thorough understanding of the emperor's thoughts, and he was not in a hurry.

The group spent a whole afternoon, and they didn't come up with any clues, so they had to disperse.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu got up early and rushed to the palace again.

As soon as Zhu Qiyu sat down in the main hall, Menda presented his confession.

After carefully looking at it, Zhu Qiyu himself felt a little big.

Poisoning the prince is not something that one or two eunuchs and palace maids can do on a whim.

So Zhu Qiyu handed the confession back and instructed Menda: "Put the confession away, take care of these palace people involved, and when the Zhengdan Dynasty is over, I will discuss this matter with the civil and military officials in the Fengtian Palace." ”

Menda cautiously asked, "What about the princess?" ”

Zhu Qiyu thought seriously for a long time before replying: "House arrest, locked up in her own room, guarded by Jinyi Guard." ”

The matter was put down like this, Zhu Qiyu returned home, closed the door to thank the guests, and waited for the beginning of the Zhengdan Dynasty.

In the capital, the undercurrent is turbulent. Inside and outside the government, people are panicking.

Two days later, on the afternoon of December 27, Zhu Qiyu had eaten and was just about to take a nap. The guards came with the news that the king had died.

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly picked up the concubine and rushed to the palace of the king of Yu, and as soon as he entered the inner room, he listened to Hang's heart-rending crying.

The two comforted for a long time, but Hang still fainted from crying.

With a gloomy face, the concubine went out to the outer hall and ordered the guards to kill all the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace of the king.

Liu Chang received the order, and he really had to carry it out. Zhu Qiyu hurriedly came out to stop him and persuaded the concubine: "Mother concubine is angry, most of them are also innocent, send them some money and send them home." ”

The concubine snorted coldly and turned back to the inner room.

Zhu Qiyu ordered the ministers who rushed over: "Immediately convene a court meeting, and all the princes, county kings, nobles, and civil and military officials of the fifth rank and above in Beijing will participate." ”

Chen Xun and the others hurriedly took the order and left.

The emperor was really angry, and it only took an hour for all the officials to gather in the Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Qiyu entered the Fengtian Palace, and did not sit on the dragon chair, but said coldly to everyone: "I asked you to nominate a new monarch before, and I don't know if there is a result."

Anyway, the widow was ordered by the opportunity of danger and had to temporarily take the throne. Although I don't have much credit for asking myself, there is a little bit of hard work.

When resisting Warat and defending the Jingshi, he was also conscientious and never slackened.

Now Warat has been hit hard, and the siege of Beijing has been lifted. It's useless for the widow to stay in the capital, but if you want the widow to abdicate, you can say it directly.

Why do you have to come to this point, I don't know what sin I have committed, so that you have to die for my family? ”

When the officials heard this, they hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Okay, that's it, I officially announce my abdication, let's play, you can love what you like in the future, it's none of my business." ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu flicked his sleeves and was about to leave.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the ministers hurriedly knelt on the ground and persuaded bitterly.

But most of the vassal kings still knelt on the ground and were indifferent, just kneeling and pretending.

Seeing that the vassal king refused to express his position, the ministers completely gave up the idea of persuading the vassal king again.

Chen Xun and Wang Wen stood up and expressed their position on behalf of the minister: "The throne of heaven has been decided, and the subjects of the four seas, their hearts are to Your Majesty, and they will never accept other people's domination of the world."

Please don't resign again, and as for those who kill the prince, they should punish the nine clans to set an example. ”

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak, flicked his sleeves and went home.

I didn't want to think about it early the next morning, and even more sensational news spread all over the capital.

Hang, the princess of the Emperor of Ao, who experienced the pain of losing her son, chose to commit suicide in order to seek relief.

The upright and stubborn princess of the palace was unbearable to be humiliated, and in order to avoid the suspicion of the government and the opposition, she set herself on fire in the dormitory. The two princesses, due to the strong wind that night, were affected by the fire and unfortunately died.

This stone instantly struck a thousand waves.

There was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition.

In just a few days, the emperor withstood several blows and lost many relatives.

I'm not in the state today, I'll add it tomorrow. I have to write quickly, and strive for a million as soon as possible

(End of chapter)