The second prince wanted to catch Qin Shan's mother, Concubine Rong, but she had already followed Zhang Zhongyi and left through the secret passage, and even if he sent someone to search, he couldn't find any trace of Concubine Rong.

Concubine Rong couldn't be found, and the second prince had no other way, so he had to carry out the next stage of the plan and gather all the ministers of the Shengtian Dynasty.

All the ministers gathered in the court, although the second prince has not yet been proclaimed emperor, they all have a hunch that maybe from today onwards, the Shengtian Dynasty will establish a new emperor.

Although most of the ministers were on the side of the second prince, there were still some neutral or supporters of Qin Shan, who very much did not want to see this situation.

At this time, in a corner of the court, several ministers were bowing their heads and discussing in private.

"Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, now Your Majesty's dragon body is sick, according to the imperial doctor, Your Majesty's body can no longer support a day, the second prince is moving very much now, he has completely isolated others from seeing His Majesty, and Gonggong Xue is nowhere to be found, and the city guards have also surrendered to the second prince, the situation is a bit serious!"

"What's more, it's serious, even the commander of the Imperial Forest Army is gone, and eighty percent of them have been excluded by the second prince! The current situation is probably that the second prince is preparing to forcibly seize the throne of the crown prince! And His Royal Highness the crown prince is not in the imperial city, so the only way to do this is to notify the general protector to relieve the siege!"

"I have already sent someone to inform the Great General of the Protector Country, but now that the Kingdom of Jin Qiu is coming to invade the Western Frontier, the General of the Protector has no time to take care of the situation of the Imperial City, Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, what should we do?"

Yue Zhijian, the official with a righteous face, said with a firm face: "The throne must belong to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the second prince is bent on winning the throne, this is simply not taking the prosperity of the Shengtian Dynasty in his eyes, just wanting to get his own power, I will not help the abuse even if I die!"

Several ministers next to him suddenly smiled bitterly, shook their heads helplessly, and said: "Lord Yue, this is not the time for us to be angry, now that most of the people in the court are controlled by the second prince, what we have to do now is to hibernate, not to be angry!"

"Hmph! As a member of the royal family, the first thing that comes to mind is to serve the country and the people, if the second prince is dedicated to the people, even if he sits on the throne, I will support him, but all he thinks of is himself, I will not support him even if I die!" Yue Zhijian said with a firm face.

The ministers next to them were speechless, they still wanted to speak, but the second prince had already entered the court.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince has arrived in !!"

After a loud shout, the second prince walked in in a dashing manner, with a proud expression on his face.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Second Prince!" the ministers saluted respectfully.

The second prince glanced at the ministers, and was very proud, but on the surface, he pretended to have an expression on his back, and said: "Ministers, this emperor is here to announce a very sad matter, my father is now critically ill, and he is not even conscious, and the imperial doctor is powerless, I am afraid that he will ...... Alas......"

Speaking of this, the expression of the second prince became serious: "However, my father thinks about the people of the Shengtian Dynasty, and even if he is critically ill, he also worries about state affairs, so before he loses consciousness, his father entrusts the emperor with a very important matter, that is, to succeed the throne and continue to make the Shengtian Dynasty to glory!

Hearing what the second prince said, the ministers below thought that this was indeed the case.

"As ministers, we respectfully follow Your Majesty's will and fully support His Royal Highness the Second Prince's ascension to the throne, long live the new emperor, long live Long live!! "He Shizhong immediately knelt down and shouted loudly after the second prince finished speaking.

"Long live the new emperor, long live, long live!! Most of the ministers knelt down and saluted the second prince.

Even the guards outside the court all knelt down.

Those neutral ministers hesitated for a moment, and then knelt down as well, only a few ministers, namely Yue Zhijian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and a few ministers around him were still standing.

"Bold! The new emperor succeeded to the throne, and you didn't even kneel down and salute, which is really rebellious!" He Shizhong pointed at Yue Zhijian and roared angrily.

Yue Zhijian said with a resolute face, and said with a righteous face: "Weichen knows that from ancient times to the present, if you want to inherit the throne, you must have Your Majesty's will, and Weichen has not seen any will now, only His Royal Highness the Second Prince himself said, then I am really sorry, I didn't see His Majesty's holy decree, Weichen didn't dare to kneel and salute!"

"Yue Zhijian, this is His Majesty's commandment, isn't it a holy decree? I think you are a great rebel, as a courtier, all you have to do is to obey orders, what do you mean now? Do you want to be killed?" He Shizhong walked up to Yue Zhijian and threatened in a cold voice.

Yue Zhijian looked at He Shizhong indifferently, and said word by word: "What about killing the head, since the day I became an official, I have already given my life to the Shengtian Dynasty, even if I die, I will not bow to the despicable people!"

"That's right, what Lord Yue said is very true, and we agree!" Several ministers next to him also echoed.

At this time, the second prince came over and said with a disdainful face: "If you want to die, go and die, these people are bewitching the people, and I will be arrested and kneel outside the court, and wait for the fate!"

"Obey!" The guards outside rushed in and directly forcibly took down Yue Zhijian and the others.

"You people will all be punished!" Yue Zhijian roared angrily when he was tied up.

As Yue Zhijian and a few people were tied up outside the court, the court was instantly quiet, and the second prince suddenly shouted loudly: "From today onwards, I am the new emperor of the Shengtian Dynasty!"

......

When the second prince was making waves in the court, Qin Shan had already arrived in the imperial city, and he was going to fly directly into the palace, but he found that the protective array around the imperial city had been opened, and of course he would not forcibly break through the imperial city protective array of his own country, so he could only enter through the city gate.

"Stop!

When Qin Shan came to the vicinity of the city gate, the city defenders blocked the way of Qin Shan and his party.

Qin Shan suddenly frowned, glanced at the city guards in front of him, and said lightly: "This prince has not been in the imperial city for a while, are your eyes blind?!"

"As far as we know, our Royal Highness the Crown Prince went down to participate in the Hundred Sects of the Temple Sect, and now he is still on his way back, it is impossible to come back so soon, you are fake, right? Now Your Majesty is in poor health, we will never allow people with bad intentions to sneak into the city, so there must be sufficient evidence to prove that you are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please forgive me for the offense. ”

Although a group of city defenders were polite on the surface, they were actually doing it on purpose, and it was Shi Linsan, the city guard, who deliberately asked them to do so.

Qin Shan could see their problem at a glance, and he had already thought that maybe the situation in the Imperial City was very chaotic.