Just after the ugly hour, the gate of Yongzhou City slowly opened in the wind and snow, Wei Zhao and his party rode a unicorn, like a strong wind, and the unicorn stepped on the snow without a trace, speeding away on the snow.

Since the establishment of the Great Wei Dynasty, the position of the Son of Heaven has been the eldest son, but now the eldest son of the Great Wei has been exiled to this bitter cold northern cool land to resist the Hu people in the north, Wei Zhao is not angry, he has been waiting for this day for a long time.

Wei Zhao was originally the eldest son of Wei Jian and Queen Ma, but when Queen Ma gave birth to Wei Zhao, he died of dystocia, and Wei Jian pinned his guilt on the only one alone, and Wei Zhao, who was the eldest son, would be the only heir of the Great Wei Emperor in the future.

However, also in the depths of winter, a Taoist came to the palace, but when he saw Wei Zhao, he said a sentence: "If this prince is the son of heaven of the Great Wei, the thousand-year-old society of the Great Wei will not be guaranteed." ”

The words of the Taoist shocked the Son of Heaven, and Wei Jian was also shocked by the Great Wei.

Wei Jian thought of Queen Ma who died because of Wei Zhao, and thought that the thousand-year-old society of Great Wei could not be cut off because of this, and he made all kinds of trade-offs in his heart, and no one knew what would happen in the future, but Wei Zhao did not dare to take the foundation of his ancestors as a bet.

A year later, Wei Jian set up Wei Huizhi's biological mother Zhang as the queen, slowly alienated Wei Zhao, and when Wei Zhao became an adult, he canonized Wei Zhao as the king of Beiliang, went to Yongzhou City, guarded Yongzhou, and resisted the Hu people, Wei Zhao shined in the land of Beiliang, exterminated several tribes of the Hu people, and resisted the Hu people hundreds of miles away from Yongzhou, so that his prestige in the imperial court rose greatly, and the power that proposed to canonize him as the prince rose again.

Although Wei Jian did not officially canonize the crown prince, he asked the first assistant Zhang Yi to teach Wei Hui to read, which was intended to cultivate Wei Hui and inherit the Great Wei in the future.

Wei Zhao had the merit of defending the land in the bitter cold of the Northern Cool, and he was still the eldest son, so he should be canonized as the crown prince; Wei Hui had the talent to govern the country under the teaching of Zhang Yi, and Wei Zhao had the prophecy that the eldest son of the grandson would take the throne was the old system, and there was no need to copy the old system, and Wei Hui should be canonized as the crown prince.

The supporters of the two argued in the court, and they were grumpy and fought, Wei saw that every time the court met in the court, there was a big mess in the court because of the canonization of the prince, Wei Jian simply did not mention the matter of canonizing the prince, "I am in the prime of life, and the matter of canonizing the prince will be postponed for the time being, and I will not discuss it at this time to see the prince's future performance." ”

The court was quiet, but the matter of canonizing the prince below became more and more intense, Wei saw that he simply hid in the alchemy of the Eternal Life Palace, and did not ask, so that these courtiers could argue, out of sight and out of mind;

In the Jinghuang Zhang Mansion, Zhang Yi's condition has not improved in the past few days, sometimes sleepy, sometimes awake, most of the time in a coma, the concubine has been taking care of her by the bedside, and after a few days, she has also lost a lot of weight.

In the evening of this day, Zhang Yi came to his senses, drank medicine, called his son Zhang Ning, and the concubine put down the medicinal food and quietly retreated.

"Has anything happened in the DPRK and China in the past few days?" Zhang Yi's voice was full of weakness.

"My father is recuperating with peace of mind, there are no major events in the court, and there are children and two princes in small matters. ”

"Well, over the years, the second prince and you have learned a lot from the old man, and it's time to make your own decisions. ”

"Earlier today, news came out from the palace that the Palace of Eternal Life was under martial law, and the holy refining elixir had reached a critical moment. ”

"Hmm. Zhang Yi nodded, this matter is also common, so there is nothing wrong with it.

The father and son discussed some things again, and then withdrew, and saw the concubine standing on the side of the door at the door, Zhang Ning nodded at him, and the concubine also reported a gift, Zhang Yi was seriously ill these days, and it was all up to this concubine to take care of him on the side, and Zhang Ning also had a trace of gratitude in his heart.

After a day, the night was solemn, the wind and snow were still there, and there were no pedestrians on the streets of the Imperial City.

A heavy sound of opening the door sounded, and a group of dozens of people rode unicorns from outside the city to the palace, and when the group left, the gate closed again.

This group of people is Wei Zhao and his party who rushed to the Beijing Emperor in the starry night, Wei Zhao rushed straight to the palace, Liu Jing was already waiting outside the palace gate, and Liu Jing saw Wei Zhao and his party when the worry in his heart was swept away.

Under the leadership of Liu Jing, the group came to the Hall of Eternal Life, Wei Zhao pushed open the door of the main hall, entered the Hall of Eternal Life alone, and looked at Wei Jian who was cross-legged on the ground, at this time, the former Son of Heaven was dressed in a yellow robe, his face was blue, Wei Zhao looked at Wei Jian, his heart was mixed, and he called in a low voice: "Father, the son is back." ”

Wei Zhao looked at Wei Jian alone, and after a while, he waved his sleeves and withdrew from the Hall of Eternal Life, "Come on, immediately block the Hall of Eternal Life, without the king's edict, no one is allowed to approach half a step, and those who violate it will be killed." ”

"Hurry up and ask for the Imperial Doctor, and wait outside the Hall of Eternal Life. ”

"Seal down the palace, don't let the news leak. ”

"Quickly go and gather the king to stay in the old department of the Jinghuang Emperor, and go to the Taihe Hall at the time of the day. Orders came from Wei Zhao's mouth.

In the Taihe Palace, there are only three people at this time, Wei Zhao, Mr. Lu, and Liu Jing, "Gonggong Liu, this time this king ascended the throne of the Son of Heaven, and his father-in-law should be the first merit." Wei Zhao stood in front of the dragon chair and gently stroked the dragon chair.

"The slave doesn't dare, for the prince... It is the duty of a slave to do things for the sake of God. ”

Listening to the flattering words in Liu Jing's mouth, Wei Zhao felt quite comfortable in his heart, swept away the haze of decades, and asked: "Father-in-law really doesn't know where the edict made by his father is hidden?"

"The slave really doesn't know, at this time the edict was secretly made by Zhang Yi and the former emperor, and the slave was also serving the former emperor, and when he heard it, he heard it by chance, and he didn't know where the first emperor was hiding. ”

It turned out that Wei Jian secretly wrote an edict to canonize Wei Hui without concealing the ministers of the court and Zhang Yi, and if the edict was not found, Wei Zhao was uneasy.

"The prince is worried, the edict is hidden in this palace, as long as the prince ascends the throne of the Son of Heaven, he will turn this palace over, why worry about not finding it. "The most urgent thing is to prepare the edict. Mr. Lu said on the side.

"Hmm. The matter of drafting the edict will be handled by the gentleman. ”

Wei planned to write an edict to canonize the emperor as the crown prince, when Wei Jian died, the edict of the successful enthronement, the handwriting of the edict is the same as Wei Jian's book, it seems that he has been prepared, Wei Zhao covered the Great Wei jade seal, is the real Great Wei Prince, the heir to the throne of the Son of Heaven.

"Father-in-law Liu, I'll see you tomorrow morning. Wei Zhao handed the edict to Liu Jing.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will not disgrace the Holy Grace. Liu Jing took the edict with both hands and held it on his chest.

Screams rang out from time to time outside the main hall, and Liu Jing knew that this was Wei Zhao's palace maids and guards who were clearing the palace, and the smell of blood wafted in the palace.

The three of them waited for dawn in the main hall.