In less than half an hour, more than a dozen people had squeezed into the entire room.
In addition to the Queen Mother and the Empress, there were five prime ministers in the imperial court, including Feng Yuqiang, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, Xiong Wenqing, the governor of Gyeonggi, and five ministers plus one Nangong Ji.
As for the army, except for the three generals who were on duty at the border, all the other six generals from the nine forbidden armies were here, including Gao Jing, who had already rushed back.
Then as for the royal family, King Su, King Yi and King Yu did not come to avoid suspicion. King Rui, the father of the eighth aunt, and then Prince Chengjun, the son of the emperor's seventh uncle Prince Zhuo, who was the richest man before Liu Mingqi, came. imperial clan.
Everyone has arrived, and the atmosphere in the whole room has become a bit solemn.
Although the oil lamps have now lit up everything around, many people still have doubts in their hearts.
Before they entered the room, the queen had already told them the situation.
As representatives of the three parties, Cao Yi, Wanyanyi and Prince Rui went in together to question the emperor.
Emperor Jinghe also confirmed that he wanted to abdicate.
So the next step is to let him choose someone.
In fact, some people are not very happy in their hearts.
Because if it were a public discussion, King Su would be more likely to succeed.
But now that the emperor is choosing in person, there will be some uncontrollable factors.
The Queen Mother first discussed it with everyone, and they made a very detailed list.
The first big step is to determine the list of the two seniorities.
One is the four younger brothers of Emperor Jinghe - King Rui, King Su, King Yi and King Yu.
The other one is the three nephews of Emperor Jinghe - Liu Mingxi, the Crown Prince of Su, Liu Mingjing, the Crown Prince of Yi, and Liu Mingqi, the Crown Prince of Yu.
Among them, King Li committed a heinous crime, and the most qualified King Ning, Liu Mingguan, died unjustly and tragically, so there were no heirs in the line of King Li.
Needless to say, King Rui has no son at all, so he naturally cannot choose a candidate.
In fact, Prince Rui himself knew that he would never be able to take the position of emperor - he didn't even have a son, so what would he do in a few decades? Choose another clan?
Therefore, he has the most open-minded attitude. He only hopes to maintain his power and then his daughters can live a good life under the protection of the new emperor.
Therefore, it is just a battle between father and son, King Su, King Yi and King Yu.
For the three pairs of father and son, it is the same whether the father becomes the emperor or the son becomes the emperor.
The emperor has been helped to sit up, with a thick quilt behind him.
So he is facing everyone.
His eyes looked at everyone around him, looking at their various expressions, his eyes were very tired.
The Queen Mother and the Empress sat on the left and right sides of the Emperor, and the ministers stood on the sides. In the middle, the one responsible for the Emperor's identification was the old eunuch Zhao Shou.
He asked the two eunuchs to hold two big signs with three names written on each in front of him, and said: "Your Majesty, here are two big signs with names that are qualified to inherit the throne. Take a look Do you expect to inherit the throne?" Is the person inside? If so, you can make three sounds."
"Uh uh uh¡¡"
The emperor moved his eyes and shouted three times.
"Well, this is the first sign, with the names of King Rui, King Su, King Yi and King Yu written on it." Zhao Shou pointed and said: "Is there anyone on it who you want to entrust to the throne? If so , you can make three sounds.¡±
The emperor did not move or make a sound.
The ministers present could not help but make a slight commotion.
There is no King Su? !
This this is so unexpected! !
"Quiet!"
Zhao Shou shouted loudly at this time, "You must not be rude in front of His Majesty!"
Then he raised his hands to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, in order to make sure that I am not wrong, I will repeat it again Do you see clearly the names of the four princes here? If you want to confirm, just shout three times. ¡±
"Uh uh uh!"
The emperor shouted without hesitation.
¡°At this moment, the expressions of some of the ministers have changed.
Indeed!
As expected, the emperor did not choose King Su! !
"Okay, then let me ask you again, among these four princes, is there anyone you want to entrust to the throne? If you want to confirm, you can just shout three times."
Emperor Jinghe kept silent.
In silencesp;He shouted three times firmly.
"Wow"
Several ministers were making an uncontrollable noise at the scene.
But Zhao Shou had no intention of reprimanding them, but continued to raise his voice a little: "Your Majesty, let me confirm, are you willing to give up the throne to King Liu Mingqi of Germany? If you are sure, please shout three times again."
"Uh uh uh!"
Emperor Jinghe shouted three times solemnly and earnestly.
This time, Zhao Shou stopped talking. He bowed deeply to Emperor Jinghe and asked the eunuch holding the sign to retreat to the corner with him.
According to etiquette, it is time for the Queen Mother to come forward.
The old lady stood up and looked around.
The expressions on the faces of the ministers and relatives of the emperor and the country were really wonderful.
Some are surprised, some are surprised, some are worried, and some are excited
There are so many different expressions.
"My ministers and clan members." The old lady spoke in a deep voice, "His Majesty's meaning was very clear just now Do you have any questions about this? Do you need to ask His Majesty for confirmation?"
"The Queen Mother is wise!"
After being silent for a while, the oldest Nangong Ji actually stood up first. He bowed to the Queen Mother and the Emperor one after another, and then said: "I want to use another method. Please confirm it with Your Majesty. Is that okay? "
"Okay." The Queen Mother waved her hand.
She herself is the one who reassures everyone.
After all, it was Zhao Shou who handled all this just now, and Zhao Shou always used the "shout three times" method. If anyone has questions, it is not unusual.
"Well!"
Nangong Ji raised his head and looked at Emperor Jinghe, "Your Majesty, if you can hear what I just said, please blink your eyes twice!"
Emperor Jinghe struggled and blinked his eyes twice more.
The ministers and clan members all saw it.
Nangong Ji said again: "Your Majesty, if you voluntarily choose His Highness King Mingqi to be the successor of Datong, please blink your eyes six times in a row!"
The Queen Mother unconsciously glanced at him.
Among the people here, Nangong Ji actually has the best relationship with her, because Nangong Ji was the Minister of Household Affairs and an important minister of the imperial court during the late emperor's time.
¡°As a result, this guy actually said this now. Isn¡¯t it clear that he doesn¡¯t believe in himself?
Nangong Ji didn¡¯t go to see the Queen Mother, he just looked at the Emperor.
one two three four five six.
Emperor Jinghe blinked six times in one breath.
Such an action could not be done by deceiving Emperor Jing He in advance and relying on deception to make him confirm that "Liu Mingqi will inherit the throne."
This also made everyone present know that Liu Mingqi was Emperor Jinghe¡¯s choice.
? Judging from the matter of inheriting the throne.
Who else has more power than the current emperor to choose the next emperor so that he can be justified?
so¡¡
Liu Mingqi, the King of Virtue, received the most orthodox recognition.
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Coming soon
Become the emperor! ! !
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The end of the fourth volume.
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