After offending all the princes

Chapter 66

She has been under house arrest in a disguised form since she was in the old palace, but she has been lingering on the sick bed.

What is restricted is the entry and exit of palace people.

Except for the imperial physician, everyone had to ask for instructions before going out. In this harem, the imperial concubine is naturally the one who decides now, and she doesn't make things difficult for others.

Someone from Concubine Zhou's palace said that the imperial physician had personally asserted that she was running out of time, and now she just wanted to see His Majesty one more time, so please agree.

"Whether your Majesty sees or not, I don't care what I say."

She spoke like this, but in the end she still allowed someone to deliver the news to the emperor.

The emperor is not a man with a hard heart. Although he only has the imperial concubine in his eyes, the concubine Zhou has a son for him. The second child indirectly helped him get rid of the Zhou family completely, so he went to see her for the last time.

No one thought that Jing, who had been lying on the bed for a long time and had no strength to restrain a chicken, could burst out with such great strength.

When she suddenly stood up like the emperor rushed towards him, the emperor was about to sit down beside the bed, facing her sideways, so that she could catch her without warning.

Concubine Zhou was very happy to be taken down. She was holding a murder weapon, she was only wearing a coat, her hair was messed up, and she was restrained and knelt on the ground, with madness in her eyes.

There is no real weapon in the harem. The weapon in her hand is just a pair of short-headed scissors.These scissors can cut nails, thread ends, and even cloth.

Now that the tip of the scissors was covered with blood, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. His majesty's wound was not deep because he wore a lot of clothes in winter.

The emperor felt that something was wrong. There was blood on the scissors, but he didn't feel the slightest pain.

Concubine Zhou had been lying on the sick bed for a long time, and the imperial physician was waiting by the side, just in time to treat the emperor's wound.

When the imperial doctor saw the wound, he gasped. The wound turned black, which was a sign of poisoning.

He looked at the emperor's face, and was about to ask, the emperor took the initiative to say: "I can't see clearly."

He knew that he was poisoned. Although he didn't know what the poison was, but looking at Zhou's appearance, it might be fatal, but he remained calm.

"Go and invite the noble concubine. If there is any accident, the noble concubine will be the master in the palace."

The imperial physician treated the emperor's sexual wounds and forced out a lot of toxins, but the emperor still fell into a coma.

When the noble concubine arrived, her hair was in a bun. She had never gone out like this before, but now she couldn't care less.

Concubine Zhou smiled happily when she saw her: "Mu Xiniang, you also have today."

The imperial concubine knew about the situation when she came, and without saying a word, she walked towards her, raised her hand and slapped her across the face.

Concubine Zhou was restrained and couldn't move, so she could only let her do what she wanted. She stopped after hitting her, and told the maid behind her, "Slap your mouth."

Concubine Zhou kept struggling, but the two eunuchs behind her seemed to be extremely powerful. No matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't even move like a mountain. All she could move was her mouth: "Mu Xi Niang, how dare you?!"

"Why don't I dare? Hit."

The emperor is now temporarily placed on the bed here, and the concubine came to him, and the concubine Zhou was still yelling in his ears: "Mu Xi Niang, you will die badly, you all will die badly!"

Resentful curses hovered in the room, and the imperial concubine ordered again: "Stop her mouth."

The rest is only the sound of slapping the mouth.

The imperial doctor treated the emperor very quickly, but the remaining toxin still invaded the blood, and they didn't know what kind of poison it was, so they could only try to use the usual interpretation methods.

Qiu Lao entered the palace on the night the emperor was assassinated, but this time, he was helpless.Many poisons have no antidote, but they are just tried according to the patient's symptoms according to the principle of mutual generation and restraint. Moreover, the poison should be extracted from snake venom, even the person who made the poison may not have an antidote.

He is not good at detoxifying snake venom, no one in the palace is good at detoxifying snake venom, everyone can only try.

The imperial concubine did not hide anything when she summoned Mr. Hong Ge to enter the palace on the second day. The civil and military affairs of the whole court were a little shaken. The emperor was in a coma.

The emperor accepted the little emperor's grandson into the palace earlier, if she really wanted to listen to the government behind the curtain, even the young master would be ready-made.

Mr. Hong was worried, but the imperial concubine did not see him. He entered the palace for two consecutive days and only waited outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Every day when he left the palace and returned to the mansion, people came to inquire about the news, but no one believed him when he told the truth, they only thought that he was going to stand with the noble concubine, and tried to persuade him to think twice.

Most of these people have some relationship with the third prince. Originally, depending on the situation, Xie Run was most likely to be in charge of the East Palace. Now, he naturally couldn't just sit on the sidelines.

The imperial concubine was taking care of the emperor in a daze, but when he woke up, she held his hand and said, "I understand."

The emperor exerted a slight force on his hands, and the imperial concubine said: "This concubine has invited Mr. Hong to come into the palace."

The emperor blinked, and the imperial concubine announced that Mrs. Hong was coming in, and she turned around and went out.

As soon as she turned around, tears fell.

Transparent teardrops quickly slid across her face, and fell silently on the thick carpet. She raised her head slightly, and pressed the tear stains with a handkerchief embroidered with delicate patterns. When she spoke again, her voice was almost the same as usual.

"The king of Xuanbao County enters the palace."

Master Hong had only vaguely guessed at first, but now that he was really close to the emperor, his grizzled beard was trembling.

"His Majesty--"

The emperor's voice was hoarse: "Yu Sheng, draw up an order for me."

Lord Hong also walked around the imperial study room, writing imperial edicts for His Majesty, and was later sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs by His Majesty, and then walked step by step to the present day. He has not written imperial edicts for a long time.

No one would have thought that after many years, Mr. Hong took up the pen to write an imperial edict for His Majesty again, and what he wrote was actually an imperial edict concerning Guo Zuo's establishment of the crown prince.

The emperor was struggling to speak now, and only said two words: "Lao Qi."

The monarch and his ministers have had a tacit understanding for many years, and two words are enough.

Mr. Hong was a little surprised, but felt it was reasonable.

They have seen everything that King Yan has done since he returned to Beijing. It seems that he is not as high-profile as the other highnesses, but whether it is the second prince or the fifth prince, they all have something to do with him.

The battle for the crown prince is a time for everyone to show their abilities according to their own abilities.

Others don't know but he does know that on the day the second prince forced the palace, King Yan and King Baojun were with General Wei.

Yes, King Yan and General Wei are his uncles.

General Wei is no better than Duke Li back then, he has not married yet, he is alone, and there is no one in the general's mansion all year round, which reassures the emperor.

Moreover, the relationship between King Yan and the young highness whom His Majesty cares about the most is the most harmonious.

Whoever His Majesty wants to appoint as the crown prince, even if he has no outstanding achievements, he can still praise a few words for his honest character, pure kindness, filial piety and brotherhood. Year.

When Xie Chun went to Liangzhou, it was written in the imperial decree to guard the border on behalf of his father.If it is a great event, he has kept it for seven years, and the emperor has never given him any rewards. If it is useless, it will come in handy now.

Naturally, the prince cannot establish a fatuous and incompetent person.

Mr. Hong drew up the decree and read it in the emperor's ear. Mr. Hong is worthy of being a master in the literary world. The eloquent decree he wrote in an instant is also very literary. The emperor nodded slightly.

It's too late, what he was going to do, it's too late.

He can't hand over the country to Xuanhe, so he can only choose a person who is willing to protect Xuanhe for the rest of his life.

Dayong was quite lenient to literati, and it was rare for courtiers to kneel down, but Lord Hong knelt down in front of the emperor's bed and kowtowed his head before leaving.

After getting up, he walked away quickly. The incident happened suddenly, and no one was ready for it. He was going to make some preparations now.

The palace gate opened on the second day, and all the courtiers listened to the decree in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.It was not the person in charge of ceremonies who proclaimed the decree, but Lord Hong, the chief assistant of the dynasty.

No one said what decree was proclaimed today, but everyone knew what was written in the decree, but they didn't know which one it was.

Now the four princes who still have the right to inherit are kneeling at the front, but the King of Nabao County is not here today.

Lord Hong held the imperial decree in his hand and said nothing. The people below knelt on the stone bricks to listen to the decree. Everyone held their breath and focused. There was not a single sound in the square with hundreds of people.

Xie Run looked at the imperial decree in Lord Hong's hand, his throat felt a little dry, success or failure was just a moment away.

Even the First Prince and the Sixth Prince were a little nervous, only Xie Chun, he was looking in the direction of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where Xuanhe is now.

Whoever it is, he is ready.

There are many constraints in Beijing, if he is not the person on the imperial edict, he still has to go back to Liangzhou to make another plan, but there is still Xuanhe.

Liangzhou is a place of bitter cold, Xuanhe probably didn't want to go there, and he didn't want to make Ah He suffer like that, but kept him in Beijing... Xie Chun thought of that dream again, a dream that was too real.

It is impossible for him to let Xuanhe stay in Beijing alone.

The emperor had been sleeping more and waking up less in the past few days. Xuanhe persuaded the imperial concubine to go to rest, but he did not leave for a moment.Now it doesn't have to be the case, the second child was expelled, the fifth child was imprisoned, the Zhou family has collapsed, the queen mother has nothing to rely on, and no one will tell him what to do.

Xuanhe knew that Lord Hong was announcing the decree today, and the first day the emperor woke up, he met Lord Hong.

He didn't know who it was, originally it might be the little emperor's grandson, but now...

Xuan He thought, whether it is Xie Chun, the boss, the third child, the sixth child, they are all the same, the future is in the future, the most important thing is that he has to take good care of his father.

Xie Ji said that there is a doctor who is good at detoxifying snake poison in the Zhennan Palace, and he has already dispatched people to invite him quickly. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope?

He has never realized so clearly that the change of the throne means the end of the emperor's life, or he has been subconsciously avoiding this issue.

He had always known that Xie Chun was going to be the emperor, but he had never had such an intuitive feeling that when he ascended the throne, the emperor was already the first emperor.

He no longer has a father.

In front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, when Lord Hong said the words Xie Chun, the Seventh Son of the Emperor, there was a moment of commotion below, followed by silence.Xie Run raised his head in astonishment, a little unbelievable, his voice in court was much higher than Xie Chun's, and he should be the one who should be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

On the day of the old ** Palace, he was the one who led people to guard the Qianqing Palace, and he was also the one who was injured for the escort.

He restrained the second child and saved him, but Xie Chun, he just went to the county prince's mansion.

However, I went to the county palace.

Xie Run suddenly understood where he lost. He didn't lose to Xie Chun, he lost to Xuanhe. He had never won since he was a child.

He still doesn't know his father well enough, who would have thought that a monarch would actually put his adopted son in the same position as the country.

Who would have thought that the emperor would really choose Xie Chun because he valued Xuanhe more.

After kneeling on the stone bricks for a long time, the cold air penetrated into the knees. At this time, no one cared about the slight discomfort. Everyone's eyes were either shocked or relieved or unwilling.

The person involved was very indifferent, thinking nothing more than that, so there was no need to make Ah He suffer so much.

As soon as the imperial decree was announced, Xie Chun was the crown prince.

He stood up, Lord Hong handed him the imperial decree, and was the first to salute him.

Then there was the sound of worship like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Xuan He vaguely heard the words "His Royal Highness the Prince", and glanced in the direction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, not knowing who it was.

He was still relieved.

No matter who it is, now that the crown prince has been established, the country is safe, and the emperor's illness no longer needs to be concealed. They can devote all their efforts to finding a cure for the poison.

The emperor seemed to have sensed something, opened his eyes, and asked Xuanhe: "What time is it?"

"The first moment of the hour."

After getting the answer, he nodded, knowing that the imperial decree had been announced: "Who does Bao'er think?"

Xuanhe shook his head: "I don't know."

At first he thought it was Xie Chun, but later the emperor seemed to want to establish a young grandson, so he couldn't figure out his attitude.

The emperor said, "Which one is better for you?"

Originally, he didn't have any grandchildren, but now it doesn't make sense to say these things.

On the surface, they can't make mistakes, especially the third child, but Xuanhe knows very well that no matter what Xie Chun thinks about him, only Xie Chun will take care of him from the bottom of his heart.

This is the choice he made when he was young, and some things are already doomed.