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Chapter 4235 [Ceremony of Abdication]

"Mother, I'm here to save you." Yun Luo entered Shoukang Palace where the Queen Mother lived. When he saw the Queen Mother, he said excitedly, "Come on, follow me quickly, let's leave here."

"Yunluo, Shifei, Lord Duan... why are you here? Did you save the emperor?" The empress dowager was also surprised to see them and asked hurriedly.

Duan Tianya explained their plan with a little embarrassment. After rescuing the emperor and the queen mother, they planned to find a place with few people to settle them down.

With Yunluo and Cheng Shifei's care, no bandits or robbers dared to trouble them. And the money they took out of the palace was enough to live a life of luxury.

This is better than being secretly executed by the gods after abdicating.

As the saying goes, there is no two suns in the sky. Since ancient times, emperors who abdicated rarely had a good ending.

Liu Yu of the Northern and Southern Dynasties forced Sima Dewen, the Emperor Gong of Jin, to abdicate, and then killed him two years later; his descendant Liu Zhun, the Emperor Shun of Song, abdicated to Xiao Daocheng, but was killed less than a month later; Emperor Qi He of the Southern Qi was executed the same day after he abdicated...

Even if he abdicated to his descendants, there would still be no good ending.

For example, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, abdicated the throne to his son Li Heng, and was then placed under house arrest in Xingqing Palace, where he eventually died alone.

Song Xiaozong Zhao Shen abdicated the throne to his son Song Guangzong Zhao Dun. However, after Song Guangzong Zhao Dun ascended the throne, he showed no respect to his father at all. Even when Zhao Shen was seriously ill and dying, he did not ask about his father's affairs... In the end, Zhao Shen died of grief and anger.

Therefore, the result of Emperor Zhengde abdicating the throne to his uncle was definitely not good. You can't escape the consequences even if you try to avoid it.

……

"No, I won't leave. I can't leave." After hearing the whole plan, the Queen Mother refused categorically, "I am the late emperor's man in life, and I will be buried with him in death. No matter how ambitious the Divine Marquis is, he will bury me with him after I die. On the contrary, if I leave with you, will I still be buried with him after I die?"

"Mother, staying alive is the most important thing." Yun Luo advised.

"No, death is nothing to me." The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "But after I die, I must be buried with the late emperor. I will be the Queen Mother of the Ming Dynasty until I die."

"Mother~" Yun Luo said reluctantly again.

"Let's go, go ahead." The Queen Mother waved her hand and said.

Xiang Nan, Duan Tianya, Haitang and others looked at each other and finally nodded.

Xiang Nan could understand the Queen Mother's obsession.

In life, we either seek glory while alive or fame after death.

The Queen Mother had lived a life of wealth and glory, with fine clothes and delicious food, and had enjoyed endless enjoyment. Now the only thing she could worry about was what would happen after her death.

Even if Zhu Wusi usurped the throne, after her death as the empress dowager, she would be given a grand funeral for the sake of the attention of the court and the public.

Once she left the imperial palace, she was just an ordinary old woman. Even as an old woman, she might not be able to see the light of day. She had to hide all her life, fearing that she would be discovered by the gods.

The worst thing was that she couldn't be buried with the late emperor after her death, so she would rather stay in the palace.

……

Afterwards, Cheng Shifei and others left the palace and went to the Temple of Heaven, preparing to rescue the emperor after the abdication ceremony was over.

When we arrived at the Temple of Heaven, we saw that the abdication ceremony was still going on.

The emperor had already issued an edict to abdicate, and the Divine Marquis, wearing a dragon robe and a crown, had already sat on the dragon throne and began to accept the congratulations of the ministers. "I really can't believe that my foster father would do such a thing." Seeing this scene, Haitang couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, Shen Hou always taught them to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but now he himself is plotting to usurp the throne. It is really unexpected that he says one thing and does another.

"He has done more than one dirty thing." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "When I went to rescue my sister-in-law yesterday, I entered the secret room of Shen Hou and saw his own notebook.

It turns out that twenty years ago, Gu Santong did not kill the eight major sects and 108 masters. The one who killed them was Shen Hou, who used the power-sucking technique to absorb their power, and then killed them and framed Gu Santong for it. "

"What?!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this. "So the culprit of the Taihu tragedy 20 years ago was actually Shen Hou?!"

"Ha, so it was him. No wonder Master never obeys him. I knew it was him who did it." Cheng Shifei said angrily, "How despicable! He actually harmed my Master like this."

"No wonder Shen Hou refused to pass on his martial arts to us. It turns out that he was practicing an evil martial art that absorbs energy." Duan Tianya also sighed.

He absorbs other people's martial arts skills, seizes them by trickery, harms others for his own benefit, and takes the martial arts that others have practiced hard for themselves. It can be said that he is quite insidious and selfish.

No wonder Shen Hou has always been so secretive about his martial arts. Even his closest adopted sons don’t know about it. So that’s why!

"That's strange. Since Shen Hou's martial arts are so high, why did he lose to Cao Zhengchun that day? Could it be that Cao Zhengchun's martial arts are higher than Shen Hou's?" Haitang asked puzzled.

"The reason why he pretended to be defeated was to let Cheng Shifei use the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art once more." Xiang Nan explained, "Because he thought that the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art could only be used five times. Using it once means one less time, and he will be one less threat."

"So that's how it is. He is so cunning." Cheng Shifei couldn't help but say angrily when he heard it.

……

At this time, a burst of music was heard and the abdication ceremony ended.

Emperor Zhengde was stripped of his dragon robe, stuffed into a car, and taken directly to Guilin in western Guangdong for house arrest.

After Zhengde abdicated, he was honored as King of Jingjiang and his vassal state was established in Guilin.

At that time, Guilin was located in the southern border. Although it was known as the capital of the southwest, it was naturally inferior to prosperous places such as the capital, Jiangnan, and Jinling.

More importantly, he was also placed under house arrest there. When time passed and people forgot about this "former emperor", the gods would issue a secret decree to get rid of him.

Or maybe they simply didn't wait and sent someone to kill him on the road, saying that he died from fatigue from the long journey or from the miasma in the south.

Anyway, who would care about the life or death of an outdated "emperor" anyway?

Therefore, in order to prevent the emperor from being killed halfway, Xiang Nan and others planned to rescue him after the abdication ceremony.

Therefore, when they saw the emperor being escorted into the carriage and taken away, they immediately followed.

The carriage sped southward out of the Temple of Heaven. There were more than a hundred guards on both sides of the carriage. It could be said that the defense was quite tight. The emperor would never be able to escape on his own.

It can be seen that Zhu Wusi did not arrange slaves or maids for Zhengde, and even did not let the queen, concubines and others accompany him. It can be seen that he was cruel and wanted to send Zhengde away as soon as possible.

"The Lord of God is too cruel. After all, the emperor is his nephew." Haitang was soft-hearted and couldn't help but curse when she saw this scene.

"Since ancient times, there has been no father-son relationship in the royal family. The current emperor's throne was also snatched from his nephew by Emperor Yongle." Xiang Nan curled his lips.