Daming: Let you do your best to manage, do you go to health?

In front of Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanyan, and Huang Yan, the commander in charge of the palace who came to deliver the letter was covered in cold sweat on his forehead.

Not only because what he just said was too shocking, but also because the people in front of him at this moment made him unable to calm down at all.

He is not a county magistrate in those small county towns, but he is the commander of the imperial guards in the palace. Whether it is the former prince Zhu Gaochi or the former emperor Zhu Di, he has seen it with his own eyes.

Therefore, when he came to send news to Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian, when he saw such a few people in front of him, he was completely confused.

In addition, after he told the news to everyone present, the eyes that wished to strip him alive made him tremble involuntarily.

But in the face of everyone's questioning, he could only suppress the fear and fear in his heart, and repeated the news again.

"Last night, the Qianqing Palace was on fire. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Empress and Princess Shunde were in it. When the fire was extinguished, only the corpses of a man, a woman and a child remained."

As the commander of the forbidden army repeated the news again, everyone present widened their eyes, still unable to believe that all this was true.

That kid... is dead?

The old man Zhu Di couldn't help but took two steps back.

He never imagined that when he finally made up his mind and prepared to return to the capital.

That kid died in front of his old man.

He couldn't accept this reality at all.

Zhu Gaochi, who saw this scene, was also shocked.

Although he was like the old man, he couldn't accept it at all in his heart at this time, but when he saw his father like this, he hurriedly supported him, and then hurriedly said: "Dad, don't worry, I don't know what is going on." What's going on. You forgot what we did back then!"

"You said, with that kid's temper, would he deliberately make this name for us?"

Although Zhu Gaochi was hit no less than the old man after hearing the news at this time, it is clear that Zhu Gaochi thought more than the old man.

After all, what happened was too strange.

Even if there was an accident, there is no reason to say that it would not happen sooner or later, but it happened when they revealed the fake death and were about to return to Beijing, right?

After passing the news back to the capital that they were not dead, Zhu Gaochi once considered a question, that is, what should the emperor do when they go back.

Although he, Zhu Gaochi, had no intention of arguing with his son about these things at all, but this matter was really there after all.

It is said that the old man can be said to abdicate, but what about Zhu Gaochi?

There is no way in this world that the father is still alive, and the son directly replaces the father as the emperor.

So he also thought about it for a long time, how to do this matter in order to arrange it decently.

Now after hearing what happened to his son, Zhu Gaochi took it for granted to think in this direction.

After thinking of this possibility, Zhu Gaochi suddenly discovered that this possibility is really not small.

With his son's virtues, he definitely couldn't swallow this breath.

After all, when he was the emperor back then, looking back now, it really seemed a little forced.

After all, if he didn't become the emperor at that time, no one would be able to clean up this mess.

But now, on their way back to Beijing, it is not impossible for this kid to make such a scene by himself.

Of course, this is just speculation, and we have to wait until they return to the capital to find out the truth of the matter.

On the other hand, after hearing the possibility mentioned by his son Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Di obviously realized immediately that with the virtue of his eldest grandson, it is not impossible to do such a thing.

For a moment, most of the stuffy feeling in my heart disappeared instantly.

The feeling of suffocation just now almost made the old man pass directly without taking a breath.

Thinking that this matter might be caused by his grandson to fake his death, the old man Zhu Di became a little angry for a moment.

This is the kid who dared to fight against his old man face to face in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, the old man didn't say anything, but after gradually standing still, he said to Zhu Gaochi: "Go, let's continue on our way, I want to see what the hell this kid is doing!"

After that, he turned around and got into the carriage.

Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian, who was on the side, watched what happened in front of him, and he was also a little confused at this moment.

In this short period of time, he was also emotionally ups and downs.

Before he could feel sad for his elder brother's death, his father said that it might be a fake death caused by his elder brother himself.

If you just look at this matter, it's really outrageous.

But if you look at it together with your old man and your father's affairs, it's not so unacceptable.

After all, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.

You elders all play like this, so it’s not too much for the younger generation to follow suit.

Zhu Zhanqian thought so.

the other side.

Inside the Imperial Palace.

As the news of the Qianqing Palace fire and Zhu Zhanqian's death gradually spread throughout the court circle, almost all the court ministers came here.

No matter what kind of major event they have in their hands, it is negligible compared to this matter.

In the Fengtian Hall of the imperial court, all the ministers gathered together to discuss some matters.

The entire Fengtian Hall was in a mess, discussing among themselves, looking like a group of dragons without a leader.

How long has it been since the death of the good emperor on his way back from the Northern Expedition and the death of the crown prince?

A lot of disasters happened when the emperor died. If it weren't for Zhu Zhanji, who was still too damaged at the time, to turn the tide, the entire Ming Dynasty still doesn't know what it would have turned into.

But now, not long after the incident, the new king who had just ascended the throne died unexpectedly again.

This left ministers like them with no preparation time at all.

If it's just death, maybe there won't be any problems with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

But the most important thing is that the new king has no heirs!

Who should be in charge of the next throne?

Therefore, at this time when everyone was uncertain, they could only invite the queen mother who was in the harem.

She sits in the town herself.

But at this time, Zhang Yan, who was sitting on the dragon chair as the queen mother, did not have the slightest worry.

Looking at the group of chaotic ministers below, they didn't say a word.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Yue, felt anxious in his heart: "Mother, now that the eldest brother passed away suddenly, you have to stabilize the situation first. You see, the ministers below are in a mess. Do you think you are Say a few words first?"

Facing the words of the third child in her family, the Queen Mother Zhang Yan said indifferently: "Don't worry, the court can't be messed up."

Hearing his mother's words, Zhu Zhanyong was speechless.

It can't be messed up, can't it be messed up?

But before he could say anything, the Empress Dowager Zhang Yan sat on the dragon chair and muttered to herself: "The members of the Zhu family are really capable of tossing around, the old ones are messing around, and the young ones are messing around too."

"The world of your own family, go make trouble on your own."

Hearing his old mother's words suddenly, Zhu Zhanyong was taken aback.

My elder brother passed away unexpectedly, so it’s fine to not see my mother’s sadness, what do you mean by saying this now?
Just when Zhu Zhanyong was in doubt, the ministers below seemed to have discussed one by one and came to a result, and they began to gradually quiet down, and then a servant stood up and said to the Queen Mother sitting on the dragon chair: "The Queen Mother , Now that His Majesty has passed away, although all the people are mourning, but the country cannot be without a master for a day, the most urgent thing now is to ask the Empress Dowager to issue a decree to establish a new monarch."

Listening to the words of the officials below, the queen mother Zhang Yan who was sitting on the dragon chair at this time also knew that she couldn't escape, so she lowered her voice and said: "The matter of establishing a new monarch is no small matter, and we need to think about it in the long run."

Hearing this, although the officials below knew this truth, and most of them didn't say anything, there were always a few guys with unsophisticated thoughts who stood up and said to the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty has no children. According to court etiquette, one of His Majesty's brothers should be chosen to inherit the throne. Although the incident happened suddenly, the court's major affairs cannot be delayed for a day, so I suggest that one of His Majesty's brothers should be chosen for the time being. Appoint someone to temporarily replace His Majesty."

"After we find a suitable candidate, we will formally establish the new king."

Facing the words of these officials, Queen Mother Zhang Yan frowned and said: "Although the affairs of the court are not trivial, you shouldn't be in such a hurry, right?"

But those officials said: "Queen Mother, the important affairs of the court must not be delayed for a day."

Queen Mother Zhang Yan was also a little unhappy to be contradicted so ignorantly.

I wanted to blame something, after all, she is now the empress dowager, even if the eldest brother is not there, the third and fifth are still there, so there is no worry about her own safety at all, but after thinking about it, she didn't say anything In this case, instead, he looked at these people with cold eyes and asked: "Then according to what you all think, who should take over the power of the imperial court temporarily?"

Facing the queen mother's words, the people below did not expect the queen mother to compromise so easily, but after thinking about it, they still said the candidate in their hearts.

But after these individuals chose to speak out, they found that everyone had different opinions.

But most people still chose King Yue who was in court at the moment and King Xiang who had not yet returned to court.

After all, these two are the most powerful in the court today.

However, because they have one piece of paper and one weapon, the people who support them are also very different.

Most of the generals supported King Xiang and most of the civil servants supported King Yue.

As for those who support collateral, there are only a few.

Of course, although the controversies in the court are not small, they are limited to some officials who are not too high in rank.

Those six ministers who really held the real power, as well as some other officials, all chose to remain silent at this time.

Although it is possible that what they want to say has already been said through other people's mouths, on the surface these officials have tacitly kept silent.

It seems to have made it clear that he will not participate in the battle for the throne.

However, these people can be silent, but Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Yue, cannot be silent.

Dang even export rejected the idea of ​​those officials recommending himself to be emperor.

At the same time, he expressed his heart to his mother.

For her son, Queen Mother Zhang Yan naturally knew and understood, so she didn't really have the slightest opinion on him, but she looked on coldly at the officials who were talking nonsense in the court.

No matter what they said, she didn't say a word, and she didn't try to stop it, just let them talk freely one by one.

However, when looking at these people, the eyes seemed to be looking at the dead.

For people who are about to die, she will naturally not have any emotional ups and downs because of this.

Just when the dispute over who to choose as the new king in the court hall became more and more noisy, a voice suddenly sounded from outside the hall.

"When do you need to decide on the candidate for the monarch of the Ming Dynasty?"

Accompanied by the voice that was once familiar to countless of them, all the officials who were familiar with this business were taken aback for a moment, and then looked at the door of the hall in shock.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the few people who were slowly walking in at the gate of the main hall.

"The Emperor"

At this time, those who showed shocked expressions after seeing this scene also included the Yue King Zhu Zhanyong who was standing beside the Queen Mother.

After all, the person at the door is his grandfather and father who have passed away for several years!

And beside him, the Queen Mother Zhang Yan got up slowly after seeing these people coming back, stepped aside, and waited for these people to walk in.

Apparently, she had already known the news that these people were about to return to Beijing, so she deliberately did so when faced with the pressing questions of those ministers.

It's just that she didn't expect to come back so soon.

And the old man Zhu Di who was walking in the front was not at all restrained after returning to the court after many years. He walked ahead of everyone and slowly came to sit on the dragon chair.

Then he glanced at all the officials present, and asked, "Just now, who did you say you want to nominate for the throne? Come on, old man, I'm here to listen, and you tell me."

Listening to Zhu Di's words, the officials standing below suddenly wanted to die.

They never thought that things would develop to this scene.

The old emperor, who had been dead for many years, actually came back to life by himself!
Just now because of the death of the royal king, those who thought about influencing the government at this time, those who bullied the orphans and widows of the old Zhu family, dared not fart at this time.

Who is Zhu Di, even if some newcomers among them don't know, but the name is still heard.

In front of such an iron-blooded king, you want to discuss with him about the candidate for the successor?

Isn't that just arching your head hard on the knife rack?

As for those important ministers who hold great power, after the initial shock, they also quickly came to their senses at this time, and at the same time they were extremely thankful that they hadn't lost their heads just now.