There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 1037 Emperor Chen dies!

The next day.

Early in the morning.

Manor outside the city.

In Su Xian's room, the papered doors and windows were slightly bright, and the temperature was comfortable in the morning, and he slept soundly with his arms around the quilt.

Last night, he was busy for most of the night, tired and worried, and worried about the situation in Nanchen. He went back to his room to rest very late. He slept late and naturally got up late.

Suddenly, while he was still in his dream, he vaguely and hazily heard someone speaking outside the house.

The voice was not too loud, but it entered his dream and continued to disturb him...

Finally, he suddenly woke up at a certain moment, got out of the warm quilt with his hands, rubbed his eyes, and asked: "Who is making a noise outside?"

The voices outside the house suddenly stopped.

With a "squeak" sound, someone opened the door and entered the house. The footsteps gradually approached. Su Xian, who was rubbing his eyes, also felt that the light was getting brighter.

After rubbing his eyes, he saw that it was Yang Zhilan who had walked to his bed and stood there expressionless. If Su Xian hadn't become familiar with her, he would have been so frightened that he fell ill.

"Princess Wu sent someone to take the young master into the city!" Yang Zhilan took the initiative to report.

"Sending someone to pick her up so early?" Su Xian's hand after rubbing his eyes felt cold, and he hurriedly got into the warm bed. He didn't want to get up yet.

"Young Master was tired last night, and Princess Wu had nothing important to do, so I blocked the people sent by the Princess outside the house to let Young Master rest for a while." Yang Zhilan replied.

"Good job."

Su Xian nodded and said with a smile: "Zhilan still understands me and knows that I like to sleep in... By the way, what did the people sent by Fairy Chen say? Why did they send people to pick me up so early in the morning?"

Yang Zhilan had no expression on her face and replied calmly: "Chen Yaojing said that Emperor Chen had something happen to him last night, and I'm afraid he will die today!"

"What did you say? Emperor Chen will die today?!"

Su Xian was shocked. He originally huddled in the warm quilt and refused to get up, but he sat up directly, with shock and surprise written on his face.

According to the imperial doctors, Emperor Chen still has at least three to five days left.

Su Xian also checked his pulse and agreed with the conclusions of the imperial doctors.

But why...Chen Di can't survive today?

Could it be because of what happened last night?
Hiss... Thinking of this, Su Xian shivered inexplicably.

"Sir, please change your clothes first." Yang Zhilan's voice suddenly came.

Su Xian turned around and saw that she was holding his change of clothes in her hands, as if she was ready to help him change, her face still expressionless.

At this time, he was shocked to realize that he was only wearing thin pajamas. He suddenly got out of bed and sat on the bed. It was strange that he was not trembling under the cold attack.

Su Xian smiled bitterly, lifted the quilt, and while changing clothes with the help of Yang Zhilan, said with a bitter smile:

"The death of Emperor Chen is not a small matter. No wonder Chen Yaojing sent someone to pick him up early in the morning. Zhilan, you should tell me this kind of thing as soon as possible."

"I want the young master to rest a little longer." Yang Zhilan said silently.

"That's it, let's go into the city quickly. Don't eat breakfast. Bring some steamed cakes and a pot of tea to the car. Let's go into the city quickly."

"..."

After half an hour.

Su Xian and his party were already running wildly on their way back to the city.

Yang Zhilan, Zhou Wei and other guards followed all the way.

Thirty miles is not a long journey. Not long after, Su Xian entered Jiangning. After walking through the city for a while, the carriage finally stopped in front of Princess Wu's mansion.

Chen Keyan went out to greet Su Xian in person. When she saw Su Xian getting out of the carriage, she breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward and said, "Sir, you are finally here!"

Su Xian looked up and saw a tired look on her face, obviously not sleeping well. He couldn't help but feel something in his heart, but he didn't look into it in detail and just asked:
"How is your majesty?"

"I'm about to invite the young master into the palace to diagnose my father's pulse. We'll talk about it on the way." Chen Keyan pointed to the side, where a huge and luxurious carriage was parked.

"it is good."

After boarding this huge and luxurious carriage, Chen Keyan sat down and said:
"Last night, I don't know why, my father woke up once, but at that time, I, King Tian, ​​Yaoyao, and my mother and concubine were not in front of my father."

"Shortly afterwards, my father fell into a coma again, and his condition was much worse than before. After the imperial doctors checked his pulse one after another, they all said... my father would not survive today!"

At this time, the carriage suddenly started.

The sound of whips hitting the horses' backs could be heard outside, as well as the coachman's loud shout: "Drive!"

The carriage suddenly accelerated, and the two people in the carriage were shaken.

Fortunately for Su Xian, he is a man after all and is not prone to falling down so easily.

The same could not be said for Chen Keyan. She was slim and slim, and her "tonnage" was much smaller than that of Su Xian. When the carriage shook violently, she tilted her body and fell straight to the side.

"careful!"

Su Xian has quick eyesight and quick hands. At the critical moment, a pair of big hands firmly supported Chen Keyan's delicate body and saved Chen Keyan from danger!
"Are you OK?"

After helping Chen Keyan upright, Su Xian retracted his hands and sat upright. In normal times, he would most likely take advantage of the situation to hug her and have a good intimacy, but it was obviously inappropriate at the moment.

"Thank you sir."

Chen Keyan breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't care much about the coachman's "recklessness" because she had just ordered: "Enter the palace quickly without delay!"

Seeing that she was fine, Su Xian felt relieved, and then asked: "When Your Majesty woke up, who did he meet? What did they talk about?"

"That's the strange thing. We don't know who the emperor met." Chen Keyan shook her head with a worried expression on her face.

"Your Majesty, there should be palace maids and eunuchs waiting for you, right? Even they don't know?"

"The palace maids and eunuchs were all kicked out by the father... When they came in again, the father had fallen into a coma again."

"Is that so..."

Su Xian frowned, this was indeed a problem.

Originally, Emperor Chen still had three or five days left, but after waking up once last night, it was no longer possible!

If there was no problem here, Su Xian wouldn't believe it.

"By the way, there's something I want to remind you." Su Xian suddenly looked serious.

"Sir, please speak."

"We must strengthen our defenses in the past two days, as well as Yaoyao. It's best to lock her up in the Yue Kingdom Princess Mansion and don't let her run around." Su Xian said.

"Don't worry, I will make arrangements."

"..."

After a while, the carriage drove into the palace gate.

Chen Keyan, as the most powerful princess in Nanchen, was extremely loved by Emperor Chen, so she also had many privileges.

For example, her carriage can drive into the imperial city and palace city without any obstruction.

After a while, the carriage finally stopped, and Bi'er's voice came from outside: "Princess, Mr. Su, we are here."

Su Xian and Chen Keyan got off the carriage one after another and went straight to Emperor Chen's chamber. There was a large group of people outside the chamber, including imperial doctors, concubines in the harem, princes and princesses, and many maids and eunuchs.

Due to time constraints, Su Xian ignored the greetings with everyone and followed Chen Keyan's footsteps directly to Emperor Chen's bedroom and began to diagnose Emperor Chen's pulse.

While diagnosing the pulse, Su Xian carefully looked at Emperor Chen's condition.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Emperor Chen had become much older. All that was left was a "skeletal frame", with sunken eye sockets, and the scene was a bit scary...

After a while, the pulse diagnosis was completed.

Su Xian looked stern and got up slowly.

"How is the result?"

Chen Keyan, Prince Tian, ​​the noble concubines, as well as princes and princesses, imperial doctors and eunuchs all came to look at her, most of them with a look of hope on their faces, especially Chen Keyan and the two noble concubines.

Su Xian really didn't want to irritate them.

However, as a doctor, how can we deceive ourselves and others?

After hesitating for a while, Su Xian finally shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Prepare your majesty's funeral as soon as possible!"

After hearing this, the last trace of hope completely disappeared from the faces of Chen Keyan and the two noble concubines. Some princes, princesses, concubines, etc. immediately burst into tears in the bedroom...

Su Xian did not stay too long in the palace.

Under Chen Keyan's arrangement, he left the palace directly and returned to the Princess Wu's Mansion.

He will not participate in tonight's sacrificial ceremony.

He will serve as a "surprise force", hiding in the dark and guarding against accidents. If an accident does occur, he will be able to deal with it in the middle... This is a move that has been discussed long ago.

……

blink of an eye.

Time came to noon.

The shocking news finally came out of the palace——

Emperor Chen died!

Emperor Chen died!
The whole palace was filled with cries. No matter the harem concubines, princes and princesses, eunuchs, maids, courtiers, etc., they all changed into plain clothes.

The main halls, pavilions, corridors, etc. in the palace are all hung with pale white cloth, as well as flowers rolled from white cloth, and mourning flags hung in the air slowly float in the wind.

In Jiangning City, the people were wailing and running to tell each other, causing a sensation throughout the city.

Each family found their plain clothes and changed into them.

During the national mourning period, entertainment venues such as teahouses, brothels, theaters, etc. are all closed.

Emperor Chen was a good man. He once decreed that the national mourning should only last for three days, and the people would do whatever they should do after three days, so as not to affect people's livelihood as much as possible.

If it were any other emperor, the state would be mourned for at least a month. During this period, vegetarianism, entertainment, and weddings and funerals would be prohibited. There were many restrictions...

Princess Wu's Mansion.

Su Xian and others also changed into plain clothes.

Emperor Chen, as the emperor of Southern Chen, did not make any great achievements or mistakes during his reign. What Su Xian admired about him was his righteousness and mind, as well as his love for the general public.

He also has his own shortcomings, such as being indecisive and wavering on the key issue of heir, leading to constant battles between King Li's line and King Tian's line...

The merits and demerits of right and wrong are left for future generations to comment on.

His personal impression of Emperor Chen is actually very good.

I saw him wearing plain clothes, facing the direction of the palace, respectfully giving three salutes, expressing his respect for Emperor Chen and regret for his passing away...

At the same time, this is also a moment when Su Xian's nerves are highly tense.

If there is really someone secretly plotting, then the death of Emperor Chen would be an excellent opportunity to launch an attack.

Fortunately, as time passed by, there were no accidents.

The people in the whole city were immersed in grief and everything was in order; in the palace, Emperor Chen's funeral was not chaotic at all; secretly, Chen Keyan's arrangements in advance were flawless.

"It seems that we are overthinking it. No one is plotting anything secretly."

Su Xian shook his head with a smile, his tense expression relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Just wait until tonight, find a way to let King Tian go, and watch Fairy Chen ascend the throne with your own eyes, then our plan will be a complete success."

Zhou Wei already knew that "Chen Keyan will seek to seize the throne of Nanchen", and he also made a joke when he saw this:

"Senior brother, aren't you afraid that after Princess Wu ascends the throne and becomes emperor, she will detain you and keep you as the imperial concubine in the harem? Hahaha, that must be very interesting."

The smile on Su Xian's mouth dropped slightly and he glanced sideways.

Zhou Wei already knew about Chen Keyan's plan to seize the throne of Nanchen, but he didn't know about the "emperor's husband" and was still enjoying it, which made Su Xian frown.

"But, don't be careless in anything."

Su Xian didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned to look at Yang Zhilan: "By the way, did our people find anything unusual?"

"No." Yang Zhilan replied calmly.

"That's fine."

"However... there is a situation where our people may not be able to detect anything unusual."

"For example?" Su Xian frowned slightly.

"For example, if the enemy hiding in the dark has a super master like me or Zhou Wei, then our people will not be able to detect anything abnormal."

Su Xian was stunned for a moment and looked at Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei with raised eyebrows:

"I remember you said that throughout Jiangning and outside, including the imperial palace, you have not sensed the existence of super masters, right?"

"That's right!" Zhou Wei interjected.

"Isn't that right?" Su Xian breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Super masters are not from mainland China, how can they be found everywhere? And I asked Fairy Chen privately, and she also said that there are no super masters in Nanchen."

"..."

Yang Zhilan raised her eyes and looked at Su Xian, but hesitated to speak because she remembered something. When she first came to Nanchen, she had sensed a trace of the aura of a super master in the palace.

However, that trace of breath was fleeting, and she was not sure whether it was a misjudgment on her part.

So she murmured for a long time and finally shut up without saying anything more.

……

blink of an eye.

Night falls.

The sky gradually dimmed.

It was night, the sky was starless and pitch black, which made people feel inexplicably depressed and difficult to breathe.

But the entire palace was brightly lit, with lanterns hanging all over the inside and outside of the hall, on both sides of the corridors, and even on the branches of the peach grove in the imperial garden.

The lights across the city seemed to illuminate the dark night sky!

The palace maids, eunuchs, imperial guards, etc. all walked in a hurry. They all kept their heads down and kept their heads down, giving people an inexplicable nervous and chilling atmosphere.

There are a lot of things to do tonight, including preparations for Emperor Chen's funeral and tomorrow's enthronement ceremony for the new emperor. The necessary ceremonial guards, ritual utensils, personnel, etc. all need to be prepared tonight.

Everyone is busy!
At the same time, a series of arrangements that Chen Keyan had made in advance quietly began to operate while the night and the crowd were in a hurry——

That's right, she decided to launch a palace coup tonight!
In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, she will immediately ascend the throne and proclaim herself emperor after the palace transformation is successful, creating an established fact without giving the civil and military officials and the people of the world time to react.

……

Miyagi.

Fengtian Temple.

in the hall.

Emperor Chen stopped here.

Fengtian Hall is the place where the emperors and ministers of Nanchen discussed their affairs.

There is a wide square in front of it, and at the end of the square is the Fengtian Gate. After passing this gate and walking a little further, you will find the south gate of the palace city, the Meridian Gate.

There are tall walls blocking the left and right sides of Fengtian Hall. Outside the walls are other palaces, and beyond are the palace walls.

Behind Fengtian Hall, there are two main halls, Huagai Hall and Jinshen Hall, and beyond that is the harem area, with a city wall in the middle.

(End of this chapter)