My clone is on the other side of the starry sky

Chapter 200 Luck backfires

On the second day after Ji Huan's death, all the officials gathered in the court, each with sad expressions on their faces, and many people burst into tears. The whole court was immersed in an atmosphere of sadness.

"Your Majesty has arrived~"

As Liu Chunhua's shrill voice sounded, the young Ji Gong, accompanied by Cao Jingzhong and Zhang Wang, slowly walked up to the hall.

Himemiya, who was only six years old, looked blankly at a minister who was crying bitterly. Children were most easily infected by the surrounding environment and couldn't help but cry.

"Your Majesty, the late emperor passed away suddenly, and the whole world is sad. However, the country cannot be without a king for a day. I hope that your majesty can temporarily relieve the pain of missing relatives." Zhang Shen looked at the ignorant little emperor, sighed, and bowed out of the queue.

The current political situation in Daqian is already turbulent. Ji Huan's political skills are becoming increasingly mature, and he can barely control the government. Now that Ji Huan dies and the young emperor succeeds to the throne, how can he fight against the wolves in the court? Daqian's national destiny may be in danger again. Exhausted.

Ji Gong looked at Cao Jingzhong next to him with some confusion.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, eunuchs are very evil, in the eyes of the young princes in the palace, people like Cao Jingzhong are more friendly. Although his mother taught him what to do before, but now facing so many people, he suddenly forgot all about it. .

"Your Majesty, it's time to read out the late emperor's edict." Cao Jingzhong said in a low voice.

"Read the imperial edict of the father!" Ji Gong nodded, took out the edict that had been prepared and handed it to Liu Chunhua who was standing aside, her voice was full of energy.

"Yes." Liu Chunhua bowed, took the edict with both hands, and was about to open it.

"Wait a minute!" Jiang Song stood up and walked out of the queue.

"Who is he?" Ji Gong asked Cao Jingzhong in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, this is the Prime Minister of the current dynasty, Mr. Jiang Song." Cao Jingzhong replied in a low voice.

"What can Prime Minister Jiang tell me?" Ji Gong asked.

"Your Majesty, I don't know where the imperial edict in Eunuch Liu's hand came from. However, before going on the expedition, your majesty also gave an edict to the veteran, saying that if there are changes in the war ahead, the edict will be dedicated to your majesty!" Jiang Song took out a volume from his sleeve. The imperial edict was slowly opened in the astonished eyes of the ministers.

In an instant, a ray of green energy fell from the sky and landed on the edict, which also represented the legitimacy of the edict.

"This is indeed Father's edict!" Ji Gong saw this scene and nodded.

"In Prime Minister Jiang's edict, doesn't it say that Prime Minister Jiang will assist the country?" Xie Yao looked at Jiang Song and asked with a smile.

"Exactly, I admire Sir Xie for his ability to predict the unknown!" Jiang Song looked at Xie Yao and said with a smile.

"I don't think it's Mr. Xie who has foresight, but someone is deceiving you!" Cui Jinyuan came out and sneered.

"What does Mr. Cui mean by this?" Jiang Song looked at Cui Jinyuan and asked, "Sir, are you saying that this edict is fake?"

"It's true that edicts can arouse youthful energy, but it's hard to say whether the content is true." Cui Jinyuan looked at Jiang Song and said, "Jiang Xiang is very knowledgeable. Do you think someone will prepare a blank edict in advance, and then Write some random content on it and treat it as a real edict to deceive Your Majesty?"

"It's possible that if the edict in Eunuch Liu's hand can also cause celestial phenomena, it may be that way." Jiang Song nodded, then looked at the edict in Liu Chunhua's hand and said, "But I am curious, the edict in Eunuch Liu's hand Is this an edict?"

Hearing this, Liu Chunhua quickly opened the edict in his hand and said, "Xiang Jiang is joking, this edict...eh?"

As the edict was opened, it did not arouse the Qingqi of Tiandu like the edict in Jiang Song's hand.

"The Taoist alliance is really getting more and more unruly!" Before Jiang Song could speak, Murong Cheng shook his head and chuckled, then saluted Zhang Shenyi, who was standing in the first place, and said: "Taifu, the late emperor has already made an explicit order to abolish the Qintian Prison. Please invite Taifu." Fu used his magical power to expel the Taoist Alliance people from the city!"

Zhang Shen nodded: "As it should be."

Then he turned his head, holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand, and said loudly: "The heaven and earth are so important that people from the Taoist Alliance are not allowed to enter!"

As he spoke, a ball of green energy lit up on the bamboo slip in his hand, and for an instant the whole sky seemed to shake.

Xie Yao turned his head and stared at Jiang Song. Jiang Song faced it calmly and there was nothing wrong with it.

guessed wrong? Is he not a regicide?

Doubts flashed in Xie Yao's heart, and he looked at the imperial edict in Liu Chunhua's hand again, only to see a blue light shining on the edict, connected with the green air in the sky, and also gave birth to a vision, which was printed and glowed with the edict in Jiang Song's hand.

"Two edicts!?" Ji Gong looked at this scene with some curiosity. His father issued two edicts?

The ministers were at a loss when they saw this scene. It was not like this had happened before. When Ji Huan was alive, there were more than a dozen edicts issued in a day, but today's two edicts are different from the previous edicts.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to issue two edicts, and depending on the attitudes of both parties, the contents of the edicts may be different.

One of them must be false, but both of them were recognized by Tiandu's Qing Qi. From this point of view, both of them are true, which is obviously impossible.

It doesn't matter who is real or fake now, what's important is that it's time to take sides!

The civil and military officials who can stand here are not necessarily powerful figures, but they have experienced a lot of storms. Those who can still stand in the court know that many times, ability is secondary, and the important thing is , standing in the right position in every vortex of power struggle.

The most successful one is undoubtedly Jiang Song. He seems to be able to stand in the right position every time it concerns the future direction of the imperial court, and step by step he has reached his current position as a first-rank official. But this time, he no longer needs to take sides. It's someone else's turn to be on his side. In the air of Chaotian Hall, there seemed to be an invisible pressure pressing on everyone's hearts.

"The edict in the hands of Eunuch Liu was dictated by His Majesty, drafted by Eunuch Cao, and witnessed by me, Mr. Cui, Mr. Murong, and General Yuwen. But I don't know if there is anyone who can witness the edict in the hands of Mr. Jiang?" Xie Yao looked at it. Jiang Song smiled.

"It was also drafted by Eunuch Cao, and it was also witnessed by Zong Zheng and Prince Rui, the head of Taiyuan Academy." Jiang Song was also smiling, and he seemed to have a chance of winning.

"Prince Rui?" Xie Yao obviously had no hope for Cao Jingzhong. He frowned and looked at Prince Rui Ji Ping.

"That's right." Ji Ping nodded. He was Ji Huan's younger brother, and he was a Confucian with good moral character. Regardless of his status or character, he was able to convince everyone.

Jiang Song looked at Xie Yao and smiled: "Master Xie, which edict do you think is being read?"

"Can't you read them all?" Ji Gong looked at Cao Jingzhong at the side in confusion.

Cao Jingzhong shook his head: "Your Majesty, there can only be one copy of the late emperor's edict."

Although the two edicts have not been opened, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the contents of the two edicts are absolutely diametrically opposed. If both are read, the party that loses in the end will deceive the emperor and have his entire family copied and executed.

By asking Jiang Song like this, he was telling Xie Yao that he would not kill them all. In the officialdom, it is important to keep a thin line when doing things. After all, officialdom relationships are intricate. Even if the entire Xie family is wiped out today, it will not guarantee that the families that have some relationship with the Xie family will come back in revenge in the future. , so even if Jiang Song wins this fight, he will not kill them all, because if they don't kill them all, if they want to really kill the nine Yao clans, the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty will probably not be able to defeat half of them!

Xie Yao could no longer maintain his previous calm look. He stared at Jiang Song and then at Ji Ping, as if he didn't understand why Ji Ping turned to Jiang Song's side.

Jiang Song smiled. This time, he won again!

No longer looking at Xie Yao, he handed the imperial edict in his hands to Liu Chunhua who came to receive it.

"Since I succeeded to the throne... I am now conquering the Buddhist Kingdom. Life and death are unpredictable. If something unexpected happens, my eldest son Ji Gong will inherit the throne. Prime Minister Jiang Song has always been a virtuous minister and can be a minister of Zhongxing. I entrust him with state affairs. I hope that Please don’t lose my hope!”

"I'm scared!" Jiang Song knelt down and said sadly.

How could it be him?

Although the officials in the court had already expected it, the moment the edict was actually read out, everyone was still in disbelief. Although Jiang Song was a first-class man, in the eyes of the officials in the court, he was just a villain who followed the crowd. How can the important responsibilities of the imperial court rest on this person?

"Xiang Jiang, accept the decree!" Cao Jingzhong handed the edict to Ji Gong.

Ji Gong took the imperial seal in his hand, stood up and went down the jade steps, and handed the imperial edict and the imperial seal to Jiang Song, which represented the entrustment of state affairs. Before Ji Ping came of age and took charge, the imperial seal would be handed over to the auxiliary minister for safekeeping, so The emperors of the past dynasties rarely left only one minister to support the emperor.

"I would like to express my gratitude to the late Emperor!" Looking at the jade seal handed down from the country in front of him, Jiang Song couldn't help but feel excited. As long as he got the jade seal, he could use the luck of the country to wash away the fate!

In this last step, I finally won!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Ji Huan took the imperial edict and the jade seal with both hands. The moment he took the jade seal, his heart was relieved.

The next step is to take care of Ji Huan's funeral. Jiang Song now has military power and the position of assistant minister. He has everything under control in Tiandu. He is determined and is not in a hurry to deal with Xie Yao and others. , the three major families are intertwined. If you want to suppress them, you have to take a long-term approach and take your time. There will be a lot of time in the future.

The emperor's funeral is a major matter for the country, and naturally it must be properly handled. The ministers spent most of the day discussing it.

Click~

Jiang Song suddenly felt something in his arms was broken. It was the protective spell given to him by the Taoist League. But now that the jade seal was in hand, the protective spell had no meaning.

"Prime Minister, what are you..." Just as he was about to say something, Jiang Song saw an official looking at him in surprise.

Jiang Song didn't understand what it meant, but felt his nose felt hot. He quickly reached out and touched it, and found black blood in his hand.

This is……

Jiang Song was surprised. A silver thread suddenly slipped in front of his eyes. Jiang Song subconsciously reached out to grab it, and a handful of silver hair was pulled out.

"The jade seal...the jade seal is fake!?" Jiang Song quickly took out the jade seal passed down from the country. The jade seal was full of green energy just now, but now there was no green light at all. He raised his head, looked at Xie Yao solemnly, and then looked at Cao Jingzhong and Ji Ping.

"The fate has backfired. It turns out that you are regicide and treason. How dare you try to steal the country!?" Ji Ping's eyes revealed murderous intent.

"Where is the real jade seal!?" Jiang Song roared regardless of his image.

As he spoke, teeth fell out one after another, startling the little emperor and making him cry.

"Boom~"

In the sky, green energy rolled, as if sensing the appearance of the regicide thief, the blue sky became angry, and a green thunderbolt crashed through the roof of the Chaotian Palace and fell on Jiang Song.

"Boom boom boom~"

Five thunders struck his head, and Jiang Song screamed. Under the influence of the green thunder and the backlash, his body quickly disintegrated, leaving no trace of his clothes...

(End of this chapter)