My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 2 How does Li Xuanshi want to die?
It was past one o'clock in the morning.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

When Zhu Youxiao was sleeping in a daze, Wang An hurriedly opened the door of Dongnuan Pavilion, stood beside Zhu Youxiao's bed and woke Zhu Youxiao anxiously.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is seriously ill and I order you to come in quickly."

"what?!"

Hearing Wang An's words, Zhu Youxiao woke up instantly, turned around and climbed out of bed, rushing out without even putting on his shoes.

At the same time, the Xinuang Pavilion of Qianqing Palace was now lit by dozens of candles as thick as arms.

"Is the emperor here?"

At this time, Emperor Taichang was lying on the bed with a lifeless look on his face. He felt that his surroundings were filled with colorful lights, and his ears were buzzing, as if he heard the call of his ancestors.

Just when Emperor Taichang wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while, the little eunuch at the door came in and said Gongshen.

"Your Majesty, His Highness has arrived."

"Let the prince come in quickly."

Moving his withered lips, Emperor Taichang spoke eagerly.

"Father!"

Zhu Youxiao, who ran barefooted all the way and was in tears from being hit by stones, fell to his knees in front of the bed and grabbed Emperor Taichang's right hand and shouted sadly.

"Your Majesty, my father is going to see his ancestors. The important task of reviving the Ming Dynasty will be left to you."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly spoke out.

"Father, please take care of yourself and don't think too much about ominous things!"

As if he didn't hear Zhu Youxiao's words, Emperor Taichang continued talking to himself.

"You are still young. If there is any uncertainty about major matters in the court, you still need to rely more on the ministers..."

"Father, don't worry, my sons and ministers will do their best in state and family matters and will never slack off."

"My son should be, be careful, be careful."

Just when Zhu Changluo wanted to ask for something else, he suddenly couldn't breathe, and his outstretched left hand dropped.

"Father!"

As if it was the last cry of original consciousness, Zhu Youxiao shouted in pain.

Seeing this, Li Xuanshi's face suddenly darkened. She hasn't been named an imperial concubine yet. How could you die?

After a while, Li Xuanshi, who came back to his senses, looked at Zhu Youxiao who was crying next to him, his face turning blue and purple.

Noticing that Emperor Taichang seemed to have died, the chief internal officer or eunuch Wang An, the eunuch Wang An, looked at Li Xuanshi who was wiping tears with Zhu Youxiao with twinkling eyes.

He took a deep breath, walked forward slowly, and spoke in Li Xuanshi's ear.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is dead, do you want to toll the death knell?"

"Death knell?"

Hearing Wang An's words, Li Xuanshi finally came to his senses, his eyes sharpened, and he spoke.

"Wang An, the matters concerning His Majesty's funeral cannot be revealed! You go immediately and seal the Qianqing Palace, and no one is allowed to enter or exit.

"Li Jinzhong, the eldest son of the emperor is not allowed to leave the Nuan Pavilion without my instructions!"

"Don't worry, madam."

Hearing this, Wang An responded.

"Slave will make arrangements."

At this time, Li Xuanshi's mind was in a mess, and he did not notice the smile on Wang An's lips when he left.

At the same time, on the west side of the Forbidden City, inside the Dashi Yongfang Temple.

Accompanied by the sound of wheels turning, a carriage stopped in front of the British Government House.

"Godfather, here we are."

The little eunuch who was driving jumped out of the carriage, took out a small stool, and placed it in front of the carriage.

"Ah."

Quickly stepping out of the carriage, Wei Jinzhong knocked on the door himself with a solemn expression.

"Who?"

Hearing the knock on the door, the doorman opened the window sleepily and looked at Wei Jinzhong outside the door and said angrily.

"Do you know where this is? Why are you knocking on the door so late at night?"

"Wei Jinzhong, the eunuch in charge of the Xixin Department, has important matters to meet with the British father."

As Wei Jinzhong spoke, he took out the emperor's eldest son's token and a silver ingot from his sleeve pocket, placed them on the window sill at the door, and said in a serious tone.

"Go to Tong Bing quickly and tell us that we are the personal eunuchs of the eldest son of the emperor. We have something important to see him. My father-in-law will not blame you."

"Really?"

When he saw the token, the sleepiness in the concierge's eyes disappeared instantly. Instead of accepting the money, he took the token and walked in.

"Father-in-law, I'll be there later."

A few minutes later, I heard a burst of noise coming from the courtyard. With a chirp, the door of the British Duke's mansion opened. Zhang Weixian walked out wearing only his underwear and shoes. He didn't even greet him as a courtesy, so he just walked out. asked. "What happened in the palace?"

"My lord, the prince asked me to bring you a letter."

As Wei Jinzhong spoke, he took off his shoes in front of Zhang Weixian and took out the cloth that Zhu Youxiao had given him.

Seeing this, Zhang Weixian didn't dislike it and took it directly and opened it to read.

"My father has passed away, and there is a traitor in the palace who is causing trouble. I will not announce my mourning secretly, but enter the palace as soon as possible."

At the end of the word, there is a bright red fingerprint.

"I know."

Putting the cloth into his arms, Zhang Weixian immediately turned around and walked towards the house.

"Zhang Qian! Quickly gather people and follow me into the palace!"

Accompanied by Zhang Weixian's powerful roar, the entire British Duke's mansion suddenly went into a state of uproar.

"When choosing an attendant, you really don't know when you are about to die."

Picking up an unsealed imperial edict from the dragon's desk, Zhu Youxiao looked at it, looked at Li Xuanshi who was meditating with a smile and said with a smile.

Awakened from his reverie by Zhu Youxiao, Li Xuanshi subconsciously looked at the usually taciturn former grandson and now the eldest son of the emperor.

"What do you mean?"

Throwing the imperial edict back to the Long Bookcase, Zhu Youxiao looked at Li Xuan and said.

"Do you really think that by keeping me here, with this edict, I can make you a noble concubine and regent?"

"Do you think I can't do it?"

Looking at Zhu Youxiao, Li Xuanshi asked with a sinister expression.

"Concubine Zheng secretly lives in the Qianqing Palace and demands to abide by the emperor's order and make her his queen. She can do it, but you can't."

"why?"

"Because she has the blessing of the king, it is not easy to kill her."

"Besides, the ministers in the cabinet have already hidden one of the imperial edicts from the emperor. It doesn't matter if they hide another one from the father."

Picking up the tea cup and taking a sip, Zhu Youxiao said earnestly.

"Even if the ministers in the outer court agree to grant you the title of concubine, or even go further and grant you the title of regent, so what?"

"You know, I am already fifteen this year, and I will get married next year. After the wedding, I will be in charge no matter what. At that time, it is just a word from me, no matter you are the Queen Mother or the noble concubine, there will be no death in this palace. Are there still few?"

"To put it another way, now that my father has passed away, if I and my fifth brother are assassinated again, guess who will be the next emperor. Even if you are crowned queen by then, what do you think you will do? What about death?"

"..."

After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Li Xuan's waiter stared at Zhu Youxiao and pondered for a long time.

"Will you respect me as Queen Mother?"

"I won't."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao smiled lightly.

"I can make you a noble concubine, but you must declare in front of the ministers that you do not want to be regent."

"Just your empty words?"

"No no no."

Putting the tea cup down, Zhu Youxiao had a calm smile on his face.

"Just because you can't afford to gamble."

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Zhu Youxiao looked at Li Xuan with a smile.

"The only person you can rely on is Wang An. Even if you promise Wang An, when you make him a concubine or queen, you will give him greater rights."

"But as far as I know, Wang An has always been in contact with the ministers of the outer court. Now that my father has passed away, what do you think will happen if Wang An helps those ministers and snatches the palace from you? ?”

"Wang An will gain the trust of this palace and continue to hold the power in this palace. And those ministers will gain the merit of following the dragon and rise smoothly in the officialdom."

"And when I ascend the throne, who do you think I will hold a grudge against?"

"..."

After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Li Xuanshi fell into silence completely.She only considered the consequences of blackmailing Zhu Youxiao into becoming a concubine or empress, but did not consider the deeper consequences.

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao directly pierced the window paper, and Li Xuanshi suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

"What do you want me to do."

After a while, Waiter Li Xuan arrived.

"You don't have to do anything, just move to Xian'an Palace."

Zhu Youxiao said, lifting his feet and walking out.

"Miss."

Seeing Zhu Youxiao planning to leave, an eunuch named Li Jinzhong beside Li Xuanshi asked.

"You accompany the prince out."

(End of this chapter)