blue bird song

Chapter 116 Returning to Beijing Immediately (4)
Xiao Congcong held the emperor with one hand, and took his father with the other, "Daddy will not leave, and guard uncle with the child." King Liao agreed softly, "Okay, daddy will not leave."

What does this father and son mean?Empress Zhang behind the curtain and the three courtiers kneeling on the ground looked at Prince Liao and his son together.

The King of Liao stood still in front of the imperial couch, his tone was indifferent, "The emperor's sister-in-law is wrong. The emperor's brother has not yet announced the will, and there is no conclusion on where the minister should be located."

Empress Zhang was so angry that she couldn't sit still, Huo De stood up, and said sharply, "Bold! Do you dare to resist the order?" Although separated by the apricot-yellow curtain, everyone outside could feel her anger, The queen was already furious.

"Resist the decree? Resist whose decree?" Liao Wang's tone was still calm, "My emperor brother is taking a nap, dare to ask the emperor's wife, at this moment, who is qualified to announce the decree in this bedroom?"

"You, you..." Empress Zhang trembled angrily, pointed at King Liao, and gritted her teeth.

"Brother Huang is taking a nap, I beg Sister-in-Law to love him, please lower your voice." King Liao said softly, "As a wife, who doesn't love her husband, don't you think so?"

Queen Zhang was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Li Shoufu took a step forward and looked at King Liao with firm eyes, "His Royal Highness, the queen is right, you should come to our side. Your highness, after your son is adopted by your majesty, he is the king and you are the minister. "

Li Shoufu is a veteran in the officialdom. Although he looked directly at King Liao, his tone was respectful and his voice was not loud, which was completely different from Queen Zhang.

"When did Gu agree to the adoption?" King Liao asked politely, "Master Li, adoption requires the consent of both parties. You always know the truth of this, right?"

Li Shoufu straightened up, with an angry light in his eyes, "Your Highness's refusal to agree to the adoption is purely selfish! As a close branch of the clan, have you ever thought about the affairs of the country and your majesty? You... ...Your Majesty has treated you very kindly, I am sorry for your behavior!" His heart ached, and justice was awe-inspiring.

Zhuo Cifu also took a step forward, and said in a blunt tone, "Your Highness, please think about the foundation of our ancestors, and let go of selfishness for the sake of righteousness! Your Highness, you have received the deep kindness of the late emperor and today, and you should sacrifice your life to repay the kindness of your father and brother. Why should you sacrifice your life?" son!"

What I said was really impassioned.

Xu Lin still knelt on the spot, thinking quickly.Seeing the king of Liao like this, it is clear that he wants to be the emperor himself.The meaning of Queen Zhang and Shoufu and Cifu is to adopt Zhu Cong, and the father will succeed the son after death.The King of Liao is alone, and there are three people on Queen Zhang's side. Who has the upper hand?Who will win in the end?Where should I stand?
Both Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu came from noble families, and when they talked about the truth, they sounded logical, "Your Highness, by sacrificing you alone, the whole world has been perfected! Your Highness understands righteousness and has a lenient nature. Please think of your father and brother, and the people of the world." For your thoughts, don't be swayed by personal feelings!"

"I'm an orphan with little knowledge, so I want to ask the two elders of the court a few things." Liao Wang looked at Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu quietly, pointing to the vital point, "Adoption always pays attention to 'too concubine but not concubine', right? Brother Cong is an orphan The eldest son has three sons alone, why do the two elders insist on adopting the eldest son?"

Strictly speaking, all sons except the eldest son are "shu".The second son born to the main wife was a concubine in front of his elder brother.Adoption, it has always been forbidden to adopt the eldest son of a family, "passing a concubine, but not a descendant".

Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu didn't expect the King of Liao to change the subject, and when they asked about this, they were a little hesitant for a while.What the King of Liao said was right, adoptive, it is true that one cannot adopt the eldest son of a family.However, didn't the emperor always take Brother Cong with him?Didn't the emperor directly summon brother Cong?Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu didn't think too much about it.

"Your Highness, please think about the foundation of the ancestors, and the dignity of etiquette..." Zhuo Ci said unwillingly, taking care of him from left to right.

"Etiquette?" Liao Wang keenly grasped these two words, "Forcibly adopting without the consent of the biological father. , is this etiquette?"

King Liao said one sentence after another, with momentum like a rainbow.Rao Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu were familiar with the scriptures, and they were temporarily stunned by the series of questions from King Liao, and they were speechless.

But in the hearts of Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu, they strongly disagreed with King Liao.Your brother is a good man, a good emperor, he is about to die, and he has no son to inherit the throne, you are not even willing to adopt a son, you have ulterior motives!Don't you just want to be the emperor yourself, you are greedy for profit.Why don't you think about it, if you want to be the emperor, your elder brother's branch will be unparalleled, can you bear it?
Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu were very dissatisfied with King Liao.Compared with the benevolent Emperor, the King of Liao is too poor. He has no measure, no insight, and no vision.

"Ah Yuan." The emperor on the couch called weakly.

"Your Majesty is awake!" Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu looked at each other with tears streaming down their faces.Empress Zhang behind the apricot-yellow curtain choked up and threw herself on the emperor, "Your Majesty, you can't leave me behind. Before you leave, some people have ignored me and bullied me recklessly!"

King Liao knelt down in front of the imperial couch, called "brother" in a low voice, and held the emperor's cold hand, feeling heavy in his heart.The emperor smiled weakly, "Ah Yuan, my elder brother always thought you were too simple. In fact, my elder brother was not at ease when the position was passed on to you, so he devoted himself to cultivating Xiao Congcong. However, after listening to what you said just now, elder brother You can leave at ease."

A Yuan, facing the accusations of the cabinet ministers, he will refute them one by one with reason and evidence, without haste, neither yielding nor overpowering others.A Yuan, there is a future.

"Brother!" King Liao was heartbroken, tears streaming down his face.Brother, we have deep brotherhood, but I can't hand over Xiao Congcong to Queen Zhang, and I can't hand over my son to a vicious woman.

The palm print eunuch and the pen eunuch entered the hall one after the other.

"Read the will." The emperor ordered.

Gao Jin, the eunuch with the palm print, said in a solemn voice: "Please accept the order from the King of Liao." Son, elder brother and younger brother, the throne will be passed on to you. You must be diligent in government and love the people, study and cultivate virtue, use the virtuous to enable you, do nothing to waste, and protect the emperor's career." After reading, respectfully hand over the yellow ribbon in your hand In the hands of the King of Liao, the King of Liao took the edict, kowtowed to the emperor on the imperial couch with tears in his eyes, and stood still in front of the emperor's couch.

Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu were shocked, and Empress Zhang fell down softly behind the curtain.Pass the throne to King Liao!Did he still become the queen's wife?

Gao Jin, the palm print eunuch, unfolded another scroll of yellow silk stickers, "This is Your Majesty's will to the cabinet. Li Qi, Zhuo Zheng, and Xu Lin are invited to accept the order."

The three court ministers who knelt on the ground kowtowed to the emperor's imperial couch and listened to the edict. Gao Jin said in a deep voice: "I don't hesitate, the new king Lai Qing and others will assist me. Benevolent and upright, Qing and other important ministers of the country must work together to assist, take care of the soldiers and civilians as the foundation, abide by the ancestral system, and protect the emperor's image."

Li Shoufu is the head of the three cabinet ministers. After Gao Jin finished reading, he wanted to hand over the will to him.Once this edict is handed over to the cabinet, the overall situation has been decided, and there is no possibility of reversal.

The palm print eunuch read the will in front of the emperor, even though Li Shoufu had a thousand or ten thousand reluctances in his heart, he had no reason not to accept it.Li Shoufu was about to reach out to take Huang Ling's sticker, but he heard Wei wailing from behind the curtain, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you, Your Majesty?" Then, Empress Zhang ordered sharply, "Your Majesty has passed out, send the imperial physician to rescue him!" There was a commotion in front of the imperial couch, and Li Shoufu's heart trembled. He didn't reach out to accept the edict, but scrambled to the emperor's imperial couch, "Your Majesty!"

Zhuo Cifu had always been secretly competitive with Li Shoufu, and now he couldn't help but admire him.Look, he didn't accept the will, and no one can find fault with him: he only has eyes for the dying majesty, it's so sad.

If you don't accept it well, if you don't accept this edict, there is still room for transfer.

Zhuo Cifu and Xu Dashi also sobbed and called "Your Majesty" with sad expressions.

The imperial physician was busy, and after a while, the emperor woke up slowly.Empress Zhang threw herself on him and cried, "Your Majesty, take me with you!" The emperor looked at her lovingly, with much reluctance in his eyes.

"A Yuan, good brother." The emperor turned his head with difficulty, his voice was weak but clear, "Be kind to your sister-in-law, respect her as Queen Zhaomu, and let her spend the rest of her life in peace."

King Liao held the emperor's hand tightly, "Brother, A Yuan will definitely respect his sister-in-law as Queen Zhaomu, and the honor that a sister-in-law of an emperor should have is also quite a lot."

A satisfied smile flashed across the emperor's eyes, and his eyes gradually dimmed.Well, the funeral has been arranged, and you can sleep peacefully.I'm really tired. After holding on for so long, my whole body hurts. I can't hold on any longer...

King Liao choked up and called "Brother", Xiao Congcong also felt that something was wrong, with tears in his eyes, and called "Uncle" in his mouth, the emperor reluctantly raised his eyelids, and his voice was weak, "Cong'er, you have to be well... "The emperor's voice became smaller and smaller, and the skinny hand that was exposed outside the quilt gradually became immobile.

"Your Majesty—" I don't know who called out in grief and anger, everyone's face was mournful, and they subconsciously wanted to mourn: His Majesty has passed away, the will has been read out, and it's time to mourn.

"Shut up!" There was a shout from behind the curtain, it was Queen Zhang's voice.When she drank, the servants and maids who were about to mourn were frightened, and they dared not speak out.

A pair of white hands stretched out from behind the curtain, hugged the emperor's head, and spoke softly to him, "We can't cut off the heir, is your majesty right? According to my concubine's idea, your majesty adopts King Yi's son A Bin, Let me be the crown prince first, and then the emperor, will your Majesty agree?"

In the silence, these words clearly fell to everyone's ears, some were happy, some were worried.

Empress Zhang said in a surprised and joyful voice, "Your Majesty, did you nod your head? You agreed? Well, this concubine will order someone to draw up an order to go to Fuzhou as soon as possible and call Abin to Beijing!"

Gao Jin, the palm print eunuch, and Sun Quan, the eunuch Bingbi, quickly exchanged glances.

Empress Zhang ordered loudly behind the curtain, "Where is Gao Jin? Where is Li Qi? One of you is the head of the palace, and the other is the head of the cabinet. You can entrust important tasks. Your Majesty has a decree to adopt Yi Wang's eldest son, Bin, as the Prince, quickly draw up a will!"

Li Shoufu said loudly: "Your servant, obey the order!"

Gao Jin loudly disobeyed, "When your majesty is awake, order the king of Liao to be the emperor! The words are still in my ears, how can I change it!"

Empress Zhang was furious, "Your Majesty just nodded to me personally. Could it be that you can't be sure? Gao Jin, you are just a survivor of punishment. How dare you despise me!"

Empress Zhang Huodi stood up and ordered sharply, "Come here, take down Prince Liao and his son, take down Gao Jin!"

More than a dozen Jinyi guards with bright armor rushed in and surrounded Liao Wang, father and son, Gao Jin and others.

Li Shoufu, Zhuo Cifu, and Xu Dashi were all thinking quickly and making up their minds.Empress Zhang is determined to adopt. She claimed that His Majesty nodded, but in fact, His Majesty has been silent for a long time. Who knows if it is true or not?However, who dares to question her.If Jin Yiwei really swarmed in, restrained the father and son of Liao Wang, grabbed the last edict, and re-drafted it...

Who will kill the deer is unknown.

When the situation was urgent and arrows were on the verge of breaking out, Gao Jin laughed loudly, "Your Majesty has not spoken for a long time, maybe he has already passed away? I have been greatly favored by Your Majesty, and I have nothing to repay, so I went with Your Majesty." ! Without me, without me stamping the will, let's see how you can fool the world!"

Gao Jin snatched the waist knife from a guard in Jinyi beside him, brandished the knife and killed himself, blood spattered on the spot.With a wail, Sun Quan rushed over, supported Gao Jin who was falling straight down, and burst into tears.

This sudden change made Li Shoufu and others dumbfounded, and it also made Queen Zhang behind the curtain very angry.There are such ignorant people in the world who would rather risk their lives than fight against their empress!You are just an eunuch, King Liao or the eldest son of King Liyi, what is the difference to you?It is unreasonable for you to kill yourself for this.

Empress Zhang ordered, "The king of Liao conspired against him, take him down and search him! All his belongings must be presented!"

King Liao, I will take the last edict and burn it. I will write a new copy to see what you can do to me.

King Yi knew that his son could be the emperor, why didn't he sacrifice Abin?If a child like A Bin is made the new emperor, I will be the empress dowager above ten thousand people!The entire harem is dominated by me, and I, the Zhang family, can still be majestic for at least ten or twenty years.

Empress Zhang thought about the supreme honor in the future, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu didn't expect that Empress Zhang would have such a city and such schemes, so they couldn't help looking at Xinghuang Curtain with adoring eyes.It's rare, rare that Queen Zhang survived a desperate situation.

The father and son of the Prince of Liao were beautiful and beautiful, one big and one small, two jade men, as beautiful as porcelain men, but also as fragile as porcelain men.Facing Jin Yiwei's shining long sword, they can only kill and let others slaughter them, right?No one seems to have a problem with this.

After solving them and finding out the edict, a new edict can be drafted again.

Gao Jin resisted with death, so what's the use?Empress Zhang subdued Liao Wang and his son, so she could easily find out the seal and put it on it.The cabinet drafted the decree, Queen Zhang stamped it, and the procedures were completed.

Queen Zhang will become Queen Mother Zhang, which seems to be a matter of course.

The voice of the King of Liao was cold, "Wouldn't it be chilling for my sister-in-law to treat me like this when the bones of the late emperor were not cold?"

He stretched out his palm and struck loudly three times.

The door of the palace opened, and hundreds of Jinwu Guards rushed in, the leader was a middle-aged man, handsome and elegant, he was the commander of the Jinwu Guard, the son of Bo Jingcheng, Lin Juechi.

These hundreds of Jinwu Guards surrounded the Jinyi Guards in the Advanced Hall layer by layer, with long spears and waist knives in their hands, full of murderous intent.

Empress Zhang pulled down the curtain tremblingly, her face was disfigured with anger, "You...do you want to rebel? The Jinwu Guard dared to enter the Qianqing Palace's bedroom without being summoned, lawless!"

Although Commander Lin of the Jinwu Guard had the upper hand due to the large number of people, he did not appear arrogant and domineering at all, and remained respectful as usual.

Empress Zhang was so angry that she was dying.She can say out of thin air, "Your Majesty nodded." Of course, others can just say "the last emperor's edict", anyway, they are all equally unreliable and untrustworthy.The difference is that if you have soldiers, power, and the situation is favorable to you, there will be people willing to believe in you; you have no one in your hands, no power, and seeing that the general situation is gone, no one will follow you except diehard loyalists.

The Jinwu Guard subdued the Jinyi Guards in the palace, and Commander Lin walked up to the King of Liao and knelt down on one knee, "Your Highness, the imperial guards, the Jingying, and the five city soldiers and horses have not changed, and they are all loyal to His Highness. "

King Liao nodded approvingly, "Thank you for your hard work."

The big picture is set.

In the hands of the King of Liao, not only the last emperor's edict, but also the support of the guards, the Jingying, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities, no one can move him.

Li Shoufu and Zhuo Cifu lowered their heads weakly.

Empress Zhang fell down on the ground in despair. She couldn't believe it at first, but she slowly came to her senses, "It turns out that what Wu Chen said was actually true. King Jin's dragon spirit sometimes disappears. The emperor's is all because of marrying Qi Qingque. If he hadn't married Qi Qingque, he wouldn't have been able to command so many troops and won the support of the guards and the Beijing camp. If he hadn't married Qi Qingque, it would have Er should have been captured by Jin Yiwei and became my prisoner."

Zhang Huang regretted not doing it at the beginning.Back then, we should have taken advantage of Qi Qingque's fledgling and got rid of her at all costs!

Empress Zhang thought a lot about "ifs", but unfortunately, there are no "ifs" in life, since things are like this, they will not be different.

Sun Quan, the eunuch of Bingbi, sat on the ground silently, holding the dead Gao Jin in his arms, with blood all over his side.The Liao king sighed, "Gao Jin is loyal to the first emperor, so he can be posthumously named 'loyalty'. His family members will be treated preferentially."

For an eunuch, it is rare to get such a posthumous title.Sun Quan thanked him in a low voice, and after finishing the funeral of the late emperor, Sun Quan asked to guard the mausoleum for the late emperor—this is a later story.

"Among the eunuchs, there are also righteous men." Gao Jin and Sun Quan, even the always proud scholar-bureaucrats, sighed unceasingly.

(End of this chapter)