The palace that night was covered with blood, and only two people survived.
One is Cao Shu, and the other is Zhao Si, the chief eunuch.
The eunuchs and maids who were not near the palace didn't know what happened, they thought they were killed because they offended Emperor Longyan, and they didn't dare to speculate.
He obeyed Zhao Si's call to dispose of the corpses of the maids and eunuchs in the palace, and then came to them to obey his orders.
Cao Shu's villain value also gained, adding up to only 5,000 points, and nothing was given away.
After all, the silenced court ladies and eunuchs are just ordinary people, and cannot have a huge influence on Da Zhou like tampering with the will.
That time was just an occasional crit, and a small amount is the norm.
early morning.
Zhao Si obeyed Cao Shu's arrangement and announced that the old emperor was going back to the capital. In order not to make people suspicious, he did not use his cultivation to fly back, and only returned to Beijing at a normal speed.
After everything outside was almost ready, Zhao Si pretended to dress the old emperor, carried the old emperor on his back to the dragon chariot with dark curtains, and let the eunuchs under him carry him out of the palace.
When we came to the canal leading to Kyoto, a dragon boat was already ready.
Zhao Si put the emperor on the dragon boat again and sent him to a special room, saying that the emperor was sick and not letting anyone approach him.
In this way, walking along the waterway, the corpse was well preserved by monks, and it didn't look like a dead person in appearance.
Ten days later, when he finally arrived at the capital city, Zhao Si put the old emperor's body on his back on a dark-colored curtained dragon chariot, and asked the eunuchs to carry it back.
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Outside the palace gate.
When the emperor returned to the court, all civil and military officials and nobles had been waiting for a long time. The first prince and the second prince were in front of all the officials, one on the left and one on the right.
The same is true for the ranks of all officials, except that there are more people on the side of the second prince.
The eldest prince, Ji Wuxin, has a face like a jade crown and a feminine temperament. I don't know how many people in the ruling and opposition parties secretly called him a jerk.
Ji Wuxin said: "Second brother, you came so early."
The second prince, Ji Wuwu, has a handsome appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is also a handsome guy. Because Ji Wuxin was being talked about as a kid, he paid attention to his figure, exercised deliberately, and his whole body was full of masculinity.
Glancing at the eldest prince, he asked: "Of course, the father can't be careless when he returns to the imperial court. Big brother, are you only this few people to take over the father? If there is a shortage of people, you can tell me."
Ji Wuxin knew that he was coming to scold him again, and countered: "This is enough people, as long as you are sincere, but the second brother brought so many people who didn't know that he thought he would force the palace?"
Ji Wuxin retorted: "Brother Huang was joking, I just want to show my filial piety to my father. How can there be such a treasonous thing as forcing the palace, but Brother Huang, do you have this idea when you say this?"
The two faced each other tit-for-tat, and they were full of gunpowder in an instant.
Ji Wuxin chuckled, "Second brother is really good at joking, big brother doesn't think so. However, big brother heard that you secretly accepted a master named Ye, when will you introduce him to brother?"
Ji Wuxin smiled but didn't smile. The expert he had recruited was a very hidden thing, and Ji Wuxin even knew about it. It seemed that he had people around him, but this was normal, he also had people around him.
"Brother Huang is really well-informed about the news, but what kind of income is it? It's just a friend. Let's introduce him another day."
"So it's settled?"
"it is good."
Ji Wuxin looked into the distance and asked, "Okay, let's get down to business. Brother Huang is well informed. Do you know what Emperor Father is doing these days? I am very worried that I won't hear from Emperor Father these days."
His eyeliner by the emperor's side suddenly disappeared, and his eyelids have been twitching for the past few days, making him very uneasy.
Ji Wuxin shook his head, the same is true of his eyeliner here, and said: "I only heard that the father is ill and has not seen anyone, so I don't understand the rest, but it shouldn't be a problem to have Master Zhao Si to take care of him."
Ji Wuwu felt a little at ease, thinking that he was the only one who didn't know, so there was nothing to worry about since they were the same, so she nodded, "That's right."
"Father is here."
Outside the palace gate, a dragon chariot slowly approached.
The two frowned slightly, the dragon chariot was actually covered, they stepped forward to salute, and the officials behind them followed closely.
In the next second, an incredible scene appeared.
Seeing the eunuch put down the dragon chariot, Zhao Si suddenly knelt down in front of the dragon chariot.
Zhao Si wailed and shouted: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty is dead!"
"What! Father died?"
"His Majesty died?"
"Impossible, His Majesty was fine before!"
The sudden bad news spread to all the officials, everyone's face was full of shock, the emperor died unexpectedly!
It was fine before, why is it gone?
It was caught off guard.
"His Majesty..."
"How did you go, Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty, the old minister hasn't served you well, why are you leaving~"
All the ministers knelt down with mournful faces, as did the commoners who were watching the play by the side of the road.
Ji Wuxin's body trembled, and tears flowed from her eyes, "Father, this is impossible, this is impossible, Father..."
As he spoke, he prepared to run towards the dragon chariot.
"Your Highness, calm down, calm down!" The people around him hurriedly persuaded.
Ji Wuxin didn't act rashly, she couldn't bear to see Long Nian, and knelt down silently.
The second prince, Ji Wuxin, is better here, and mist rose in her eyes, but she didn't act rashly. In addition to grief, her mind was full of thoughts, and she clenched her fists tightly with her hands, thinking: "How could father be so angry?" He died suddenly, what happened?"
The death of the old emperor was completely beyond his expectation.
Now I finally understood why the old emperor couldn't get any news.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhao Si took out the will, came to the two princes, and shouted, "Your Majesty's will."
Although it is inappropriate to announce the decree here, all officials, nobles, and common people can see it here. It can be said that it is announced to the world and let everyone know.
The expressions of the people at the scene were shocked, the old emperor passed away, and the main event was coming, regardless of whether it was appropriate to announce the decree here.
"I am ordered by the sky, to be a great person in the world, to live in the people in the city, and to caress and control it to be the destiny..."
"The eldest prince has no heart, benevolent and filial friends, the world is loyal, it is appropriate to ascend to the throne, and be diligent in civil affairs. Civil and military officials, assist with one heart, to bless our people. Every funeral ceremony, announce the world~"
Ji Wuxin and Ji Wuxin raised their heads suddenly, their eyes were full of astonishment.
The eyes of the ministers and clan members also changed drastically, most of them were unexpected, the old emperor actually passed the position to the eldest prince?
Above the court, the old emperor obviously favored the second prince the most, and even let him supervise the country for a period of time, but now it is a bit surprising that the throne is passed on to the first prince.
But the person who announced the edict was Zhao Si, the people around the old emperor, none of them doubted the authenticity of this edict.
Cao Shu, who was beside the dragon chariot, secretly looked at the two princes with a meaningful smile on his lips.
In a place they couldn't see, there was a pair of hands who changed their fate, and the future situation of Da Zhou was controlled by him!