Yang Ying was shocked: "What's going on?"
"Is this?" Shi Xiao asked in surprise: "The death knell in the palace! According to the laws of the Qian Dynasty, when a member of the royal family dies, the death knell in the palace will be sounded to express mourning. I think it was because the prince passed away, so the death knell was sounded."
Yang Ying realized: the prince has been dead for two days, it is indeed time to mourn.
The "buzzing..." bell continued to ring.
"its not right!"
Shi Xiao's face was solemn: "When a prince dies, he usually rings the palace bell eighteen times. Why are he still ringing it now?"
Waiting until the bells stopped ringing, Shi Xiao said in shock: "The death knell in the palace has struck twenty-seven times. It has always been the case only when the emperor, queen mother, or empress dowager dies. Now there are no empress dowagers and empress dowagers in the palace. Is this the case? "
Yang Ying looked shocked: "Your Majesty?"
Emperor Joan of Arc is dead!
"how can that be possible?"
Yang Ying instinctively asked a question, and then realized: Now that there is chaos in Qianjing and the city, there is no guarantee that Joan of Arc will not be assassinated by Li Chengba's assassin.
But! Now that Li Chengba's rebellion is still "close at hand", it is a time of great disaster. Even if Joan of Arc is really dead, she will not ring the death knell at this time. Who is so ignorant of the importance.
"quick!"
Yang Ying rode his horse and rushed to the city gate where corpses were scattered, and shouted: "I am Yang Ying, the consort, please open the city gate quickly."
Someone in the city had already seen it. Huangfuyu confirmed that it was Yang Ying and asked someone to open the city gate.
"Where is the Emperor?"
The soldiers at Kaicheng Gate all lowered their heads and looked depressed. Yang Ying didn't bother to ask them anymore and rushed directly to the palace. Shi Xiao and the Hutou Camp soldiers followed closely behind. All the residents and shops along the way were After closing the door, some officers and soldiers who appeared on the street were also kneeling on the ground, looking depressed.
Yang Ying went all the way to Zuoshun Gate. At this time, Zuoshun Gate was closed and there were soldiers guarding the tower.
"I am the consort Yang Ying, please open the door quickly."
A head poked out from the tower, it was Yang Wanjun.
"Open the city gate quickly!"
Yang Ying immediately rushed into Zuoshun Gate. The soldiers, maids, and eunuchs he met along the way had all knelt down and were crying.
Yang Ying rushed straight to the Chengde Hall where the emperor usually paid his morning homage. From a distance, he saw a group of officials in various official uniforms, as well as concubines, princesses, princes, including the Prince of Zhongshan and Princess Linyang, all kneeling there, surrounding a man lying flat on the ground. people cried bitterly.
Who is that if not Emperor Joan of Arc! There was a bright red color in front of him, and a large amount of blood was dripping down his body. It was obvious that he was stabbed to death with a knife and died here on the spot.
"emperor……"
Yang Ying almost fell to his knees: Emperor Joan of Arc was actually assassinated to death... His death was too untimely.
Yang Ying has no feelings for Emperor Zhende, but Emperor Zhende is too important now. As long as he is around, Qianjing will be stable. Those officials and centrists who support Li Chengba will not dare to mess around. Loyal ministers And the princelings have a backbone.
Now that Emperor Joan of Arc falls, the entire Qianjing people's hearts will collapse and collapse immediately.
Li Chengba, who had just retreated, would immediately turn around and attack Qianjing again.
And Qian Jing will no longer be able to resist.
Then Yang Ying, Princess Linyang, Li Qiyuan, as well as the princelings and people who were not in the same party as Li Chengba had no choice but to be killed.
Of course, they can choose to escape from Qianjing, but that way they will only become a lost dog, wanted and hunted by Li Chengba.
Then, because Li Chengba killed the prince and seized the world by force, there were many people in the world who were dissatisfied.
At that time, the entire Daqian will fall into chaos, and ambitious people will take the opportunity to cause chaos, disobey orders, and even separatist kings.
Yang Ying cursed in his heart: "Who is this idiot? He rang the death knell so quickly to announce the funeral. If the funeral had not been announced, there would have been at least a few days of change."
"What do you want me to do? It should be very difficult to run away, so I don't want to do that."
"Now the only option is to re-support the emperor!"
"Princess? Let me be my wife?"
This idea flashed through Yang Ying's mind again, and then she was powerlessly rejected: Daqian did not have a tradition of supporting women... Of course, Wu Zetian did not follow the tradition when she became emperor, but when Wu Zetian became emperor, she was popular among the people, and was popular in the court. There is strength in China, but Linyang does not have it now.
"So we can only appoint Li Qiyuan first. Li Qiyuan is a weakling and a coward. It is possible for his wife to be the controller behind him. This will happen soon. The first thing to do now is to ensure that Li Qiyuan ascends the throne. At least Li Qiyuan is Close to his aunt."
Yang Ying's mind was filled with excitement, and her legs became weak as a last resort. She knelt down to Emperor Jeanne's body, but she really couldn't cry.
After a long time, Yang Ying shouted: "Don't cry!"
Seeing the ministers, concubines, and princesses crying bitterly for a while, Yang Ying shouted and asked: "Did the emperor leave any words before his death?"
Most of the people had already cried together and didn't respond at all. They only raised their heads and glanced at Yang Ying when they heard Yang Ying's shouts. Among them were the Young Master Xu Shaogong and Princess Linyang.
Princess Linyang's tears were still wet. She looked at the prince-in-law and felt happy: the prince-son-in-law sent by her father to attack her second brother was really back.
Princess Linyang cried: "My father was assassinated suddenly, and he had no time to leave any words.
Prince Consort, and Mr. Qi, now we...should follow the emperor's father's previous orders and establish the emperor's grandson, Li Qiyuan, as the new emperor. "
Princess Linyang spoke intermittently, as if she was concerned about her identity, but helping Emperor Joan of Arc these two days calmed her down, and she finally said what should be done most at this time.
The Lord Qi in Princess Linyang's mouth was Shangshu's right servant shooting Qi Luming, because Shangshu's left servant shooting Huangfu Yu was at the top of the capital city commanding the army to defend the city. At this time, the officials were led by Qi Luming.
"As it should be! Sirs, what do you think?"
After all, Emperor Joan of Arc had already announced Li Qiyuan as the grandson of the emperor in front of all the ministers, so no one could object.
Qi Luming immediately kowtowed to Li Qiyuan and shouted: "My right servant, Minister Shangshu, shoots, long live my emperor!"
Yang Ying and other courtiers also knelt down to Li Qiyuan and shouted "Long live" at the same time.
"Ridiculous! You are simply ridiculous."
At this time, a woman suddenly shouted: "After the death of a father, it is natural for a son to succeed. The emperor passed away, and it should be passed down to the emperor's son. The prince passed away, and King Qin rebelled. But the emperor had other sons, so the third emperor should be established." Son, Qi King Li Chenglin becomes emperor."
The woman who spoke was the mother of King Li Chenglin of Qi, the current Concubine Zhang.
Qi Luming shouted: "What the imperial concubine said is wrong. The emperor has a legacy. What's more, His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhongshan is the emperor's direct grandson. It is in line with etiquette to inherit the destiny."
"Your Majesty, get up! They are all bullying me! Open your eyes and see, Cheng Lin is your favorite prince. You also said that you would pass the throne to Cheng Lin, but they want to disobey you. My thoughts, ah ah ah..."
