Everyone's eyes fell on him, wanting to hear what he had to say.
Han Derang said: "We in the Liao Kingdom are unfortunate. His Majesty has passed away and the country has no master. The most urgent task at the moment is not how to deal with the princess, but to establish a Majesty as soon as possible so that the people of the world can look up to them and not feel at home. People's hearts are in turmoil." Many people couldn't help but nodded, feeling that what the Prime Minister said was very true.
Han Derang continued: "The suggestions of the King of the South Campus and the Grand Marshal on how to deal with the princess are both reasonable, but after all, they are both ministers and princes, and the princess is also a prince with outstanding military exploits, so no matter how we deal with it, some people will inevitably be dissatisfied. . I think it would be more appropriate to leave this matter to the new emperor. At that time, no matter what decision the new emperor makes, I don’t think anyone will be dissatisfied."
Ye Ganden said respectfully: "The Prime Minister is right! The top priority now is not how to deal with the princess, but to support a talented new king to lead us! As for how to deal with the princess, it is not for us ministers to make the decision. It's up to the new king to decide!" Many ministers agreed. This Ye Qidian Jinglun was a very important figure among the Liao aristocrats, and his words represented the views of quite a few Liao aristocrats.
The words of Han Derang and Yeqidang Jinglun represent the views of the neutral nobles and ministers who make up the vast majority of the Liao Kingdom today. Neither Brother Yeqi Xiu nor Yeqi Hucheng dare to ignore their opinions. requirements, not to mention that their views are also very correct.
Brother Yeqianxiu thought about it and said: "What the two adults said is reasonable, let's do it like this." Brother Yeqianxiu expressed his position, and now only Yeqianhu City is left, and everyone's eyes are on Yeqianhu On the city. Ye Qian Hucheng frowned. He was worried that the new king would most likely not let his little sister go when he succeeded to the throne. However, the current trend was that there was nothing he could do. He sighed in his heart and nodded: "Okay, let's do it!"
The ministers could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Brother Yegan Xiu and Brother Yegan Hucheng had agreed. They were really worried that the two would get into trouble because of this matter. In that case, everyone would not have a good life.
Ye Qianhu said in the city: "Your Majesty died suddenly and did not leave any legacy. How should we choose the candidate to succeed the new king?"
"I propose that the King of Nanyuan should succeed to the throne!" A minister immediately shouted. As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him sideways, and some people agreed. "I propose that the Grand Marshal should succeed to the throne!" A minister who was close to Ye Qianxiu called out not to be outdone, and some others echoed him. Immediately, people on both sides began to accuse each other of exposing their shortcomings, which soon escalated to cursing each other, and then pushing each other. Everyone looked extremely excited, and the situation was in danger of getting out of control.
Seeing this scene, the Prime Minister couldn't help but feel deeply worried, and thought to himself: It would be great if His Majesty the Emperor had a posthumous edict. If this continues, I'm afraid it will cause a catastrophe!
At this moment, a moving female voice came from the door of the hall: "Who said that His Majesty did not have a posthumous edict?" The originally noisy hall immediately became quiet. People looked towards the door one after another and saw the Queen Mother and the King walking towards her. Behind him were four maids holding up their skirts. Brother Ye Qianxiu frowned and had countless thoughts in his mind.
The king walked up the jade steps, turned around, took a brocade box from the hand of the palace maid next to him and held it in his palm. When everyone saw her taking out a brocade box, they all murmured in their hearts: Could this be His Majesty's will? Why haven't they heard of it before?
The king's wonderful eyes glanced at the ministers and princes, and his red lips opened and closed: "This is your Majesty's will..." Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Brother Ye Qianxiu jumped out and questioned: "This is absolutely not the case. Maybe! No one has heard that His Majesty has a will before. How could a will suddenly appear?" Many ministers felt that what Brother Ye Qianxiu said was reasonable, but they did not dare to question it openly. The current situation is completely unexpected. It is expected that if he jumps out to question, the new king will probably look down on him in the future when he succeeds to the throne, so it is better not to come forward and wait and see what happens.
The king said calmly: "This is indeed the decree left by His Majesty. If you ministers don't believe it, you can check it to see if this decree is true or false! You are all the pillars of the Liao Kingdom. I believe it is true or false at first sight. You'll know." Then he handed the brocade box to a palace maid next to him. The maid walked down the jade steps holding the imperial edict and came to the King of the South Courtyard. She bent down and raised her hands high.
Ye Qianhucheng took the brocade box and opened it. Everyone saw the golden light in the brocade box. It was indeed an imperial edict. Ye Qian Hucheng took out the imperial edict and opened it. He was illiterate and could only read the mark of the jade seal. When he saw that it was indeed stamped with the mark of the jade seal, he nodded and said, "It's true." Then he handed the edict to Han Derang, "I don't know. If you know the words, take a look at what His Majesty’s imperial edict actually says?”
Handerang took the imperial edict with both hands and read it. First of all, he also looked at the seal. It was indeed the emperor's jade seal. From this point alone, he basically believed that the imperial edict was genuine, because the emperor's jade seal was hidden in the emperor's palace. In the palace, as the Queen Mother, it is impossible to come into contact with the jade seal; looking at the handwriting, Han Derang, as the emperor's prime minister, has long been accustomed to the emperor's handwriting, and he can tell at a glance that it is the emperor's handwriting. So he said happily: "It's not wrong, it's not wrong, it's the emperor's will!" When the ministers heard this, some people secretly sighed, but most of them breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that since the emperor's will If he wishes, then the new emperor's accession to the throne will be a matter of course and there won't be any trouble.
However, some people were unwilling to give in and listened to Brother Ye Ganxiu: "Prime Minister, why do you say with such certainty that this will is true?"
Han Derang said: "First, the jade seal is correct, and second, this handwriting is indeed your Majesty's. If you don't believe it, you can come and take a look." After saying that, he handed the imperial edict to the ministers for circulation, and Brother Ye Qianxiu also read it. With a gloomy look on his face, none of the ministers raised any doubts, and finally the imperial edict returned to the hands of the Queen Mother.
The king glanced at everyone and said: "His Majesty has decreed that his son, King Ye Qianlong of the Song Dynasty, should be enthroned, and that the Queen Mother Wu Lie (that is, the Queen Mother) should listen to the government behind the curtain. Do you comply with the decree?" How should everyone respond to this question? What? Could it be that the answer is not in compliance with the order? Wouldn’t that be blatant disobedience to the holy command, and the crime should be punished by death?
Brother Ye Qianxiu still refused to give in and snorted coldly, "Handwriting can be counterfeited. As for the jade seal, who knows if the jade seal is still in your majesty's palace." Wang Jun said with a puzzled look on his face: "Is it true, Generalissimo? Do you want to resist the decree?"
Yeqi Hucheng glared and said: "Since His Majesty has a decree, how can we and the ministers disobey it! You are blabbering, do you want to resist the decree!" Although Yeqi Hucheng felt in his heart that this imperial decree was so That's not right, but firstly, I want to establish a new leader as soon as possible to stabilize the people of the world, and secondly, I feel that the will is true and cannot be disobeyed, so I stand on the side of the king and reprimand Brother Ye Qianxiu. Handerang and many other ministers also cast dissatisfied glances at Brother Yeqi Xiu. Everyone's thoughts were similar to that of Yeqi Hucheng. Brother Ye Qianxiu was shocked when he saw the public's anger, and said hurriedly: "I am not resisting the order, I am just worried that there will be problems."
Wang Jun asked: "I wonder how the Generalissimo can be sure?"
Brother Ye Qianxiu thought for a while and felt that there was only one way to test whether the imperial edict was true or false: if the imperial edict was false, then the jade seal must no longer be in the palace. If the jade seal could not be found in the palace, he could deny the inheritance accordingly. If the edict is true, then the ministers will have nothing to say.
As soon as he thought about this, he immediately said: "This matter is of great importance. Although it is suspected of offending the late emperor, it has to be done like this." Wang Jun asked: "How does the generalissimo want to verify the authenticity of the imperial edict?" Brother Ye Qianxiu said: "It's very simple. If the imperial edict is true, the jade seal must still be in the late emperor's palace. On the contrary, the jade seal must have been stolen, and the imperial edict is naturally false." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Wang Jun's face. There was a glimmer of pride in her eyes, and she couldn't help but cry inwardly: I'm so stupid. It's possible that the jade seal was stolen, but it's also possible that some of the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were bribed by her and secretly made it. This matter!
Ye Qianhu said: "In that case, let's go to the palace to have a look. Although we are disrespectful to His Majesty, Your Majesty will definitely forgive us!" Then he glared at Brother Ye Qianxiu and said fiercely: "If this happens after this, If anyone still questions this matter, I will treat him as a traitor!"
Brother Ye Qianxiu was regretting falling into the other party's trap. At this time, he was even more distressed after hearing what Ye Qian Hucheng said. However, the matter had come to this, and he had no other choice but to hope that the jade seal was no longer in the palace. .
Immediately, a large group of royal nobles and ministers followed the king to the harem. Along the way, there are rockeries, streams, and exotic flowers and plants, which are extremely beautiful, but at this moment, no one has the leisure to watch them.
Soon after, everyone arrived in front of the Qiankun Palace where the emperor lived. The guards, eunuchs and maids guarding the palace were all surprised when they saw such a huge battle, and quickly knelt down to salute.
Wang Jun said: "No courtesy." Everyone thanked them and stood up, but they still bowed and lowered their heads. The king looked at the old eunuch who was in charge of the Qiankun Palace and said, "We want to see His Majesty's jade seal. Please take us there." The old eunuch raised his head and looked at everyone, responded, and led the way. Everyone followed closely. Followed. Entering the palace and coming to the dragon bed, the old eunuch pointed to the wall above the bed and said, "The jade seal is hidden there!" Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw that it was smooth and clean, just a wall. It looked like there was a secret compartment, and everyone couldn't help but think: It was so hidden that only His Majesty and the eunuch next to His Majesty knew where the jade seal was stored.
The old eunuch walked over, knocked on the wall, and then pushed. Everyone heard a soft click, and a hidden grid immediately appeared on the originally smooth and smooth wall. The old eunuch put his hand in, and then came out holding a gold box one foot square, and said to everyone: "This is your majesty's jade seal!"
"Open it and take a look!" Wang Jun ordered.
The old eunuch responded, holding the gold box and walked to a small table. Everyone gathered around, staring at the gold box, waiting for him to open it. The old eunuch slowly opened the gold box, and everyone stretched their necks and opened their eyes wide. The lid of the box was completely opened, and a huge square jade seal was seen squatting in the middle of the gold box. That is the jade seal that is said to have been passed down from the time of Qin Shihuang. It is a rare treasure. Even the Song Dynasty in the south has no similar jade seal. It can be said to be unique in the world. Everyone can tell at a glance that the jade seal in the gold box is There is no doubt that it is a real jade seal. Brother Ye Qianxiu's face was very ugly.
The king put his hands into the gold box and carefully took out the square jade seal, raised it high, and turned it around so that everyone could see it clearly. Everyone looked up at the jade seal, and their eyes couldn't help showing respect. The king put the jade seal back into the gold box, closed the lid, and ordered the old eunuch: "Put it back and keep it safe until the new emperor takes over the jade seal." The old eunuch responded and returned to the secret compartment with the gold box in his hands. He put the gold box back before closing the secret compartment, and the wall returned to its original appearance.
Wang Jun sneered and glanced at Brother Ye Qianxiu, while Brother Ye Qianxiu glared at Wang Jun, his eyes full of sinister resentment. The king said to everyone: "This is His Majesty's palace. Let's go back to the front to talk." Everyone nodded, and a large group of people left the palace and came to the main hall in front.
Wang Jun glanced at everyone and asked: "Do you still have any objections now?" Ye Qianhu said: "It was not false in the first place, it was just an unnecessary move!" Brother Ye Qianxiu lowered his head and said in one sentence He didn't say anything. Although he still didn't believe that the imperial edict was true and thought that all this was done secretly by the king, he still had nothing to say. It wasn't that he had nothing to say, but he couldn't say that he couldn't say that now. The situation has been controlled by Wang Junshuo. Most of the ministers and nobles, including leading figures such as Yeqi Hucheng, Han Derang, and Yeqi Denjinglun, have all made it clear that they recognize the authenticity and authority of the imperial edict, and proposed their own The doubt has just been refuted in front of everyone. What can he say now? If he objects again, everyone will regard him as a traitor!
Seeing that Brother Ye Qianxiu was silent, Wang Jun was secretly proud and said loudly: "Since no one has any doubts, then we will carry out your Majesty's decree and invite King Song and Concubine Shu to come over and succeed to the throne!" This Shu! The concubine is the mother of King Ye Qianlong of the Song Dynasty and a descendant of the Liao noble family.
A palace maid responded and immediately ran down. Brother Ye Qianxiu frowned and wanted to stop him, but so far he was powerless. He couldn't help but cursed secretly: "This insidious woman, she wants to cut through the mess quickly so that I have no chance to come back!" '
Soon after, there were footsteps at the door. Everyone turned around and saw behind the palace maid, a beautiful woman of seventeen or eighteen years old who was wearing a long skirt and was very noble. She was holding an infant in her arms. baby. Facing such an occasion for the first time, Concubine Shu couldn't help but feel a little nervous. The child in her arms also burst into tears. All the princes and ministers looked at each other, feeling a little funny, and they couldn't help but said in their stomachs: I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse to make such a baby emperor.
Wang Jun called out to Concubine Shu: "Concubine Shu, come up, mother and son."
Concubine Shu responded quickly, walked over quickly with her son in her arms, climbed up the jade steps, stood beside the king, and looked at the princes and ministers under the jade steps very shyly.
The king raised his voice and said: "In accordance with the late emperor's will, we support King Song as the new king!" Then he bowed slightly to Concubine Shu and her son and said: "Long live my emperor!" Upon seeing this, all the princes and ministers followed the mountain and shouted. Long live the day and bow down. At this point, the baby will become the emperor of the Liao Kingdom. Some ministers couldn't help but sigh in their stomachs: In the past, we laughed at other people's child emperors, but we didn't expect that our Daliao Kingdom would actually have such a day!
A maid standing behind Concubine Shu whispered in Concubine Shu's ear: "The Queen Mother has been ordered to listen to politics behind the curtain. The Queen Mother and Your Majesty should salute the Queen Mother." Concubine Shu is a woman who has no independent opinions. When she heard this, she He quickly hugged his son and gave Wang Jun a slight blessing and said: "Thank you, Queen Mother! From now on, our mother and son will all rely on Queen Mother to take care of us!" Wang Jun said with a smile: "This is a matter that belongs to the Ai family, Concubine Shu, you don't have to be polite! "Then he turned around and said to all the princes and ministers: "The new emperor has ascended the throne. The whole world is celebrating. The people in the capital will give each person a bottle of wine and two catties of meat. All ministers will stay in their original posts and be given first-class titles."
The princes and ministers were originally worried that there would be some big personnel changes immediately after the child emperor ascended the throne and the queen mother had the power. However, after hearing what the queen mother said, not only would no adjustments be made to anyone, but everyone would also be given a title, they couldn't help but feel endless joy. I sincerely thank the Queen Mother for her great kindness.
Yang Peng, Yelu Hanyu and others observed around the Princess Mansion and saw that three thousand armors surrounded the Princess Mansion like an iron barrel. Not to mention people, even flies could not fly in.
Several people came to a nearby pub and found a seat by the window and sat down. I casually ordered a few side dishes and drinks, and they arrived after a while.
Yang Peng drank several glasses of wine in a row, and when he was about to drink more, Yelu Hanyu held down his glass and said angrily: "Brother, even if you are drunk, it will not be of any benefit to the matter in front of you. "Yang Peng sighed, "Actually, I have expected this situation a long time ago. I originally expected that there would be an opportunity to take advantage of it, but now this expectation has finally been shattered!" He turned and glanced at the heavily guarded Princess Mansion not far away, frowned and said, "That's it. With three layers of guards inside and three layers outside, we can't save anyone at all! The plan we made before can only deal with more than a thousand armors at most, but now there are three thousand armors and a large number of palace guards, hey!" Naren asked hurriedly: "Then what should I do?"
Yang Peng didn't answer, he frowned and thought. He hadn't given up yet, he was still thinking of a way.
At this moment, on the street outside the tavern, someone ran over excitedly, shouting loudly as he ran: "The new emperor has ascended the throne, the new emperor has ascended the throne! The imperial court has rewarded the people of the capital with wine and meat. Everyone, go to the palace to receive the reward." Come on!!" He shouted and ran over, and everyone in the entire street, including the shops on both sides of the street, became commotion.
Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Yang Peng frowned and said, "I didn't expect the new emperor of Liao to succeed so soon!" At this time, the people in the tavern were looking at each other. I hurriedly checked out and ran out, including the boss and the waiter.
Yang Peng stood up and said, "Let's go take a look too." Everyone stood up and Wang Kai took out a broken piece of silver and threw it on the table.
Several people left the tavern and followed the crowd towards the palace. They saw countless people of all ages, men, women and children in the streets and alleys in all directions, rushing towards the palace. The streets were really deserted. In fact, most people don't really want to receive rewards from the court, but want to see the new emperor. Everyone is happy. They have been worried these days, but now they can finally feel at ease. With the new emperor, everything should be fine. Get up!
Yang Peng and others followed the crowd to the square in front of the palace. Yang Peng stopped and said, "Let's see who the new emperor is here." Everyone nodded and stopped crowding into the square in front. Standing under a willow tree, the crowd of people was passing by and converging on the large square in front of the palace. At a glance, I saw that the square was crowded with people and noisy.
Yang Peng moved his eyes to the gorgeous gate tower above the palace gate, wanting to see who the new emperor of Liao was. According to the tradition of this era, when the new emperor ascends the throne to grant amnesty to the whole world, the emperor will also go to the gatehouse of the palace to meet with his subjects, so that everyone can know what kind of person the emperor is.
After waiting for a long time, the palace door suddenly opened wide, and then thousands of armored soldiers rushed out and surrounded the entire square. The originally noisy people couldn't help but quiet down and looked up towards the gate tower.
I saw an eunuch ascending the city gate tower, flicking his fly whisk, and shouted in the voice of a duck: "The Empress Dowager, the Queen Mother, Your Majesty is here!..." More than 100,000 people knelt down and worshiped. Chen Xiao and others stood He was very far away, and he didn't kneel down, and it was impossible to kneel down.
The eunuch's voice was still echoing in the air, and the city gate tower suddenly became splendid. Dozens of palace maids walked onto the city gate tower surrounded by two beautiful women wearing phoenix crowns and palace clothes. Yang Peng and others were quite surprised because they did not see the emperor. Didn't they say that the emperor had arrived? Where was he? Then everyone noticed something. The Queen Mother actually held a baby wrapped in a yellow silk bundle in her arms. Several people looked at each other and were thinking about one thing: Could that baby be the new emperor of Liao? !
The Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother raised their voices and said: "The new king has succeeded to the throne and the whole world is celebrating. Why don't the subjects and people pay homage to your new emperor?"
More than 100,000 people kowtowed together and said: "Greetings to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"
At this time, the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies said loudly: "The Empress Dowager has been ordered to listen to the affairs behind the curtain and assist the new monarch. Everyone also needs to pay homage to the Empress Dowager!"
At this time, the people were kneeling on the ground with their heads hanging down, so they didn't know that the emperor was a baby. They were all a little confused after hearing the eunuch's words, but they still worshiped together: "Greetings to the great empress dowager, may you live a thousand years, a thousand years!"
Wang Jun looked at the dark crowd of people kneeling on the ground in front of her, and a feeling that she had the world under her control suddenly arose in her heart, which made her extremely excited. Wang Jun suppressed his excitement and raised his voice: "Everyone, please get back on your feet!"
Everyone said together: "Thank you, the Queen Mother!" and then stood up one after another. At this time, everyone was able to look up at the emperor, and they were surprised to find that the emperor was actually a baby being held in his arms.
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
