"Forbidden... army..."
There was silence in the main hall, and everyone's eyes were focused on Zhao Guicheng behind the curtain. Xia Zhen suddenly got up, yelled, and staggered away from the main hall.
The officials were frightened and stepped aside, allowing Xia Zhen to escape through the crowd and escape outside the palace.
"Your Highness!"
Feng Shu glanced at Zhao Hong, who shook his head slightly and watched Xia Zhen escape with cold eyes, remaining calm.
Feng Shu was secretly frightened and looked at the door of the hall.
While all the ministers were watching, Xia Zhen had already fled to the entrance of the hall. He shouted loudly and was about to step out of the hall.
"Xu Hua, Liu Heng, you all die..."
Xia Zhen's voice stopped suddenly, and a spear passed through his neck, revealing the head of the spear with blood beads on it.
"Ah! He's killing someone!"
There was a commotion among the ministers in the palace, and some people screamed in horror.
Xia Zhen's body was kicked away by Li Tang, and he lay motionless on the ground with blood flowing all over the ground.
Li Tang pulled out his spear and stood at the door of the hall with a black face and a fierce expression.
"According to the Crown Prince's order, we must kill the traitors in Jiao Zhao Kingdom! Anyone who dares to act inappropriately will be shot without mercy!"
Li Tang shouted angrily, Xu Sheng and the guards guarded the entrance of the hall with murderous intent.
In the hands of some guards, the round thunderbolts have already unscrewed their caps. If there is any abnormal movement, they will be killed and both jade and stone will be destroyed.
All the officials in the palace were frightened. The Huanghuang scholar-bureaucrats who usually spoke righteously, as well as the censors in green clothes who criticized the emperor with contempt, all shut their mouths. Liang Chengda, Li Zhixiao and others got into the hiding place in the palace one after another, trembling with fear on their faces.
Zhen Dexiu, Wei Liaoweng and others were shocked. The guards of the East Palace dared to kill important officials in the palace, which was against the family law of their ancestors.
Xia Zhen, a dignified second-grade scholar-official, was killed as soon as Li Tang said to kill him!
"Old thief, take your life!"
Zhao Hong no longer hesitated, drew his sword and went straight to Shi Miyuan. Only by killing this thief can we be sure of victory.
"Your Highness, you must not!"
Next to Zhao Hong, Xiu Wang Zhao Shimi and Pu Wang Zhao Buxi were shocked. They stepped forward and at lightning speed, one hugged his arms and the other hugged his legs, and stopped Zhao Hong.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, on the day you ascend the throne, it is not appropriate to start killing again!"
"Your Highness, after ascending the throne, it will not be too late to execute this old thief!"
The two clan members grabbed the murderous Zhao Hong. Wei Liaoweng, Zhen Dexiu and others rushed up. Wei Liaoweng desperately took the short knife from Zhao Hong's hand.
"Your Highness, please calm down! The late emperor has done a great job. On the day your Highness ascends the throne, you must not go on a killing spree!"
Wei Liaoweng was trembling with fear and loudly advised.
Zhao Hong's eyes were blood red and his eyes were ferocious, as if he would kill him if he said anything different.
Liang Chengda and others looked frightened and hid in a corner further away from Zhao Hong.
Shi Miyuan took a few steps back, looked around, and shouted loudly.
"Forbidden... army!"
Unfortunately, no forbidden troops dared to come up.
"Confused! Let me go!"
Zhao Hong was secretly worried. The matter is yet to be decided, who knows whether Shi Miyuan's subordinates will rush in.
These scholar-bureaucrats are really making a mistake!
"Your Highness, important matters come first, don't be impulsive!"
Zhen Dexiu's heart was beating fast and she spoke with a red face.
Zhao Honggang is extremely fierce and fierce, and maybe today will be a bloody killing.
"Those who conspire to usurp the throne will be killed without mercy!"
Lin'an Prefecture Yin Wu Jing quickly spoke up. He turned towards the throne and shouted sharply:
"Zhao Guicheng, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ascended the throne. Don't you want to live? Why don't you get out of here quickly?"
Xu Xuan and Chen Duanchang, the "Two Evils" of Dali Temple, each grabbed one of Zhao Hong's arms to prevent him from attacking.
"Zhao Guicheng, come down quickly!"
"Zhao Guicheng, you still haven't apologized to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Heir to King Yi, do you want to be like Xia Zhen and others, with your body and head in a different place?"
The ruling minister Xuan Zhen, the Minister of Punishment Ge Hong, and the ruling minister Hu Ju successively shouted angrily at Zhao Guicheng behind the curtain.
Zhao Hong's body relaxed, and most of the anxiety in his heart was gone.
Does this count as the overall situation being decided?
Zhao Guicheng, who was sitting on the throne, looked at everything that happened in the hall in horror, his eyes flashing and his body trembling.
"Guan Jia, you have to hold on tight, you must not..."
"Your Majesty, please spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!"
Before Yang Guizhi finished speaking, Zhao Guicheng, wearing a crown, ran out from behind the curtain. He was so fast that Yang Guizhi couldn't even hold him back.
Zhao Guicheng's face was full of panic, and he quickly ran to Zhao Hong, knelt down with a bang, kowtowed repeatedly, and the beads on his crown were swaying wildly.
"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty, Shi Miyuan and the others forced me! I don't want to pretend to be the emperor! I don't want to do this either! They forced me!"
Just last night, and until just now, he had spent his time feeling uneasy and excited.
A poor boy from the countryside, from the quagmire to the clouds, suddenly wants to become the master of the world. This feeling is so sour!
Huang Liang had a dream, and he realized that this was a serious crime of perverting the imperial edict and treason. Although he was passive, he was still ready to be punished.
Moreover, this bloody killing scene was beyond his expectation and psychological endurance.
He just came here for power and wealth, and didn't want to lose his big head.
"Tell me, who forced you? If you make any more lies, you will be beheaded immediately!"
Zhao Hong threatened him sternly, not giving Zhao Guicheng a chance to hesitate.
"Zhao Guicheng, don't talk nonsense and frame the truth!"
Before Shi Miyuan finished speaking, Zhao Hong broke free from the restraints, stepped forward and kicked Shi Miyuan hard with several punches and kicks, knocking Shi Miyuan to the ground.
He would go over to look for the knife, and Wei Liaoweng would run away.
The succession edict in Shi Miyuan's hand also fell to the ground.
"To usurp the edict and depose the prince is a treasonous act and a mad one!"
Zhao Hong was not polite and kicked Shi Miyuan several times, causing Shi Miyuan to groan in pain and bend forward, and then he picked up the usurpation edict.
This Shi Miyuan, if he surrenders, he will not be in trouble. If you don't repent, don't blame him for being rude.
"Zhao Guicheng, you collaborated with Shi Miyuan to usurp the throne and depose the new emperor. You deserve to be punished for your crime. Why don't you just punish it?"
Zhen Dexiu stepped forward and pointed at Zhao Guicheng, his face ashen.
This heir of King Yi was extremely daring in order to become the emperor.
Couldn't a lifetime of glory and wealth satisfy his greed?
"Zhao Hong, you coerced the new king, kicked and injured the prime minister, and killed important court officials. In your eyes, do you still have the Song Dynasty court?"
Before the Minister of Rites, Cheng Ju, finished speaking, Feng Shu suddenly stepped forward, punched and kicked Cheng Mi, knocking him over, and the surrounding officials scattered like frightened rabbits.
Feng Shu stepped forward and sat on Cheng Jue. He punched Cheng Jue so hard that his face was covered with blood. He groaned and then stood up.
"Cheng Jue, as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, dared to usurp the imperial edict. This crime of deceiving the emperor and treason should be punished with death!"
Zhen Dexiu shouted angrily at Cheng Jue, the Minister of Rites.
This Cheng Jue dares to come out and stab him at this time. Is he trying to fight against a trapped beast?
"Shi Miyuan, as the prime minister of the current dynasty, to commit such an act of usurpation and dethronement is unforgivable and the crime cannot be forgiven!"
Lin'an Prefecture Yin Wu Jing pointed at Shi Miyuan on the ground and yelled angrily.
"Zhao Guicheng, as the heir of King Yi and the royal family of the Song Dynasty, you are helping the emperor to do evil. You are so stupid and confused!"
Wei Liaoweng was heartbroken and cursed angrily.
"You are worthy of being a descendant of Taizu! You are also worthy of this crown!"
Feng Shu stepped forward directly, reached out and knocked the crown off Zhao Guicheng's head.
Zhao Guicheng knelt on the ground, his face turned pale, his whole body was shaking, and he was speechless.
"Shi Miyuan, Cheng Bi, you and others are so audacious in your edict to depose the prince, your crime cannot be punished, and the national law cannot tolerate it!"
Ge Hong, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, pointed at Shi Miyuan on the ground and cursed angrily, his white beard running around.
"Come here, tie up Shi Miyuan and Cheng Ju first and interrogate them later!"
There is no doubt that the prince is the successor of the late emperor and the emperor of the Song Dynasty. If you stand up for His Highness at this time, His Highness will definitely remember it in your heart.
Feng Shu led the imperial troops forward and tied up Shi Miyuan himself.
Zhao Hong took the "edict" that Shi Miyuan had dropped on the ground and faced the ministers.
"My lords, please take a look. Is this "edict" true, or is this late emperor's edict false?"
Zhao Hong handed Shi Miyuan's "Edict" to Xue Ji and gave Xue Ji a fierce look.
Xue Ji was frightened, his body and hands were trembling, and the "Jiao Zhao" almost fell to the ground.
He was really scared. The tyrannical prince struck him violently and kicked him to the ground, leaving teeth all over the ground.
His fragile little body really couldn't bear this.
Xue Ji tremblingly unfolded the "correcting edict" and watched carefully with Xuan Zhen and Hu Ju. They looked at each other and shook their heads.
Except for the authenticity of the jade seal, none of this "edict" conforms to the regulations. There is no doubt that it is a proper "corrected edict".
"Your Highness, this is a "false edict" that none of us in power know. Your Highness, you don't have to take it seriously!"
Xue Ji shook his gray head and said respectfully.
At this time, if he doesn't follow the crowd, he will probably get kicked at least once.
"Your Highness, this is a "false edict", I will not mistake it!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, this is a "false edict"! The late emperor left a decree that the Crown Prince ascends the throne, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should immediately succeed to the throne and rule the world!"
Xuan Zhen and Hu Ju stood in front of each other and bowed solemnly.
In the face of facts and situations, they looked solemn and spoke righteously, and soon abandoned their former "leader."
Xuan Zhen quickly cleared up his in-law relationship with Shi Miyuan. If you persist any longer, you will really suffer disaster.
"It turns out it's really a "false edict", Rong Chen, take a look!"
When he heard that it was "Jiao Zhao", Wei Liaoweng said loudly and took the "Jiao Zhao".
"It turned out to be Shilang Cheng's handiwork. I thought it was a royal edict from a Hanlin scholar! Colleagues, please take a look!"
Wei Liaowen sneered after reading it.
"Jiao Zhao" was passed from the hands of the ministers one by one, and there was a lot of discussion. Soon some ministers shouted in dissatisfaction.
"This is a false edict! Neither the Hanlin bachelor nor the officials of the two governments knew who made this jade seal. It is really with ulterior motives and the crime cannot be punished!"
Zhao Hong took a look and saw that it was Li Zhixiao, the supervisory censor.
This man was a minion of Shi Miyuan, and he always followed Shi Miyuan's lead. Unexpectedly, he was the first person in the enemy camp to stand up against Shi Miyuan.
However, the people were so angry that even if they turned against him in battle, they would not let him go. At the very least, he would be sentenced to exile.
"How could I, who know how to make imperial edicts, not know about this succession edict? How could the Hanlin scholars not know about it? This is really unreasonable!"
The Hanlin scholars and Zhizhigao were angry and said angrily.
Hanlin bachelors in the Song Dynasty were regular officials, not dispatched officers. Those with junior bachelor degrees were only called direct bachelors. Only those with the most senior qualifications were officially appointed as Hanlin bachelors and added the official title of Zhizhigao, which was called internal system. When it comes to appointing and dismissing generals and prime ministers, appointing princes, issuing edicts, announcing conquests or amnesty, only Hanlin scholars draft the edicts.
Although Cheng Jue was the minister of the Ministry of Rites, he was only a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, not a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, nor a Zhizhi imperial edict. How could he be qualified to draft a posthumous imperial edict?
This is clearly a false edict full of errors and omissions!
However, if Zhao Hong had no countermeasures, this "false edict" would become a real "legacy edict".
"His Royal Highness, Shi Miyuan forced me to do this! After his promise comes true, he will make me the ruler. Shi Miyuan, you thief, you have killed me!"
Cheng Jue, who was tied up and had a bruised nose and face, began to express his feelings again.
"Zhao Guicheng, you sycophant, why don't you tell me quickly?"
The criminals spoke one after another, and Zhen Dexiu quickly urged them.
He was afraid that Zhao Hong would go up, punch and kick him, and break Zhao Guicheng.
"Your Majesty, you are already the king of a country, so don't retreat in the face of battle and be forced by others!"
Yang Guizhi's voice, unhurried and slow, came out from behind the curtain at the right time.
Unfortunately, at this time, she can no longer control the overall situation.
"His Royal Highness, colleagues, Shi Miyuan asked me to inherit the throne. I refused to obey. I couldn't stand my teacher Zheng Zhiqing's repeated persuasion, and I was afraid of Shi Miyuan's power, so I had no choice but to obey. Last night, Zheng Qingzhi's son Zheng Shichang changed his clothes and went to Prince Yi's Mansion to pick him up. Me. After I arrived at the palace, the queen's nephews Yang Gu and Yang Shi were also present. The queen met me and said that from now on I will be her son..."
Ignoring Yang Guizhi's reminder, Zhao Guicheng knelt on the ground and spoke one by one. The ministers heard clearly, and many people were horrified.
Unexpectedly, Shi Miyuan and Yang Guizhi actually usurped the throne and committed such a treasonous act.
All the ministers shook their heads. No matter who was the emperor, Yang Guizhi was the empress dowager of the Song Dynasty. What good will it do to her if she usurps a new king?
