Chapter 1,355
Eunuch Xie, accompanied by several imperial guards, went to the imperial study and took out an imperial edict from the emperor's secret room.
The people in the side hall waited patiently.
Zhao Hui had a vague feeling of uneasiness, and as time passed, this uneasiness became stronger and stronger.
He had accompanied Emperor Wu'an for so many years and knew that Emperor Wu'an loved power and was still in his prime.
Emperor Wu'an was not even sure about his position as prince, so how could he leave a posthumous edict?
Is this...could it be forged by the Queen Mother and Xiao Lintian?
Zhao Hui was instantly frightened. If the edict was false, what they would have to fight was the power of Xiao Lintian and the Queen Mother.
They must have been prepared. One of them arrived in a hurry and had no preparation!
If you expose them like this, can you benefit from it?
Just when Zhao Hui was upset, Eunuch Xie came back.
Eunuch Xie respectfully presented the imperial edict to Prince Cheng.
Prince Cheng took it, unfolded the edict, cleared his throat and read.
"It is my destiny to be blessed by heaven. The emperor has decreed that I have been ordered by the emperor and heaven to worry about dangers and work diligently every day. I am afraid of dangers day and night, and my worries will never end..."
King Kang was so distraught that he was not in the mood to listen to these sentimental words. He wished he could snatch the edict from Prince Cheng and see the last name directly.
"My fourth son, Xiao Lintian, has noble character, benevolence and filial piety, and will be able to inherit the great power. I make Xiao Lintian the crown prince, and my civil and military officials will work together to assist..."
Snapped!
When Prince Kang heard Xiao Lintian's name, he felt his heart break. He stared at Prince Cheng in disbelief and screamed out unconsciously.
"This is impossible, this edict must be fake!"
Prince Cheng raised his eyelids coldly, glared at him, and continued reading calmly.
"I hope that Xiao Lintian will prove it through diligence and bless our people. I will send an edict to all the envoys in the world to hear about it. I admire this."
After Prince Cheng finished reading, he closed the imperial edict with a snap, then looked directly at Prince Kang and asked coldly.
"This is Emperor Wu'an's last edict! Why, your father's body is still cold, so you are going to resist the decree and imitate King Wei's disloyalty, filial piety, kindness and unrighteousness?"
King Kang shouted angrily: "Prince Cheng, don't blame me randomly. I am not resisting the decree!"
"If this edict is true, I will naturally obey it, but my father is very strong and has never mentioned that he would make Xiao Lintian the crown prince!"
"This inexplicable imperial edict was produced, and I thought it was my father's last edict. How can we be so convinced by this!"
Prince Cheng was not in a hurry, glanced at the cabinet ministers present, and said: "If anyone else doubts the authenticity of this edict, please speak up!"
The cabinet ministers present looked at each other, and several adults from King Kang's faction hesitated to weigh the pros and cons of coming forward.
Emperor Wu'an's edict had specified that Xiao Lintian should be established as the prince. When Emperor Wu'an passed away, although the edict was to establish a prince, the prince was the best candidate to inherit the throne.
That means that as long as they cannot prove that the imperial edict is false, they must respect Xiao Lintian as the emperor.
Standing up at this time, if you can't prove that the imperial edict is false, wouldn't you offend the new emperor?
But if he didn't stand up, he would completely offend Prince Kang, Concubine Shao, and Zhao Hui. Things would change after that, and Concubine Shao and the others would never tolerate him!
Some people are thinking that since they have been labeled as King Kang's faction, even if Xiao Lintian becomes the emperor, he will not be reused.
He could only follow Concubine Shao and Prince Kang until the end.
Mr. Li immediately made a decision and stood up, saying in a deep voice: "I think what King Kang said is very true. The emperor was very strong before, so how could he have issued a posthumous edict?"
“I suspect that this edict was forged by Mr. Xie’s gang and King Yi!”
"I second the proposal!"
Another minister from King Kang's faction stood up.
