"Master, someone from the palace is calling you in, and the tone is very urgent."
"knew."
Su Mingxiu agreed, got up from the bed and put on his official uniform.
"Xiang Su, hurry up. Your Majesty can't wait any longer."
Seeing Su Mingxiu come out, the eunuch outside spoke quickly and his voice trembled.
"Who is in the palace now?" Su Mingxiu spoke slowly, but his movements were much faster.
"Zongren Ling and Chen Jijiu are both here, and Your Majesty is waiting for you."
At this time, in the emperor's palace, the old emperor was lying on the bed coughing. An eighteen-year-old girl stood beside the bed anxiously watching the imperial doctor administer acupuncture and medicine.
"Your Majesty, the crown prince is related to the foundation of the country. Please make him a prince."
An old man wearing light blue Confucian clothes spoke up with a serious look on his face.
"Ahem, I'm not dead yet."
There was another violent cough, and the old emperor looked at the old man with a ferocious face.
"Your Majesty, we know your health well. You'd better choose the heir apparent as soon as possible." The speaker was a middle-aged man.
"Ahem, wait for the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister comes, I will appoint him as the crown prince immediately."
The old emperor had to pay attention to the middle-aged words and could only sigh helplessly.
"Then wait for Su Mingxiu." The middle-aged man stopped talking.
'Creak~'
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is here."
"Let the Prime Minister come in quickly!" The old emperor seemed to have seen a savior.
"His Majesty."
Su Mingxiu ignored Zongren Ling and Chen Xuewen and walked to the old emperor's bed.
"Prime Minister, I want to establish a crown prince." The old emperor spoke urgently, as if every second was his last in this world.
"Here."
A eunuch moved over tables and chairs and brought over pens, inks, paper and inkstones.
"The Five Fortunes Renewed... The ancestors are inherited from the ancestors, and the people are brought to peace. The princess knows everything, and her destiny is fulfilled..."
"His Majesty!"
The old emperor was interrupted by Chen Xuewen before he finished speaking.
However, although the old emperor's words were interrupted, Su Mingxiu's writing did not stop.
Having been a monarch and minister with the old emperor for so long, Su Mingxiu had already thought about the old emperor thoroughly. Even with a look, Su Mingxiu knew what he meant.
"Your Majesty, I have prepared it."
Su Mingxiu showed the imperial edict to the old emperor.
"Yes." The old emperor nodded and took out the jade seal under his pillow to stamp the imperial edict.
"Your Majesty, the position of emperor has been occupied by men since ancient times. It is really treason for you to establish a woman as emperor!" Chen Xuewen said not caring about the nine tribes.
"I only have Zhiwei as my heir, so the world will naturally be given to her," the old emperor said.
"Your Majesty, there are many outstanding disciples in the clan, and I would like to adopt one for you." The clan leader said.
"Eight Ancestor, this world is mine!"
"Cough cough cough!" The old emperor coughed violently.
"Your Majesty, this world is not only yours, but also our clan's." The clan leader said indifferently.
"Eight Ancestor, let me say something treasonous. As long as the emperor is of the blood of the Li family, why do you care about whether he is a boy or a girl?" Su Mingxiu said.
Zong Renling glanced at Su Mingxiu and was quite afraid of him.
"It's been like this since ancient times."
"The ancient law can also be changed. And according to the ancient law, the clan government cannot participate in politics and cannot influence the emperor. The Eighth Patriarch has violated the ancestral law."
Bazu closed his eyes and stopped talking.
He actually didn't care if the emperor was male or female, even a dog.
He only came out to let the emperor establish the crown prince and then witness the new emperor's enthronement. When I spoke just now, I just felt that the 'Empress' was a little strange.
"Crooked way..."
"Could it be that Chen Jijiu is not clear-headed? Someone, please pull Chen Jijiu out." Su Mingxiu called to the guard outside the door.
"Su Mingxiu, you will be infamy for thousands of years!"
When Chen Xuewen was dragged out, he still accused Su Mingxiu of being domineering.
Su Mingxiu turned his attention to a young official who had been staying in the room without any presence.
"Prime Minister, I will truthfully record your actions in the history books." The young official spoke calmly, not afraid of the powerful.
"It's just a little stigma, I don't care."
Su Mingxiu shook his head casually.
"I'm sorry for letting Zixiu protect me from this stigma." The old emperor said.
"This is what I should do."
Looking at the young and determined Su Mingxiu, the old emperor smiled wistfully.
"The older I get, the more scruples I have. If I had been young, that Chen Xuewen would have been dragged out and beheaded by me. It's a pity that when I was dying, I just wanted to leave a good name in the history books, so I was too timid. of."
The old emperor said to himself.
"Zhiwei, come here."
"Father."
Li Zhiwei walked to the bed.
The old emperor put Chen Zhiwei's hand on Su Mingxiu's.
"Zixiu, if I die, I will leave Zhiwei under your care from now on."
"I have dedicated myself to death and died."
"That puts me at ease." The old emperor breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Mingxiu had been with him for twenty years, and he knew Su Mingxiu thoroughly. Su Mingxiu is not lacking in abilities and skills, and he is also assured of his loyalty to the old emperor.
With Su Mingxiu taking care of Zhiwei, the court was worry-free.
"Someone is coming."
The old emperor shouted, and a eunuch came over with a wooden whip.
"This imperial whip was given to Zixiu. If the emperor is unworthy, he will be whipped with it."
Su Mingxiu looked at the imperial whip and nodded solemnly.
"Here!"
…
"The sacrificial ceremony is completed, please accept the seal of the new emperor. From now on, he will receive the favor of Huang Tian and become the saint of Honglin to represent the herdsmen of Heaven."
Under the witness of hundreds of officials, Su Mingxiu handed the jade seal symbolizing imperial power to Li Zhiwei. From then on, she was the nominal emperor of Chu, the only female emperor in history.
"I hope your majesty will not disappoint the late emperor's expectations."
"I can't."
Li Zhiwei nodded firmly.
Her father passed the throne to her under great pressure. She must make political achievements and let the ministers and people know that her father's original decision was not wrong.
In the evening, after experiencing the big events of the past few days, Li Zhiwei finally had time to throw himself on the bed.
"Father."
Li Zhiwei murmured softly, with tears left in the corners of his eyes.
"I must cheer up. Now there is no one who can support me."
Li Zhiwei stood up and wiped the tears from his eyes.
She had been a princess for eighteen years, although the old emperor also taught her some ways of governing the country.
But for those teachings, Li Zhiwei always puts them in one ear and out the other. I have some impression of some methods of running the country, but only a little impression.
She slapped her head crazily, hating herself for not working hard at the beginning.
"My father said that the prime minister has outstanding abilities and I can ask him for advice. Moreover, when my father established himself as the empress, there were many people who opposed him besides Chen Xuewen. He was the one who supported him against all the opinions. He should be able to trust."
Although he didn't have much contact with the Prime Minister, he was deeply trusted by his father, and his father personally entrusted him to the Prime Minister.
Well, Su Mingxiu must be a royalist.
