Chapter 239: The Emperor Dies
The queen has been putting someone beside the emperor, but when she heard the truth of the matter, she still felt a little unwilling to accept it.
"Ling'er, you can't hold back." Shangguan Ling was called into the palace by her mother early in the morning. She didn't know why, so she heard the queen say this directly.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Shangguan Ling was still confused, not knowing what was going on.
"Do you know why you found that yellow envelope so easily, and why you easily saw the content inside!" The queen still didn't expect that the emperor would come back with such a move.
"Is something wrong?" Shangguan Ling looked at the queen's current expression, anxious and anxious.
"That's what the emperor uses to test you!" The queen said this sentence in her heart very reluctantly.
What! Test! Shangguan felt like five thunders thunder was thundering in his heart when he heard this. How could this be the case?
"What did the father say?" Shangguan Ling now wanted to know Shangguan Sha's attitude urgently and see if he could take some emergency measures.
"I heard that the emperor set a test for all three of you, and Shangguan Qian did not pass. Only when Shangguan Yu went, the emperor smiled. I think this time, the emperor must pass the throne to Shangguan Yu." After saying this, the queen fell on the chair. After so many years of hard work, she was completely finished! It was all over!
"What!" Shangguan Ling was like a five-thunder thunder at this moment. How could this happen? Is it because of this small thing that I want to deny everything about him? Is it impossible, absolutely not!
"Mother, we must not sit and wait for death like this!" Shangguan Ling was completely panicked at this moment. The throne belonged to him and could not fall into the hands of others. It was absolutely not possible. I am the queen's eldest son. If it weren't for the bitch that precious concubine, I would be the legitimate son!
"Mother, you must help me, otherwise if Shangguan Yu really ascended the throne, we will be all over." Shangguan Ling now has all kinds of crazy ideas, as long as he can sit on the throne!
"My mother, aren't you someone? You asked him to steal the will and change the name on it to my own. What, or today I will find a way to force my father to make me the emperor." Shangguan Ling had no sense at all.
"Ling'er, you're a bastard!" The queen was shocked when she heard Shangguan Ling's words. She didn't expect that her son would even force her father to do such a thing for the throne.
Hearing the queen's scolding, Shangguan Ling calmed down a little, but he was still unwilling to accept it: "Mother, what should I do."
"At this point, there is only one move to replace the prince." The queen only came up with this move in the end. Although Shangguan Sha was not as good as Shangguan Yu's mother, this is her husband and she still cannot allow others to harm him.
The next day, news came from the palace - "The emperor died!"
All the civil and military officials from all over the court performed the ceremony of "three kneelings and nine kowtows" from entering the palace to the emperor's coffin. The officials raised their voices from time to time and cried loudly, and their voices shook the sky. When "three kneelings and nine kowtows", the ministers of the Ministry of Rites poured large glasses of white wine underground, and at the same time burned a large amount of money for the underworld near the back door of the city, so that black smoke lingered over the sky.
Princes with fiefs outside also returned to the palace to mourn the emperor.
Shangguan Yu also brought Su Xinai and Su Muwan back to Prince Yu's mansion and brought them into the palace to mourn the emperor.
After the ceremony, everyone turned their attention to who the next emperor was, until the last emperor's personal eunuch Deshun came out and everyone put the imperial edict in Deshun's hand.
Deshun stretched out his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet. After clearing his throat, he began to say, "Everyone, calm down, the First Emperor gave me the will, and now I will announce the new emperor."
"In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor ordered... to make the second prince Shangguan Ling the emperor of the Great Zhou."
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone began to talk about it, but they did not pass the throne to Shangguan Yu. It seemed that the emperor was still unable to guess clearly.
Shangguan Yu and Shangguan Qian were also slightly surprised when they heard the news. Unexpectedly, they passed the throne to Shangguan Ling. It was time to make plans for their future.
Shangguan Ling was about to walk towards Deshun under everyone's attention, take over the imperial edict, and enjoy this great glory, but just as Shangguan Ling was about to set off, a voice suddenly came.
"Slow down--" It was Shao Guanghua who spoke, but he didn't expect that he would also hold an imperial edict.
"Duke Deshun, I don't know where your imperial edict came from!" Shao Guanghua kept observing among the crowd, but he didn't expect Deshun to actually come up with an imperial edict. However, his imperial edict was handed over to his own hands by the former emperor himself. How could it be fake? Therefore, the one that Deshun must be fake.
"Of course it was given to me by the First Emperor himself." A hint of panic flashed across Deshun's face, but he quickly calmed down and could not let go of any flaws, otherwise he would die in the end.
"Then have you heard the meaning of this imperial edict?" Shao Guanghua saw Deshun still insisting on himself, thinking to himself, you will not shed tears without seeing the coffin.
When everyone heard two imperial edicts, they were immediately furious. Two of them meant that one was fake. Who was it? It forged the imperial edict!
"According to the will of heaven, the emperor ordered... to make the third prince Shangguan Yu the emperor of the Great Zhou."
After Shao Guanghua recited the imperial edict in his hand, everyone was in a state of excitement. Shangguan Yu and Shangguan Ling also became the center of the crowd, and Shangguan Qian looked like he had already settled. He had no two imperial edicts, and he didn't even have to work hard.
After hearing Shao Guanghua's words, Su Muwan was confused and couldn't understand how things developed.
Shangguan Yu tightened Su Muwan's hand and signaled her not to worry. Su Xinai felt very uncomfortable when she saw their tight hands.
"Brother-in-law Deshun, can I take a look at your imperial edict?" Shao Guanghua wanted to determine whether the imperial edict in Deshun's hand was true.
"What, I am the last emperor's personal servant, how could you be so suspicious!" Deshun didn't want him to see his imperial edict. It would be fine if someone else was, but Shao Guanghua knew very well about the handwriting of the imperial edict. If he saw it, he would definitely see the clues of the imperial edict.
Since Deshun learned that he wanted to forge the imperial edict, he has been paying attention in the study. One day, the late emperor ordered him to send a box to Shaohuajun. Deshun felt that there must be something wrong with the box, so he secretly opened the box. Unexpectedly, it was to establish Shangguan Yu as the emperor's imperial edict. Deshun hid the box privately and destroyed the imperial edict. After the late emperor fell asleep, he imitated the late emperor's handwriting and rewrited an imperial edict. However, the late emperor actually left a hand.
Shao Guanghua only received this imperial edict the night before the late emperor went. There was also a letter written by the late emperor himself, which read:
If someone reads the imperial edict but is not the one above me, that imperial edict must be false.
Therefore, Shao Guanghua stayed in the crowd from the beginning, and only started talking after Deshun spoke the name of Shangguan Ling.
"Master Deshun might as well take a look at the letter in my hand." Shao Guanghua handed the envelope in his hand to Deshun.
When Deshun saw the words above, he was so scared that he sat on the ground.
When Shangguan Ling saw Deshun's appearance, he knew that the matter had been exposed. He hurriedly looked at the queen. The queen felt Shangguan Ling's gaze and just signaled him not to panic.
Everyone took the actions of Deshun’s father-in-law Deshun, and naturally they could see that Deshun’s imperial edict was forged. Naturally, there was a little disdain for Shangguan Ling. If Deshun succeeded, the biggest beneficiary would be Shangguan Ling, and this matter must be related to Shangguan Ling.
Shangguan Ling was panicked when he saw everyone looking at him like a joke. The matter was revealed. If Deshun said that he was instructing him, then his good life would come to an end, and Shangguan Yu would definitely not let him go.
The queen saw that the situation had become a foregone conclusion, and she was still a little lucky. Fortunately, she kept a hand at that time. The queen instructed her to gently knock on the chair. The sound was very harsh. Deshun felt a chill when she heard this sound. It seemed that she could not escape unstoppable this time.
Deshun only hopes that the queen can let her family go because of the fact that she has done so much for her.
"Last Emperor, I'm sorry for you because of Deshun." Deshun first gave a big salute to the tomb of the late Emperor, then stood up and said to everyone:
"I have been watching Shangguan Ling grow up, and the queen helped me a lot, so I did such a big and ruthless thing without discussing with them."
"Father-in-law Deshun, you are so confused!" The queen looked very heartbroken.
Shangguan Ling felt relieved when he saw this situation.
After Deshun finished saying this, he directly crashed into the pillars of the hall.
When Shao Guanghua saw this scene, he felt very sad, and he couldn't help but feel helpless!
"Since I have confirmed it, I will formally recite this imperial edict." Shao Guanghua read the imperial edict completely again.
Shangguan Yu was neither surprised nor cowardly, and walked to Shao Guanghua, knelt down and received the order.
When all the civil and military officials saw Shangguan Yu receiving the imperial edict, they knelt down one after another: "Long live my emperor!"
Su Xinai was secretly happy, but fortunately she got rid of the queen at that time, otherwise I would be the one who was unlucky at that time.
Shangguan Qian saw Shangguan Yu standing in such a high position, his envy became stronger and stronger. It would be great if he could sit in this position.
Seeing Su Xinai's proud look, Shangguan Qian had a plan in his mind.
Shangguan Yu stood above the hall, his eyes always staring at Su Muwan. Wanwan, I promised, I did it!
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