In the autumn of the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty of the Great Shang Dynasty, on the sixth day of September, Emperor Yin Guang was sitting on a chair in the Yangshen Pavilion of the Forbidden City, squinting his eyes, as if he was sleeping. The great eunuch Yu Fu stood beside Yin Guang, holding a fly whisk in his arms, still a

Their faces were respectful. Dozens of female sumo wrestlers below were practicing sumo wrestling hard.

Yin Guang suddenly said softly: "This General Manager Yang is becoming more and more arrogant and arrogant! He previously violated my will and took away part of the military power of the Forbidden Army. Giving it to Zhuangtu Yin Kui is too much.

!Now his Dongwei actually has the courage to take care of the affairs of the harem! Is he allowed to have a say in my family affairs?"

Xiahou Lingyu, who was sitting on the chair next to him, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, he is just a eunuch. If you don't like him, you can punish him. Just for the things he has done, he will be taken out and beheaded more than ten times."

Got it!"

Yin Guang joked: "My empress Xiahou, are you angry because Yang Jingzhong prevented me from making your son the crown prince, and want to take revenge on him?"

Xiahou Lingyu said with a calm expression: "Can anyone stop what Your Majesty really wants to do? Who can force it on Your Majesty what He doesn't want to do? No matter how arrogant Yang Jingzhong is, he is just a eunuch. His power

It comes from the imperial power. The emperor can give him this power, and he can also take it back. What do I have to argue with him? If the emperor wants to kill him, I will take action. If the emperor wants to keep him, I have no objection."

Yin Guang said with a smile: "The sentence in the middle sounds like what Tang Jiusheng said!"

Xiahou Lingyu nodded and said: "Yes, it was Brother Tang who said it. Brother Tang said many things, and I remember them all! For example, when I liked Brother Tang before, Brother Tang said, 'There are so many great men in the Great Shang Kingdom.

"Don't hang yourself on my tree, try to find a few more trees!" Another example is, "You like me now because you have come into contact with too few men. When you come into contact with more men, you will

You will find many men who are better than me!’ Then didn’t I discover you, a man who is better than Brother Tang?”

Yin Guang laughed loudly and said proudly: "Lingyu, your little mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter! Yes, I am a better man than Tang Jiusheng. You do have a vision. Of course, I am even better

Only with discernment can you find a woman as outstanding as Empress Xiahou!"

Yu Fu snickered on the side. Yin Guang raised his eyebrows, coughed a few times, and then said slowly: "Yu Fu, tell them all to retreat! Oh, by the way, ask someone to pass an oral message to Yin Kui.

You can go in person, just say that I want to confer Yin Quan as a prince and abdicate the throne to him. Just say this, King Pingxi has made great achievements in governing the Southwest Road and has a high reputation. My health is getting worse and the prince is young, so he is not enough.

He has entrusted you with important things, so I will abdicate the throne to him!"

Xiahou Lingyu was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, aren't you? You actually want to abdicate the throne to such a person?"

He said nothing but waved his hand to signal the female sumo wrestlers to retreat. He himself did not move.

Yin Guang glared at Yu Fu and said deliberately fiercely: "Why are you still standing there? Go quickly!"

Yu Fu had no choice but to bow and say, "Yes, I'm resigning!" Yu Fu turned around and left.

Seeing that there was no one else in Yangshen Pavilion, Xiahou Lingyu whispered: "Your Majesty, what are you doing? How could you think of abdicating the throne to someone like Yin Quan? It would not be too much for such a person to be executed by Ling Chi.

, you still want to give up the throne to him? Although you have a slight cough, you can get better by taking medicine, so why do you say that your health is getting worse? "

Yin Guangda coughed loudly, panted and stretched out his hand: "I, I can't, I can't do it anymore, hurry up, get it, get the medicine!"

Xiahou Lingyu had no choice but to help Yin Guang towards Nuange. As he walked, he shouted: "Wenxiu! Get the medicine quickly! The emperor is ill again!" Several palace maids and eunuchs, led by Wenxiu, hurried over and took the medicine from

He took out the medicine from the bag and fed it to Yin Guang. Xiahou Lingyu shouted again: "Go and tell the imperial doctor, go and tell the imperial doctor!" A young eunuch rushed to tell the imperial doctor. In the distance, a eunuch stood in the Yangshen Pavilion.

Looking at this scene at the door, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, turned around and left with his head lowered.

In the capital, in the west of the city, at the residence of King Zhuang Yin Kui, King Zhuang Yin Kui, dressed in costume, was standing in front of a large bronze mirror, wiping off the paint on his face little by little. Yin Kui apologized while wiping: "Eunuch Yu, I am so sorry.

I've kept you waiting for so long! Why is my father-in-law interested in coming to my little palace today?"

Yu Fu sat on the chair next to Yin Kui, holding a fly whisk in his arms. He did not drink the tea in front of him, but had a respectful smile on his face, "Oh, Your Majesty is too polite. We don't dare! Your Majesty is the master.

We have time to enjoy ourselves and have fun singing operas. Our family just waited for a while. What is it worth? In fact, our family also likes to watch operas, but our family is illiterate.

You can see clearly!" Yin Kui knew that Yu Fu had only gone to school for a few days before entering the palace, so he was not surprised.

Yu Fu sighed, "Oh, don't mention it. The body of Lord Long live has become worse and worse recently. The two princes are too young to support political affairs. No, Long live wants to abdicate the throne to Prince Pingxi, so let our family do it.

I'll find the prince, please serve him as an imperial envoy, and take a trip to the southwest. First, I canonize Prince Pingxi as a prince, and then invite Prince Pingxi to come to the capital to discuss the abdication!"

Yin Kui's body stiffened and he asked cautiously: "Eunuch Yu, please don't tease me. Is this true or not? Isn't it too sudden? A few days ago, I saw that Wanzai's body was not bad. Why did he fall so suddenly in the blink of an eye?

Is that so? Besides, wouldn’t it be better to ask the King of Qin to regent and supervise the country? After all, the relationship between the Emperor and the King of Qin is closer than that of King Pingxi, right? And the King of Qin himself is a hereditary prince, unlike King Pingxi who is just a county prince."

Yu Fu smiled and said: "The emperor said, Pingxi Wang Jiu

Zhenbian County has a great reputation, and King Pingxi is older and is the king's brother. If he wants to abdicate, he will pass the throne to King Pingxi. Moreover, the emperor has also asked the opinions of several ministers around him, and most of them are in favor of Prince Pingxi.

Now it seems that Prince Pingxi is the one everyone expects! Prince Qin is too young after all, so it would be great if he could guard the Guan Nei Road well! Prince, I will have to worry about this matter for you!"

Yin Kui said with a smile on his face: "You're welcome, father-in-law. We are all working for the emperor, so we should do our best! The emperor appointed me to mobilize the troops in the capital and take charge of the arrest of thieves in the capital. He has already deeply trusted me. I

How dare the king not be careful? Now that he has made King Pingxi a prince, involved in the important matter of abdication, and entrusted me to go south, I am really flattered! But please rest assured, father-in-law, I will definitely try my best to handle this matter!"

Yu Fu stood up and said with a smile: "Then please give me more trouble, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, you have to go out of the capital to do some imperial envoys at this moment, so you should get busy first! Our family still has some unfinished business in the palace, no.

If you dare to delay, we will leave first. Your Majesty, please get busy!"

Yin Kui turned his head and said: "Look, my father-in-law came here once and didn't even drink tea. How can I be embarrassed? Father-in-law, why don't we stay and have lunch together? Ah?"

Yu Fu shook the fly whisk, shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please don't be polite! Ever since you started to take charge of the imperial army and the arrest of thieves in the capital, you have become closely connected with the palace. There will be many opportunities for our family to trouble the prince in the future.

! Just don’t bother our family, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, then we won’t disturb the Fifth Master and leave first!” Yu Fu and the two little eunuchs standing behind him bowed deeply to Yin Kui.

With a bow, Yu Fu walked out of the palace with the two young eunuchs behind him.

Yin Kui quickly shouted: "Changrong, I am getting rid of my concubine, why don't you send Eunuch Yu off on my behalf?"

Changrong, the attendant outside, agreed, took out a banknote from his arms, quickly caught up with Yu Fu, gently stuffed the banknote into Yu Fu's hand, and said in a low voice: "Father, if you have any thoughts, please take it."

Let’s drink tea! If you have the chance, you must say a few nice words for our prince in front of His Majesty!”

Yu Fu gently twitched and put the banknote into the sleeve of his purple robe. Yu Fu had a satisfied smile on his face, and he laughed and said: "Oh, Evergreen Butler, you see, it cost the prince a lot of money.

Why are we so embarrassed?" Yu Fu also whispered: "Please don't worry, Your Majesty, Yu Fu will do his best to help the Prince to advocate! Among the princes that the Emperor trusts very much now, His Royal Highness Prince Zhuang is included! Otherwise, it won't be a big or small matter.

Why are you looking for Prince Zhuang? Your Majesty can see Prince Zhuang’s loyalty!"

Changrong bowed and said: "Then I would like to thank Eunuch Yu on behalf of the prince! Whenever Eunuch has time, I will treat him to a drink!"

Yu Fu patted Changrong on the shoulder, laughed and said: "Steward Changrong, our family knows that you are walking in the patrol office in Beijing, and we will have more opportunities to contact you in the future! Our family will definitely not be drunk with Steward Changrong by then.

Never stop!" Changrong bowed and sent Yu Fu and the two young eunuchs out of Prince Zhuang's Mansion.

After Yu Fu left, Changrong returned to Yin Kui and whispered: "Your Majesty, is there a fraud in this matter? How can you abdicate the throne so easily?"

While the two were talking, Chang Hua walked in from outside and whispered a few words in Yin Kui's ear. Yin Kui nodded and said, "Call Fu Gang in!" After a while, a eunuch in casual clothes walked in.

It was the eunuch who saw Yin Guang taking medicine at the gate of Yangshen Pavilion today. His name was Fu Gang.

When Fu Gang saw Yin Kui, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Slave Fu Gang meets the prince!"

Yin Kui looked at his spy in the palace and chuckled: "Fu Gang, you have worked hard in the palace, so you don't have to kneel down. Get up and talk. Tell me, what happened in the palace today?"

Fu Gang stood up and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, no, Yin Guang fell ill again today. Doctor Liu came all the way and gave him medicine and massage. Yin Guang vomited a lot of phlegm.

Only then did he feel better. I heard some of the imperial doctors chatting and said that the emperor's disease, no, it was Yin Guang's disease. It was difficult to cure and it would not last long. He wanted to ask Yin Guang to prepare for his funeral in advance.

Got it!"

Yin Kui stood up from the chair involuntarily, frowned, and said as he walked: "In this case, we don't have to be afraid of him. I am afraid that the news from the hospital is wrong, so let's find a way to find him tomorrow.

The Taiyuan Hospital asked some questions, looked at the medical records, and then tried to get the "Long Live Lord's Medication Book" written by the eunuch next to Yin Guang. After confirming it, he decided on the next step. Once the information is wrong, what will happen?

It’s a big deal!”

Changrong thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, then you are going to the Southwest Road in person to deliver the decree and canonize Prince Pingxi as the prince?"

Yin Kui shook his head and sneered: "No! Half of the imperial army in the capital is in my hands, and I am also responsible for arresting thieves. How could I give up such great power and go out to the capital to carry out an edict?

Let Yin Xiang do this. He is also the king of the county. What can't he do that I can do? At that time, I just said that I suddenly felt unwell and was bedridden, and then recommended him to be an imperial envoy.

Can it be inaccurate?"

Changrong gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is very clever and my subordinates admire me!"

Yin Kui snorted, "What a clever way I am! How can King Pingxi be so lucky? If people want to make him a prince, they have to abdicate the throne to him, but I can only be a county prince and follow

Waving flags behind his butt, if one day I can become a prince and be hereditary, I will be satisfied! Some things are just luck and destiny! But I will not leave the capital, in case there is a scam in the palace

, I have soldiers at hand, who am I afraid of!"

Three days later, because Zhuang Wang Yin Kui suddenly fell ill and was unable to go south to announce the decree, he recommended the acting king Yin Xiang and the deputy chief eunuch Wei Dehai as the principal and deputy imperial envoys.

They went to the Southwest Road to deliver the decree, and the Prince of Pingxi County, Yin Quan, was granted the title of Prince of Pingxi and granted hereditary status. Yin Xiang and Wei Dehai immediately followed the order and went south to the Southwest Road.

More than a month later, the imperial envoy finally arrived at Yuzhou City. Yin Quan personally went out of the city to welcome the imperial envoy to Pingxi Palace. On behalf of King Yin Xiang, he read the imperial edict and conferred Yin Quan as Prince of Pingxi. Pingxi King Yin Quan was full of joy and knelt down to thank him. Wei Dehai, deputy chief eunuch,

The book and seal were handed over to Yin Quan, and Yin Quan ordered Princess Ximen Yuxue to put the book and seal away.

That night, Pingxi Prince's Mansion held a grand banquet and celebrated wildly. In the Prince's Mansion, both maids and servants were all given rewards, and everyone was beaming with joy. Even the always melancholy Princess Ximen Yuxue had a happy face.

The crown prince Yin Yueheng was also beaming. His father had become a prince, and it was hereditary. Even if they could not become emperors, they would be princes in the future. Moreover, Yin Xiang also brought an oral message, saying that Yin Guang's health was getting worse day by day.

, asked Yin Quan to enter the capital, and abdicated the throne to Yin Quan.

That night, after Wei Dehai, the deputy chief eunuch, and others went to bed, Pingxi Wang Yinquan, his eldest son Yin Yueheng, and the master of the Blood Shadow Hall, Cheng Jijia, secretly met with the acting king Yinxiang in the Blood Shadow Hall. The four of them sat around an Eight Immortals table. Yin Quan asked about things in the capital, and Yin Xiang

Tell the truth. Although what Yin Xiang said confirmed the news returned by the Blood Shadow Hall spies, Yin Quan still had doubts in his heart. After all, no one would give the throne to others easily.

Yin Xiang smiled and said: "Brother Pingxi Prince, you don't have to be so entangled. Brother Yin Kui asked me to convey his greetings. Now, Prince Yin Kui holds half of the city's imperial army and is also in charge of arresting thieves in the capital.

The military and horse departments of the five cities must also obey the instructions of Brother Yin Kui. When you go to the capital, you only need to secretly bring a few experts with you, and Brother Yin Kui will be responsible for the rest of the security matters!"

Yin Quan glanced at Cheng Jijia and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Cheng, what do you think of this matter?"
To be continued...