Chapter 176 The new emperor succeeds to the throne
After the matters around His Majesty were dealt with, it was time for Gu Yinmeng to come to the Heavenly Prison to see the Imperial Physician Wei. According to the previous plan, the Queen dismissed all the people around her and called in the manpower arranged in advance by the Blood Wolf Sect.
, replaced Yang Tiankuo with the corpse of the real Imperial Physician Wei.
Then, the queen swaggered to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. Her actions this time were particularly grand, as if she was afraid that others would not see them. It is said that Bei Mingshuo actually left a secret edict. And this secret edict was actually hidden in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.
Inside the secret passage of the Jing Pavilion.
The queen took many people to the Sutra Pavilion, took out the secret edict of "Bei Mingshuo" in the secret passage in front of everyone, and read out the secret edict in front of everyone.
The imperial edict clearly stated that if something unexpected happened to Bei Mingshuo, the candidate for the crown prince would be determined according to the rules left by his ancestors: establish the eldest son, and establish the direct descendant.
Bei Mingyu was the third prince of the current dynasty and the daughter of the empress, so he should be the first to be the first and firstborn.
In this way, Bei Mingyu became the new emperor of Hualing Kingdom.
At this moment, Bei Mingyu, Bei Mingchen and others had just received the news and were rushing to the palace at high speed.
When Bei Mingyu first arrived at the harem, the shouts of "Your Majesty the Emperor" from everyone really frightened him, leaving him at a loss for a moment.
Shuojin was in the world and had countless informants, so he naturally got the news immediately and sneaked into the palace quietly.
"What, His Majesty passed away."
When Prince Xiao heard the bad news, the most shocked person was Song Jinse. She was so frightened that she took two steps back and subconsciously covered her mouth. Is it so sudden?
"Sese, just wait in the palace. You'd better not go to such a scene."
As he spoke, Bei Mingchen gently rubbed her little head to soothe her emotions.
"Okay, Prince, you must take care of yourself." Song Jinse nodded and said, and started to arrange some things for Bei Mingchen's trip, acting like a mistress. "Come here, bring the prince's cloak."
As soon as the servants brought the things, Song Jinse carefully put them on Bei Mingchen, and Bei Mingchen leaned down slightly and kissed her gently on the forehead.
"wait for me."
Song Jinse nodded shyly.
And all of this was watched by Xi Yan, who was standing silently aside. She quietly stood at a necessary place leading to the door of the palace, looking at the two of them infatuatedly. Her teeth could not help but bite her.
lips.
Bei Mingchen wanted to bring Xi Yan into the palace. They had agreed before. Bei Mingchen firmly believed that there must be something fishy about his father's "death". Even if he couldn't find out the truth, he couldn't just let it go.
.
In this regard, Xi Yan knew best, so Bei Mingchen boldly took Xi Yan into the palace.
"Let's go."
After bidding farewell to Song Jinse, Bei Mingchen hurriedly came to Xiyan. After saying this, Bei Mingchen took Xiyan's hand, but Xiyan was stunned for a moment and walked out of his thoughts.
"Well, oh, okay." Xiyan stammered.
"Why, is the girl scared?"
"How is that possible? Your Majesty, let's go quickly." Xiyan smiled stiffly. She was about to pull up Bei Mingchen's sleeves, but immediately put them down again. She quickened her pace and walked in front of Bei Mingchen.
Let him see his desolate expression.
The two of them hurried to the palace. Outside Bei Mingshuo's palace, ministers were already surrounded, but only the prince, concubines and their personal attendants could enter the inner palace.
Fortunately, Bei Mingchen and the others arrived relatively early, and the "late emperor" had not yet entered the coffin.
Bei Mingchen took Xiyan into the inner hall, gave Bei Mingshuo a big gift, and guarded Bei Mingshuo silently for a long time, which was his last act of filial piety. He also gave Xiyan a lot of time to observe Bei Mingshuo's body.
"How is it?" Bei Mingchen asked curiously as soon as he came out.
"This disease is really strange. I couldn't put it into words for a while. There is indeed a hint of poisoning." Xiyan frowned slightly and said thoughtfully.
His Majesty's dark lips were extremely obvious and did not appear to be sick. However, there was no chance for further observation.
The security in the palace is too tight, and the princes in the capital and the high-ranking ministers have already arrived. Xiyan can only take a look at Bei Mingshuo from a distance, so she does not dare to
Jump to conclusions.
"According to what the prince described last time, your majesty should have recovered. But... alas." Xiyan sighed helplessly.
"It doesn't matter, let's find another chance another day." Bei Mingchen said with a long sigh of relief.
"Oh, it would be great if the gardenia bone is still there. The gardenia bone can definitely cure this poison."
At this moment, Xiyan was still thinking about the scene just now, and she couldn't help but sigh. She was sure that the gardenia she cultivated had such an effect.
This sentence happened to be heard by Bei Mingchen, and he instinctively asked.
"What did you say?"
"No, it's nothing."
Xiyan quickly shut up. She was afraid that Bei Mingchen would hear what she said clearly, that Bei Mingchen would regret using the gardenia bone to save Song Jinse, and that he would feel guilty in the future.
Although this cannot be entirely blamed on Bei Mingchen, after all, we are all ordinary people, and Bei Mingchen cannot predict the future. There is only one gardenia bone, and in the end it can only save one person's life. Miss Song's disease was the first to be saved, so naturally she must be saved first.
She did.
Xiyan didn't know, but Bei Mingchen knew the whole story.
Seeing that Xiyan was unwilling to say anything, Bei Mingchen was convinced that he had heard correctly and that what Xiyan was talking about was indeed Gardenia. Unfortunately, Xiyan didn't know that the medicine Bei Mingchen gave Bei Mingshuo was Gardenia.
bone.
Bei Mingchen believed Xi Yan's words. She said that gardenia bones are useful, so gardenia bones must be useful. However, Bei Mingshuo's situation has not improved. Now it seems that someone must be causing trouble behind the scenes.
But in the end, Bei Mingchen did not wait for the next opportunity. The Blood Wolf Sect and the Empress arranged the burial of the late emperor as quickly as possible, and then they began to plan Bei Mingyu's enthronement ceremony.
"Queen Mother, you should know best that royal power and hegemony are actually not what I want."
Too many things have happened recently. Bei Mingyu did not expect that everything would develop so fast. His father was buried just two days ago. Now, without any preparation, he is about to inherit the throne. He has never been
No one asked him if he wanted to.
Things are changing, but Bei Mingyu's original intention has not changed yet, and he still doesn't like royal power and hegemony.
"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? You are the one who has the final say whether you want to be born into an emperor's family or not." The Empress scolded Bei Mingyu angrily.
"Listen to your mother and don't let your mother down." After choking for a moment, the queen continued: "Don't let your father down either."
Having made his mother so angry, Bei Mingyu had no choice but to kneel in front of the queen, but the emperor was really not suitable for him. Even though he was kneeling on the ground to admit his mistake, Bei Mingyu still looked so stubborn.
"Son, the Queen Mother knows that you actually like Miss Song Jinse, right?" The Queen walked up to Bei Mingyu, patted his shoulder gently, and said.
"Mother, what are you talking about? How could I, my son, think about that?" Bei Mingyu said without hesitation, but his eyes had begun to dodge, and he did not look as determined as before.
"Yu'er, you are my biological flesh and blood, how can my mother still not understand you?"
"Mother, please stop talking. Is there any point in talking about these things now? Miss Song is already married, I should bless her." Bei Mingyu pursed his lips, but he only said half of the sentence.
Sincerely. He really hopes that she can live a good life, but how can he pretend that nothing has happened?
"Humph, yes. But, everything still has variables."
Hearing those words, the queen's lips raised slightly and she smiled strangely. As long as Bei Mingyu was still unwilling, he would definitely still have the fighting spirit.
"Do you really think they really love each other? We both know what Bei Mingchen is like." The queen stood up and walked leisurely around the room as she spoke.
"You two brothers grew up together. You should know very well what kind of person he is. Bei Mingchen is a lunatic. He will never fall in love with anyone. He only loves himself."
The Queen spoke unabashedly, telling all the things that were wrong with Bei Mingchen, and every word went straight into Yu'er's heart. Queen Gu Yinmeng has always been strong, how could she be willing to let her son live a mediocre life? Even if
Without the appearance of the Blood Wolf Sect, the queen would have let Yu'er inherit the throne. Otherwise, it would be too cheap for Bei Mingchen and too cheap for Concubine Lan.
"That's enough, Queen Mother, don't say any more."
Finally, Bei Mingyu couldn't listen anymore and interrupted the queen. At this moment, his hands were clenched into fists and his brows were inadvertently knitted together.
In fact, even if the Queen didn't say anything, Bei Mingyu still cared about it. Although a few days had passed, the scene of Song Jinse's wedding day was still vivid in his mind.
Now, as long as Bei Mingyu closes his eyes, he can think of the time Bei Mingchen and Song Jinse spent together, and he can think of girl Jinse's flowery smile, which is a side of Song Jinse that has never been shown in front of him.
Bei Mingyu could remain indifferent and silently wish Song Jinse and Bei Mingchen happiness. Bei Mingyu was still generous in this regard.
But until the day his father died, Bei Mingyu saw clearly that the woman accompanying Bei Mingchen was not Song Jinse, but the medical girl Xiyan. She also remembered that Xiyan gave Bei Mingchen a gift on her wedding day.
In the scene of returning to the room, Bei Mingyu could no longer calm down.
Thinking of the scene of Bei Mingchen and Xi Yan together, and seeing how intimate they were, Bei Mingyu felt very angry. How could Bei Mingchen, who was so busy and only focused on his own people, be worthy of Song Jinse?