"Northwestern General Zhu Xiangyu." Zhou Qian picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said slowly, "But he has a weird personality and has some issues with the prince, I'm afraid~~"
"What are you afraid of? He is an official of the imperial court, how dare he resist the decree?" Queen Zhou looked angry.
"I didn't dare to do it before, but if the emperor dies and the prince becomes hemiplegic," Zhou Qian hesitated for a moment, then quickly raised his head and confirmed, "But don't worry, queen, I have some friendship with Zhu Xiangyu. If I go out in person, I might be able to invite him."
Don't touch him, let's discuss the succession of the throne now.'
Of course, the throne must be inherited by the direct grandson of the emperor, but Zhou Qian did not dare to say it too directly, because he was afraid that Empress Zhou would see that he was a fake.
"Is the prince really unable to ascend the throne?" Empress Zhou held the tea cup with both hands and took a sip, her voice was extremely heavy, "Maybe his illness can still be cured?"
Zhou Qian also snorted coldly in his heart. How can he expect to sit on the throne when he can't even take care of himself? How can he expect to be ridiculed by the world?
However, he still said in a good voice, "I also hope that the prince can succeed to the throne, but his sequelae may be difficult to cure.'
The Queen sighed softly. Although she did not understand medical skills, she knew that it would be difficult to recover from hemiplegia like this. After pondering for a long time, she accepted her fate.
Looking up at 'Prime Minister Zhou': "Brother, do you think it is possible for the emperor's eldest grandson to ascend the throne?"
The emperor's eldest grandson was brought up by her. He was stupid but very well-behaved and obedient. If she could help him ascend to the throne, then she, the empress dowager, could still have some real power.
If the infant grandson of the emperor were to take the throne, then the Zhou Dynasty would probably fall into the hands of the Crown Princess.
How could Zhou Qian not understand Queen Zhou's plan? He lowered his face and emphasized his tone.
"The ancestral system of the Great Zhou Dynasty establishes direct descendants rather than virtuous ones. If the queen dares to set a precedent, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving the Night King a reason to naturally take the throne?"
"The Night King has already rebelled, why do you still care about this?" Queen Zhou said, casting her eyes brightly at 'Prime Minister Zhou', "Although the eldest grandson of the Emperor is stupid, he is obedient. As long as the elder brother helps him to the throne, then let the elder brother do it.
How about the regent?"
Prime Minister Zhou's face darkened.
"Queen, you think of the problem too simply. Do you really think that the Zhou ancestral system is so easy to break?"
"Don't say that the courtiers won't support it. The Crown Princess alone won't give up. But don't stir up internal strife at this juncture and hand over the kingdom of Zhou Dynasty to the Night King in vain.'
"Oh, that's right!" Empress Zhou raised her hand to tuck the hair in front of her forehead with a sad expression, feeling unwilling but helpless, "Then I will instruct the House of Internal Affairs to prepare dragon robes for the new emperor~~"
"Yeah." Zhou Qian took a sip of tea and nodded with satisfaction.
The emperor was seriously ill, and all the royal family members and courtiers knelt outside Changning Hall. An atmosphere of sadness enveloped the entire palace.
No one noticed that Yagui took a palace maid and a chamberlain and left the palace with the emperor's token.
That night the emperor died of illness, and death bells tolled throughout the capital.
In addition, the prince is seriously ill, and the news that millions of soldiers have taken refuge with the Night King has spread like wildfire, making people in the capital panic.
The day after the national mourning, the newly born grandson of the emperor was held in the arms of the crown princess and the enthronement ceremony was held, and the reign name was changed to 'Shangde'.
After 'Emperor Shangde' ascended the throne, 'Prime Minister Zhou' mobilized nearly 800,000 soldiers and horses, led by Zhu Xiangyu, the general of the northwest, to Luozhou to pacify the Yewang rebellion.
The study room of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Wei Xuanyuan sat at the desk, tapping his fingers on the table hastily, and a terrifying cold light shot out of his slightly narrowed eyes.
"This Jiang Yuyu seems to have recovered his memory and joined the Night King.
He was so busy during this period that he really didn't expect Jiang Yue to actually escape from the palace and walk for so long. He might not be able to catch up.
Zhou Qian didn't know much about Jiang Yuyu. He only knew that she was sent to the palace by Wei Xuanyuan to monitor Emperor Qi Heng, so he didn't say anything.
At this time, Wei Xuanyuan knocked on the table twice and said firmly, "This Emperor Qi Heng was probably rescued by Jiang Yuyu."
"Is this? Impossible?" Zhou Qian's face was full of disbelief.
Wei Xuanyuan: "What's impossible? Have you ever seen Emperor Qi Heng up close after his death?"
"That's not true." Zhou Qian shook his head, "I took a few glances from a distance of two or three feet, but there seemed to be no trace of disguise."
"Skilled disguise skills may not be apparent even face to face." Wei Xuanyuan twitched his lips, "Since Jiang Yuyu escaped from the palace and rushed to Lingzhou without stopping, is there any other explanation besides rescuing Emperor Qi Heng?
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"Master is right." Zhou Qian scratched his forehead, "But so what if he is rescued? Emperor Qi Heng is still poisoned."
Wei Xuanyuan: "The mother Gu can't control him even if he's too far away, so just let him live a little longer."
Kang'an City, Night King's Mansion.
The heavy rain was still pouring down, and Aunt Bai and Linger came to the door of the main room holding an umbrella and carrying a food box.
The two people put away their umbrellas and were about to enter the house when they saw a tall and slender figure approaching, shrouding them in shadow.
When he looked up and saw His Highness the Night King, Ling'er hurriedly lowered his head respectfully and called out "His Royal Highness the Night King."
Ling'er has been in the palace for a while, and the scabies on her body has been cured. She is fair and well-behaved. When the Night King is not in the palace, she waits on her in the front yard.
When the Night King returns, everything in the house will be done by him personally, and no outsiders can get involved.
"I'll do it." Ji Xun said, putting away his umbrella, taking the food box from Aunt Bai's hand and entering the house.
As the month progressed, Shen Yuyu became a little sleepy and was lying on her side in bed to rest.
After Ji Xun came in, he closed the door, put the food box on the table, took off his outer clothes that were soaked by the raindrops, and changed into something clean.
"Husband, why are you back?" Shen Yuyu woke up when she heard the noise and was holding her arms to get up. Ji Xun quickly came over, picked her up and put her on the armchair next to the table.
"Sit down Yu Yu, my husband will put on your shoes." Ji Xun said softly, took the shoes and squatted next to her, rubbed her feet and put them on carefully for her.
Whenever he came back during this period, he would even help with the bathing and take good care of her.
After putting on his shoes, Ji Xun put his face against Shen Yuyu's slightly bulging abdomen, his handsome face filled with smiles and happiness.
"Is the baby good? Did he kick you?'
Just as he said "dong dong" and kicked him in the face several times, Shen Yue laughed loudly.
After playing around for a while, Ji Xunjing took over and had lunch with Shen Yuxi.
"Axun, how are the conditions of the victims in Tongzhou?" Shen Yuyu was most concerned about this.
"It's basically fine." Ji Xundao said, "It has been raining for such a long time, and all the volcanic ash has been washed away by the rain. This disaster has finally passed."
"No, not really." Shen Yuyu couldn't help but look solemn, "There will be other disasters coming one after another."
