Su Nianyun, who was sitting in Su's house, also let out a long sigh.
This day overlapped with the days in her memory.
It's just that she didn't know in her previous life that the person she nominally called her royal brother would die so miserably.
The only thing she could do was to stay by the Queen Mother's side, take good care of her and comfort her.
However, the Queen Mother, who had not been seen for three or two days, looked much older.
But Su Nianyun also noticed that the light in the Queen Mother's eyes had not faded, and even contained hatred.
Because Shunyang betrayed the Sixth Prince, he rarely appeared with the Queen Mother recently. Instead, he went to Zhao Chengli every day to show his courtesy.
Otherwise, it's not because the late emperor's edict was "passed on to Liu Zili", not the current prince Zhao Chengji.
The Queen Mother was the most opposed to Zhao Chengli's succession, so naturally Shunyang did not dare to accompany the Queen Mother anymore.
Murong Jing didn't care about Shunyang's performance.
She has been betrayed by her dearest son, and further betrayals by her grandson and granddaughter will not hurt her.
Furthermore, Su Nianyun's company day and night has indeed offset a lot of heartache.
Three days later, in front of the emperor's coffin.
The historian formally read the edict in front of all the civil and military officials who came to kneel and worship.
None of the ministers who were kneeling on the ground showed any surprise on their faces, as if everyone had already expected the result.
When the historian finished reading the edict, Zhao Chengli's heart dropped.
Now that everything has been completed, all that remains is for him to ascend the throne as the new emperor. After that, he can officially sit on the dragon throne and handle various government affairs.
Unexpectedly, just when he thought it was safe to read out the edict, Zhao Chengji, dressed in plain clothes, walked over supporting the Queen Mother.
Zhao Chengli was shocked. He had clearly asked people to watch the Queen Mother and not let her come to the front hall.
Moreover, Zhao Chengji actually followed.
All the ministers hurriedly saluted Murong Jing.
Murong Jing didn't even look at them, but looked straight at Zhao Chengli.
"There is a prince in the court, and the late emperor was able to write a posthumous edict and pass it on to the sixth prince. Don't you think it's strange?"
Most of these people have been bribed by Zhao Chengli, and most of them do not speak out. The few who cannot clearly see the situation naturally do not dare to speak out.
"Your Majesty, no, Your Majesty, I heard that you have been feeling unwell, which makes me sad again. I think it would be better for you to go back and rest as soon as possible."
In the past, when there was the former prince Zhao Chengzhi, the Queen Mother fell in love with Zhao Chengzhi.
After Zhao Chengji became the crown prince, although the Empress Dowager did not like him either, she did not like herself either, but preferred Lao Jiu to him.
Zhao Chengli couldn't understand why the Queen Mother looked down on him so much. He was obviously her grandson.
Immediately, he looked at Zhao Chengji next to him.
"Chengji, you are still in the period of confinement. If your father dies and you leave the house and enter the palace in desperation, I will not punish you."
"You should take the Queen Mother back home quickly and rest peacefully. If the Queen Mother falls ill because of this, I will only ask you."
Zhao Chengji snorted coldly, "Brother Liu Huang, your wishful thinking is too loud."
"I am a dignified prince, and I am still a prince even during the period of confinement. How can you erase it with just a piece of edict that you don't know is true or false?"
"The edict was written by the emperor himself, and you cannot question it," Zhao Chengli said. "If you don't believe it, just go and check it. You have been with the emperor for so long, so you must recognize his handwriting."
Regarding the edict, Zhao Chengli was extremely confident.
Because before the Empress Dowager and Zhao Chengji came, other historians and the Imperial Tutor had already read the imperial edict, and they could not see the problem.
In this way, he became completely confident.
Zhao Chengli handed over the imperial edict to Zhao Chengji, but Zhao Chengji did not step forward to receive it. Instead, he always stood there and supported the Queen Mother.
"What?" Zhao Chengli smiled, "Don't you dare to come and get it?"
It seems that he knows that there are masters lurking around him, and as long as he dares to come over and sees the slightest doubt about the imperial edict, he will be ready to take his life directly.
He had prepared a dagger at his waist. As long as Zhao Chengji came close, he would stab himself with the dagger when no one was paying attention, and then take the opportunity to blame Zhao Chengji. In this way, he would be famous for killing him.
It's a pity that the guy didn't fall for the trick.
"Chengji, since you doubt the imperial edict, you have to step forward to identify it yourself. If you don't step forward, how will you know that this is not what the emperor father meant?"
Zhao Chengli added fuel to the fire.
"This edict is the authentic work of my father. I am the one who has been recognized by my father as the heir to the throne. In the past, my father named you the crown prince, but that was because he didn't understand people well..."
Zhao Chengji shook his head, "Brother Six Emperors, before I reveal the real facts, I'll give you a chance to reflect on yourself."
"As long as you can confess your mistake, the Imperial Grandmother will spare your life."
"What did you say?"
Zhao Chengli seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.
"I am the new king now. I just don't want to call myself this before my father is mourned. Do you dare to join forces with the Queen Mother to threaten me?"
Zhao Chengji's eyes turned cold when he looked at Zhao Chengli.
"Brother Sixth Emperor, since you insist on doing this, there is no need for me, the Crown Prince, to personally come forward to verify the authenticity of my father's imperial edict. Someone can identify it for me."
"hehe……"
Zhao Chengli didn't believe this at all.
After all, the most knowledgeable person in the court was walking here, and he did not believe that anyone else could identify the authenticity of the edict.
Unexpectedly, when the man walked into the mourning hall, Zhao Chengli was stunned.
The person who came was none other than his subordinates who came to report that Counselor Sun had been killed.
What's going on?
Obviously...
Zhao Chengli, holding the edict in his hand, was stunned on the spot.
Counselor Sun said, "Sixth Prince, you can't think of it. Even I didn't think of it."
"You, you..."
"When you sent people to kill me, I was prepared to die calmly. Even when the prince sent people to save me, I was not prepared to say anything..."
"But you absolutely shouldn't, you sent people to kill my wife, children! They don't know anything, they are innocent!"
"Sixth Prince, if I had known that helping you forge the late emperor's edict would cost not only my life, but also the lives of my whole family, I would definitely not do it!"
Seeing that all the ministers' eyes were on him, Zhao Chengli gritted his teeth and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"This is the emperor's personal edict. What does it have to do with you? Who bribed you to dare to blame me so brazenly?"
So what if it was this guy who forged the edict. There were only two of them in the hall at that time. Even the historians and the imperial tutors couldn't tell whether the edict was true or not. Just relying on counselor Sun's words would do that?
Counselor Sun smiled sadly, "I dare say, of course there is evidence."
Zhao Chengli's expression changed.
I heard Counselor Sun continue, "It was just a hidden touch at first. I originally thought that this secret would be buried deep with me after I died, but my family members died in front of me..."