The tenth day of the fifth lunar month, the capital of Yun Kingdom.
The entire palace has been placed on the highest level of alert.
Civil and military officials paced back and forth outside the emperor's palace, everyone's face was very anxious.
Inside the palace, the kings were waiting around.
"Father, father."
"Wake up, but don't sleep."
"Father."
The kings called softly, but they did not dare to make a loud noise.
"Cough cough... cough cough..."
Emperor Jingwen raised his eyes with difficulty and felt a little relieved when he saw the kings standing beside him.
But the kings were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
Birth, old age, illness and death are the irreversible laws of all things. Even a saint will die one day.
However, the crown prince's position has not yet been determined, and no one wants Emperor Jingwen to die at this time.
If Emperor Jingwen passes away, who will inherit the throne?
Although there is an order of growth and development, the eldest son of an emperor is not necessarily born to be an emperor.
What if the eldest son of the emperor is a lazy person? Do we still want to support him as emperor?
This is obviously impossible.
Therefore, all countries have already abolished the eldest son succession rule, and instead choose a person from among the princes who can take on a big role to inherit the throne, so that the kings can obey and the civil and military officials can be convinced.
If you appoint a king with no virtue and incompetence, it won't be long before hundreds of officials will unite with the kings to rebel.
This is what the kings are most worried about. The country cannot live without a king for a day. Once Emperor Jingwen dies of illness, someone must step up to inherit the throne.
But no matter who wants to sit in this seat, others will be dissatisfied.
As long as someone is dissatisfied, conflicts will arise and inevitable fights will easily arise.
The wise king was a little happy. He had already lost the re-election of the crown prince. Now that Emperor Jingwen might pass away at any time, he could muddy up the situation and maybe have a chance to compete with other kings.
A fight.
"Your Majesty, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"
Eunuch Feng, the close eunuch, approached and asked.
Emperor Jingwen raised his hand and slowly pointed at the kings.
King Xian's expression changed, and he hurriedly took the initiative to meet Emperor Jingwen's finger.
"Bang!"
King Ji pushed King Xian away and said hurriedly: "Father, please give me your instructions."
"You..."
The wise king was furious, but the other person was his eldest brother, so he had a trace of fear in his eyes and did not dare to speak.
The other kings looked at King Ji together, with evil looks in their eyes.
"I...I...pass the throne..."
Hearing the word "passing the throne", everyone's hearts lifted.
"Fourteen...Prince..."
"What!"
The kings were dumbfounded.
Isn’t the fourteenth prince the young prince?
He is only twelve years old, which is the age for studying. He is still a child!
For a child to inherit the throne is really unbelievable.
"Me?"
The young prince also froze on the spot, knelt down with a plop, shook his head like a rattle, and said with a cry: "Father, I can't be the emperor, I don't understand anything, I can't do it at all, father.
"The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. You...you have to...remember...ahem..."
After Emperor Jingwen finished speaking, he spat out blood with a cough, closed his eyes, and breathed his last remaining breath.
"Father!"
The young prince rushed over and cried bitterly.
"The Emperor passed away!"
Eunuch Feng knelt on the ground, the maid knelt on the ground, and all the kings also knelt on the ground.
White silk ribbons floated up in the palace, civil and military officials wore sackcloth and mourned, and set up mourning halls. All of them were sad.
"Winter! Winter! Winter!"
The death knell rang in the palace, and soon after, the death knell in the temple also rang, and the sound spread thousands of miles.
Holy temples across the country also sounded the death knell on their own.
The bell rang nine times in succession, corresponding to the nine steps in front of the dragon chair in the Jinluan Palace, indicating the emperor's death.
White silk ribbons were hung in the government offices of all states, prefectures and even counties, and officials wore white satin to express their condolences.
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Sacred Forest Continent.
Xiongnu Kingdom.
A demonic goshawk flew from the sky, like a shadow like lightning, and landed outside the Xiongnu Palace.
The soldier took down the letter carried by the goshawk and walked into the palace.
A strong, mature man sits on the throne, with officials from the Huns standing below.
"Your Majesty, the latest information."
"Send it up."
"Yes."
The Hun soldiers presented the letter to the Hun King of the Hun Kingdom.
After the King of the Huns looked at it, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he said slowly: "Emperor Jingwen of the Yun Kingdom passed away from illness."
"What? Emperor Jingwen is dead?"
"Haha...this is really good news!"
"Emperor Jingwen is finally dead."
The officials of the Xiongnu Kingdom looked happy, as if they had been waiting for this day for a long time.
An official immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Jingwen is dead. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our country, the Huns."
"My dear, please speak."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The official said: "As far as I know, Yun State has not established a crown prince. In other words, after Emperor Jingwen died of illness, his throne became a hot potato. No matter who sat in that seat, there would be objections, because Emperor Jingwen did not officially establish a prince, nor did he announce it to the world. Therefore, the kings will fight for the throne, which will be an opportunity for us as the Xiongnu Kingdom."
"Ai Qing's words are very true, but Emperor Jingwen is an extremely cautious person. I'm afraid we have already predicted it. If we act rashly, we may fall into Emperor Jingwen's plan."
"Your Majesty, you are overly worried. Emperor Jingwen has not officially appointed a heir apparent. The kings will definitely have civil strife in order to compete for the throne. We only need to wait for the opportunity to make a profit."
"My dear, what you said makes sense."
The King of the Huns nodded slightly and said slowly: "Send the order and the whole country will prepare its troops and horses in preparation for war."
"The king is wise."
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Barbarian country.
King Man also received the news that Emperor Jingwen had died of illness.
"My ministers, Emperor Jingwen is dead and the Yun Kingdom has become a mess. Why don't we, the barbarians, help the Yun Kingdom clean up the mess? What do you think?" King Barbarian glanced at the ministers.
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"Your Majesty, this is indeed an opportunity, but as far as I know, the Xiongnu Kingdom has always been eyeing the Yun Kingdom and has long had the intention to invade. If we rush to send troops, I am afraid that the Xiongnu Kingdom will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. A big bargain." A barbarian official reminded.
"Haha, the enemy of the enemy is one's friend. As long as we reach an agreement with the Huns, wouldn't it be enough if we each take half of the Yun Kingdom?" King Barbarian said with a smile.
"The Huns are so ambitious, how could they be willing to share the Yun Kingdom equally with us? Even if we barbarians can take it, we will never share a piece of the pie with anyone else."
"What we can think of, the Huns will definitely think of, and I believe the Huns will soon send people to discuss this matter." King Barbarian said.
"Report!"
A barbarian soldier came in and said: "Your Majesty, there is someone who claims to be an envoy from the Huns and is here to see him."
All the ministers were shocked.
"Look, aren't the people from the Huns coming to your door now?"
The Barbarian King smiled confidently and said, "Invite the envoy of the Huns to come in."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
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Capital City of Yun Kingdom.
All the officials gathered in the mourning hall and successively saluted and offered incense to Emperor Jingwen's coffin.
The kings stood on one side, their eyes constantly scanning the young prince, and they were all very unconvinced.
They fought hard for the throne and finally achieved some political achievements in their respective departments. However, Emperor Jingwen passed the throne to their youngest brother.
This is really unconvincing.
How can a young child know how to govern a country?
In front of all the civil and military officials, Eunuch Feng said to everyone: "The late emperor's last words before his death were to pass the throne to the fourteenth prince and choose a day to ascend the throne. Please invite all civil and military officials to salute the new emperor."
As soon as he finished speaking, there were voices of doubt everywhere.
"Impossible! How could the late emperor pass the throne to the young prince? The young prince doesn't understand government affairs at all!"
"Absurd! How can the young prince be qualified to be the king of a country? I don't accept it!"
"Even if we choose one of the kings, we all accept it, but if a little kid becomes our emperor, I don't accept it!"
"That's right! The young prince is still studying and may not even be able to pass the imperial examination and county examination. How can he be allowed to govern the country?"
"No, absolutely not!"
All civil and military officials felt it was too ridiculous, and almost no one recognized the young prince.
The young prince kept crying and didn't listen to anything.
"Could it be that the previous emperor was passed on to the fourth prince, but you mistakenly heard that he was the fourteenth prince?"
An official from the Yan King's Party spoke, causing the kings' expressions to change in shock.
When King Yan heard this, he became very excited instantly. For the first time, he felt that he was so close to the throne.
"That makes sense! You must have heard wrong. The throne should belong to the Fourth Prince, and it definitely cannot belong to the Fourteenth Prince."
"The fourth prince is the new king."
"I see you, Your Majesty!"
The officials of King Yan's party came to King Yan and performed the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers.
They didn't care whether the kings heard it wrong or not, they were willing to make mistakes and directly recognized King Yan's succession.
This made the King of Xia instantly dissatisfied. He heard clearly that the throne was passed to a young prince. What does it have to do with your fourth son?
Moreover, the young prince is still his most beloved brother.
So he hurriedly shouted: "Nonsense! I heard clearly that the throne was passed to the fourteenth younger brother, and he is the new king!"
"The ninth brother is right. Before he left, my father seemed to have said that he would pass the throne to the fourteenth brother!"
King Yan also issued a statement, but the word "like" in it is intriguing.
To put it bluntly, it's just pretending to be false, so that there is a possibility that you heard wrongly.
"Fourth brother, you can't say anything. What do you mean by 'seemingly'?" Xia Wang scolded.
The wise king rolled his eyes and said: "I prove that my father passed the throne to the fourth prince before he left!"
"What did you say!"
The Xia King was furious, pointed at the Xian King and said, "How dare you say that again!"
The wise king felt proud. The reason why he did this was to muddy the waters so that he could take advantage of the chaos to eliminate dissidents.
"Ninth brother, fourteenth brother is still young, you must have heard wrong." said the wise king.