Hu Xiaotian said: "If you don't know, you can't do anything except yourself. Your Majesty, there is no immortality in this world. No one will live forever. Hong Beimo is just using you. There are ulterior secrets hidden in that imperial mausoleum. He
He just wants to achieve his goal through you."
Long Xuanen murmured: "I...I already understand..." In fact, he had understood this truth a long time ago, and the rift between him and Hong Beimo was also caused by this.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Hong Beimo must have seen that you were suspicious of him, so he found a collaborator again and joined forces to get rid of you."
Long Xuanen gritted his teeth and said: "Thief, I will not let you get what you want."
Hu Xiaotian knew that the person Long Xuanen was scolding was definitely not him. He whispered: "Is the emperor just watching Dakang's country being taken away? Is he willing to be used by Hongbei Mo in vain?"
Long Xuanen bit his lip. The hatred in his heart had been successfully aroused by Hu Xiaotian. He made up his mind and said: "I still have something they want."
Hu Xiaotian asked: "What is it?" He secretly thought that it couldn't be the seven-star chain, right?
Long Xuan'en said: "Take me away first. This is not a place where we can stay for a long time. Shang Shanjian has a hiding place."
As night fell, Murong Zhan led 50,000 Yulin troops to search the palace, searching almost every corner of the palace. They even dug up and searched the secret passages of the Purple Orchid Palace Library of Siyuan Bureau, but they could not find it.
The whereabouts of Hu Xiaotian and Long Xuanen, these two people disappeared as if they had disappeared from the world.
Qi Qi didn't pay too much attention to this. As she said before, Xi Yan's life was in her hands and she didn't have to worry about Hu Xiaotian not coming to find her. The most important problem she faced now was to control the overall situation and stabilize the court.
The atmosphere in the Tianhe Hall was extremely depressing. All the civil and military officials who came after hearing the news stood on both sides, waiting for the latest news. In less than five years, the imperial power has changed several times. This is the third palace change. It is not easy to be prosperous.
Only then did they struggle to get out of the continuous natural disasters. But they encountered another disaster. It seems that the national destiny of Dakang has really come to an end.
Zhou Ruiyuan hurriedly walked into Tianhe Hall. As soon as he appeared, everyone stepped forward to surround him, asking about the latest progress of the matter.
Zhou Ruiyuan comforted everyone and said: "Everyone, please be patient. The situation in the palace is currently under control and there will be a result soon."
Someone asked: "Is there anything wrong, Your Majesty?" This sentence attracted everyone to ask questions.
Zhou Ruiyuan frowned. He didn't know the specific details of this palace incident, but he was "invited" here by the Yulin Army. I believe that all the courtiers present were like him, and no one wanted to be in an unknown situation.
After all, there are great risks when entering the palace at any time. It is not only the palace that makes these ministers uneasy. This is a bloody day. While Longting Town is setting off a palace coup, it also sends its men to hunt down people with different political opinions.
According to their initial understanding of the situation, more than 20 ministers were killed in the capital alone.
In the previous two palace coups, whether it was the usurpation of the throne by Long Yelin or the restoration of the old emperor, they were relatively tolerant towards their courtiers and did not launch mass killings. But this time it was completely different. After successive palace coups, these courtiers were able to survive.
Everyone knows how to judge the situation wisely and protect themselves. Living in such troubled times, it is a blessing to be able to save one's life. Then there will be other extravagant hopes.
Grand Master Wen Chenghuan also arrived with several courtiers. He was not aware of this palace incident in advance. After he entered the Tianhe Hall, many courtiers immediately surrounded him. In the current Dakang Chaotang
Above that, he and Zhou Ruiyuan represent the two pinnacles of power, and both have many supporters.
While everyone was discussing, they suddenly heard an announcement coming from outside: "Princess Yongyang has arrived."
Everyone hurriedly heard that Princess Yongyang had arrived and hurriedly returned to their posts.
Accompanied by Murong Zhan and Hong Beimo, Qiqi walked slowly into the Tianhe Hall. The moment she entered the Tianhe Hall, the entire hall was silent, so quiet that you could even hear the sound of a pin falling. Qiqi raised her head.
However, her arrogant and indifferent expression made everyone dare not look at her, and no one dared to regard her as a young girl. The aura of a king she exuded was even better than that of Long Xuanen.
Arriving at the steps to the throne, Qiqi paused and stretched out her right hand. Quan De'an hurriedly came out from behind, took her arm, and walked up step by step with her.
The ministers and officials looked at each other. Everyone knew what she wanted to do. She wanted to sit on the dragon chair that symbolized the pinnacle of Dakang's power.
Qi Qi walked slowly and calmly, arriving in front of the dragon chair and preparing to sit down.
A voice among the ministers said impassionedly: "Legalism in a state-owned country has family rules. Since the founding of Dakang, there has never been a precedent for a woman to ascend the throne."
Qiqi paused for a moment, without looking back, and said softly: "Li Yuanji, the minister of the Ministry of War, Mr. Li, can be regarded as a meritorious minister of Dakang. It is a pity that we should not be proud of ourselves, let alone use power for personal gain and pervert the law. Five years ago, Luanzhou was defeated by bandits."
, do you think you can hide the matter of secretly deducting military pay?" She turned around suddenly, a pair of beautiful eyes bursting with murderous aura, making all the officials present lower their heads.
Li Yuanji, the minister of the Ministry of War who spoke just now, turned pale with fright. His lips trembled and he said in a trembling voice: "The precedents of our ancestors cannot be violated. How can a woman be in charge of the affairs of Dakang?"
Qiqi said coldly: "Push it out and chop it off."
Immediately, four fierce-looking Ouchi guards rushed up and forced Li Yuanji to cut his arms behind his back and exit the Tianhe Hall.
There was silence in the main hall. After witnessing such a scene, no one dared to intercede for Li Yuanji.
Qiqi looked around at everyone, and then slowly sat on the dragon chair. She sighed softly and said: "I am just a prostitute. I shouldn't be sitting on this chair. However, Longting Town caused chaos in the palace and plotted to usurp the throne.
, regicide and chaos, when prosperity is in turmoil, if I don’t come out to take the responsibility, who will take it? Tell me? Who else is willing to take it? If there is someone more suitable for sitting in this seat than me, I will give it up immediately.
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A smile of relief appeared on Hong Beimo's lips. Qiqi's coldness and decisiveness far exceeded his imagination. He made the right bet this time.
Among the ministers, an old minister stood up tremblingly, bowed and saluted: "Your Highness, did you just say that the emperor has been killed?"
Qiqi nodded and said: "Bring Longting Town in"
Everyone looked up and saw four imperial guards holding down the disheveled Long Tingzhen and walking in. Before Long Tingzhen could stand in the Tianhe Hall, two guards raised their feet and kicked him on the crook of the knee.
On top, Longtingzhen fell to his knees with a thump.
At this time, Long Tingzhen's face was swollen, his eyes were dull, and his lips were chapped.
Qiqi glared at Longting Town and said: "Longting Town, Your Majesty has treated you with great kindness. Instead of being grateful and serving the country, you have repaid kindness with hatred. You plotted to kill the emperor, brought chaos to the palace, and bloodbathed the court. You have caused so many innocent and loyal people to lose their lives. What crime do you deserve?"
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Longting Town was completely despairing at this time. After witnessing the blue light in Tianhe Hall, he suddenly woke up. Even he didn't know why he wanted to usurp and rebel. Looking back carefully, he was all Hongbei Mo today.
As a result of the instigation, I was basically being used by others. If I had seen through Hong Beimo's true face, I would have been a royal grandson and lived a mediocre life. It would not be a blessing.
Qiqi Liu's eyebrows stood up and he shouted sternly: "Why don't you say it? Say it."
It's not that Longtingzhen didn't want to say it, it was that he couldn't make a sound at all. All of this was obviously done by Hong Beimo and Qiqi together. They used their own hands to get rid of the old emperor, and then killed themselves in the name of eradicating the rebellion. In this way
Only then did they show their natural righteousness, so that Qi Qi could naturally sit on the throne that made him think about it day and night. Long Tingzhen wished he could rush up and bite them to death, but he could only think about it.
Qiqi snorted coldly and said, "You don't have the shame to say that, don't you? Eunuch Quan, circulate the evidence of his rebellion."
Long Tingzhen felt dejected, and there was no point in trying to accuse him, not to mention that he had indeed rebelled first. He knew that he would not escape death, so he stared at Qiqi with his eyes fixed on Qiqi. He never expected that this half-sister, this half-sister, would be the one who rebelled.
The little girl who had always been pitiful in his eyes has now become a cold-blooded devil. But then he thought about it, there is no family affection at all in the royal family. Back then, he and the eldest brother Long Tingsheng fought to the death, but in the end
Both of them ended up in failure. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If their skills are not as good as others, what is there to complain about?
The ministers circulated the evidence of Longting Town's rebellion, and after reading it, they all whispered, and their expressions were filled with indignation. It is indeed an undoubted fact that Longting Town is plotting to usurp the throne, but none of these ministers are fools, how can they ignore it?
Is there a secret behind the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind it? But now that the matter is over, no one dares to say anything more. After all, the bloody example of Li Yuanji was right in front of them. Except for a few so-called people with firm beliefs, no one dares to say anything.
You will think your life is too long.
Zhou Ruiyuan secretly sighed in his heart, Longting Town will definitely die, and Dakang's empire will eventually fall into the hands of a woman. However, judging from his understanding of Qiqi, this is not a bad thing, rather than falling into the hands of a mediocre emperor's grandson.
It would be more appropriate for Qi Qi to be controlled by a wise princess to continue to cause harm in his hands. Perhaps Dakang could really usher in a revival after Princess Yong Yang came to power. He suddenly remembered an important figure. Hu Xiaotian first wanted to promote Qi Qi to the throne.
He should be the one. He is an extremely important figure to Dakang and Qiqi people. Why did Qiqi not mention a word about him? What happened in that day?
The Yulin Army launched a massive search in the palace and searched almost every corner of the palace. However, there was always a corner that they could not search. The palace did not have only one secret passage. Except for Long Xuanen, there was no secret passage.
One would expect that there is a secret passage hidden in the cattle and sheep room of Shangshan Prison. Enduring the smell of cattle and sheep feces and grass, Hu Xiaotian found the entrance to the secret passage and helped the old emperor walk in. To be continued
