Eternal Life: My Millennia in the Jiaofang Division

The palace, in the ancestral temple.

The palace servants were cleaning everywhere, and suddenly a young eunuch looked up inadvertently, and was immediately stunned.

He saw that the incense offered in front of the tablet above was almost burned out.

"That's not right, I just put the incense in, how come it's almost burned out?"

The young eunuch was full of doubts, scratching his head and muttering whether he remembered it wrong?

So he hurried forward, lit three more incense sticks and inserted them into the incense burner, and then continued to clean.

But not long after, an unhappy voice came: "Xiao Guizi, don't you see that the incense is almost burned out? Why don't you burn incense quickly? If you let the incense run out, be careful of your head!"

"..."

Xiao Guizi looked up in astonishment, only to find that the incense in the incense burner was indeed almost burned out.

And in front of the altar, there was an old eunuch standing.

He was shocked and knelt on the ground: "Master, the incense was just lit, how come..."

"How dare you!"

The old eunuch was furious: "How could the incense that had just been lit become so short? Do you think I am a three-year-old child who is easy to deceive? I think you are..."

Plop!

Little Guizi was shocked and knelt on the ground directly: "Master, please forgive me, I remembered it wrongly. I didn't mean to deceive you. Please spare my life for the sake of eunuch Wang!"

Obviously, this guy knows the way to survive very well. He knows that now is not the time to defend himself. After all, he has no evidence. The more he defends, the faster he will die.

So he admitted his mistake immediately. Saving his life is important!

"You...ah!"

The old eunuch sighed: "Your adoptive father is also miserable. How could he have such an unpromising adopted son like you? Well, we can pretend that we didn't see what happened today. Be more careful in the future!"

"Thank you, Master, the incense!"

Little Guizi kowtowed again.

After the old eunuch left, he stood up and looked at the incense burner in confusion: "Strange, the incense was just lit, why did it burn out so quickly?"

He thought for a while, and quickly lit three more incense sticks and inserted them into the incense burner.

But this time he didn't do anything else, but stared at the incense without blinking.

But until his eyes were sore, the burning of the incense was still normal, and there was no sign of burning out quickly.

"Strange, did I really remember it wrong? But just now it was clearly...wait, is there something unclean?"

Xiao Guizi shrank his neck, his face turned pale, and he felt that the whole ancestral temple suddenly became gloomy.

He knelt down quickly and kowtowed to the pile of tablets above: "Dear ancestors, I am loyal to the royal family. If you are unhappy about anything, don't find me..."

At this time, above the tablets, Zhao Mu looked at the kneeling Xiao Guizi, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He didn't expect that when he used the power of the artifact to erode the ancestral temple, the incense would burn faster because of the change in the national destiny.

Fortunately, he covered it up in time and didn't cause more trouble.

But I didn't expect that this little eunuch would think that the change in incense was due to the appearance of the ancestors of the Chu family. It was a bit funny.

At this time, another little eunuch walked into the hall.

He looked around, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurried over: "Xiao Guizi, why are you kowtow here?"

"No... nothing, I just want to kowtow to the ancestors to show my loyalty."

Xiao Guizi stood up: "Xiao Xuanzi, why are you here, is there something wrong?"

"Indeed, something happened."

Xiao Xuanzi's face was solemn: "Just now, the old ancestor Lieyang summoned all the ministers into the palace, and now they are discussing in Chaoyang Hall. It is said that they are going to determine the successor."

"What?"

Xiao Guizi was shocked: "Over the years, the old ancestor Lieyang has allowed the princes and lords to fight, isn't it Do you want to choose the best one to succeed? Now the fight has not yet ended, why does the ancestor suddenly want to announce the candidate? "

"Just say so."

Xiao Xuanzi also frowned: "A while ago, the ancestor said that he would invite the Holy Ancestor, but the Holy Ancestor did not come back, but he wanted to confirm the successor to the throne. There must be something strange about this."

He looked serious: "But this kind of big thing is not something we can get involved in. I came here to remind you to be careful. There may be a big change in the court recently, and you must not be affected by it."

"I understand, you should be more careful too!" Xiao Guizi nodded seriously.

At this time, Zhao Mu, who was above the tablet, heard everything.

"Is the old ancestor Lieyang going to confirm the successor so suddenly? That little eunuch is right, this matter is indeed strange."

Zhao Mu pondered for a moment, and his mind immediately extended to Chaoyang Hall.

Chaoyang Hall

Many court officials and princes gathered together, looking at the old ancestor Lieyang standing next to the dragon throne with strange expressions.

Obviously, everyone felt that the old ancestor Lieyang's actions today were very abrupt.

At this time, the Minister of Rites stepped out and said: "Old Ancestor, the Holy Ancestor has not returned to Lieyang City. Is it too hasty to hastily determine the successor to the throne now?"

"What is hasty?"

The old ancestor Lieyang's eyes were cold: "Before the Holy Ancestor left, he ordered me to take full charge of the throne. Now I have determined the candidate in my mind, and I have also reported to the Holy Ancestor and received the Holy Ancestor's will."

"Minister Li asked this question, are you doubting the vision of the Holy Ancestor, or are you doubting that I am falsely conveying the Holy Ancestor's will?"

A scroll appeared in his hand: "This is the Holy Ancestor's decree of enthronement. Would you like to check it yourself?"

"I dare not!"

The Minister of Rites knelt down in fear, and was so scared that he broke out in cold sweat.

Ancestor Lieyang suppressed the Southern Region for thousands of years with his own strength, and he was already very powerful. Now he has the support of Saint Ancestor Chu Jinghong.

He had already taken a great risk by questioning it just now. If he dared to question the authenticity of the will at this moment, even if he was the Minister of Rites, he would probably lose his life.

At this time, the ministers looked at each other, and finally the most senior Duke of Protecting the Country stood up.

"Ancestor, since Saint Ancestor has already made a will, please announce it."

"Okay, everyone listen to the order." Ancestor Lieyang opened the scroll.

Suddenly, the whole hall was dead silent, and everyone held their breath.

Especially the princes and princes, they were nervous, wanting to know if the person who was chosen was themselves?

"Saint Ancestor said: I Lieyang founded the country for thousands of years, and the emperors of all generations worked hard to govern the country, so that we can have today's grand occasion, but there are unexpected changes in the sky..."

The majestic voice of Ancestor Lieyang made the atmosphere in the Chaoyang Hall solemn.

Everyone looked serious, waiting for him to read out the last name.

Finally, the decree came to the end, and everyone's eyes were slightly fixed.

"... Chu Xiaoyu, the descendant of the Chu family, is kind and loyal, blessed by heaven, and can succeed the throne of the emperor!"

Chu Xiaoyu?

Prince Qing?

All the ministers were stunned!

And those princes and nobles were even more dumbfounded!

Wasn't Prince Qing dead?

How could a dead person inherit the throne?

What's more, even if he was not dead, what would happen?

Prince Qing has always been nicknamed the mud prince. How could such a fool succeed the throne?

Is the Holy Ancestor crazy?