Wen Family Has a Wife

The emperor was overjoyed, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, lay back, and closed his eyes reassuringly with a smile.

The queen stepped out of the hall, her figure looked a bit bleak and bleak.

The Grand Duke and the Imperial Physician followed behind and stepped out of the threshold of the Zixiao Palace. The Queen turned around and took a look, and said faintly: "Get ready."

The Grand Duke and the Imperial Physician exchanged glances, tacit understanding, and respectfully responded.

The emperor lay down and never got up again. At the second quarter of the clock, the death knell rang.

Du Shoufu, who had just got up, was so frightened that he almost fell down. He hurried into the palace under the service of his wife. All the courtiers above the fourth grade were on the way, and a group of people entered the Meridian Gate. They found that the huge palace changed a different color overnight. The gorgeous and dazzling glazed lanterns were nowhere to be found, replaced by a row of pale lanterns, and the bright red silk was replaced by white silk.

All civil and military officials came to the outside of the Zixiao Hall, all knelt down, and no one said a word. It was not until the Grand Duke appeared that Du Shoufu tremblingly stepped forward and asked, "Elder-in-law, why did the emperor leave so suddenly?"

The Grand Duke sighed, "My lord, I know what you mean, even the empress can't accept it. After you left, the emperor woke up once, and the imperial doctor also checked the pulse. I'm afraid that the emperor will know that his physical condition is unacceptable. Dare to talk too much, coaxing the emperor to rest all the time, he was obviously fine at that time, who knows... Who knew that the emperor would sleep forever after sleeping!"

As he spoke, the Grand Duke began to wipe away his tears, feeling extremely sad.

Du Shoufu also followed the old tears and cried for a while. His voice was a little hoarse, and he asked again: "The emperor didn't leave a single word? About the new emperor."

The civil and military officials all pricked up their ears to listen.

The Grand Duke looked embarrassed, and shook his head heavily, "My lord, at that time, the empress did not even dare to mention it, for fear of irritating the emperor. I thought that the emperor had regained some energy, so I slept and said It’s fine if you don’t allow it, and then we’ll make a long-term plan. I didn’t expect...

"Alas! Now, all the princes are dead or wounded, and none of them can take the throne! If it weren't for the persecution by the demon concubine and courtiers, the emperor would not have fallen to such a state!" Du Shoufu was heartbroken.

However, the fact is that the emperor's son died and only a crippled prince was left, how could he inherit the throne? As for the emperor's grandsons, they were all concubines, and only the five princes and concubines had sons, but they were not of royal blood, which meant that no one in the emperor's line was qualified to inherit the lineage.

The new emperor cannot be selected from the emperor's branch, so he can only be selected from the side branches. However, Prince Xian's rebellion is no longer considered, and the remaining candidates are Prince Li, King Dingbei, and King Lingnan. The mother and compatriots are all descendants, and they are all eligible, and they are given priority.

In just a moment, the courtiers figured out the key point here, but who among the three kings can succeed to the throne, the key point is still the queen!

Everyone looked in the direction of Fengyi Palace in unison.

The Grand Duke came over from the Zixiao Palace, saluted the Queen respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty, according to your instructions, the servant has already informed the ministers of the situation."

The queen knelt in front of the Buddha statue, without swaying or moving, she asked, "Did you say anything?"

"No." The Grand Duke replied honestly, and asked hesitantly: "Your Majesty, do you want to invite His Royal Highness to enter the palace for a long-term plan?"

The movements of the queen's hands froze, and the voice could not hear the emotion, "What do you want him to enter the palace for? He is just a decrepit person, so why bother with these right and wrong, you just need to let someone out of the palace and give him a sentence." , Let’s just say, his mother avenged his revenge! Whether the Great Qi will prosper or decline in the future has nothing to do with our mother and son!”

The Grand Duke dared not say a word.

The queen paused before asking: "How are Xiao Guang's preparations going?"

The Grand Duke came back to his senses and hurriedly said: "Prince Dingbei's son has already made preparations. This time he was successful in rescuing him and prevented the palace change. If he succeeds to the throne, the courtiers should have no objections."

"Where is Prince Li?"

"Prince Li doesn't seem to have such an idea, and neither is the crown prince!" Thinking of the person who traveled abroad all the year round,

The corner of Grand Duke's mouth couldn't help twitching because he didn't like people with power. He was really a wonderful flower in the Xiao family. The emperor once regretted that he and Qiongzhu had the wrong sex.

The queen responded softly, and continued to spin the rosary.

The Grand Duke withdrew and immediately sent someone to pass the news to all parties.

Xiao Guang went back to the Dingbei Palace a long time ago. When he received the news, the corners of his mouth curled up with determination. He thought to himself, went through what happened in Chengqing Palace in his heart, and suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Where are Xiao Ding and the others? Now Where did you go?"

Ping Shun was stunned for a moment, and replied: "The Prince of Lingnan went out of the city directly after leaving the palace, maybe he went back to Wen's other courtyard."

Last night, their main staff were all in the palace, but they didn't pay attention to the Prince of Lingnan.

Xiao Guang frowned and ordered: "Immediately send someone to Wen's house to see if the Prince of Lingnan is still there!"

"No need." Wen Youcheng came in from the outside, sat down calmly, and said, "They have hurried back to Lingnan."

"Damn it!" Xiao Guang thumped the table vigorously with his fist, not knowing whether it was the temperature of the city or the son of the Lingnan Prince.

Wen Youcheng was calm, "Why do you need to be angry? Their appearance was an accident. Could it be that you still want to kill them all? What if you don't have this thought and just let them go back? When they arrive in Lingnan, you will have justifiably ascended the throne. So what if the King of Lingnan is dissatisfied?"

Xiao Guang thought about it carefully, and it really was so. He regained his composure, looked at him playfully, and said, "Pingcheng, do you really think so or are you afraid that this eldest son will anger the Wen family, so you let him go on purpose!"

Wen Youcheng shook his head very seriously, "Your Majesty is worrying too much, and this subordinate is just discussing the matter. Besides, the Prince of Lingnan was able to bring people to Beijing quietly. Naturally, he has some means. Now is an extraordinary time. Instead of wasting manpower and material resources to deal with them, it is better to keep an eye on every move in the palace, look! Everything is under our control, isn't it?"

Xiao Guang was so blocked that he had nothing to say, but he was holding his breath. He got up and strode out, not knowing where he was going.

Ping Shun followed behind and hurriedly caught up.

The two rode out of the city and galloped all the way to the suburbs. Seeing this direction, Ping Shun came to his senses and asked loudly, "Is the son going to the Wen family?"

Xiao Guang ignored him at all.

Ping Shun said again: "The Wen family may not know what happened in the palace, what are you going to do?"

Are there any doubts that they haven't solved yet? Ping Shun thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, and his mind was so muddled while riding on a horse, he couldn't even concentrate on thinking.

The two finally arrived at Wen's house. It was dark at this time, and the surroundings were silent. In the darkness, only two lanterns outside Zhuangzi's gate were shining faintly.

Xiao Guang stepped forward and asked Ping Shun to take down the two lanterns before he knocked on the door and entered.