"The imperial edict has been clearly communicated to all ministers. Please continue the court meeting with Prime Minister Li!" Feng Jie looked around at the ministers and bowed his hand to Li Si.

Feng Quji returned to his own ranks.

Li Si's eyes flashed with tears and he sighed: "Your Majesty has entrusted such important tasks to Li Si. Li Si feels guilty!"

"Li Si's sharing of His Majesty's worries is nothing more than mediating and establishing a crown prince. The establishment of an emperor is a major matter for the country. Li Si deeply feels that he is not capable, but His Majesty has entrusted him with a heavy responsibility and cannot tolerate any shirk."

"Here, I promise to all my colleagues that when the world is settled, Li Si will retire into seclusion and enjoy the joy of studying in his later years!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Jie on the side became impatient again: "When the country is in crisis, Prime Minister Li is so coy and nagging about what he is doing?"

"The imperial censor is the director of all officials. I was negligent." Li Si suddenly calmed down and immediately handed over to the ministers: "The court meeting will continue."

After saying that, he shouted loudly: "It is reported that the Che Mansion ordered Zhao Gao to enter the palace!"

Although Zhao Gao was deeply favored by the First Emperor, he did not have the right to publish the will. Therefore, he could only keep the key to open the copper box in accordance with Li Si's request.

The copper box that Li Si took out was divided into two layers: an inner and an outer layer. The outer copper box that was opened just now has another layer inside.

Zhao Gao walked carefully to Li Si's desk, bowed to Li Si first, then took out the key and handed it to Li Si: "Li Xiang, this is the key to the seal box!"

Li Si said 'hmm', took the key expressionlessly, and said to Zhao Gao: "Get out of here."

"promise."

Zhao Gao bowed and agreed and immediately stepped aside.

Li Si pondered for a moment, then raised his hands to the ministers and said: "The imperial edict is sealed in the seal box. Li Si intended that the edict be issued by Lao Chang Feng Hu Wujing and Lang Zhongling Meng Yi. I wonder if you have any objections?"

"I have no objection, my ministers!" All the ministers agreed with Li Si's proposition.

Li Si nodded, turned to Hu Wujing, and Meng Yi held his hands in hand: "Two ministers, please come forward!"

"Finally it's not me anymore." Feng Jie muttered, then turned to Meng Yi and said, "Don't you have doubts? Come up and see for yourself!"

After hearing Feng Jie's words, Meng Yi ignored him, stepped forward expressionlessly, bowed his hand to Li Si, and then walked to the desk to wait for the old man to serve Hu Wujing.

Meng Yi is different from the other three princes and nine ministers. He was born in a general and has been with Ying Zheng since he was a child.

From the day he entered the temple, he held a confidential position.

The other three ministers and ministers either came from the military or were scholars, and were not familiar with the details of the temple's secrets.

Among all the three ministers, only Li Si and Meng Yi were the most familiar with the secrets of government affairs.

Li Si is now a minister who cares about life, so naturally he cannot issue an edict. Only Meng Yi can issue an edict to make people sincerely convinced.

This is also the main reason why Li Si asked Meng Yi to issue an edict.

When Hu Wujing walked to the desk, Li Si handed the key in his hand to Meng Yi: "Mr. Zhongling, please issue an edict."

"promise."

Meng Yi agreed, then took the key, took out the copper box, and looked at it carefully. For a moment, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"What, is there a problem?" Li Si on the side asked calmly.

Hu Wujing replied loudly: "There are words on the copper box of the imperial edict!"

"Old Chang Feng is confused! Why is there no word on the seal?" Feng Jie said impatiently.

Feng Quji glared at him, frowned and said, "Since there are words, let's read them to everyone!"

"Okay, I'll read it!"

Hu Wujing pointed to the copper box and read word for word: "The first level of the copper box is for the imperial edict to be issued in public. The second level of the copper box is for the Crown Prince to issue the edict!"

"this....."

When the ministers heard this, they were stunned and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Li Si.

Li Si frowned and said to Meng Yi: "Meng Shangqing, what Old Chang Feng said is true?"

"true!"

Meng Yi nodded seriously.

Hu Wujing on the side asked in confusion: "Meng Shangqing, why are there these two words on the box seal?"

"Old Changfeng, ministers."

Meng Yi bowed his hands to Hu Wujing, and then said to the ministers: "There are two sides on the sealing box, and the meaning is very obvious. The first layer of the sealing box is awarded to Prime Minister Li, the commander-in-chief of the Three Gongs and Nine Qings, and the second layer

The sealed box is awarded to the crown prince, and the new crown prince should issue the edict!"

The new crown prince?

Before His Majesty's death, he had not appointed a crown prince!

Is it possible that without the prince, this edict cannot be opened?

Just when everyone was hesitant, Feng Jie on the side once again said impatiently: "How long has it been since you were still so pedantic? Before Your Majesty's death, although he had not appointed a crown prince, the imperial edict has already made it clear. Let's open the seal.

Do you know who the prince is?"

Hearing this, Li Si asked loudly: "Do you have any objections to what Feng Jie, the imperial censor, said?"

"No objection!" All the ministers said in unison.

Li Si raised his hand towards Meng Yi: "Meng Shanqing, please!"

Although Meng Yi was a little dissatisfied, he couldn't bear to be left alone, so he could only follow the general trend and take out the key to open the sealed box.

Inside the sealed box, I saw a yellowed silk book lying quietly across the box.

Meng Yi glanced at the black eagle on the edge of the silk book, which was a unique symbol of the First Emperor Ying Zheng writing important documents.

Only Meng Yi and Ying Zheng know what this black eagle represents.

On the left and right sides of the silk book are the jade seal and the tiger talisman.

When he saw these two things, Meng Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Silk script, jade seal, tiger charm, all three are correct -" Hu Wujing shouted loudly again.

Meng Yi took a deep breath, then picked up the clerk's knife and peeled off the silk book. Suddenly, a strange smell entered Meng Yi's nose, and Meng Yi's heart moved slightly.

What's going on?

Why does this box have a strange smell?

And this desk knife is sticky?

Meng Yi knew very well the importance of sealing the box, so he treated every detail carefully. When he found something abnormal, he immediately stopped and looked at Hu Wujing: "I dare you to ask Lao Changfeng to come forward and check!"

"Um?"

Hu Wujing was stunned for a moment, then walked to the box seal and leaned over to check. A fishy smell suddenly hit him. He covered his nose and asked, "What's the smell?"

"Dare you ask Prime Minister Li and Mr. Feng to inspect it together!" Meng Yi was alert and handed over to Li Si and Feng's father and son.

Li Si's face darkened, and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead. Feng Jie stepped forward first, picked up the silk book, put it in front of his nose, sniffed it, and frowned: "What's the smell? Why didn't I smell it?"

"General Feng, smell it carefully, it smells like seafood and abalone!" Hu Wujing thought about it for a moment and said to Feng Jie.

“Seafood abalone?”

Feng Jie was startled for a moment, then said in a funny tone: "Is Old Chang Feng greedy? Do you want to eat seafood and abalone?"

"snort!"

Hu Wujing snorted coldly: "I was born in Qidi, in a coastal home. How could I not know the smell of this silk book? I can't even smell it, I'm afraid I've lost the taste!"

"Okay, if you say I've lost my taste, let others smell it!"

After saying that, he turned to Feng Quji and said, "Young Minister Feng, when you returned from your eastward tour, did you smell the smell of seafood and abalone?"

"I've been feeling cold recently, which has blocked my nasal cavity and made me unable to smell anything." Feng Quji said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Meng Yi looked cold and said to Li Si: "Prime Minister Li, how should we handle this matter?"

"The imperial edict is kept by Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC, why not let him answer it?" Li Si wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked Meng Yi in return.

Feng Jie waved his hand: "Zhao Gao, come forward and report!"

Zhao Gao, who was originally standing in the corner, heard Feng Jie's order and immediately stepped forward and bowed: "I would like to report to all ministers that before the emperor's death, he asked me to purchase seafood and abalone. He said that Lord Li An likes to eat it. I have your Majesty's order."

, purchased more than a dozen carts of seafood and abalone!”

"Later, the isinglass used to seal the silk books was used up, so I asked two imperial doctors to refine new isinglass. The material used to make the new isinglass was taken from those dozen carts of seafood and abalone!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Gao said with a solemn expression: "Two imperial doctors can testify to what I said, and the eighteenth prince Hu Hai also saw it with his own eyes. I dare to guarantee it with my head, and it is absolutely true!"

"That makes sense." Hu Wujing thought, "After all, it's the easiest to use local materials!"

"Wait a minute!" Meng Yi frowned and said: "The previous three government appraisals did not mention this matter. Moreover, His Majesty gave an oral instruction first and then a posthumous edict. I dare to ask the CRRC Mansion Order why His Majesty did not prepare fish in advance before finalizing the posthumous edict.

glue?"

"Report to the doctor!"

Zhao Gao said with a respectful expression: "Your Majesty has always acted vigorously and resolutely. Although the oral instructions came before him, the interval between the last edict and the final edict was less than half a quarter of an hour. Even if Zhao Gao knew that the isinglass was insufficient, he would not be able to arrange for the imperial doctor to refine the isinglass!"

Hearing this, Meng Yi fell silent.
To be continued...