After Sun Ce and his party returned to Jianye City, the succession ceremony that had been waiting for several days was held under the leadership of the Wu ministers Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong.

In the hall of the King of Wu Palace, the ministers were still immersed in sadness and their emotions were very dull. Sun Ce had already taken a bath and changed his clothes. Now what he was wearing was a royal robe, and there was a sense of nobility all over his body.

Sun Ce walked up to the hall accompanied by several palace servants. Seeing the depressing atmosphere in the hall, all the ministers were depressed, and some ministers still had doubts about his succession.

"My dear masters and generals, from today on, I, Sun Ce, will take over the throne of my father and lead you to jointly build the hegemony of Wu. My father's will is inherited by me. I hope that all lords, the general can spare no effort to help me and create the hegemony of Wu." Sun Ce stood in the palace hall, no longer had the sadness of being in the cemetery just now. He buried the sadness in the deepest part of his heart, turned grief into strength, and was ready to use his own hands to create an unprecedented situation.

"The king is mighty! The king is mighty!" Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Chen Wu, Lu Su, Lu Fan and others all shouted in unison.

However, their screams seemed a little insignificant in the empty hall, and the rest looked at each other. A trace of distrust appeared on the faces of Sun Jian's old subordinates such as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zu Mao, etc. They were worried that Sun Ce, who was only fifteen years old, could support the sky of the Wu Kingdom.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong stood there with expressionless face, without saying a word, and the deep eyes were not shocked, and they could not tell what they were thinking.

The other ministers present had their own ulterior motives, and their distrust of Sun Ce appeared on their faces. After all, Sun Ce was too young and the burden on Wu was too heavy.

The hall was extremely quiet, and the eyes of all the ministers moved from time to time to Sun Jian's younger brother, Sun Jing, the prefect of Wu County. The meaning was already obvious.

Sun Jing felt much pressure. He stood side by side with other members of the Sun family under the steps of the palace hall. Seeing that all the ministers were looking at him, he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhao was the first to stand up and clasped his fists at Sun Ce and said, "Young Master, the throne of King Wu should not be underestimated. The throne of King Wu must be brave and brave, but lacks experience. Although he has the will of the previous king, when this troublesome situation is happening, I am afraid that the young master will not be enough to intimidate the whole country. Sun Youtai, the prefect of Wu County, has always followed the former kings to fight in the east and west, and is a valiant and considers the overall situation. I am planning for the future of the Wu Kingdom. It is better than the young master to succeed the throne of King Wu a few years later, and temporarily set up a regent, and Sun Youtai will take office. When the Wu Kingdom overcomes the difficulties, he will return the power to the young master. I don't know..."

"No, no... Bo Fu succeeded to the throne of King Wu, which was the last order of the former king. I was a little talented and knowledgeable, but I didn't succeed in literature, and I didn't succeed in martial arts. Even a prefect is a bit difficult to be a prefect. Besides, Bo Fu was extremely brave and had led Ce Yu's army to make a lot of contributions. He had already experienced enough to shoulder the great responsibility of King Wu. Prime Minister, please don't go against the intentions of the former king." Sun Jing hurriedly refused.

"Mr. Sun, your achievements are obvious to all. Under your rule, Wu County has the people living and working in peace and stability, and the former kings once said that Master Sun had the talent to govern the country. Now the people of Wu are in panic and need a respected person to come out to stabilize the situation. Looking at the royal family of the former kings, only you, Sun Youtai, are you." Zhang Zhao argued with reason. He was afraid that Sun Ce would be young and energetic. Once he offered him to the throne, he would raise his troops to attack Chu.

Zhang Zhao didn't have a good impression of Sun Ce, mainly because Sun Ce had a flamboyant personality and had a group of young and frivolous people under him. Out of consideration for the future of Wu Kingdom, he resolutely made this decision and decided to unite his ministers and obstruct Sun Ce from taking the throne. As long as he temporarily suspended for two or three years, Wu Kingdom could gradually settle down.

As soon as the words came, the other civil servants who had a close relationship with Zhang Zhao all agreed, and some military generals followed suit.

A stone stirred up a thousand layers of Lang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zu Mao and Zhang Hong, all of them did not say a word and made no statement.

"Master Prime Minister! What do you mean? The last order of the former king is to let the young master succeed to the throne. If you obstruct this, will you be able to understand foreign countries?" Zhou Tai stood up, pointed at Zhang Zhao with anger, and scolded loudly.

"You are slandering! I'm just thinking about the future of Wu. How can I have any personal relationship?" Zhang Zhao saw Zhou Tai jumping out and pointed at his nose and shouting violently, making him look so pretty, and he sneered, "You little lieutenant, you dare to speak to this mansion like this, ** is **!"

When Zhou Tai heard this, his face suddenly became vicious and he shouted: "Do you say it again?"

"As a captain, don't be too arrogant. You have been a magnanimous person. This is a fact and will never be changed." Zhang Zhao said sarcastically.

"You..." Zhou Tai was furious and walked towards Zhang Zhao with great strides.

"Youping! Retreat! Don't be rude to the Prime Minister!" Sun Ce stood in the hall and scolded.

"But the king, the prime minister, was arrogant. He actually ignored the last king's orders..." Zhou Tai stopped and looked at Sun Ce and said.

"Get out!" Sun Ce shouted again.

Zhou Tai dared not disobey and retreated back to his original position. Ling Cao and Chen Wu hurried over to comfort him.

Lu Su stood beside Zhou Tai, moved a step towards Zhou Tai, approached his ear, and whispered: "Youping, you did something stupid!"

"How do you say this?" Zhou Tai asked in confusion.

"What the Prime Minister is worried about is the soldiers of the King and Ce Yu's army. Who are the soldiers of the Ce Yu's army? **, bandits, bandits, and gangsters. Although following the Queen is no longer the same as before, there is still a sense of barbarity in her bones. I think the reason why the Prime Minister prevented the King from taking over the throne was simply because he was afraid that the King would be angry and led his army to attack Chu. When the previous king was alive, the Prime Minister strongly opposed the attack on Chu, let alone the King? You were angry just now. Look, the other adults should have greater doubts about the King's abilities in a while."

"I...I didn't mean it..." Zhou Tai wanted to find a hole in the ground, looking ashamed.

"Forget it, the king will not blame you. What should come will always come. Opposing at this time is much better than opposing after the king takes over the throne. At least the king knows what to do in the future." Lu Su analyzed.

"What should I do now? If the young master cannot take over the throne, isn't that going to make the Prime Minister come true?" Zhou Tai said worriedly.

"Shh! Don't quarrel. With him here, everything can be solved!" Lu Fan suddenly interrupted.

"Who?" Zhou Tai, Ling Cao and Chen Wu asked in unison.

"He is here." Lu Su and Lu Fan looked outside the hall together, and a smile appeared on their faces.

Zhou Tai, Ling Cao and Chen Wu looked out of the hall together, but when Zhou Yu was wearing military uniform walked out of the rain, the three of them suddenly felt hope.

Sun Ce stood above the hall, glanced at Zhang Hong with a squint, and asked, "Does the military advisor have the same opinions as the Prime Minister?"

Zhang Hong took a step forward and clasped his fists and said, "It's the opposite."

"Zi Gang, you..." Zhang Zhao was stunned when he heard Zhang Hong's words.

Zhang Hong glanced at Zhang Zhao, walked to the center of the hall, bowed to all the civil and military officials and said, "My dear masters, generals, the former king has left a will to let the young master succeed to the throne, and let me and the Prime Minister be responsible for the supervision of the country. Now the bones of the former king are not cold, and people in the Wu Kingdom are in panic. If we are not united within us, we cannot be united, no matter who takes over the throne, the Wu Kingdom will not last long. Therefore, I obey the last king's will and strongly support the young master's successor to the throne. I believe in the former king, just as the former king believed in you back then."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Hong turned around and knelt down to Sun Ce and said, "My minister Zhang Hong, come to see the king!"

"I'm going to kowtow to the king!" Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Chen Wu, Lu Su, Lu Fan, Sun Jing, Sun Quan and others knelt on the ground and bowed loudly.

Immediately afterwards, the four generals Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and Zu Mao looked at each other and knelt on the ground together, bowing to Sun Ce and saying, "I'm going to kowtow to the king!"

Zhang Zhao and other people who opposed Sun Ce still stood there. After all, the majority of people opposed it, and the number of people who agreed was only a very small number.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Zhou Yu, who was soaked all over his body, came into everyone's eyes. The ancient ingot knife in his hand hanged to the ground, and a small pit was smashed on the ground of the Wu Palace Hall.

Zhang Zhao turned his head and frowned when he saw Zhou Yu appearing here, and asked, "Zhou Gongjin, you don't have to be summoned by Wang Ling, how dare you return to the royal city without authorization?"

Zhou Yu glanced at Zhang Zhao, ignored it, pressed the ancient ingot knife on his shoulder, and walked towards the middle of the hall with big strides.

At this time, the eyes of the ministers were attracted by the ancient ingot knife. I remember Ling Cao once said that this knife was specially handed over to Zhou Yu by the previous king. Seeing this knife was like seeing the previous king.

Zhou Yu walked to the center of the hall with the strange eyes of the ministers. With a "swish", he pulled out the ancient ingot knife. The cold-shining ancient ingot knife instantly intimidated the hearts of the ministers.

When Zhang Zhao saw Zhou Yu draw his sword, he hurriedly scolded: "Zhou Gongjin, this is the main hall of the King of Wu Palace. You brought weapons into the main hall and pulled out weapons. What's your intention?"

Zhou Yu sneered and threw the ancient ingot knife directly to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce caught the handle of the ancient ingot knife and had already bought it. Sun Ce immediately took great care of it.

"This knife is the belonging of the former king. Although the last order was handed over to me on my death, I feel that it is better to return it to the king than to me. Only the king is worthy of possessing this thing and can inherit this knife. The last order of the former king, seeing this knife is like seeing the former king, and there is also a last order left to let the young master succeed to the throne. I dare not disobey, so I ask the young master to hold a succession ceremony immediately." After that, Zhou Yu knelt on the ground.

Suddenly, outside the hall, three thousand Ceyu troops rushed to the square outside the hall, stood in the wind and rain, arranged neatly, and shouted in unison: "Keep the king! Kowt the king! Kowt the king!"

The sound was like thunder, shocking everyone in the hall and soaring into the sky.

Seeing that the other ministers were kneeling down one after another, Zhang Zhao was left standing there alone, which seemed particularly eye-catching.

"Keep the king!" the ministers said in unison.

Sun Ce waved the ancient ingot knife, and the cold light flashed in front of Zhang Zhao's eyes. He looked at Zhang Zhao and asked, "Master, can I succeed to the throne?"

Zhang Zhao sighed helplessly, barely knelt down, kowtowed to Sun Ce and said, "My minister Zhang Zibu, kowtow to the king!"

Sun Ce sat on the throne, with a majestic appearance, stood the ancient ingot knife on his chest and shouted loudly: "From today, I, Sun Ce, will take over the position of father. Please get up!"

"Thank you, the king!"

Outside the hall, the three thousand Ceyu army also rose up. They were fully armed and cheered loudly outside: "The king is mighty! The king is mighty! The king is mighty!"

Sun Ce walked down the steps and took the scabbard of the ancient ingot knife from Zhou Yu. After the scabbard was put into the scabbard, he handed the ancient ingot knife to Zhou Yu and said, "This is the will of the former king. Since you are asked to take charge of the ancient ingot knife, it must have a deep meaning. Now I will return this knife to you."

Zhou Yu smiled, took the ancient ingot knife, and said nothing.

Sun Ce also smiled. The two of them only needed one look and not too many words, so they could know what the other person was thinking.

"Report—" A scout rushed out of the King of Wu Hall, ejaculated and shouted loudly.

Sun Ce walked straight out of the hall, met the scout, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The scout took a breath and said hurriedly: "The King of Shu Liu Zhang, named himself emperor in Chengdu half a month ago, and the country was named Han, and the year name was changed to the first year of Jianyuan. In addition, the news reached Jingzhou. King of Chu Liu Bei also named him emperor in Xiangyang, with the name of Han, and the year name was changed to the first year of Tiantong."

Everyone was surprised after hearing this.

"Liu Zhang and Liu Bei are both descendants of the Han Dynasty. Unexpectedly, they would become emperors one after another. Two Han people came out at once. With Ma Teng, there were three emperors in the world, which was unprecedented..." Sun Ce said in detail.

"King, now the Han Dynasty has perished. From the disputes at the end of the Han Dynasty to the dominance of a corner, the next road will be difficult to go. Liu Bei and Liu Zhang have all been emperor, so we should not fall behind. I beg the king to be emperor today. The soldiers and civilians of Wu will definitely cheer for it." Zhang Zhao judged the situation and immediately advised.

Sun Ce kept silent and asked the scout, "Can there be any movement in Yan State?"

"Since the capture of the Central Plains, Yan State has concentrated its troops in various important towns adjacent to other countries. The news that Liu Zhang and Liu Bei were elected as emperor must have spread to Yan State. However, Yan State has not made any noise!"

"Even the powerful Yan State was not promoted to emperor. Liu Zhang and Liu Bei could not sit still for now. It is not worth worrying. If Yan State does not become emperor, Wu State will not become emperor." Sun Ce said firmly.

"Your Majesty, the envoy sent by Yan State, representing the Marquis of Yan, came to praise the filial piety..." Another scout came from outside the hall and said loudly.

After hearing this, Sun Ce said, "Take Yan to the main hall!"
Chapter completed!