The full moon in the sky is already blurred, and the whole world is in darkness.

The lights were still on in the innermost room of the east wing of the royal mansion. The wind blew in from the door made the lights sway. A thin old man sat there with a sad face.

Time seemed to be still. There were still a few sounds of dog barking and disputes outside, but now there was no sound.

Xu Jie looked at the men in black standing in front and stared at him, turned his head and looked at the black yard outside, but couldn't help but sigh.

Before these people broke in and imprisoned him, he was still complacent about his careful planning, but he didn't expect that Lin Xuran had already known everything, which made his prospects suddenly become dim.

Although the court seized a large amount of property from his house, the source of these property could be completely directed to his son and slaves, so at most he was under the guise of "lack of discipline".

But this time he sneaked back to the capital and tried to forge a will to help the emperor's eldest son get to the throne. It would be fine if the emperor's eldest son could successfully succeed as the throne, but if the emperor's legitimate son took the throne, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even though he had many old friends in the court, this matter involved the battle for the throne, no one could dare to stand up and plead for him.

Yu Qian presided over the battle to defend the capital to save the Ming Dynasty Yushui and then was loved by the government and the people, but after the restoration of Emperor Yingzong, he was still killed and executed.

As soon as he thought of this, he knew that only if the eldest son successfully ascended the throne, he would have a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, he would be in danger of his old age this time, and he would be as famous as Yan Shifan.

"Gemaster Xu, long time no see!" Wu Kang walked in from outside and looked at Xu Jie, who was sitting at the table in a daze.

Xu Jie knew that Wu Kang was a psychic of the Northern Fushi Department. He immediately said nervously: "Wu Kang, I have no overcoming actions. You can't take me to the Northern Fushi Department!"

As early as when Lin Junran went to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, he saw the methods of the Beizhen Fushi, and he would definitely not be able to withstand the torture when he got there.

"Haha... Master Xu, you finally feel scared!" Wu Kang saw Xu Jie's panic in his eyes, but said coldly.

Xu Jie swallowed secretly, but said toughly: "Although I have been deprived of the imperial court, there are more than 1,000 disciples and more than 200 are still in the officialdom. If there is no evidence, I will put them in the officialdom.

I was taken to the Northern Town Fushi. Do you know the consequences?"

"Xu Huating, my brother-in-law is right! After you have been the prime minister for a few years, your whole person has already expanded, but you can no longer see the Qing Dynasty!" Wu Kang heard Xu Jie's threat,

It's disdainful and authentic.

Xu Jie found that the style of blowing in at the door was cold, so he frowned and said, "Wu Kang, what do you mean?"

"You do have many students in the officialdom, but these are all students when you were in glory. How many people in the entire officialdom dare to claim to be your students?" Wu Kang held his hands in his chest and looked at Xu Jie with sympathy.

Although the Ming Dynasty values ​​the relationship between teachers and students, Xu Jie's reputation has long been bad, and he has been stripped of the imperial court. Anyone with some ambitious and self-love has already drawn a clear line with Xu Jie.

Xu Jie realized that those disciples might not be reliable, but he still said stubbornly: "This is your wishful thinking. My disciples all know how to respect teachers and respect the way. If you don't say it far away, I am now living in Wang Xilie's house.

This has proved the relationship between teachers and students. If you dare to arrest me in the Beizhen Fushi, this matter will definitely be known to everyone in the court. Be careful that your official position will not be guaranteed!"

"Haha... you made two mistakes here!" Wu Kang knew that Xu Jie was intentionally threatening him, but he still stretched out his two fingers seriously and said.

Xu Jie shivered by the wind blowing in from outside the door, but he endured the chill and asked, "Which two mistakes?"

"I came here this time not to arrest you to the Beizhen Fushi, but to come and take care of you temporarily and send you to the prison of the Ministry of Justice at dawn!" Wu Kang followed Xu Jie's eyes and was seriously

Explained.

Xu Jie glared at his eyes and said in surprise: "What's the crime of me? Why did I send it to the Ministry of Justice?"

Although he didn't want to be imprisoned in the Beizhen Fushi Office and tortured, he was even more unwilling to go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. After all, he had imposed a crime on Yan Shifan, and now Lin Shiran has imposed a crime on himself.

"This is your second mistake!" Wu Kang raised two fingers again, then said with sharp eyes: "I don't really appreciate your teacher-student relationship! This time I sent you to the Ministry of Justice.

The law was done, and it was Wang Xilie who confessed that you planned and forged the will behind the scenes, and now you are a traitor of the Ming Dynasty."

"This... this is impossible. Wang Xilie will not betray me! You... you are clearly using the public to make a private case, and want to avenge Wu Yuejing!" Xu Jie immediately felt a chill coming from the door, but it was difficult.

Confidence questioned.

"Revenge? If my brother-in-law hadn't stopped you, I would have wanted you to die, the Yuan family would have let you die a hundred times! But now it seems that my brother-in-law's approach is right, and people like you should

Send it to the beheading stage!" Wu Kang immediately sneered and said no longer concealed his hatred.

When the Xu family was in a downturn, it was no trouble to kill Xu Jie to take revenge. But my father had already asked them to let go of their hatred for this matter, and Lin Qingran did not allow him to do so, which even prevented the Yuan family from taking revenge.

But I have to say that this waiting is actually worth it. It would be better to push this person to the guillotine to relieve his anger than to stab Xu Jie to death.

"No, you can't do this, you can't!" Xu Jie finally realized that this was actually Lin Shiran's conspiracy, and his eyes flashed with horror.

It turns out that I could not escape Lin Junran's revenge from beginning to end, but I just didn't notice anything and ran to the capital to send people to the heads.

Because he planned to help the eldest son seize the throne, Lin Qingran could openly retaliate against him and even nailed himself to the pillar of shame in the Ming Dynasty. This was simply killing people!

"It's getting late, let's go on the road!" Wu Kang heard the first rooster crow from a distance, and immediately waved his hand and said authentically.

Two tall Jinyiwei stepped forward without hesitation, and immediately took the former chief assistant out of the room like a chicken, but was about to be surrendered to the Ministry of Justice.

In the Qianqing Palace, spiritual banners were hung everywhere, and this palace showed a white main style, and it naturally became the coffin of the Emperor Daxing.

The four cabinet ministers in the cabinet were already wearing white mourning clothes. When they arranged Longqing's body into the spiritual coffin, they also had to face a problem.

Since the Ming Dynasty's will were all written by civil officials, now that Longqing has passed away, we have to draft the will as soon as possible. We must not only declare the death of Longqing to the world, but also declare the new emperor to the people of the world.

"Ruoyu, come and hold the writing!" When Guo Pu led the ministers to the side, he spoke directly to Lin Weiran.

Chen Yiqin and Zhang Juzheng were not surprised at all by this arrangement, not to mention that they were all behind Lin Qiran, Guo Pu and Lin Qiran have always worn the same pair of pants.

"Okay, I'll draw a draft first, and then you can correct it!" Lin Qingran took the initiative and immediately stepped forward to take pen and paper to prepare for writing.

Chen Yiqin and Zhang Juzheng had no objection, but looked at Lin Weiran, who had already written in his pen.

Now four people are participating together, so the difference between whom is drafting is not big. After all, the will is similar to the eight-legged essay, and they fill in several fixed items.

As for what achievements should be praised by Longqing and what behaviors should be belittled by Longqing, this is a harmless matter. As long as Lin Qingran doesn't do it too outrageously, there will be no controversy.

Of course, since Longqing did not enthrone the crown prince, it is a crucial matter to whom this will be passed on to, but there is no mistake.

Not to mention Guo Pu, Chen Yiqin and Zhang Juzheng were both staring at this matter. Even Queen Chen, who was still crying just now, came over, but looked at Lin Weiran's pen nervously.

"The emperor's legitimate son Long Wei Yan's chin, the emperor's power is natural, and it is good to inherit the emperor's throne..." Lin Qingran twisted his sleeves and stroked his pen, and the tip of his hand wandered on the rice paper.

Since he knew that he wanted to draft the will and decided to draft it himself, he had already discussed it with Sun Jixiang and other advisers, but now he has just written it down.

When Empress Chen saw Lin Weiran's pen writing "The Emperor's Legitimate Son", she couldn't help but cover her chest and breathe a sigh of relief, while looking gratefully at Lin Weiran who was concentrating on writing.

When Zhang Juzheng and Chen Yiqin saw that Lin Qiran had decided that the emperor's legitimate son would inherit the throne, they knew that the battle for the throne had been settled and no one could change the matter.

Lin Qingran quickly finished the will, carefully checked it, and then handed it over to Guo Pu and the other two for review.

Guo Pu and others took the will and found that the previous manuscript did not over-beautify Longqing, nor did they deliberately belittle Longqing. They made all the achievements and demerits of Longqing's rule, but it was very convincing.

But when they saw the content behind, they couldn't help but look at each other, and then looked at Lin Weiran in confusion.

"If there is no problem, I will leave it to the Queen's Axe to correct it!" Lin Weiran saw the reactions of the three of them, but said calmly.

Although he just said that he was to let everyone correct me, Lin Weiran was not a person who was easy to compromise, nor was he a person who would make concessions in major events. He resolutely showed his tough attitude when he was in charge of the overall situation at Dongnuan Pavilion.

"No problem!" Guo Pu immediately expressed his opinion.

Chen Yiqin and Zhang Juzheng showed bitter expression on their faces, and they nodded gently.

Lin Xuran took the draft and presented it respectfully to Queen Chen and said, "Queen, please review it!"

"I review it?" Empress Chen saw that Lin Xuran actually wanted to review the will by herself. She was stunned at first, and then took the will with confusion.

Because she was in the Books’ House, she naturally knew the words above, but when she saw the contents behind, she was slightly stunned.

"Empress, I don't know what's wrong? Please correct me!" Lin Qingran saw Queen Chen's reaction in his eyes, but said sincerely.

Empress Chen looked up at Lin Weiran, whose eyes were full of kindness, but said worriedly: "I am in charge of the government behind the curtains. Is this appropriate to do so?"

"The Empress, when Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne, he was only nine years old, so Empress Zhang ruled the country from behind the curtain. Now the emperor's legitimate son is only three years old, so the Empress ruled the country from behind! It was just to prevent the interfering in politics from the Eastern Han Dynasty, so he no longer distinguished the votes since then.

The cabinet will be responsible for all matters when planning and approving the winner, and the queen will decide whether the proposal can be passed!" Lin Weiran shook his head gently and repeated his plan.

Chen Yiqin and Zhang Juzheng exchanged glances and found that Lin Weiran was indeed the most qualified cabinet leader.

Although the Ming Dynasty had long stipulated that the inner palace would not interfere in politics due to the chaos of foreign relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, it is now in a special period, and it is indeed possible to break the rules and arrange for Empress Chen to rule the country from behind the curtain.

This arrangement seemed to give Empress Chen the authority, but in fact the cabinet was the most beneficial. Although Empress Zhang was in power at that time, she did not handle state affairs, but she handed over all government affairs to the cabinet ministers.

this……

When Queen Chen heard that Lin Xuran wanted to rule from behind the curtain, she felt like she was hit by a pie from the sky.

She was already moved by this arrangement. First, she knew that the stability of her son's throne needed to rely on these cabinet ministers, and second, she also received corresponding respect and power.

Queen Chen was worried that Lin Xuran would have to bear a lot of pressure, so she couldn't help but look at Guo Pu and others.

"Empress, I respectfully ask the queen to rule from behind the curtain!" Guo Pu and the other three said immediately when they saw Empress Chen's inquiring eyes.

Others may not know, but how they did not know the beauty of such an arrangement. Although they were given the right to rule from behind the curtain, they skillfully took the power to criticize the royal family, making the cabinet a veritable prime minister's residence.

In this power reshuffle, in addition to the Sili Superintendent whom they chose to ignore, the cabinet and the queen were the biggest winners, which is the best arrangement.

When Empress Chen saw that all the four important officials expressed support, she no longer worried that she would be criticized by the meeting behind the scenes, and even happily agreed to the plan.

As the will was carefully copied by Guo Pu on the imperial edict, then Lin Qingran and the other two and the queen looked carefully. After confirming that the content was correct, they laid a jade seal heavily on it.

As the jade seal was pressed, this will was legalized, which also determined the legal heir of the emperor's legitimate son and the latest distribution method of the Ming Dynasty's power.

Next, as long as this last edict is reported to the world, the new dynasty will be kicked off.

As the Jingyang bell rang throughout Beijing, officials who heard the news gathered in front of the Meridian Gate.

But I don’t know if it was because of the death of Longqing, or if I realized that the good days of not having to go to morning court every day were over, civil and military officials knelt in front of the Meridian Gate and burst into tears.
Chapter completed!