The 27th year of the Kaisheng Kingdom of Southern Gods was also the twelfth winter after Lin Haoming arrived.
Yang Kangkai held a banquet for all officials on New Year's Eve to celebrate the New Year together.
Although there was no progress in the war this year, it was indeed particularly stable for a year, and the country was in good weather. The two counties that had just occupied had completed the thorough implementation of the county system and sent a large number of immigrants to the two places. Through pacification and suppression, the two counties had been officially included in the territory. Although these two counties were barren, they were large in area, which almost increased the territory of the Southern God Kingdom by almost one-third, which made Yang Kangkai really satisfied.
At the banquet, the queen Hong was sitting on the left, and the Ling Concubine on the right, and the princes who were summoned below also sat down one after another. However, to everyone's surprise, Yang Ling, who was just in his early 10 years old, actually sat at the head of all the princes.
Many people naturally feel that there are some problems with this kind of seat, but more people seem to understand whether His Majesty is hinting at something.
Some officials have already begun to wonder whether they should go back to draft memorials and ask His Majesty to enthrone the crown prince, so that they can be considered as a contribution to their establishment.
The banquet looked very festive, but there was mystery everywhere. Lin Haoming pretended to be nothing, just drank with a group of generals, and talked about using troops to the Western God Kingdom at the same time.
Just as the banquet ended and everyone was thinking about it after they returned, suddenly, in the middle of the night, the imperial guards outside the city were urgently mobilized, and tens of thousands of imperial guards surrounded the palace.
By the morning of the next morning, many people learned about this and began to inquire about what was going on.
It was not until the evening that some well-informed people knew that His Majesty suddenly fainted when he went back to bed at the New Year banquet. At this time, others were in the Lingfei's bedroom. After waking up, he only issued an edict to let Mian Zhizhuang, who had been promoted to the Imperial Army Commander, immediately lead the Imperial Army to guard the Imperial Army.
Yang Kangkai has been in power for decades, but as a general warrior, he can still survive even if he is less than 200 years old and 170 or 80 years old. However, now he is less than 140 years old, something suddenly happened, which makes people feel strange.
By the next night, the important officials in the court entered the palace one after another, wanting to know the situation, but were stopped by the imperial guards, which left the ministers helpless.
On the third day of the incident, the princes also wanted to see their father, but the imperial guards still stopped him. Then all kinds of messy news came out, and for a moment, the entire capital became panic.
When it was almost dark, several emperor uncles were also pulled over. No matter what, everyone agreed. At least they had to make sure of His Majesty's situation and not let Concubine Ling have the final say.
Just when these royal relatives and ministers from all court were about to break through, General Manager Tao walked out and signaled everyone to the hall.
General Manager Tao is the person he trusts the most. When he was a prince, General Manager Tao served him by his side, so when he said this, everyone followed the arrangements.
When we arrived at the hall, it was already dark and we lit candles in the hall, but we didn't see His Majesty appear for a long time. After waiting for a long time, we could not wait, but we saw a team of guards leading the way. Two women in plain clothes walked towards the hall holding a child's hand on each side.
Seeing this scene, the hall suddenly became a little confused. Now the third emperor, who is the highest-ranking royal family, immediately asked loudly: "Empress, Empress Ling Concubine, what's going on?"
The two women didn't say anything. Beside them, Lin Haoming stood up and shouted loudly: "Don't mess around, you will know in a while."
When everyone heard Lin Haoming shouting, everyone's voice became weaker, but everyone realized something was wrong.
When he looked at the two women, holding Yang Ling's hand, and finally sent him to the emperor's throne, Prime Minister Wang Hu immediately stood up and said, "This is His Majesty's throne. Yang Ling is just a prince, how can he sit on it casually?"
His loud shout naturally aroused everyone's eyes, but the two women still made Yang Ling, who was a little uneasy, and finally the queen sighed and explained: "Everyone, it's not that we two women are bold, but that Your Majesty has passed away. Before his death, Your Majesty ordered Yang Ling to succeed the throne. In fact, before that, Your Majesty had already planned to make him the crown prince. Yang Ling was also sitting in the first place at the banquet before."
"Your Majesty said to you in person?" Wang Hu was a little disbelieved.
The queen immediately said: "I was not present at that time, but Concubine Ling and General Mian were there."
"Isn't this a one-sided statement?" Wang Hu immediately questioned.
Lin Haoming suddenly pulled out his sword and said, "Prime Minister Wang, are you questioning Your Majesty or questioning Empress Ling and I. When the Empress learned the truth, she immediately decided to follow His Majesty's will, because the Empress knew that this was His Majesty's intention. The seats at the banquet were already clearly stated, but some people also realized this, so they couldn't help it."
"General Cotton, what do you mean?" Wang Hu asked.
"Your Majesty was poisoned, and your Majesty died in the palace of the Empress Ling Concubine, which made it easier for you to be a Lady. Unfortunately, the other party underestimated Your Majesty too much. When His Majesty was dead, he decisively let this general control the palace, which made this true rebellion unable to perform the next strategy." Lin Haoming looked at everyone present with a cold look.
"General Cotton, are you saying true?"
"His Majesty really been poisoned to death?"
When Lin Haoming said this, the hall suddenly became even more chaotic.
Lin Haoming made them shout for a while, then shouted: "Everyone is quiet."
Facing Lin Haoming's shout, no one dared to speak.
Lin Haoming continued to hold the sword and said to everyone: "Everyone knows that Mian was tortured because she was captured in her early years, which led to no descendants. Therefore, Your Majesty also trusted me very much. I have no descendants. So I think I am more fair than you in this matter. It is Your Majesty's intention to let Prince Ling succeed to the throne. If anyone dares to object, it is the crime of deceiving the king. I was the first to destroy him and surrounded the palace to capture the poisoned person, but this person was not found. In other words, it is very likely that this person was among the people who attended the banquet at that time, and that person left after the banquet."
"Mianzhizhuang, what do you want to say? You are not going to interrogate us, are you?" Uncle Sanhuang was also a little angry when he heard this.
Lin Haoming immediately said: "Three Emperors, this matter must have nothing to do with you. After all, you are an idle prince. Your Majesty suddenly had an accident and did not enthrone the crown prince or leave no will. Normally, whoever is most likely to ascend the throne will be the greatest suspicion."
Chapter completed!