Chapter 134)
Every day, many people die.
Qian Qianyi's death did not cause any storm in the capital. After all, he was over 80 years old. After learning about his death, some of his friends even sighed that he would really die!
It's time to die!
The reason is not anything else, but because, after he dies like this, at least he doesn't have to consider the issue of choice anymore.
How to choose!
For every official who stays in the capital, they face such a choice, and they must make a choice.
Persuading to enter!
When will we persuade us to enter?
How to persuade us to enter?
Such thoughts flashed in the minds of more than 10,000 officials in the capital, and no one knew what to do. Of course, everyone also knew what to do.
Naturally, there were some people who were unwilling to do this, so they wanted to leave the city, but the city gate was closed.
The city gate of the capital has been closed for three days!
Not to mention those officials, even ordinary people in the capital, they also know that something must have happened to the court. What kind of big thing is it?
"The emperor is sick!"
Although there was no accurate news, the news that the emperor fell ill was still spread from the palace. The corresponding one was naturally why the emperor fell ill, and the news was so serious.
"I heard that it was not, because there was no such thing as the true dragon emperor today. I heard that he had just arrived at the Qianqing Palace and fell down before the person touched the dragon throne."
"It's not true, I heard that it's because there are spies in the palace!"
"Spy! That's right, it's the remnants of the Qing Dynasty that were not cleared during the Qing Palace..."
For a moment, all kinds of rumors were spreading there, and no one could tell the reason. Anyway, all kinds of statements were spreading there, and no one knew where the rumors came from, nor did they know whether the rumors were true or false. As for those adults who were running around in the past, they were all cats in their official titles or in their homes, and everyone was waiting there.
What are they waiting for?
No one would say he was waiting for anything, but for Li Ziyuan, he knew what he was waiting for, and he was waiting for the news of Zhu Youlang's death.
He can usurp the throne, but he will never "kill the regicide". He must wait until the emperor dies before he will become an emperor with dignity.
Yes, he was independent, not usurping the throne!
Because of this, Li Ziyuan would enter the palace several times almost every day, and he could clearly see that the emperor's body was constantly changing. Every time, when he went to see the emperor, the person who appeared in front of Li Ziyuan was a brand new person. At first, it was just edema all over his body, but after the edema, other diseases began to gradually appear. The wound first appeared in his mouth, followed by his tongue and cheek. At the beginning, the wounds were very small, but they quickly expanded and spread. The wounds began to become layer by layer, looking like layers of white envelopes. The same was true on his face and on his body, blue, red, gray-brown, and such injuries even made people not look at him.
From the next day, the emperor could no longer swallow anything, and he could not even drink water, and he could not even swallow the extremely smooth raw eggs.
However, Li Ziyuan came every time, and every time, when he came, the emperor was asleep and did not wake up. Today, when he entered the palace, he saw the emperor being supported by the internal prison and about to get up. He saw that the skin on the emperor's neck was already a little festered. Looking at the emperor's appearance, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, and his eyes drooped slightly. How dare he look at the emperor again?
"Who is it!"
Zhu Youlang, who had just been helped up, had his vision blurry. After seeing the person coming, he asked calmly. But he received no response and asked again.
"Who is coming?"
His voice was not loud, even a little weird, but he did not lose the emperor's majesty. But in Li Ziyuan's ears, his heart suddenly trembled.
With a "thump", Li Ziyuan's legs became weak and he couldn't help but kneel in front of the young man with a festering body.
"Is it the King of Chu that came?"
Zhu Youlang asked softly. He had thought a lot in the past few days, and he seemed to have figured out what he couldn't figure out or what he couldn't figure out. Of course, he also knew how naive he was at the beginning.
If the lord is weak and the ministers are strong, how can there be loyal ministers?
The physical pain made him much more awake. Although he didn't know who was the one who was the one who was the one who was trying to kill him, Zhu Youlang knew very well that the world of Ming Dynasty might be really over!
He, he must be the last king of the Ming Dynasty.
Even at this time, another thought emerged in Zhu Youlang's mind. If King Huai was really the descendant of Emperor Lie, perhaps the Ming Dynasty still had a chance.
Don’t regret it…but, there is no medicine for regret in this world!
Faced with this young man who needed to sit up with the support of the eunuch, Li Ziyuan was in a daze for a moment. He could not hear anything, but just knelt there and responded repeatedly.
"yes!"
"yes……"
Why is this happening?
Li Ziyuan himself didn't know either. He only knew that at this time, his body seemed not under control, and he couldn't even understand why he knelt here.
"...I am the sinner of the Ming Dynasty!"
After a long time, Li Ziyuan finally heard what Zhu Youlang said in the last sentence.
"It's useless to say anything now! But I, since I have returned to the capital, I want to worship the Thirteen Tombs and die before dying. You can always do this, right?"
Li Ziyuan didn't know how to respond to the emperor's request, so he just reluctantly responded. Finally, Zhu Youlang waved to Li Ziyuan and asked him to retreat, but he couldn't stand up, so he had to let the eunuch on the side come up and help him out.
The city gate was opened, but not everyone could go out. It was not ordinary people who left the city, but full of emperor's ceremonies. He was on the city gate and looked at the emperor's ceremonies that lasted for miles. Li Ziyuan didn't say anything. He just stood there, quietly looking at the yellow dragon chariot in it.
"King, let him go to the imperial tomb like this. Isn't this too uncautious?"
Even until now, Xu Yuncheng could not accept the king's decision, and the king actually agreed to the emperor to pay homage to the Thirteen Tombs.
Especially the words the emperor said when he asked him.
"You can always do this after worshiping the Thirteen Tombs, right?"
Isn’t this equivalent to telling outsiders that the emperor died at the hands of the King of Chu?
In this way, the momentum that Xu Yuncheng created for him was in vain. Rumors such as so-called "evil" and "poisoning people" were all for confusing the public, and for the world to be unable to distinguish between true and false, so that the king could clear away the name of regicide.
"You don't understand!"
Looking at the emperor's ceremonial guard who was leaving, Li Ziyuan's tone seemed a little dull.
"Yongli, who has been wandering for more than ten years, has not had the achievements of a king, but he is also a king. Before his death, it was just this request. If I refuse it again, how can I bear it? Besides..."
He suddenly raised his head and stared into the distance, Li Ziyuan said in a deep voice.
"In this world, I will take it. Even if I let it go out of the city, how can it be?"
Although Li Ziyuan seemed extremely confident when he said this, there was a hint of worry between his eyebrows.
Take the world and be the king!
Can he do it?
fate……
Thinking of Zhu Youlang's miserable appearance, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but feel cold. If Zhu Youlang really had no luck for the emperor, he would have fallen in the Ganqing Palace, then, would he have such aura?
Although he knew that all this was just a fool of ordinary people in the world, he was still a little moved when he was about to make that choice.
The so-called aura is just a fool!
Whether it was deceiving himself or not, it was like a knot in his heart. Li Ziyuan glanced at the emperor's ceremonial guard that had already gone away, and then ordered Xu Yuncheng.
"Your Majesty, please stare at me, lonely..."
He looked into the city again before he said.
"It's time to send a gift to the teacher!"
Despite saying this on his lips, his eyes couldn't help but look at the ceremonial guard that stretched for miles outside the city.
This is what a real man should do!
After leaving the city gate, Li Ziyuan did not ride a carriage as usual, but rode a horse. After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, in order to prevent officials from losing their ambitions, it was particularly stipulated that all officials in the capital must ride horses and not be allowed to travel in sedan chairs. Although this rule has long been abolished now, and many officials in the capital have changed to sedan chairs. After all, it is cold and cold, and riding in sedan chairs is the most comfortable and very stable.
However, Li Ziyuan was used to riding a horse or riding a carriage. Compared to Zhu Mingzhong, he would not interfere with others. Even if the cold wind was biting and riding on the horse, the cold wind would make him more awake.
"If Zhu Youlang died, how should Gu seize the throne?"
Although the aides in the mansion had already made a decision, Li Ziyuan always felt that there was something missing. Although he said that "it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong to get the throne", in fact, he cared very much about all this. After all, he needed to prove to the world that Li Ziyuan's throne was like Zhu Hongwu, who was the most upright person in history, not a throne who killed the throne.
In silence, Li Ziyuan, who was riding on the horse, slowly rushed towards Qian Qianyi's mansion. Qian Qianyi's death was as expected. His age was there, and his health was getting worse and worse. It was not easy to last until now.
Chapter completed!