When Lu Yi appeared, King Xuan's face became even more ugly.
King Zhong returned to Beijing half a month earlier than planned. According to his plan, when King Zhong returned to Beijing, the throne would have already been in his possession. And Lu Yi, he actually came back secretly, and his
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The master brought by Lu Yi was a famous local Confucian, and many people knew that he had great attainments in calligraphy. This shows how strange everyone's expressions were when he said, "The imperial edict is false."
The edict is of course false.
It had been a long time since the old emperor had written. How could he write such bold words? The dirty words he wrote for Concubine Mei were normal.
Now the two princes refused to give in to each other, and the ministers were frightened.
"Come here, take down the eldest princess." Prince Zhong said.
"Wait a minute..." the eldest princess shouted, "What does this matter have to do with me?"
"The eldest princess came out with the edict, so why doesn't it matter?" Lu Yi said calmly, "Master Qi, is your Dark Law Department a vegetarian?"
Qi Xiao, who had been silent all this time, glanced at the eldest princess and made a gesture to the subordinates of the Dark Law Department next to him.
When the eldest princess saw the people from the Department of Darkness approaching her, she said angrily: "Qi Xiao, how dare you!"
"The Dark Law Department only listens to the emperor's orders." An adult said, "Since when has Lord Qi become Lord Lu's dog? Lord Qi will bite whomever Lord Lu says he will bite."
"What Mr. Wang said is absolutely true. Our Dark Law Department really catches and bites anyone. Come here, please invite Mr. Wang to the prison of the Dark Law Department for a few days."
"My lord, are you just going to watch the Anfa Division collude with Dali Temple and become the loyal king's minions?" Mr. Wang's face changed with fright, and he shouted towards King Xuan.
Of course King Xuan must protect Mr. Wang, otherwise wouldn’t the ministers following him be heartbroken?
"Master Qi, Master Wang has not made any mistakes. You, the Dark Law Division, have no right to take action against him. Furthermore, the Dark Law Division only obeys orders from the emperor. Before the new emperor ascends the throne, it would be best for Mr. Qi to take a rest."
"This is simple." Lu Yi said calmly, "We respectfully welcome His Royal Highness Prince Zhong to the throne as emperor."
"I would like to invite His Royal Highness Prince Zhong to ascend the throne." Lu Xuan knelt down.
"I would like to invite His Royal Highness Prince Zhong to ascend the throne." Qi Xiao also knelt down.
The other ministers looked at each other.
Those who were originally loyal to the king, of course expressed their stance without hesitation. The most miserable thing is that the ministers of King Xuan's party are now at a loss and can only look towards King Xuan.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" the minister asked King Xuan.
King Xuan was unwilling to give in, but now that King Zhong had troops and ministers headed by Lu Yi were loyal to him, he really had no chance of winning.
He had two choices. One was to rebel. If he rebelled before King Zhong ascended the throne, he would always have a slight chance of winning. The other was to obey. If he couldn't swallow this breath, he would have no choice but to swallow it. King Zhong didn't dare to do anything to him.
"Your Majesty, the timing is not good for us now."
"Lu Yi is back. The arrangements must have been made outside. We don't have enough people."
"Lu Yi, King Zhong..." King Xuan clenched his fists, "I am not willing to give in. Everything is ready. I only need the east wind."
"Keep the green hills here, so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood!"
"I respectfully welcome my brother as the emperor." King Xuan suppressed the anger in his heart and said respectfully.
When the other ministers saw this, they completely turned off the fire.
One minister after another knelt in front of King Zhong and showed their loyalty to King Zhong.
The eldest princess's face is not pretty.
It was she who took out the edict, and everyone else recognized King Zhong as the new king, so what did she do?
She glared at King Xuan fiercely.
But King Xuan seemed unable to see or feel her anger.
"Brother Imperial, the eldest princess is also confused for a moment, please ask Brother Imperial to be extra kind." King Xuan said.
"I am not a stingy person. I think the eldest princess is also concerned that her father has left in a hurry and has not settled down the throne of the crown prince, and is worried that our brothers are jealous. The eldest princess also has good intentions, and I will not blame her."
King Zhong waved his hand, and the person escorting the eldest princess released her.
The eldest princess relaxed now.
"However, forging a will is a serious crime, and I cannot let the eldest princess do it. Let's do this. The eldest princess will go home and reflect on it, and she will not be allowed to leave the princess's mansion for half a year."
When the ministers left the hall, their whole bodies were soaked with sweat.
In the situation just now, if anything went wrong, all of them would be wiped out.
"Is this how King Xuan recognizes you?"
"What can you do if you don't admit it? King Zhong has brought back tens of thousands of troops. And Lu Yi, do you think he doesn't have any chips in his hand?"
"The emperor died in a strange way!"
"Hush! Don't say such things. Anyway, King Xuan is shooting himself in the foot this time."
"I think he was busy for a long time and made a wedding dress for someone else."
King Zhong had just returned and had to settle his soldiers. After he had settled down, he summoned several close ministers and held a secret meeting.
"Your Majesty, Prince Xuan just accepted his fate like this? Why do you think this is too simple?" A military commander said, "Doesn't he have other plots?"
"I found out that a boy said a few words in King Xuan's ear, and King Xuan surrendered to me. Who among you knows what the boy said?"
"The boy said that the soldiers that King Xuan originally arranged to threaten the ministers have been controlled by others. They have no men to play this big game of chess again. The game has been lost before it even started."
"Did you do it?" King Zhong knew it was Lu Yi's work without even guessing.
"Although I left the capital, my eyes have been keeping an eye on King Xuan's every move. In addition, King Xuan somehow offended the Yang family, and the Yang family provided a lot of information."
Another minister said: "Isn't Prince Xuan's princess from the Yang family? The Yang family is so aware of current affairs that they actually gave up their son-in-law and turned to the prince?"
"Prince Xuan has used the Yang family for a long time, but now the Yang family has no use value, and his princess exists in name only and has been bedridden for a long time." Another minister said, "No wonder the Yang family and Prince Xuan have separated."
"Although Prince Xuan has temporarily acknowledged it, that boy cannot give up so easily. If the prince does not ascend the throne for a day, this matter is prone to accidents. Recently, the prince cannot act alone." Lu Xuan said.
"What did Qin Tianjian say?"
"A month from now will be the auspicious day."
"Is Qin Tianjian a member of King Xuan?"
"That's right."
"I don't know what tricks he wants to play, but I am really looking forward to the handiwork of my imperial brother." Prince Zhong sneered, "In a short period of time, he has grown animal claws and wants to pounce on me and bite me.
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This time King Zhong returned to Beijing and encountered more than a dozen assassinations on his way back to the capital. The assassins had a few tricks up their sleeves, and they almost caused King Zhong to suffer heavy losses twice. In one of them, King Zhong was seriously injured, but he managed to survive.