Chapter 225 The Emperor is guilty and the Queen Mother is guilty
No matter whether what Zu Jue said is true or not, it is a fact that His Majesty is crazy.
"Your Majesty!"
Zhao Yanshen called out and wanted to walk towards Gao Wei, but Gao Wei grabbed a broken arrow from the ground and shouted in horror: "Don't come here, Otherwise I will kill you..."
"I will kill you!"
Zhao Yan sighed deeply and did not dare to step forward again.
Other officials were also looking at their noses and hearts, each thinking about something without saying anything. Half of them, officials from aristocratic families, had deep friendships with Li Mi and Cui Heng.
When Xiao Jinyu and King Lanling were implementing reforms in the three states of Shuoheng and Yanzhou, Li Mi and Cui Heng were not idle either. They visited various major families in Ye City. He also promoted the good reputation of the two of them and made friends with many like-minded officials from wealthy families.
In addition, some of the ridiculous things Gao Wei has done since he ascended the throne have also been seen by these aristocratic families. Therefore, if they really want to abolish the establishment, as long as it does not harm their own interests, it will be very harmful to them. That’s a good thing!
Therefore, Li Mi and Cui Heng greeted these officials early. No matter what happens today, everyone can just let it develop naturally and wait and see.
"I am deeply saddened by the passing of the Supreme Emperor!"
"Your Majesty is really seriously ill. Although he killed the Supreme Emperor by mistake, it has violated his filial piety and cannot bear to be the king again!"
< br>"Zhao thinks that a wise master should be chosen to succeed him. What do you think?"
Zhao Yanshen is now the minister Zuopushe. He has been in charge of state secrets since Emperor Wenxiang came to power. After four emperors, he often participated in the country's long-term decision-making.
This man has always been cautious and reserved, and does not show his emotions or anger. In the past, when Emperor Xiaozhao, Gao Yan, was in charge of the government, the ministers repeatedly persuaded Gao Yan to ascend the throne, but he was the only one who refused to speak. Later, Gao Yan still insisted. His good friend Wang Xi hinted to him privately, and then he asked Gao Yan for his opinion and asked Gao Yan to succeed to the throne.
But today, he actually took the initiative to ask His Majesty to abdicate the throne. I wonder who he wants to push to the throne?
"Zhao Pushe, I think that since I am the one who chooses wise men, I should choose the person with the highest reputation among the clan who is most beneficial to the development of Daqi. I think King Lanling is the most suitable..." Cui Heng took the lead. said.
Now Cui Heng has inherited his father's ambition and holds the position of Yushi Zhongcheng.
“I think it’s appropriate!” Li Mi also answered.
Half of the officials remained silent, while the other half were talking in low voices. But at this moment, a woman's voice came from the back of the palace.
"How dare you plan to dethrone the emperor here? Even if the emperor is dethroned, the former emperor's legitimate son is still there, why do you have to choose from the clan?"
"Are you all colleagues of King Lanling? Party, do you want to depose and kill the emperor and usurp the throne and commit rebellion?"
The officials heard the news and saw that Queen Mother Hu came in with Langya King Gao Yan, surrounded by Hu Changren and a group of servants? .
Hu Changren is the elder brother of Empress Dowager Hu and now serves as Shangshu Ling.
Empress Dowager Hu walked in and saw Gao Zhan who was nailed to the dragon chair with an arrow. Her eyes immediately watered and she burst into tears.
"Your Majesty, you died miserably! Who, which traitor killed you?"
Empress Dowager Hu cried loudly and pointed at Prince Lanling and Xiao Jinyu with her right hand.
“It must be you, and you, you and your wife, who killed the Supreme Emperor!”
“Someone is coming! These two are regicides, hurry up and capture them!”
Fenghuang's expression changed slightly and he was about to say something. Xiao Jinyu looked at him and made him stop what he was about to say.
At this time, Gao Yanzong, Gao Xiaoheng, and Duan Deheng also hurriedly ran into the hall, and they were all a little anxious when they saw this situation.
But what they didn’t expect was that no one in the hall dared to move. Hu Changren was dumbfounded. When he was about to order people to enter the hall, he found someone standing at the door of the hall. His people?
Fenghuang breathed a sigh of relief and cast his cold eyes on him. Hu Changren did not dare to speak anymore.
He has obviously sent troops from the capital to the outside of the city, but it seems that he has not yet invaded.
Hu Changren waited anxiously.
At this time, Xiao Jinyu, who was standing at the top, finally spoke!
“There is no need for us to explain how the Supreme Emperor died. Zu Shangshu has already explained the ins and outs of the matter, and all the ministers have witnessed it!”
“Why did King Lanling and I appear? There is no need to explain here. Everyone knows that this is a killing situation set by His Majesty for the two of us!"
"We have no choice but to take the risk and come here to serve the people of the world and to the Emperor! Ask the question!"
The Queen Mother Hu laughed loudly.
"Ask the emperor? You are so bold. Why should a little Princess Lanling, a woman, ask the emperor? What crime does the emperor have?"
Empress Dowager Hu asked in a series of sharp voices.
After asking, she soon discovered that both King Lanling and the young man in white robe standing next to her son Gao Wei were looking at her with extremely fierce eyes!
Empress Dowager Hu couldn't help but flinch.
Xiao Jinyu only glanced at her coldly, then turned to the ministers in the palace and loudly said in an even stronger tone: "The emperor is guilty! And the empress dowager is even more guilty!"
Queen Mother Hu was a little confused. She looked at Xiao Jinyu who was standing tall and tall, and realized that the Queen Mother of her country was not as powerful as this young woman!
“The Empress Dowager Hu encouraged her son to commit cruel and indiscriminate killings, indulge in extravagance and lust, frame up loyal and good people, massacre the people, and even took pleasure in skinning people’s faces and annihilating human nature. Her crimes were even more insane than Jie and Zhou.
An emperor who is so unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and even inhumane is so angry that everyone in the world hates him!
What crime do you think the emperor is guilty of?"
"And you are so stupid? Queen Mother, do you want me to tell you directly in front of all the ministers about the things you and the monks did?"
Facing Xiao Jinyu's piercing gaze, Queen Mother Hu became angry and pointed at Xiao Jinyu and cursed: "Bitch, you are talking nonsense and nonsense. You have been in the frontier, how do you know what the emperor is doing?" , you are slandering the emperor here!"
"Are you ministers all dead? Why don't you take down this seductive woman?"
" Instigating King Lanling to rebel, she is the biggest disaster. Don't they say that the fall of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties was due to beauty? Can you allow this witch to talk here? ”
Empress Dowager Hu was biting crazily, speaking very fast, and her expression was even very ferocious, but she soon discovered that even though she was talking about this, the ministers standing in the palace still remained unmoved, looking at her in their eyes. There was even contempt.
The Empress Dowager Hu had an affair with He Shikai. King Gao Xiaoyu of Henan had criticized him when he was still alive. Later, King Gao Rui of Zhao County also used this matter to frighten He Shikai. However, the late emperor also favored He Shikai very much. , there was also the case of Gao Xiaoyu being poisoned, and the ministers did not dare to speak out, but this matter has long been a recognized fact in the minds of the courtiers, and now they are just giving her face, not saying it openly.
Everyone has a clear idea of who is the evildoer who is causing harm to the country!
At this moment, another beautiful woman walked into the hall. This person was Feng Lingyi, the last woman Gao Zhan loved during his lifetime.
Just when everyone was wondering what this woman was doing, they unexpectedly heard her say loudly: "The Queen Mother not only had an affair with He Shikai, she even had an affair with the Samana Tanxian. Not only that, the Queen Mother also drugged the Emperor. , causing his condition to relapse, becoming more and more serious and crazy!”
"So, even if the Emperor does not die at the hands of His Majesty today, he will die from the poison of the Queen Mother!"
"What?" Feng Lingyi's words were like pebbles hitting the water, causing thousands of waves to rise. Wave, the ministers who were originally silent all let out a burst of exclamations and scolded them.
“The Queen Mother actually wanted to murder the Emperor?”
Feng Lingyi nodded: “The Queen Mother helped the Emperor poison the Queen Mother, and the Emperor also wanted to kill her to silence her. But the Queen Mother and Shikai helped each other, so they were not punished. The two teamed up to poison the Supreme Emperor, as a palace maid next to the Queen Mother said! "
As Feng Lingyi said this, he called a palace maid to come forward to confront Empress Dowager Hu!
Many people around Queen Mother Hu knew each other.
This palace maid is indeed the old man next to Queen Mother Hu.
When Empress Dowager Hu saw this woman, her eyes widened and she was about to pounce on the maid, making the maid hide away!
“Feng Lingyi, you bitch, how dare you slander the Ai family!”
"Whether it is slander, let Princess Lanling test the medicine that the Queen Mother took before she was alive, and the medicine that the Supreme Emperor took before he was alive!"
"If you don't believe Princess Lanling, then let a famous doctor Xu Zhicai came to test it!”
Seeing this, the ministers believed most of Feng Lingyi’s words, but then they thought that there seemed to be something more in Feng Lingyi’s words, as if he had thrown out two more shocking things. information!
First, the Queen Mother helped the Emperor poison the Queen Mother? Does this mean that the Empress Dowager did not die naturally, but was poisoned? And it was the Emperor Gao Zhan who ordered the Queen Mother Hu to kill her?
Second, did the Queen Mother help Shikai? As early as four years ago, wasn't He Shikai sentenced to death by Dali Temple?
"The guesses of the ministers are correct. He Shikai is still alive. The one who was cut off and abandoned was just a scapegoat found by the Queen Mother, but the real He Shikai was kept in the palace by the Queen Mother as a male favorite and an adviser!"
"If you don't believe it, you can go to the Queen Mother's chamber and have a look!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from outside the palace: "No need to look, I have already brought this traitor!"< br>
But it was Gao Yanzong who walked in carrying a man dressed as a bald monk. Although the man lowered his head, many ministers recognized him. This man was He Shikai!
Gao Yanzong was afraid that others could not see clearly, so he pinched He Shikai's chin very roughly to make him raise his head.
"It's really him. It's simply ridiculous! In order to save his life, the Queen Mother actually used innocent people as scapegoats!"
"No wonder His Majesty acted so absurdly. He Shikai must have had the idea behind his back!" "
"To kill the left prime minister, and even order His Majesty to order Prince Lanling and his wife to return to Beijing, and to set up a killing bureau, this villain must have conspired with Mutipo! "
"What are you doing with the life of such a villain?"
"Such a treacherous villain, if you don't cut him in half, it won't be enough for the people to be angry!"
The ministers were filled with indignation. Looking at He Shikai, they wanted to eat him alive. Empress Dowager Hu couldn't even raise her head!
He Shikai shivered for a long time, and suddenly saw King Lanling and Xiao Jinyu, but suddenly stopped shaking, and laughed and said:
"It turns out that King Lanling can also rebel, hahaha ...A person as loyal and brave as King Lanling will go to the step of rebellion!"
"Even if His Majesty is crazy and unfit to be the emperor, why should the Supreme Emperor support King Lanling when he still has his legitimate son, King Langya? Succession? And even if a clan is to be established, there are so many clan kings, including Emperor Wenxiang's lineage, including King Gao Xiaowan of Hejian and King Gao Xiaoheng of Guangning..." When He Shikai said this, he deliberately turned to Gao Yanzong, "Isn't there you, King Ande, Gao Yanzong? In this case, which one of you is not qualified to be the emperor?"
Gao Yanzong's eyes flickered, and then he punched He Shikai in the face, He was beaten until his nosebleed.
"Fourth brother, I will drag him out and kill him now!"
He looked at King Lanling and said something, then immediately dragged He Shikai out and ordered the sergeant to cut him in half!
Empress Dowager Hu was even more frightened, but she still suppressed her timidity and said: "He Shikai is right, even if Gao Wei is guilty and cannot be emperor, my son Gao Yan is the legitimate son and can inherit the throne. !”
The ministers remained silent again and looked at Zhao Yanshen!
Hu Changren continued: "Yes, even if we have to depose the emperor, we must let the Supreme Emperor's legitimate son, King Langya, succeed him!"
Langya King Gao Yan did not speak, but his eyes showed a little timidity, especially since Queen Mother Hu's behavior had already made him lose face. How could he dare to argue with these ministers again!
While the ministers were hesitating and not knowing where to stand, Xiao Jinyu unexpectedly said: "Because Langya King Gao Yan is the legitimate son of the Supreme Emperor, he cannot inherit the throne!"
"Why is this?"
"Haven't you ever thought about why Emperor Wenxuan, Emperor Xiaozhao, and even the current Supreme Emperor, as well as His Majesty, went crazy after they succeeded to the throne?"
< br>Everyone was stunned for a moment, lost in thought, waiting for the next step.
"The direct bloodline of the Gao family all suffers from this hidden disease. It is enough not to be the emperor. But once you ascend to this position, the hidden disease in the bloodline will not be suppressed and will be activated, causing you to go crazy!"
"You guys! Do you want an emperor who will go crazy sooner or later, or a normal king?"
Xiao Jinyu's words once again caused an uproar, and the palace was full of exclamations and shouts!
Even Gao Xiaoheng and Gao Yanzong showed incredible horror in their eyes!
Gao Changgong also changed his expression slightly.
"You are talking nonsense! According to what you said, Gao Changgong is also of the Gao family. If he succeeds to the throne, will he also go crazy?"
Empress Dowager Hu seemed to have found a reason enough to defeat them, with a full face Smiling evilly and triumphantly.
Gao Changgong's face darkened, but Xiao Jinyu said extremely calmly: "He is not a direct bloodline, not to mention that I am by his side. Even if he has this hidden disease, I will suppress it for him for the rest of his life and not bring it out!"
"I am a miracle doctor!" She emphasized again.
"Hahaha... You are talking about everything. Can you fool everyone here just because you are a miracle doctor?"
"Isn't your selfishness obvious? You just want to put Prince Lanling on the throne, so you make up these ridiculous rhetoric after another! It's simply unheard of!"
Empress Dowager Hu is still going crazy. Smiling, but the faces of all the officials were full of understanding and shock. Some of them were veterans who had experienced the four emperors Wenxuan Emperor Gao Yang, Xiaozhao Emperor Gaoyan, Gao Zhan and Gao Wei, and had also seen these four emperors with their own eyes. The symptoms of their respective madness are not exactly the same, but they are similar, that is, violence, madness, and murder!
Although Emperor Xiaozhao did not go crazy and kill people, his life was short.
Gao Changgong, Prince of Lanling, has always been gentle, generous and kind, without any bad habits such as alcoholism, lewdness and lust. He also respects his princess very much. Moreover, the Princess of Lanling is not only extremely intelligent but also a miracle doctor. Even if she has any If there is an accident, let this miracle doctor cure it!
Facing Hu's mocking laughter, Xiao Jinyu did not refute, but said: "Hu, do you think we are really willing to take over the mess here in Yecheng?"
"The current state of Qi has been tortured by you and your son to the point that its national strength has declined, its treasury is empty, and there are people's resentments everywhere. Under the banner of punishing the Hun Lord, because you have withheld food and salary several times, the soldiers of Jinyang have expressed their hatred towards the monarch of Qi state. Disappointed, talented courtiers such as Zhaojun Wang Gao Rui and others have been excluded by you. The king and his ministers are alienated, but you are completely unaware of the sufferings of the world and are still building large-scale construction and extravagant sexual pleasures."
"Zhou Guo heard about it! If the Lord is stupid, he only needs to spread a rumor to get His Majesty to order the assassination of Zuo Xiang Hu Luguang. Do you believe it or not, as long as the news of Zuo Xiang's death is spread, Zhou Guo will definitely gather an army of 200,000 to attack our great Qi Jinyang. ! ”
“And as soon as Jinyang is conquered, Yecheng will be in the pocket, and you, Hu, can only become a prisoner of the Zhou army...”
The face of Queen Mother Hu Gradually showing fear, she pursed her lips and wanted to say something else. At this time, Zuo Xiang Hu Luguang walked into Zhaoyang Palace.
"Princess Lanling is right. Daqi is now facing internal and external troubles. If the people in Yecheng are still distracted, and the monarch still only wants to enjoy himself without making progress, does not understand right and wrong, is licentious and violent, and kills loyal ministers indiscriminately, then The destruction of Qi is imminent! ”
"Prime Minister Zuo, are you okay?" When he saw Hu Luguang, a minister couldn't help but asked worriedly.
Hu Luguang said: "I was saved by King Lanling and Princess Lanling, and I luckily escaped from Liu Taozhi's sword!"
Hearing this, all the ministers in the palace were even more excited. Indignant, he looked at Emperor Gao Wei again with hostility in his eyes.
Gao Wei shrank again and did not dare to look at the crowd.
At this time, Zhao Yanshen said categorically: "Queen Mother, please retire to the harem and stop taking care of political affairs. Da Qi is in danger now, and we need capable people to save Da Qi!"
After saying that, Zhao Yanshen turned to Xiao Jinyu, bowed his hands and saluted: "Please thank your right minister for returning to the court to take charge of important affairs in Yecheng, to end the chaos, and to help the world!"
"Please take over the throne of King Lanling! ”