Guangzong Yaoming

Chapter 33: Everyone is disloyal, everyone is forcing the emperor to abdicate
Outside the Kunning Palace, Zhu Changluo met Empress Dowager Li.

She hadn't gone in yet, and was waiting at the door.

Just across the door, the Kunning Palace was in chaos.

The eunuchs who were awakened in the middle of the night were there to prepare for the emperor's death. In addition to carrying the bed, there were also people holding lanterns to lead the way, people preparing umbrellas, and even imperial doctors accompanying them.

After all, the emperor was seriously ill.

But what attracted the most attention was another person's scream.

"Grandson pays respect to the Imperial Grandmother..."

"Don't be so polite." Empress Dowager Li looked troubled. "Help Grandmother in..."

"Yes……"

The two were in front, and Tian Yi was very sensible and stood behind to support them, keeping a distance.

"What should we do?" Empress Dowager Li asked in a low voice, "Chen Ju is still investigating in Zheng's mansion, and we still lack some evidence that Zheng was the mastermind."

She was keeping up with the latest situation, but Zhu Changluo looked at the person being blamed: "Is it the head of Kunning Palace?"

"... Let's talk about the important thing. What are you going to say when you see your father?" Empress Dowager Li didn't care about this.

Zhu Changluo stopped, stood at the steps of Kunning Palace, and looked up at the palace in the night.

"It must be that the Queen Mother is stalling for time, and the Emperor is taking his anger out on me." Zhu Changluo said with worry, "Grandmother, the Emperor is suspicious. After all, it's not impossible for him to recuperate in the Qianqing Palace. He can call the Queen Mother or other concubines to take care of him. He ordered the emperor to move late at night, but the order has not been carried out for a long time."

He turned and looked at Queen Mother Li: "Whatever I say, I'm afraid it's useless."

When Empress Dowager Li heard him say this, the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time burst out and she burst into tears.

"I just have a lot of good intentions... Since this major case has happened, how can we not deal with it?"

"My grandson knows that my grandmother is doing her best, but my father just got sick..." Zhu Changluo bluntly stated the reality, "When my grandson came to visit at night, my father was already beating the servants, and now he is beating the Kunning Palace manager. He should not be angry, but now he can't control his anger..."

He supported Empress Dowager Li's arm, but she was shaking all the time.

"It's all because of my unfilial grandson..." Zhu Changluo's voice was a little choked up, "Because I contradicted you before, you refused to let me take medicine today... I'm afraid you may also be resentful of me for this rheumatism..."

Empress Dowager Li loved her son so much at the time that she was prepared to take the blame herself.

Now comes sin.

Of course she knew that it was also due to what was said in the Buddhist temple during the day, but could she blame her eldest grandson and only him for this matter?

It was not like Empress Dowager Li failed to see the look in her son's eyes when he just woke up, nor was it that she did not understand it.

"...You can't say that. After all, he is your father, your father..." Empress Dowager Li's lips trembled.

"My grandson knows his mistake."

Zhu Changluo knew that she was not referring to his speculation that Zhu Yijun would blame him, but the important decision that needed to be made at the moment.

If we can’t hide it, we must be prepared for him to go crazy and have another stroke.

At that time, only Empress Dowager Li will be in charge of the situation.

Empress Dowager Li turned around and squeezed his hand, her back bent a little, as if she was grasping at a life-saving straw.

"Is there really no way to delay it any longer until your father's body gets better?"

Zhu Changluo smiled bitterly: "At this point, what else can we do? If my grandson had continued to live in Jingyang Palace, Wei Gang might not have had the chance to put the evil object into my grandson's study... Now we just happened to run into each other, and my father has issued an order..."

Empress Dowager Li’s eyes darkened.

Her back bent further and she took slow steps forward.

Zhu Changluo stepped forward to support her, but Empress Dowager Li held his hand down.

"...all sins...I alone shall bear them...Bodhisattva, please forgive my sins...May our ancestors bless you..."

Zhu Changluo stood at the bottom of the stairs and watched her walk up alone.

Then Tian Yi walked past him and went forward to support him.

When the palace door opened, the candlelight inside reflected the back of Empress Dowager Li, and Zhu Changluo saw Queen Wang hurried out to greet her.

He sighed softly, lifted his robe and knelt down.

I'm afraid tonight is the time when the world changes.

Empress Dowager Li helped Zhu Yijun to sit firmly on the throne, but tonight she had to push her son away with her own hands.

She naturally didn't want to do so, but Zhu Yijun's damn suspicion and evasion wouldn't allow it.

That was indeed a very cruel thing.

To Empress Dowager Li, that was indeed a sin...

...Not long after Zhu Changluo knelt down, Queen Wang came out again in panic and stood inside or outside the palace, not knowing what to do.

Tian Yi had also come down and knelt behind Zhu Changluo.

Next to him was a large, tightly locked box, which he had received from the person in charge of Empress Dowager Li's palace after he reunited with her.

It was already past midnight when the night watchman sounded again. The Kunning Palace in front of him was still brightly lit, but there was deathly silence inside.

After a while, Queen Wang came to the palace door to listen, and then walked down in panic.

"Eunuch Tian, ​​the Queen Mother has summoned you to present the things into the palace."

"I will obey your order."

Tian Yi held the box solemnly and walked up the stairs with his back bent.

Queen Wang did not follow immediately, but stood beside Zhu Changluo, gritted her teeth and asked in a low voice: "Who is the crown prince...?"

Zhu Changluo looked at Tian Yi kneeling in front of the palace gate, and saw him use both hands to open the door a crack.

A ray of light shone out from the hall, and the box seemed extremely important when he held it up and put it in.

"…Mother, my father is suffering from a stroke. I'm afraid it was a curse cast by the Imperial Concubine, who wants to frame her son." Zhu Changluo replied softly, "Eunuch Tian has the confessions of the slaves, and Eunuch Chen is still searching the Zheng Mansion."

Queen Wang faltered slightly, and her voice trembled: "Still...searching?"

The emperor was going to move to the Yikun Palace, so naturally he didn't know about this.

Zhu Changluo gnashed his teeth and said, "This witch, it's fine that she seduced my father, but my father treated her with such kindness that even my mother can't compare to it. I didn't expect she could be so cruel!"

Queen Wang listened to it and looked dazed.

"Grandmother has been very thoughtful and only wants to wait until father recovers, but..." Zhu Changluo turned his head and looked at her, "Mother, Grandmother loves her son, so she tried her best to persuade father. Now that she has to present evidence, it seems that persuasion is futile. Tonight, I am afraid that something drastic will happen."

Queen Wang's legs went weak and she was about to kneel down.

"How could the Queen Mother have done anything wrong? I have heard about it for many years, and I saw it with my own eyes today. The Queen Mother is the head of the Central Palace. She is dignified, respectful, and filial. Even the ministers outside know this, and she has always been praised for her good treatment."

Zhu Changluo held her up with both hands to stop her from kneeling here and waiting for her "punishment".

But the Queen should understand what he meant.

The master of the central palace will have no worries as long as he does not make any major mistakes.

Seeing that Tian Yi had closed the door again, Zhu Changluo said, "Mother, perhaps the Empress Dowager will have another imperial decree later. You should go outside the palace gate and wait for her orders first."

Queen Wang looked at him, pursed her lips, nodded, and walked up the stairs uneasily.

After a while, I could faintly hear a quarrel inside.

The one with incoherent voice is naturally the emperor.

The other one who lowered her voice but occasionally called out to the emperor in a crying voice was naturally Empress Dowager Li.

In this terrifying atmosphere, Chen Ju finally arrived.

Tian Yi looked at him and asked, "Did you gain anything?"

Chen Ju nodded and looked at Zhu Changluo who was kneeling in front of him: "What's the situation?"

"The Queen Mother is giving advice. What we have obtained so far... has been presented to you."

"...What about Your Majesty? Why is it like this?" Chen Ju looked at Kunning Palace uneasily.

"At 5:00 pm, your Majesty has issued an order to move to the Yikun Palace..." Tian Yi looked at Chen Ju with deep meaning in his eyes, "Wanhua, no one here is unfaithful, unkind, or unfilial."

Chen Ju's body was shocked, but he said nothing.

"...Then I'll present it!" Tian Yi stretched out his hand behind him, "Give it to me!"

Tian Yi took the things that Chen Ju had obtained from Zheng Mansion and several other places.

Cheng Jing, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard outside the palace gate, was horrified, and then he couldn't help but look at the figure kneeling on the stone steps.

Tian Yi and Cheng Jing only found out about it when the action was about to take place outside the palace.

Now new evidence is presented to the emperor who just had a stroke during the day... What if...

Zhu Changluo watched Tian Yi walk to the palace gate again and said in a louder voice: "I have something important to report!"

His back and voice were firm, and Zhu Changluo thought of the recorded incident.

After Zhu Yijun issued the will, he became better and wanted to revoke the order to remove the mining supervisor and tax collector as written in the will.

Tian Yixian tried to persuade Zhu Yijun to death but to no avail. He then advised Shen Yikuan to insist on refuting the rebuttal. Shen Yikuan hesitated and did not disobey.

It is said that Tian Yi scolded Shen Yikuan severely and spat on him.

(End of this chapter)