Doting on your wife to no end: The evil regent is reborn and is too clingy

However, his Dongshan Mountain had long been hollowed out by Shen Yangui and his wife, leaving only an empty shell.

Everything was planned in advance.

Mei Yong was outside the Golden Palace's walls and couldn't hear what was happening inside, but he could see all the witnesses going in one by one according to the Prime Minister's plan.

It's almost his turn.

When the time was right, he went in with the imperial seal, stating that the Prime Minister was the chosen one, and then used this musician to accuse the princess of adultery.

Once the charge of adultery is established, regardless of whether there is evidence to prove that the princess poisoned the prince, it can be proven that the prince's illness is related to Shen Yangui.

The sound of uniform footsteps was heard, and Chen Qi came in with the garrison troops. He took over the guarding around the Golden Palace with a golden order.

Mei Yong touched the brocade box on his chest and his heart beat extremely strongly.

The palace is still clearing the princess of all charges for the incident at Luoxia Mountain.

How could ordinary people be allowed to chop firewood at will near the princess's private garden?

After a few words of questioning by the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, the woodcutter changed his statement on the spot, saying that someone had given him money to give false testimony.

This is the only false evidence among all the witnesses and physical evidence of Cai Chong.

It is this single evidence that overturns the credibility of all other imperfect evidence.

Even if the evidence is as strong as a mountain, the mountain will collapse.

Hua Shi had no way out, he had to admit all his sins.

Shen Yangui shook his head and said regretfully: "Although Lord Hua and I disagree on political views, he has no motivation to do this."

The implication is that there is someone behind him directing him.

"Lord Hua, if you are willing to tell the truth, this princess may be able to give you a lighter sentence and not implicate your unrelated clansmen because of your sincere repentance."

At least the crime of executing the whole family can avoid implicating the clan members... what a great temptation it would be.

Hua Shi was hesitating.

Any look from him at this moment might betray Cai Chong.

"It's you!"

Hua Shi accused loudly, trying to embolden himself, "It is you who made my daughter, who was famous in the capital, become a laughing stock in the world! At such a young age, she can only live with the green lamp forever!"

"If it weren't for you, I would be a third-rank official now, instead of being reduced to a fifth-rank official who can be bullied by everyone!"

"Shen Yangui, you are a witch. You seduced the Regent and then plotted to murder him! You have evil ambitions! You deserve to die!"

Hua Shi really gave it his all.

He had already chosen a way out for himself, and raised his hand while cursing.

"go to hell!"

With a "swoosh" sound, a sleeve arrow flew towards Shen Yangui's eyebrows.

"Princess, be careful!"

Some people reacted quickly, some reacted slowly, and voices of "Princess, be careful" were heard one after another.

Shen Yangui frowned. Four secret guards wearing dark-bottomed golden phoenix robes seemed to descend from the sky. One of them grabbed the handle of the arrow when it was within a fist's distance.

The two men drew their swords and stood on both sides of the platform.

The captain of the right secret guard flew into the hall, grabbed Hua Shi, and threw him over his head.

Hua Shi was like a puppet. He drew a big arc in the air, fell to the ground with a thud, and his old bones fell apart.

The trembling lips trembled for a long time, but could not utter a single word "ah", but instead a mouthful of blood came out.

——“Who is this person?!”

——"Where did it come from?"

——"Falling from the sky?"

The court officials trembled and stepped aside, looking at the unknown person in horror. Some of them looked up at the beams of the house - it was pitch black, as if no one could be hidden there, but also as if countless people were hiding there.

"Somebody come!"

The right secret guard clasped Hua Shi's hands behind his back, stepped on them, and shouted towards the door, "Protect the emperor!"

The garrison filed in with knives in hand.

——"What is this, what is this for?"

——"How can you hold a knife on top of the Golden Palace?"

It's time for everyone to officially get to know her personal bodyguards.

Shen Yangui stood up, and the jade pendant on his waist made a crisp and cold sound as his footsteps touched each other.

"Don't panic, everyone. These are the Golden Phoenix Pavilion guards who are responsible for the safety of this princess."

After silencing the witnesses in Fenglinyuan, Shen Yangui decided on a name and uniform for his own guard organization.

The Golden Phoenix Pavilion is divided into the Clear Pavilion and the Dark Pavilion. All of them wear goose-feather swords and have phoenix feather tattoos on their collarbones.

The difference is that Ming Pavilion is specially granted a black-bottomed golden-threaded flying phoenix robe, and the captain of the right dark guard serves as the head of Ming Pavilion, in charge of the ceremonial guards, accompanying the empress and responsible for her daily safety.

The Dark Guards were specially granted dark-bottomed crimson flying-phoenix robes. They mostly acted at night and usually hid behind people. They gathered all kinds of information for the empress and eliminated rebels. The Left Dark Guard Chief served as the Master of the Dark Pavilion.

Perhaps he was afraid of these four silent secret guards, or perhaps he was afraid of the armored and knife-wielding garrison.

There was silence in the hall.

"The Luoxia Mountain incident has been clarified. More than 200 lives were lost. Hua Shi was responsible for all of this. However, since his motive is not clear, he will be dismissed from his post and imprisoned. He will be handed over to the three judicial departments for strict trial. I sincerely hope that you will find the mastermind behind this."

The Golden Palace is tall and spacious, with constant echoes.

Hua Shi had just fallen hard. When he heard that the mastermind had been found out, he weakly defended himself: "There was no mastermind. It was all done by one person, me alone..."

Officials from the Imperial Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Supreme Court stepped out and said in unison, "We obey your orders."

"Yes?"

Shen Yangui took two steps, making a sound neither loud nor soft.

She doesn't want to follow orders, she wants to follow instructions.

Cheng Yijin felt that the time was right, and mentioned again "Whoever gets the jade seal gets the world", she knelt down and said:

"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. I ask the princess to ascend the throne and be crowned king for the sake of the Great Xia court and the people."

Cheng Jingxian, Wen Chuanbai, Qi Xiuyuan and others knelt down one after another to agree.

However, their official positions were still too low. Cai Chong had not moved, and several Shangshu had not moved either. Therefore, there was still a large number of people who neither opposed nor agreed.

Just stand there.

Shen Yangui waved her hands to refuse, "The emperor is still alive, how can it be my princess' turn to ascend the throne? Come, go and invite the emperor!"

Cai Chong sneered in his heart: Hypocrisy!

The couple really are of the same blood, each one is more pretentious than the other!

"Report——"

A guard knelt at the door.

"What's the matter?"

"Princess, half an hour ago, an assassin sneaked into Qingyi Palace and poisoned the emperor. The imperial hospital went there and found that the emperor had died of the poison."

Shen Yangui asked angrily: "Who is so bold?"

"The assassin has been caught red-handed."

Cai Chong's brows tightened: Didn't Mei Yong say that everyone has gone back?

Could this be another frame-up by Shen Yangui?

The guard continued: "However, the assassin was very skilled in martial arts and has already committed suicide with his sword. He is no longer breathing."

Whatever the situation is, there will be no evidence.

Cai Chong breathed a sigh of relief.

The Dali Temple had extensive experience in handling cases, and the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple asked, "Did you find any special marks on the assassin?"

"To answer your Excellency, the assassins all have three mountains tattooed on their chests."

"Three Mountains Tattoo?" Shen Yangui pondered, "What a familiar symbol."

The head of Ming Pavilion reminded: "The last person who came to Yangju Palace to assassinate him also had the same mark on his chest."

Very good, Cai Chong closed his eyes: Today I am here for myself.

"I'm afraid it's a spy from the enemy country who wants to disrupt the peace of Daxia and did it on purpose. Where is the Dali Temple Minister?"

"The minister is here."

"This matter is of great importance. This princess orders you to investigate it within three days, otherwise you will be beheaded."

The Dali Temple Minister's scalp tightened. The only clue was a three-mountain tattoo. How was this different from asking for his life directly?

"I obey your command." If I can live for three days, then that's the best I can do.

Cheng Jingxian clasped his fists and said, "The enemy's forces are infiltrating, and I'm afraid they are coming for our Great Xia. I ask the princess to take the throne in times of crisis and save our Great Xia from danger!"

"Master Xiao Cheng is wrong."

Imperial Censor Zou Zhengyan walked out slowly and finally spoke.

The opposition saw hope.

Shen Yangui frowned slightly: According to the plan, it should be Cheng Ruogu who speaks up, and he should use the so-called little prince to completely prevent Cai Chong from turning over.

How did it become Zou Zhengyan?

The Imperial Censor was known for his uprightness. Could it be that he was planning to take the lead in opposing the move in order to uphold the so-called righteous path and make a bloody remonstrance?

"Since it is the imperial seal, why don't you open it, Princess, so that we can open our eyes. If it is really the will of heaven, it will not be too late for us to kneel down and worship it."

This should have been said by Cai Chong.

However, there were too many coincidences today, and Cai Chong saw no hope of ascending the throne with the young prince, so he decided to keep silent.

I didn't expect that Zou Zhengyan would say it.

This old man is devoted to the people, only cares about reason and does not look at the imperial seal.

Now he is talking about the thing he values ​​least, I am afraid he is determined to support Shen Yangui.

Cai Chong has been in the court for many years, but he couldn't figure out this matter clearly. It was like he had been prime minister for many years in vain.

It seems that even if Mei Yong didn't come, it would be impossible for him to escape unscathed today.

"General Sang!"

Shen Yangui raised his chin to signal.

Sang Niu opened the brocade box and held it high on the base. "Here is the imperial seal. Gentlemen, why don't you kneel down and pay homage to the emperor?"

The moment everyone saw the imperial seal, they were immediately excited.

——"Where did the imperial seal come from?"

——"It's obviously just an empty shell!"

——"What destiny is? It turns out to be a lie!"

"Here is the destiny!"

When Cai Chong heard Mei Yong's voice, there was a loud bang in his ears, as if Mount Luoxia was collapsing in his mind.

Mei Yong led a team of assassins, entered with the brocade box held high. Following Cai Chong's heartbeat, he climbed two steps despite any obstruction and opened the lid of the box.

“This is the true destiny!”

——"A jade seal with five intertwined dragons? Could this be the real imperial seal?"

——"Who is this?"

——"Isn't this the guard beside the Prime Minister?"

——"Master Cai? Master Cai?"

Cai Chong felt like he was under fire. He subconsciously glanced at Chen Qi, who was his only hope now.

A light suddenly flashed in his mind.

Shen Yangui is not an ordinary person. He killed so many people and yet he managed to escape unscathed.

How could someone with such meticulous thinking show up with an empty box?

How could they allow the garrison troops to enter the palace?

If, if she knew all of this from the beginning to the end, and did it on purpose, then she had only one purpose, which was to make me completely let down my guard, believe her, despise her, follow her steps, and walk into the scam she carefully set up.

So... Cai Chong's hands in his sleeves trembled slightly: There is something wrong with Chen Qi!

The imperial seal that I have is a fake!

But how did it become fake?

The court officials were still calling out "Lord Cai" persistently, and Mei Yong was also waiting for the next instruction from his prime minister.

Shen Yangui is the least anxious one.

Cai Chong, who was always as steady as a rock, opened his mouth to speak, but his throat was dry and he couldn't speak. He swallowed several times, swallowed the tension, and tried to stay calm.

"I have heard that the imperial seal has eight characters engraved on it: 'Received the Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosper'. Whether this seal is real or fake will be known after a quick inspection."

"Since the Prime Minister has spoken, we should do as he says."

Shen Yangui ordered his men to prepare.

The palace maid brought a long table and covered it with white paper.

In front of everyone, Mei Yong stamped the Five Dragon Jade Seal with ink and placed it on a white paper. Because it was the same font, he subconsciously thought it was the eight words "Mandated by Heaven" and showed it to everyone without even looking at it.

"See? This is God's will! This is destiny!"

Cai Chong didn't need to look at the printed words. Just by looking at Shen Yangui's calm and composed appearance, he knew that he had really lost this time.

Completely, there is no room for redemption.

Zou Zhengyan and several ministers read out loud at the same time, "The wild geese have returned, the female emperor is destined by heaven."

Cheng Yijin bowed to Cai Chong and said, "Prime Minister Cai has mobilized so many troops and is so mysterious. So this is what he meant?"

"Empress?" Mei Yong couldn't believe it and turned the paper over. "How could this happen?"

He didn't believe it and covered several more in a row, but no matter how he covered it, there were only those eight words on the paper.

"Prime Minister, your subordinate..."

If Mei Yong said one more word, all the members of the Cai family might be in danger.

"'The wild geese have returned, the Queen of Heaven', this is exactly what Heaven has willed."

Cai Chong folded his hands flatly and interrupted Mei Yong loudly. He knelt down, bowed upwards, and suppressed all his resentment.

"Your servant Cai Chong respectfully welcomes the empress to the throne. Long live our emperor!"

The prime minister took the lead, and all the court officials followed, but their voices were not always in unison.

Without seeing the imperial seal, they still had reasons in their hearts not to surrender.

Qingshuang held the real imperial seal and walked through the kneeling ministers. She stamped it with mud and put her seal on it. She made ten copies in total, passed them down one by one, and collected them one by one.

"Mandated by Heaven, long life and everlasting prosperity"

The printing is genuine.

Qingshuang held up the jade seal again. It was white when shown frontally and green when shown sideways. It was not the all-green color shown by Mei Yong.

This is the imperial seal recorded in historical books.

Zou Zhengyan, Cheng Ruogu and other old ministers started talking again: "Your ministers——"

The court officials bowed again: "Welcome the empress to the throne. Long live the emperor!"

The mountains cheered "Long live the emperor", the sound shook the golden palace and reached the sky.

Mo Chengying leaned against the red wall of the Golden Palace, looking at the dragon throne in the Golden Palace which he could not see. He said that he wanted Cai Chong, an old man, to hold up the jade seal, convey the will of heaven, and lead all the ministers to kneel down and kowtow to his beloved.

He did it.

Shen Yangui stood on the high steps, looking at the ministers kneeling at his feet in the hall, his gaze passing through the high gate of the golden palace and looking outside the red wall.

Their eyes met in the sunlight.

She retracted her gaze, waved her wide sleeves, and said solemnly and majestically: "My dear ministers, please stand up..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Although today is not the official coronation ceremony, after today, Shen Yangui will be the only emperor of Daxia.

After the court session, all officials left.

Cai Chong was left alone in the hall. He had too many questions that he wanted to get answered by Shen Yangui.

"Master Cai, if you have anything to say, just ask."

"My king..." Cai Chong laughed and looked up at the victor sitting on the seat, "I'm still used to calling you princess."

Shen Yangui raised his hand slightly and said generously: "Follow Prime Minister Cai's habits."

"Your Highness, you have a good plan. I admire you. But I want to know when the imperial seal was replaced."

This is the question Cai Chong wants to know most. "The Jade Seal has been in my hands ever since. No matter how powerful your Golden Phoenix Guards are, it is impossible to replace it!"