After the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion was reborn, she divorced and married the prince!

"Nanxing, save father! You are an excellent doctor, think of a solution!" Chu Yanchen strode into the hall, stared at Nanxing and said urgently.

Nanxing sighed and shook his head.

"No! Father is not injured!"

"He was poisoned before, but you were able to save him and wake him up! Now he is not injured..."

Without waiting for Chu Yanchen to finish his words, Nanxing undressed the emperor, unzipped his collar, and asked him to look inside.

"Ah--" He Hongxi was standing close. When he saw the condition on the emperor's chest, he couldn't help but scream. His eyes rolled back and he fell straight to the ground.

Chu Yanchen was even more confused when he saw his reaction like this.

He Hongxi had been with his father since he was a child. What kind of scenes had he not seen? Why...

Chu Yanchen also stood closer to take a look.

I saw two big holes on my father's chest that were stabbed by a sharp blade, and blood was gushing out of the holes.

But the emperor suddenly grabbed Chu Yanchen's hand.

The emperor's hands were icy cold, like a dead person's hands.

Chu Yanchen's heart trembled, "Father..."

"Father...is wrong."

Chu Yanchen quickly shook his head, "No, I don't blame my father..."

"That day, I asked you to swear that I was wrong... I will pass the throne to you..."

Chu Yanchen shook his head repeatedly, "No, I didn't swear in front of my father that day, but I had already sworn in my heart!"

"I will never lay my hands on the throne! I will not break my promise!"

Two lines of tears slid down the emperor's wrinkled face, "You are...blaming me."

"No, I don't blame my father." Chu Yanchen shook his head repeatedly.

At this moment, a mournful cry was heard outside the hall.

"Father——"

Then came the sound of Chu Xiyuan bursting into tears.

Everyone in the hall turned their heads to look outside.

Chu Xiyuan was seen holding the Crown Prince's head and crying loudly.

The imperial doctors knelt in a circle around the prince, all of them looking dejected.

The soldiers who came with the prince also knelt down with their heads lowered.

The prince died and the great cause failed.

They are probably...finished too.

"Father! Father!"

The cold old hand that was holding Chu Yanchen's hand suddenly loosened and fell on his legs.

Chu Yanchen exclaimed, but the emperor had already died and could no longer respond.

Inside and outside the palace, there were sons crying bitterly over the loss of their father.

Song Mingli raised his hand, placed it on Chu Yanchen's shoulder, and shook it gently, "Your Highness...there are still many things to deal with."

There is a group of rebels outside the palace.

At this moment, Song Yanzhou and Song Yunqi led the Jinwu Guards to rescue the emperor.

The emperor has passed away and the prince has also died.

But someone has to deal with these rebels.

Now that their backbone was gone, the rebels were captured and taken away without any resistance.

While Chu Yanchen was arranging the funeral of the emperor and the prince, he also invited court officials to come.

The emperor and the crown prince died on the same day.

The ministers all looked at Chu Yanchen with somewhat different eyes.

Although they already knew about it when the prince secretly dispatched troops and broke into the palace.

But... who would have thought that the final winner would be His Royal Highness Prince Jing?

The emperor and the prince died in such a bizarre way...

As soon as the Crown Princess saw the Crown Prince, her eyes turned black and she fainted.

When she learned that the prince was not injured but had two bloody holes on his chest and died of blood loss, she fainted again.

Prince Cheng is still in prison and the third prince is under house arrest.

Now the only ones who can take charge of the overall situation are Chu Yanchen and the two prime ministers on the left and right.

The two prime ministers saw that Chu Yanchen had not spoken, and they looked at each other. The left prime minister said, "The country cannot be without a king for a day, and please ask His Royal Highness Prince Jing to take on the important task."

The Right Prime Minister also said, "I second the motion."

The other ministers also hurriedly said, "We second the motion."

Chu Yanchen raised his eyes and looked at Chu Xiyuan who was standing in the corner. The young man looked distraught and no one knew what he was thinking.

Chu Yanchen cleared his throat and said, "My father left some last words before he died."

Upon hearing this, all the ministers in the palace knelt down.

Everyone secretly sighed in their hearts that Prince Jing's luck was unparalleled.

Although he did not fight for it, in the end, the throne still fell on his head.

This is simply...picking up the throne for free!

Chu Yanchen looked at Chu Xiyuan who was standing in the corner and said, "The late emperor has issued an order that the crown prince Chu Xiyuan will inherit the throne. Prince Jing and the left and right prime ministers will jointly assist Chu Xiyuan in governing the country..."

The left and right prime ministers were stunned upon hearing this, looked at each other, and then turned to look at Chu Xiyuan in the last row, in the corner.

Chu Xiyuan didn't react either. He was stunned until the person next to him gently tugged at his sleeve. Then he realized that he had not misheard.

Uncle Prince Jing really called his name.

Chu Xiyuan suddenly raised his head and looked at Uncle Prince Jing in confusion, "Why..." was it him?

This is impossible!

When his grandfather was dying, he woke up. He understood everything and realized that his father was not satisfied with the position of crown prince.

I understood that my father was unhappy with my grandfather's favoritism towards my fourth uncle.

He clearly remembered that before his grandfather died, he said... he regretted it! He regretted asking his fourth uncle to swear an oath.

"It's not me!" Chu Xiyuan looked at Chu Yanchen, "Uncle Jing, it's not me, I don't deserve it!"

How could he be worthy of ascending the throne when his father was a traitor and murderer?

"This is the order of the late emperor. Please accept it, Crown Prince." Chu Yanchen said.

Chu Xiyuan shook his head repeatedly, his eyes reddened, "No..."

He couldn't accept the order, he couldn't face his conscience.

Chu Yanchen walked past the crowd and came straight to Chu Xiyuan. He lowered his head and whispered in Chu Xiyuan's ear, "You are different from him."

"He has to bear the consequences of his mistakes. You made different choices from him, which highlights your character."

"You can do it."

Chu Xiyuan looked up at Chu Yanchen.

Does Fourth Uncle trust him so much?

"Please ask the Crown Prince to accept the order and ascend the throne!" said Chu Yanchen.

The rest of the ministers were still confused. What was His Royal Highness Prince Jing saying?

The throne was within his grasp, but he handed it over to the crown prince?

Chu Xiyuan was dazed and was led by Chu Yanchen in front of the ministers.

Chu Yanchen took a step back and bowed to greet the new emperor.

Although the ministers had not yet come to their senses, they all followed suit to pay homage to the new emperor.

Now that the top priority of establishing a new emperor has been established, other matters can be handled in an orderly manner.

There are ancestral rules for the funerals of the late emperor and the late crown prince.

The court was suspended for three days and a funeral was held for the late emperor.

The third prince originally wanted to stir up trouble during the funeral.

But he saw that King Cheng couldn't even get out of the imperial prison.

And the one sitting on the throne was not Chu Yanchen, but the son of the former crown prince.

The Third Prince was completely confused. "What is he thinking? To show that he is noble? He doesn't covet the throne?"

"The throne had clearly been handed over to him, but he pushed it to the crown prince's son?"

Even the Crown Princess, now the Queen Mother, did not expect things to turn out this way.

However, she was not in the mood to be happy yet.

She had been unable to sleep or eat for days and even dared not close her eyes.

She closed her eyes, and the face of Cheng Li, who was stabbed to death by her maid that day, appeared before her.

The most terrifying thing was not that Cheng Li died in front of her.

But Cheng Li's face would always turn into the prince's face.

The prince spit out large mouthfuls of blood and asked her, "Why? Why do you want to kill me?"

"Aren't we husband and wife? One night of marriage is a hundred nights of love. Why do you want to kill me?"

The young Empress Dowager was so frightened that she became much more haggard in just a few days. She looked depressed and miserable, as if she was about to go to see the late Crown Prince.

"Mother, please ask the miracle doctor to take a look at you." The emperor held her hand and said with red eyes, "Please don't leave me!"