Overwhelming mountains and rivers

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, news of Emperor Yuan's death spread, shocking the entire court.

Before the ministers in the court competed for the candidate for the new emperor, another piece of news was thrown like a bolt from the blue.

King Teng forced the palace, and King Xin rushed to escort him. Fortunately, the heavens have eyes, and King Teng was defeated. Yesterday, he was imprisoned in the dungeon together with several other rebels.

Several supporters of Chu Xuanqing in the court expressed doubts about this matter, and asked Chu Xuanzhao to produce real evidence, otherwise, they would never recognize his status as the new emperor.

Chu Xuanzhao was dressed in plain white linen, with a white ribbon on his hair. He strolled into the hall and said in a deep voice, "Chu Xuanqing conspired against him, and the world can learn from it! Today, the father was poisoned by him, and he has already passed away. You don’t think about how to bury His Majesty and send him to the imperial mausoleum, but here you condemn the rebels who killed His Majesty, it’s really rebellious and disregarding the grace of God! Do you want evidence? Well, this king will give you the evidence.”

Chu Xuanzhao turned to face the outside of the hall, "Come here! Bring the prostitute who deceived the country and poisoned His Majesty!"

Miao Lagu was dragged up to the main hall by two golden armored guards. At this time, where is the former Gu Pan Shenghui?Already unkempt and embarrassed.

Chu Xuanzhao walked up to her and motioned Jin Jiawei to let her go, "Tell me, how did you conspire with Chu Xuanqing, how did you kill your father? In front of all the ministers, repeat your previous remarks. "

Miaolagu couldn't stand upright. She had a miscarriage for only half a month, and she hadn't fully recuperated. Last night, she went through chaos and interrogation. Once she was let go by the golden armored guards, she collapsed on the ground, "...Yes, I said..."

After Miaolagu finished speaking, several of Chu Xuanqing's supporters looked at each other and fell silent.

It's just that the right servant of Menxia Province shot Zhu Wenbin, but stood up.

He is a loyal supporter of Chu Xuanqing, he has received a lot of favors from Chu Xuanqing, and he is loyal to Chu Xuanqing. In fact, he also knows that what Concubine Miao said should be true, and this is indeed Chu Xuanqing's style, but he still does not want to Seeing how Chu Xuanzhao gained power.

After Concubine Miao finished speaking, none of the people said anything more, but Zhu Wenbin, the right servant of the door, stood up.

"Believe in the prince, maybe this is the excuse you have to bribe Concubine Miao, and even, you are the one who let her poison His Majesty to death, you are just biting back."

Chu Xuanzhao couldn't help but darken his face, "Use strong words to confuse the officials, Zhu Wenbin, you are so brave."

Zhu Wenbin smiled triumphantly, "I'm just telling the truth. Don't you want to kill me? If you gain power, you will be rampant. You are talking about His Royal Highness Xin Wang?"

Based on his understanding of Chu Xuanzhao, even if this person is not the romantic prince from before, he is still a kind-hearted and soft-hearted person, so why should he be afraid.

Chu Xuanzhao sneered, "Do you think I dare not kill you?"

Zhu Wenbin raised his lips sarcastically, "Don't you dare—" Before he finished speaking, Zhu Wenbin felt a chill in his heart, and he lowered his head with difficulty, just in time to see blood dripping down the ground from a knife that was as long as his forearm.

His eyes widened, and he stared at Chu Xuanzhao's calm face in disbelief, "You—" Then a stream of blood gushed out of his mouth.

The people in the main hall held their breaths and concentrated, and the quietness of the main hall could hear the needle drop.

Chu Xuanzhao drew back the saber in his arm, regardless of Zhu Wenbin who was slowly falling to the ground, turned around and boarded the stone platform in front of the hall, stood in the center, then turned around and scanned a circle of officials, and said loudly, "The late emperor died, I will be buried in seven days; the country cannot be without a master for a day, starting today, I will succeed you as the new emperor of Dayuan, and a grand enthronement ceremony will be held on a certain day."

Li Shangnuo and Lu Wen opened a few supporters, and when they saw the momentum, they immediately knelt down and shouted, "My emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The courtiers looked at each other, a little hesitant. After a long while, Li Weizhen took the lead and knelt down, "My emperor, long live!"

The courtiers knelt down one after another. Chu Xuanqing's supporters glanced at Zhu Wenbin, who was dying on the ground, sweating slightly on his forehead. Chu Xuanqing had already been defeated, and the most important thing was to save his life. He gritted his teeth and knelt down, "My emperor, Long live Long live Long live!"

Chu Xuanzhao smiled slightly, "Fair."

Chu Xuanzhao lowered his voice, and said to Li Shangnuo who was on the right front, "Li Siqing, as the minister of Honglu Temple, you will be relied on for the late emperor's burial and enthronement ceremony. I have asked the late emperor to Concubine Miao, as the late emperor's favored concubine, is obliged to accept the matter of burial in Lianzi Palace. The other servants and palace servants will be exempted. Please ask more practitioners to chant sutras. Whenever there is a matter, you will take the officials of Honglu Temple to deal with it. appropriate."

Li Shangnuo cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the responsibility lies, and I will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust."

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When Chu Xuanzhao came out of the main hall, a personal guard hurried over and whispered, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Cui begs to see you."

Feng Er was left in the palace by him to serve as Shen Qingjun, and he only brought two personal guards into the palace.

Chu Xuanzhao stopped, "Eunuch Cui? Where is he?"

The personal guard lowered his eyes, a little lacking in confidence, "...in Xingqing Hall. He wants to see you, but he refuses to move over. See?"

Chu Xuanzhao sighed, "Forget it, I'll go over and have a look."

The personal guard hesitated to speak, he wanted to say, you should change your name to me.

Although the enthronement ceremony has not yet been held, Chu Xuanzhao's position as emperor is already a certainty, and inheriting the great unification is already the majesty of the emperor.

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When Chu Xuanzhao entered the Xingqing Hall, Cui Gui was crouching at the foot of Emperor Yuan's coffin, and when he heard footsteps coming from the hall, he neither got up nor turned his head.

"Eunuch." Chu Xuanzhao walked behind him.

Cui Gui turned his head and smiled, "Are you here?"

He could no longer call His Highness Xinwang, but he didn't want to call him the title he had called countless times, so he could only say "you".

Chu Xuanzhao knelt down in front of the coffin, "Don't be sad, father-in-law, the rebellion has been caught, and the emperor's father is in heaven, so he should rest in peace."

Cui Gui sighed, he had been up for several days and nights, and now he looked haggard, "I'm old, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue to be the manager, I beg you, you can allow me to leave the palace."

Chu Xuanzhao said slowly, "I remember that Eunuch Cui has nowhere to go outside the palace."

Cui Gui smiled, "The servant is going to guard the mausoleum for His Majesty."

Chu Xuanzhao closed his eyes and sighed, "Eunuch."

Cui Gui finally turned around and bowed deeply to him, "I also hope that you can fulfill this servant so that I can live the rest of my life. This servant is afraid, and His Majesty is not used to it without the servant's service."

Chu Xuanzhao was silent for a long while before speaking, "...Okay."

Cui Gui finally smiled a little more easily, "You, don't me, mine, I know you want to wait for His Majesty to be buried before changing your mouth, but you can't lose the majesty of our heavenly family. Your Majesty My child, this old servant also grew up watching him, His Majesty, there are some things that he can do nothing about, oh~"

Chu Xuanzhao bowed back to him, "Thank you, Eunuch."

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In the dark dungeon, the corridors are deep, the steps are not in the dark, and you can't see the end at a glance.

A bleak light came in from the high and narrow window, but it could not dispel the cold of winter and the dampness of the dungeon at all.

The same situation, but different people.

Chu Xuanzhao wore a black robe embroidered with gold, and his black hair, which was originally standing tall, was also combed into a bun on the top of his head, and he wore a golden dragon and pearl crown.

He slowly stepped into the corridor without taking anyone with him.

"Do you still recognize this cell?" Chu Xuanzhao stood still outside the door of Chu Xuanqing's cell.

Chu Xuanqing snorted and said, "You are really deliberate."

Of course he did, Mo Yi was killed in this cell half a month ago.

Chu Xuanzhao took out the key and opened the cell door, "Thank you, Second Brother."

Chu Xuanqing snorted coldly, "The winner is the king, the loser is Kou, what are you doing here? What is worthy of our new emperor's condescension to come to this dungeon where snakes and rats gather? Huh?"

Chu Xuanzhao exhaled and smiled, "Snakes and rats gather? It turns out that the second emperor brother also knows that he is the generation of snakes and rats."

Chu Xuanqing leaned lazily against the wall, "What about snakes and rats? Didn't you say in private that I am a poisonous snake that bites people at any time? I don't know? It's that Mo Yi, I guess it's a rat."

Chu Xuanzhao bent down slightly, and punched him on the socket of his right eye, "I remember, Mo Yi has a bruise here."

Chu Xuanqing grinned and rubbed his eyes, "Third Brother has a good memory. Don't break it like that, you still look at it so carefully, it seems that I am still too light-"

Before he finished speaking, he was punched heavily on the chin again.

In the two punches, Chu Xuanzhao did not use his internal strength.

Chu Xuan stood up vigorously, "Chu Xuanzhao! What kind of good do you think you are? You plotted against me for rebellion, plotted against me to poison my father, and you really did it for Mo Yi?! You are wearing a bodhisattva face Who will you show me!?"

Chu Xuanzhao ignored his agitation, and said coldly, "I never said that I did all this just for Mo Yi, and besides, I was never a good person."

Chu Xuanqing said indignantly, "Since you are not a good person like me, why did Mr. Mo Yuan choose to help you instead of me? Master Chenyin Pavilion, what benefits did you give him? In his hands, I can only be convinced, but it's still—"

"To shut up!"

These words instantly ignited the accumulated anger in Chu Xuanzhao's heart towards Shen Qingjun's favor for Chu Xuanqing, Chu Xuanzhao suddenly grabbed his collar, pushed him to stagger a step, his expression faintly revealing a trace of madness , "You are not defeated by him! You are defeated by me! What qualifications do you have to say defeat to him? What qualifications do you have to let him help you?! He can only belong to me! What are you? thing!"

Chu Xuanqing was taken aback by his yelling, then a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he laughed mockingly, "Ha, that's it, that's it! No wonder you rejected the royal father's marriage proposal, no wonder Mr. Mo Yuan chose to help you, It turns out that you have this kind of relationship! I never expected that the mysterious and murderous Chenyin Pavilion Master, who was rumored in the world, would actually subdue her as a female and become the pamper of King Xin!"

"I won't allow you to say that about him!!"

A golden light flashed in Chu Xuanzhao's eyes, and Chu Xuanqing landed another punch on his body, but this time the punch contained internal force, Chu Xuanqing was knocked into the air, slammed into the wall, and landed heavily on the ground .

Chu Xuanqing propped up his upper body, wiped the blood overflowing from his mouth, and grinned mixed with the blood, "Don't let me talk about him, that's you? It's possible to ask for others and be willing to be inferior to others. The Three Emperors Brother, with your appearance, not to mention the master of the Chenyin Pavilion, even I want to have sex with you!"

The veins on Chu Xuanzhao's forehead throbbed out of anger, "Presumptuous!!"

In fact, Chu Xuanqing's appearance is also good, but Chu Xuanzhao's long and narrow eyebrows add a bit of flair to him, which is slightly better.

But in the final analysis, among these brothers, the most beautiful one is actually the dead Prince Lian Chu Xuanlin.Chu Xuanlin's appearance mostly followed the empress's, but it was just right, not too feminine, masculine heroic, feminine beauty, completely natural and indistinguishable.

It's just that he is a bit arrogant and self-ignorant. He has a good appearance, but because he has no airs at all, he is suppressed in vain, and his good skin is blinded.

Chu Xuanqing smiled miserably, "I'm going to die anyway, so are you still afraid of being presumptuous? I'm afraid that if I don't be presumptuous, I will lose my chance."

Chu Xuanzhao tried his best to restrain his anger, "I won't kill you now."

Chu Xuanqing raised her eyebrows, "Oh? What else do I need to do? I can't think of anything else I can plot."

Chu Xuanzhao smiled sarcastically, "Chu Xuanqing, Chu Xuanqing, can you stop thinking of everyone as black as you? I keep you because someone wants to see you."

Chu Xuanqing was taken aback, "Anyone wants to see me?" He couldn't figure out, who would want to see him when he was in this situation.