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When Emperor Yuanfeng passed away, Yu Zhijing ordered the gates of the palace to be sealed, and summoned civil and military officials, princes and lords to sit in the palace and cry before the spirit.

That night Wei Liao also entered the palace and knelt in front of the military officers.Wei Han and Chen Shu knelt at the end, Wei Han squeezed and squeezed, but couldn't squeeze a tear.He looked at the group of ministers who were crying to death, and sincerely admired their acting skills.

Chen Shu lowered his head and whispered: "Cry quickly, don't you know the allusions of the previous dynasty?"

Wei Han also bowed his head and said, "What allusion?

"Tsk." Chen Shu said helplessly, "Emperor Xiaowu of the former dynasty passed away, Zhonglang general Liu Benguang couldn't cry, he was dismissed by civil and military officials as disloyal and disobedient. "

"Ah?" Wei Han said in shock, "Then what should I do? I just can't cry."

"I have a solution." Chen Shu stretched out his hand to touch Wei Han's face, and Wei Han said angrily, "Are you taking advantage of me?"

"Pfft." Chen Shu wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, and said with difficulty: "You can pull it, I have chili noodles in my hand."

In fact, Wei Han already knew, because his eyes could not stop crying.Wei Han burst into tears and said: "You are so smart, you are ready for this."

Chen Shu also burst into tears and said, "I can't help it, because I can't cry either."

"Sigh." Wei Han looked at the minister who was weeping bitterly the day before yesterday and said, "I don't know if they have prepared chili noodles?"

Chen Shu looked yearning and said, "Whenever I don't need chili noodles and cry, then I will be considered as having survived."

Wei Han said: "There is no chili noodles and lime. Crying blind for the emperor is considered a loyal heart. Maybe it will be recorded in history."

"Satomi." Chen Shu said very seriously, "What is the hatred between you and me?"

At this time, Jia Yong stretched out his head from behind, "Hurry up, wipe some on me too, I won't be able to cry."

No matter how fake other people's crying is, Yu Zhijing's crying is really sad.He knelt in front of Lingshan and wailed loudly, crying to the satisfaction of all civil and military officials.This dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and the louder the emperor cried, the more filial he was, which was in line with Confucianism.

Yu Zhijing cried for a long time, but couldn't catch his breath all of a sudden, and fell backwards and passed out.The little eunuchs rushed up in panic and shouted: "The emperor has passed out from crying..."

"My emperor is benevolent and filial!"

Some ministers have already started to flatter, and Yu Zhijing was carried away by the little eunuch, who didn't know that behind him there was a lot of praise for him.

Wei Han looked at it for a while, then borrowed Gong and quietly went to find Yu Zhijing.The eunuchs guarding the gate were from Concubine Zhang's palace. They had orders from Concubine Zhang, so they dared not stop Wei Han.Wei Han walked all the way inside, and found Yu Zhijing who had woken up leisurely.

As soon as Yu Zhijing saw Wei Han's tears, Wei Han walked over to touch his dog's head and said, "Don't cry."

Yu Zhijing fell into Wei Han's arms, "My father is dead."

"Yeah, I know." Wei Han put his arms around his head and said, "Don't cry, my heart hurts."

Yu Zhijing reached out to wipe Wei Han's tears and said, "Aren't you crying too?"

The effect of chili noodles will be difficult for a while, Wei Han said: "Don't cry, I will cry for a while."

Yu Zhijing: "...Oh."

Wei Han said with tears, "You will be enthroned early tomorrow morning, are you nervous?"

"Nervous." Yu Zhijing hugged his waist and said, "I won't be nervous when you are here."

"Stupid boy." Wei Han said, "Sixth-rank petty officials are not allowed to go to the early court."

"Ah?" Yu Zhijing started to work and said, "This is not good, you have to come tomorrow, I want to promote you to a high official, Wei Han, what kind of official do you want?"

Wei Han: "I want to be Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."

"Okay." Yu Zhijing said: "Tomorrow I will appoint you as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."

"Tsk." Wei Han slapped him on the back of the head and cursed: "Are you stupid? Have you ever seen someone who was promoted to a first-rank official as soon as he became an official in his teens? Do spit stars drown you?"

"..."

Yu Zhijing was silent for a moment, then realized later: "Isn't the emperor's final say on matters in the court?"

Wei Han: "..."

Wei Han was defeated by him, and he seemed to see another faint king rising slowly.The most speechless thing is that this stupid king was pushed up by himself, alas, what a crime.

Civil and military officials cried until midnight, and all went back one after another.There will be an enthronement ceremony tomorrow morning, so they can't go to court with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes.

At night, only Yu Zhijing was left in the entire mourning hall.Yu Zhijing knelt before the coffin and put a stack of paper money into the brazier.The burning ashes swayed up, illuminating Yu Zhijing's face half bright and dark.Yu Zhijing said: "Royal father, I have lied to you, my lack of talent and virtue is not as capable as you think."

"I am not filial, I really like Wei Han, and I will never like others in this life. But don't worry, I will definitely let your descendants succeed me, I promise."

Yu Zhijing stood up slowly, and Fu Cailian, as the queen-to-be, naturally also entered the palace.When Yu Zhijing found her, she thought she had fallen asleep after crying for a long time.Yu Zhijing shook her shoulder lightly, Fu Cailian opened her eyes and said, "My lord?"

"Hush." ​​Yu Zhijing pointed in one direction and said, "Come with me."

The two walked to a secluded place, Fu Cailian said: "The prince is tired, go to rest, why did you call the concubine here?"

"Stop calling yourself a concubine." Yu Zhijing said seriously, "I've made it clear, you can leave tonight."

"What?" Fu Cailian couldn't believe it: "What do you mean?"

"Tomorrow I will ascend the throne. The first thing after ascending the throne is to enshrine the harem. If you don't leave, you will be the queen." Yu Zhijing said: "If you can still go as the princess now, I will make up a reason that you suddenly violent I will kill you, and then I will send you away. If you live worry-free outside, if you fancy someone, just tell me, and I will make the decision for you."

"I..." Fu Cailian said, "I'm not leaving."

"Fu Cailian." Yu Zhijing looked at her deeply and said, "When you become a queen, you won't be able to leave. How can the mother of the country just say no?"

Fu Cailian burst into tears and said, "If I say I won't leave, I won't leave."

She turned her back to Yu Zhijing and said, "I... I can't marry the person I like in this life. If so, who will I marry? Besides, besides, I won't be a queen, and I will still have a queen in the future .”

Yu Zhijing: "Princess?"

"My lord, I know everything about you and Mr. Wei." Fu Cailian covered her face, tears flowed from her fingers, "If you have a new queen, how will you make Mr. Wei behave? You can guarantee that the queen will not hate Mr. Wei Can you guarantee that Mr. Wei will not be harmed?"

Yu Zhijing was stunned, he hadn't thought of this question at all.

Fu Cailian suddenly laughed, and said: "As a queen, I can still protect Mr. Wei. If Mr. Wei is under pressure from the civil and military courts, at least the harem will not distract him."

Yu Zhijing suddenly felt ashamed, as if something was choking him.After panting for a while, he said, "If it wasn't for me...you and Wei Han would be a good match."

"Sometimes you have to have a fate, and you have to have it when you have a fate. Don't force it. Your Majesty, just make me a queen. The most honorable woman in the world is not just anyone who wants to be."

Wei Liao started rubbing his legs as soon as he got home, and Wei Han sat next to him and washed his eyes with tea.Wei Liao looked at Wei Han's red and swollen eyes, and said in surprise, "I didn't expect you to cry like this?"

Wei Han pursed his lips and smiled subtly, and asked back, "Why are you rubbing your legs? Are you kneeling numb?"

"Where does this come from?" Wei Liao said while rubbing, "Just now I couldn't cry, but then I remembered the allusion about the former court commander, so I pinched my thigh hard, and then I cried."

Wei Han gave him a disgusted look, and said in his heart that what I look down on the most is this kind of self-harming person.

"Oh, my eyes..." Wei Han poured a pot of tea and went to fetch water from the well in the backyard.

Early the next morning, the gates of the palace were wide open, and the whole city was in mourning.Hundreds of civil and military officials went to the court, and three whips were fired outside the Huangji Hall, and the new emperor succeeded to the throne and was honored by the courtiers.

Four elephants and six tigers and leopards cleared the way, followed by the Imperial Forest Army with shining golden armor.The huge screen wings crossed, and the gold boring, incense burner, scepter and other ceremonial guards passed by one after another.In the end, it was the emperor's imperial chariot, with Yu Zhijing walking beside her with red and swollen eyes.

The ministers cried again when they saw the imperial chariot, and went all the way unimpeded until they reached the dragon chair.

Jiang De, the eunuch on duty, flicked his whisk and shouted, "Quiet!"

All of a sudden, there was complete silence in the Hall of the Emperor.

Prime Minister Xiao Ran walked out of the ranks, unfolded the scroll in his hand and said, "Xuan, the photo of Emperor Darong Yuanfeng's succession, all ministers kneel to listen."

All civil and military men kneeled, and no one dared to say a word.

Wei Han lowered his head and listened to Xiao Ran talking incomprehensibly. The emperor did not leave an imperial edict before his death.But the tradition of Dayong is that if the first emperor had no time to write the imperial edict, the six ministers and the prime minister would discuss and draft the imperial edict together. This is the source of this edict.

After Xiao Ran finished reading the edict, the ministers paid homage to Yu Zhijing.Yu Zhijing sat on the dragon chair, his nerves tensed.

The matter is not over yet, the next step is three requests and three resignations.That is, all civil and military officials knelt down to ask Yu Zhijing to ascend the throne three times, and Yu Zhijing declined three more times, saying that he was not good enough, that he was not competent or something.Although it is a false and disgusting ritual, it must be done.

The officials bowed and respectfully invited Yu Zhijing, King of Yue, to ascend the throne, but Yu Zhijing declined.

The officials worshiped twice, and then respectfully invited Yu Zhijing, king of Yue, to ascend the throne, and then Yu Zhijing declined again.

The ministers bowed three times, and Yu Zhijing resigned.

Wei Han was dizzy following the worship, and Yu Zhijing finally put on the crown.The officials began to kowtow three times and kowtow nine times, and Wei Han felt that he was about to kowtow and get a concussion.

Yu Zhijing sat on the dragon chair, with the dark heads of the courtiers underneath.He was restless and a little disbelieving.A year ago, he was still a good-for-nothing prince waiting to die, but a year later, he was actually sitting on the dragon chair and being worshiped by the officials.

These ministers obviously said yesterday that he didn't want to help King Yan to the throne, but today they changed their faces and knelt in front of them.Yu Zhijing searched in the crowd, and happened to meet Wei Han, who was sore back and raised his head quietly.Wei Han winked at him and smiled, and Yu Zhijing immediately couldn't hold back and laughed too.

"Pfft."

"..."

The courtiers trembled all over. At such a solemn and quiet moment, who made such a light voice?Looking up quietly, he saw the new emperor pursing his lips and smiling condescendingly.

My lord, even if you are happy to be an emperor, you don't have to make it so obvious, right?Can't you bear to laugh again?

Yu Zhijing suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing, and instantly saw the eyes of the officials, he immediately stopped laughing, and sat motionless as firm as Mount Tai...

Then the prime minister opened the yellow silk, preparing for the next procedure to amnesty the world, and the new emperor rewarded the officials.After Xiao Ran finished reading a long paragraph, Yu Zhijing interrupted after listening for a long time: "Huh? Why isn't there Wei Han?"

"Ah?" Xiao Ran opened his mouth wide and said, "Which Wei Han?"

"I... I want to reward Wei Han, that..." Yu Zhijing said to Wei Han, "Where is Wei Han?"

Wei Han's chrysanthemum tightened, walked to the center against everyone's gaze, knelt down and said: "The minister is here, the minister is here."

Yu Zhijing said to Xiao Ran: "Prime Minister, let's see what kind of official Wei Han can have?"

Prime Minister Xiao Ran's old face twitched, and after a while he could say: "I don't know."

"You don't know? That's me... I'll come." Yu Zhijing said enthusiastically, "Wei Han is an official of the Ministry of Punishment, so he should still be an official of the Ministry of Punishment. Are there any high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Punishment?"

Xiao Ran said with a sullen face: "Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment."

"Shangshu? Shangshu can't do it." Yu Zhijing recalled what he said to Wei Han last night, and said, "Then let's be Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, and Wei Han will be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Punishments."

"Your Majesty!" A 50-[-]-year-old man rushed to the middle, crying bitterly, "What did I do wrong?"

"Why are you crying?" Yu Zhijing asked strangely, "I didn't punish you."

Wei Han raised his head cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, this is Liu Chao, the minister of punishment."

Yu Zhijing: "...Oh"