I am also waiting for the hero to usurp the throne today [Transmigration Book]

The black cat expressed its attitude towards Li Jinyu's idea with a gesture: "Ouch!"

Li Jinyu didn't care about him at all, and was full of thoughts on how to provide Huo Caiyu with the convenience of usurping the throne.

If Huo Caiyu has started to take action now... Doesn't that mean that he is not far from completing the task given by Tiandao's father?

Thinking about it this way, because of Huo Caiyu's absence, his depressed mood suddenly rose.

He even began to regret that he should have rejected the plan to counterattack the cunning country... Huo Caiyu had to stay on the front line for so long before he could come back!

If he didn't counterattack the cunning country, he might be able to participate in Huo Caiyu's enthronement ceremony now.

Li Jinyu scratched his head, regretting that he had only thought of this now.

If Huo Caiyu confesses his love, just confess it, and it won't delay his usurping the throne!

Immediately change your goal to sit on the throne of queen!

When I look back, I must ask him to give him a good hint!

……

After half a month, news came from the front that the army had left Beiyueguan to go on an expedition to the country.

Guarding the customs and going out to fight are completely different things.Especially expeditions to cunning countries... stepping on the enemy's land is more dangerous and requires higher strategy.

Li Jinyu was very worried in the palace.

If it wasn't for his self-knowledge, knowing that with his own ability, he would be holding back, he would have already "handled the imperial conquest" and ran to join Huo Caiyu.

Now he can only bear various memorials in six volumes, trying to provide Huo Caiyu with a stable rear.

The busy time passed quickly, and it was the Dihua Festival in a blink of an eye.

The Dihua Festival is the grandest festival in the Di Dynasty.

Tai Zu, the founder of the Di Dynasty, was originally an official of the old dynasty.At that time, corruption was rampant in the old dynasty, and the common people were in dire straits. Taizu appealed angrily, but was scorned miserably.

On the way back to his hometown with two sleeves of breeze, the lost and confused Tai. Ancestral Road met the river bank with blooming lilies. Seeing this unattractive weed growing vigorously every year, his heart was touched, he cheered up, and determined to plead for the people and overthrow the decadent dynasty.

After the founding of the country and the capital of Dadi, in order to remind ourselves and future generations not to change our original aspirations, we took "竹" as the national character and designated the time when the flowers bloom every year as the National Day of Dihua.

Before the Dihua Festival, the emperor would personally go to the Eternal Tomb to pay homage to the tomb of his ancestors, and fast and bathe in the tomb for seven days to show his sincerity.

It stands to reason that Emperor Jingchang would choose to ignore such tedious and hard work with a high probability; but in fact, since Emperor Jingchang came to the throne, he would only be really serious and act like an emperor when he sacrificed to the imperial tomb.

A year ago, Huo Caiyu stopped the royal driver on the Dihua Festival, when Emperor Jingchang was on his way back from the Eternal Imperial Mausoleum. He made bad government statements in the street and angered Emperor Jingchang, so he was sent to the inner prison.

After all, it has been a year.

In order not to collapse—even though he no longer knows where Beng went—Li Jinyu also set off for the Eternal Tomb in advance according to the royal family's standards.

Before departure, Li Jinyu was going to bid farewell to the Queen Mother according to the usual practice.

On a rare and grand festival, the Empress Dowager changed out of her plain black clothes and dressed up in a dignified manner. She sat on the Phoenix Seat in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and calmly listened to Li Jinyu's words of blessing.

After Li Jinyu finished speaking, the Empress Dowager waved her hand, her expression was not as indifferent as before, with a kind smile: "Go down, Majesty, take care all the way."

It was rare for Li Jinyu to see the empress dowager's kind face once in the past year, and he was immediately flattered.

Is it because the weather is getting warmer in spring, and the Queen Mother's mood is also relieved?

The Queen Mother's encouragement made Li Jinyu feel much better, and set off with high spirits.

The Eternal Mausoleum is located on Tianqi Mountain in the north of the capital, where the tombs of successive emperors of the Di Dynasty are buried.

Starting at the foot of Tianqi Mountain, all the way to the entrance of the Eternal Emperor's Mausoleum, the long-burning lanterns are lit all night, winding along the mountain road.

Except for the death of the emperor and the death of the empress, the emperor would come to the Eternal Emperor's Mausoleum in person only when the Emperor's Mausoleum was worshiped at the Dihua Festival every year.

So here is very deserted, quiet and uninhabited, only a touch of sandalwood and burning paper money linger.

It is customary for emperors to offer sacrifices to mausoleums during the Dihua Festival, and the arrangements for the imperial court and the imperial mausoleum have been very smooth.

Your Majesty needs someone to escort you to leave the capital.

It was supposed to be General Meng who was in charge of staying in the capital, but Li Jinyu thought about it for a long time and suggested that Huo Caijin lead troops to guard him.

He intends to hand over the forbidden army he can control to Huo Caijin.

Giving it to Huo Caijin is tantamount to handing it over to Huo Caiyu. When the time comes, Huo Caiyu wants to usurp the throne, so why not turn against him every minute?

It's just that Li Jinyu was stunned when he saw Huo Caijin: "General Huo, what's wrong with you?"

Huo Caijin's face was covered with a mask that completely covered the whole face. On the mask was a painting of ferocious ghosts and gods.

It is exactly the same as the description of "General Ghost Face" in the original book.

Huo Caijin opened her mouth, and a hoarse voice came from under the mask: "I have been sick these days, and I have applied medicine on my face. I can't see the wind, and I hurt my voice. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"What disease? Can you ask the imperial doctor to have a look?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. My mother has already seen it."

Li Jinyu felt relieved when he thought of Mrs. Huo's medical skills.

He heard a report before that when Huo Caijin was fighting the rebellion in the southwest, in order to scare the local chieftain, he once wore a ghost mask to lead the army, which must have been the case.

Seeing that Huo Caijin's movement of getting on the horse was still smooth, Li Jinyu was somewhat relieved, feeling that this might be the end of the world line, right?Although Huo Caijin did not encounter the miserable experiences in the original book in this life, she still took the nickname of "General Ghost Face".

It was only when he sat in the dragon chariot and got up to drive that he figured out something was wrong.

What kind of disease did Huo Caijin suffer from so that she needs to cover her entire face?

And since the Chinese New Year, Huo Caijin has been complaining about illness and did not go to the Ministry of War, this time he only appeared after listening to his assignment...

--hiss……

An impossible guess flashed through Li Jinyu's head, which made his heart beat faster for a moment.

——This "Huo Caijin"...Could it be Huo Caiyu pretending to be it?

There is no reason and no evidence, but Li Jinyu is inexplicably suspicious.

Although the height is not the same, with Huo Caiyu's martial arts, small skills such as bone shrinking technique should not be difficult for him.

Fortunately, Li Jinyu never needs to rely on appearance to distinguish Huo Caiyu.

He pushed open the window of the dragon chariot, concentrated his spiritual power in his eyes, and looked at "Huo Caijin" who was guarding the dragon chariot.

"Huo Caijin" was clean all over, without any lavender light spots surrounding her.

——It seems that it's not Huo Caiyu.

Li Jinyu heaved a sigh of relief, he didn't know whether to be relieved or disappointed, he closed the window silently, a little despising himself.

Huo Caiyu is now calming the country, how could he come to him?

Really think too much.

……

Arriving at the Mausoleum of the Eternal Emperor, Li Jin left the dragon chariot behind. Looking up at the towering and solemn tomb, Li Jin faintly felt awe.

As a goblin, he could tell that the imperial mausoleum was surrounded by a strong purple myrtle aura, all of which were stagnant here after the death of the previous emperors.

The dense purple light condensed and lingered, soaring straight into the sky, deterring thousands of evil spirits.

If it weren't for the fact that he also carried Ziwei Emperor Qi on his body now, he wouldn't even be able to climb up if he couldn't walk to the gate of the Eternal Emperor's Mausoleum.

Li Jinyu was grateful that he had left the black cat in the palace, while slowly walking into the solemn and solemn Tomb of the Eternal Emperor.

According to the rules of the ancestors, in the next three days, Li Jinyu will quietly burn incense and become a vegetarian in the imperial mausoleum to cultivate his body and mind.

For most pampered emperors, vegetarianism is a very uncomfortable thing; but for Li Jinyu, it is simply not too happy.

Peanuts, melon seeds, and walnuts are all vegetarian.

He can even eat ordinary dry rice with relish.

The only bad thing is that the imperial mausoleum is too calm, Li Jinyu is really a bit boring.

It was impossible for him to bring his beloved hamster roller, and the glutinous rice balls stayed in the palace with the black cat, and even the servants in the palace were not eligible to enter the imperial tomb.

Apart from him and the imperial guards, there were only a few old eunuchs who guarded the tomb and were responsible for sweeping and replacing incense sticks.

Li Jinyu had no interest in these old eunuchs, but after spending a day in the imperial tomb, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Always felt like someone was watching him secretly.

Generally speaking, in places where there are many dead people, it is normal for some resentful spirits or resentful souls to be born; but here is the imperial tomb, where there are crape myrtle imperial aura suppressed by previous emperors, and incense sacrifices that last all night, absolutely not Any ghosts appear.

Li Jinyu's eyes swept around with spiritual power, and there was lavender Ziwei Emperor Qi entangled everywhere in his eyes, nothing abnormal.

But the feeling of being watched is very obvious... It can't be his illusion, right?

Li Jinyu returned to his room suspiciously, and when he was about to enter the door, he suddenly turned his head and saw the head that was too late to retract from the corner.

This man was dressed in a blue-black eunuch uniform, his face was wrinkled, and he was holding a withered broom in his hand, which looked familiar.

He is one of the old eunuchs responsible for sweeping the imperial tomb.

Discovered by Li Jinyu, the old eunuch showed a hint of panic in his eyes, but he bowed his head and saluted according to the rules.

Li Jinyu frowned and told him to get up first.

"Who are you?"

The old eunuch lowered his head: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this old servant is Zhong An who is responsible for sweeping the imperial tomb."

"Why are you looking at me furtively?"

The old eunuch didn't raise his head, and couldn't see his face clearly: "Your Majesty, forgive me... this old slave just hasn't seen His Majesty in the imperial mausoleum for a year or so, and wants to pay more respects to His Majesty Longwei."

Generally, if there is nothing to do, no one will come to the imperial mausoleum.

Although the eunuchs here in the imperial mausoleum have the position of "eunuch", they are exiled to palace people who have made mistakes.

Compared with the heavy labor of the Huanyi Bureau, distributing the imperial tomb is not hard, but it is extremely lonely.

Li Jinyu knew that what Zhong An said was the flattery of ordinary palace people, so he didn't really believe it—although the imperial tomb was deserted, there were other palace people, and there were regular purchases, no matter what, he would not be so lonely that he needed to spy on the emperor ...

But strangely, Li Jinyu didn't feel any malice in this old eunuch.

He asked Zhong An to raise his head and take a closer look.

The old eunuch's face was wrinkled and haggard, Li Jinyu had never seen it before.

Full of doubts and unable to think of the reason, Li Jinyu frowned and waved his hands, telling Zhong An to go down for now.

……

Zhong An bowed and stepped back to the corner, then straightened up, took a breath, and wiped the sweat from his wrinkled face.

He silently swept the clean bluestone slab floor with a broom, and returned to his residence after sweeping the entire slate road.

The imperial mausoleum is sparsely populated, and the eunuchs have their own solitary residence.

Zhong An entered the room and closed the door, put down the broom, and sat quietly by the table for a while, then suddenly raised his head, took out a shiny bracelet from the cabinet, held it in his hand for a while, and suddenly sighed:

"Your Majesty is already this old... I heard that His Majesty is doing very well now, and you should be satisfied."

Li Jinyu, who was hiding at the side, was slightly puzzled.

He quietly followed this strange old eunuch, wanting to see what was unusual.

Anyway, he has nothing to do in the imperial tomb.

Seeing Zhong An mourning and sighing at a bracelet, Li Jinyu once again had doubts in his heart—could Zhong An know Emperor Jingchang when he was a child?

Who is "you"?

The style of this bracelet is probably women's style, does it refer to the Queen Mother?

But if they were people close to the Queen Mother, why would they be dispatched to the imperial tomb?

This bracelet... Li Jinyu took a closer look at it for a moment, and found that the bracelet was shiny but a bit old, and it seemed to be old.

After listening for a while, Zhong An didn't say anything more, put the bracelet back after reminiscing, and returned to the normal appearance of the old eunuch.

Seeing that there was no news, Li Jinyu quietly retreated out.

Back at the emperor's fasting residence, Li Jinyu called Huo Caijin over: "General Huo, help me find out the origin of the eunuch named Zhong An in the imperial mausoleum."

Huo Caijin was still wearing a ghost mask, her voice was a little hoarse: "Your Majesty, what is this person doing?"

Li Jinyu didn't know why he suddenly cared so much about that old eunuch, he thought for a while and said, "Maybe I'm just too boring."

Huo Caijin: "...the minister takes orders."

There are not many palace people dispatched from the imperial mausoleum. If there is a choice, most people who make mistakes would rather choose the clothing bureau.

Although the Huanyi Bureau is hard work, at least it is still in the capital, at the feet of the emperor and concubines, so that Yinzi can make connections, and there is always time to go out.

The Eternal Imperial Mausoleum is so remote that you don't meet a few people a year, and even if you die, no one cares about it. If you are sent here, you will be truly forgotten.

Calling the dossiers in this area was relatively simple, so Huo Caijin brought Zhong An's dossier that night.

Zhong An's records are very clean, there is only one time to enter the palace, and then he was dispatched to the imperial tomb for offending the late emperor, and he has no other experience.

Li Jinyu flipped through it, and pointed to a place on the file: "Where is this Zhenhua Palace?"

After Zhong An entered the palace, he was assigned to Zhenhua Palace.

Huo Caijin was silent for a moment before replying in a low voice, "It's the address of Princess Xianzhong."

"Concubine Zhong?" Li Jinyu had never heard of this person, and was a little confused, "Who is it?"

"Concubine Zhong used to be the most beloved concubine of the late emperor, and she was about to be made a queen by the late emperor. Concubine Zhong was spoiled so much that she was a bit spoiled. Before she could be crowned by the late emperor, she went to live in Jiaolan Palace, which was exclusive to the empress. Therefore, being impeached by the officials, the Empress Dowager did not like it."

Huo Caijin explained in a hoarse voice, "The late emperor had no choice but to take away her title and only use her surname as the title, so the queen's position will naturally disappear."

Li Jinyu scratched his ears and became thoughtful.

Could it be that the "you" that Zhong An mentioned is that Concubine Zhong?

"How about Concubine Zhong now?"

"Without the position of empress, Concubine Zhong was depressed, and the late emperor died of illness before his death."

If it is Concubine Zhong, what does it have to do with him?

Li Jinyu suddenly thought of something, and asked cautiously: "Concubine Zhong...does she have any heirs?"

Huo Caijin was silent for a longer time this time, and it took a while before she answered in a low voice: "Concubine Zhong once gave birth to a son, who was in poor health when he was born, and died when he was about three years old."

Li Jinyu frowned: "When was it born?"

"Qiming 12 years."

Qiming is the reign title of the first emperor.

The 12th year of Qiming... Li Jinyu recalled the horoscope he saw last time when he celebrated his original birthday - Emperor Jingchang was also born in the 12th year of Qiming!

Think about the empress dowager's indifferent attitude...

A bold idea suddenly popped up in Li Jinyu's head:

Could it be that Emperor Jingchang was not the queen mother's own?

This thought made Li Jinyu feel a little toothache.

If my idea is true, then many abnormalities before can be explained.

It is precisely because she is not her own biological body that the Empress Dowager is so indifferent to the original body.

But why did the Queen Mother raise the children of other concubines?

Could it be that the queen mother secretly replaced Zhong Taifei's child after her own child died?

Li Jinyu's head was in a mess when he suddenly felt a pat on the shoulder, and a hoarse voice with concern came from his ear: "Your Majesty, don't think too much."

Li Jinyu raised his head, facing Huo Caijin's fierce ghost face.

He was stunned.

The tone of Huo Caijin's words is inexplicably familiar.

Only one person had spoken to him before in such a tone of reassurance and support.

Li Jinyu stared at the ghost mask on Huo Caijin's face, his heart full of doubts again.

——This "Huo Caijin"...is it really not Huo Caiyu?

But shouldn't Huo Caiyu be fighting at the border right now... Why did she appear here pretending to be Huo Caijin?

What's more, he had specially observed before, this "Huo Caijin" is not surrounded by Ziwei Emperor Qi?

Just in case, Li Jinyu condensed his spiritual power into his eyes again.

However, when he opened his eyes, there were lavender light spots flying all over the sky.

There is too much Ziwei Imperial Qi accumulated in the Eternal Imperial Mausoleum, even the tables, chairs and benches here are surrounded by Ziwei Imperial Qi, and it is completely impossible to tell whether the person in front of him is there or not.

Could it be that he was wrong again?

But this inexplicable sense of familiarity is definitely not groundless!

Li Jinyu looked up and down "Huo Caijin" suspiciously, and asked tentatively, "General Huo, how is your illness?"

Huo Caijin took a step back calmly, and replied in a hoarse voice: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the medicine needs to be changed every day."

Li Jinyu wanted to order Huo Caijin to take off the mask and let him see if it was Huo Caiyu, but he was a little embarrassed.

What if he missed Huo Caiyu too much and empathized, and it was really Huo Caijin under the mask?

It is said that the girl's family pays the most attention to the appearance, if Huo Caijin has any scars on his face because of his request, it is his fault!

Li Jinyu walked around Huo Caijin again, but he really didn't see any other suspicious points.

Huo Caijin stood there and let him watch, and finally a suspicious voice came out from under the mask: "Your Majesty?"

"It's okay, General Huo, let's go rest for now." Li Jinyu could only give up resentfully in the end, waved his hand, and turned his attention back to himself.

It may be that he was shocked by Huo Caiyu's words during the Chinese New Year, and something was wrong...

Let's concentrate on thinking about the replacement of the civet cat for the prince.

……

Li Jinyu planned to start with Zhong An.

While Zhong An was out sweeping the floor, he sneaked into Zhong An's room stealthily and stole the bracelet.

Now the only person he can trust is Huo Caijin, so he shows the bracelet to Huo Caijin for identification.

Huo Caijin took it and looked at it for a while, then replied in a low voice: "The jade bracelet bears the imprint of the imperial gift, but does not have the phoenix pattern, so it must belong to Concubine Zhong."

Li Jinyu rubbed his chin in thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "General Huo is quite familiar with the things in the palace?"

Huo Caijin didn't show any panic, and answered generously: "Our daughter's family always pays special attention to jewelry—not to mention what the ladies in the palace wear, the folks will soon follow suit."

Not cheating, Li Jinyu turned his eyes back to the bracelet in disappointment: "It seems that Zhong An is indeed Zhong Taifei's person."

Looking at Concubine Zhong's bracelet and lamenting that the emperor "has grown up so big", I feel unreasonable no matter how I think about it.

Huo Caijin stood aside, silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Why should Your Majesty care about these old people who were punished in the imperial mausoleum? Your Majesty is the current emperor, and the throne is stable, so there is no need to worry about other things."

Li Jinyu glanced at her and shook his head: "You don't understand."

What does he want the throne to be stable for?

If Emperor Jingchang was really not the queen mother's own, and involved in the scandal of replacing the civet cat with the prince...then his throne would be unjustified!

Wouldn't it be possible to give Huo Caiyu an excellent excuse to usurp the throne?

Thinking of it this way, Li Jinyu became even more excited.

There were only a few days left to fast in the imperial mausoleum, so he decided to call Zhong An directly to inquire.

As soon as Zhong An entered the door, he saw Li Jinyu playing with a familiar jade bracelet in his hand, and looked down at him.

He was startled, then his heart turned cold, and his face calmed down.

"Your Majesty called this old servant, what orders do you have?"

Although Li Jinyu lowered his head, he was actually observing him from the corner of his eye.

Although Zhong An was a little surprised after entering the door, he didn't have much guilt because he mainly focused on the bracelet in his hand.

Li Jinyu was puzzled, so he spoke cautiously: "Zhong An, how many years have you been in the imperial mausoleum?"

Zhong An was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "It's been 17 years, Your Majesty."

17 years...the original body was assigned when he was about two years old.

Li Jinyu frowned, and said coldly: "It's been so many years, can you reveal that to others?"

Zhong An was startled, lay down in an instant, and subconsciously focused his gaze on Huo Caijin who was standing behind Li Jinyu.

Li Jinyu noticed Zhong An's gaze, and confirmed his guess more and more: "This is my man, don't worry."

Only then did Zhong An lower his head, and replied respectfully: "This old slave is in the imperial mausoleum. I have only seen His Majesty Longyan, and I have never disclosed any information to anyone."

Li Jinyu nodded, understanding in his heart.

Seeing Zhong An and himself answering each other fluently... the original Emperor Jingchang should know about this.

Perhaps it was some clues that were discovered when offering sacrifices to the imperial mausoleum.

Not many people will know about the civet cat changing the crown prince... Maybe even only the sender and the executor know.

Li Jinyu changed his mind and decided to take a gamble.

He gently opened his lips: "Zhong An, I'm still a little confused... Why did she order you to change me back then?"

Zhong An was a little surprised, and looked at Li Jinyu suspiciously, as if he didn't understand why he asked this question.

Li Jinyu said with a straight face, "I want you to say it yourself."

Zhong An trembled slightly, and replied obediently: "Your Majesty was outraged by the public at the beginning, and she was afraid that His Majesty would be affected by him, so she changed His Majesty to the favored Empress Dowager, and I hope that Your Majesty will give Your Majesty some painstaking efforts."