Heaven

The ministers looked in the direction of Ji Kongqing's finger, and suddenly found Jing Mingrui in a black robe standing not far away!

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Seeing the flash of disdain in the opponent's eyes, Jing Mingfei couldn't help but jump in his heart.

"Your Majesty has already left a secret decree—" Jing Mingya took out a bright yellow scroll from his sleeve, and slowly opened it, "If something happens to His Majesty, the eldest son of King Zhennan, male or female, will adopt His Majesty's name and become the Crown Prince."

Jing Mingfei didn't expect such a possibility at all, and Jing Mingfei was stunned.

Jing Mingya ignored his distraught look, and continued to read: "Confer Ji Kongqing as Emperor Fei, to rule together with the two kings of his majesty's lineage. The crown prince is young, and Emperor Fei will temporarily preside over the government until the crown prince reaches the age of eighteen. .In addition, the king and the six emperor's younger brothers are appointed as auxiliary ministers, the prime minister Lu Zihuai is in charge of the civil affairs of the country, and Li Di is appointed as the general and prime minister of national military affairs."

Jing Mingfei's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe his ears.

Hehe, I am really a fool, even if Jing Mingrui died, he wouldn't give himself half a chance!He thought a little self-deprecatingly.

"I don't know if the fourth emperor heard clearly?" Jing Mingya jumped up from the regent throne next to the dragon chair, "I wanted His Majesty Fei Emperor to remember His Majesty for a few more days, but now that the secret decree has been made public, ministers Obey the order! Let's go together with this king to welcome His Majesty Feidi to ascend the throne!"

"Abiding by the order—"

When the ministers arrived at Xihe Palace, Ji Kongqing was sitting in the garden drinking alone.

Apart from a flagon and two wine cups on the stone table, there was also a pair of black armor and a somewhat damaged mask.

"Today's weather is good, it's not like it rained all the time a few days ago, it's sunny and fine for drinking!" He picked up a glass of wine and drank it down.

"Ming Rui, don't you want to drink?" Ji Kongqing picked up another wine cup and drank the wine in one gulp, "Look at my memory, you obviously don't drink any more. Let me drink it for you! "

"The ministers respectfully invite His Majesty Feidi to ascend the throne—"

Jing Mingya read Jing Mingrui's secret decree again, and everyone present knelt down and said in unison.

Ji Kongqing looked at them in a daze for a moment, then quickly continued to fill up two glasses of wine, picked up a glass of wine and threw it into the air: "Ming Rui, let's toast!"

Without even looking at the person kneeling on the ground, he started talking to himself and drank again.

Finding that Ji Kongqing's mood was obviously a little wrong, Jing Mingquan couldn't help reminding: "Brother Ji, Fifth Brother made this decision to distract you. Even for Fifth Brother's sake, please ascend the throne quickly! Chu Ke is the fifth brother's hard work, you can't let him die in peace!" When Jing Mingrui was mentioned, his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

"Why don't you die with peace?" Ji Kongqing looked at everyone suspiciously, smiled and raised her finger to the side, "Didn't Mingrui stand there properly?"

"what--!"

Looking along his fingers, the ministers could hardly believe their eyes, and even Jing Mingya, who was always calm, was stunned.

Jing Mingrui, dressed in a black robe, stood in the garden impressively!

"Five brothers!"

"His Majesty!"

"Alas... I just said that His Majesty is recovering from his injuries. You just want to listen to rumors." Jing Mingya was the first to calm down, sighed, and bowed to Ji Kongqing, "However, His Majesty is seriously injured and cannot manage politics for the time being. Please also ask Fei Your Majesty, don't refuse, it's better to ascend the throne first."

On November 1273th, [-] in the Celestial Calendar, Ji Kongqing ascended the throne in plain clothes.

He didn't want to be crowned God, called himself the White King, and vowed never to wear red clothes.His first government order after taking over the government was to expel the envoys of the Jing Kingdom and formally declare war on the Jing Kingdom!

After a few months--

After observing for so long, Jing Mingquan was completely sure that the "fifth brother" who had been silently appearing beside Ji Kongqing was not a real person.

He didn't eat or drink, and didn't have any expression on his face, just like a puppet, he stood there quietly all the time, only when facing Ji Kongqing, there would be a flash of light in his eyes.

"Don't read it, just touch it and you'll know what 'he' is." Ji Kongqing put down the memorial in his hand, and looked at Jing Mingquan's expression of wanting to touch it but not daring to touch it with some amusement.

Jing Mingquan reached out a hand towards "Jing Mingrui", and carefully grabbed his arm.

Go through it!

He looked at his palm in disbelief.

"Is this a phantom?" Jing Mingquan was still a little uncertain, isn't this too realistic?

"It's my celestial ability." Ji Kongqing smiled wryly, "Is it a little ironic? I always wanted to know what my real ability is, until that night, when I counted the knife marks on his armor, I couldn't I kept thinking that it would be great if I could see him again, but I actually made such a thing.”

When Ji Kongqing waved his hand, "Jing Mingrui" suddenly disappeared.

"I can still make any utensils in this hall, but Mingrui is the only real person." He sighed, "Probably it needs to be understood and missed enough..."

"So, you always knew he was a fake?" Jing Mingquan asked hesitantly.

Ji Kongqing nodded: "Although I know it's fake, I still can't help but want to lie to myself, Mingrui didn't leave, and stayed by my side! Even these few days...even these few days I can still Let him show various expressions on his face, and let him do other actions besides standing, but it is very exhausting, and it may not be successful."

"..."

"Sometimes I really want—" Ji Kongqing continued, "If one day he can become exactly like Ming Rui, wouldn't it be as if Ming Rui hadn't left? But thinking about it now, what's the use of that?" Well, he is not Ming Rui after all..."

Ji Kongqing raised his head, as if he wanted to stop the liquid from his eye sockets from flowing down.

"Ji... Brother Ji..."

"I'm fine, I just need to think of him from time to time. Otherwise, if I forget his appearance in the future and make a phantom that changes shape, wouldn't it be terrible?" Ji Kongqing wanted to show a smile and said I'm fine, but I gave up after trying a few times.

"Brother Ji...I..."

"How's your investigation on the situation in the south? I want to know every piece of news from Jinghuang Palace!" Ji Kongqing suddenly lost his expression.

Jing Mingquan gritted his teeth, suppressed the words in his heart, and began to report to Ji Kongqing the information brought back from Jing Country...

At the same time, the Jing Palace——

"Your Majesty, is this your decision?" Lan Sijie looked calmly at the wine glass in front of him.

"Citrix..." Ji Xi sighed. If he hadn't been helpless, he didn't want to cut off his brother and push his cronies out to appease the public.

He lightly patted Lan Sijie on the shoulder: "30 people is not a small number. It would be reasonable if it could be exchanged for Jing Mingrui's life, but now... Jing Mingrui is only seriously injured and will recover soon. The whole Zhao The capital of the country fell into the hands of Chu State, and..." He couldn't continue.

"And Ji Kongqing has officially declared war on His Majesty!" Lan Sijie sneered, "As early as the Yue Kingdom, I tried to persuade Your Majesty that this person should not be kept. However, His Majesty insisted on keeping his life and bringing him back alive." , and now he has finally become His Majesty's confidant!"

Ji Xi glared at Lan Sijie a little angrily, but he still couldn't bear to reprimand his confidant and beloved general: "It's too late to say these things now. The supremacy of the peace faction has greatly increased. If the commander of this expedition is not dealt with , it is really hard to appease the anger of the public, and there is no way to continue with the future plan. I have to do this as a last resort..."

Seeing the pained look in Lan Sijie's eyes, he couldn't help but soften his voice a bit: "Don't worry, after you leave, I will posthumously confer your title, and I will send someone to take care of your wife and children... "

"But I really don't want to die!" Lan Sijie grabbed Ji Xi's sleeve excitedly, "When we first met, I knew you were a generation of emperors who would accomplish great things for thousands of years. Blood oath, I want to assist you to gain the world! If I die now, I really can’t rest in peace! Your Majesty, arrange someone to fake my death for me! Even if I can’t see the light of day in the future, I still want to protect Your Majesty’s safety by your side !"

Ji Xi weighed the pros and cons several times in his mind, finally shook his head, and gently opened Lan Sijie's fingers.

Lan Sijie looked at him with some despair. This man who swore to be loyal to him for the rest of his life turned out to be the man who pushed him to the gate of hell in the end...

He reached for the wine glass on the table with trembling hands.

"Cijie..." Seeing the bitterness in his eyes, Ji Xi suddenly remembered the scene of riding horses with him before, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful, and wanted to grab his hand.

But Lan Sijie suddenly shot like lightning, quickly took the wine glass and drank it down.

"I don't want to embarrass Your Majesty. I just want to be buried in His Majesty's accompanying mausoleum, so that one day I can continue to serve Your Majesty underground!"

The imperial poison took place very quickly, Lan Sijie only had time to say a word in the end.

Ji Xi personally closed his slightly opened eyes, and summoned two eunuchs to collect the corpse for him.