Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Inside the Qianqing Palace, the lights are brightly lit.

Obviously, everyone has their own thoughts.

The Queen was restless, walking back and forth in the palace, and looking outside the palace from time to time to see if there were any latest discoveries.

As for Shi Kefa, the arrow wound on the back of his hand has been bandaged and is okay for the time being. He is now closing his eyes to rest and planning future plans: After all, the emperor has woken up. There are some things that can be coordinated with the emperor. There is no need for Nanjing City. It is not impossible for Wang Qi and Wang Qi to enter Beijing and become officials, but for Xin Wang to ascend the throne, it is necessary to delay for a while.

As for Wang Qi, since he entered the Qianqing Palace, he has been sitting on a chair drinking tea by himself. From time to time, guards will come to report the situation.

Because not only in the imperial city, but also in the entire city of Beijing tonight, people are panicking. In the capital, people who are interested already know that something big has happened. The Wang Gong factory is not far from the imperial city, and the killing cries there have made the nearby people frightened. ——If the gunpowder there is detonated, I am afraid that the entire city of Beijing will be blown into the sky.

In addition to placing manpower at Wang Gongchang's place, Wang Qi also stepped up the defense of Beijing. More than 10,000 troops in the Beijing camp had been transferred outside the city at dusk today to prevent anyone from leaving the city without permission.

Sitting in the Qianqing Palace at this moment, Wang Qi put down the tea cup and glanced at Shi Kefa: "Master Shi, if the emperor returns later, he may have new plans."

Hearing Wang Qi's question, Shi Kefa woke up from his calculations and glanced at this powerful minister. Shi Kefa's eyes subconsciously moved elsewhere, but he sarcastically said: "We, as ministers, can have What are your plans? Let’s ask the emperor for instructions first and then talk about it.”

"That's it," Wang Qi nodded and said thoughtfully, "I wonder what Nanjing City will think after hearing this news."

"Huh?" Shi Kefa frowned and looked at Wang Qi, feeling that there was something in the conspirator's words.

"I'm afraid some people in Nanjing will be very disappointed," Wang Qi smacked his lips, indicating something.

Shi Kefa sat up straight and closed his eyes: "Shi Kefa doesn't know what you are talking about!"

Without letting everyone wait for too long, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the hall.

Everyone in the hall stood up at the same time when they heard the sound.

Queen Zhang Yan stood at the threshold of the outermost palace, Shi Kefa stepped forward and appeared on the side near the outer palace, while Wang Qi did not move, just stood there, his eyes flashing.

Da da da.

Li Qingsong and Wang Tiqian came hand in hand.

The armor-clad commander of the Imperial City Division and the governor of the Royal Forest Army ignored the queen standing at the entrance of the palace, and did not look at Shi Kefa who looked anxious. They walked straight to Wang Qi.

"Sir!" Li Qingsong stepped closer to Wang Qi, his face a little ugly.

Wang Tiqian stood not far from Wang Qi, frowning and thinking about something.

"What's the matter?" Wang Qi's eyes swept over Wang Tiqian before landing on Li Qingsong, and his voice was extremely calm.

At this time, Queen Zhang Yan and Shi Kefa had come over and wanted to know the whereabouts of the emperor.

"The Emperor's" Li Qingsong's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he said hoarsely: "The Emperor's body was found in a lake in the Imperial Garden."

Oh my god

As soon as Li Qingsong finished speaking, the queen screamed and fell on her back. Fortunately, the maids behind her had quick eyesight and quick hands, so they did not fall directly to the ground.

Shi Kefa's face was filled with astonishment. He first turned to look at the queen, and then looked at Wang Qi, his eyes flashing, obviously suspicious of something.

"My lord," Wang Qi looked at Wang Tiqian: "Please, please send someone to protect the crown prince. Except for the personal wet nurse, no one is allowed to come near without my permission! You must handle this matter personally."

"Let's go now!" Wang Tiqian knew that the matter was of great importance, nodded, turned and left.

After ordering Wang Ti to do it, Wang Qi turned around and asked Li Qingsong: "Where is the emperor's body now?"

"I have ordered people to collect the coffin. It is outside the palace."

"Go and call the other congressmen over. Get them all here within half an hour." Wang Qi didn't look panicked at all. Except for speaking a little faster than usual, there was no change in his expression.

This performance made Shi Kefa on the side look at Wang Qi even more strangely.

"Sir, the situation in the palace is unclear now," Li Qingsong was a little worried about Wang Qi's safety.

"It doesn't matter, the Royal Forest Army and the Imperial City Department are here, no one can threaten me here," Wang Qi waved his hand: "You can go and do the work yourself!"

"I obey!" Li Qingsong held his sword and bowed away.

Not long after, Li Qingsong left.

"Master Shi, let's go see the emperor together?"

Wang Qi's expression fell into Shi Kefa's eyes, without showing any sadness.

That's right, he was originally a rebellious person, so why should he be sad?

Even if there is, it is just an act.

Facing Wang Qi's invitation, Shi Kefa made no move, and just asked coldly: "Did you do it?"

Turning to look at Shi Kefa, Wang Qi showed no anger, no shame or impatience: "As long as I want, I can let the emperor commit suicide in front of you. What happened today will not benefit me."

"But the emperor has been crazy for so many days, why today? It's tonight, when I want to rescue him!" Shi Kefa really couldn't accept it.

"Whether you want to follow or not is up to you," Wang Qi left without answering Shi Kefa's question.

Wang Qi didn't want to explain anything to Shi Kefa.

First, it is not necessary.

second,

Things like this were not in his plan.

But it doesn't matter now.

It's just one missing step.

The emperor's body was placed in the Qianqing Palace, and a temporary coffin was found to contain it.

Wang Qi stood aside and looked at it quietly for a long time, then bowed slightly and saluted the emperor.

Use your own death to accuse Wang Qi?

Maybe.

But Tao is different, and after all, we cannot conspire with it.

Wang Qi has a clear conscience.

Not long after, Shi Kefa finally came out and knelt directly in front of Zhu Youxiao's coffin, paying homage to him.

After the initial convulsion, the empress woke up slowly and lay on the emperor's coffin, crying bitterly.

Inside the Qianqing Palace, the lights are brightly lit.

About half an hour later, several congressmen in Beijing also entered the palace.

"Chief, what's going on?" This question was asked by Sun Chengzong and Ye Xianggao.

"How could this happen?" Xu Guangqi wondered after entering the palace.

After Wang Huazhen entered the palace, he kicked Shi Kefa directly and shouted angrily: "Shi Kefa, how dare you kill the king?"

At this moment, Shi Kefa was kicked aside without any resistance.

It seems that mourning is better than death.

"Okay," Wang Qi gave everyone the answer: "The emperor committed suicide."

In an instant, the whole hall became quiet.

Even the queen stopped crying, and Lihua looked at Wang Qi with rain. Everyone is obviously waiting for Wang Qi’s next words.

"Tonight, you all will see off the emperor for the last time. Tomorrow, we will announce to the world that Zhu You, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty Shengzong, will control Bintian."

Holy sect?

Is this going to give the emperor a temple name?

As soon as these words came out, even Sun Chengzong, who had always had compassion for the emperor, was a little surprised.

But is Zhu Youxiao worthy of this holy name?

Those with high moral character are always called saints.

Sun Chengzong looked at Wang Qi. This veteran of three dynasties felt that no matter what, Wang Qi would never think that Zhu Youxiao was an emperor with extremely high moral character, right?

Isn't it the case that Wang Qi wants to disgust the emperor again in the end?

Shi Kefa also seemed to wake up from his confusion, his eyes turned to Wang Qi, and he still murmured to himself: "If there is a monster, there will be a disaster!"

"Those with high moral character are regarded as saints," and as expected, Wang Qi explained: "Emperor Daxing cut through thorns and thorns to cut off the enemies in the north. At the time of great peace in the world, he suddenly collapsed. He had a will before his death."

Is there any purpose?

Shi Kefa stood up suddenly and cursed: "The emperor committed suicide. What I am waiting for here is the emperor's body. Where is the will left?"

"Queen, what do you think?" Wang Qi ignored Shi Kefa and looked at the Queen. It was unclear what the meaning in his eyes was, encouragement or warning?

The queen was in pear blossoms and was staring at Wang Qi for several breaths. Her face was pale and her lips were trembling slightly.

"Queen!" Shi Kefa shouted sternly: "This is related to the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years!"

At this time, Sun Chengzong, Ye Xianggao and others were all staring at the queen.

"The emperor's edict, please pray for the Duke of Qi to praise it!" After a few breaths of silence, the queen lowered her head and saluted Wang Qi.

After receiving the Queen's "approval", Wang Qi gave a slight salute, then turned to everyone: "Exercise the Emperor's edict!"

"I'm waiting for the order!!!"

In the Qianqing Palace, this was probably the last time I heard the word ‘Chen’.

Except for Shi Kefa, he just stood there blankly, staring at Wang Qi, wanting to hear what he was going to do? What is his purpose?

"Since my time, the Parliament has been the final decision-making place for the world's major affairs. Military and political power has been decided by the seven members of the Great Parliament. From now on, the imperial power has only been used for symbolic purposes. My prince, Zhu Cian, has ascended the throne. I hope that all the lords of the Parliament will take care of it. .Appreciate this!”

Wang Qi spoke eloquently for almost a whole stick of incense.

But in Shi Kefa's ears, there were only five words: Abolish the emperor system!

As for Zhu Cian's accession to the throne?

What is the use of a clay Buddha?

Not as good as Xian Di of Han Dynasty!

"We obey the order!!!" Except for Shi Kefa, everyone else knelt down to accept the order.

But Shi Kefa looked at Wang Qi blankly as if he was struck by lightning.

That's it!

That's it!

Wang Qi deliberately planned to depose the emperor. From then on, the parliament became popular!

In fact, for a moment, Shi Kefa was a little hesitant, because the parliamentary politics advocated by Wang Qi was indeed expected and followed by civil servants all over the world.

As for what are the expectations of the world’s literati?

Before the Ming Dynasty, the affairs of the world were decided by the prime minister.

Since the Ming Dynasty, the affairs of the world have been decided by the cabinet.

Now, Wang Qi gave a more transparent and attractive answer:

From then on, when the emperor was deposed, all affairs in the world were decided by the parliament.

However, since he became literate, what Shi Kefa has accepted is the loyalty and filial piety of the emperor and his ministers. What he has learned is to receive the kindness of the emperor and repay the kindness with his own body!

Now, let him surrender openly to Wang Qi?

He can't do it!

Shi Kefa's right hand hung down helplessly. At least in this situation, he was helpless.

"Send Mr. Shi out of the palace," Wang Qi said without looking at Shi Kefa again - some people in Nanjing City are still waiting for Shi Kefa to return. Wang Qi still needs to use one or two, and it is time to prepare for the end.

Shi Kefa was led away by armored soldiers.

In the Qianqing Palace, the emperor's body had been moved into the golden nanmu coffin that had been prepared. The lining was lined with golden silk, and the emperor's nine-dragon crown had also been neatly put on.

It was the last step, and Wang Qi never hesitated to give the emperor the last dignity.

At least, what Zhu Youxiao did tonight surprised Wang Qi.

Everyone in the council sat separately in the hall, and the queen sat at the top. There was some silence in the hall for a while.

After all, what Wang Qi did tonight was without communicating with anyone in advance.

When Wang Huazhen entered the palace, he kicked Shi Kefa down immediately, and then put the name of regicide on his head, just to protect Wang Qi, which is enough to show his inner nervousness.

"Chief." In the end, it was Ye Xianggao who spoke first: "We still need to discuss tonight's matter. How can we give the world a reasonable explanation?"

Ye Xianggao's words were tactful.

After all, everyone present could understand that the so-called posthumous edict was casually made up by Wang Qi on the spot.

Both Ye Xianggao and Sun Chengzong were both well-educated scholars present.

Xu Guangqi and Wang Huazhen were also real Jinshi scholars.

Even Wang Tiqian can write well.

Not to mention Shi Kefa who has already left.

Therefore, anyone can tell that this uneven edict was indeed made up by Wang Qi on the fly.

However, when Ye Xianggao revealed the truth, Wang Qi remained calm and said with a smile: "So, we need to ask the real Hanlin to write a real edict."

"Hey, leave this matter to me." Ye Xianggao sighed silently, and he had no choice but to end up on the pirate ship.

Because those who sit on the wall have always had a bad end, Ye Xianggao felt that Wang Qi, who was smiling at the moment, would not be soft on betrayers when the time came.

"In addition," Wang Qi looked at the pale Sun Chengzong and called out, "Mr. Xuan Hu."

At this moment, the beard at the corner of Sun Chengzong's mouth was trembling slightly. As the emperor's master, the old man still couldn't accept the fact that Zhu Youxiaolong controlled Bintian.

"This happened suddenly, so please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter, I just have some things that I can't accept for a while." Sun Chengzong knew what was more important and what was less important. Compared with his eternal foundation, personal feelings were not worth mentioning at all!

"Early tomorrow morning, as soon as the edict comes out, there will be turmoil in the world," Wang Qi looked at everyone: "Please everyone perform their duties, and don't let Xiaoxiao take the opportunity to cause trouble and ruin the important affairs of our council!"

"Don't worry, Chief!"

"Master Wang," Wang Qi looked at Wang Tiqian: "I will continue to trouble you with the affairs of the inner palace. The new emperor has ascended the throne and the situation is unstable. It is inevitable that the hearts of the inner palace will be turbulent. If necessary, there will be blood."

"We understand that if some people don't have eyes, our knife edge will be waiting there!" When Wang Tigan spoke, his whole body was full of murderous aura.

"As for the order of the Imperial City," Wang Qi said with a smile on his lips, "The Imperial City Department and secret guards will be properly arranged, so you can rest assured." (End of this chapter)