Chapter 463: The Emperor's Last Will
Su Lin looked at Su Chenyu who was walking towards him, and held onto the handrail of the stairs beside him. He stood up straight and said, "Su Chenyu, no matter what, I am the emperor of Dayu. If you dare to do anything to me today, you will be committing treason."
"Look at the courtiers in this hall. Is there anyone standing on your side?"
This rhetorical question made Su Lin panic instantly. He looked around and found that everyone was standing against him. Even Lou Zhonghai was just kneeling timidly beside him, wishing that others would ignore him.
At this moment, Su Lin was truly alone and no one was willing to stand on his side.
There was no one behind him, but behind Su Chenyu stood all the court officials of Dayu.
"Traitors, you are all traitors!" Su Lin completely lost the dignity that an emperor should have. He cursed, "I am the emperor. No matter what I do, you can't blame me."
"Who said that?" At this time, General Li walked into the Golden Palace. The soldiers who came back with him surrounded the entire palace. His intentions were obvious.
Su Lin looked at the old General Li who suddenly appeared, and the anger in his heart continued to grow: "Sure enough, you Li family have rebellious intentions. I have been on guard against you from the beginning, and I am right."
General Li looked at Su Lin, his eyes full of disappointment and grief: "Prince Su Yi was so good to you in the beginning, but you even murdered your own brother for the throne. How could a person like you be a good emperor? It was our Li family who didn't know people well and actually thought you were a good person.
Over the years, no matter what you did to the Li family, we have always followed the rules of monarch and subject, and have never had any intention of disobeying. But now, it is you, Su Lin, who has turned against us and caused the situation of being deserted by everyone. You are the emperor, but we, the Li family, were able to let you sit on this position, and now we can pull you down from the throne!"
Old General Li has a murderous aura about him, and he is determined to depose Su Lin from the throne today.
Su Lin thought it was ridiculous: "Abolish my throne? What? Are you, the Li family, going to support Su Chenyu to ascend the throne? In the final analysis, you just want to support Su Siyi to be the emperor because he is young and easier to control. You, the Li family, are really calculating!"
"Your Majesty, you are wrong." The Imperial Concubine brought Su Siyi to the crowd and said, "I only wish for Siyi to live a peaceful life. I have never thought of him becoming the emperor. He is not suitable to be the emperor."
Su Lin didn't expect the Imperial Concubine to appear at this time, but he didn't believe that there would be someone who really didn't want to be the emperor: "Si Yi, your Imperial Concubine doesn't want you to be the emperor, what about you?"
Su Siyi shook his head. Compared to being an emperor, he longed for life outside the palace more.
As far as he could remember, Concubine Li had never been truly happy. It was the palace that trapped Concubine Li. If possible, he wanted to take Concubine Li out of this cage.
Su Siyi's attitude did not seem fake. Su Lin could not understand why there was a prince who was unwilling to be emperor. It was simply a fantasy.
"Su Lin, not everyone is like you, who only cares about power." General Li spoke again, and took out a piece of silk from his arms, "This is the handwritten will of the late emperor. It says who will succeed the throne if you die!"
Su Lin's eyes fell on the silk: "Impossible."
"This piece of silk was hidden in the phoenix hairpin given to the Li family by the late queen. It was previously occupied by the empress dowager, but fortunately it was taken back. If I had not accidentally broken the hairpin, I would not have discovered that there was a will hidden in it." Old General Li handed the silk directly to Cai Quan. After Cai Quan took it, he read it in front of everyone.
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