Chapter 456: The Demon Queen in Power
Murong Huai immediately sent someone out of the palace to invite Su Mu. How could the queen not know what he wanted to do?
So they sent people to stop them in every possible way, just to prevent Murong Huai's men from leaving the palace.
But she still underestimated Murong Huai. Jiang Yu and Su Mu were already on their way to the palace.
He had already guessed that this day would come, so he had asked Jiang Yu and Su Mu to be prepared at any time.
My father has been bewitched. He doesn't allow anyone to get close to him except Concubine Li, and the eunuch who serves him personally has been replaced.
Concubine Li almost lived in the Purple Palace, serving the emperor every day.
Except for attending court, the emperor almost never saw anyone. He stayed in the Purple Palace all day with Concubine Li.
The queen also put on a complete show. After the emperor got into trouble, she immediately had Concubine Li arrested and put her in jail.
"Mother, the Emperor looks very distressed. I would like to invite the young doctor to the palace to treat him."
Murong Huai made this request in front of all the civil and military officials.
When the queen heard this, she was in great trouble. If Su Mu came, many things might not be hidden. So she could only delay it and push her son to the position of regent first.
As long as he is in power and serves as regent, he will have the overall situation under his control and can use the ancestral regulations to shut the mouths of these censors.
"The imperial physician has already said that the emperor is seriously ill. It would be the same if we asked the young doctor to come over. Besides, I am in charge of the overall situation here, why are you panicking? The emperor cannot govern the country, and we don't have a crown prince. According to the rules of our ancestors, the legitimate and virtuous prince should serve as regent and temporarily manage the government. Rui'er, why don't you come up quickly?"
The queen was very strong-willed. She directly asked Murong Rui to come up and had the imperial seal brought over. She was planning to give the seal to him directly and let him take the position of regent in a natural way.
However, the ministers all knew that the virtuous king was not fit to be an emperor, and it was ridiculous to let him be the regent.
At this time, the ministers began to unify their ideas, but they could not confront the queen head-on.
Since it is the ancestral regulations, they also use the ancestral regulations to speak:
"Empress, the ancestral rules say that the eldest son should be appointed first, followed by the legitimate son. Before the virtuous king, there was the Yong prince, the second son of the emperor. The former crown prince has passed away, so the Yong prince is the eldest son. Even if we follow the ancestral rules, the Yong prince should be the regent."
The one who spoke was the right prime minister. When the queen heard what he said, she glared at him with an unpleasant look on her face.
"Prince Yong has a soft personality and is timid in his actions. Being regent is no joke. Can he understand the memorials? Therefore, the virtuous prince is the most suitable prince to be regent."
"Empress, if you're saying that we need to find a prince with outstanding abilities to serve as regent, then the virtuous prince has no achievements, nor is his political talent evident. He even has little experience in the court. If we're to judge based on ability, the princes of Jin and Xun are more suitable than the virtuous prince."
"What do you mean? Are you questioning my decision? I've already said that the virtuous prince is the most suitable candidate to be regent. Come on, Sir Qin is committing treason and speaking outrageously. Drag him out and have him beaten to death!"
Seeing that she couldn't win the argument, the queen decided to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Today, she was going to use tough measures to support her son to ascend to the throne.
She is the queen. Now that the emperor has fallen, she should be in charge of the overall situation. With the imperial seal in her hand, who dares not listen to her?
"Evil Queen, you are ruthless. The Emperor is now seriously ill, and I'm afraid it's all because of you. The virtuous prince is incompetent and unfit for the position. I'm not wrong. He doesn't deserve it, and neither do you. He's not even as good as the late Crown Prince, nor as good as Prince Jin or Prince Xun. And you still don't want to say anything? Since when did a mere woman like you have the final say in government affairs?"
The censor who was dragged out was so angry that he dared to say everything. He was going to die anyway, so he had to die. Before he died, he had to speak out what was in his heart.
The queen was shaking with anger and became furious. She stood up and pointed at the censor named Qin.
"You are talking nonsense. You deserve to be torn into pieces by five horses."
"Evil Queen, you will not die a good death!" The censor shouted this before being dragged out of the hall.
Soon after, his shrill screams were heard.
In an instant, everyone in the court was in panic, and they were controlled by a queen who seemed to be crazy.
Everyone knew that it would not work if they went up one by one, so someone took the lead.
The Right Prime Minister and the Left Prime Minister knelt on the ground together, and the Right Prime Minister even shouted:
"It's a misfortune for the country, a misfortune for the country! The evil queen is in power, destroying the fortune of our Jin State and ruining our Jin State's government. We will not recognize the wise king as regent."
With someone taking the lead, there are also many righteous people in the court. They have dedicated their lives to the Jin State and now they cannot watch the Jin State fall into an irretrievable situation.
All the civil and military officials knelt down and threatened that if the virtuous king was allowed to govern the country, they would all be killed.
Only the Duke of Tang's Mansion supported Murong Rui. The Queen was the Duke of Tang's sister, so he was the first to support the Queen, and he was the only one who did not kneel down.
When Murong Rui saw this scene, he realized how unbearable he was in front of these ministers.
It turns out that everyone looked down on him and thought he was not as good as his brother, but he was also born to the queen mother, and he was also the legitimate son of the emperor, right?
Since you feel sorry for your royal brother, why can't his younger brother be the regent?
"Mother, kill them all. After all, if these ministers die, we can still appoint new ones. Some of them are willing to take their positions."
He was indeed furious. The people in the court were complicated and each position played a vital role.
Killing one or two is fine, but if you kill them all, the country will be in chaos and unable to function.
If it were so easy to become an official, there wouldn't be so many students spending their entire lives preparing for the imperial examinations.
Seeing this scene, the queen could only force herself to calm down. She glared at Murong Rui and told him to shut up.
"You all look down on my son, but it doesn't matter. As long as the emperor likes him, that's all that matters. The virtuous prince is the prince that the emperor values most. He has already issued an imperial decree to appoint my son, the virtuous prince, as the crown prince. You have to acknowledge it even if you don't want to.
Come, fetch the imperial edict and read it to them, asking whether the virtuous prince is worthy of being the regent and the crown prince!"
The Queen couldn't have made only one preparation, she had another one.
This was obviously her second-hand preparation. If everything went smoothly, there would be no need to take out the imperial edict. After all, the edict was not clean.
But the emperor was in a coma and could not wake up at all. The imperial edict was stamped with the national seal and was written by the emperor himself. It was impossible for these ministers to fail to recognize his handwriting.
"Look carefully, this handwriting was written word by word by the Emperor, and the imperial seal on it cannot be faked. I originally thought that the Emperor was just unwell and the imperial edict to appoint the Crown Prince should be announced by him personally, but you kept pressing me, so I had no choice but to bring it out in advance to silence you."
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