Chapter 393 Threat
While Prime Minister Lin and others were discussing in the side hall, the civil and military ministers and royal relatives in the inner hall had already heard the contents of the will in Cao Zhengxing's hand.
Cao Zhengxing did agree to deal with the late emperor's affairs first, but he did not say that he would not announce the will in his hand to the public.
When the people in the inner hall heard that the new emperor was actually a baby, and a girl at that, controversy immediately broke out.
Among them, both royal relatives and court ministers questioned Cao Zhengxing, and for the first time they all agreed that it was Cao Zhengxing who was behind all this.
"Your Majesty has many children. Why would he choose a young grandson over the other princes?"
"Yes, and His Majesty wanted to make the newborn prince the crown prince. Then the little prince..."
Cao Zhengxing looked at the man coldly and said, "He died young."
The inner hall was silent for a moment, and then someone asked Cao Zhengxing, "Chief Steward Cao, did you see it wrong? The new emperor should be the Prince of Wei, not the Princess!"
"It might be a fake decree!" The oldest prince looked at Cao Zhengxing and said, "It has nothing to do with enthroning the eldest son as the heir, Prince Wei, and even less so with his daughter!"
"That's right, how can a woman be an emperor!"
"You are wrong to say that. Taizong is the empress."
"But Taizong is the eldest son and the legitimate heir, what does Ji Nancy count for?"
Cao Zhengxing watched the quarrel below with a cold eye and said with a smile, "What's that? It's because Your Majesty was personally chosen as the heir by the late emperor."
Cao Zhengxing already treated Xixi as the new emperor in his words.
"If you say it is, then it is. I also said that this is all fake..."
Before the minister could finish his rebuttal, Cao Zhengxing put a sword to his neck.
"Lord Yang said this because he no longer believes in the late emperor, or in Prime Minister Peng and Prime Minister Lin."
He exerted a little force on the long sword in his hand. Lord Yang was so nervous that he didn't even dare to swallow his saliva, for fear that the tip of the sword would accidentally pierce his skin and pierce his throat.
"Since Lord Yang doesn't believe it, why not ask the late emperor in person? What do you think..."
Before Cao Zhengxing finished speaking, Peng Xiang and others from the side hall just returned to the inner hall.
"Cao Zhengxing, what are you doing!" Seeing Cao Zhengxing dare to draw his sword against the court minister in the inner hall, regardless of everyone, the desire for Cao Zhengxing to die became even stronger.
This treacherous man looks gentle and cheerful, but he is actually vicious and cruel in his actions.
Regardless of whether Ji Nancy will become the new emperor or not, having such a person around the new emperor will always be a disaster.
And the disaster must be eliminated.
"Lord Yang is dissatisfied with the late emperor's will. I am only trying to persuade him."
Minister Lin pointed at the long sword in Cao Zhengxing's hand, which was still resting on Lord Yang's neck, and said, "That's how you advise."
Under the condemning gaze of Lin Xiang and others across from him, Cao Zhengxing put away the long sword in his hand and said, "Special period, special treatment."
"Could it be that you two gentlemen want to see chaos break out in our capital?"
Cao Zhengxing's question didn't necessarily require an answer from Prime Minister Lin and the others. He turned around and said, "The Prince of Huainan and his troops are only five or six days away from the capital."
"If the new emperor cannot ascend the throne on time, I'm afraid that he will have to ask the King of Huainan for his consent before he can ascend the throne."
The King of Huainan was just a pig pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. He did not fight when Daizong was in power because he had the support of Ji Mingzhu and all the civil and military officials in the court.
But now that Daizong has passed away, the world is left without a ruler.
Seeing that there are few capable fighters in the entire royal family, if the King of Huainan does not take action now, is he really going to stay in Huainan until he dies?
Judging from his actions in the past two years, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would wait to die.
"I'm sure you all know that the Prince of Huainan encountered no resistance on his journey north. When he finally reached Jingzhao..." He looked at the people around him with varying expressions and said, "I wonder if you can still maintain your current prosperity and wealth."
"Are the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards just there for show? The Western Suburbs Camp, the Eastern Suburbs Camp, inside..."
"Yeah, who holds the military power~" Cao Zhengxing looked at the man with a smile.
After thinking about it for a moment, the man's face turned pale.
The capital troops are under the command of Cao Zhengxing, and the imperial guards are now clearly biased towards Ji Sheng. As for the east and west suburban camps, one used to obey the orders of the King of Qi, but the King of Qi rebelled, and the east suburban camp is now disrupted and detained; the other one obeys the orders of General Wang, and General Wang will not move without the order of His Majesty.
So what Cao Zhengxing said just now was both a reminder and a warning to them.
After all, whoever has military power will have the right to speak.
"The imperial edict has been announced. The most important thing is to let the late emperor rest in peace." The Minister of Rites was a good guy. Seeing that Cao Zhengxing was suppressing everything, he took the initiative to change the subject.
Minister Lin nodded and said, "It's not appropriate to hold a grand celebration at this time. It's better to keep things simple. What do you think?"
They have no objection.
During these years, the emperor spent a lot of money on extravagance and debauchery, and the national treasury was empty long ago.
Although everyone wants to sit on the throne, it is not easy to sit on it.
The treasury was empty and the court was unable to make ends meet.
Not to mention the treacherous and corrupt officials at home and the natural and man-made disasters outside.
The Great Zhou Dynasty is now a mess, but many people want to grab this mess.
Xixi, who was forced to deal with this mess, was sitting in the side hall eating snacks.
The inner hall and the side hall were arguing fiercely about the affairs of the late emperor and the new emperor, but the parties involved were only concerned about whether they could take home the imperial chef who made the cakes in front of them.
"Daddy, I want this royal chef."
Xixi looked at Ji Sheng who was talking to the leader of the imperial guards not far away and said loudly.
Ji Sheng turned his head to look at Xixi, said something to the leader of the imperial guards, and waited until he left before coming to Xixi's side.
"You like it?"
Xixi nodded her little head and said, "I want to take him back to make cakes for Zizhen and Changfeng. They have never tasted cakes from the palace!"
After saying that, she thought of An Sheng and said, "Brother An Sheng hasn't eaten it either."
They are good friends, so Xixi feels that since she can eat such delicious food, she should also let her friends eat such delicious food.
"You can invite them to the capital for dinner in the future." Ji Sheng said to Xixi, who was still longing to return to Dongchuan.
"But they are just children." Xixi pouted and looked at her father helplessly.
My mother once said that children should not leave the sight of adults, and children should not leave the side of their father and mother.
If Xixi hadn't encountered the bad guy who stole the child, no matter how brave she was, she would never have sneaked back alone.
Ah, she is such an obedient child, making her parents worry less!
"Let's invite their parents over so they can come together!"
Children should listen to adults, so wouldn’t it be better if her father asked adults to listen?
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