There are no limits to showing off, and it's even more exciting with you around!
The Queen of Yan's acting skills were absolutely superb...
After being helped up by the maids, she pounded her head and stamped her feet, wailing loudly, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Wait a moment, I will go with you now, waah!"
"Queen! Queen!"
A general of the Imperial Guards advised, "Now that the King has passed away, the Queen should immediately take charge of the overall situation. The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. We should quickly select a new monarch to ascend the throne!"
"Yes, Your Majesty! You should take charge of the situation immediately!"
......
Under the generals' persuasion, the Queen of Yan wiped away her tears with feigned sadness. However, because she was overjoyed, a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.
She hadn't expected things to go so smoothly!
After years of hard work, she is finally going to rise from queen to empress dowager!
From now on, I will be the ruler of the Yan Kingdom, and I will never have to live in fear again!
It seems that things just have to be done! Only by doing them can success be possible!
Those who lack courage will always be subject to others!
"All right!"
The Queen of Yan sobbed as she gave the order: "Immediately bring the Third Prince from his former residence, and then inform all the ministers to come to the palace to pay their respects to the new king!"
The original plan was to announce the Third Prince's ascension to the throne first thing tomorrow morning!
However, the Queen of Yan was afraid that things might get complicated if she waited too long... After all, the 'eldest son of the King of Yan' who was on his way back to the country was a sword hanging over her head!
Only if her son ascends the throne quickly and receives the homage of all the officials can she put her mind at ease.
Who knows if that damned Prince Yan left any secret edict or anything like that for his eldest son!
Empress Yan is now a bit obsessive-compulsive, afraid that something might go wrong in any step!
......
The main hall of the Yan King's Palace.
All the officials were summoned to the "evening court session".
All the ministers were completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened.
Upon entering the main hall, they learned that the Prince of Yan had already been burned alive by Jiang Ming...
The Prime Minister, Shi Qiu, stamped his feet in anger and cried out, "This old minister saw long ago that he was a sorcerer and urged Your Majesty to kill him, but Your Majesty wouldn't listen! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! This old minister... failed in his duty to advise Your Majesty, this old minister has neglected his duty!"
"Old Prime Minister, please accept my condolences! The King has lost his mind today... He even wants to kill me!"
"Yes! The King kills any minister who opposes that sorcerer Jiang Ming! That sorcerer almost destroyed the entire Yan court!"
"That damned Xianbei spy! When his schemes failed, he simply... killed the king! Waaah! He's so vicious!"
"Your Majesty, I suggest that we cede a few cities to Qi as a gesture of goodwill, and then immediately mobilize the entire nation's army to attack the Xianbei, wiping out all these barbarians without leaving a single one alive, thus eliminating any future threat!"
"Yes! Kill them all! Eliminate this threat forever!"
......
"My loyal subjects!"
Another trusted minister of the Queen of Yan said, "The most urgent task at present is not to eliminate the Xianbei, but to establish a new ruler! As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a ruler for a day. How can our great Yan state be without a king!"
"Yes, yes, yes! We should establish a new ruler as soon as possible!"
"Your Majesty, you should quickly establish a new ruler!"
......
Amidst the cacophony of voices from the courtiers, Queen Yan let out a soft sigh and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes...
"Everyone's points are valid!"
Queen Yan pondered for a moment and said, "The most urgent matter at hand is to ensure that our Yan court is not in chaos, and that we are not allowed to become a laughing stock by other countries and those barbarians... I have decided to appoint the Third Prince Ji Luo as the new ruler!"
Upon hearing this, the courtiers echoed his sentiments.
Twelve-year-old Ji Luo, accompanied by eunuchs, walked from the back of the hall to the front, and all the officials immediately knelt down...
"Long live the King! Long live my King!"
The sounds of courtiers paying homage rose and fell in waves...
Queen Yan sat beside Ji Luo, looking at the officials below the court with satisfaction.
At this moment, she had succeeded!
Even if the eldest son of the King of Yan returned, he would still have to accept this reality.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, or rather, Your Majesty the Queen Mother!"
Another trusted minister stepped forward: "Your Majesty, while the Xianbei man Jiang Ming is certainly hateful, there is another person who must also be killed!"
"Oh? Who is it?" the Queen asked.
"Your Highness, it's Ji Shishi!"
Upon hearing this, the courtiers were all astonished and whispered among themselves.
If this had been said when the Prince of Yan was still alive, absolutely no one would have dared to say it!
After all, everyone knows that the Prince of Yan dotes on his younger sister to an extreme degree!
The trusted minister said with a smug look on his face, "To be honest, His Majesty was not confused at first. He had already sent the Minister of Justice to arrest Jiang Ming. The oil cauldron in front of the palace yesterday was also set up for that sorcerer! If it weren't for the Princess insisting on protecting that sorcerer... how could His Majesty have been bewitched? And if His Majesty hadn't been bewitched, how could he have died tragically at the hands of that sorcerer?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Lord Ding is right!"
"Yes! That seems to make sense..."
......
"so!"
The minister surnamed Ding said, "The eldest princess is one of the indirect murderers of the king. I hope the Queen Mother will order her to be severely punished!"
"yes!"
Shi Qiu added, "Our Yan Kingdom is a direct descendant of the Great Gan, and our eldest princess has such a high status and position. How could she... how could she want to marry a barbarian... If this gets out, it will be a disgrace to our nation and make our Great Yan a laughing stock!"
"Yeah yeah!"
"Not bad, not bad!"
The saying goes, "to change course with the wind." Now that Ji Xi is "dead," all those he wanted to protect in his lifetime have become "meat on the chopping block"!
"He Wu!"
Empress Yan immediately ordered, "I now command you to go to the Princess's residence immediately and arrest Princess Ji Shishi!"
"Understood!"
Actually, this is another 'double act' performed by the siblings!
After assassinating Ji Xi, He Wu dispatched 3,000 troops to the Princess's residence in a great hurry, intending to kill Ji Shishi as well!
However, now, this behavior needs to be shown off in front of the court officials to make everything seem more 'legitimate'!
Just as the courtiers were whispering amongst themselves, their faces beaming with joy at the new emperor's new look, a woman's voice rang out from outside the hall: "You don't need to arrest me, I've come myself!"
But outside the main hall, Ji Shishi walked in without any fear!
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