Although the emperor sitting on the dragon throne is very old, he has been the emperor for so many years. How could he be easily overthrown by his son?
What's more, the older he gets, the more suspicious he becomes. He keeps his eyes on everyone, and only the lazy and unscrupulous Fifth Prince can make him put aside his suspicions temporarily.
The second prince was discovered as soon as he entered the palace, but he was too cruel. In order to force his father, he even killed several of his younger brothers.
Originally, he didn't want to let An Jingzhi go, but it was too late. After a struggle, he was thrown into prison. The best outcome would probably be to demote him to a commoner.
After the emperor finished speaking, he seemed a little out of breath. Eunuch Wang fed him some medicine, and he slowly recovered.
Ever since An Jingzhi came in, the emperor had been writing something on his hand. After drinking the medicine, he took the jade seal and sealed it.
An Jingzhi was about to ask something when he noticed a few more people coming in. He looked at them one by one and found that they were all important officials in the court, including Jiang Wenbo and Cai Mingting's father.
After stamping the imperial seal, the emperor's spirit seemed to disappear all of a sudden.
If it weren't for Eunuch Wang's help, he would have found it difficult to maintain his imperial dignity.
"Your Majesty!" After several important ministers arrived, they looked at the emperor with concern.
The emperor handed the imperial edict in his hand to Eunuch Wang, who coughed violently and coughed up blood.
"Today, my rebellious son An Jingyu has rebelled and has been demoted to a commoner and imprisoned for life."
An Jingzhi felt something was wrong, and the emperor continued,
"I sense that my time is up, and I am passing the throne to my fifth son, An Jingzhi!"
After he finished speaking, he coughed violently and spat out a mouthful of blood, then leaned back on the dragon throne.
Several old ministers, still in shock, watched the emperor suddenly collapse, panicking, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Imperial Physician! Someone come quickly!"
Several old ministers held their breath as they watched the imperial physician diagnose the case. The physician stepped forward to examine the patient and suddenly trembled with fear. He fell to his knees and cried out in pain, "Your Majesty!"
Jiang Wenbo's father, who was in a bad mood, suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the imperial physician, "What's wrong, Your Majesty? Tell me!"
The imperial physician stammered, choking with sobs, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has passed away."
Several old ministers burst into tears immediately, for the emperor and for their own future. They still remembered that the emperor chose the fifth prince to ascend the throne before his death.
Who is the fifth prince?
That was a year of chasing chickens and dogs, playing with cats and walking birds, and being an uneducated and unlearned dandy!
Your Majesty, you passed away and left them with such a mess!
But now there is no choice. The princes are all dead, and His Majesty has personally issued an edict to pass on the throne.
When the emperor ascended the throne, he was lucky to have a chance, so naturally there were no princes from the royal family. Therefore, An Jingzhi was the only one who could inherit the throne.
Not long after An Jingzhi handled the funeral of his adoptive father, he ascended the throne.
He looked at the group of old ministers with an extremely grim expression as if their father had died.
Especially Jiang Wenbo's father, he did not miss Master Hu and the strange expressions of the group of teachers who had taught him in the Imperial College.
In short, he sat on the throne, looking at everyone below as if the country was going to perish tomorrow.
An Jingzhi didn't expect things to develop to this point. He had already made plans to turn the soil happily. Then he would be his own emperor and continue to live happily. After the new emperor took the throne, he could take Gu Sangyu out. Then he would have enough fun in the fiefdom and then travel around to explore the beautiful rivers and mountains.
And now? He's tied up in this palace!
Everyone thought he was the lucky one, but who understood his hardship?!
The ministers looked unhappy, and the emperor looked even uglier.
Gu Sangyu became the empress dowager. She was supposed to move out of Fengluan Palace and move into the empress dowager's bedroom, but she had already gotten used to it and was too lazy to move.
So he simply didn't bother. After all, the emperor was his son, and she had the final say in the entire palace!
So it is said that things are unpredictable. Who would have thought that someone who was not qualified to ascend the throne would actually become the emperor.
When Gu Sangyu thought about how the emperor was first framed for cuckolding and then stabbed in the back by his son's rebellion, she wanted to laugh. It was what she deserved. This was retribution.
She had been guarding against the Gu family for most of her life, but in the end, the throne still fell into the hands of her son, and it was he who passed it on personally.
After the emperor died, Gu Sangyu felt that the water became clearer, the sky became bluer, and people became more energetic.
Empress Xian has now become the Dowager Concubine, and she brought a few close concubines to Fengluan Palace.
After so many years, the few of them have gotten along pretty well.
Concubine Xian was filled with gratitude. "Thanks to Your Majesty for abolishing the system of burying people alive with the dead, otherwise how would we have survived until now? I know Your Majesty likes to eat this fresh treat. These are lychees that my family sent to the palace. Please, Your Majesty, please help pass them on."
Everyone knows that although the emperor has ascended the throne, he likes to come to Fengluan Palace when he has nothing to do.
He would also come to have lunch with the Empress Dowager every day at noon.
Who would have thought that the playboy who was looked down upon by everyone would become the emperor, and the first thing he did after becoming the crown prince was to abolish the system of burying people alive with the dead.
His mother was the empress dowager and would definitely not be buried alive with the emperor. The emperor felt sorry for the women in the harem, so he exempted them from burial and used dummies instead.
Gu Sangyu felt that her son was doing the right thing. The system of burying concubines alive with their sons was a tradition passed down from the previous dynasty. She had always felt that it was inhumane. All the concubines in the palace who did not have sons had to be buried with their sons. Now, besides her, who else had a son?
Doesn’t this burial mean burying the entire harem alive?
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