Chapter 462: Two Generals Confronted

The emperor's pupils gradually dilated.

He struggled madly and yelled, "No! You can't kill me! I can't die! The world will be in chaos! You will lose more than you gain!"

While Luo Jingfeng was watching the show, he looked up and added, "Just keep the death a secret, Your Majesty. You can rest assured and go on your way. It won't affect the palace examination or the new emperor's ascension to the throne. It's even more impossible for the world to be in chaos!"

"You...you guys..." The emperor was so angry that he vomited blood again.

Zong Zhao took out a pill from his body.

He leaned forward and asked, "Does the Emperor know what this is?"

The emperor huddled back and said, "Poison... You want to poison me to death. How can you be so vicious!"

Zong Zhao squatted down and whispered, "This is what you asked Huaishui to feed His Highness. For ten years, you used ten years to wear down his body... I am not as cruel as you, and I will not torture you for so long. Just one pill, and you can go and apologize to our ancestors."

The emperor shook his head and refused: "No... I don't want to eat, I don't want to die, I... um..."

The neck was clamped and the jaw was pried open.

The pill went down his throat and entered the emperor's internal organs, and soon caused a huge reaction in his body.

The poison was strengthened countless times, and the late emperor was killed in less than a moment.

There was thunder and lightning outside the palace, but it was silent inside.

All sins have come to an end.

Luo Jingfeng stood up from his chair and said, "I'll ask Eunuch Huang to come in and serve him. I'll announce the death in a few days. We still need an imperial edict to keep the funeral simple, changing the twenty-seven days to three days. Do you want to write it or should I?"

Zong Zhao walked down and said, "Let me write it. Your writing sounds too much like usurping the throne."

Luo Jingfeng sneered: "Why, do I look like someone who would rebel? Zong Zhao, you are involved too!"

Zong Zhao sat on the dragon chair and wrote with a brush, explaining patiently: "Although this edict is only to be sealed with the imperial seal, someone will come to check the handwriting. You and Jin Cheng have a special relationship, so it's best to avoid suspicion."

Luo Jingfeng felt relieved after hearing this.

He is Cheng'er's biological uncle, and Zong Zhao is at most an adoptive father. Among the three of them, he is naturally the closest to Cheng'er.

Luo Jingfeng was so proud that he added: "Since you want to write an edict, let's write it together. Appoint me as the regent and handle state affairs on behalf of the new emperor. When Cheng'er grows up..."

Zong Zhao interrupted him and said, "How long can you wait until he grows up if you set it up like this?"

Luo Jingfeng was furious: "If I hadn't been there to suppress them, wouldn't those ministers have eaten Cheng'er?"

Zong Zhao raised his eyes solemnly and replied: "Appoint several assistant ministers. Otherwise, you are the only one in power, which further proves that he did not get the position legitimately. It is you, the Luo family, who have taken the world away."

Luo Jingfeng said fiercely: "It's confirmed, this world has always belonged to our Luo family. The throne is in my hands, and the military power is also in my hands. Whoever dares to disobey Cheng'er, I will kill his entire family first!"

Zong Zhao put down his pen and stopped writing.

Luo Jingfeng cannot be the regent, otherwise the people in the Luo family will go crazy.

He couldn't let the previous emperor fall and then give rise to a new major threat, otherwise there would be endless troubles.

"Why don't you write anymore?" Luo Jingfeng asked cautiously, "What do you want to do?"

Zong Zhao repeated it again: "Appoint three great ministers, you, me, and Prime Minister Shen, and let Jin Cheng succeed to the throne openly."

Luo Jingfeng came over quickly, stared at him and said in a threatening voice: "Zong Zhao, how dare you bring Prime Minister Shen to share power with me?"

Zong Zhao was not afraid of him and asked, "Most of the government affairs are handled by Prime Minister Shen. Do you know how to watch them?"

Luo Feng shouted in shock: "What about you! What are you going to do?"

Zong Zhao raised the token of the City Patrol and said in a cold voice: "The tens of thousands of soldiers of the City Patrol may not be able to stop your army, but it is enough to cause chaos in the entire capital and the entire Chu. Once the two sides fight, everyone will know that you and Jin Cheng are plotting to usurp the throne. The iron hoof of You Kingdom will immediately step into our dynasty, and your nephew will not be able to sit firmly on the throne."

"You...you!" Luo Jingfeng was so angry at Zong Zhao's sudden change of attitude that he shouted angrily, "Cheng'er is also your adopted son. How dare you treat him like this? Can you be so cruel?"

Zong Zhao confronted him: "If you insist on being the regent, you will immediately know whether I can be ruthless."

The two generals were at loggerheads across a table.

Luo Jingfeng is cold-hearted and emotionless, but he has a big soft spot.

Zong Zhao's eyes seemed colder than his. At that moment, Luo Jingfeng was suddenly unsure about the person in front of him, but after thinking about it, he realized that the only threat was the prince.

Luo Jingfeng clenched his fists and said in a sharp voice: "Zong Zhao, the late emperor's edict of enthronement has been written. The world belongs to Cheng'er. You and your prince should just give up on this idea. Don't even think about using Cheng'er. With our Luo family here, Chu Heng can't take the throne away from you!"

Zong Zhao said, "Your Highness and I have never thought of using Jin Cheng."

"You better do this!"

Luo Jingfeng weighed the pros and cons and finally compromised for his nephew.

This civil war cannot be fought.

He couldn't quarrel with Zong Zhao.

Luo Jingfeng took a step back: "I agree to establish an assistant minister, but the King of Zhennan must be added."

Of the four great ministers, half must be from the Luo family.

Zong Zhao knew that this was the maximum Luo Jingfeng could give him, so he sat down again and picked up his pen: "I will continue writing."

Luo was shocked: “!”

He had a thousand curse words in his mind.

The edict was written and sealed with the imperial seal.

Eunuch Huang was summoned in. When he saw the emperor's body, he quickly closed his eyes, knelt down and said, "Your servant kowtows to the Lord Protector of the State and the General."

Luo Jingfeng was in a bad mood, and he was even more furious when he saw Eunuch Huang. He stepped forward and asked, "You know everything the emperor has done, right?"

Eunuch Huang replied in despair, "Yes."

Not only did he know, but he even ordered some things to be done personally. There is no such thing as a complete fool among the chief stewards beside the emperor.

Now that the imperial power has passed, he is destined to die, and his family will also be driven away and killed.

Eunuch Huang knew everything.

"Okay, okay." Luo Jingfeng turned around and said to him, "The late emperor's death has not been announced. If you cooperate with us to assist the new emperor to ascend the throne, I will spare the lives of your entire family."

Eunuch Huang raised his head in surprise and said, "Thank you, Lord Protector. I will do my best to serve you!"

Luo Jingfeng ordered him to clean up the late emperor's body.

"The dragon robe is complicated to make and cannot be made in one night. Cheng'er is too young to wear adult clothes. If I had known this, I would have asked someone to make it in advance." Luo Feng muttered irritably.

Zong Zhao didn't want to pay any attention to him.

Making dragon robes in advance consumes a huge amount of manpower and it is easy for people to discover your rebellious intentions.

Zong Zhao said to Eunuch Huang, "The emperor is going to have a celebration next month, so he asked the embroidery office to make the newly made dragon robe smaller. I'll let you know the size."

"Yes, I will arrange it right away."

Zong Zhao looked at the sky outside and said to Luo Jingfeng in surprise, "The palace examination will be held as usual tomorrow, but the morning court session has been cancelled. Not all officials are here, which is not conducive to the announcement of the imperial edict."

Luo Jingfeng replied: "This is easy. I will ask the palace to notify all officials in the name of the late emperor to attend the morning court as usual."

Zong Zhao reminded him: "The palace examination is one hour later than the morning court session."

Luo Jingfeng snorted and said, "Then tell them to wait outside to welcome the new emperor into the palace. Why are you looking at me like that? They can just stand there for an hour. I didn't even ask them to kneel and wait."

Zong Zhao turned around and started to arrange other things.