Chapter 484: The throne is passed on to King Xuan

Xiao Jinxuan had been in there for a long time. Perhaps Emperor Zhaowen knew that he was really going to die, and when he saw Xiao Jinxuan, he actually shed two lines of tears.

"Seventeenth brother, tell me, is this retribution?"

Just now, the Crown Princess came to him and told him that the child she and the Crown Prince had given birth to was not a little grandson, but a baby girl.

It was the Empress who orchestrated this grand drama of substituting one person for another.

That's why he was so cruel to his first wife and sent them directly to the cold palace.

His son's fertility was damaged and he could no longer get pregnant. His only hope, his grandson, turned out to be a girl.

This was the kingdom he had seized, but he had no chance to pass it on.

"It was I who tampered with the imperial edict at the beginning." Emperor Zhaowen recalled.

At that time, the late emperor was critically ill, but he still acted tough and did not tell anyone.

He was born in an obscure family and could not afford to offend any of his brothers and sisters in the palace, so he gradually developed the ability to observe people's details.

From the look on the late emperor's face, he knew that the late emperor might not live long, and after consulting the imperial physician, he became even more certain of his guess.

So when the brothers heard about the disaster relief mission, they all rushed over to get the most out of it.

He was the only one who stayed in the capital, serving the late emperor day and night.

When the late emperor was in a state of confusion, he still said that he wanted to make him emperor, but every time he regained consciousness, he changed his mind and even had someone write an imperial edict.

"Pass the throne to Seventeen... This throne should have been passed to you, Seventeen!"

Finally, he talked about the past, and the huge stone that was weighing on his heart was finally removed.

He held Xiao Jinxuan's hand and said with his last bit of strength: "Now, I will return this throne that I have seized to..."

"Father!" Xiao Bicheng forced his way in with an ugly look on his face, "Father, please be careful with your words!"

The imperial guards rushed in from outside, and the whole palace was filled with murderous atmosphere.

Emperor Zhaowen's expression changed drastically, "Are you... going to force me to abdicate?"

Xiao Bicheng gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want this to happen either. It's you, my father, who forces me to do this again and again."

It would have been fine to let Xiao Jinxuan be the regent, but now they are going to return the throne to Xiao Jinxuan.

Then what does it matter that he has been the crown prince for so many years?

Emperor Zhaowen was so angry, "You...you...you..."

After saying "you" three times, Emperor Zhaowen's frail body could not withstand the blood rushing to his heart, and he died with his eyes wide open.

Xiao Bicheng showed no sadness at all and shouted directly: "The emperor has passed away!"

In an instant, everyone inside and outside knelt down.

Soon, all the royal relatives rushed to the palace.

A group of ministers from the prince's party were also busy, and they immediately requested the prince to ascend the throne on the grounds that "the country cannot be without a king for a day."

This was a legitimate thing to do, but at this moment, an old woman's voice rang out, "Wait."

Looking up, everyone was shocked, "Grand Empress Dowager?!"

Wasn't the Empress Dowager poisoned to death by the Empress?

Song Yuqiu, who was following the Empress Dowager, thought to herself, how could such a small poison stump her?

If it wasn't for the purpose of making the performance more realistic and luring the person behind the scenes to appear, the Empress Dowager would not have pretended to have died of poison.

"Here is the imperial edict left by Emperor Zhaowen."

That imperial edict was one of the three imperial edicts written by Emperor Zhaowen when he was in his last moments.

She handed the imperial edict to the left prime minister Shen Lian'an to read. After he glanced at it, he was very excited, "The late emperor left a will that Prince Xuan Xiao Jinxuan will inherit the throne!"

This was something that Emperor Zhaowen stole by tampering with the imperial edict.

Now, I return it as it is.

"It's fake, it's all fake, this imperial edict is fake!" Xiao Bicheng couldn't believe that his father would pass the throne to an outsider.

The ministers whispered to each other to verify the authenticity of the imperial edict, and no one dared to speak.

At this time, Princess Jing'an said, "What a joke! Xiao Jinxuan is not my father's son at all. How can he be qualified to inherit the throne?"

"Princess, you shouldn't say that!" Everyone was frightened by her words.

Princess Jing'an said bluntly, "Indeed, royal scandals should not be brought up. But I really don't want to see the royal bloodline being confused. The Concubine Jing who entered the palace was actually none other than the wife of Prince Gong. When Concubine Jing entered the palace, she was already found to be pregnant. In other words, Xiao Jinxuan is the posthumous son of Prince Gong, not my father's son!"

Many people of the older generation knew about this incident, after all, it was such a big deal back then.

But they had never thought about confusing the royal bloodline.

Could it be that Xiao Jinxuan is really Prince Gong’s posthumous son?

The Empress Dowager spoke up at this time, "Xuan'er is indeed the late emperor's son. Because Prince Gong had long been diagnosed by the Imperial Medical Bureau as infertile."

She didn't want to say this.

But in order to clarify things for Xiao Jinxuan, she still spoke up.

After these words were spoken, the whole meeting fell into silence.

They originally thought that the reason why Prince Gong and the princess had not had any children after being married for more than ten years was because of his poor health.

But it turned out that he was infertile.

Therefore, there is no doubt that Xiao Jinxuan is the son of Emperor Shunde.

No one knew who started it, but as one person knelt down, others followed suit, "Your Highness, Prince Xuan, please ascend the throne and take charge of the situation!"

"Please ask His Royal Highness Prince Xuan to ascend the throne and take charge of the situation!"

"Please ask His Royal Highness Prince Xuan to ascend the throne and take charge of the situation!"

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Xie Zhuoning was shocked when she heard the news, "I didn't do anything, and I became the empress?"

Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but laugh, "You didn't do anything?"

If she hadn't asked Song Yuqiu to look after the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager would not have been saved.

If she hadn't instigated Bai Yingxue to rebel, Bai Yingxue would not have come forward to testify and overthrow the Queen.

How could she have done nothing when she has made so many contributions?

But this is not the end, after all, Princess Jing'an is still watching closely.

Xiao Bicheng was taken control of at the first opportunity, and even the funeral arrangements of Emperor Zhaowen were handled by Xiao Jinxuan.

In turbulent times, keep everything simple.

While he was handling the funeral, he was able to gather some food and fodder through mobilization and send it to the Beiguan front.

When Emperor Zhaowen entered the imperial mausoleum and the dust settled, someone from the East Palace came to report that the Crown Prince had disappeared.

Also missing was the Crown Prince's concubine Shen Shuyu.

Xie Zhuoning couldn't believe it. "We sent so many people to guard him, how come he still escaped?"

Xiao Jinxuan was not surprised. "When you were in the palace, didn't you also run away quietly?"

"It's a secret passage. It's a secret passage," Xie Zhuoning gritted his teeth, "I was careless!"

"Okay, just calm down for a while and stop thinking about these messes. I'll take care of everything, okay?"

Xiao Jinxuan forced Xie Zhuoning not to interfere in anything, allowing her to eat, drink and have fun, and then cooperate with the coronation ceremony beautifully.

Xie Zhuoning had no time to spare, so he turned around and went to look for Bai Yingxue.

Bai Yingxue was not surprised to see her coming, "You're here?"

"The prince ran away without you, but you didn't seem sad at all. Instead, you acted as if nothing had happened." Xie Zhuoning sat down in front of her and looked at her with interest.

Bai Yingxue smiled and said, "What's there to be sad about? It's just a rotten man."

Those men out there can't control their lower body, but Xiao Bicheng has lost even his lower body, yet he still wants to hang out with women.

Since she married into the Eastern Palace, she discovered that the young man she had admired in her youth had long since changed.

Maybe nothing has changed from the beginning to the end, she just didn't recognize it.

And she actually spent so much time and effort and used all means for such a man, it makes me laugh just thinking about it.

"Now that I think about it, you deliberately argued with me not out of jealousy, but to make Xiao Bicheng cancel the engagement, right?"

Xie Zhuoning smiled and did not deny it.

She is a little confused now, did Xiao Bicheng really love Bai Yingxue in the previous life, or did he just want to use her name to eliminate dissidents?

But it doesn't matter anymore.