Chapter 265: Tell the Truth
The young emperor's body was still soft and warm. All the court officials in the hall knelt at Rong Que's feet in front of the young emperor.
"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. I hope that Prince Zhen'an will ascend the throne soon to bring peace to the world."
"I hope Prince Zhen'an will ascend the throne soon."
The sound of their petition was deafening.
The Queen Mother looked at Rong Que with a sullen face, "You still say it's not you?"
Looking at the small corpse on the bed, Rong Que just felt bored.
Before being with Su Qingqing, he tried his best to survive and fought the Second Prince and his gang to the death. But now, with the throne at his fingertips, he felt that life was boring.
At this moment, standing in this room filled with the smell of medicine, what came to his mind were the words Su Qingqing he heard at the gate of the courtyard today.
He wanted to leave the temple and travel the frontier with her.
Just as the Queen Mother was glaring at him, a young eunuch who had previously served the young emperor knelt tremblingly on one side, and in the gap between the voices of the petitioners, he said weakly: "The young emperor had previously issued a will."
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him.
The petitioning voice that was so loud that it shook the ground just now died down in an instant, and the Minister of Rites asked , "What is the will? Where is it? Bring it out quickly."
The young eunuch got up from the ground tremblingly, walked to the table with weak legs and feet, and took out the bright yellow imperial edict from the bottom drawer.
"After His Majesty ascended the throne, he was always worried. A few days ago, he suddenly mentioned happily that he would be leaving the palace . He asked me how the new emperor could ascend the throne safely and smoothly.
I did not think much about it at the time and just thought it was to please Your Majesty, so I said that I needed Your Majesty's edict of succession.
Your Majesty wrote this edict at that time.
this……"
The young eunuch looked uneasily at the Duke of Zhenguo who had just woken up, "I mentioned this to the Duke before."
The Duke of Zhenguo looked extremely pale at this moment. In an instant, he seemed to have aged by ten years.
His eyes were dry and dull. Looking at the bright yellow edict, he nodded and said, "It was written by Xiao Li."
When Xiao Li wrote this, the Duke of Zhenguo just wanted to make him happy and add a little light and hope to his busy life.
He is the only descendant left in the entire Duke Zhenguo Mansion.
Now he is dead too.
The Duke of Zhenguo felt hatred and anger in his heart, but he didn't know who to hate.
He just regretted it.
Whenever he thought of Xiao Li's bright eyes shining with smile, he felt a pain in his stomach due to regret.
Just now, Xiao Li was looking forward to leaving the palace. Why on earth did he force the child to eat the sour jujube cake? If he didn't eat it...
The Duke of Zhenguo slowly closed his eyes, but no tears came out.
He took a deep breath and said to Rong Que: "If I want to take him away, will you agree?"
Rong Que was silent for a moment, "When he is alive, I will only let him go, and I will not let you leave too."
No mention of death.
That’s not allowed.
The Minister of Rites followed up, "Where are you taking His Majesty? Your Majesty is the flesh and blood of the late emperor."
This one sentence pierced the heart of the Duke Zhenguo.
Xiao Li was looking forward to it day and night, just wanting to leave the palace and go home.
Now that he is dead, he will continue to be buried in the imperial mausoleum as the descendant of the late emperor and will be tied to the royal family.
Even in death, he couldn't go home.
There was a sweet and fishy taste in his throat, and the Duke of Zhenguo wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother glared at the Duke of Zhenguo fiercely, "I think you are confused. How could His Majesty leave such a will? His Majesty has always been diligent and studious. He even asked me about spring sowing a few days ago. How could he abdicate the throne? This is really nonsense."
The Queen Mother flicked her sleeves and looked at Rong Que, "Your Majesty is still young, and since you ascended the throne, you have been worried all day, fearing that you might make a mistake. You and he are both my grandchildren, and I love you both equally.
But His Majesty has already ascended the throne. No matter how dissatisfied you are, you should n't harm him like this.
You are committing regicide."
Rong Que met the Queen Mother's eyes, "I killed the king? Since the Royal Grandmother has said this, then I will take some time to talk to the Royal Grandmother about what is regicide.
"尸" means to kill. The Empress Dowager said that her grandson killed her. Just as Mr. Huang said, you have no evidence."
"What kind of evidence do you need? Who else would do such a cruel thing except you?"
Rong Que ignored the Queen Mother's bluffing. He knew that the Queen Mother did this just to use the accusation of regicide to make him make a promise to her.
dream.
Rong Que's face was cold.
"Secondly, the regicide king refers to the king. Is he really the king?
At that time, King Yu was in rebellion and the whole country was in chaos. The Empress Dowager found him among the people and said that he was the child of her father who had been cast away among the people.
Civil and military officials in the court raised questions, but due to the situation at the time, everyone had no choice but to agree to it even though they knew there was something fishy about the matter.
Grandmother, may I ask, which family did you find him from?
How did they find it in just a few days?
Did you know about his existence before or did you find out about it later?
Who is his mother and where is she now?"
The Queen Mother had already prepared an excuse for this.
How you dealt with the court officials then is how you deal with Rong Que now.
However, Rong Que didn't give her any chance to speak.
"Is your Royal Grandmother still going to use those words to evade your grandson? Unfortunately, there are some people that your grandson wants you to meet!"
The Queen Mother's heart skipped a beat.
Rong Que waved his hand, "Bring people up!"
Bring people?
Who to bring?
The court officials who entered the palace with Rong Que at that time were confused.
Your Highness did not bring anyone with him when he entered the palace? Who is he going to bring in?
As soon as Rong Que finished speaking, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, followed by two guards escorting two people in from outside.
Both of them looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, and were dressed in the clothes of servants in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
When the Duke of Zhenguo saw the person coming, he was so frightened that his lips trembled, "You..."
Rong Que glanced at the Queen Mother and said, "Come, tell the Imperial Grandmother, who are you?"
The two men who were pressed to their knees by the guards were trembling. "We are servants from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Before, we served the young master at the border."
"Which young master, explain it clearly."
A servant said, "He is our prince's legitimate son."
Rong Que turned around and pointed at the person on the bed, "Is it him?"
The two servants had served Xiao Li for five years, so how could they not recognize their master? They only took one look and agreed in unison, "Yes."
boom!
The whole room of courtiers was in uproar.
The Queen Mother was furious. "How dare you! Your Majesty has just left, and you are already confusing right and wrong? You are the one who captured this man, so of course your words are the truth. What is your intention to slander Your Majesty and the flesh and blood of the late emperor like this?"
Rong Que sneered, "I slander you? Grandmother, let me show you something else."
