klisemfg Chapter 393 The situation is over
Chapter 393 The situation is over
"Listen to Emperor Dong Cang's instructions and clear this place quickly."
"Why? Why should we listen to the arrangements of Emperor Dong Cang?"
King Yu Yan Yu had just rushed in from outside the palace and had not yet stood firm when he was shocked to hear these words and shouted at Xiao Qing.
Yan Yu is the eldest son of the eldest brother of Bei Yandi. He is over 40 years old, with a plump and round body.
Although his abilities were mediocre, he was eyeing the throne as Emperor Beiyan only had a weak and sickly crown prince. Over the years, many ministers had privately advised Emperor Beiyan to select an outstanding son or nephew from the Yan family to inherit the throne. He was not outstanding, but he was an older and more direct relative.
"King Yu, there are many things you don't know yet. Currently, this palace has been occupied by the army of the Three Kingdoms. We have no ability to resist."
Prime Minister Xiao had to be frank.
"what?"
King Yu Yan Yu's voice was a little torn, how could this be possible?
Why did the Three Kingdoms army occupy the Beiyan Palace?
When did this happen?
How come he doesn't know?
"This is a long story. A lot has happened in the past month. Your Majesty, hey! Your Majesty has done some things..."
His implicit expression made all the ministers lower their heads.
How dare Prime Minister Xiao let a minister interfere in the emperor's actions?
However, they were truly ashamed of what the emperor did at the palace banquet.
Yan Yu did not attend the palace banquet yesterday. His spies told him that a large number of strangers had recently appeared in several towns hundreds of miles away, but the specific situation was unknown.
He thought carefully and went to the local area to investigate in person ten days ago. He hurried back last night. Just as he was about to go to the palace today to report the unusual movements he had investigated, he heard the death knell ringing in the palace.
He hurried to the palace and saw a mess. Before he could vent his anger, he heard these words again, which made him unable to suppress his anger.
"Xiao Qing, are you going to rebel? How dare you say such rebellious words!"
Xiao Qing glanced at the fat King Yu. He did not kneel down and beg for mercy, but moved sideways to reveal the leader of the imperial guard, Du Gang.
"Du Gang, why don't you capture this disobedient man for me!"
With the support of his two sons, King Yu exerted all his strength and loudly gave orders to the leader of the imperial guards.
In his opinion, this palace now requires him to take the brunt of the situation.
Apart from the sickly prince, he is the most legitimate heir to the Yan family, and that position belongs to him alone.
He looked at Du Gang's hesitant expression, and was very surprised when he finally fell to his knees in front of him.
"You, are you going to rebel too?"
He was very confused. He had only been away for ten days, so why had the sky in the palace changed?
"Your Highness Prince Yu, all the palace guards have been disarmed."
"what?"
King Yu and his two sons were shocked.
What's going on? How come they didn't hear anything?
Du Gang also confirmed it not long ago.
Moreover, he had already made up his mind to give up resistance in accordance with Prime Minister Xiao's instructions.
He followed Emperor Beiyan out of the secret passage and into the bedroom, where the imperial physician who was waiting confirmed that Emperor Beiyan had passed away.
He ran out of the bedroom quickly. The guards who were supposed to be guarding outside His Majesty's palace had already been replaced, and he didn't recognize any of them.
A man in black armor walked up to him and greeted him with a fist.
He introduced himself. Xiuzhu, the first-class guard beside Emperor Dongcang, had temporarily taken over the guards of Beiyan Palace. All his guards, more than 20,000 people, were disarmed and driven out of the imperial city. They were temporarily guarded by the troops of the Three Kingdoms in the royal capital. He was now left alone.
He had to run back to the bedroom to ask Prime Minister Xiao and Minister of War Zhou Deming how to deal with it.
The two of them looked at each other, and finally shook their heads, accepting the reality before them.
The Three Kingdoms have already occupied Beiyan. They no longer have the ability to fight and can only accept their fate.
Yan Yu's heart was up and down, and now it was as low as dust.
Why? Why?
Why did so many soldiers from Dongcang suddenly come to the Beiyan Kingdom?
No, it’s not just Dongcang, there should also be soldiers from Nanqi and Xiling.
Just as he received the secret report this time, he ran over a hundred miles and tracked for ten days to get the confirmed news that the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms had entered the towns around the royal capital. There were countless strangers in each town. Now it seemed that they should all be soldiers of the Three Kingdoms.
Beiyan is dead!
I fell without realizing it!
He fell down helplessly.
The two sons standing beside him could not hold up his fat body and were pulled to the ground, staring blankly at the imposing strangers opposite them.
"Your Majesty Dongcang, Your Majesty Nanqi, Your Majesty Xiling, Miss Baili, please wait here for a moment. I will arrange for the late emperor to move to another place."
Xiao Qing respectfully saluted the three handsome men with a submissive attitude, but in King Yu's eyes, everything was blurry.
The officials who arrived one after another also shrank in size after hearing the title of Prime Minister Xiao Qing.
The shocking scenes of yesterday left a deep impression in their hearts. Most of them gave the female relatives around them a good lesson when they returned home, and sat anxiously until dawn. This morning, they rushed to the court meeting with bated breath, and when the eunuch told them to wait, no one dared to breathe.
When they heard about the chaos among the Imperial Guards, they hid in their houses one by one, not even having the courage to look outside.
They knew clearly that Beiyan's situation was hopeless, and no one could predict what would happen to their lives and property in the future.
All the officials consciously followed behind Prime Minister Xiao and Minister of War Zhou Deming. No matter they were civil officials or military generals, no one dared to speak at this time. They followed the Prime Minister's arrangements and carefully handled the funeral ceremony of Emperor Beiyan.
Who would have the energy to organize a funeral?
The officials from the Ministry of Rites reduced the procedures again and again, and everyone tacitly chose to follow suit. No one dared to raise any objections at this time. They all quietly did their own work and tried not to let anyone point out their mistakes so that they could spend this period of time in peace.
The body was kept for seven days, and amidst the panic of the people, the coffin of Beiyan Emperor Yan Rui was transported to the imperial mausoleum.
That was the Feng Shui treasure land he prepared for himself and future generations when he founded the country, also on the hillside.
During these seven days, King Yu was confined to the palace and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Together with more than 200 members of the Yan family's direct and collateral branches, they were all confined to their homes and closely guarded by soldiers from the Three Kingdoms. Not even a fly could fly out.
The sky in Beiyan suddenly changed.
This winter, people felt a bone-chilling cold. The temperature was the same as in previous years, but people felt bone-chilled in their hearts.
There had been no war in Beiyan for more than ten years, and many people had become slack. This time, the Three Kingdoms entered the capital and the palace without a fight, catching everyone off guard.
Seven days later, in the spacious Qinzheng Hall, no one was sitting on the high dragon throne. The officials below were looking at Prime Minister Xiao who was standing in the first seat. They wanted to say something but dared not. The hall was silent.
Who is the new emperor of Beiyan?
Who can take this position?
It's not something they can decide.
Prime Minister Xiao asked Eunuch Liu whether His Majesty had left a will.
Emperor Bei Yan did not expect that his body would not be able to survive the next six months or a year. He had been hesitant about the choice of the Tenth Princess Yan Zhi, and was not sure whether the future son-in-law Cang Min was loyal to Bei Yan, so he did not leave any written or oral edicts, so that the ministers did not dare to act rashly.
What to do now?
Xiao Qing consulted the Great Elder Su Hu within seven days.
He declined on the grounds that Qianliushan did not participate in any state affairs.
Prime Minister Xiao was not qualified to meet the emperor of the Three Kingdoms. The inn in the royal capital had already been booked by the Three Kingdoms, so he was not qualified to enter.
Eventually, officials decided that the crown prince would succeed to the throne.
The crown prince had been appointed long ago, and it was normal for the crown prince to inherit the throne after the emperor's death, even if he was sick and weak, which was not something the ministers like them could consider.
When Concubine Lu heard the news, she cried and laughed, holding the sick prince in her arms, as if she was roasting herself on the fire.
She became the empress dowager as she wished, and enjoyed the honor of being the empress dowager together with Empress Yue.
However, looking at the sick prince in her arms, she really couldn't bear to leave.
He sat on that tall dragon throne, could he hold out for an hour, two hours...
He has never learned how to govern a country. How should he handle and respond to the difficult problems thrown at him by his ministers?
As her biological mother, she was in a dilemma at this time.
On January 18th, the first year of Yonghe in the Beiyan Kingdom, which was the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and two days later it would be New Year's Eve, the people of the Beiyan capital sent off the first founding emperor in panic and welcomed the sickly crown prince Yan Fu, who was known throughout the country.
Yes, after Emperor Beiyan finally gave birth to a son in his eleventh month, he named him Fu, wishing him endless blessings.