The throne that had been thinking about for so many years was about to fall into the hands of a prince consort. King Zhao and King Gong were unwilling to be asked on the spot, but they were drunk by the empress dowager as soon as they opened their mouths. Pointing at Emperor Yanqing's body, which had not completely cold, the empress dowager said in pain: "Before the bones of the late emperor are cold, do you want to disobey his will in front of him?"

"Can……"

"Save something to say until tomorrow morning!" The Empress Dowager interrupted King Gong's "but" and then said to the most respected chief minister among the six cabinet ministers: "Mr. Xu, you are a veteran of two dynasties. Please keep the orders of the late emperor first and wait until tomorrow morning morning to read them in public."

Lord Xu is over seventy years old, with white hair, eyes open and squinting, and kowtowed after hearing this, "Old minister obeys the order." Then he walked over slowly, raised the imperial edict with both hands, turned around, read it in front of everyone, and then put it in his arms.

The next night, everyone was guarding the side of the late emperor, and no one left. Only Xiao Ting, who was wearing a big belly, felt pity for him and asked him to go to the side hall to rest and send guards to guard him.

Amid the crying sounds of real or falsehood, the morning court time was coming, and the Empress Dowager personally led everyone to Chonghe Hall to court. The civil and military officials had already received the news of Emperor Yanqing's death and were all wearing mourning clothes. When the Empress Dowager and others arrived, everyone immediately bowed.

The Empress Dowager set up a seat in front of the dragon chaise. After she sat down, she held a crutch and swept her old and tired eyes one by one, and finally fell on the chief minister, Lord Xu, and said in a heartless manner: "Last night, the late emperor passed away, leaving behind an oral order and a decree, and the queen, two princes, the fourth princess and the princess, and the six old masters have heard of it. Heaven and earth can testify. Now please ask Lord Xu to read the decree of the late emperor."

All the ministers looked up.

Lord Xu walked slowly to the front of the hall and slowly unfolded the Ming Huang imperial edict. His voice was old but clearly heard everyone's ears.

There are three decrees of the late emperor.

First, he was guilty of his crimes and claimed that he had been in power for more than 30 years and had been mediocre, which led to the people's misfortune and the frontiers were repeatedly violated by foreign enemies. The emperor was sorry for the royal ancestors and the subordinates, and the descendants were betrayed the people. I hope that the descendants of future generations would take it as a warning and work hard to govern.

Second, he was sentenced to King Zhao, and King Gong. King Zhao was accustomed to his talent and stubbornness. In order to seize the throne, he used the girl of Song as bait to poison King Gong, which caused King Gong to be infected without treating evil diseases. He was now deprived of the prince's throne and demoted to Prince Huaishun. King Gong did not cultivate his personal morality, and was humiliated and his reputation was humiliated. He was now deprived of the prince's throne and demoted to Prince Gongyu to show punishment.

Third, the Great Zhou Dynasty was in decline and the descendants of the royal family were incompetent. For the sake of the country and country, the prince-consort Xiao Ting was specially ordered to marry into the royal family and give it to the country's surname "Zhou" to inherit the throne. The fourth princess Jing Yi was the queen. In order to ensure the pure bloodline of the royal family, the new emperor was not allowed to accept concubines. If there was any disobedience, the ministers could choose the virtuous from the descendants of other royal families and establish them.

At this point, Emperor Yanqing's decree was over.

Above the hall, there was a silence, and only Lord Xu's low voice echoed slowly.

Lord Xu turned around and asked the Empress Dowager for instructions.

The Empress Dowager stood up with a cane and walked to Lord Xu before stopping, took the imperial edict, and looked at the prince-consor who was kneeling behind the two princes, "Xiao Ting, the late emperor passed the throne to you, and at the same time, you were ordered to change to a national surname. In this life, you must not be involved in other women except the fourth princess. If you resist the edict, I forgive you for not guilty. But once you accept the edict, even if I leave in the future, there will be civil and military ministers in the court staring at you for me and the late emperor. At that time, you will not only not be able to protect the dragon throne, but the entire Xiao family will become a prisoner. Therefore, whether to accept this edict is better to think clearly, and don't just look for it."

The late emperor's order only said that if "Xiao Ting" is contrary to it, the ministers can establish a wise ruler. Now the empress dowager has brought the entire Xiao family in, which can be regarded as telling the ministers that although the empress dowager comes from the Xiao family, she will never be partial to the Xiao family. Everything is based on the royal bloodline.

Jing Yi knelt on the ground, his heart was ups and downs.

Yesterday, Xiao Ting asked her to hand over the scroll and medicine to Wei Duo, and repeatedly warned her not to open the scroll. Therefore, Jing Yi, except for following the instructions of his grandfather, and leading Emperor Yanqing's suspicion to Wei Duo, she did not know what other medicines were made of and what was written in the scroll until...

My grandfather had indeed made plans in secret for many years, and with one move, things went surprisingly smoothly.

Emperor Yanqing died, Jing Yi had no intention of grief and had long stopped treating him as his father, but the throne...

Jing Yi knew that according to her grandfather's plan, she would sooner or later on the dragon throne, but she did not expect that her grandfather would arrange for the son-in-law to change her surname. She was still the fourth princess at heart, and her surname was Zhou, but now she represents Xiao Ting. Is Xiao Ting willing to give up his family surname for a dragon throne that he could not sit on himself?

With doubt, Jing Yi turned his head and looked at Xiao Ting who was kneeling beside the queen.

Xiao Ting has been looking at his wife. In fact, many times, he couldn't guess Jing Yi's concerns, but now, he understands her concerns, so he secretly blinked at Jing Yi. The silly wife, even if she changed her surname, was still the son of the Xiao family, and her parents and brothers still regarded him as a family member. Just change her reputation and become the emperor in charge of the world, and she no longer has to be bullied and manipulated by anyone. Even if it is not him, he is willing to do so.

They are all family members, what is the difference between being the emperor and being the wife?

He had previously vaguely worried that Jing Yi would accept the harem after becoming the emperor, but was fucked by other women. Now, in order not to let his granddaughter suffer a mistake, Xu Guang accidentally solved a major problem for him.

Xiao Ting was willing to change his surname, Jing Yi pursed his lips and looked at Xiao Yu and Xiao Zheng, who were in the court.

Xiao Yu nodded calmly, and Xiao Zheng said excitedly: "What are you still standing there? The late emperor respects you. Are you still thinking about other women?"

The hall, which was originally covered by heavy and suspicion, suddenly blew a relaxed wind in because of Xiao Zheng's voice. Even some people who suspected that the Xiao family and the Queen Mother had already colluded with each other slightly dispelled their suspicion. Xiao Zheng was reckless and impulsive, and he really didn't know about his performance.

Since Xiao Yu's brothers did not object, Jing Yi closed his eyes and opened them again, she looked calm, stood up and walked to the empress dowager, knelt down and said, "Please rest assured that the empress dowager, I will follow the teachings of the late emperor, work hard to govern the outside world, promote my great Zhou reputation, respect the fourth princess internally, and remain unswerving to death. If there is any violation, I will not die well."

Xiao Ting couldn't help frowning, unable to listen to his wife's so heavy swearing.

The empress dowager was very satisfied and asked the civil and military officials loudly: "This is what the prince consort said in his own words, have you all heard it?"

The important officials responded in unison: "I heard it."

The queen mother nodded, and then she wanted to hand over the imperial edict to the prince-consort.

Jing Yi raised his hands, and King Zhao suddenly stepped out and questioned loudly: "Grandmother, before his father died, he only saw the prince-consort and Wei Duo. Who knows if they used some means to confuse his father? Otherwise, even if I and my third brother are not worthy of being king, we still have the emperor's grandson below, and the father would never pass the royal throne to a person with a foreign surname."

"That's right, Grandmother of the Emperor, I suspect that the prince-consort and Wei Duo secretly colluded to murder the father, so I also asked the prince-consort to investigate thoroughly! If the prince-consort really harmed the emperor, you will pass the throne to the prince-consort now. If the prince-consort is in heaven, you may die with your eyes open!"

"I'm going to discuss it!" Jiang Yi, the Minister of Revenue, who had always supported King Gong, immediately responded.

Several ministers behind King Zhao also knelt down one after another. In a blink of an eye, half of the ministers in the hall knelt down and asked for a thorough investigation of the case. The remaining half may be supported by the prince-consort, or they may not want to interfere with the matter, but only seek to protect themselves.

"My Xiao family has been loyal and kind for generations. Who dares to say that we are framed by the late emperor?" Xiao Jian became angry and yelled with a glaring eyes.

"Second brother, stop talking, right and wrong will be decided by yourself, so don't talk nonsense." Xiao Yu persuaded him sternly.

Xiao Fan snorted heavily.

Jing Yi, Wei Duo, and Eunuch Liu respectively stated the situation last night. Wei Duo spoke in the last words and said indignantly: "Empress Dowager, I am loyal to the late emperor and have never been loyal to the late emperor. I have no friendship with the two princes and princesses, and will never join forces with anyone to rebel. Moreover, the late emperor had an oral order before his death. You and the six cabinet ministers heard it, and I ask the Queen Mother to uphold justice for us."

The empress dowager did not sleep all night and was in poor spirits. She sat back on the chair and told the imperial physician.

Several imperial physicians spoke in unison, saying that the late emperor died of illness and showed no signs of poisoning.

The Empress Dowager looked at the important minister again: "You need to check it, I have checked it. What else should I ask now? Why not ask it clearly at once."

King Gong stared at the imperial physicians suspiciously, "The prince-in-law often walks in the palace, maybe..."

"Enough!"

With a sudden scream, all the ministers were shocked and looked up at the same time.

Xiao Ting held his stomach with one hand and slowly walked over from the queen, standing shoulder to shoulder with Jing Yi, and then stared at King Gong with a blank expression, King Zhao: "Two brothers, you doubt the cause of your father's death, but you just can't stand the father's passing the throne to my son-in-law. Then I want to ask, why is the father so sick that he can't stand it? Do you remember?"

King Zhao's face changed drastically. King Gong thought of his illness and glared at him fiercely.

Xiao Ting sneered and pointed out a finger to the two of you: "You two, one is hypocritical and unprofitable, only know how to use tricks to harm your brothers and sisters, and the other spends money all day and doesn't even know that you are plotting against others. You have lost all the faces of the Great Zhou royal family. You are so angry that your father vomits blood and has no one to choose, and you have to pass the throne to my son-in-law. Do you think your father is so confused that he does this? His father is not stupid, he cannot count on you. For the sake of the Great Zhou dying, he grits his teeth and sacrifices his family for the sake of the people of the people. He chooses the wise and uses it! Now that your father is angry to death, you don't want to repent and not feel sad, but just want to fight for the throne. Do you want your father to be uneasy even if you leave!"

After saying that, he threw himself into Jing Yi's arms and started crying.

"Okay, my husband, come and receive the order." The empress dowager said majesticly by everyone who was scolded by the fourth princess.

Jing Yi slowly let go of Xiao Ting and went forward to answer the order.

When she turned around again, the chief minister Xu first knelt down and kowtowed. After that, Chen Yao, the Minister of War, the Right Commander of the Imperial Guards, Wei Duo, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Jian followed closely behind. Soon, other ministers knelt down one after another. Even the Minister of Revenue Jiang Yi, who supported the two princes, and another master, knelt down unwillingly.

Only King Zhao is left, and King Gong is still standing there.

Jing Yi held the imperial edict in his left hand, and his right hand fell on the sword at his waist without any concealment, and said coldly: "King Huaishun, King Gongyu, I am following the order to succeed to the throne. Do you two want to resist the order if you don't kneel?"

No matter how things were done, no matter whether those ministers were really not sincere, from this moment on, she was the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty and would never be disobedient.

The 19-year-old boy has already gone to the battlefield and went to the barbaric land of the Huns to meet the Huns. Now she is standing in front of the throne in a solemn and cold clothes. Her aura is more like an emperor than when Emperor Yanqing was alive, a majestic emperor who is brave and impatient to show her skills.

King Zhao and King Gong all noticed the posture of the prince-consort being ready to draw the sword at any time. Then he suddenly remembered that the prince-consort was the imperial guard. The two brothers Xiao Yu and Xiao Jia were also in charge of one guard. The guards in the hands of the three brothers were in the palace at this time, not to mention Xiao Boyan from the northern border, who held twenty-five armies in his hand.

Let’s look at their brothers. Apart from a few ministers who are only good at talking, what else is left besides their natural royal bloodline? Now, honestly, perhaps you can still enjoy the glory and wealth of the prince, but if you continue to oppose Xiao Ting, Xiao Ting, who has ascended the throne, has every reason to deal with them.

After figuring it out, the two of them bent their knees with white faces and bowed their heads to surrender.

~

The late emperor was in a new mourning and the court was unstable. Jing Yi asked Xiao Ting to live in the general's mansion to raise his baby first. She was in charge of the overall situation in the palace and secretly removed the two chess pieces that the princes had placed in the palace before. With grandfather Xu Guang instructed him behind his back, Jing Yi acted vigorously and bloody. He was fishy. A month later, the palace was in her hands.

As for civil and military officials, Jing Yi was not ruthless. He looked out the old accounts of the Minister of Revenue and others and replaced all the ministers with ulterior motives. Of course, she only punished a few ministers with fifth rank or above, and left the rest to be taken into consideration in the future. If anyone abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, she would not pursue it.

Two months later, the former emperor was buried in the imperial tomb, Jing Yi officially ascended the throne, and welcomed the queen into the palace.

In the past two months, Jing Yi was so busy that she only slept for one or two hours a night. Xiao Ting didn't dare to sneak over to disturb her. Therefore, when she saw Xiao Ting again two months later, she met Xiao Ting's bulging belly. Jing Yi was so shocked that she could not speak, "You, you..."

Xiao Ting knew what she wanted to say, looked down at her belly, and he used to using sarcasm to cover up his nervousness: "What are you? You have been the emperor for two months and can't recognize me?"

Jing Yi ignored his muttering and carefully helped Xiao Ting walk to the inner room, touched his stomach, and said in a complicated way: "Why, so big?"

Has Xiao Ting's appetite improved again in the past two months?

When Xiao Ting heard this, he suddenly felt very tight and sat upset for a while before glaring at Jing Yi: "The Imperial Doctor said, I am pregnant with twins."

At first, my mother and grandmother were just suspicious, but later her belly became bigger and bigger, so she hired an imperial physician to come and saw it. According to the fetal movement, it was twins. The mothers were very happy, but Xiao Ting felt less and less uncomfortable. In the past, he always joked that Jing Yi was not good enough as a man. Now Jing Yi suddenly made him pregnant. How can he surpass this ability in the future?

What's more, he gave birth in another half a month, but he and Jing Yi did not see any signs of exchange. Does God really want him to have a baby?

The more I think about it, the more I feel more frustrated!hf();
Chapter completed!