Tianhuang nobleman

Chapter 111

The emperor had been in a coma for more than a month, and the news that Empress Feng and Qi Hua died together was almost unbearable. Qi Xiao smiled faintly: "Jiang Deqing, serve the emperor with some ginseng..."

The emperor was furious, he was suffering from a fever, and taking ginseng and other things was like urging his life, but now he was more afraid than Qi Xiao that he would not be able to hold on, so he had no choice but to pick up a small piece from the ginseng box that Jiang Deqing brought over. Putting it in his mouth, he calmed down a bit, and said in a hoarse voice, "Just now... what they said is true?"

Qi Xiao sneered: "What do you think?"

"presumptuous!"

The emperor clenched his fists and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. Empress Feng was fine with that. As early as two years ago, he had moved the heart of abolishing the empress, otherwise he would not have praised Concubine Xue so much. Empress Feng would only leave if she really left someday. It will make him feel relaxed, but Qi Hua is different, in every case, that is also his biological son, and his only legitimate son!Now actually...

The emperor gritted his teeth, and said in a rough voice for a long while, "Aren't you afraid that people in the world will criticize you for killing your brother?"

Qi Xiao couldn't help laughing out loud, waved his hands and shook his head with a smile, "Jiang Deqing... take someone down, the emperor and I have something important to say."

Jiang Deqing nodded and took everyone and Fu Hailu, who was tied up, down. After everyone left, the smile on Qi Xiao's face slowly faded, and he said coldly: "You and Empress Feng are husband and wife after all, even talking nonsense They all look so similar, killing brothers? I want to ask you first, what kind of brother is Qi Hua?"

The emperor was at a loss for words, and his breathing became more and more heavy. Qi Xiao walked forward slowly, looking firmly into the emperor's eyes: "Besides... what qualifications do you have to ask me this? You didn't harm my brother. If you die, you will rush to bully his orphans and widows, haha... You are not afraid of criticism from the world, what am I afraid of?!"

What happened back then was the last thing the emperor wanted to mention, and he couldn't help being furious when he heard the words, he slapped the bed and shouted loudly: "Brother and brother! What's wrong with me?!"

"The fault is that the elder brother died and the younger brother died before the son!" Qi Xiao's eyes were full of hostility, and he said angrily, "Didn't my father make a crown prince?! As a bastard! Let the Queen of the Palace Have you forgotten your roots after being raised for a few years? There are still people from the same line! How can you intervene?!"

The emperor left Qi Xiao speechless when he questioned him. Feeling ashamed and disgusted, he reluctantly retorted loudly: "Your mother's family is already dead! Your mother is young, and as a clan, how can I just watch Daxiang die?" arrive……"

Qi Xiao took a step forward and grabbed the emperor's neckline, the emperor's voice stopped abruptly, and he looked at Qi Xiao in horror, tearing at him like a drowning man, no matter how he struggled, Qi Xiao remained motionless and looked at him coldly. Looking into the emperor's frightened eyes, he said in a deep voice: "You still want to lie, how did my grandfather's family die... don't you know better than me?!"

The emperor never expected that Qi Xiao would even know this, panicked for a moment, turned his head and dared not look into Qi Xiao's eyes, Qi Xiao grabbed the emperor's chin and stared at him: "My grandpa The ancestors are full of heroes and heroes, and a dozen or so men shed blood and sweat to defend the land and open up the frontier for Daxiang! You bastard! For your own unspeakable thoughts, people pretended to be Beidi deserters and killed them all!"

"My youngest uncle was only 16 years old when he died! Before the expedition, my father pointed out the daughter of the Jiang family to him, and said that after returning from a great victory, we will have a marriage... Poor Jiang's daughter and the female family members of my grandfather's family Waiting day and night, waiting for half a year, seventeen coffins ushered in at the gate of the city..." Qi Xiao's eyes were red, "It's like a girl in a spring girl's dream... The daughter of the Jiang family crashed into the coffin and died! Qi Jing How many of my relatives died at your hands! How dare you tell me that you are for Daxiang?!"

The emperor asked Qi Xiao to choke his throat, his face turned pale, he couldn't say a word, he just shook his head and sobbed, Qi Xiao pushed him away, looked at the emperor's lifeless coughing and said coldly: "Forgot Let me tell you, in order to please me, the Xue family has just drawn up a booklet and sent it up, please play on the names of those who died in the battle in my maternal ancestor's family, there are quite a lot of seconders, so I will agree..."

"The Xue family?" The emperor looked at Qi Xiao blankly, then understood everything, and said angrily, "That bitch! I treat her..."

"She understands how you treat her! But Concubine Xue is a person who understands current affairs, hehe... I haven't finished talking, it's all about posthumous titles, but there is one thing I like very much... The god's position deserves to be shared with the Taimiao." Qi Xiao sneered. , "Qi Jing, in the future your memorial tablet will also be enshrined in the Taimiao. More than a dozen heroes from my ancestral family will guard you day by day. That taste... should be good."

The emperor's face turned pale when he heard the words, and it took him a while to recover. He barely managed to calm down and said in a low voice, "What are you... going to do?" The emperor looked at Qi Xiao and said in a trembling voice, "You've made me so special! Waking up...wouldn't it be just to show off?"

Qi Xiao chuckled, turned around and sat down to drink some tea, and said slowly after a long while: "Of course there is still something you can use..."

The emperor was so angry and startled that he couldn't hold it anymore, he slowly leaned back on the pillow behind him, and said in a hoarse voice: "My life is not long, at this time...do you think I will still listen to you?"

Qi Xiao put down the teacup and said casually: "Of course you won't let me fulfill my wish easily, and I don't expect it either. The reason why you wake up is to make you do what you want."

The emperor sneered, coughed a few times and said in a low voice, "Let me issue a succession edict? Cough...you are dreaming..."

Qi Xiao laughed: "Succession edict? No... what you want to issue is an abdication edict."

The emperor was taken aback for a moment and then was shocked, hissing loudly: "What did you say?!"

"What you want to issue is the edict of abdication." Qi Xiao paused every word, "Uncle, do you understand?"

The emperor looked at Qi Xiao in disbelief: "Are you crazy?! You..."

"Don't worry, I will definitely sit on this dragon chair." Qi Xiao smiled lightly, took out a copy of the imperial edict from his bosom and handed it to the emperor, and said slowly, "They have drafted a copy, you follow Just write another copy."

The emperor copied the imperial edict, looked at ten lines at a glance, looked up to the sky and laughed, gasped for a while and laughed, "Haha... I was confused that day? That's why I took the throne from my nephew... Haha... Now I am dying of illness, thinking about it day and night, Regret it at the beginning, so... erase the matter of adoption back then, and give way to the crown prince... to help the righteous way, and comfort the ancestors..."

The emperor was furious, threw the edict in his hand towards Qi Xiao, and said angrily, "Dream! You have the guts to kill me! Let me issue such an edict, you...cough, coughcough..."

The emperor coughed desperately, almost out of breath, Qi Xiao raised his eyebrows and sneered: "Do you feel ashamed? Heh...you should be content, I didn't strangle you back then because of the face of the royal family and less trouble after I succeeded. Forcing the Queen to plan the massacre of loyal ministers together! This has already been described for you!"

The emperor looked at Qi Xiao resentfully, and hissed, "You...you..."

"Don't worry, you have a choice." Qi Xiao suddenly smiled and said slowly, "You'd better be obedient, do as I say, and honestly preside over the succession ceremony, and then I will save your life, just Let you die slowly in Chengqian Palace..."

Before the emperor could say anything, Qi Xiao laughed again: "I know you don't like it, so let's talk about the second one. If you don't agree, then we will be wasted. Although Qi Hua is gone...but you still have a lot of bastards. Ah, I'll give you a day to think about it. If you don't agree tomorrow, I'll kill Qi Qi. If you don't agree the day after tomorrow, I'll kill Qi Li... After killing the prince and princess, you can kill for ten days. How about you? Think slowly."

The emperor stared at Qi Xiao, and suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood with a "wow", Qi Xiao seemed to have not seen it, and continued to smile and said: "If you don't agree after killing them all, I have no choice but to send you on your way. But the imperial edict will still be issued.”

The emperor whimpered and roared: "You killed all the princes and princesses...you are not afraid of the people in the world!"

"To tell you the truth, I really don't care." Qi Xiao smiled softly, "I'm different from you. I don't care about my reputation. Besides, I don't have a good reputation. Everyone says I'm vicious and cruel, so why not? In the face of border troubles and prosperous times, I am still a generation of Mingjun."

"Of course, I still hope that you can honestly do what I say, so that I will not be charged with killing the royal family, and you can leave behind a few bastards."

The emperor hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "The clan... hmph, I have never counted on them, but what about the court? Aren't they all as wolf-hearted as the Xue family?! If you threaten me, they will..."

"They'll know whom to be loyal to."

Qi Xiao suddenly turned around, frowned and said anxiously: "Why are you here?!"

Even more surprised than Qi Xiao was the emperor. The emperor looked at Bai Ren as if he had seen a ghost, and said, "Bai Ren! When did you enter Beijing?!"

Bai Ren was dressed in a royal uniform and wore a seven-dragon crown on his head. He looked very noble, and smiled at Qi Xiao docilely: "I heard that the emperor is awake, so I came here because I was afraid of something."

Bai Ren turned his head to look at the emperor, with a solemn and distant expression: "At first I heard that the dragon is not feeling well, and he wants to give way to the prince. I am very happy, so I came to Beijing to congratulate you."

The emperor was furious: "King of Lingnan! You have turned against me too?!"

"Yes." Bai Ren lowered his eyes, "This... He Hongluo also said that day."

Bai Ren looked at Qi Xiao and smiled faintly: "That day you disobeyed the imperial order and let me go... He Hongluo also asked you if it was against you..."

The emperor panicked: "That day... did he let you go on purpose?"

"There is no letter from Xiyi at all, and Wenyu collaborating with the enemy is even more nonsense." Bai Ren looked at the emperor pityingly, "You didn't believe in every possible way before, and you missed countless opportunities, but it was because you didn't believe that he would be sincere to me. "

Bai Ren lowered his eyes and smiled: "I don't blame you, at first... I didn't believe it either."

The emperor was so angry when he thought of all the previous events, he wished he could pounce on Qi Xiao and Bai Ren to pieces!And Bai Ren continued to say indifferently: "When did I come to Beijing? It's been a long time... I've lived in the Prince's Mansion for several months, but you don't know."

Bai Ren was no longer as sweet and cute as he was in front of Qi Xiao, and stabbed the emperor's heart with a knife: "Huo Rong has long been a member of His Highness the Crown Prince, so naturally he will not tell you."

The emperor finally couldn't take it anymore, and laughed out of grief and indignation, the hoarse voice was very harsh, Bai Ren quietly watched the emperor go mad, and said in a deep voice: "What kind of temper is your highness... the emperor knows best, he said he would kill the prince You guys, you won't be merciful, if the emperor still has some family affection, he should issue an imperial edict."

"Of course, the emperor can also wait for the courtiers loyal to the emperor to jointly write a letter to crusade against the prince." Bai Ren's eyes were serious, "but my saber and iron cavalry... can't wait until then."

The emperor was taken aback. Before he could speak, a young eunuch ran in staggeringly, knelt down in panic and said in a hoarse voice, "Something has happened! Urgent report from [-] li in Nanjiang! Nanjiang... Nanjiang is full of soldiers now! In the army It's already in chaos now, and I'm in a hurry to ask His Highness to discuss with the elders... Eh? This is..."

The little eunuch was still dazed and dragged away by Xi Xiang who had heard the news. Bai Ren looked at the emperor and said calmly: "Couriers? His Highness's people have already infiltrated the army. How many people in the court are really loyal to you? Even if there are ...Now that I, the King of Lingnan, are admonishing the Holy Majesty and supporting the Crown Prince, do they dare to say more?!"

Qi Xiao's eyes were red, and he wished he could rub Bai Ren into his arms. Bai Ren and Qi Xiao connected with each other, turned his head and smiled at him, then turned his head to look at the emperor again, saying every word: "Be honest and give up your seat!" Otherwise... this king will use the strength of our 72 clans in the south of the Five Ridges to send troops to support righteousness! Blood will not be shed, death will not stop!"

The last straw that crushed the camel's camel was let down by Bai Ren, and the emperor let out a hoarse wail, and lay straight on the couch, finally accepting his fate...

Qi Xiao took a deep breath and called Jiang Deqing in a low voice. Jiang Deqing had been waiting for this call early in the morning, and hurriedly brought in the blank imperial edict, pen, ink and inkstone with trembling hands. The emperor had no choice but to draw up an imperial edict. The dragon seal was handed to the emperor, but the emperor turned his head and refused to accept it, Qi Xiao sneered, grabbed the emperor's hand, and forced him to make the seal!

After today, Qi Xiao is no longer Qi Jing's eldest son, but still belongs to Emperor Wu and Empress Xiaoxian.

After today, the great injustice of the past will finally be washed away, the heroic spirit of Emperor Wu will enjoy peace, and the phoenix soul of Empress Xiaoxian will finally rest in peace.

After today, the direct line of the Qi family of the royal family has to return to the main hall, which is justified.

After today... Qi Xiao looked at Bai Ren with tears in his eyes. From then on, Emperor Daxiang and the King of Lingnan would be inseparable.

The courtiers and members of the clan rushed to Chengqian Palace following the emperor's waking letter. It was not too early or too late. They just arrived at this moment. Everyone looked at the people in the Nuan Pavilion blankly, and saw the Lingnan King Dongling Bairen with a solemn and upright expression. He knelt down towards Qi Xiao, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.

"My emperor, long live, long live, long live."

--Finish--