It's time for a showdown, all the powerful officials in Beijing are my students!

Before Sihan left the city, he released the hostages Liu Boxing, Jiang Chenxi, Chen Qibao and Gongsun Lanyue.

An Xin and his group did not stay at the border gate in northern Hebei for long because of the turmoil in the capital. After a short rest, they said goodbye to Yu Chiyi, Gao Tai, and Zheng Xiaoling who were reluctant to follow An Xin back to the capital, and hurried on. Return to the capital.

After traveling for several days and nights, they finally arrived at the Imperial City, but when they just entered the city, they heard the dull sound of bells.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed when they heard the sound of the bell. They no longer cared about anything else and rode quickly towards the palace.

The guards at the palace gate have been replaced by elite royal soldiers who had followed Kong Xun and fought alongside An Xin, the female officer in Lingnan.

When he saw her hurriedly leading people into the palace, she didn't stop her.

An Xin passed through the palace gate smoothly, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes. Of course she knew what those few bells that came from the palace just now meant.

The emperor died.

She had already expected such an outcome that day when Emperor Sheng'an was lying on the dragon bed with a pale face, as if giving his last words.

When this moment became real, An Xin couldn't help but feel sadness in her eyes.

After all, to be honest, apart from using her as a donkey, the old emperor treated him very well.

Not only did he give her a golden dragon token that was no less than the crown prince's token, he also gave her the jade dragon whip and never took it back.

Although it was used for her to fight against Prime Minister Xiao and other powerful officials who were higher than her.

But with An Xin's imperial whip, the powerful officials and nobles in the capital who originally looked down on women as officials wanted to step on her.She didn't dare to be too presumptuous when she saw herself, otherwise she wouldn't be a soft persimmon and would whip them with a jade dragon.

Thinking about it, An Xin's eyes turned red.

Jiang Xuan, Liu Boxing, Jiang Chenxi, Chen Qibao and others followed behind, whether it was true or not, they all followed An Xin into the emperor's bedroom with sad faces.

Kong Xun, who was lying beside Sheng'an Dilong's bed and crying softly, suddenly felt a warm hand gently pat his shoulder.

Kong Xun raised his head with moist eyes and looked at the person.

At this moment, he suppressed a dull groan in his throat, as if he had completely collapsed. He hugged the visitor's slender legs, pressed his face tightly against her abdomen, and cried sadly.

"Chief Xiaoshan, my father passed away and I have no relatives in this world anymore."

An Xin didn't know how to comfort Kong Xun, who had lost his only relative at this moment. She could only pat his back gently, trying to soothe his out-of-control emotions.

At this moment, An Xin only allowed Kong Xun to grieve for his father.

After that, he must walk into the court, sit where he should sit, and engage in the next power game with those aristocratic families and ministers who believe that if you are weak, I will be strong.

The wolves, tigers and leopards in the court will never die just because Prime Minister Xiao and Concubine An Guogong are eliminated.

If Kong Xun cannot stand up quickly during this change of imperial power, other ministers and aristocratic families will quickly reach out to place their own people in various positions in the court.

By the time Kong Xun recovered from the sadness of Emperor Sheng'an's death, even if he ascended the throne, his control over the court was greatly weakened.

There will never be a shortage of people in this world who want to seize power.

An Xin was dressed in mourning clothes and wore a plain crown. Except for Kong Xun, the crown prince who was about to succeed, she and some other first-rank officials knelt in the front row of the emperor's mourning hall.She is now not only serving as the imperial minister's sacrificial wine, but also the second-grade crown prince and tutor. She also personally took care of the orphan before the death of Emperor Sheng'an, and was personally named a super-grade minister of auxiliary affairs in front of the courtiers.

Therefore, she was placed in the front row this time, leading the officials to mourn for Emperor Sheng'an.

Since An Xin rushed back to the capital from northern Hebei, he has led people to help Kong Xun with the funeral of Emperor Sheng'an. Because he had not had a good rest for a long time, his face was a little pale at this time.

Although royal funerals are managed by the etiquette department, An Xin does not have to do everything by himself, but the cumbersome royal funeral rituals are troublesome enough to make sure there are no mistakes.

Once something unexpected happened at the emperor's funeral, someone would definitely blame Kong Xun, the prince who had not yet succeeded to the throne.

In order to prevent these bad things from happening, An Xin, Li Ziyu and her group of students suppressed the officials who were trying to take advantage of the chaos and seize power.

On the other hand, they are also wary of someone secretly causing trouble at the emperor's funeral and hindering Kong Xun's subsequent path to the throne.

Li Ziyu, the successor to the prime minister who was trained by Emperor Sheng'an during his lifetime, showed his abilities during this turbulent period of changing imperial power.

Ling Shan Yushi, Gongsun Hong and Chi Huanong, some real royalists, they also tried their best to maintain the normal operation of various departments in the court during this period.

Even so, there were those ministers and nobles from aristocratic families who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power, and who wanted to take advantage of this change in imperial power to operate secretly, but they were severely suppressed.

Those who want to place their own people in the positions vacated by this turmoil and increase their influence and voice in the court have also stopped recently.

However, the undercurrent in the court is surging, and the struggle for power has not disappeared.

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Emperor Sheng'an was successfully buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Kong Xun was immersed in sadness for a while, and looked at the ensuing enthronement ceremony passively.

An Xin entered the palace that day and looked coldly at Kong Xun, who was still immersed in sadness and with a decadent look on his face. His eyes darkened slightly, he twitched the corners of his mouth and said rudely: "If you don't want to be the emperor, just speak up."

"Anyway, those ministers and dignitaries can also find their favorite person to be the emperor from the royal family.

In this way, they can better control the country that the ancestors of the Si family's royal family conquered with their lives.With or without you, it’s actually not that important. "

An Xin finished speaking indifferently, turned around and walked towards the palace door, leaving only one sentence: "I am also ready to resign and go back to my hometown to live a happy life. From now on, we will treat each other as strangers when we meet across high mountains and rivers."

"No." Kong Xun, who was sitting there, reacted from his sadness and hurriedly shouted: "Don't go, please don't go."

Then he stood up and strode over, grabbing An Xin who was about to cross the threshold of the palace, "I know I've let you down during this period, don't leave, why don't I listen to you?"

An Xin's mouth twitched.

"..." These are all words of tiger and wolf, and the emperor seems to have forced him to do it.

However, seeing the boy who was half-dead during this period, the expression on his face finally changed, and An Xin did not speak against him again.

For the enthronement ceremony, the people in the Ministry of Etiquette, who were already supervised by Leng Xiangbai, had already made full preparations and were just waiting for the rightful master to attend.