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Chapter 729: The substitute emperor, Su Yao shocked everyone

Su Yao's words stunned all the civil and military officials. They couldn't understand why the Marquis of Guanjun lied with his eyes open.

"Your Majesty was killed by the thief Dong himself. We saw it with our own eyes."

"Why did the Marquis of Guanjun say that Your Majesty is still alive?"

Wang Yun and other important ministers frowned and looked at Su Yao in confusion, not knowing what this Champion Marquis was up to.

Dong Yong was even more filled with self-blame, thinking that this prince might be like him, unable to accept the tragic fact, and was mentally ill for a while:

"Lord Su, please don't do this."

"Your Majesty was murdered this time because of our incompetence and our failure to protect you."

"But now that things have come to this, we can only face reality. Dong is willing to take all the responsibility. Wan Nian is there."

Before Dong Yong finished speaking, Su Yao interrupted him with a wave of his hand:
"Your Majesty is not dead, this is just a substitute!"

"what?"

"what?!"

"This, how is this possible?"

When the officials heard this, they all showed incredible expressions, and their eyes glanced back and forth between Su Yao and Liu Xie, and it was difficult to agree with the substitute's statement no matter what.

Even Dong Zhuo, who was pinned to the ground and covered in dust, laughed out loud and said that Su Yao was crazy and talking nonsense.

Naturally, he was beaten up for his behavior. Su Yao kicked Dong Zhuo directly in the chin, causing him to faint instantly.

Next, Su Yao no longer explained to everyone. After instructing Lu Bu and others to help put out the fire, he directly took Liu Xie's body and leaped a few times and disappeared from everyone's sight.

The officials looked at each other, wondering why Su Yao forced the deer to be a horse.

They discussed it for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

Some people say that Su Yao did not want to bear the infatuation of forcing the emperor to death, so he forcibly said that His Majesty was missing and deliberately created this drama.

Some people also speculated that Su Yao was dissatisfied with the three candidates for the new emperor proposed by them, and wanted to take this opportunity to support a more obedient puppet emperor, so as to monopolize power and was delaying time for this purpose.

Others speculated that Su Yao might simply want to delay time, wanting to use this time to stabilize the situation and prepare for the next action.

But no matter which statement is made, there is no conclusive evidence to confirm it.

The officials were filled with confusion and anxiety. They didn't know what would happen next, let alone where the future of the Han Dynasty would go.

"no!"

"There must not be another Dong Zhuo. No matter what, we must decide on a new ruler tomorrow!"

In the end, the officials reached a consensus.

Now they can't find Su Yao. In that case, they will first help deal with the aftermath in Chang'an City.

But tomorrow, they have decided that they must establish the new monarch no matter what in order to stabilize the court and appease the people.

The next morning, in the front hall of Weiyang Palace.

Here, the traces of the raging fire had not yet been cleaned up, and many civil and military officials gathered here.

Wang Yun and others publicly recounted to all those who were not present yesterday the tragic murder of the emperor and Su Yao's unbelievable "stand-in" story.

"My Lords, we witnessed what happened yesterday with our own eyes. Your Majesty has indeed met with misfortune. Minister Dong and other close ministers of Your Majesty can attest to this."

"Therefore, the idea that the champion Hou is substitute is really hard to believe. The current plan should be to establish a new king as soon as possible to stabilize the court and appease the people's hearts."

Wang Yun's words were recognized by everyone. After all, the little emperor's features were quite obvious, and there were many witnesses to Dong Zhuo's regicide, so it was impossible for everyone to be dazzled and see it wrong.

The only thing that worries them is that Marquis Guanjun has not yet come to the court meeting, and the candidate for the new king is far away outside the Great Wall.

This meant that even if they discussed and decided on the candidate for the new monarch, if Marquis Guanjun was determined to obstruct them, they would not be able to implement the procedure at all.

"In this case, I think we should just find a royal family member in Chang'an City and complete the coronation ceremony as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble!"

Huang Wan's proposal immediately caused an uproar, and all officials started to discuss it.

Some people think that this is an expedient measure that can quickly stabilize the political situation; others think that it is too hasty and will easily lead to more chaos and disputes.

"In my opinion, this plan is not appropriate."

Yang Biao objected:
"When Emperor Xiaoling passed away, it was Yuan Taifu and others who rushed to establish a new emperor, creating a fait accompli, which laid the seeds for the chaos in the capital later."

"Today's champion Hou is strong and powerful. If we arbitrarily establish a new king, if we disagree with champion Hou, wouldn't it cause another dispute?"

Yang Biao's words made all the officials fall into deep thought. They all knew that what Yang Biao said was true. At the beginning, Yuan Wei and others arbitrarily supported Liu Bian as emperor, which directly led to the outbreak of conflicts between the Ten Eunuchs, Empress Dowager Dong and other factions on the one hand, and He Jin on the other.

The final result was that both sides perished, which benefited Dong Zhuo, but also made these ministers suffer for it.

Today, Champion Hou's army is approaching Chang'an with the might of a hundred victories. Do they dare to bet that the boy who has always behaved unruly will obey them and let them catch him off guard?

If the situation gets out of hand, there might be another bloodbath in Chang'an.

In the cold wind of the early morning, many people couldn't help shrinking their necks, and they all spoke up to express their agreement, saying that they should not be anxious and wait for the Champion Marquis's opinion, and everyone should try to discuss it properly before making any decisions. "Humph, how can we play national affairs so lightly?"

"If the Champion Marquis keeps avoiding us, are we just going to have to wait forever?"

Gai Xun held his injured arm and asked angrily.

In his opinion, after many troubles, many people were afraid that they would lose their courage and immediately scolded everyone.

Faced with Gai Xun's anger, most officials dared not say a word and just closed their eyes and listened.

There is no way, Gai Xun is a well-known official.

He started his career as the Chief Clerk of Hanyang County in Liangzhou and was well-known for his prestige. Because of his integrity, fearlessness of power and outstanding ability, he was directly promoted to the position of Prefect of Hanyang. During the reign of Emperor Ling, he was trusted by the emperor and was appointed as the Prefect of Jingzhao to guard Chang'an, the Western Capital.

Even the arrogant and murderous devil Dong Zhuo was very afraid of him after he came to power. He could even be said to be the only one in the court who could point at Dong Zhuo's nose and scold him in public and force him to apologize.

So, at this moment, Gai Xun roared in the court, accusing the ministers of disregarding the justice of the world for their own selfishness and being afraid of the Champion Marquis like a tiger. For a while, no one dared to stand up and confront him.

At this moment, when the atmosphere in the hall was solemn and everyone was silent, a burst of hurried footsteps broke the awkwardness of the scene.

Several eunuchs ran in in panic, fell to their knees, and reported breathlessly:

"Champion Marquis, Champion Marquis has arrived!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials looked up and their eyes were all turned outside the hall.

Su Yao, wearing shining silver armor and a blood-red battle robe, walked into the hall with steady steps.

Following closely behind Su Yao was Dong Yong, who had a complicated expression, and a little soldier doll that was less than half Su Yao's height.

The three of them approached from afar, step by step. When they entered the hall, someone who saw the soldier's face suddenly exclaimed:
"His Majesty?!"

"No, how is that possible?!"

As he was speaking, Dong Cheng suddenly rushed out, hugged the little soldier doll in his arms, looked at the childish face carefully, and tears instantly blurred his eyes.

He shouted incoherently as His Majesty, and he was stunned by all the officials present.

More and more people came over, and after seeing clearly that the soldier was Liu Xie, many of them knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live Liu Xie".

Although they didn't know how Su Yao had transformed himself, there was no way they could have mistaken the appearance of the soldier in front of them.

This confused Wang Yun and others who had witnessed the regicide.

Is His Majesty really not dead?

The person killed by Dong Zhuo was a substitute?

The person in front of him is the emperor???

I don't understand it, I don't understand it at all.

However, many people reacted at this time.

It doesn't matter who the dead person is.

Even if that was a real emperor, the child looked almost exactly like Liu Xie. So as long as Marquis Guanjun said that the child was the emperor, then he would be the emperor.

Of course, everyone can just play dumb and have fun, there is no need to take everything too seriously.

Instead, he could escape the infamy of forcing the emperor to death and watching Dong Zhuo regicide. Why not do it?

So, after understanding all this, all the officials knelt down one after another, shouted "Long live the emperor" three times, and at the same time praised Marquis Guanjun for his ingenious strategy in saving the emperor from danger, and for his meritorious service in saving the emperor, saying that he was truly a pillar of the world.

However, just when everyone was excited, Su Yao coughed again, stretched out his hand, and hid the soldier behind him:

"Everyone, you have the wrong person."

"I brought him here just to tell you that the emperor has a substitute. The person who died is a substitute, and the same is true for this child."

"what?"

"What?"

"What did you say?!"

"hiss--"

Suddenly, there were sounds of shock and gasps in the front hall.

From famous ministers and generals to unknown people, everyone's brains were stunned by Su Yao's words and they were unable to comprehend the current situation.

In the end, it was Gai Xun who stood up first, pressing his throbbing temple and speaking with a look of despair:

"Champion Marquis, what on earth are you acting in?"

"Please explain it to us anyway!"

(End of this chapter)