Yan Yan Yugui

Chapter 390 The Prince
The candlelight in the Zichen Palace was dim, and the air was filled with a strong smell of medicine. If you smell it carefully, it seemed that there was a bit of blood in the smell of medicine.

The bright yellow curtains hung heavily, and when Cao Quan passed by, there was a slight fluctuation, and soon it returned to its original state. The whole hall was like a pool of stagnant water, so dull and oppressive that people could not breathe.

"Your Majesty, Prince Qi is here."

"Um……"

Xiao Qian's heart sank when he heard this sound, his father seemed very weak, did his condition worsen?

After a while Cao Quan came out: "Your Highness, Your Majesty let you in to talk."

Cao Quan did not follow up, but instead withdrew from the inner hall and stood guard at the door. Tonight is a critical moment that will determine the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty for decades to come.

Xiao Qian finally saw his father who was leaning on the dragon bed. After seven days, his father seemed to be ten years old, with a sallow complexion, cloudy eyes, and many white hairs on his temples.

The emperor raised his eyes and looked over, Xiao Qian hurriedly knelt down to salute, the emperor patted the edge of the dragon bed: "Qian'er, come here."

Xiao Qian was startled, it was the first time he heard his father call him Qian'er when he was so old.

He walked silently to the bed and sat down.

"Father, I haven't seen your illness for a few days... What did Imperial Physician Hu say?"

The emperor smiled: "Didn't Yan Yan tell you?"

Xiao Qian shook his head blankly, Yan Yan didn't say anything, and suddenly remembered that in the lobby today, Yan Yan said that the fourth brother was running out of time, did Yan Yan and the fourth brother know...the father's illness is very serious?

"This child is still keeping his word."

Xiao Qian: Uh...Yan Yan really knew.

"Do you feel wronged?" the emperor asked.

Xiao Qian considered it for a while, but still nodded, how could he not be wronged?The feeling of being wronged is not good. If Yan Yan, Lu Zhaonan, Zhou Datong, Yang Jinnian and others did not clarify for him, he would still be squatting in prison!
Xiao Qian then shook his head again, being wronged once, but made him feel so much love, he is no longer the tenth prince who doesn't love his father, doesn't love his mother, and has no friends.

"Father, what I have gained from this innocent disaster has far exceeded the grievances I have suffered."

The emperor nodded, the old ten is a person who knows how to be grateful: "Qian'er, in fact, Gu has long known that the batch of arms is hidden in Fu Wang's mansion."

Xiao Qian was taken aback.

The emperor smirked slightly: "The files of the Shuntian Mansion mentioned the batch of munitions, so I guessed where the munitions were hidden. Few people knew about the secret storehouse of Prince Fu's Mansion, and Xinyang happened to be one of them, so I asked someone to check it out."

"Father... Could it be that you are..." Leading the king into the urn?
The emperor said: "Such a large amount of arms must be transported into the city with the help of someone. I just want to see if there are any comrades in Xinyang, so I reward you with the Fuwang Mansion."

"Could it be that the father had already suspected the fourth brother at that time?" Xiao Qian was secretly startled.

"It can't be said that there is no doubt at all." The emperor said, several of his princes respect Xinyang very much, and they will visit Xinyang every festival. suspect.But at that time, he was more out of another consideration. He had already decided on the candidate to succeed him, and he had to remove all obstacles and hidden dangers for his successor as much as possible.Therefore, he acquiesced to the so-called eyeliner of the fourth child to pass the news to the fourth child that he was seriously ill.

"After your elder brother's accident, Gu really doubted him. Your fourth brother really didn't disappoint Gu." The emperor sighed.It is not easy to be the fourth child. One has to restrain one's heart to pretend, and after so many years of pretending, it is not easy for people to find any faults. It is also very scary.

Xiao Qian suddenly realized, no wonder his father put him in prison without saying a word, and asked for a joint interrogation by the three divisions. After the criminal department found Zhou Guangsheng's loopholes, his father released his elder brother on the same day without saying a word. The elder brother's status has been wronged, there must be an explanation.Issued a decree to appease or something.

Father is really making arrangements, just to find out the fourth brother.

The emperor patted the back of Xiao Qian's hand: "Qian'er, this ordeal is also the last test for you. I don't have much time for you. I have watched you for so long. I believe that this time I saw the right person. I will announce the decree tomorrow. Make you the crown prince."

Xiao Qian couldn't react. It's not that Xiao Qian had thought about the position of prince, but he felt that the possibility of this matter was not very high, and there might still be a long way to go. Who knew it was just today, and his father personally said Time is running out...

"What? Don't you have the confidence to be a good prince?" The emperor asked jokingly.

Xiao Qian got up, and solemnly knelt down: "Father has trusted my son, and my son will definitely live up to my father's trust. I just ask my father not to say anything disheartening. Physician Hu and Yan Yan may have a way..."

The emperor waved his hand: "They have seen it all, Gu knows it well, I will leave the country to you, Gu can rest assured."

When Xiao Qian walked out of the Zichen Palace, Concubine Xian was still kneeling there. Seeing him coming out, she looked at him with anticipation and alertness.

Xiao Qian knew that the concubine mother wanted to hear what he had to say.

Unfortunately, this is probably the only time that the concubine mother had expectations of him, but she was destined to be disappointed.

Xiao Qian didn't say anything, and left silently.

"Xiao Qian..." The concubine's mother called from behind.

Xiao Qian didn't look back.

Soon Concubine Xian was passed into Zichen Palace.

Concubine Xian knelt outside the curtain and listened to the emperor.

"Don't think about pleading with the fourth child again. The fourth child has come to this day. You, a mother, are not without responsibilities, but in order to save some face for the new king in the future, I will not lower your position, I will stay Decree, even if you become the empress dowager in the future, you can only live in Chenhua Palace, and you are not allowed to interfere with government affairs or the harem. The son you despise is about to become the new Lord of the Great Zhou, if you are good, you can still enjoy family happiness in the future, if you insist on going your own way, you will be lonely for the rest of your life and you can't blame others."

Concubine Xian collapsed to the ground crying.

Her son was finally going to be the emperor, but it was not what she had hoped for. What she wanted was for the fourth son to be the emperor instead of Xiao Qian, a rebellious son.

She could already imagine what the future would be like. Old Shiben was not close to her, and the emperor would leave an imperial decree to coerce her. What is the difference between her and the imprisoned Prince Jing?
The next day, the emperor cheered up and went to the court, and in front of all civil and military officials, announced that Xiao Qian was appointed as the crown prince to act as an agent of state affairs.

The courtiers had been waiting for so many years for the crown prince to finally have a result, but they didn't expect the result to come so suddenly. For a while, everyone didn't recover. There was silence in the Golden Luan Hall, some were discouraged, and some were secretly happy.

It was Rong Guogong and Cheng Guogong who reacted first, congratulations to the successor of Jiangshan.Knowing that the general situation is over, King Zhao thought it would be better for the top ten to be the top ten than the top three and four, so he generously congratulated Xiao Qian.

Although Xiao Qian already knew what would happen today last night, when he really became the prince and accepted the congratulations from all the officials, he was still in a dreamlike trance.

(End of this chapter)