I picked up the edict and saw clearly written on it:

Since I came to the throne, I have made no plans for the country, and I have done no great service to my people. Today, the civil unrest in the south of the Yangtze River and the continuous war in the north of the Great Wall are all my fault. Although I am mediocre and concealed in the main road, I will always be respected.

, it has been a long time, and I dare not forget the high righteousness of the generations, and the only wish of the people. Now I abdicate and return to the court, which is inferior to the other palaces. I issue this edict to inform the world.

The further I looked down, the tighter my brows became. By the time I read the last few sentences, my brows had already turned into a knot.

Of course, this edict couldn't have been written by Pei Yuanhao. I could tell at a glance that it was Shen Gongye's writing style. But when I read the end, I felt very confused and read it again. I felt doubtful, or uneasy, in my heart.

More and more.

In this edict, there was only the "abdication" of Pei Yuanhao, but no other arrangements were made.

Throughout the dynasties, the emperor's abdication edict actually did not refer to "retirement", but the arrangements after the abdication. After all, a country cannot be without a king for a day, so the abdication edict is more important, it can be said to be the edict of passing the throne, or the edict of Zen throne.

, but the edict he drafted for Pei Yuanhao actually did not pass the throne to Pei Nianyun!

Weird!

He has been arranging it for so long, but the abdication edict has nothing to do with him. How is this possible?

Thinking of this, I slowly raised my head from the bright yellow brocade and looked at Shen Gongyou, who was standing next to me with a sinister smile on his face - what did he mean?

At this time, he slowly took the edict from my hand and presented it to the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother."

"..." The Queen Mother still lowered her eyelids, as indifferently as if she hadn't seen anything.

I couldn't help but secretly break into a cold sweat.

Although the Queen Mother is said to be lower than one person in the Celestial Dynasty and above ten thousand people, she is just a Queen Mother with no real power. Now the situation has been controlled by Shen Gongyi. If he is pushed into a hurry...

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but walked over and gently grabbed the Queen Mother's arm.

Compared to my uneasiness and anxiety, she seemed to be much calmer. She only patted the back of my hand gently, as if telling me "don't be afraid."

I don’t know what kind of state of mind it takes for her to be so indifferent to such a situation.

As for Shen Gongye, somewhat unexpectedly, he was not offended by the Queen Mother's attitude, but a cold light flashed in his eyes. Then he put the edict aside with a smile, walked over and said, "The Queen Mother is right.

Your Majesty, you really take good care of me."

"..."

"It's a pity that the emperor is not so devoted to the queen mother."

"..."

As soon as I heard this sentence, my heart skipped a beat: "Taifu Shen, what do you mean by this?"

Shen Gongye ignored me and just said with a smile: "Queen Mother, if the emperor is really filial to you, how could he leave you in the Linshui Pagoda without caring about me?"

I heard that the topic of the conversation was wrong, and just as I was about to speak, Shen Gongye had already said: "In this world, a mother and her child must be connected by blood."

"...!"

As soon as these words were spoken, I felt the Queen Mother's body tremble.

She still didn't open her eyes, but I could clearly see that her eyelashes were trembling and her lips were trembling slightly, as if a sharp thorn had been stabbed into her heart, causing her whole body to convulse.

, but always suppressed himself not to show it or show weakness.

Seeing her like this, I couldn't help but hold her arm tightly.

But Shen Gongyou kept talking: "Queen Mother, you are naturally very protective of the Emperor, but what about the Emperor's treatment of you? Wei Chen has told you before that during the battle of Dongzhou, that man was responsible for the solution of Dongzhou.

Wei was seriously injured. Later, in order to rescue Mr. Yue, he and Yang Yunhui went deep into Shengjing and fought to Tianzi Peak. However, the reinforcements promised by the emperor were not sent at all, resulting in the two of them being defeated and captured. Could this be just a crime of war?

?"

"..."

"..."

Both the Queen Mother and I were speechless. She held my hand hard, and I held hers hard. I could feel her heartbeat beating against her chest again and again, and my heartbeat also hit her chest.

It hurts more than ever.

I could only guess a thing or two about that battle when I left Tianzi Peak and saw the embers on the battlefield. But now from Shen Gongyou's words, I really know what happened.

And I still clearly remember that the night when Huang Tianba took me away from Shengjing with the help of the power of half of the elixir, and finally stayed at the top of Tianzi Peak, he once said that his true identity might have been known to others.

,Now, I understand what his identity is and what he means by saying that.

His fall was a crime other than war!

But someone knows his identity and wants to get rid of him!

However, with his status and physical strength, it was definitely not easy to kill him, so at that time Pei Yuanhao had transferred him away from Jiangnan and went to Beijing to report on his duties, just to control him easily; but he did not expect that with the war in Dongzhou,

In order to deal with Luo Shi, Huang Tianba was injured and rushed to Dongzhou. After lifting the siege of Dongzhou, he was a great hero in the eyes of the people, so naturally they could not do anything to him.

Therefore, if you can’t kill him, you can only use war to erase him from the land of the Central Plains!

When I thought of this, I gritted my teeth and slowly turned around and looked at the person lying on the bed.

The atmosphere around him was so tense, but he was still lying on the bed calmly, with no trace of emotion other than a sickly, faint blush on his face.

Just like every time in the past, when I knelt at his feet and begged him to allow me to leave the palace; when I lost my child and wanted to break up with him; when I was locked in the cold palace and struggled in pain.

...He can always be calm and look at my pain.

He is that person from above, looking at everyone's heartache and pain, and controlling everyone's life and death, but nothing can enter his heart.

Thinking of this, I bit my lower lip hard to suppress the tears in my eyes.

At this time, Shen Gongyou had already walked up to us, looked at my red eyes and the Queen Mother's pale face, and sneered: "Queen Mother, you already know the situation of that person in Shengjing."

"..."

"Do you think it is possible for Shengjing to let him go free, or will the emperor send troops to rescue him?"

"..."

"The person connected by your blood is living in the most despicable way in the world, but you are helping the person who framed him."

"..."

"Is this what the Buddhist scriptures say about good and evil, cause and effect?"

The more he spoke, the paler the Queen Mother's face became. When he said the last few words, something seemed to have been taken away from the Queen Mother, and she became unsteady and fell down on the bed.

I hurriedly stretched out my hands to protect her: "Queen Mother!"

She sat there, not saying a word, only her pale, bloodless lips trembling slightly.

Shen Gongye stood in front of us, like a victorious man, looking at us condescendingly, and said: "Actually, if we really talk about this matter, I'm afraid I won't even need the abdication edict and the jade seal.

”

"..."

"Since your flesh and blood is in Shengjing, then this one -" he said, turning his head to look at the bed, with a sinister light in his eyes: "Of course he is nothing!"

I felt a chill in my heart and raised my head to look at him.

No wonder...no wonder his imperial edict did not pass the throne to Pei Nianyun.

It turned out that he had already calculated that if the Queen Mother refused to take out the seal, then he would simply make the Queen Mother's secret known to the world. Since Huang Tianba was the Queen Mother's biological son, he would naturally say that he was the man in front of him.

It is not the orthodox bloodline of the royal family.

And in this case, of course none of his children will be the same!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but grit my teeth - Shen Gongyou, an old fox, really planned everything well.

It’s no wonder that this is an abdication edict, not a succession edict. If the Queen Mother’s secret is really made public, not only Pei Nianyun, but also Nian Shen’s identity will be in vain. In this way, how can he control this situation?

What?

I was confused for a moment.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and someone whispered outside the tent: "Master Taifu."

Shen Gongye turned his head and took a look, but Liu Qinghan walked over and opened the curtain. When he saw him, several soldiers and guards outside all saluted and whispered something to him. Liu Qinghan

Han nodded, put down the curtain and walked in, saying to Shen Gongye: "Master Taifu, tomorrow's affairs have been arranged."

"Okay, very good."

When I heard this, I frowned again.

Tomorrow? What?

As if he had seen through what I was thinking, Shen Gongye slowly leaned down, looked into the eyes of the Queen Mother and me, and said with a faint smile: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Mr. Yue. Because the Emperor is seriously ill and has not recovered for a long time, the old minister has summoned this entourage.

Civil and military officials will discuss important matters outside the tent tomorrow."

Discussing important matters? When I heard these four words, my heart suddenly sank.

Of course I understand what major matter he wants to discuss. The edict has been issued and the situation has been controlled. For him, the major matter has been decided.

With a smile that said "the situation has been decided", Shen Gongye said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, will the edict be issued tomorrow? Whether it will be issued or not? It all depends on the Queen Mother's discretion."

"..."
To be continued...