Chapter 649: New Emperor Selection
The country cannot be without a king for a day, and it is urgent to establish a new king.
Everyone in the court was troubled by the choice of the new empress. Some supported the second princess, while others supported the third princess.
Everyone has his own opinion and his own little thoughts.
Just when the two sides were evenly matched, the Left Prime Minister, who had always been an invisible figure in the court but could not be ignored or underestimated, spoke up.
He proposed that King Beichen should select the new king. When this was said, all the ministers were shocked.
King Beichen?
This……
No no no!
Prince Beichen is a prince of a different surname. How can he be qualified to select the new monarch? This is not possible!
At this time, Taifu Lin stood up and revealed that Empress Jingzong had left a secret decree stating that Prince Beichen could dismiss the empress by imperial order and even select a new monarch to succeed the throne.
When these words were spoken, the whole court was shocked.
what? !
Did Empress Jingzong actually leave such a secret decree?
The Prince of Beichen is just a prince from another family. How could he gain the trust of Empress Jingzong?
It is no wonder that many ministers were unaware of the situation. Those who knew about it at the beginning had long been eliminated by Ji Yao with an excuse. Now, those who knew about it were all elderly veterans with strong backgrounds, so Ji Yao did not dare to act rashly.
The Second Princess and Prince Rui only then realized that the heroine actually had such power. No wonder the Queen Mother was so wary. Both of them looked a little ugly, especially the Second Princess.
The throne seemed to be within reach, so how come the King of Beichen suddenly appeared?
The other party holds such heavy power, it may not be easy for her to sit on the throne of the empress.
Even if she becomes an empress, she still wants to be prepared for the day when she might be deposed.
Now she finally understood why her mother was so afraid of King Beichen.
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Beichen Palace
Di Ran stayed at home, not paying any attention to the chaos in the court, and only focused on living a leisurely life. Ji Yunxie's belly was already big, and the baby would be born in a few months. Every day, Di Ran accompanied her husband to take care of the baby and told stories to the baby from time to time.
The couple lived a comfortable life, but some people couldn't bear to see Di Ran being so free.
Just then, someone came from the palace, asking Di Ran to enter the palace with a secret decree.
Di Ran, who was having dinner with his young husband, turned pale, and Ji Yunxie beside him found it a little funny.
"Well, it's time to go to the palace. Go quickly. I'll wait for you at home."
Di Ran was depressed: Don’t you know that disturbing the love between a couple is very immoral?
Di Ran didn't want to get involved in Li Xinjun's affairs, but now that the matter had come to her, it was impossible for her to just quit.
Ever since the empress passed away, she had a premonition that this day would come, but she didn't expect it to come so soon.
Di Ran entered the palace with the secret decree.
After some checking, it was confirmed that the secret decree was indeed issued by Empress Jingzong. The ministers looked at Di Ran with complicated and annoyed eyes.
If I had known that King Beichen had such great power, I should have tried to curry favor with him. What a mistake.
Many people recalled the time when Prince Beichen had just returned to the capital, and how Taifu Lin had a very pleasant conversation with the other party. At first, they thought Taifu was stupid for trying to curry favor with a person whom the empress hated and feared, but they didn't expect that he was the smart man.
What a regret!
The arrival of Di Ran made the turmoil of selecting a new monarch even more tense.
Prince Beichen has no friendship with the Second Princess or Prince Rui, so it's hard to say who she will choose.
Although the secret decree did not state that Prince Beichen had the right to choose the empress, Prince Beichen's choice was also crucial. Moreover, the other party also had the right to dismiss her. What if he chose someone she was not satisfied with and she found an opportunity to dismiss her later?
Just when several groups of people were thinking about how to win over King Beichen, news came that the Zangrong and Jin State were attacking the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
It turned out that the Zang Rong learned that the Eastern Zhou empress had passed away, and the court was in chaos. They felt that it was a good time to attack the Eastern Zhou.
Since the old Tibetan king was seriously ill, the second daughter of Yale succeeded to the throne and secretly eliminated those who opposed her, even her own sisters were not spared.
Even the eldest princess was poisoned to death by her, and even the sixth prince who was married to a foreign prince was not spared. He became one of the many concubines in her backyard and lived a miserable life.
(End of this chapter)
