Regent, the princess you found is a treasure

Hearing the unusual and hollow voice, several people quickly gathered around.

They all knew that this sound meant that there was a hollow space behind the wall. In other words, there might be a secret room or a secret passage, but how did they open it?

Several people started groping around, hoping to find the switch to open the secret door. When Xuan Haochen groped for a book on the bookshelf and pulled it, he heard a very faint sound of movement. The large bookshelf suddenly moved away by itself. Xuan Moyin and Su Luoxue walked into the secret passage without thinking. The prince and the other three followed closely behind.

The tunnel was wide enough for two people and had a staircase leading down. Although there were oil lamps inside, it was still quite dark.

Several people walked down the stairs carefully. After walking about 100 steps, they saw a room the size of an ordinary palace. The first thing that caught their eyes was the furnaces where the Taoist priests made elixirs. They thought that the emperor was poisoned before, and it should be something that the Taoist priest added to the elixir for the emperor. Xuan Moyin and Su Luoxue thought of it at the same time, but it was not important now. There was also a bed for people to rest and a table near the inside of the room.

There was a person lying on the bed. Upon seeing this, several people immediately ran over and found that the person lying on the bed was Emperor Yuanwu Xuan Jingyu who had been replaced by the Taoist priest.

The prince immediately rushed forward and shouted, "Father...Father...ah..." As soon as he touched the emperor's body, he found that he was ice cold.

The prince trembled and raised his hand to put it under his father's nose. There was no breath. The prince was happy, but immediately burst into tears: "Father...Father...is dead."

Xuan Moyin looked at Su Luoxue and said, "Then can you tell how the emperor died? How long has he been dead?"

Su Luoxue carefully looked at Xuan Jingyu's appearance and the corpse spots on his face. She said, "He must have starved to death. There is no sign of poisoning. He must have been placed on the bed by the Taoist priest after he died. Judging from the corpse spots, he must have died two days ago."

At this time, the Imperial Guards and several eunuchs called by Xuan Haochen also rushed down. When they saw that His Majesty was dead, they immediately knelt on the ground and cried. However, this was not the place to cry, they had to get the Emperor's body up first.

Xuan Moyin commanded several imperial guards to carefully carry the emperor's body out of the dark room, and then carefully placed the emperor on the dragon couch.

The news of the emperor's death spread throughout the capital. White elegiac couplets and white lanterns were hung everywhere in the palace, and the entire palace was shrouded in a solemn and sad atmosphere.

The Empress and other concubines wore plain clothes, as did the Crown Prince, the princes, and the unmarried princesses. They knelt before the mourning hall of Emperor Yuanwu. All the ministers in the court came to the palace to kowtow to the Emperor and bid farewell. For a moment, the mourning hall was filled with crying.

However, what people are most concerned about is the succession to the throne, because the emperor passed away suddenly and did not leave any imperial edict or will, so after unanimous opinion of several powerful ministers, according to convention, in this case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will inherit the throne, and Xuan Moyin will still be the regent.

The new emperor ascended the throne and was named Emperor Yuanming. At this time, many thoughtful ministers had a premonition that the court was about to change!

The government offices also posted an obituary of the emperor's death, along with a notice that the state would mourn for three years, that marriage leave would be prohibited, that singing and dancing would be prohibited, that alcohol and meat would be prohibited, that musical instruments would be prohibited, that businesses would be prohibited in places with shabby and willow trees, etc. Anyone who violated the law would be executed immediately!

But a country cannot be without a ruler for a day. A month later, Prince Xuan Haotian finally ascended the throne he had always dreamed of. He was grateful to the Taoist priest from Beiliang Kingdom in his heart. If it weren't for him, he didn't know when he would sit on this position.

However, the emperor's uncle was still the regent, which made him somewhat unhappy. He didn't want to be controlled by others even though he was the emperor, and have a regent to influence his every decision. However, he had just ascended the throne and his strength was still weak. In addition, there were many of Xuan Moyin's people in the court, so he could only endure it for now.

Similarly, Xuan Haochen and Xuan Haode were wary of Xuan Haotian. They knew their eldest brother very well. On the surface, he seemed to be friendly and respectful to his brothers, but in fact, he didn't trust anyone and was cruel and ruthless, although they themselves had ambitions for that position.

So on the third day after Xuan Haotian ascended the throne, Xuan Haode volunteered to take Concubine Rou to his fiefdom. The ministers also understood that this was also a choice made by King Zhao in order to protect himself.

Three days later, General Chen, who was stationed at the border between Yuan and Beiliang, sent an urgent battle report from three hundred miles away. Beiliang had gathered 50 troops to attack Qingdu City, the border city of Yuan. According to the distance and time the battle report was sent, Beiliang's siege of Qingdu City should have been half a month ago.

The people they sent killed Emperor Yuanwu, and now they are attacking the border city of Yuan State. Do they really think that there is no one left in Yuan State? You know, the Regent and the Princess of Yongjia County not only just conquered Tenglong State, okay!

The ministers in the hall were discussing the matter and had different opinions, but almost everyone agreed that this war must be fought and that the people of Beiliang must not be allowed to ride on the heads of their Yuan Kingdom and shit and piss on them.

But who should be sent? Many generals stood up and begged the emperor to let them lead the troops, including General Song. Xuan Moyin also stood up and said that he was willing to lead the troops, because he knew that even if he didn't say anything, the emperor would definitely appoint him to lead the troops.

As the regent of the previous dynasty, he was acting as regent for his fourth elder brother. Now that the crown prince has ascended the throne, as the emperor's uncle, he is still the regent. But his status as regent is different now. He also knows that as the new emperor, Xuan Haotian is wary of his identity and strength, and may want to get rid of him. No emperor wants to be under the shadow of others.

Sure enough, when Xuan Haotian heard Xuan Moyin say that he was willing to go to the battle, he seemed very reluctant to let him go: "Uncle, my nephew has just ascended the throne and still has a lot to rely on. I really don't want to let you go, but this border is in urgent need, and Beiliang is bullying us too much. I think in the whole court, I am afraid that only my uncle can take on this important task, so I have to work hard, uncle."

Xuan Moyin certainly knew about his hypocritical behavior, but he did not expose him, and asked General Song to go with him as his deputy.

General Song was naturally overjoyed when he heard this. When he led 20,000 people to fight against the Tenglong people, he didn't send a single soldier, which made him very unsatisfied. This time, General Song decided to teach Beiliang a lesson.

Seeing this, Xuan Haochen also volunteered to go with the emperor's uncle. Xuan Haotian was overjoyed and agreed immediately.