Oh my god, can you play like this?

In Dongshun Kingdom, the emperor would personally write three imperial edicts to pass on the throne, one to the minister he trusted the most, one to the eunuch he trusted the most, and the other to the prince to whom he would pass the throne.

After the emperor passed away, the new emperor would hold the imperial edict in his hand and show it to all the court officials. Then the eunuchs would take out the imperial edict and show it to all the officials. Finally, the minister who was most trusted by the previous emperor would take out the imperial edict.

Usually the crown prince would succeed to the throne, so no one was surprised by the imperial edict in the crown prince's hand. What everyone was curious about was who had the other two imperial edicts.

Before the prince took out the imperial edict, no one knew who held the other two imperial edicts.

All ministers are possible, and all eunuchs are possible.

This method is to prevent someone from falsely conveying the imperial edict. Only when three imperial edicts appear at the same time can the new emperor be considered to have legitimate successor to the throne.

The reason why it is said that there is something fishy about the current emperor's succession to the throne is that the previous emperor suddenly fell seriously ill.

It was originally just a cold, but suddenly, the emperor's health deteriorated at an extremely fast rate.

Moreover, the imperial edict of succession is only in the hands of the current prime minister. Neither the eunuchs nor the succeeding emperor has it.

The Prime Minister said in the court at that time that the imperial edict in his hand was handed to him by the late emperor a year ago.

The content of the imperial edict was to allow the second prince at the time, who is now the emperor, to succeed to the throne.

Of course, this imperial edict is a fake one, the real one is in Li Beichen’s hands!

When the late emperor passed away, his most trusted eunuch died right in front of the late emperor's bed and followed him to death. So no one knew where the imperial edict of succession in his hand was.

As to whether the eunuch really killed himself or something else, only the emperor who was at the bedside of the late emperor at the time knew.

When the late emperor began to fall ill, the current emperor had his chamber surrounded and no one was allowed to approach.

At that time, Li Beichen was too young and too weak. He had no ability to fight against the emperor. He could only watch helplessly as the throne that belonged to him was taken by someone else.

The new emperor explained to everyone that the late emperor fell ill too quickly and he only received oral instructions from the late emperor's bedside, but no imperial edict.

The situation at that time was extremely chaotic and complicated. Although the court officials had doubts, they had no evidence not to allow the emperor to ascend the throne.

The main reason was the imperial edict that the Prime Minister had brought out, and no one could say anything more.

And just like that, the current emperor ascended the throne.

The first thing the emperor did after ascending the throne was to seal off the place where Li Beichen lived and ordered the imperial guards to search it extensively. Little Li Beichen was also captured and taken to the palace.

Because the emperor dug out from the eunuchs that Li Beichen had an imperial edict in his hand, but the eunuchs didn't know whether it was an edict to pass on the throne.

The imperial guards searched Li Beichen's residence thoroughly but found nothing. Then the emperor sent Li Beichen to his fiefdom overnight and told him not to return to Kyoto without an imperial edict.

Fortunately, Li Beichen was still very young at that time and had no ability to make any waves, otherwise Li Beichen might have lost his life.

But the fact that Li Beichen had the imperial edict in his hand had always been a thorn in the emperor's side. He was always afraid that Li Beichen would use the imperial edict to threaten him.

Li Beichen is no longer young now, and the emperor has become more strict in supervising Li Beichen in his fiefdom.

People would often sneak into and search Li Beichen's mansion in his fiefdom, and their purpose was self-evident.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Beichen pretended to be sick.

As for Li Beichen's hatred for the Prime Minister, that is very easy to understand.

If it weren't for the fake imperial edict that the prime minister had taken out, the current emperor would not have been able to sit on that throne, and the prime minister's daughter would have become the current queen.

Originally, the second prince had a wife at that time, but within two days after the prime minister issued the imperial edict, the second prince's wife died of illness.

Anyone with a discerning eye knew what was going on, but everyone chose to protect themselves. No one wanted to bring big trouble to their family.

With the protection of the prime minister and his gang, the emperor's position was secure.

Li Beichen looked at the two imperial edicts in front of him, laughed sarcastically, and murmured, "Father, this is the minister you trust the most. Do you regret it?"

There must be no one to answer Li Beichen's words. Li Beichen put away the two imperial edicts and left the secret room.

Gu Lanzhi swayed in a carriage to the farm outside the city. He first looked at the construction progress and then left the farm.

Because he heard from the manager of the village that there was a Taohua Village ten miles away from the village, and the village got its name from the many peach trees around it.

Gu Lanzhi went to Taohua Village not to see the scenery, but because he had never really seen an ancient village. He was curious and wanted to see with his own eyes what it looked like.

Of course he knew what the village was like in his original body's memory, but he had never really seen it since he traveled through time!

After he came here, he was on the road and finally arrived at Kyoto City. He stayed in the carriage and rarely moved, so he really didn't see anything.

Moreover, the village head also said that there was a mountain behind Taohua Village. Gu Lanzhi still remembered that the audience in the live broadcast room asked him for bear paws and wanted to buy wild animals!

A live broadcast of selling goods last night brought a lot of viewers to Gu Lanzhi’s live broadcast room. Now Gu Lanzhi is very interested in increasing the number of viewers.

He wanted Xiaotong to have something substantial, something that he could jerk off to.

But when Gu Lanzhi saw Taohua Village, he stopped the carriage and did not enter the village.

This is a village outside Kyoto. The village head said that Taohua Village is already a wealthy village, but when Gu Lan looked around, most of the houses were thatched houses and adobe houses.

There are blue brick and tile houses, but there are only two or three in the whole village, and the houses don’t look very large.

Is this already a relatively wealthy village? Gu Lanzhi couldn't accept it.

The villagers in the village were all wearing patched clothes. Although they were not pale and skinny, their complexions were not very good, which was in stark contrast to the people in Kyoto city.

Taohua Village is less than twenty miles away from Kyoto City. Although there were no means of transportation in ancient times, donkey carts and ox carts were very common. However... the gap is too big.

Gu Lanzhi's carriage stopped on the official road. He sat in the carriage and looked at Taohua Village from afar for a long time. He couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.

The original family fought desperately to defend Dongshun Kingdom, but is this the life that the people of Dongshun Kingdom live?

Did the original family protect all the people in Dongshun Kingdom, or did they only protect the royal family and those high-ranking officials?

If the villages so close to Kyoto are in this state, what about other places? Isn't the situation even worse?

Is this the best life this emperor can give to the people?

Gu Lanzhi had a lot of negative emotions towards the current emperor. He felt that what he had done for his original family was not worth it, and he also began to resist working for the emperor who was just sitting there doing nothing.

Although the gap between the rich and the poor will always exist, this is outside Kyoto!

It seems that this emperor is not so competent!