After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Master Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen spoke together:

"What are you talking about, Prince Qi? The 100,000-man army is not heading to Andu and Yingdu, it's just for training."

Not only Grand Tutor Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen, but also the officials from the aristocratic families who had sent troops to Andu and Yingdu, had their faces changed drastically.

It was not until he heard what Master Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen said that his expression no longer looked so ugly.

Qi Wushuang didn't want any more civil wars unless necessary.

“It’s just training.

Although the people of Andu and Yingdu dislike war, their combat capabilities are no less than your family's army. Many of them have retreated from the battlefields of Mo Nan."

Qi Wushuang's words made Master Zhuang and the others look even uglier.

They all forgot one thing:

The Qi Dynasty and the Ati people had been fighting for decades. It was Qi Wushuang who completely drove the Ati people out of the southern desert and took it back for the Qi Dynasty.

In the previous decades, more than 80% of the military forces were recruited from Andu, Yingdu and areas near the two places.

During these decades, most of the soldiers who retreated from the battlefields in southern Mobei were settled in the cities of Andu and Yingdu.

Although these people have retired from the army, their combat effectiveness is indeed no worse than that of the aristocratic army that has never been on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Master Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen expressed their views again:

"The 100,000-man army is not really heading to Andu and Yingdu, it's just for training."

Seeing this, Qi Wushuang said:

"Since Grand Tutor Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen have said so, I will take what you say as the truth.

Let’s first discuss how to handle today’s matter.”

Imperial Tutor Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen remained silent, and the other officials remained silent for the time being.

Seeing that no one spoke, Qi Wushuang looked at General Qi:

"Duke Zhenguo, you are the Duke Zhenguo, the Grand Marshal, and the head of the Qi family. How do you think we should handle today's incident?"

Cold sweat broke out on General Qi's forehead, fearing that Qi Wushuang would kill him on the spot if he gave an inappropriate answer.

"The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. The emperor has passed away due to illness. The most important thing now is to appoint a new ruler.

He didn't appoint a crown prince during his lifetime, so I don't know if there's any imperial edict left behind."

Having said this, General Qi looked at Qi Wushuang. Seeing that Qi Wushuang did not look displeased, he continued:

"If the emperor has left behind an imperial decree, we must obey the emperor's will.

If the Emperor leaves no imperial edict, we can elect a new ruler."

Qi Wushuang nodded, "What the commander said is absolutely right."

Qi Taiwei didn't know what Qi Wushuang was up to, but he knew that Qi Wushuang was definitely not someone who could be easily talked to.

As expected, Qi Wushuang asked, "Did the emperor leave any will?"

No one said anything.

"It seems that the Emperor has no imperial decree to appoint a prince, but I do."

After saying this, Qi Wushuang said to Chu Fuchi, "Bring out the will of our father."

Chu Fuchi took out a box from his arms and took out a scroll from the box: "The late emperor's will, everyone please accept it."

Qi Wushuang took the lead and knelt down, followed by Qi Taiwei and others.

Ye Wuwei sighed: He really doesn't want to kneel!

But if he stood alone in the hall, wouldn't he become the target of everyone's criticism?

If Qi Wushuang ascended the throne and became emperor, he would definitely ask Qi Wushuang for a special order: no need to kneel to Qi Wushuang!

Ye Wuwei knelt on one knee in the hall, listening to Chu Fuchi's decree.

The will contained quite a lot of words, and Ye Wuwei roughly understood the meaning:

The emperor was cruel and killed his three younger brothers. However, Prince Subei was incompetent and Qi Wushuang was still young, so he could only pass the throne to the emperor.

But in order to prevent the emperor from continuing to kill Qi Wushuang, he left a life-saving imperial edict for Qi Wushuang.

As long as the emperor wants to kill Qi Wushuang, or if the emperor does anything that is detrimental to Qi Chao, Qi Wushuang can replace him at any time.

The imperial edict also specifically stated: Qi Wushuang does not need to worry about the emperor's son, as he is the first heir to the throne.

After hearing the imperial edict, Ye Wuwei thought to himself: The late emperor truly loved Qi Wushuang!

No wonder he was given a private army of 50,000 in the first place. It turned out that they had long been counting on him to seize the throne and become emperor!

After the imperial edict was read, Qi Wushuang was the first to say, "Your son accepts the edict."

After receiving the order, Qi Wushuang stood up and faced the officials.

General Qi weighed the pros and cons in his mind:

Among the three princes, only the eldest prince's ascension to the throne will be more beneficial to the Qi family. If the other two princes ascend the throne, the Zhuang family or the Yuwen family will benefit more.

However, the Qi family alone could not firmly support the eldest prince to ascend the throne.

Since Qi Wushuang has the imperial edict from the late emperor, it will avoid the dispute over the throne.

Because the first two clans Qi Wushuang had to deal with after ascending the throne were the Zhuang and Yuwen clans, he had to win over the Qi clan first.

Thinking of this, General Qi asked, "Could you please let me see the late emperor's will?"

Qi Wushuang handed the imperial edict to General Qi and said, "Here."

General Qi took it and looked at it carefully. It was indeed the handwriting of the late emperor. It was stamped with not only the imperial seal but also the late emperor's private seal.

"This is indeed the will of the late emperor. I, your humble servant, accept my orders."

This is a statement of willingness to accept Qi Wushuang as the new emperor.

After General Qi spoke, officials affiliated with the Qi family expressed their willingness to serve Qi Wushuang as the new emperor!

Even the commander of the Royal Guard expressed his support!

Qi Wushuang looked at Grand Tutor Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen: "What do you two mean?"

Now it was the turn of Grand Tutor Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen to have a headache.

They were unwilling to accept Qi Wushuang as the emperor, but if they did not recognize him now, they might lose their heads.

The two of them now really regretted listening to the emperor's instigation to transfer the two tribes' guards in Chamdo to Andu. If those guards of the two tribes were still there, Qi Wushuang would not dare to treat them like this.

It seems that I have no choice but to suffer this loss in silence for now.

“Since the late emperor left his will, we as his subjects should naturally obey it.

But since the late emperor's will said that Your Majesty was unkind in killing his three brothers, surely Prince Qi wouldn't do the same thing?"

Does Qi Wushuang know what Master Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen mean?

They wanted to keep the second and third princes as they had a long future ahead of them.

But Qi Wushuang didn't want to do anything to the three princes?

Qi Wushuang didn't regard the three princes as his opponents at all. He wanted to deal with the Zhuang and Yuwen families.

As long as the two clans are defeated, the second prince and the third prince are nothing!

As for the eldest prince, without the support of any forces, he is no match for Qi Wushuang.

"Don't worry, the emperor has tried to assassinate and poison me so many times, but I never did anything to him, let alone do anything to Qi Yuli and the other two.

After I ascend the throne, I will confer the title of Prince on Qi Yuli and the other two and have them stay in Qamdo."

Qi Wushuang didn't want to give the three of them fiefdoms and let them have tax income from the fiefdoms.

With Qi Wushuang's words, the ministers in the hall felt relieved.

Since Qi Wushuang can let the three princes go, he will not make things difficult for them!

Next, everyone expressed their willingness to respect and establish Qi Wushuang as the new king!

Ye Wuwei had previously thought that it would take a lot of effort to support Qi Wushuang as emperor, but he didn't expect that everyone would turn a blind eye for their own interests and compromise so easily.

It's really boring!