You died to save me, I promise you a lifetime

The eldest princess drew out the sword in her hand and pressed it against Concubine Lin's neck.

"The Emperor has granted me the power to oversee the state. The Emperor, at such a young age, has been harmed to such an extent. I, the Empress, shall exercise my authority to investigate the case and find the true culprit. Why should I not dare?"

After he finished speaking, he looked directly at Shadow One and Shadow Two: "Take them away!"

Cining Palace.

Only after the eldest princess left did Nanny Xiao dare to stand up.

"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be concealed! The Princess already knows about this. It involves the late Emperor's heir. She can't pretend to be ignorant. What should we do now?"

The Queen Mother walked towards the bedroom with a blank expression: "Mammy, I have let the late emperor down and betrayed his deep affection and loyalty. Even death cannot redeem me. We should go down and confess to him.

I'm also going to ask my father and mother if they are satisfied with this outcome."

"My lady..."

"I know what you are going to say, but it's useless. Rather than announcing it to the world and then being sentenced to death, it's better to save some face. Please prepare your writing, I have something to say."

Nanny Xiao wiped her tears and silently prepared the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Since Your Majesty has made the decision, I will follow you.

The Queen Mother held the pen and tears began to flow before she wrote anything.

"Chen'er, mother is sorry for you. You should have been the sun in the sky, living a bright and glorious life.

But because of my mother's paranoia and selfishness, I ruined and hurt you. I have no face to ask for your forgiveness. I only hope that from now on, my son will finally have his wish come true.

Your father was a benevolent ruler who worked hard and loved his people. You must inherit his legacy, govern Da Yan to a state of peace and prosperity, and safeguard the foundation laid by your ancestors..."

After writing the letter to Zhao Jingchen, the empress dowager looked out the window before picking up her pen again.

"Princess, Zhao Jingtian is the child of Zhao Qingyan and I!

Because of my obsession, I became a sinner of Dayan. I know that my sins are so serious that I am ashamed to face everyone. I will go down and apologize to the late emperor.

My son Zhao Jingchen is the legitimate heir of the late emperor, and the throne originally belonged to him. Princess, please exercise your power as regent to restore order and bring everything back to normal.

Chen'er values ​​friendship and loyalty, and possesses both literary and military skills. He will surely be a benevolent and good king..."

Hall of Supreme Harmony.

All civil and military officials received orders last night that they must not be absent from today's morning court session.

Thinking that the third prince was going to handle state affairs on behalf of the emperor, they all came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony early to wait.

What they ended up waiting for was the eldest princess, Zhao Jingchen, the third prince Zhao Hongyi who was being held captive, and Concubine Lin.

"How is this going?"

The court officials looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

Only the Imperial Censor Wang Songlin, the Minister of Revenue Zou Zhirun, the Minister of War Chen Mingchang and a few others were secretly delighted.

The Princess Protector of the Nation is back!

Not only that, His Royal Highness the Prince of War was standing in front of the hall in good health, while the Third Prince, who was so proud a few days ago, was taken away and became a prisoner.

Now, Dayan is saved!

The eldest princess sat on a chair next to the dragon throne and looked at everyone.

"My dear ministers, I have been entrusted by my father to exercise the power of regent. After my brother passed away, for various reasons, I went to Jiangnan and lived in seclusion for eight years.

Twenty days ago, I suddenly received the news that my nephew, the War King, had taken poison and was in critical condition.

The War King led his troops to war at the age of fourteen, quelling the wars in Dongli and Nansang. He was personally named the War King by his elder brother, the Emperor. He is the pillar of our Great Yan Kingdom.

I didn't have time to think about it and hurried back to the capital.

After returning, I found that the capital was in chaos, the emperor was ill, and the court was suspended..."

The eldest princess recounted the chaos in the capital and the court.

All the civil and military officials lowered their heads, not daring to look up and meet his gaze.

She continued, "Among the people, the story of the emperor's cruelty and the bloodbath at Prince Zhan's mansion has been made into a ballad and sung widely.

The countries surrounding Dayan are ready to make moves. Once a war breaks out, is there any hope for Dayan?

Perhaps a large number of you think that war has nothing to do with you.

So let me ask you, if a country is destroyed, can you still have your family? The days of slaves in a conquered country are uncertain. Do you want such a life?

In just two weeks, the eldest prince was seriously injured and disabled, the second prince hanged himself in the prison, and the emperor suddenly vomited blood and became bedridden. Have you ever considered whether these things are normal? "

The court officials began to discuss in low voices.

The princess used her inner strength to shout, "I'm telling you, the instigator of all this is the Third Prince Zhao Hongyi standing in the hall.

He lured the eldest prince to ambush him, and he had someone expose the second prince's illegal mining. He then calculated the timing to make the emperor so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma, lying in bed.

Some people may question what the emperor's vomiting blood and coma have to do with him? This matter is exactly related to him.

Two months ago, he gave the emperor the elixir of immortality made by the master of the Divine Doctor Valley. On the surface, the elixir looked like a tonic, but in fact, it was mixed with drugs that caused blood coagulation.

Think about it, if a person’s blood has coagulated and cannot flow, can the person still live?

On the morning of the day the Second Prince's affair was exposed, the Emperor, who was staying at Jingyang Palace, got up and went to court. He took the breakfast prepared by Concubine Lin Xian, which was also mixed with a large amount of blood-clotting and stimulant drugs..."

The princess held up the physical evidence and said, "I have already had the imperial physician and Divine Doctor Xu confirm these physical evidences."

How did she know so clearly? No, it must have been Zhao Jingchen who told her.

Zhao Jingchen hid it very well, and we were all deceived by him.

Zhao Hongyi looked at Zhao Jingchen fiercely, but Zhao Jingchen smiled indifferently: "Third brother, if you walk on the dark road for too long, you will encounter ghosts. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself!"

The princess continued, "Zhao Hongyi and his son plotted to murder the emperor. They will be imprisoned and executed on a later date."

The court officials looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, a few senior officials stepped forward to ask, "Your Highness, the country cannot be without a ruler for a day. What should we do now?"

"Who said that Great Yan has no king? Many of the old ministers in this hall know that before my brother died, he had always intended for Prince Zhan to inherit the throne. It was only because the current Queen Mother tried her best to obstruct it and threatened to kill herself that she passed the throne to the current Emperor.

Now that the emperor has not much time left, and Prince Zhan is kind and virtuous, it is best to let everything return to orthodoxy.

Moreover, with other countries eyeing us covetously, only he can calm those neighboring countries and allow the people of Da Yan to live in peace."

Some court officials were whispering to each other, seemingly disagreeing with the decision but not daring to speak it out publicly.

Seeing this, Zhao Jingchen took out the late emperor's decree from his arms, asked the nanny beside the eldest princess to read it out, and then let the court officials read it.

"This is undoubtedly the late emperor's will. If so, Your Highness's ascension to the throne is legitimate."

"But the problem is, the Emperor is still alive. Even though he's wary of the War King, that's human nature."

"Indeed, the Emperor, apart from some grudges against the War King, has not done anything outrageous, nor has he reached the point where his virtue is unworthy of his position."

When the princess saw that even after Zhao Jingchen took out the late emperor's will, he still couldn't completely shut these people up, and some people were still talking behind their backs, she made up her mind and whispered something to the nanny beside her.

The nanny left as ordered, but after a while, she hurried back with a palace maid...