The princess was fed contraceptive soup on the day of the marriage exchange, and she went crazy

"Be careful!" Sheng Nanzhi suddenly widened his eyes and shouted.

Shi Huaizhi was well prepared. He kicked the dagger out of the second prince's hand with one kick, and then kicked him to the ground with another kick.

"Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!" Tian Fusheng shouted immediately.

The guards at the palace gate rushed in and pressed the second prince to the ground.

The Second Prince was furious. He stared at Shi Huaizhi and shouted, "The secret decree must be fake!"

"It's your conspiracy!"

"You bribed Tian Fusheng and forged the secret decree!"

"It's all your fault! This is all your plan!"

"You killed my father! You killed my father and seized the throne!"

Shi Huaizhi lowered his eyes, straightened his clothes, and chuckled, "I didn't even know about this secret decree. It was Tian Fusheng who brought it out. Furthermore, the Imperial Envoy and the Minister of the Central Secretariat have already carefully examined it. It's my father's handwriting, and the imperial seal is correct. The jade seal on it also matches."

"Let's not talk about this secret decree, the imperial edict that appointed the crown prince was spoken by the emperor himself in front of all of you, right?"

The Second Prince gritted his teeth and said, "Father doesn't want to appoint a crown prince at all. He just wants to intimidate us and tell us that he would rather give the crown prince to a living dead than to us."

Shi Huaizhi raised his eyes, his gaze indifferent: "Yes, he would rather give the throne of Crown Prince to a living dead than to you."

"Then what else do you have to fight about?"

Shi Huaizhi waved his hand and said, "Come here, several princes are plotting to murder the emperor, intending to force him to abdicate and seize the throne. I'm throwing him into the Heavenly Prison."

"Yes." The imperial guards had no objection and directly escorted the princes out of the Taiji Hall.

The courtiers kneeling in the hall looked at each other in confusion.

Regardless of whether the emperor's death was related to Shi Huaizhi, regardless of whether the secret decree was fake or not, the overall situation was decided from the moment Shi Huaizhi walked in from outside.

They have no other choice.

At this time, the best way is to obey and acknowledge the master directly.

At least, I can make a good impression in front of the new emperor.

Immediately, a court official knelt down again and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"

Sheng Nanzhi followed suit and bowed, but before she bent down completely, Shi Huaizhi held her hand.

Sheng Nanzhi looked up at Shi Huaizhi in confusion, and heard Shi Huaizhi say with a smile on his face, "Get up, you don't have to bow."

Sheng Nanzhi stood up in a daze, and Shi Huaizhi immediately held her hand tightly and stood shoulder to shoulder with her.

"Long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty, and a thousand years of long live Her Majesty the Queen!"

Ah!

Sheng Nanzhi finally realized that if Shi Huaizhi ascended the throne as emperor, then she, the so-called Princess Yi, would be the queen?

Before she could react, Shi Huaizhi nodded first: "Stand up."

"Since you have requested my order, I will respectfully obey it."

"But the coronation ceremony can be postponed for a while. The most important thing right now is to deal with my father's funeral."

"Tian Fusheng, you are fully responsible for this matter."

Tian Fusheng quickly agreed and called the imperial guards: "First, move the late emperor's body to the dragon bed. Bathe and change clothes according to the ritual system. Then, announce the death of the late emperor to the public."

"Then set up a mourning hall in the Wanshou Palace, and the Ministry of Works quickly prepare the coffin..."

Tian Fusheng made arrangements in an orderly manner. When everything was ready, Shi Huaizhi waved his hand and said, "Everyone, go down and do what you should do."

The court officials here bowed and were about to leave, while the other people in the harem heard the funeral bell, got the news, changed their clothes and hurried over.

Even the queen, who had been under house arrest, changed into mourning clothes and hurried over.

As soon as they entered the hall, they saw Shi Huaizhi sitting on the dragon throne.

The faces of everyone in the harem changed drastically: "Shi Huaizhi?"

Tian Fusheng frowned: "Don't be rude, why don't you hurry up and pay your respects to the new emperor?"

"New Emperor?"

The Queen and Du Qiyu were both shocked, with countless questions in their minds.

Tian Fusheng quickly recounted the entire story in a few words, omitting some details. "His Majesty has awakened and urgently summoned all the nobles and the princes to an audience."

"In front of the entire court, including the civil and military officials and the princes, I hereby decree that the Sixth Prince be appointed Crown Prince."

"The Sixth Prince's wife had just left to receive the imperial decree on her husband's behalf, but when His Majesty was questioning the other princes about why they had killed the late Crown Prince, he became enraged and collapsed to the ground, soon passing out."

"The princes, however, claimed that His Majesty's death was too sudden and that he left no words behind, and began fighting for the throne right in front of His Majesty's corpse."

"Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince showed up in time with the imperial edict."

Tian Fusheng looked at everyone in front of him steadily. "And the Sixth Prince was never unconscious to begin with. All this was simply a trap set up by His Majesty and the Sixth Prince because he knew he was poisoned."

"It's to see how many people in the court will lose their temper because of his declining health."

"He had the Sixth Prince pretend to be unconscious because he had feelings for him and wanted to entrust the kingdom to him. In order to protect the Sixth Prince, he deliberately had him pretend to be unconscious."

"This is the late emperor's secret decree, written personally by the late emperor. It clearly states the reason for the incident and also clearly states that if he dies, the throne will be passed to the Sixth Prince."

Du Qiyu's eyes widened and he quickly shook his head: "No, it's impossible!"

"His Majesty clearly said...he said he wanted my son to be the crown prince! He said the throne would be handed over to my son."

"You are lying."

Shi Huaizhi laughed: "Wen Tingyun is already dead, how can he pass the throne to Wen Tingyun?"

"Also, Concubine Xian may not know that when Concubine Xian was away, Father admitted in front of everyone that he appointed Wen Tingyun as the Crown Prince in order to lure the other princes into action."

"They really lived up to expectations and took action."

"The Emperor said that he would never allow a eunuch who would have no descendants to be the Crown Prince."

Du Qiyu's face turned pale, and he just shook his head quickly: "No, it won't happen."

Shi Huaizhi waved his hand: "The virtuous concubine has been deeply shocked and mentally disturbed. It is not appropriate for her to keep vigil here. Take her away."

"Yes."

Sheng Yunrou was also panic-stricken. She never expected that the emperor would leave so quickly and so early.

But when she saw Sheng Nanzhi standing next to Shi Huaizhi, Sheng Yunrou's eyes suddenly lit up.

Shi Huaizhi was not unconscious!

Then Sheng Nanzhi is the queen?

Does that mean she doesn't have to be buried alive?

But soon, her eyes, which had just lit up, dimmed again. Something was wrong.

The new emperor is Shi Huaizhi!

It was Shi Huaizhi, the one she had initially engaged to, but later pushed to Sheng Nanzhi after she learned that he was unconscious.

If she had married at that time.

Then wouldn't the position of queen be hers?