Unsurprisingly, the person who stopped him was King Qi.

He had already come to this point, and King Qi wanted to ruin his good deeds, Chu Mu narrowed his eyes, revealing his murderous intent.

In the enthronement ceremony, Jin Yuwei was naturally not missing, especially Chu Mu had already counted the fact that someone would jump out to trouble him, so besides Jin Yuwei, there were people from his East Palace.

They even transferred a lot of people from outside the palace, one to protect his safety, and the other to take advantage of the opportunity to catch all those who provoked trouble in the future.

Yes, Chu Mu felt that King Qi was not the only one who was not reconciled, Chu Zhao must be there as well. He wanted them to save their lives for the enthronement ceremony today!

"Bold! Your Highness King Qi, do you dare to sabotage the enthronement ceremony?" Someone came out to reprimand King Qi on behalf of Chu Mu.

King Qi blinked and smiled, "This king actually doesn't want to destroy it, but if I ask this king to appoint a man who killed his father and king as emperor, this king will never agree."

Not all the courtiers were subdued by Chu Mu. Those who were truly loyal to him were those who were tied to the same boat as him a long time ago. The others bet on different treasures and had their own ideas.

King Qi did not fight Chu Mu for so long in vain, at least [-]% of these courtiers were his people.

Seeing that someone ordered Jin Yuwei to drag King Qi away in the name of obstructing the enthronement ceremony, a courtier stood up and said, "Wait a minute."

"Is it because you are so impatient to drive people away because of a guilty conscience?"

The helper also said, "Since you have a guilty conscience, it means that there is something hidden about the late emperor's death. We should explain the matter clearly in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu court, so as to tell the late emperor's spirit in heaven."

"Don't talk nonsense, why did the late emperor's death come from hidden secrets? The servants who were serving in the palace and the golden feather guards who were on duty at night all saw it with their own eyes. The late emperor committed suicide. I see that you have no good intentions. Intended to rebel!"

"Master Zhang, you also said that the first emperor committed suicide. Why did he commit suicide suddenly? And in such a strange way? If no one has done anything, I will never believe it."

Those who spoke for the king of Qi and strongly proved that there was another reason for the death of Emperor Jianyuan, naturally stood on the side of the prince, refuted them, and wanted to complete the enthronement ceremony as soon as possible.

The prince and the emperor are always different, with different powers.

Of course, this is only in the eyes of some people, who feel that being an emperor can do whatever they want.

For those who really hold power, whether it is the emperor or the prince, they are just false names, and they rely on their fists to speak.

The two sides quarreled fiercely, insisting on getting the crown prince to explain clearly, but at the same time refusing to agree, thinking that this was slander, and asking Jin Yuwei to drive him away.

When the quarrel was raging, a few more people came, namely Chu Zhao and Lin Xingzhi, King Ning and Feng Yao, and the servant who was serving by Emperor Jianyuan.

All the ministers who participated in the early dynasty have seen this person.

Because of the appearance of Chu Zhao and others, the scene fell silent.

A minister stood up and asked, "His Royal Highness King Li, His Highness King Ning, who are these two?"

Chu Zhao was not ready to speak, as he had already done what he was supposed to do.

And today is King Ning's home court.

He was also very self-conscious, took two steps forward, and said, "Oh, it's nothing, just bring a witness over here, and tell your lords the cause of Father's death."

This remark made many people in the room shudder. If it was just King Qi who stepped forward to make trouble, they could still think that it was just King Qi who was unwilling to reconcile and deliberately targeted the prince to prevent him from ascending the throne.

But King Ning and King Li also came to meddle, making people feel that there is something hidden about the fear of the death of the first emperor.

After all, these two are really confused about the position competition.When the Crown Prince and the King of Qi fought so fiercely before, one of them was playing cats at home, and the other was squatting in the brothel to draw pictures. They didn't seem to take the throne seriously at all.

Standing up now, it seems that he really came to expose the cause of the late emperor's death.

King Ning didn't talk nonsense at all, he asked the servant to speak directly, and reminded him, "Speak up, remember to let everyone present hear."

The expression on the servant's face was terrified, and as soon as his knees softened, he knelt down, kowtowed three times, and cried to the sky: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for failing to stop the person who killed you, I'm guilty of this. "

Then proceeded to kowtow.

The sound was loud, and the head was knocked loudly, and the forehead bled after a few drops.

The servant started, and naturally someone spoke up and asked, "Who is it? Who killed the late emperor?"

The servant glanced in Chu Mu's direction, "Yes...it's His Royal Highness." After saying this, he immediately knelt and kowtowed to the Prince, "Your Highness, this servant is guilty, and this servant knows that you should not be identified, but This servant really has a disturbed conscience, and I don't want the emperor to go in such an unclear way, and people will say that he was bewitched by an evil spirit, and that he strangled himself to death because of his serious crimes."

Chu Mu was still calm, and his emotions didn't show directly on his face. He also knew that he didn't need to say anything at this point, and someone would charge forward for him for the benefit of his future.

"You are an eunuch, and you dare to slander the new king. You are so brave. Come on, hurry up and drag this man and woman out and chop off his head!"

These words are very hurtful, and it is obvious that the person speaking has no brains.

King Ning glanced at the person who spoke with a half-smile, "Xinjun? You sealed it yourself? Does anyone recognize it?"

"Although the servant is missing something, it can be used before someone cuts it off. It's better than some people who go to the brothel but can't stand up, right, Mr. Wang?"

The person who spoke just now was surnamed Wang, and when King Ning scolded him so bluntly, this Lord Wang turned pale immediately, and pointed at King Ning angrily, "Don't spit blood!"

King Ning: "That's not true. I happened to be there when you went to Zuihuanlou, and I quietly drew a picture for you, Mr. Wang. Do you want to see it?"

"Would you like to see it, my lords?"

Mr. Wang's green face turned into a pig liver color, and he pointed at King Ning for a long time, but you didn't come out.

King Ning also reminded them, "If you want to argue, first choose someone who has never been to a brothel, otherwise you don't know what I have in my hands."

"Is that so, Your Highness the Crown Prince?" King Ning raised his chin at Chu Mu.

Chu Mu's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously remembered the picture that he had torn up and burned to ashes, and his heart beat, wondering whether King Ning still had something to do with him.

The person who originally wanted to speak was a little hesitant at the moment, probably recalling whether he had been to the brothel, or whether he had met King Ning who happened to be squatting in the brothel and painting.

"Where's the evidence?" Even if most people have been to brothels, there are always people who are upright and well-behaved.

"Several lords have said that His Highness the Crown Prince murdered the late Emperor, but we can't conclude that the late Emperor's death had something to do with the Crown Prince based on a few words from a servant."

King Ning nodded, expressing his satisfaction, "Look, it would be nice to stand up earlier and be able to reason."

"Don't worry, there is no evidence that the king is here to join in the fun."

Then two more people came up, one was an imperial physician and the other was a maid.

The imperial physician was the imperial physician who often asked the late Empress Dowager for peace of mind, and the maid was also her personal maid during her lifetime. Although she was not brought into the palace from the Chen family, she was trusted by the Empress Dowager, and she was the one who passed on the word and acted. .

Those who have seen them have already recognized the two.

Chu Mu could see even more clearly that if the previous servants could be slandering with empty teeth, the two newcomers could not be easily dismissed with a few words.

Chu Mu's face changed slightly, especially because he didn't understand why the maid came back from the dead.

Mingming's mother said that she had already been dealt with because she knew too much and was a hidden danger.

King Ning looked at the two of them, "Talk one by one, Imperial Physician He will come first."

Imperial Physician He bowed and nodded, "Yes."

He took out two bottles of medicine from the box, held a bottle in one hand and explained to everyone, "The bottle in the left hand of the lower official will make people feel weak and depressed. The empress dowager asked the maid to take this bottle from the lower official's hand." The poisoned queen gave it to the emperor."

"The emperor knew about this matter before he passed away, and all the adults in the Imperial Hospital can testify."

And some ministers in the DPRK also knew about this matter, and the evidence of the poisoning after the abolition was conclusive, no one could refute it for her.

Imperial Physician He began to introduce the bottle of poison in his right hand again, "The effect of this poison is to make people unconscious, confused, and sleepless day and night. If it is used heavily, it can directly kill people."

The servant immediately answered: "The emperor has been like this since he came back from the palace, and there are many illnesses mentioned by the imperial doctor, and all the adults know about this."

Many ministers nodded, they did know about this matter, even those with high ranks went to see him in Emperor Jianyuan's palace.

"Then the crown prince asked you to inoculate this poison?" A minister asked Imperial Physician He.

Imperial Physician He shook his head, "This poisoned official has long been given to the maid next to the Empress Dowager, and this maid can testify."

The maid nodded, a handkerchief was tied around her neck, as if to cover up something.And the hatred on his face and eyes was undisguised, extremely obvious.

She was looking at the prince, and the person she hated was also him.

"Physician He is right, he gave me both of those medicines." The maid spoke, her voice was rough and hoarse, not at all like a woman should have.

"The first kind of poison was put in the emperor's tea, because he was poisoned by the moon soul at that time, and he only trusted the deposed empress, and I had to handle all the serving of tea and water."

So the poisoning went smoothly, and no one noticed it before.

"The second kind of poison, before the empress dowager was thrown into limbo, she ordered me to give the poison to the crown prince. In order to prevent me from revealing the secret, she had someone strangle me and sink me into the well."

The maid tore off the silk scarf around her neck, pointed to the bright red scar on it, "This is the proof!"

I don't know what was used to strangle it, the scars on the neck are obvious, as if the flesh and throat have been cut, but the maid is still alive after being so severely injured, it is really unbelievable.

Someone came to check and found that the scars and wounds were real, not fake.

But some people also questioned, "It's been more than two months since the abolished queen passed away, why is your injury still not healed?"

The maid replied indifferently, "Naturally, the medicine was used, keep the evidence."

In fact, the maid's neck looked serious, but she didn't hurt her vitals, otherwise she wouldn't be alive.

But it is enough to talk about the wound.

The maid looked at the prince, "His Royal Highness, you should admit it yourself, the poison bottle was added by Imperial Physician He, and anyone who touches it will not be able to escape and will be found out."

A trace of panic appeared on the prince's strong and calm face.

Although it disappeared in a flash, it was still captured by many people.

Some people who supported the prince secretly scolded him for being stupid, how could he do such a thing as poisoning by himself, even if it was just taking poison, wouldn't that mean waiting to be calculated by others?

This was not over yet, the maid began to talk about the things that Empress Dowager asked her to do during her lifetime, one by one, like digging Empress Dowager out of the grave and whipping her corpse.

Chu Mu finally couldn't listen anymore, and snapped, "Enough! Now that there is no proof of death, naturally you can say whatever you want."

"All things are just your one-sided words. None of you saw Gu poisoning the father, and no one saw that Gu poisoned the father."

At this time there was laughter, Chu Mu heard the sound and looked over, seeing that it was King Qi again, he frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

King Qi said: "My brother laughed at what His Royal Highness said is wrong, how do you know that no one saw it?"

An ominous premonition rose in Chu Mu's heart.

And soon he saw King Qi pointing to himself, and then to King Ning next to him, "We all saw it."

"Clearly."

"There are pictures to prove it."

One sentence was more exciting than one sentence, Chu Mu completely changed his face, and it was impossible to write all over his face.

King Ning stretched out his hand, "Come on, bring up the picture of filial piety between father and son that I made for the emperor and the crown prince."

Someone really came to deliver the paintings, and the ministers present also started to discuss with the people around them, and the atmosphere was a bit dignified.

King Ning has always done things straightforwardly, and the painting was unfolded as soon as it was sent up. From the time when the prince quietly poured medicine into the soup, to when he fed it to Emperor Jianyuan, to when the prince left with a smug smile, the process was clear and smooth.

Chu Mu's face was even paler at this moment, shaking his head and backing away again and again, saying it was impossible.

The ministers did not expect such a trend.

However, those who cannot be recognized cannot be recognized as dead or alive, so those who should fight back and refute must continue.

"Who doesn't know that His Royal Highness Ning Wang draws a good painting, and drawing a few paintings is nothing but easy, what kind of evidence is this?"

"Exactly. Who knows if His Royal Highness Ning Wang is deliberately framed, and since you have this painting as evidence, why didn't you show it at the beginning, instead, you asked a few people to say some useless words here."

King Ning, who was accused, touched his nose with an innocent expression, "Isn't that just to follow the process, this king is very disciplined."

Chu Mu retreated to sit on the dragon chair, and Qi Dynasty approached him, "Look at the expression on His Highness the Prince's face, are you afraid?"

"What is Gu afraid of? You are all talking nonsense, just for the sake of framing. If you really saw Gu poisoning, why didn't you come out to stop him, and just let Gu feed the poisoned soup to the emperor, then what are you doing?" Such an intention?" Chu Mu naturally couldn't admit defeat on this point, and tried his best to refute.

This statement was also agreed by many people, who felt that Qi Wang and Ning Wang deliberately slandered the prince for the sake of the throne, anyway, it is absolutely impossible to admit that the prince poisoned and murdered the late emperor.

Some people chased Ning Wang and Qi Wang and asked them to explain why they didn't stop the prince after seeing the poisoning, and whether they also wanted the late emperor to die.

King Qi laughed when he heard the question, "What reason do you want to hear?"

"It was the king and the fifth younger brother who discovered that the father was in a bad state, as if he had been poisoned, and deliberately went to catch the poisoner, leaving evidence to convict the prince, but he did not expect him to increase the dose and directly poison the father to death." gone?"

"Or is this king really looking forward to the death of his father, so he decided to die instead of saving him?"

"But no matter what the explanation is, the crown prince must be poisoned before it can be established. So, do you admit that the crown prince poisoned and murdered the emperor?!"

The loud sound made many people's hearts tremble.

It is impossible to admit it, so it goes back to the original point, that is, King Ning and King Qi want to frame the prince.

Lin Xingzhi and Chu Zhao scratched their ears while listening, "It's so boring, these words are repeated over and over again."

Chu Zhao said: "There is no proof to death, as long as they refuse to believe it, and their interests are involved, they can always find an excuse to refute it."

Fortunately, there is a lot of evidence, link after link.

King Qi didn't argue with those ministers, he only targeted the prince, "Prince, do you still remember that you were tripped when you left after taking the medicine?"

The prince has been torn between the two emotions of hope and ending. He was a little stunned for a while when he heard King Qi's words, and then his eyes were full of disbelief again.

King Qi nodded and struck while the iron was hot, "Look, remember, it's that maid."

"What maid, she's obviously Jin Yuwei!" Chu Mu retorted almost subconsciously.

After he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong, and immediately wanted to change his words, but saw King Qi slap his hands, "That's right!"

"His Royal Highness looks at the younger brother again, does it look familiar?"

The situation was not right, Chu Mu pointed at King Qi and was about to scold him, but King Qi grabbed his hand, "Hey, that's right, that Jin Yuwei was just pretending to be the younger brother. painting."

Chu Mu's heart sank, and he felt that it was impossible. How could that Jin Yuwei be pretended by King Qi?

How could they really see him poisoning his father.

Chu Mu shook his head vigorously, "Impossible, absolutely impossible." Under the pressure of King Qi and others, Chu Mu's practice was shaken and collapsed.

However, it didn't end there. King Qi said that when he pretended to be Jin Yuwei and met the prince that day, he left something on his body. As long as people look at the prince's arm, he can prove the truth of what he said.

When King Qi went to pull the crown prince up to check his sleeves, Chu Mu refused to say anything. Such a reaction subconsciously made people feel that he had a ghost in his heart.

Then another witness came, this time it was Jin Yuwei, who could testify for King Qi and King Ning that they were indeed in Emperor Jianyuan's palace at that time.

Then the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital came to examine Chu Mu's injuries to see if there were any traces that King Qi said.

In fact, there is indeed a red needle eye, although it is small, it is obvious, and it can be seen as soon as the sleeve is opened.

In the end, to test whether he had touched the poison, King Ning sent a swarm of bees, half of which went to Imperial Physician He, and half of which surrounded the prince.

In addition, if the prince accidentally leaked his words, he would not confess himself. In short, unless Emperor Jianyuan came back alive to prove his innocence, he would have no way out today.

"Okay, if you still don't believe me, we can exhume the grave and do an autopsy. Presumably, the father will not blame you. After all, it is to avenge him."

King Ning put his waist in, "Is there anything else you want to talk about? If not, then this is the end of the day. Let's go back to our homes."

The prince, the new emperor, will not succeed, and if nothing happens, his head will almost disappear.

It is also impossible to really dig the imperial tomb and fish out the body of Emperor Jianyuan for examination.

Moreover, there were many more people around them, all soldiers in armor, with weapons in their hands.

The front has given enough face, and the process has gone, if you still want to make trouble, you can only resort to force.

Nobody wants to die, at least not right now.

So forced to be honest.

King Ning waved his hands vigorously at the ministers, "Let's leave, let's leave, let's go home and eat."

No one moved, after all, today is the enthronement ceremony, how could it end like this.

Everyone has different expressions, you look at me, I look at you, finally Ding'anhou stood up, he cupped his hands and said: "Your Highnesses, since the crown prince is not worthy, today's enthronement ceremony can't be held anymore, but A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and the most urgent task now is to select a new ruler as soon as possible."

"Oh, this matter," King Ning said in a casual tone, "you don't have to worry about this matter, the new monarch has been decided, and it is this king."

Probably did not expect that King Ning would directly say that it was himself. The ministers were stunned for a moment, and then they came back to express their opinions or fight for opportunities for their trusted people.

However, King Ning cut them off first. He said: "There is a reason for this king's decision. I will explain it to you while everyone is here."

King Ning grabbed Feng Yao's hand and held it up for everyone to see, "Here, this king's future daughter-in-law, the young master of the Duke of Zhenguo, her father is in charge of the Southwest Army."

Then he led Feng Yao to the side of Chu Zhao, "Well, my third brother, you all know his relationship with the Northern Jin Army."

After changing positions, he stood next to Lin Xingzhi again, "This, the concubine of my third brother, surnamed Lin, is Lin of the General's Mansion. The Lin family has been closely related to the Northwest Army for generations."

"Do you understand what this king means?"

Ministers:  …

Qiqi nodded, understand.

Hehe, the military power of the Great Chu is in his hands, who dare not understand it.

King Ning discussed with them, "So this matter is settled like this?"

Who dares to say?

Amidst the complex emotions of everyone being shocked, blinded and even a little dazed, King Qi took the lead and knelt down, "My lord, kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Then came the sound of kowtow like a bell.

The Showa era is over, and Da Chu ushered in a new master.

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