don't fight the general

"It's been a long time since I and the ministers have seen each other!"

Yan Chengwai sat on the bed, his eyes flicked over the faces of the officials who entered the inner hall one after another, and then let out a soft sigh.He had been in a coma some time ago. Before that, civil and military officials sometimes came to visit him, but at that time his body was not able to hold on anymore, and the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was no longer the same as before.

He no longer deters these people. Among the dozens of people, there may still be a few who have a little respect for him, but more people see the situation in front of them, and they probably wish that he would die sooner. After all, only he died. There can be an end to the situation in the court.

Of course, it is not up to them to decide how this will end and whose hands the Great Wei's world will fall into.This world will always change hands, and they will always find their own position.No matter what, it will probably be better than being so worried every day, not seeing a vast future.

Yan Cheng is the best at knowing people in his life, and he can still see the thoughts of these people at a glance at this time, but he can only pretend not to notice.The past friendship between the monarch and his ministers, his shock and deterrence to everyone has long since dissipated with this situation.He will no longer hope naively. Anyway, at this point, what he wants is just a group of spectators.

Even if they have their own thoughts, but they are people who have been up and down in the court for a long time, they can still pretend that nothing happened, and kneel down to Yan Cheng to pay their respects: "Your Majesty, I will greet you."

Yan Jing stood a few steps away from the sick bed, looked at everyone in front of him coldly, and then turned his gaze to Yan Cheng who was on the sick bed.At such a time, he had to admit that his father was probably the king in the sky. Even in such a situation, even though he had been lingering in bed for many days, knowing that his life was not long, he still didn't have the slightest air of an emperor in his body. The ground dissipated, he nodded lightly, covered his lips with his hands, coughed twice, and then said: "Your peace."

A rustling sound resounded in the hall, and the officials got up one after another, bowed slightly towards the bed, and waited for Yan Cheng's next instructions.

Yan Cheng looked at them quietly, he raised his hand to cover his eyes, as if some emotion flashed through it, but he didn't want to show it, when he let go, his face was already peaceful: "More than ten years ago , I took over the jade seal from the first emperor, ascended the throne, and inherited the world. I also tried my best to rule the world, hoping to make our Great Wei a prosperous and prosperous that has never been seen in ancient times. But I never expected it. The world is unpredictable. In the end, it became like this in my hand, and I have no time to clean up the mess."

The ministers who had just got up immediately fell to their knees: "The ministers are in panic!"

Yan Cheng chuckled lightly, not knowing whether he was laughing at the attitude of the officials at the moment, or at himself, regardless of their performance, he continued: "I once tried to pursue longevity in vain, but ended up with a short life. This is the retribution of my great Wei, but my country of Great Wei should not be here, so, while I am still conscious, and while you are all still here, I should act as a witness for me and the world."

The officials slowly raised their heads. Yan Cheng had been on the throne for more than ten years, and they had been guessing about the position of the crown prince for more than ten years. Today, they finally came to a result, but everything was no longer what it was before.Some were resentful, some were remorseful, and some could not stop sighing.

Yan Cheng seemed oblivious, and continued: "I have three sons under my knees. Although the second son, Yan Cong, is few and resourceful, but his mother's family is powerful and ambitious. Before I die, I can't wait to start seizing the heir. , is really unbearable to entrust. Although the youngest son, Yan Jue, was born to the Empress of the Central Palace, his name is justified, but he is too young to be entrusted to him. The eldest son of the emperor, Yan Jing..."

Yan Cheng slowly turned his gaze to Yan Jing's face. He realized in a daze that this was the first time in the past 20 years that he had looked at his eldest son so seriously. For a moment, he had mixed feelings. .

Under the attention of the officials, Yan Jing knelt down and cupped her hands: "My son is here."

Yan Cheng looked at him for a long time, but in the end he didn't leave any comments. He just said slowly: "I pass on my will, and the eldest son of the emperor, Yan Jing, is the crown prince. The situation is urgent, so I won't give you a treasure. The ministers are here, Just to witness, from this moment on, Yan Jing is the crown prince appointed by the emperor. After my funeral, no matter what the world has become, and no matter where you are, only Yan Jing is the name of the Great Wei Kingdom. Lord, anyone who surpasses others is a thief who steals the country, and should be cast aside by all people in the world and future generations."

The officials kowtowed again: "Your Majesty's will must be obeyed!"

Yan Jing looked at the ministers with their heads bowed in front of him, and slowly leaned over: "My son, obey the order."

Yan Cheng was extremely exhausted after talking so much, he lowered his eyes slightly, and took a few breaths: "I have finished what I have to say, I can explain what happened behind me, and I can see you again. , I have no regrets in this life." Speaking of this, he waved his hand lightly, "Okay, let's all step back."

Dozens of people got up slowly, retreated one after another, and the hall returned to the few people just now.Cui Qiao and Concubine Wei Shu still hid behind the screen, Yan Jing still maintained the kneeling posture just now, and looked at Yan Cheng on the sick bed motionlessly. The eyes of father and son met. Looking into Yan Cheng's eyes, "Father," Yan Jing said slowly, "If the great Wei's country is finally destroyed in the hands of my ministers, will you blame me?"

Yan Cheng blinked lightly, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead: "Things are impermanent, to such an extent, entrusting such a world to you, who do I have the right to blame? Everything has its destiny, if that day comes , the Great Wei’s country is really dead, that is its fate, and it is my fault, I am under the Nine Springs, and I will ask my ancestors for sin.”

His eyes turned and condensed in the void, he didn't know what he was thinking, and said lightly: "I can't be regarded as a good emperor in this life, nor can I be regarded as a good father, but I can't be useless, I don't know good and bad, even the last point There is no responsibility." He closed his eyes slightly, and leaned his head on the bed, "If the country of Great Wei is really dead, I will be the chief culprit, there is no doubt about it."

"My son understands." Yan Jing knocked his head on the ground, gave a big gift to Yan Cheng, and then slowly stood up.

The conversation between father and son ended, and Cui Qiao and Concubine Wei Shu finally returned to the palace from behind the screen.Concubine Wei Shu's eyes were red, she looked at Yan Jing, then at Yan Cheng, biting her lower lip, but didn't know what to say.

The world is in chaos, and the wind and rain are precarious. She used to think that the most powerful person in the world had become vulnerable. As Yan Jing said, everyone has no choice now. She is a cowardly and incompetent woman in the deep palace. What to say.

In the end, she just approached the bed, looked at Yan Cheng and said slowly, "Your Majesty, would you like some water?"

Yan Cheng looked up at her, then nodded: "Okay!"

Cui Qiao seemed to be the calmest one among all the people, everything in front of her was as expected, she glanced at Yan Cheng, turned around and sat down in front of the desk, wrote something on the paper with a pen, Before finishing writing, he was disturbed by the sound of footsteps outside the main hall. A panicked servant rushed into the inner hall, holding a secret letter in his hand: "Your Majesty, Empress, Your Highness, there is a secret letter."

The outside of the imperial city was strictly guarded, and this secret letter could still be sent into this deep palace at this time, and I don't know how many twists and turns it took during this period.

Cui Qiao's hand holding the pen trembled slightly, and a drop of mellow ink fell down, staining the paper, and it was impossible to write any more after all.She calmly put the pen in her hand away, then straightened her robe, then stood up, and slowly came to the servant, took the secret letter from him, opened it, and glanced over it in a hurry, Then he closed his eyes slightly.

Concubine Wei Shu waited for Yan Cheng to drink a few sips of water. Yan Cheng looked sideways at Cui Qiao, his eyes fixed on the letter in her hand, and he opened his lips and said, "Is the one who should come here?"

Cui Qiao responded, the hand holding the paper trembled slightly, then took a breath, and handed the paper directly to Yan Jing who was a few steps away: "Your Majesty has already made preparations in his heart, why don't His Highness take a look?"

Yan Jing's eyes lingered on her face for a while, then turned to Yan Cheng, saw him nodding, and then reached out to take the letter, he rubbed his fingers unconsciously, and then slowly brought the paper to his eyes, His eyes were wide open, as if he couldn't believe the above content. After a long time, he finally said: "Kang Wang Chen Qi, isn't he..."

"I only eat, drink, and have fun all day long, and I have nothing to do with myself? But the current situation, isn't it already controlled by oneself? Even His Highness can stand up and accept the position of prince. King Kang and the Nanyue Army should cooperate inside and outside to severely damage the Southwest Army. It's not surprising." Cui Qiao said slowly, "What's more, this Kang Wang is not an ordinary person, who in this world can really look down on him?"

Yan Cheng smiled wryly and shook his head: "I didn't think I was completely defenseless against him before, but after all, I didn't take it very seriously, which is why he got such an opportunity."

"If you count it, this opportunity should be offered by Yan Cong and the Zheng family," Cui Qiao chuckled, "When they colluded with Nanyue, they probably only hoped to use their hands to hold back the Southwest Army, even if they lost some of the Southwest Army at that time." After sitting on the throne, you can slowly tidy up the city. But I didn’t expect that there would be a King Kang oriole behind him. It was not enough to help Nanyue take the southwest, and he drove straight into the Central Plains. Now Yan Cong outside the imperial city is probably better than We're still worried."

Yan Jing couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at her: "If that's the case, they..."

"They will gather all their current forces to take down the imperial city first, so as to avoid the situation that if King Kang and Nanyue come, they will be attacked." Cui Qiao said slowly, "If they really make up their minds to attack the city in one fell swoop, this imperial city, we I can't keep it any longer."