The other officials looked around and looked at the officials gathered behind Shoufu Xiao, with cold sweat constantly oozing from their foreheads, either righteous indignation, anger, shock, timid, or tense...

The voices of Xiao Shoufu's party were still ringing repeatedly, and the sound was like thunder.

At the same time, two rows of imperial guards wearing bronze helmets and iron armor poured into Longen Gate like a tide, rumbling on their steps.

The air around was so heavy that it was almost suffocating.

"Abdicate and give up the wise?" The emperor seemed to be very careful and thoughtful, glanced at Xiao Fengyuan, Pei Wenrui and others standing outside the hall, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips, "To whom?"

As soon as this statement came out, a name appeared in the hearts of civil and military officials outside the hall and the princess and women's relatives, and was about to emerge.

Xiao Fengyuan raised his hand, and the voices behind him who asked the emperor to abdicate and give in to the wise men instantly stopped.

There was a dead silence inside and outside the hall.

Xiao Fengyuanlang smiled and said clearly: "If virtue does not match the position, there will be disaster; if good talents are good, those who can live in it. The emperor, ministers and others are willing to imitate the wise and depose the darkness, ascend to the sages, and correct the chaos."

"King Kang is the legitimate son of the late emperor, and the bloodline of the Chu family. He has always been a ancestral ancestor, wise and powerful, and has great talent and strategy. After he succeeds to the throne, he can be said to be the place where everyone hopes!"

Xiao Fengyuan said this passionately, his eyes were bright and sharp as if he was out of the sheath, and it seemed to scratch people's skin.

When the words "King Kang" were spit out from Xiao Fengyuan's mouth, everyone present felt that it was true, and their hearts became heavier.

It was obvious that there had never been a weapon here, but they all felt that there was a smell of blood lingering in the air and could not be removed.

Throughout the dynasties, forcing the palace to seize the throne is often accompanied by bloody storms. Either you die or I live. Which deposed emperor in history has a good ending!

Since Shoufu Xiao dared to lead the ministers to force the palace, he would naturally not be unprepared. Today's "Longen Sect Incident" is afraid that it will not be able to do anything!

They could almost expect that this imperial tomb will flow into blood today!

The emperor's expression was still very calm, he stared at Xiao Fengyuan deeply, and said in a calm tone: "What if I don't agree?"

Xiao Fengyuan snorted lightly, his eyes and eyebrows did not move at all, but his eyes were as cold as a cold pool. He said again:

"Please abdicate and give way to the wise!"

This sentence is almost word by word, and the voice does not contain any warmth.

After the words were finished, the imperial guards behind neatly pulled out the long swords from the scabbards, and the long swords flashed with cold light in the sun, adding a solemn and murderous aura to the howling land of the mountain wind.

General Jianwei Wang Nan walked forward with a big stride, walked to Xiao Fengyuan's right rear with his head held high and his chest raised. He first clasped his fists at the emperor in the hall and said, "Your Majesty!"

As he said that, the next moment, he pulled out the sword from his waist.

The tip of the long sword pointed far away at the emperor in the hall.

Wang Nan's rough red face was full of righteous indignation, and he said rudely: "Gu Ce surrendered to the enemy and killed tens of thousands of lives. Even if he was cut into pieces, he would not be able to eliminate his crime!"

"The emperor wanted to overturn the case for Gu Ce, which made the last general and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Dajing feel sad!"

Wang Nan's voice was loud and sad, with a surging anger, and his voice seemed to burst out from the depths of his chest.

The bitter mountain wind clearly sent every word and sentence out.

The mountain wind whistles, not only the foothills of Tianxi Mountain, but also the wind in the capital today is a bit strong.

Under the strong wind, the flowers and trees in the garden creaked, and the remaining flowers were blown down by the wind on the branches, and the remaining flowers were left on the ground.

Empress Dowager Yuan, wearing a black crane with Ganoderma lucidum, sat by the window, quietly looking at the remaining flowers outside the window, under her half-hung eyelashes, her eyes were unpredictable and profound.

The eunuch lifted the curtain and walked in, walked silently, bowed and said, "Empress Dowager, everyone has been settled."

The eunuch half-duck his head and couldn't help swallowing, his eyes dark and unclear.

Early this morning, Empress Dowager Yuan issued an imperial edict on the grounds that the phoenix body was unwell and summoned all the maids and princesses, county lords and other female relatives in the capital to the palace.

The emperor and the eldest prince were not there, and the person with the highest status in the palace was Empress Dowager Yuan. With the order of Empress Dowager Yuan, the imperial guards in the palace temporarily placed the female relatives under house arrest in Chunxi Hall.

Thinking of this, the eunuch's heartbeat accelerated, and he asked with a little anxiety: "Empress, do you want to go to Chunxi Palace to take a look?"

Empress Dowager Yuan didn't even look at the eunuch. She lowered her eyes and looked at her fair and delicate fingers. Her nails on her ten fingers were round and neatly trimmed. Her hands were properly maintained, so delicate and beautiful that they looked like a girl.

She shook her head indifferently: "I won't look at it."

She put these female relatives under house arrest just to make the noble officials rush to the point of being afraid of the weapons and dare not move. She was just a few female people who were powerless and had nothing to look good about.

Empress Dowager Yuan stroked the cloud patterns embroidered on her sleeves and ordered lightly: "Knock it."

Her tone was very calm and her mood was very calm, like a lake without a ripples, clear and quiet.

The eunuch quickly took the order and retreated, crossing the palace maid who was walking with a teacup.

The old tea was replaced and the new tea was served.

Empress Dowager Yuan gracefully picked up the teacup, lifted the tea lid, and gently pulled the tea leaves floating in the teacup.

She slowly drank tea.

The clear tea fragrance filled the room with the rising heat.

When Empress Dowager Yuan almost finished drinking this cup of tea, the palace maid came hurriedly again and reported, "Empress Dowager Yuan is here."

Empress Dowager Yuan put down the teacup and said decisively: "Xuan!"

Almost as he finished speaking, a loud sound of bell slamming from outside came from outside.

"Bang!"

Immediately afterwards, the second sound of the bell rang, the third, the fourth...

The sound of the bell ringing through the palace like thunder, and almost half of the capital was spread as the center.

The people in the capital all walked out of their homes after hearing the sound and looked towards the palace.

"Bang!Bang!Bang!"

The bell rings and then, endlessly, making people's ears buzz.

Soon, more and more people gathered on the streets, bustling.

In the crowd, an old scholar with a haggard face looked up at the sky, listened carefully, his mouth moved slightly, and counted silently. When the number reached twenty-eight times, his face suddenly changed drastically.

He murmured to himself: "Death knell, this is death knell!"

Zhong Ming 27 times said that the empress dowager was the queen, and the queen died.

But the sound of death has not stopped yet. It has been more than thirty times, but it is still ringing down...

Not only the old scholars counting, but the others on the street are counting: "…forty-three, forty-four, forty-five."

These counting sounds were a little messy at first, but slowly, the sounds became uniform.

After the bell rang forty-five times, it became quiet.

The streets and alleys of the capital, and even the palaces and houses, were all silent.

All the officials and the people who heard the bell were in a panic and couldn't help but look sad.

The bell rings forty-five times, and the number of nine or five is the sound of a great destruction, which means the emperor's death!

Most people may only experience major events like the death of the emperor once in their lifetime, but the thousands of people in the capital had experienced it once a year ago and all of them all reacted immediately, knowing that this was a death knell just now.

Everyone's hearts sank.

Although this emperor has only succeeded to the throne for one year, he is kind and kind, and loves the people as his son. In just this year, he has implemented benevolent policies and issued an edict to reduce taxes and labor service for the people, vigorously build farmland water conservancy, reduce punishment, etc., and the people are also grateful.

"The emperor has passed away!"

In the crowd, I don’t know who shouted out first.

The old scholar faced the palace sadly and slowly knelt down.

The two scholars around him also knelt down with him, and the others around him seemed to be infected with this emotion, one to ten, ten to hundreds, one to thousands, one to thousands, one to thousands... All the people on the street knelt down, and everyone was shorter and dark.

The atmosphere is solemn and sad.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from the distant streets, approaching "de" and gradually approaching, which also awakened the people from their sadness.

A team of imperial guards in bronze helmets and iron armor rode past the horses, and their horses were flying, shouting loudly:

"All the common people are back home and are not allowed to stay outside."

"Anyone who wanders around is regarded as provoking trouble and will be taken down."

“…”

The people kneeling on the ground were frightened when they heard this, and stood up one after another and went back to their homes, fearing that they would be arrested and sent to prison.

The whole capital was in a panic. In a short while, there were no passers-by on the streets, becoming empty and lifeless.

The soldiers of the imperial guards rode their horses through the streets and alleys of the capital, shouting or waving their horse whips one by one, forcing the people on the street to forcefully drive them away and not allowing them to wander outside.

Not only that, there were also a group of soldiers surrounding the residences of Jingzhao Mansion, the Five City Military and Horses, the Beizhen Fushu and the great generals.

These rumbling horse hooves sounded like war drums that were being beaten on everyone's hearts.

"Get good..."

One of the teams quickly approached the West City Gate.

General Hong, the leader of the Dragon and Tiger General, took out a golden token and said loudly to the soldiers guarding the city gate: "The emperor passed away, the empress dowager ordered the city gate to be closed, and all people were strictly prohibited from entering and leaving, and the emperor of the Great Han Dynasty was held for funeral!"

The people inside and outside the city gate who were waiting to enter and exit the city also heard this and were stunned for a moment. Many people stood there, not knowing whether to continue leaving the city or simply go home.
To be continued...