Chapter 445: Sima Lun usurped the throne
"Since that's the case, I'll bother you to do this." Simalun said as if he was reluctant. He couldn't do this by himself, because it would make others feel ugly.
Of course, Sun Xiu understood the truth, and the preparations for usurping the throne were always underway. Long before Sima Jian and Sima Ji raised troops, various places began to submit memorials saying that there were good fortune, and there were also royal families and court officials in the capital to persuade them to advance. Did they all show that the country was prosperous and the people were safe? Of course not, this was to prepare for Sima Lun's ascension to the throne.
Now Sima Jian is defeated and trapped in Tongguan, and more than half of the army under his command are damaged. The enemy chiefs are destroyed in the blink of an eye. It is just right to take advantage of the remaining power of this battle to do the truth in advance and officially ascend the throne to control the world.
Anyway, the inside and outside of Luoyang's palace have long been controlled by Sima Lun's party. Isn't it just a matter of one sentence when he ascended the throne?
The news of Sima Jian's army being completely defeated was naturally jubilant, and praises were constantly coming, and a storm was brewing throughout the world, but in the center of Sizhou, it was as if it was in the eye of a storm. My ministers of the Jin Dynasty played their usual traits, without support, without objection, without expressing their opinions, if there were rewards, if there were no rewards, then watch them. Since King Zhao wanted someone to persuade him to enter, they would persuade him to enter.
As for Sun Xiu, he began to draft the emperor's abdication edict and issued it quickly. The Shangshu Ling Man Fen envoy held the imperial edict and stood behind him, the Shangshu Pushe Cui Sui, the Crown Prince's Secretary Pei Shao, and the Sanqi Changshou King Sima Wei and other groups of people. The King of Zhao was very modest at first, "fake and let him not accept it", and everyone begged desperately, but in the end, the King of Zhao had no choice but to let him go.
At the same time, the army of the Zhao royal palace quickly took over all defenses inside and outside the palace. At night, Sima Lun, who had completed all arrangements, waited quietly for the situation. Huangmen Lang Luo Xiu and Sanqi Changshou King Sima Wei entered the palace to seize the emperor's seal and ribbon.
Sima Zhong in the palace had not yet rested, and sat on the throne when he saw Sima Wei pushing the door and saying blankly, "It's getting late now, what's the matter with Api?" Api was Sima Wei's nickname, and Sima Zhong still remembers the name of this fellow disciple.
"Your Majesty, I am here to get the jade seal. Have you forgotten? You are going to abdicate to King Zhao." Sima Wei spoke patiently, trying to trick the jade seal from Sima Zhong. This should not be difficult.
"Abdicate, the jade seal?" Sima Zhong was stunned for a moment and suddenly stood up and hugged the jade seal in his arms. His face, which had been dull, rarely showed seriousness, and his tone changed, "This is what the father gave to me, and no one can take it away."
"Your Majesty, King Zhao is just borrowing it and will take it back then." Sima Wei's face changed. Why was the emperor indifferent to his son and wife's death? He actually looked at a jade seal so seriously? But he still continued to cheat with a smile. Anyway, everyone didn't know what the emperor was in, and he didn't want to bully anyone.
But Sima Zhong was instilled with the importance of the jade seal by Sima Yan since he was a child, and it was almost an instinct. He didn't feel whether Jia Nanfeng died or not. He could not take it seriously even if the prince died, but this jade seal was not discussed at all. No matter how Sima Wei deceived him, Sima Zhong just refused to give it to him, holding it tightly in his arms, looking at Sima Wei with his eyes straight, and threatening, "The usurper will die."
After being threatened by Sima Zhong, Sima Wei was so anxious that he came up and robbed him, and pulled the jade seal out of Sima Zhong's arms. The two almost wrestled together. The palace maids around him watched from the side, lowering their heads and dared not speak. This was not something they could care about. In the past year, Empress Jia died and the King of Huainan was killed, and he bleeded too much, let alone these servants.
"Ah..." Sima Zhong screamed, covered the fingers of his left hand with his right hand, and looked at Sima Wei with hatred eyes, as if he wanted to remember the other person's appearance tightly.
"What is the King of Yiyang going to do?" Yang Xianrong, who rushed over after hearing the news, walked in and saw this scene and screamed, "You want to rebel?"
"It turns out that it is the queen. I am just acting on orders. It is the meaning of King Zhao and the Secretariat." Sima Wei, who held the jade seal, spoke indifferently, and looked at the beautiful Yang Xianrong and exclaimed, as if he was very sorry for Yang Xianrong's situation. "Hey, they are all the Central Palace, Empress Jia is powerful in the court, and Queen Yang, you are just a pitiful person who can't help but be used by your own family. It's a pity that the Secretariat cannot protect you."
"You!" Yang Xianrong was anxious, and his grievance burst out, shouting, "If you treat Your Majesty like this today, can you firmly sit in the country? There are so many vassal kings in the world, so you are not afraid of the King of Qin and King Yan coming."
"The queen doesn't know yet. The King of Qin has been defeated. The defeated generals are trapped in Tongguan. I believe that it will be destroyed in a few days. As for King Yan, how many military towns in Shandong can he go there?" Sima Wei was unwilling to be as knowledgeable as a woman like Yang Xianrong. After dealing with it for a few words, he turned around and left, and took the imperial guards in the hall to show their strength.
Yang Xianrong bit his lips tightly and looked at Sima Wei's proud back. He looked at Sima Zhong's expression and sighed. After all, he was his nominal husband. He was about to step forward to help him up, but he stopped unconsciously and said to the maid behind him who followed him into the palace, "Go and help him up, the situation is changing, and it is unknown."
Yang Xianrong thought that he and Sima Zhong were deposed, but the next morning, the show seemed to be different. The hundreds of civil servants who came came seemed to be following Sima Zhong. As for the destination, Jinyong City, here we welcomed the Queen Mother Yang Zhi, Prince Sima Yu, and Empress Jia Nanfeng, and finally welcomed the most noble resident, Emperor Sima Zhong.
Sima Zhong rode a mica cart with hundreds of people, and left the palace from the west gate of Hualin Garden, and entered Jinyong City. The mica cart is a ox cart decorated with mica. This kind of cart is also a cart for the emperor. Except for the emperor himself or the princes and nobles rewarded by the emperor, the rest of the people are not allowed to ride it, otherwise it will be over the system. Sima Zhong rode a mica cart with hundreds of people, which is still the emperor's pomp, which shows that Sima Zhong was not deposed as a commoner, and he is still the emperor.
"Empress Dowager, King Zhao has already respected His Majesty as the Supreme Emperor, so don't worry that he will not be good for us for the time being." The maid beside Yang Xianrong came back to inquire about the news, "Now King Zhao is rewarding all officials."
"Empress Dowager? Supreme Emperor." Yang Xianrong sneered in his heart. Sima Lun was Sima Yi's son, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao's younger brother. He was two generations older than Sima Zhong. He actually performed such a scene. Is this a joke to the world?
Chapter completed!