strictlysupreme Chapter 805: The Crown Prince is Decided, and He is Enthroned as King
Chapter 805: The Crown Prince is Decided, and He is Enthroned as King
"Your Majesty, we pay our respects to you!" In the Yangxin Palace, all the ministers bowed their heads.
"There's no need for this formality," Wu Zetian said. She was in a very bad state, and her voice was low. "Come closer, I can't speak so loudly anymore."
All the officials were saddened and moved forward, getting closer to the emperor.
"I already know what happened after I fell unconscious. You have done a very good job. Li Yan and the others are innocent. Please do not say anything more. All other matters will be handled by Qin Wang Li Cunxi."
"Let's postpone the campaign against the traitor Wu Sansi for a while. The court cannot do without Prince Qin Li Cunxi for the time being."
Wu Zetian learned from her mistakes.
"I can feel that after what happened last night, there is nothing I can do to save the situation."
"However, for the funeral of Crown Prince Li Xian, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory carefully considered and selected an auspicious date for his burial in the imperial mausoleum."
"He will be buried according to the imperial standards. The Ministry of Rites will draft the posthumous title for Emperor Li Xian of the Tang Dynasty."
"Li Dan of Fangzhou was also buried with imperial rites. The Ministry of Rites was ordered to draft the posthumous title for Li Dan, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
Having said that, there is no need to say more.
All the officials kowtowed in unison, praising the emperor's grace.
Wu Zetian was extremely sad and lay down again.
"Besides, I feel that the end is near."
"I hereby propose the following decree:
Qin Wang Li Cunxi is loyal, filial, benevolent, and righteous, and he enjoys considerable prestige among the other kings. Over the past six years, he has repeatedly made great achievements, cracked dozens of shocking cases, and benefited the people. As the throne of the crown prince was vacant, Qin Wang Li Cunxi was made crown prince..."
At this moment, Yu Shi came running in from outside, knelt on one knee, and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince's Secretary Zhu Qinming requests an audience!"
"He, he, he also brought, brought... brought His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei and His Royal Highness the Prince of Chengping!"
This news was like thunder, exploding in the hearts of all officials!
The dead King of Wei and others appeared when the emperor was about to appoint a crown prince!
Although these people are destined not to affect Li Cunxi's position.
But in the end they delayed Li Cunxi's becoming the crown prince.
Wu Zetian, who originally looked listless, quickly sat up straight and looked eagerly.
"Quick! Quick!"
"Hurry and bring them all in!"
Soon, King Wu Chengsi of Wei, King Wu Youxu of Chengping, and their little follower Wu Yanhao appeared in front of everyone!
Wu Zetian burst into tears with excitement, climbed down from the dragon bed, struggled to stand up straight, walked down, came to Wu Chengsi and the other two, and looked at them carefully.
"Your Majesty Wu Chengsi!"
"Minister Wu Youxu!"
"Minister Wu Yanhao!"
"Kowtow to Your Majesty!"
"Long live your majesty!"
The three of them knelt and kowtowed.
These are the only few remaining members of the Wu clan that the prince wiped out.
With joy at having survived the disaster, they came to pay homage to the emperor who had given them great power.
"Okay, okay, get up quickly, get up quickly!"
It was not until this moment that Wu Zetian finally understood that Li Xian did not want to kill all her family members.
Her eldest son just wanted to piss her off to death and let Li Cunxi succeed him.
"well!"
She began to return to the dragon couch, feeling more energetic.
"it is good!"
"Great!"
"Cambodia's draft decree!"
Zhang Jianzhi walked out, bowed his head to the emperor, and prepared to write the emperor's order on the court tablet.
"Appoint Duke Huang Li Wenzhong as King of Chu!"
"Appoint Prince Wu Chengsi of Wei as Prince of Jin!"
"Appoint Wu Yanhao, Duke of Liang, as King of Liang!"
"Appoint Li Gui, son of the late King of Yue, Li Zhen, as King of Yue!"
"Appoint Wu Youxu as the King of Han!"
"Draft an edict immediately and announce it to the world!"
Zhang Jianzhi raised his eyelids, but did not refute in the end.
Ask someone to draft an edict immediately.
There are only a few people left in the Wu family, so just seal the title.
but……
Isn’t Li Gui dead?
Moreover, will the crown prince be enthroned?
Wu Zetian looked at Li Cunxi again and said, "When you lead the troops to conquer Mang Sansi someday, bring Li Gui back."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I did hide Li Gui back then." Li Cunxi admitted his mistake decisively.
"When I was in Huzhou, I said that I didn't care anymore. I chose Chengsi back then, and later I chose you. That's why I don't care. Now, it's time for Li Gui to return to the court."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wu Zetian looked at the ministers below with satisfaction.
However, she was not having an easy time as she was being labeled with so many bad names.
"Cunxi, have the soldiers send a message to the Left Guards of Wei, Dragon and Martial Arts, and the Left and Right Guards of Yuqian. They are to march to Jiangdong on August 11th, three days from now."
"My body can still hold on for a while. I hope you can bring Mang Sansi's head back to me as soon as possible."
Wu Zetian still hadn't gotten rid of her habit of changing people's names when she was angry.
It was Wu Sansi before, but now it has become Mang Sansi.
"Sir, obey!"
Li Cunxi knelt on one knee and bowed.
As for making Li Cunxi the crown prince, Wu Zetian did not mention it, and neither did anyone else.
This matter has been settled. Even though Wu Chengsi is the Prince of Jin, he can no longer compete for the emperor.
……
As soon as the news of postponing the dispatch of troops spread, new news came from Jiangdong.
Li Cunxi's future father-in-law, who was the governor of Suzhou, sent new information to Luoyang.
Mang Sansi proclaimed himself emperor!
Civil and military officials returned to court again, and this news became known to everyone.
Mang Sansi proclaimed himself emperor five days ago, which was four days before Li Xian killed all the princes of the Wu family.
"Mang Sansi, this idiot pig!"
Di Renjie took half a day to finally recover, but just as he recovered, he heard the news that Mang Sansi had proclaimed himself emperor.
"Big Leaf!"
"My brain is full of water!"
Xu Xi cursed several times and wished he could cut Mang Sansi into eighteen pieces.
"This idiot actually declared himself emperor. Isn't that funny?"
Zong Qinke also spoke to the people around him.
In the Qianyang Palace, it was just getting dark. Wu Zetian drank two bowls of tranquilizing medicine and was about to rest. But when she heard that Mang Sansi had proclaimed himself emperor, she hurried over.
"My dear ministers, what exactly is going on? How did Mang Sansi ascend the throne and become emperor?"
Wu Chengsi stepped forward under pressure and said, "Your Majesty, after Mang Sansi arrived in Jiangdong, he swept across the nineteen states of Jiangdong at the fastest speed, and then ascended the throne in Yuezhou, the capital of Jiangnan Province, and founded the Great Wu."
He looked at the emperor again and said, "Mang Sansi calls himself the Great Emperor of the Great Wu Kingdom and establishes the reign title of Huiwu."
"Mang Sansi has already prepared to accumulate military strength and quickly sweep across the nineteen states of Jiangnan West Road, and then use the entire Jiangnan Road to fight against the court."
This is not good news.
But it is very interesting when Mang Sansi ascends the throne and becomes emperor.
There were so many other names he could choose for his country, but he chose Da Wu.
This is obviously to learn from Sun Zhongmou, the King of Wu in the Wei Dynasty, and cede Jiangdong for self-government.
"How many troops does Mang Sansi have?"
"Dare to be so rampant?"
"Aren't you afraid that I will be furious and have this official executed?"
Wu Zetian was very unhappy.
The original Wu Sansi was servile, and the current Mang Sansi ascended the throne and became emperor.
Is this still the same person?
"Mang Sansi's army is primarily composed of the Left and Right Eagle Guards. After Li Xiaoyi led them to attack Xu Jingye, they stationed in Jiangnan Road."
"Last time, Wu Sizong was the General of the Left Eagle Guard."
"not to mention……"
Wu Chengsi frowned.
"The general Wu Sansi worshipped was Li Xiaoyi."
Wu Zetian was just angry just now.
Now I became shocked.
"Li Xiaoyi?"
"Didn't he die on the way to exile?"
Wu Chengsi didn't know, so he just shook his head.
Before the establishment of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Li Xiaoyi was a very famous among the Li clan descendants in the court.
The reason was simple. This dog-head led his troops to defeat Xu Jingye's army and killed the faked-death Prince Zhanghuai Li Xianzhen.
Appointing this person as the general only shows that Mang Sansi made the right choice.