After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

Chapter 219: The Crown Prince's Forged Edict

Ever since the emperor issued the edict appointing Xia Chongwen as the crown prince, the court of the Great Xia Dynasty underwent drastic changes.

All those meritorious officials and generals who followed the emperor to start the uprising and establish the country were almost all killed by the emperor's imperial edict in a very short period of time.

The news of the successive deaths of the King of Qin and the King of Jin cast a dark cloud over the imperial palace.

For some time, whether in the court or in the palace, the whole atmosphere was so depressing that people felt suffocated.

The emperor ordered the death penalty for several women in the Qin king's palace who had poisoned the Qin king, and in the Qin king's memorial, he cursed the perpetrators, saying that it would not be excessive to kill all nine generations of their clan!

But at the same time, the emperor cursed the King of Qin in his eulogy and even reduced the King of Qin's funeral treatment.

Although he was originally the son of a prince, he had to be buried with public rites, and the word "Min" was chosen as his posthumous title.

This is a truly bad posthumous name, which means that the people will be harmed and disasters will occur.

Let all the people and officials of the Great Xia Dynasty know how disappointed and angry the emperor was with the evil King Qin.

Civil and military officials did not dare to provoke the emperor at this critical juncture, and even the memorials impeaching Ning Wang Xia Yu were almost never seen.

Not until the position of crown prince was established did the civil and military officials of the Great Xia Dynasty feel relieved.

After all, Xia Chongwen inherited the kindness and tolerance of his father, the Crown Prince. The emperor named him the crown prince, which made all the officials feel relieved.

However, what worried all the officials was that, as the fourth son of the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, Prince Ning Xia Yu had become the oldest among all the kings after his three elder brothers had passed away.

Moreover, on the third day after the news of Prince Jin's death was announced, the emperor gave Prince Ning an imperial edict. In that edict, the emperor not only affirmed Prince Ning's outstanding military achievements and his ability to defend the country and maintain domestic stability, but also specially sent Prince Ning's wife out of Kyoto.

Xia Yu and his family finally reunited in Prince Ning's Mansion in Yanjing City.

Rumors once again spread in the court that Prince Ning was quite dissatisfied with the emperor's decision to appoint Xia Chongwen as the heir to the throne.

It was not until the emperor finally handed over most of the court affairs to the Crown Prince Xia Chongwen that such rumors gradually decreased.

After the three-year mourning period after the death of the crown prince was over, Shen Yuyao married Zhang Mingyu, the daughter of General Zhang, for Xia Lin'an at the Ning Wang Mansion in Yanjing City.

Another daughter of General Zhang, Zhang Mingbao, was married to the Crown Prince and was named the Crown Prince's Consort by the Emperor.

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It was the hottest summer day, and the palace maids and eunuchs were busy taking out the ice blocks stored in the winter from the cellar.

The emperor's eyes were sunken and his face was haggard, but he was still leaning over the desk.

Eunuch Li placed the ice cubes on the table and used a large round fan to blow the cold air from the ice cubes toward the emperor.

The founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty in front of him, since he named Xia Chongwen as the crown prince, has handed over almost all state affairs to him.

In recent days, the old emperor has suddenly become very busy.

He carefully read all the memorials submitted in recent days on the desk.

"Your Majesty," Eunuch Li stepped forward and advised, "It's time to rest."

The emperor hummed, raised his eyes and looked at Eunuch Li, only to find that Eunuch Li was already gray-haired. His eyes suddenly softened, "The last few questions, stop after you finish them."

"Someone come, light the lamp for your majesty." Eunuch Li's shrill voice trembled a little, "Your majesty, there are too many memorials to read."

The palace maids entered the Fengxian Hall, and for a moment, the lights in the Fengxian Hall were bright, as if it were daytime.

The emperor looked for a while, until he began to read the last memorial on the table, but suddenly he began to feel dizzy and could not see the words on it clearly.

He tilted his head back, leaned into the dragon chair, squinted his eyes for a long time before speaking: "Where is the prince? Call him in."

Eunuch Li was stunned and quickly replied, "Your Majesty, do you want to summon the Crown Prince to Fengxian Palace?"

The emperor was obviously confused, and it took him a moment to realize that his most beloved prince had been gone for six years.

"Well, come and read this memorial for me."

Eunuch Li: “Yes!”

"Get closer."

"Yes." Eunuch Li moved closer to the emperor. Although his face remained calm, he was shocked in his heart.

"Read it." The emperor's voice was full of fatigue.

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Li just read a line of words and suddenly knelt down in shock, "This..."

"Read! Is there anything else that even you, Eunuch Li, dare not read?" the emperor suddenly said angrily.

It is obvious that this memorial must contain some treasonous words.

"Your Majesty, this, this is the will you wrote yourself!"

Eunuch Li has been following the emperor since he was young. Although his temples are now gray, he can still recognize the emperor's handwriting at a glance.

"Oh? The will I wrote myself?" The emperor's face turned dark.

When did he ever write a bullshit will?

Although I do feel powerless these days, it is definitely not enough to write a will.

"Just keep reading!" the emperor's voice was terribly low.

"I know I won't live long, so I leave this will. On the day I return to the west, the kings should not come to the capital to mourn, but should stay in their fiefdoms to calm the people's hearts. This will be the greatest filial piety you can show to me." Eunuch Li's voice trembled even more.

"Good! Good! Good!"

The emperor said "good" three times in a row, which made Eunuch Li even more shocked.

Could it be that the emperor was so shocked that he became confused?

Someone is forging the imperial edict!

Despite such a heinous act, the emperor actually said three "good things" to her!

"What a good grandson! He can guess everything I'm thinking!" A chill that penetrated the heart suddenly flashed across the emperor's eyes, causing Eunuch Li beside him to shiver.

"Wanfu, please check for me quickly to see if the person in the cold palace is behaving well now?" The emperor's voice was as cold as the ice cube under Eunuch Li's fan, without a trace of warmth.

"Yes, slave, go right now!"

Eunuch Li walked out of Fengxian Hall in small steps. When he was leaving the hall, he specifically asked several young palace maids in the hall to leave.

He knew the emperor too well.

With such an expression and voice, naturally someone will be beheaded soon!

You know, there is actually no cold palace in the harem of the Emperor of Daxia.

Of course, this was not because the emperor was kind and tolerant, but because any concubine who had offended him, no matter whether she had been his favorite concubine or how high her status was, was sent away by the emperor with a three-foot white silk or a cup of poisoned wine.

There is no such thing as a cold palace!

Now there is only one person imprisoned in the emperor's harem.

That is the biological mother of the current Crown Prince, the former Crown Princess Lu of the Eastern Palace!