The old emperor ascended the throne on June 10th day and the morning court was not missing every day. But now the emperor has not arrived for three consecutive days. There are not many people coming from the palace in these heavens. On this day, heavy snow suddenly drifted into the sky, and heavy snow was falling down the sky, rubbing and tearing the feathers.

Two palace maids walked past the beam bridge with two Duanmu in their hands.

"Why is it snowing in September?"

"Yes, you didn't see that the lotus flowers in the lotus pond are still blooming..."

People in the palace were talking about it. In that era, the ominous snow may have been caused by some bad signs, but no one dared to say it at this time. The old emperor had felt uncomfortable as early as the New Year. Even in recent days, it was reported that the emperor fainted several times and vomited blood. Many people were talking in secret that the emperor might not live to October...

In the inner hall of Zichen Palace, the old emperor was lying on the bed with his eyes closed slightly, "Zi Tian, ​​come on."

"Father..." Shen Zitian saw his father calling him, stretched out his hand and held the old emperor's hand tightly. He has never gotten up since his father fell down the day before yesterday. Now the old father's eyebrows are already white, and the imperial doctor has no way to continue. He has continued his life. Just in the morning, Doctor Li told himself that the emperor's life has reached a precarious point.

The old emperor grabbed Shen Zitian's hand and was about to say something, but he kept coughing, almost breathless.

"You are vomiting blood again... Someone is here!! Imperial Doctor!"

"Stop screaming, cough! cough!..." The old emperor slowly moved his elbows against the wall, his voice was extremely weak, and even his eyes were not strong enough to open completely. "Chen...... Chen'er... Chen'er..." The old emperor's eyes could no longer see clearly, and even his words were not easy to speak. "He... Where is he..."

The Chen'er mentioned by the old emperor is his second prince Shen Muchen.

"Yang Cheng has made some noise recently. I took Yandong a few days ago." Shen Zitian felt very distressed when he saw his father's appearance. "The child has sent someone to inform Chen'er to come back. I guess he is already on the way back..."

The old emperor slowly lay down after hearing Zi Tian's words. He knew that he had not had much time left. His eyes gradually blurred as he looked at the ceiling, and even the wrinkled corners of his eyes were wet. "I'm afraid I... can't, let's look at him for the last time..."

After half an hour of contact, Shen Zitian saw that his father was asleep and stood up from the bed. "The person coming" whispered to the eunuch waiting outside the door, "You take care of the emperor carefully for me." Shen Zitian finished his order and walked out of the hall gate.

Outside the door is Shen Zitian's follower Ma Kui, "Your Highness, the Imperial Doctor says the emperor will not live tomorrow..."

Hearing Ma Kui say this, Shen Zitian couldn't walk any more. He stood there, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down. Even his right hand holding the ring trembled slightly because of the news, and forced his tears back to his eyes. In the end, the man just said in the most plain tone, "I understand."

"All the princesses in the palace already know, do you really need to notify Your Highness Mu Chen to return?"

Everyone in the palace knew that Shen Zitian blocked this matter in the palace because he was worried that Yang Cheng, the leader of the country, would take advantage of this opportunity, but no one knew his other purpose, and he could not let his father see Shen Muchen for the last time.

"No need to be that early." Shen Zitian looked up and looked at the sky was about to get dark, "When the sky was getting darker, then I would like to ask someone to send news."

Zitian looked around carefully, "In addition to this matter, I want you to do another thing for me..." After that, Shen Zitian whispered something in Ma Kui's ear.

"This..." Ma Kui looked upset after hearing this, "If this matter is revealed, then we...." "You have always done things only according to orders. Why do you dare to disobey orders?" Shen Zitian had long seen Ma Kui's timidity and sneered, "Don't forget your sister, whether she dies or lives depends on your performance~~" As he said that, the man fiddled with the jade ring in his hand.

"I understand, I'll go now." Ma Kui responded and turned around and walked out.

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On that night, Shen Zitian didn't close his eyes. He stayed alone by the lotus pond outside the hall for one night until the morning of the next day.

"The emperor... is dead!" Doctor Li knelt in front of the emperor's bed and cried in tears.

Shen Zitian stood straight on the bed, holding the jade ring in one hand, looking coldly at the cold body of his father's father in front of him. Tears flowed out of his eyes. The man was crying but had a cold face as usual. No one could understand him, and no one had ever walked into his heart.

The man walked out of the hall with tears marks. He still said word by word in a very plain voice, "The Emperor's death". After saying that, the endless tears washed over his cheeks and dripped onto the ground again with tears marks...

"The edict of the previous king is here!! All ministers kneel!~" Suddenly someone walked out of Zichen Hall with a yellow scroll holding a hand.

Everyone kneeled when they saw the yellow scroll edict.

The eunuch who read the eunuch's voice was pressing down on his voice and looked like a eunuch. His voice was sharp and broken, and it made people's minds. However, no one now pays attention to the eunuch's voice and is focused on the content of the eunuch. Except for Shen Zitian, everyone present kept absolute quiet, for fear of hearing every word and sentence wrong.

"I was not long after my close friend, so I wrote this edict early. I only had two princes under my knees, Tian, ​​and I looked at Chen. Although Chen'er was kind, he had no intention of inheriting the throne. I was very sad. Zi Tian, ​​my son, had the rule of this country, and he should have it in one king. After thinking about it, I will hand it over to Zi Tian in the throne after my death."

As soon as this edict was released, the ministers at the bottom began to discuss, saying that the old king loved His Highness Muchen very much during his lifetime. Before that, nearly 70% of the envoys thought that the people who would inherit the throne in the future would be Shen Muchen. Who would have thought that this time he would become His Highness Zitian?

However, no one dared to guess the thoughts of the former kings at will, and no one could guess. It was just... Although the ministers thought it was indeed inappropriate to read the edict during the period when His Highness Chen was away, no one dared to be the first to stand out and had to discuss it gently.

"Since that's the case," Prime Minister, "Please ask His Highness Zitian to ascend the throne as soon as possible in view of Yang Cheng's great threat to our country!"

When the Prime Minister said this, all the ministers put their hands in front of him, "We ask Your Highness to ascend the throne as soon as possible!"

Shen Zitian stood in front of the ministers with a cold look, looking up slightly at the sky in the distance, his eyes became even more firm.
Chapter completed!