"Lord, the emperor has passed away!"

In the evening, Li Xiake was reviewing memorials with several ministers in the palace study. A Jinyiwei ran over quickly and whispered in his ear: "Justice coughed up blood just now, and he didn't breathe in one breath, and he went!"

"What?"

Li Xiake was slightly stunned: "Did you die? Why do you die if you say you die?"

He stood up, glanced at the ministers in the study room, and whispered: "Everyone, let's go and have a look!"

Since Li Xiake took control of the court, Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen has been depressed and his body has been getting worse day by day. In recent years, he has been very poor and has never stopped the medicine.

Li Xiake has been in this dynasty for ten years. In addition to governing the country, he collected medical classics and Buddhist scriptures. Now, both in martial arts and medical skills, he has reached an extremely skilled level. When Zhu Qizhen was in physical condition, he also discussed this matter with some imperial physicians and unanimously determined that Zhu Qizhen's life would be short and he would die within three years.

But now there is a big problem, that is, Zhu Qizhen may be due to his health. He has never had a descendant. After so many years of reign, there have been so many palace maids and concubines, but he has not been able to give birth to a son. However, the country cannot be without a king for a day. If Zhu Qizhen dies, one must have one person to inherit his throne. There are two voices in the court. One is to select a suitable person from the vassal kings of various places to inherit the throne, and the other is to use Li Xiake to imitate Wang Mang to replace the Zhu family, change the dynasty, and change the Zhu family to the Li family.

Among these two plans, the first plan is being implemented secretly. In recent years, Jinyiwei and the people in the East Factory have been closely following the vassal kings and the vassal kings themselves. They have reported to Li Xiake in every detail that they are qualified to inherit the throne. Li Xiake will personally determine who is qualified to inherit the throne.

The second plan to usurp the throne was rejected by Li Xiake. He had no ambitions for the throne. If it weren't for the sake of the Chinese people in the future, he would have left long ago. The emperor, the most difficult profession in the world, would have done whoever wants to do it!

But now everything is not ready, Zhu Qizhen passed away, which is a bit unexpected.

Li Xiake and several ministers came to the deep palace. When the eunuchs and guards in the palace saw Li Xiake, they all bowed their heads and did not dare to say much. The ministers who followed Li Xiake into the palace were secretly shocked and had a very intuitive understanding of Li Xiake's overwhelming power.

When they arrived at the yard where the emperor was sleeping, they heard several uncontrollable crying sounds. When everyone entered the room, they saw several concubines kneeling on the ground and at a loss. The queen was lying on the bed and sobbing quietly, and her body kept trembling.

When he noticed that Li Xiake and others entered the room, several concubines and the queen slowly stood up and saluted Li Xiake. Li Xiake waved his hand, walked to the edge of the dragon bed and touched Zhu Qizhen's pulse, and sighed: "Your Majesty is indeed returning to heaven! Empress, what important instructions do you have when Your Majesty is leaving?"

The queen's eyes were swollen and she sobbed, "Your Majesty said, he wrote you a letter."

Li Xiake said: "Oh? Where is it?"

The queen said, "It's in the treasure chest in the next room."

She pointed to the side room and said, "The ivory box inside is just inside. I dare not open it privately, so I also asked Lord Li to pick it up in person."

Li Xiake nodded: "It's hard for Your Majesty to think about the old minister!"

Although he was still young at this time, his mental age was already over forty years, and he had been in charge of the government for many years. He claimed to be an "old minister". Although it was a bit inconsistent with his age, it was not too abrupt.

He strides to the side room and sees a camphor wooden shelf in the corner of the wall. There is an ivory box with extremely exquisite decoration on it. Li Xiake reached out and held the ivory box in his hand. Just as he was about to open it, a sudden change occurred!

The ground suddenly shook, and suddenly there were iron fences on all sides falling from the sky. Then lime powder was scattered on it, and flying needles and arrows shot up from the small holes on the ground. However, at this moment, all the ambushed information was touched. When lime fell from the sky, another stream of black liquid spurted out from the corner of the wall, covering Li Xiake's whole body. A flash of fire had already ignited the liquid. In a moment, Li Xiake became a ball of fire!

Suddenly burst into tears!

Among the several ministers, someone shouted: "Empress, what's going on?"

"Who is plotting against Lord Li?"

"You guys are so brave!"

"Look at how it's going on!"

"Put the fire!"

Amid the panic words of these ministers, a middle-aged eunuch slowly walked out of the door with floating dust in his hand and smiled and said, "Our Qian Yun has met you all!"

A minister grabbed Qian Yun's sleeve and said anxiously: "Qian Yun, find someone to put out the fire! Lord Li Xiake is already burning now!"

Qian Yun shook his head and gently took the minister's palm away, with a proud look on his face: "It's too late, Lord Wang!"

He touched the gem ring on the other hand with one hand and smiled: "I spent a lot of hardships on this Western Region tincture that people bought it. When this tincture burns out in flames, even steel can burn red. No matter how powerful Li Xiake is, he is still a mortal fetus. He has been burned long ago!"

After hearing Qian Yun's words, several ministers changed their faces and slowly calmed down. One of them shouted sternly: "Qian Yun, did you arrange this information in the agency? Are you going to kill Lord Li? You are so brave!"

Qian Yun's smile disappeared and he said coldly: "Mr. Wen, what are you saying? Li Xiake controlled the gang and caused trouble to the world. He used the emperor to order all officials to be forgiven. He should have been cut into pieces long ago! I killed him today to kill this thief for the world! What's wrong with me?"

He laughed and said, "This side room was cast from above and was made of fine iron. We built it secretly bit by bit. Hehe, it took ten years to get the news of this agency. No matter how capable Li Xiake is, can he still break these iron fences? Even if he can break the iron fence, he still needs to burn it into black charcoal! Hehe, once this person dies, I, the Ming Dynasty, will naturally be able to make trouble and get on the right track."

A minister said angrily: "You guy, you know nothing! Now that Lord Li is in charge of the court, the world will be in chaos. If he dies, all of you will die without a place to bury!"

He was so angry that he shivered: "Whether it is the court, the country, the country, or the generals of the military headquarters, who are not respectful and afraid of Lord Li? If he dies, the world will inevitably be in chaos! Then rebels will rise everywhere, and there will be one in the Forbidden City, and no one can survive!"

Qian Yun was stunned, narrowed his eyes slightly, and sneered: "Mr. Liu, are you a little alarmist? You are not happy if I killed Li Xiake? What is the reason? Are you loyal to the emperor or the treacherous charity Li Xiake?"

Several court officials had already understood what was going on at this time. They looked at each other and said, "Qian Yun, you are very wrong! This world is the world of the world, not the world of one family! If you kill Lord Li this time, the world will be in chaos in the future, and you will be the culprit!"

While they were talking, two people wanted to go to the side room to rescue Li Xiake, but the heat waves were rolling and it was difficult to get close for a while.
Chapter completed!