Chapter 1143: The Truth About Poisoning (24)
Yelu Bawotai read a lot from Shi Xiaozhong's eyes.
In fact, from the moment General Su Wei entered the field with his edict held high, he couldn't help but panic in his heart, if General Su Wei resolutely supported Yelu Yanxi and used Yelu Hongji's edict as evidence to force him to return the throne to Yelu Yanxi, he didn't know what to do.
Let it out? That's impossible. He spent so much effort and brains, and endured for so many years, so that on this day, he could ascend the throne.
But if he refused, he would leave a reputation for relieving the throne, although in front of him, the ministers all supported him as the new emperor.
Yelu Bawotai is not stupid, he naturally knows in his heart that these courtiers did not oppose him because his wolf army is here, but what about the future? There will always be rumors that will be created to satirize his behavior today.
What's even more terrifying is that Xiao Sabi's remnants will set off a wave of rebellion against him, and even those small tribes will have to stand up again, and chaos in the Liao State is inevitable.
It wasn't what he wanted.
Fortunately, when General Su Wei looked at him, he seemed to have told him that he had surrendered.
Directly handing over Yelu Hongji's two edicts to Yelu Bawotai, instead of anyone else, may seem like a small detail, but the content contained in such details is indeed very complex and rich, Yelu Yanxi can't understand it, and he still has fantasies, that's because he is too stupid.
A person like Yelu Bawotai can premeditate such a big plan to seize power, how can he not understand the deep meaning of General Suwei's move?
The ministers knelt on the ground, and only Yelu Bawotai stood in place, nervously opening Yelu Hongji's two edicts.
The first edict he saw made him a little surprised, it turned out to be for his new aunt Yang Huairen, and directly gave Yang Huairen, a Song man, a prince like the king of the south, and gave him a fief of the land of the two states for the first time, which made Yelu Bawotai a little crying and laughing.
But after thinking about it, Yelu Bawotai seemed to figure it out quickly.
The reason why Yelu Hongji summoned Yang Huairen to enter the account just now seems to be revealed in this will, and it seems that it is not difficult to guess that Yelu Hongji should let Yang Huairen, a person who can remain neutral and have enough wisdom at the same time, to find out the truth of the poisoning, and then promised to give him certain benefits after finding out the truth.
Yang Huairen did use his reasoning to prove the "truth" that Xiao Sabi poisoned Yelu Hongji and took the opportunity to rebel, which can be regarded as fulfilling Yelu Hongji's requirements for him.
Now that he had left him an edict to satisfy his conditions, perhaps it was just an exchange of interests between two people, and when he thought of this, Yelu Bawotai felt that there was nothing strange about it.
And when Yelu Bawotai saw the names of those two states, he also put his mind at ease, as the king of the Southern Courtyard, Canzhou and Mozhou were under his rule, and the actual situation could not be clearer, saying that it was two states, but in fact there were only two counties.
Yang Huairen is now his son-in-law of Chenglong, and he is also the confidant of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the land given to him is at the junction of Song and Liao, and under the nose of his Xijin Mansion, Yelu Bawotai will not worry about anything.
In the long run, maintaining a peaceful and friendly relationship with the Song Dynasty at present will also be of great benefit to his smooth succession to the throne and the stability of the government.
When the second edict was opened, Yelu Bawotai saw Yelu Yanxi's name, but at this time he calmed down, but he didn't panic at all.
Subconsciously, Yelu Bawotai glanced at the general of the guard who was kneeling on the ground waiting for him to recite the holy decree, and nodded with satisfaction.
Sure enough, as he expected, Yelu Hongji, the old guy, still wanted to pass the throne to Yelu Yanxi, and if this edict fell into the hands of someone else first, he would be nervous.
But General Su Wei handed it over to him, and the intention was self-evident.
Yelu Bawotai felt that maybe this was the will of heaven, or rather, what does it mean to conform to the will of the people, this is to conform to the will of the people, even Yelu Hongji's most trusted general Su Wei stood on his side at this moment, so what could stop him from achieving great things?
Yelu Bawotai first read it silently, and then read out the two edicts aloud.
Yang Huairen listened to Yelu Hongji's edict and snickered in his heart.
First, he felt that Yelu Yanxi could not succeed to the throne as emperor, which meant that he did not achieve Yelu Hongji's last wishes, and in their deal, he did not meet all the conditions, and he could not get the land for two weeks.
But what Yelu Bawotai read out was the version they had agreed on in the Golden Horde just now, even though in fact he did not meet the two conditions proposed by Yelu Hongji, he still got the title of the king of the south and the fiefs of the two states.
The ministers of the Liao State were also secretly surprised by such a strange edict, Yelu Hongji's wish was to give a Song man the prince of the Liao State, and anyone who listened to it was inevitably a little puzzled, of course, he was also very unconvinced.
But soon everyone gradually figured out the reason why Yang Huairen could be given the title of king of the south, and used a piece of reasoning to prove that Xiao Sabi rebelled, such a skill is not something that any person can have, and such a credit, it seems that it is not too much to be crowned a prince.
Besides, now that Yelu Bawotai is about to succeed to the throne as emperor, Yang Huairen is the golden knife horse of his only precious daughter, who dares to stand up and raise objections?
In fact, everyone doesn't care much about this edict, Yang Huairen is also a Khitan colt anyway, and he can be regarded as half of his own people, think about it carefully, although the prince is a little higher, his actual power is not great, and there is no infringement and impact on everyone's interests, so everyone acquiesces.
And the other edict is what they are more concerned about.
The edict is actually not long, maybe it is a special period, the holy decree is not so cumbersome and lengthy, but Yelu Bawotai is read impassionedly, maybe the "Emperor Sun Yelu Yanxi" is read as "the king of the Southern Courtyard Yelu Bawotai", it is not so difficult to say.
When the ministers heard this, even Yelu Hongji felt that Yelu Yanxi did not have enough ability to succeed to the throne, but instead left the throne to Yelu Bawotai, even if he had some doubts in his heart, he didn't want to do anything more.
That's it, that's good, that's probably everyone's voice.
Except, of course, Yelu Yanxi. Hoping to be broken once, maybe he could still accept it, but it was broken twice in a row, and there was not even any scum left, which shattered his last meaning of life.
Yelu Yanxi suddenly stood up, laughed loudly, and then ran wildly with a smirk until he hit his head on the edge of a table and died.