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An emperor who looks down on all nations, an emperor who follows his father's example and only marries one woman in his life, an emperor who is full of vigor and rebellion and only wants to live for himself, an emperor who has left the most unique and controversial reputation in history......

Now the emperor was lying quietly in front of Qin Kan, unaware of the outside world, his face was pale but the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked upward, as if he was immersed in a dream that he didn't want to wake up from. [novel.xiaoshuozu.]

The dream may be better than the reality, there are friends, lovers, parents and relatives, but there are no responsibilities that he is not willing to take on in the first place.

Everyone's face will age, everyone's youth will burn, and Zhu Houzhao made a choice for his life, he chose to freeze at the moment when his youth was about to burn out, and from then on, the eyebrows and eyes left to future generations will always be what he looked like when he was young.

It's good, like fireworks, disappearing in the world at the most brilliant moment, people can't see the ashes after he dies, but they will always remember the brilliance of his bloom.

After drinking the wine in the cup in one gulp, Qin Kan sat silently in front of the bed, letting his tears flow for a long time.

I haven't shed tears for many years, when I was the poorest and most desperate in Shaoxing, when I was chased by Dongchang Fanzi and blocked my life, when I was surrounded by 5,000 Mongolian cavalry by the Liao River and almost desperate, Qin Kan never shed tears, and what he thought about at that time was how to fight hard and earn a glimmer of life for himself.

However, today, at this moment, looking at Zhu Houzhao, who was unconscious, joyless and sad on the bed, Qin Kan finally shed tears.

How long has it been since I felt this helpless powerlessness? It's so far away that it seems like it's a past life. What about the life and death of all the souls in the world? Kill a thousand people, kill ten thousand. But after all, he couldn't save a living life.

Qin Kan only felt that a corner of his life was suddenly missing, and this corner of his life could not be made up, and his future might be bright, brilliant, and unattainable, but no matter how dazzling it was, it would be incomplete after all, because he was missing one of his most important friends.

After half a jar of wine, Qin Kan was already a little drunk, and his red eyes were staring at Zhu Houzhao's pale face. There was a glint in his eyes that couldn't tell whether it was mockery or envy.

"陛xià...... You're lying here without any worries. Do you know that if you are in turmoil because of you today? Jiangshan Sheji is yours, everything in the universe is also yours, you have the most noble power and status in the world, but you recklessly sacrifice a qiē for a hairpin. I just want to ask you. …… Do so. Is it worth it? ”

Zhu Houzhao on the bed couldn't answer him, but the corners of his mouth were still slightly raised, as if he was laughing at the vulgar mortals in the world. Among mortals, it seems that Qin Kan is also included.

Qin Kan burst into tears, but he couldn't help but feel a burst of anger in his chest, slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "You only envy mandarin ducks and don't envy immortals, right?" Only you know the love of the world, right? So you can choose this kind of moth to the fire ending without regrets, but do you know that if you fall, how many people in the world will die for the love of your children? How many innocent women and children have been displaced by your fall, or even reduced to slavery? Your children's love is so selfish, is there only Liu Liangnu on your shoulders? Where did you throw the Jiangshan Sheji that your ancestors handed down to you? ”

The movement in the hall spread outside, the door of the palace creaked open, and a little eunuch glanced inside worriedly, and saw that there seemed to be nothing abnormal inside except for Grandpa Qin's angry eyes, the little eunuch hesitated for a moment, and finally closed the palace door carefully in fear.

Looking at Zhu Houzhao, who was motionless, the anger in Qin Kan's stomach gradually subsided, and tears flowed out of his eyes again.

"Your Majesty, I've slept enough, wake up, you once said that you and I are both lifelong kings and lifelong friends, I am not a rebel, but my loyalty is not cheap, it is only effective for friends, if you don't wake up, even I can't guarantee what I will do......"

Tears accompanied by whispering, dripping to the ground, bursting out with a little sad crystal.

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Walking out of the Leopard Room Hall, Qin Kan's gaze was as cold and calm as usual, and he couldn't tell that he had just cried.

Zhang Yong, who had been waiting outside the door, hurriedly stepped forward, squeezed out a smile and led Qin Kan towards the palace gate.

"Gonggong Zhang, during the period when His Majesty is in a coma, please order the imperial doctor to treat him carefully, and the eunuchs and palace maids will serve the marquis with all their hearts, don't be slow." Qin Kan said calmly.

Zhang Yong cried: "Your Majesty is the heaven of the miscellaneous family, how dare the miscellaneous family not take care of it." ”

Qin Kan looked up at the sky, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and his eyes were a little red again: "In the most brilliant time, it is better to forget about the rivers and lakes than to forget about the temple, so it's okay, in the past fourteen years, anything he has done can always make the world stunned, this is probably the last one of his shocking events......"

The two of them had walked to a secluded and verdant shaded path outside the Leopard Room Palace, Zhang Yong saw that there was no one left and right, and suddenly knelt down towards Qin Kan, crying: "Grandpa Qin, if Your Majesty dies, I will wait for the eunuchs to come to disaster, please save me!" ”

Qin Kan was stunned and sighed gloomily.

"Father-in-law Zhang, the situation is chaotic, the sky is unpredictable, even I can only take one step at a time, let's wait patiently."

At the beginning, the miscellaneous family also felt that the ten-day period was promising, so the famous doctors of Suobei Zhili entered Beijing, but now the days are passing day by day, and His Majesty is still unconscious, and the miscellaneous family is becoming more and more desperate, Grandpa, we are afraid that there is no way out, when the new monarch ascends the throne, the reward and punishment are new, where is the world so big that we have a foothold? Grandpa, as the so-called lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the lives of the miscellaneous family are certainly dangerous, grandpa, you ...... I'm afraid it's not much better, so I beg my grandfather to think of something and save me again. Zhang Yong couldn't stop crying as he spoke.

Qin Kan's lips were pursed, but a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

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On the eighth day of Zhu Houzhao's coma, the bad news that the vassal kings in various places were about to move came to the capital one after another.

The cabinet, the celebrant supervisor, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate summoned Liu Wentai, the judge of the Tai Hospital, in the Wenhua Palace, and formally inquired about Zhu Houzhao's condition.

The ministers finally lost their hearts.

The Wenhua Hall fell into a terrible silence, and no one said a word for half an hour.

The corners of everyone's eyes twitched slightly, and everyone made a silent decision in their hearts, deciding a small event that would affect a person's honor and disgrace, and a big one would affect the fortune of the country.

After a long silence, there was a crisp and abrupt explosion in the hall, and Yang Tinghe, the first assistant to the cabinet, broke a tea cup, and everyone looked at it in amazement, but saw Yang Tinghe and the old man in tears, his body trembled violently, and a sentence burst out hard from his blood-colored lips.

"The country can't be without a king for a day, chaos is coming, and we can't wait! Summoned officials above the fourth rank in Beijing and all the nobles in Beijing to go to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors and ancestors......" Yang Tinghe's body trembled more and more, his eyes closed, and two lines of muddy old tears flowed down his cheeks, but his tone was extremely firm and resolute.

“…… Agree on the new monarch! ”

Yang Tinghe seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and after saying this, he involuntarily sat down on the chair, his forehead and face were full of water, and he couldn't tell whether it was sweat or tears.

There was silence in the hall, and everyone's expressions were stunned, as if they were still taking time to digest the shocking news, and no one spoke for half a pillar of incense.

There was a loud bang again, and Du Hong, the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, suddenly slid from the chair to the ground, and cried loudly: "Your Majesty."

As if the fuse of the powder keg had been ignited, the hall suddenly exploded, countless sorrowful and howling voices came and went, and all the powerful ministers in the hall knelt on the cold floor and cried like a group of orphaned children.

"Everyone, be silent...... Quiet! Yang Tinghe slapped the table while crying, looked around at the ministers in the hall with teary eyes, and choked up: "The country cannot be without a king, we are by no means rebellious ministers, but only for the sake of the Ming Society, we have to welcome a new monarch to ensure the stability of the society, and to set the hearts of the subjects of the world, old man...... In all conscience! In the future, if His Majesty wakes up, this responsibility will be borne by the old man! ”

The crying in the hall paused for a moment, and then the ministers said: "How can I let Yang Shoufu bear it alone, I am willing to advance and retreat with Lord Shoufu." ”

"The monarch is critically ill, the vassal king is unstable, and the new monarch will not lose the way of the ministers, and the old man is also willing to share the blessings and misfortunes with Scholar Yang!"

"This is a court discussion, the major matter of social inheritance, should it be decided by one person? Today's blessings and woes, we all bear them. ”

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The sound of gossip echoed in the hall, and Yang Tinghe's body leaned back on the chair, waving his hand tiredly, as if he had lost even the strength to speak.

The tone of welcoming the new monarch was set, and the ministers in the palace quickly entered into a discussion.

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There is hardly any suspense, and the genealogy of the Zongren Mansion records the near and far branches of the Zhu family clearly and clearly.

The first emperor of Hongzhi only had one son, Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao had no heirs, so the inheritance of the throne naturally did not have to be chosen in the branch of the first emperor of Hongzhi, simply put, if Zhu Houzhao died, the branch of the first emperor of Hongzhi would be cut off, not to mention the succession to the throne, even the incense could only end here.

The courtiers had to go back a generation to find the heir to the throne from the father of the first emperor of Hongzhi, the descendants of Emperor Xianzong, that is, the brothers of the first emperor of Hongzhi.

In fact, there is no controversy about the candidate, in less than an hour, the candidate for the new monarch has been determined, and as Yang Tinghe expected, whether it is the Zongling Lord of the Zongren Mansion or several scholars in the cabinet, the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate or the six Shangshu Shilang, there is no objection to the candidate of the new monarch.

The king of Xing in Huguang'an Luzhou, Zhu Houxi.

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