Chapter 523 (2/2)

A minister in his late 60s stepped out, clutching his neck and said, ”the emperor's succession to the throne is the legacy of the former Emperor! Even though the great Yan state has declined in recent years and our governance has been weak, the merits and demerits of the emperor's heavenly family can't be discussed by you wolves with unknown ambitions!”

”I Xie Heng want to kill people. Why bother?” Xie Heng took the sword back, and a cold arc came up at the corner of his mouth. His voice said in a low voice: ”the hand rises and the sword falls, but for a moment!”

All the ministers shut their mouths and their hands trembled in their sleeves.

In front of the ruins, there were a large number of people, but there was not even one who was angry loudly.

”Who just said that Zhao Yi succeeded to the throne in accordance with the last imperial edict? Stand up!”

At this moment, the angry voice of the old county Lord came from afar.

Xie Heng and the others looked back one after another. Xu Hongwu, an old county Duke with gray sideburns, and he Xingbang, a 70 year old Nan'an Hou, marched side by side.

Both of them have the highest seniority in Dijing city. They usually walk slowly. If they like to talk to others, they will say more. If they don't like to talk, they can't hear clearly.

At the moment, he was dressed in the imperial clothes that had been pressed at the bottom of the box for many years. When he walked towards the people, he walked steadily, and his old body looked particularly loose as bamboo.

He Xingbang said angrily, ”in those days, Zhao Yi forced the palace to seize the throne, and the king of regicide destroyed the back palace. In order to cover up his crime, he killed all the loyal officials and good generals of the Manchu Dynasty! Now... Have the face to say that the former Emperor passed the throne?”

The ministers were speechless for a moment.

”There is indeed an imperial edict to pass the throne, but...” Xu Hongwu held a white imperial edict in his hand, stared at the old emperor and said clearly: ”the imperial edict set up when the former Emperor was in power was the princess of Changning!”

As soon as this remark was made, everyone was in an uproar.

Xie Heng held his sword in his negative hand and looked up at the sky.

Xu Hongwu's imperial edict slowly unfolded in his hand, and Lang said: ”carry it by heaven, the emperor ordered: Emperor's daughter Zhao Chengan...”

In the middle of his reading, the old emperor put his hand on the handrail and struggled to get up. He jumped on the old Duke and knocked him to the ground.

The old emperor grabbed the imperial edict, and his voice seemed to squeeze out of his throat: ”Xu Hongwu! I have always treated you well...”

Xu Hongwu couldn't move for a moment.

Xie Xuan strode forward, grabbed the imperial edict held by the old emperor, and then unfolded it. Without expression, he continued to read out: ”emperor daughter Zhao Chengan, loyalty, filial piety, trust, literature, martial arts and strategy, can be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, inherit the world of Zhao, and... The throne!”

When the last word fell, the old emperor collapsed to the ground as if he had lost all his strength.

Just now, how justifiable and how embarrassing it was when the throne edict came out.

When the ministers heard the speech, they suddenly had no opinions and talked one after another: ”how could this happen... How could it happen?”

Xie Heng's eyes were like frost. He turned around and split the Royal chariot with a sword.

The wooden beams of the brocade tent were scattered, and the angry young man said in a deep voice: ”the thieves have disturbed our country for 20 years. Today, if there are blind followers, they will be divided into five horses!”