On July 20th, Emperor Liang personally led his ministers and Queen Yan to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices. In Meng Zhi's absence, the Xuanjing Division and the Forbidden Army were responsible for guarding the temple.

According to the rules of the Daliang royal family, the emperor and the queen entered the temple first, while the rest waited outside the temple.

Emperor Liang and Queen Yan walked into the Ancestral Temple, accompanied only by Gao Zhan and two eunuchs. There were four masters of the Xuanjing Division guarding the door.

After the nine people entered, the door slowly closed from the inside. Emperor Liang noticed something was wrong, and just when he was about to call out "escort", four guards from the Xuanjing Division drew out their long knives and killed the two eunuchs.

Gao Zhan was startled and quickly ran to Emperor Liang and Queen Yan, spreading his hands to protect them behind him.

"Bold, is the Xuanjing Division going to rebel? Where is Xia Jiang?" Gao Zhan shouted while holding his voice.

The four Xuanjing Division masters put down their butcher knives expressionlessly and did not continue to move.

"Here comes someone to protect you, protect you." Gao Zhan shouted deliberately loudly, hoping that people outside could hear him.

After half a day, there was no movement outside the temple, and Emperor Liang's heart gradually sank.

"Xia Jiang!?" Emperor Liang said angrily: "Come out and see me!"

Not long after, Xia Jiang and King Yu walked out of a secret door behind the Ancestral Temple.

Emperor Liang was shocked when he saw the secret door. When he saw King Yu clearly, his whole body froze.

"Your Majesty." Xia Jiang walked up to Emperor Liang with a smile and said, "I have been waiting here for a long time."

Emperor Liang glanced at Queen Yan beside him and said sadly: "Ms. Yan, are you also involved?"

Queen Yan lowered her head guiltily and silently walked to King Yu.

"Your Majesty, Jing Huan doesn't want this child either." Queen Yan said, "Jing Huan promised me that as long as you abdicate and live your life in the harem, he will serve you till the end of your life."

"Foolish woman." Emperor Liang said angrily: "This evil obstacle dares to force the palace today, so he has no intention of letting us leave the Ancestral Temple alive."

Queen Yan was shocked and turned her head to look at King Yu, only to be greeted by a pair of vicious eyes.

"Mother, please don't blame me." King Yu said sadly, "Today I, Xiao Jinghuan, am going to slay the dragon, and I must not let outsiders know about it."

Queen Yan took three steps back in disbelief. She really didn't expect that Prince Yu, whom she raised as her own son, would actually want to kill her in the end.

"Didn't you promise me that you would never kill His Majesty?"

Emperor Liang snorted coldly: "What a shame, King Jing has an army of 400,000 men. If you kill me today, King Jing will not give up easily in the future."

Xia Jiang said proudly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it now."

Prince Yu took out a small bottle and said, "Father, do you know what's in here?"

Emperor Liang snorted: "It's nothing more than poison."

King Yu praised: "My father is really smart. No wonder he has been able to sit on the throne for decades. This is the charming fragrance specially prepared for you by Mr. Xia."

Xia Jiang explained: "Although the name of Charming Incense sounds nice, it is a strange poison in the world. Anyone who takes it will fall into a state of suspended animation, like a living dead. In fact, the body of the poisoned person is already dead, but he still has one breath left."

Emperor Liang narrowed his eyes and said, "The important ministers outside the Imperial Ancestral Temple will never tolerate you and other rebellious ministers and traitors."

King Yu laughed proudly and said: "The important ministers outside the Ancestral Temple will soon be attacked by assassins. When they react, they will find that my father has been poisoned and comatose, and the medicine has no effect.

In order to protect the country and the country, the country cannot be without a king for a day, so the ministers can only take out the imperial edict of succession from the father and announce the successor in public."

Emperor Liang realized something and quickly took out the edict of succession from his body, opened it and looked at it, his eyes widened.

"How dare you tamper with the imperial edict!" Emperor Liang gritted his teeth and looked at Empress Yan angrily.

As smart as Emperor Liang, he already realized who stole the imperial edict.

"It seems that you have been planning for today for a long time? I really gave birth to a good son!" Emperor Liang snorted secretly.

King Yu slowly approached Liang Emperor and said: "Father, Emperor and Mother, please drink the charming fragrance obediently and don't force your subjects to do things they don't want to do."

Gao Zhan angrily stood in front of Emperor Liang and shouted: "As long as the old slave is here today, you can't even think of harming His Majesty."

Xia Jiang said disdainfully: "Eunuch Gao, you are a eunuch who has no power to tie a chicken. Stop trying to be brave. I will give you a pleasure later."

King Yu kicked out and wanted to kick Gao Zhan away. Unexpectedly, two people suddenly jumped out from the roof and blocked King Yu.

"Dongchang secret agent." Xia Jiang said in a deep voice.

The two Dongchang spies were arranged by Gao Zhan just as a precaution, so there were not many of them.

?They protected Gao Zhan and Emperor Liang and retreated. Unfortunately, the gate of the Imperial Ancestral Temple was guarded by four masters of the Xuanjing Division, and they could not get out at all.

"King Yu, don't hesitate. If your Majesty escapes today, we will all die."

King Yu gritted his teeth and directly captured Queen Yan, pouring the charming fragrance into her mouth.

On the other side, Xia Jiang and four of his men have surrounded the Dongchang spies.

Two fists are hard to beat with four hands. Gao Zhan brought too few people to protect Emperor Liang this time, and he soon fell to Xia Jiang's butcher's knife.

Gao Zhan himself didn't even block a single move, and was directly taken down by a master of the Xuanjing Division, who injected him with charming fragrance.

Emperor Liang was desperate at this time and could only shout to King Yu: "Prince Jing will definitely avenge me."

Hearing this, King Yu shouted angrily: "You only have Jamel Xiao in your heart. Don't forget that I am also your son. Why do you favor one over the other?"

Emperor Liang snorted coldly: "Jing Yan is both civil and military, and has a heart to help the world and the people. On the contrary, you will do whatever it takes to get the throne. The country of Liang must not be left in the hands of people like you."

King Yu was so angry that he pinched Emperor Liang's mouth and his face began to become distorted.

"Father, you forced me to do this."

Emperor Liang struggled, but unfortunately his body had long been emptied of alcohol and sex. How could he be a match for King Yu?

King Yu poured a whole bottle of charming incense into Emperor Liang's mouth, and soon his eyes closed.

Emperor Liang slowly collapsed to the ground. Except that he could breathe, he was no different from a dead person.

Xia Jiang had two Dongchang spies disguised as assassins, and he took Prince Yu out of the Ancestral Temple through a secret passage.

The important civil and military ministers outside the Ancestral Temple were suddenly attacked by a group of assassins. When the masters of the Xuanjing Division finally "repelled" the assassins and rushed into the Ancestral Temple, they saw Emperor Liang and others lying on the ground, along with the bodies of two assassins.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Four masters of the Xuanjing Division told the minister that Emperor Liang was assassinated and was hit by a poisonous arrow.

The minister immediately asked the imperial physician to diagnose and treat Emperor Liang, who concluded that Emperor Liang was too deeply poisoned and was destined to never wake up in this life.

King Yu came after "hearing the news", hugged Emperor Liang and cried bitterly, looking like a filial son.

When the news reached Zhiluo Palace, Concubine Jing immediately realized that Emperor Liang had been assassinated by King Yu.

A palace maid walked up to Concubine Jing and said: "Your Majesty is unconscious. The ministers will soon take out the edict of succession behind the plaque and support the new monarch on the throne. My dear concubine, you'd better leave the palace first! People from the Jiangzuo Alliance

Reception outside the palace."

Concubine Jing sat there calmly, motionless, with no intention of getting up.

"I can't leave." Concubine Jing said calmly: "If I leave, Prince Yu will really be able to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, occupying the rightful position."

The palace maid said anxiously: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing and the sect leader's plan is for me to protect the empress and leave."

Concubine Jing shook her head and said, "Only by staying in the palace can I help Jing Yan."

The palace maid was so anxious that she was ready to knock Concubine Jing unconscious and carry her out of the palace, but she found that before she could do anything, her hands and feet began to become weak.

"Xiaoxue, I have arranged for someone to take you out of the palace. You can sleep peacefully for a while!" Concubine Jing took off the sachet from her body and put it on the palace maid Xiaoxue.

After finishing everything, Concubine Jing got up and went to the Empress Dowager's palace first.

In the front hall of the palace, the civil and military ministers gathered together, and it was already a mess.

Emperor Liang was in a coma, his ministers had no backbone, and no one knew what to do.

"The country cannot live without a king for a day. I think we should take down the edict of passing the throne, first determine the prince, and let the prince take charge of the overall situation." Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites suggested.

"That's inappropriate. Your Majesty is just in a coma and has not died. It is inconsistent with etiquette to take the edict of passing the throne now." The Shiro of the Ministry of Rites disagreed.

"A country cannot live without a king for a day. Your Majesty is acting like this. How can we delay military and state affairs?" shouted the Minister of Industry.

No one in the group could make up their mind, so they could only turn their attention to King Yu.

In the absence of Prince Jing, Prince Yu, the Qizhu Prince, is the person with the highest status.

"My father, the Queen, and my Queen were killed. I really have no intention of dealing with state affairs. It is better for the ministers to discuss the outcome!" King Yu pretended to be sad.

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and you don’t know what to do for a moment.

Xia Jiang took the initiative to stand up and said: "Daliang is in a troubled time. The war in the north has not ended yet, and the East China Sea Kingdom has not withdrawn its troops. Military and state affairs cannot be delayed for a day. In my opinion, since the medicine is ineffective, your Majesty should first establish the

Crown Prince, let the Crown Prince take charge of important affairs."

Someone took the lead, and Prince Yu's party all agreed. For a time, the majority of ministers agreed to take out the imperial edict.

The Minister of Rites invited Zong Zheng of the Zongren Mansion to take down the edict behind the plaque in the main hall in public, and took out the edict that Emperor Liang carried with him for verification.

After the six ministers and Zongzheng checked the edict in public, they confirmed that Xiao Jinghuan, the famous king, would succeed him as emperor.

Xia Jiang even shouted in public: "The crown prince has been decided, but you guys haven't paid your respects to the new prince yet."

King Yu was overjoyed and was about to say a few words in a fake tone when he heard a voice coming into the palace.

"The royal concubine has arrived!"

King Yu twitched the corner of his mouth and swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

Concubine Jing slowly walked into the hall, supported by all the palace ladies and eunuchs.
To be continued...