Chapter 4235 4237 [Ceremony of Abdication]

"Mother, I'm here to save you." Yun Luo entered the Shoukang Palace where the Queen Mother lived. After seeing the Queen Mother, he said excitedly, "Come on, follow me quickly, let's leave here."

"Yun Luo, Shi Fei, Duan Aiqing... Why are you here? Did you save the emperor?" The Queen Mother was also surprised to see them and asked hurriedly.

Duan Tianya told them their plan with a little embarrassment. After they rescued the emperor and the Queen Mother, they would find a place where few people go to settle them down.

With the care of Yun Luo and Cheng Shi Fei, ordinary bandits and bandits dared not make things difficult for them. And they could take some silver bills out of the palace, which was enough for a lifetime of luxury.

This is better than being secretly executed by the God after abdicating.

As the saying goes, there is no two suns in the sky. Since ancient times, emperors who abdicated rarely have a good ending.

Liu Yu of the Northern and Southern Dynasties forced Sima Dewen, the Emperor Gong of Jin, to abdicate, and killed him two years later; his descendant Liu Zhun, the Emperor Shun of Song, abdicated to Xiao Daocheng, but was killed less than a month later; Emperor He of Southern Qi was executed on the same day after abdicating...

Even if he abdicated to his own descendants, there was no good ending.

For example, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, abdicated to his son, Li Heng, and then was placed under house arrest in Xingqing Palace, and finally died alone;

Song Xiaozong Zhao Shen abdicated the throne to his son, Emperor Guangzong of Song, Zhao Dun, but after Emperor Guangzong of Song ascended the throne, he showed no respect to his father at all, and did not ask about Zhao Shen even when he was seriously ill and dying...In the end, Zhao Shen died of grief and anger.

Therefore, the result of Emperor Zhengde abdicating to his uncle was definitely not good, and he could not escape the fate even if he escaped the first day.

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“No, I won’t leave. I can’t leave.” After hearing the whole plan, the Queen Mother refused categorically, “I was born under the control of the late emperor, and I will be buried with him even after I die. No matter how ambitious the Divine Marquis is, he will bury me with the late emperor after I die. On the contrary, if I go with you, can I be buried with the late emperor after I die?”

“Mother, staying alive is important.” Yun Luo advised.

“No, death is nothing to me.” The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, “But after I die, I must be buried with the late emperor. I will be the Queen Mother of the Ming Dynasty until I die.”

“Mother~” Yun Luo said reluctantly again.

“Let’s go, go.” The Queen Mother waved her hand and said.

Xiang Nan, Duan Tianya, Haitang and others looked at each other and finally nodded.

Xiang Nan could understand the Queen Mother’s obsession.

In life, one either seeks glory before death or fame after death.

The Queen Mother had a life of wealth and glory, with fine clothes and delicious food, and she enjoyed endless enjoyment. Now the only thing she can worry about is what will happen after her death.

Even if Zhu Wusi usurps the throne, she will be buried with great ceremony after her death as the empress dowager, because of the public opinion.

Once she leaves the palace, she will be an ordinary old woman from now on, and even she may not be able to see the light of day. She will have to hide for the rest of her life, fearing that she will be discovered by the people of Shen Hou.

The worst thing is that she cannot be buried with the late emperor after her death. So she would rather stay in the palace.

…

Then, Cheng Shifei and others left the palace and went to the Temple of Heaven, preparing to rescue the emperor after the abdication ceremony.

When they arrived at the Temple of Heaven, they saw that the abdication ceremony was still going on.

The emperor had already issued an edict of abdication, and Shen Hou, wearing a dragon robe and a crown, had already sat on the dragon throne and began to accept the congratulations of the ministers.

"I really can't believe that my godfather would do such a thing." Haitang couldn't help but sigh when she saw this scene.

In the past, Shen Hou always taught them to be loyal to the emperor and love the country, but now he himself is plotting to usurp the throne. He really says one thing and does another, which is unexpected.

"He has done more than one dirty thing." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "When I went to save my sister-in-law yesterday, I entered Shen Hou's secret clan room and saw his own notebook.

It turns out that twenty years ago, Gu Santong did not kill the eight major sects and 108 masters. The one who killed them was Shen Hou. He used the power-absorbing fa to absorb their power, and then killed them and put the blame on Gu Santong."

"What?!" Everyone was shocked when they heard it, "It turns out that the culprit of the Taihu tragedy twenty years ago was Shen Hou?!"

"Ha, it turned out to be him, no wonder Master always refuses to accept him, it turns out that he did it." Cheng Shifei said angrily, "It's so despicable, he actually hurt my Master like this."

"No wonder Shen Hou refused to pass on his martial arts to us, it turns out that he practiced the evil power-absorbing fa." Duan Tianya also sighed.

Sucking the power of the great fa, taking advantage of others, harming others for his own benefit, and taking the martial arts that others have worked hard to cultivate for themselves, can be said to be quite insidious and selfish.

No wonder Shen Hou has always been so secretive about his martial arts, even his closest adopted sons don't know, so that's it!

"That's strange, since Shen Hou's martial arts are so high, why did he lose to Cao Zhengchun that day? Is Cao Zhengchun's martial arts higher than Shen Hou's?" Haitang asked puzzled.

"The reason why he pretended to be defeated was to let Cheng Shifei use the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art again." Xiang Nan explained, "Because he thought that the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art could only be used five times, and using it once would be one less time, and he would have one less threat."

"So that's it, it's so cunning." Cheng Shifei couldn't help but say angrily when he heard it.

...

At this time, a burst of music sounded, and the abdication ceremony ended.

Emperor Zhengde was stripped of his dragon robe, stuffed into a car, and directly transported to Guilin in western Guangdong for house arrest.

After Zhengde abdicated, he was honored as King of Jingjiang and his vassal state was established in Guilin.

At that time, Guilin was located in the southern border. Although it was known as the Southwest Meeting House, it was naturally far inferior to the prosperous places such as the capital, Jiangnan, and Jinling.

More importantly, when he went there, he was also under house arrest. When time passed and people forgot about this "former emperor", the gods would issue a secret decree to get rid of him.

Or, simply don't wait and send someone to kill him on the road. Say that he died of fatigue from traveling, or the miasma in the south.

Anyway, who would care about the life or death of an outdated "emperor".

So Xiang Nan and others prepared to rescue the emperor after the abdication ceremony to prevent him from being killed halfway.

Therefore, when they saw the emperor being taken away by the car, they immediately followed.

The carriage sped southward from the Temple of Heaven. There were more than a hundred guards on both sides of the carriage. It can be said that the defense was quite strict. The emperor could never escape by his own strength.

It can be seen that Zhu Wushi did not arrange slaves and maids for Zhengde, and even did not let the queen, concubines and others accompany him. It can be seen that he is cruel and can't wait to send Zhengde away.

"Shen Hou is too cruel. After all, the emperor is his nephew." Haitang was soft-hearted and couldn't help cursing when she saw this scene.

"Since ancient times, there has been no father and son in the royal family. Now the emperor's throne is also taken from his nephew by Emperor Yongle." Xiang Nan pouted.