visit my brother as Empress Dowager commanded."He Ta physician arched his hand and stepped aside, saying: "The Ninth Prince just took the medicine, Eighth Prince please come in. Just that the Ninth P...Chapter 1073: Is He Going to Ascend the Throne

Li Chen did not expect the third imperial edict to be empty.

A blank imperial edict, with only the national seal and the private seal of the Great Emperor at the end.

In other words, now no matter who receives this imperial decree, and whatever is written on it, as long as the national seal and private seal are authentic, then it is the emperor's will.

Li Chen couldn't help but look at the great emperor.

The emperor lay on his sickbed, weak and frail, but he still smiled as he watched Li Chen read through three imperial edicts.

Seeing Li Chen looking over, the Taishang Emperor beckoned.

The movement was slight and weak, but enough for Li Chen to understand.

Li Chen immediately walked over, lifted the corner of his clothes, and knelt by the bedside.

“The third imperial edict requires you to write it.”

The Great Emperor strained to enunciate each word clearly.

Li Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Since he has been in charge of overseeing the country, there have been numerous imperial edicts issued.

Although the final seal was also an imperial seal, it was issued in the name of the prince after all.

But this imperial decree was different; it was issued in the name of the Great Emperor himself.

Li Chen understood the emperor's meaning.

This imperial edict, no matter what Li Chen writes in it, possesses undeniable authority. Throughout the land, no one dares to defy this imperial edict, enveloping Zhao Xuanji.

Even Li Chen had the guts, he could directly write this imperial edict as an abdication decree.

"What should I write, Father" asked Li Chen.

The great emperor smiled and looked at him, saying, "What do you want to write"

The seemingly superficial back-and-forth questioning is actually a test.

The exam question was trivial for Li Chen.

The great emperor had just said that an emperor must learn to be ruthless, and this examination was testing Li Chen's temperament.

"Slay Fu Yu-chih and Chang Pi-wu, cut off the wings of the Inner Council, purge the court factions, and restore governance to the Prince."

Li Chen's words were incredibly bold.

Especially the last sentence of restoring power to the prince, it can be said to be a complete rebellion.

Because the position of [the prince] was not meant for a prince, but for an emperor.

But the Emperor was greatly pleased when he heard it.

He said with effort, "If I were ten years younger, your words would cost you your head."

But now, I am pleased, for you are not a man of indecision.

"For an emperor, it is better that he be cruel and capricious than indecisive and cowardly."

"You dare kill these people Very well."

"You dare speak to me in such a manner All the better."

After saying this, Emperor Daheng suddenly began to gasp for breath.

His eyes bulged, popping out of his thin and withered face, making him look terrifyingly eerie.

Stretching out a thin hand like a chicken's claw, the Da-xing Emperor struggled to say, “I... I... my time... is running out..."

"Father, please don't speak. I will call the imperial physician at once."

"The imperial physician is useless!"

The great emperor was nearly shouting, his neck bulging with veins. Under the loose and sagging skin, they looked like thick earthworms, grotesquely terrifying to the extreme.

Heaven knows how miserable the emperor must be at this time, his pain and illness tormenting even such a majestic figure.

Seeing the Emperor in imminent danger, Li Chen's heart pounded wildly.

Could it be that today is the day I ascend the throne

But Li Chen always felt that something was wrong.

It seems I've overlooked something important.

At this moment, Li Chen saw that Sanbao was kneeling beside him, still holding the Great Emperor's hand tightly. He was shocked.

The Great Emperor once said, "The Three Treasures cannot be kept!"r of the cabinet among three ministries. He also divides the emperor's edicts, replies to petitions and powers of administrative institutions, making them clear-cut and non-interfering with each other...