My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 508 - 340 Election Results
Zhao Country.
Capital City.
A major news spread from the palace, causing immense waves among the common people and the court in an instant.
The election, originally one and a half months away, has been moved up to three days later.
Those bearing the national destiny will not live long.
The Emperor's health has sharply declined in recent years, and no medical school methods could restore it. Only by abandoning the throne could he possibly live a few more years.
Therefore, he set the election date a year ago.
But right now, if he continues to bear the national destiny, the Emperor may not survive the next month.
Thus, the election had to be advanced.
Each prince's mansion received this news immediately.
King Shun, King An, and King Xiang, upon hearing this, all remained quite calm.
Whether it's a month earlier or later, for them, the result would not change.
King Sheng Mansion.
After listening to the eunuch delivering the decree, King Sheng was momentarily stunned and couldn't help but exclaim: "Great!"
The eunuch glanced at him, and King Sheng realized that with his father gravely ill, his excitement seemed inappropriate.
He immediately restrained his joy and solemnly said: "This King understands."
Once the eunuch departed, he excitedly clenched his fist.
In three days, he would ascend the throne!
The King Sheng Mansion was also in a joyous uproar.
From the current situation, they could already celebrate in advance.
Princess Mansion.
In the small courtyard, the three remained silent.
Li Nuo was excited with expectation. After all, this was his first participation in the battle for the throne, and after much hard work, in three days, it would finally bear fruit.
Zhao Zhiyi was more at a loss, aside from feeling nervous.
After the election, would he need to leave?
What path should she take next?
Song Yiren pressed her lips together, a trace of reluctance in her eyes.
Was it time to return?
Fake is always fake, no matter how beautiful the dream, there is always a time to wake up...
...
The three days passed quickly.
At dawn, as the sky just lit up, all the officials of the capital gathered at the palace gate.
Today, they would witness the birth of the new emperor here.
At 7 a.m., the palace gates slowly opened, and the officials entered in an orderly fashion, standing in the square before the hall according to their ranks.
The four princes stood at the forefront of the crowd.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Si presided over the ceremony before the election began.
The election is one of the most important events of the Zhao court, with numerous and intricate procedures. After an hour, a dull bell sounded, and the election officially began.
Officials of fifth-rank and above entered the main hall one by one to vote.
In the center of the hall was a square table.
On the table were brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and a red wooden box.
The voting officials had to write the title of the person they were voting for, such as King Shun, King An, King Xiang, King Sheng, etc., and then put the paper into the wooden box.
Two teams of Imperial Guards were stationed on either side of the hall.
Although they couldn't see whom the officials were voting for, they ensured no extraneous actions occurred, guaranteeing the fairness of the vote.
After one official finished voting and left the hall, the next one could enter.
The expressions of the four princes in front of the crowd varied.
King Sheng was grinning widely, nodding and smiling at each official who walked out of the hall, seemingly confident of his victory.
The other three princes remained expressionless, as if resigned to their fate.
Not until just past 11:00 a.m., with nearly two hundred officials having finished voting, did the process finally conclude.
The votes were counted by the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, supervised by officials from the Imperial Censorate.
As the hall doors slowly closed, all the officials outside felt their hearts beat faster.
Inside the hall, the eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs took out all the ballots and began counting them.
Princess Zhaoyang, King An, Princess Zhaoyang, King Shun, King An, Princess Zhaoyang, Princess Zhaoyang...
After counting just seven votes, the eunuchs were stunned on the spot.
Out of these seven votes, Princess Zhaoyang already had four.
How could anyone vote for Princess Zhaoyang?
While there were indeed many calls among the populace for Princess Zhaoyang to participate, why did these officials take it seriously?
As more ballots were counted, the expressions of the eunuchs grew increasingly terrified.
Princess Zhaoyang, Princess Zhaoyang, Princess Zhaoyang... so many votes were for Princess Zhaoyang.
By the time over half the votes were counted, Princess Zhaoyang's total was nearly equal to the combined votes of the other princes.
In their panic, the eunuchs failed to notice the calm expressions of the officials from the Imperial Censorate as if this outcome had long been anticipated.
Soon, all the votes were counted.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs tallied the results multiple times, and the result was the same each time.
King Shun: 28 votes, King An: 41 votes, King Xiang: 22 votes, King Sheng: 19 votes.
Princess Zhaoyang: 83 votes.
This result was beyond everyone's expectations.
No one dared to announce this result directly.
The Eunuch Supervisor gave a signal, and a young eunuch quickly stood up and hurried out through the back door of the hall.
After passing through a square and several corridors, he arrived at a palace and respectfully said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has an important matter to report to the Emperor." ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
At the entrance, an old eunuch glanced at him, then turned and walked into the palace, returning moments later to say: "Enter."
The eunuch walked cautiously into the palace, passing through a small courtyard filled with flowers, entering a quiet room. He looked up, bowed, and said: "Greetings, Your Majesty. Greetings, State Preceptor!"
