Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 28 Zhu Cihong's Assassination

But when they heard that Zhu Cihong was going to ascend the throne, their faces immediately became as uncomfortable as if they had eaten Xiang Xiang, because after all, this was a matter related to their own vital interests, and it was okay to be emotional, but not to move their own interests.

Zhu Cihong saw Zhu Yousong, Ma Shiying, and a few civil servants who belonged to their faction changed their faces so quickly, from a sad look to one that looked like they had eaten a catty in an instant.

It's really funny like that, it's as good as a clown in a circus, if it wasn't for biting the tip of her tongue and pinching herself with her nails, Zhu Cihong would have burst out laughing a long time ago.

"Haha, yes, what the nephew said is true." Zhu Yousong's face was almost twisted into a ball, and he smiled wryly at Zhu Cihong with his distorted mouth.

At this time, Ma Shiying and Zhu Yousong looked very uncomfortable, so he came to rescue him, and said to Zhu Cihong, "Your Highness, the coffin of the late emperor has arrived, and the monks and Taoists are waiting outside the hall. I think it's not too late."

"Why don't we call the monks into the palace now to hold water and land rituals for His Majesty? The ministers have been waiting for too long and they can't wait any longer."

Zhu Cihong didn't want to compete with Zhu Yousong, and said some useless angry words, so he agreed to Ma Shiying's words, "That's fine, so be it."

So Zhu Cihong put on hemp and filial piety, stood at the front of the officials, led them to worship Chongzhen together, and then wept for mourning.

Originally, Zhu Cihong was somewhat resistant in his heart, but when he thought that Chongzhen was indeed the father of his own body, he should cry and salute because of emotion and reason.

Besides, the Zhu family allowed him to take such a big advantage, and the prince Zhu Cihong's body was occupied by him, even if he was asked to salute and cry for Zhu Cihong now, it was justified.

So Zhu Cihong adjusted his mentality and became a good prince of Ming Dynasty and a good dutiful son of Chongzhen with peace of mind.

When Zhu Cihong led the officials to pay homage to Chongzhen, he didn't know that Ma Shiying and Zhu Yousong planned against him again, and discussed several conspiracies and tricks.

"Zhu Cihong, a little boy, thought he was buried under Li Chuang's [-] troops, but he came to Jinling alive." Zhu Yousong said viciously while clenching his fists.

"What Your Highness said is that I don't know why that guy Liu Zeqing is so useless, and let Zhu Cihong pass by, and Gao Jie, these guys are really obedient." Ma Shiying also said angrily.

Originally, in order for Zhu Yousong to inherit the great treasure and ascend the throne as emperor, they specially ordered the warlords in Jiangbei to intercept Zhu Cixiang, and preferably kill him secretly, but they did not expect that Zhu Cixiang would come back alive with such arrogance.

On the side, Fengyang garrison eunuch Lu Jiude came up with a plan and said to Zhu Yousong, "Your Majesty, since Zhu Cihong is in Jinling City, right under our noses, it will not be easy for us to get rid of him."

Ma Shiying was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect that the eunuch wanted to kill people in Jinling City, so he quickly dissuaded him and said, "No, the prince has hundreds of soldiers, and he can be escorted to Jinling, which shows that the combat power is extraordinary. I'm afraid it won't be easy for him."

Lu Jiude smiled charmingly, and said, "I didn't say to enter his mansion, but he only brought more than 200 people to the palace now."

"Are you crazy? This is the imperial palace!" Ma Shiying rushed forward and covered Lu Jiude's mouth, not daring to let him continue.

These eunuchs and eunuchs are physically incomplete and psychologically unhealthy. They all look like lunatics, and they can think of any idea of ​​the underworld.

Lu Jiude broke away from Ma Shiying and continued, "I didn't say here. We can find an excuse to move his troops away, and then intercept and kill him on the road."

After saying that, Lu Jiude made a gesture of wiping his neck, as if he was already confident about killing Zhu Cixiang.

"Okay, that's a good idea, let's do it like this." Once Zhu Yousong heard that Lu Jiude's idea was good, he killed Zhu Cihong, and it was over.

He has the assistance of the four Jiangbei towns outside, and Ma Shiying leads a group of ministers who support him inside. As long as Zhu Cihong dies, he can ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor within a week.

Even if the matter is revealed at that time, and everyone in the world knows that he killed Zhu Cihong, it doesn't matter, only he can inherit the throne, no matter how uncomfortable others feel, they can only admit it with their noses.

So after Zhu Cihong led the officials to pay homage to Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Yousong and Ma Shiying found him to talk.

"Nephew, Your Majesty's body has been placed in the coffin for a long time. Although there are ice cubes to keep the body from decomposing, but standing in the hall, there is a faint smell of corpse. Your Majesty and the Queen will be buried together in the Xiaoling Mausoleum tonight, so that Your Majesty can rest in peace, what do you think?"

Zhu Yousong first came up to ask Zhu Cihong, although he said so, but he had other ideas.

Zhu Cihong felt that this proposal was very good, and he didn't want to keep guarding Zhu Cihong's spirit all the time. It would be tiring enough to hold a ceremony and wear sackcloth and filial piety. After all, Chongzhen was not his father, so there was no need to take it too seriously.

So he said, "Okay, then listen to Uncle Huang."

King Fu saw that Zhu Cihong had fallen for the trick, and immediately said, "You are young, and Xiaoling is not full of yin, why don't you go tonight, and let your servants and guards around you replace you."

Coincidentally, these words just hit Zhu Cihong's heart, the cemetery of the dead is so unlucky, he really doesn't want to go there.

"Okay, then I'll let the crown prince Xima Li Wenkui, and Zhang Ruowang, the servant of the East Palace, take 100 people there."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Cihong ordered Liu Bao to call the two men over, hand over the task to them, and asked Zhang Yong to accompany the cavalry, and then he stayed in the palace and found a place for lunch.

In the afternoon, they continued to guard the spirits of Chongzhen and Empress Zhou. Concubine Tian Gui was in the side hall, and only King Yong was guarding there.

Because Zhu Cihong's status is higher than that of Concubine Zhitian, and the prince is the emperor's successor, theoretically only a little lower than the emperor and empress, and no one else can compare to the prince.

Soon it was night, and during the day, because the princess, King Ding, and King Yong were too sad and sad, and they were young, they fainted, so Zhu Cihong had to ask Li Jin, the prince's guest, to bring four or fifty people back to send them back.

Now when Zhu Cihong was about to go back home, there were only forty or fifty people around him, except for the bearers, there were only thirty or so people with weapons in their hands.

Sitting in the sedan chair, when he was passing through a vegetable market, he was suddenly surrounded by a group of gangsters in coarse plain clothes. There were so many of them, Zhu Cihong took a rough look and found that there were hundreds of them.

In the distance, because of the darkness, Zhu Cihong didn't know how many people there were.

"Don't panic, form a circular formation to protect the sedan chair." After Zhang Chao found out that they were surrounded, he immediately ordered the soldiers around him to form a battle formation to protect Zhu Cihong.

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