Chapter 23
An Ning knew the truth about the conspiracy of Prince Rui's Mansion, but she couldn't tell the emperor that way, An Ning played the emotional card.

An Ning said: "I know I shouldn't bother father, but Anshun and I have always been on good terms. If you kill her father, my relationship with her will be completely gone. Besides, my daughter doesn't know what to say or not. "

The emperor said: "Tell me, what else can I say to my father."

An Ning said: "My daughter knows that you are worrying about money, Royal Father. If you kill King Rui, other clans will definitely think that you are disrespectful and treat your own relatives like that. If this is the case, people's hearts will be lost. Who else is willing to assist Royal Father?" What? They may hand over their money because of fear, but they will also lose trust in their father, and they will definitely try to fool their father in the future."

The emperor thought it was reasonable, but because of the current lack of money, he had to do this. He had to take care of the present before he could take care of the future.

Seeing the emperor's point of view, An Ning said: "Father is only worried about the clan's refusal to donate part of their property. My daughter has a way to make them hand it over willingly, but it's a bit dishonest."

The emperor said: "Okay, An Ning also knows that he has shared his father's worries. If there is anything you can do, tell your father."

An Ning knew that the emperor didn't believe him and didn't care, so he said to himself: "Father can send trusted people to pretend to be rogues and arrest a few clans, and the clans who are reluctant to die will naturally be willing to use money to redeem people. The advantage of this matter is that they He will not hide property, and will search for as much property as possible in order to survive, the disadvantage is that once exposed, the reputation of the father will be ruined."

The emperor thought for a while and said: "It's also feasible, I sent the secret guards, it is impossible to leak."

This is actually a bad idea, but the country is about to perish, so I don't care about it anymore.

The emperor sent someone to do the matter as he said, and sure enough, those clans were very sorry for their lives, and quickly redeemed them with money, and the emperor's internal funds suddenly increased by tens of millions.The emperor was happy to listen to An Ning's advice and let King Rui go.

The tied clan wanted to cry but had no tears, they all thought that it would be better to give the money to the emperor as soon as possible and wipe out these rogues as soon as possible.

This deeply hated clan always kept in mind that taking money from people was like killing parents. Although they could not take power, they relied on their blood relationship with the emperor and demanded that the emperor send someone to wipe out all the rogues near the capital.

This incident also got the support of the officials. The rabbit died and the fox was sad. This time it was the prince of the clan. Who knows if he will be the one who will be caught by the bandits next time, so he strongly urges the emperor to send someone to suppress the bandits.

No one doubted the emperor, mainly because according to the emperor's past behavior and personality, he would not do such a thing. Who knew that this time the emperor listened to An Ning's bad idea.

Facing everyone's request, the emperor pretended to be stupid and said: "Suppressing bandits is necessary, but now there are bandits everywhere in the southeast and northwest, how can I have the money to suppress bandits?"

Everyone was silent, and Li Yushi said: "Your Majesty, I think Yingtian Fuyin and Bingmasi should be punished. At the foot of the dignified emperor, there are bandits haunting and taking away my Daping prince's family. They have done nothing. I think that not punishing is not enough." Civilian outrage."

Now everyone had an outlet to vent, and they all began to impeach these two departments. For a while, people felt that the chief officials of these two departments had committed heinous crimes, and it would not be enough to eliminate the crime without ransacking the family.

This matter was done by the emperor himself, of course he couldn't blame Fu Yin and Bingma Si for this matter.So he said: "Okay, Ying Tianfu and Bing Masi did fail to observe, just order them to pay more attention in the future."

Immediately, there were more voices of disapproval, and the noise continued.

Li Yushi said: "Your majesty, Ying Tianfu and Bing Masi are deeply favored by the emperor, but they don't want to repay the favor. Letting bandits haunt you at the feet of the emperor is stepping on my Daping's face. I think it must be Ying Tianfu, The soldiers and horses colluded with the rogues, which allowed the rogues to wreak havoc in the capital. The emperor is kind, but how can such traitors who collude with the rogues deserve the emperor's benevolence."

Another censor also said: "I agree with Li Yushi's words. If the emperor spares them today, they may be able to directly dedicate the capital to the rogues in the future, your majesty."

The chief assistant of the cabinet saluted and said: "I also ask the emperor to severely punish Ying Tianfu and Bingmasi, give justice to the clan, and give peace to the people of the capital."

All the ministers knelt down and said: "Please the emperor severely punish Ying Tianfu and Bingmasi, give justice to the clan, and return peace to the people of the capital."

The emperor was in a dilemma, and finally shelved the matter temporarily by retreating from the court.

This incident quickly spread throughout the capital, and the people of the capital were attacked by many rogues, resulting in countless casualties and full of hatred for the rogues.

Now it is heard that Yingtianfu and Bingmasi colluded with the bandits, and the emperor actually shielded them. The people are angry. If they can't deal with the emperor, they can't deal with these dog officials?

Yingtianfu and Bingmasi were surrounded by angry people, they threw stones inside, even the two chief officials dared not go out.

An Ning always pays attention to the affairs of the court, and she knew about it immediately, but she just waited and watched.The main reason is: first, I have insufficient manpower, so I can't intervene in anything; second, I can't keep Daping anyway, just to see who jumps out, and I must never use these people in the future.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the rebels in the previous life have already invaded the capital, but now it may be because the emperor got a sum of money, it has been delayed for a few days.

But what was supposed to come still came, the city gate was broken, and people in the palace were panicked. From the empress to the little palace maids, they were all equally afraid in the face of life and death.

The emperor sent his servants to call all the concubines, princesses and princes to the Qianqing Palace, and prepared to let everyone die together.The emperor sent Li Fengxian, the eunuch next to him.

Li Fengxian was the leader of the East Garden Guard, which was composed entirely of eunuchs, and there was also a West Garden Guard, which was composed of selected strong men.The two garden guards are the two swords in the hands of the emperor. In the hands of the previous generation of emperors, they shocked the whole country and wielded power.

Now the rights of the two garden guards have been suppressed to the minimum, and they have even done it to intimidate the officials. Otherwise, Daping will probably be able to hold on for a while.

All the people in the harem arrived at the Qianqing Palace, looking at the emperor in panic.

The emperor said: "Now the rebels are about to attack, I can't let you fall into the hands of the rebels and be humiliated, so I might as well take you away together. Li Fengxian"

Li Feng first held a tray with white silk, poisoned wine, and a dagger on it.This is probably the last freedom, and I can choose how to die.

Everyone mourned and timidly, some begged and wanted to live, some cried uncontrollably, some firmly wanted to die for their country, and life was full of vicissitudes.

An Ning sighed, and said: "Why don't you escape, find another place, and make a comeback? Although the bandits are wanton now, there are still many loyal subjects to Daping. As long as the father shouts with real arms, the restoration of the country is just around the corner. "

Those who wanted to live also agreed and looked at the emperor expectantly.

The emperor shook his head and said: "Although I have tried my best to govern Daping since I came to the throne, I have not been able to make the people live in peace, I have not been able to pacify the bandits, I have not been able to restore our territory in Daping, and I have not been able to rectify the administration of officials, which has led to rampant corruption and cliques. I have brought endless pain to the people, and now I am committing suicide in the palace, I only hope that the rebels will put all their hatred on me, so as not to hurt the people even a single bit."

This is sad to say, but it is indeed admirable that an emperor is willing to die for the people.An Ning remembers that there was once an emperor whose parents were captured and insulted, but in order to sit down on the throne, he would not hesitate to cede land and pay compensation to become a minister and son.

An Ning said: "Father, I have a way to escape, you just treat me as greedy for life and afraid of death, let me go. I want to take my things and garden guards with me, and wait for the opportunity to restore Daping."

The emperor was silent, An Ning said again: "There are still many clan princes outside, they will definitely gather the officials, and there will be no more than me. The emperor gave me a knife. If I really can't escape, it will be the end of the knife." I will never be humiliated by the rebels."

Maybe it was An Ning's previous idea that gave the emperor some trust. Maybe it was the crying of the concubines and princes. If you don’t go out, I’ll kill you with one knife.”

An Ning saluted solemnly: "Father, don't worry."

An Ning took Li Fengxian and Dong Dacheng out of the Qianqing Palace.As for the other people's pleas, the emperor ignored them. An Ning asked Li and Dong to gather their men, and he watched the Qianqing Palace go from crying to dead silence to burning.

Pieces of Qianqing Palace burned, and the red flames licked, as if they were also destroying the prosperity of the past.

Li Fengxian and Dong Dacheng gathered the two garden guards quickly, and saw An Ning looking sadly at the burning palace.

Li Feng first asked: "Princess, do you want to collect the bones of the emperor and all the empresses, princes, and princesses?"

An Ning wiped away her tears, and said in a hoarse voice: "No need, my father hopes that the rebels will put their anger on him and not hurt the common people. I have to fulfill his wish and wait for another day."

An Ning couldn't go on talking. Everyone knew that if the rebels really wanted to do something, they would definitely flog their corpses and turn their bones into ashes. They still don't know if they can come in the future.

Dong Dacheng said: "Princess, you'd better leave quickly. Only if you escape can you inherit the emperor's legacy. In the future, if you severely injure the enemy, you can always avenge the emperor."

An Ning nodded and walked into the cold palace with a total of 1000 guards from the two gardens.An Ning had already dug a tunnel in Leng Palace before, and was only waiting for today.

A group of people didn't understand the meaning of the princess bringing them to the cold palace, thinking that An Ning wanted to take them to hide here first.

Li Fengxian said: "Princess, although the Leng Palace is remote, once the rebels invade, they will definitely investigate carefully, not to mention that there are more than 1000 people including the minister, and there is no way they can hide!"

Dong Dacheng also said: "Yes, princess. Why don't I take people to fight with them and cover the princess and the two garden guards when they go out."

An Ning shook her head, motioning for someone to open the bed board, only to see a big hole under the bed board, pitch black.Everyone was excited, knowing that they could survive.

Some of the two garden guards are in front and some are behind, protecting An Ning in the middle.Everyone went down from the entrance of the cave and walked forward along the dark and muddy tunnel.

Due to time constraints, the tunnel was dug very rough, and sand was still falling in some places, but no one complained. It was not easy to have an escape channel at this time.

At the end of the passage is a small house, in which there are dozens of sets of clothes of ordinary people.Everyone huddled in this small house, and the feeling of escaping from death suddenly came, and everyone was very emotional.

(End of this chapter)

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