Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

A month later, the capital received an urgent military report from four hundred miles away - Gu Tingye was greedy for merit and advanced rashly, chasing the enemy for fifty miles, fell into the enemy's ambush, and his elite troops were almost wiped out; British officers sent troops to rescue them, but were ambushed again and disappeared.

The emperor fainted on the dragon throne in court, and the entire Wende Hall was in chaos.

Han Qi shouted: "Quick! Quickly call the imperial physician! Quickly call the imperial physician!!"

Prince Huan and several eunuchs carried the emperor to a couch in a side hall. Doctor Zhang happened to be on duty that day and was pulled over. After checking the emperor's pulse several times, Doctor Zhang shook his head in pain and said, "It's not good! It's not good!"

The court officials were so frightened that they were sweating profusely. They invited several imperial doctors. This time, some agreed with Doctor Zhang, while others said that the emperor was just angry. The two sides could not reach an agreement, and no one dared to save the emperor for a while.

When the news reached Baoci Palace, the Queen Mother's usually calm face finally showed a trace of nervousness. She couldn't help but breathe rapidly. She pointed at the internal official Zhu and said, "Quick, go tell Concubine Liu, it's time."

Eunuch Zhu was so nervous that his legs were shaking.

After decades of hard work in the palace, he thought that serving the Empress Dowager till the end of her life would be the end of her life, but she never expected that one day she would be involved in the important event of changing the emperor. He felt a little sorry that he did not have a child before entering the palace, otherwise, such an achievement would be boasted by his descendants for a hundred years!

But he also knew that this matter was extremely risky. If it failed, people would lose their heads. Therefore, he never participated in conveying messages to Concubine Liu.

He waved his hand to call over a eunuch and said, "Go tell Concubine Liu that it's time."

The eunuch waited for a long time but got no further news, so he asked stupidly, "What is the time to do it?"

Zhu Neiguan cut off his head and said: "Liu Guifei knows it herself, why are you talking nonsense! Go quickly! If you delay for a moment, I will peel off your skin!"

The eunuch answered "yes" repeatedly with an innocent look on his face, lowered his head and stepped out of the door, running all the way to Concubine Liu's bedroom. He ran too fast and knocked down his classmates from Yanfu Palace on the way. Since Zhao Zongquan ascended the throne, he built a primary school in Yanfu Palace and selected a group of palace people to study and practice calligraphy here. Those who learned well could be promoted by exception. Qingyun and Wang Xian, who was sent out to supervise the army this time, were all selected in this way. The eunuchs who had entered Yanfu Palace were loyal to Zhao Zongquan because the official gave them unprecedented preferential treatment and a broader future. They naturally formed a faction among themselves, a faction that only supported the emperor.

The Queen Mother thought that she had completely controlled the harem with the eunuchs, but in fact, the Emperor had quietly raised a group of his own people under her nose.

She thought she was closely monitoring the emperor, but in fact, the emperor was quietly watching her in the dark.

The eunuch knocked down his fellow disciple, and while helping him up, he whispered in his ear, "The Queen Mother said to Concubine Liu, 'It's time.'"

The other party pressed his hand hard to indicate that he understood, and then the two of them ran away, one on the left and one on the right.

The eunuch continued to run towards Concubine Liu, and just then he met Concubine Liu's sister coming into the palace to see her. The eunuch bowed nervously and said, "The Empress has given an order."

Hearing this, Concubine Liu's hands trembled, and the tea she was holding spilled onto her skirt. She didn't even bother to wipe it off, and asked anxiously, "What order?"

The eunuch glanced at Madam Liu and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

Concubine Liu: "This is my biological sister, just tell me!"

Xiao Huangmen: "The Madam said, it's time!"

With a clang, the teacup fell to the ground.

Concubine Liu held her sister's hand and said, "Sister, you are really good at predicting things! Go, go find your brother-in-law! Tell him that everything is ready and we are just waiting for him to come!"

Mrs. Liu ran out without even being polite.

Concubine Liu then took out a list and said to the palace servants around her, "Quick, follow this list and invite all the people on it to my palace. Tell them that the Queen has something important to discuss. Remember to prepare the sedan chairs and bring the people here directly. There must be no mistakes!"

The people above them are either family members of military generals or confidants of the emperor and empress. As long as these people are in his hands, the emperor will have to bow his head in the end even if he gains the advantage in combat power.

This trick was learned from the Empress Dowager. That day, when the two of them were playing chess, the Empress Dowager jokingly told Concubine Liu in detail how Concubine Rong had rebelled.

Concubine Liu benefited greatly from listening to this, and she wrote down the list when she returned to the palace, waiting to use it when she needed to do something big.

……

Batch after batch of people rushed out of the palace, and each one was recorded by Qingyun's people.

Zhao Zongquan had been sent to the bedroom and was lying there, with the Queen and Prince Huan and his wife guarding his bedside.

When Li Dequan was sent to personally boil the medicine, Zhao Zongquan sat up suddenly, holding his back and said, "Um... my waist..."

Prince Huan hurried forward to rub his body and said, "Father, you fell too hard just now! I was so scared!"

Zhao Zongquan: "Just put on a good show, otherwise how can you fool those old foxes?"

King Huan: "Then you should take care of yourself!"

The queen was a little scared. She had escaped in Youyang when the palace was surrounded last time, and had never felt the current atmosphere. She asked, "Your Majesty, will we be in danger? What if they get ruthless... Fen'er is pregnant with a child!"

Guifen touched her belly and said with a smile, "Mother, this child has seen such a big scene since he was born. He will not be afraid of anything in the future!"

Prince Huan said proudly, "Princess, you are right! My bloodline is definitely brave and fearless!" He took out a sword from the secret compartment of the bookshelf and drew out the snow-white blade with a clang, "Besides, with your son here, no one can hurt my family in the slightest!"

Guifen walked to the bookshelf, took out a sword, and drew out the sword, saying, "I will fight with the prince!"

The silver light shines brightly.

Zhao Zongquan clapped his hands and laughed, "Great! My son is not bad, and the Duke of England's daughter is also a hero! With young people like you, the country will have no reason to worry about its revival. Hahahaha!"

……

The people sent by Concubine Liu went to Gu's family, Shen's family and other places, but once they went in, they never came out again.

The people going to Sheng's house did come out, but their direction was not towards the palace, but towards Wang Shiping's house.

The four people who carried the sedan chair had high eyebrows and square faces, and did not look like the feminine palace maids at all; the one leading the group had a woman's face, but her steps were firm, and anyone who had practiced martial arts could tell that she had kung fu skills.

If Changdong was present at this time, he would find that his four brothers and sister Tieren were wearing eunuchs' clothes and going out to do important things.

The five people soon arrived at Wang's house.

It was dark, and the gatekeeper let the men in after seeing the clothes they were wearing.

Old Lady Wang and Wang Shiping dressed up before coming to meet them. When they saw them, they were stunned: "You...you are not from the palace!"

She has been dealing with the royal family for so many years that she can tell a real eunuch at a glance.

Tie Ren said expressionlessly, "We are indeed not from the palace, but we are close to the Empress Dowager. Something important is going to happen today, and the Empress Dowager asked us to come and tell you two about it."

Wang Shiping personally witnessed the emperor falling backwards in Wende Hall today. After returning home and telling Old Lady Wang about it, both mother and son speculated that the Empress Dowager might launch a coup today. Upon hearing this, they immediately fell for it and said, "So that's it! I wonder what instructions the Empress Dowager has?"

Tie Ren looked at the open door and said, "This is confidential. Please send your attendants away."

Old Mrs. Wang was suspicious and hesitated in saying nothing.

Tie Ren said to the four people around him, "You go wait at the door. No one is allowed to eavesdrop, and no one is allowed to eavesdrop."

The four of them filed out, and then Old Lady Wang nodded and cleared out the Wang family servants in the house.

After the door was closed, Old Lady Wang stepped forward and said, "What instructions do you have, Madam? Please tell me as soon as possible!"

Tie Ren raised his left arm, and with a flash of cold light, a very thin and deep wound suddenly appeared on Old Lady Wang's neck, and blood gushed out like a spring.

Wang Shiping was about to scream when another cold light flashed and blood oozed from his neck.

The mother and son fell to the ground, covering their necks and struggling, only making strange "cracking" sounds.

Tie Ren said loudly: "The eldest lady said that you and your son know too much."

Then, she leaned over to Old Lady Wang's ear and whispered, "Also, Old Lady Yongyi asked me to tell you that your daughter killed her son together, and she killed your son, so you two are even. You personally led people to kill her beloved granddaughter, and she killed you, so you two are even. Old Lady Wang, don't cry out for injustice even if you go to hell, our Sheng family didn't take advantage of you."

After saying that, Tie Ren threw Old Lady Wang to the ground heavily as if he was throwing a piece of rag. After a while, she was silent.

After confirming that the mother and son had no pulse, Tie Ren tore off a thin strip from his eunuch uniform and stuffed it into Wang Shiping's hand. Then he calmly walked out of the room, calmly closed the door, and calmly left the Wang family with the other four "eunuchs".

The Wang family waited for a long time but the mother and son did not open the door to come out, and there was no response when they knocked on the door.

Wang Shiping's wife finally couldn't bear it anymore, so she pushed the door open and saw the dead mother and son lying in a pool of blood. She screamed and fainted.

A maid who had just been serving in the room screamed, "It's the Queen Mother! It's the Queen Mother! Those people just now claimed to be the Queen Mother's side! It was the Queen Mother who killed the old lady and the master!"

Another brave man came forward to take a closer look, and indeed found a piece of cloth from a palace maid's clothes in Wang Shiping's hand...

……

child time.

The sound of metal clashing began to be heard in the streets of the capital.

The soldiers wearing armor and carrying swords surrounded Chengyuan.

Minglan had already asked Shitou to take Gu Yankai and the Shao mother and daughter to hide in the secret room. She herself moved a chair and sat in front of the gate, commanding all the soldiers in the courtyard to protect Chengyuan.

Since the day she renovated Chengyuan, she has been preparing for today's battle.

The entire courtyard wall was covered with three-inch-long pointed iron railings, so even if someone climbed over the wall with a ladder, they could not get in.

The back door and side door had been blocked with huge rocks in advance, so if you wanted to enter the hospital, you could only enter through the main door.

But she had already hollowed out the ground in front of the main entrance, and covered it with thick wooden boards. As long as she ordered the boards to be removed, anyone who entered would fall, and no one would be able to get out!

There are also various mechanisms in the house, all of which were carefully designed by craftsmen she hired in the past two years. Anyone who has the ability to climb out of the deep pit in front of the door would probably not survive these mechanisms.

"Everyone, you were all heroes who followed the Marquis through life and death. Today, a thief wants to kill my entire family and cut off the Marquis' bloodline! Please show your loyalty and bravery. Once you kill the enemy, the Marquis will reward you handsomely!"

She stood on a high place, with Langya, Xiaotao and Danju standing beside her in order. Behind her, there were a dozen guards holding torches, making her beautiful face look particularly dazzling.

"Madam! The Marquis has been kind to us. Today, even if we die, we will repay the Marquis' kindness!" Gu Tingye left a large group of elite soldiers in Chengyuan. At this time, they were all wearing armor and holding weapons, standing in front of the hall. The leader was Liu Jingli, who was Gu Tingye's right-hand man in the army. Gu Tingye kept him in the mansion to protect his family together with Tu Er, Shitou and others.

"I would like to express my deep gratitude to all of you heroes!" Minglan picked up a cup of tea in front of her, "As you all know, I am pregnant with the Marquis's child, so I cannot drink alcohol. But I would like to use this cup of tea instead of a thousand cups of wine to express my gratitude!"

As she spoke, she raised her neck and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing, she slammed the cup heavily on the ground and said loudly: "I, Sheng Minglan, swear to live and die with the Marquis' Mansion!"

When had the soldiers ever seen Minglan so arrogant? They were moved and picked up the wine cups in front of them and drank them all. Then the sound of cups being smashed came one after another, and everyone shouted, "We swear to live and die with the Marquis' Mansion!"

"Okay!" Minglan pulled out a sword from Xiaotao's hand and raised it high: "If anyone dares to invade my mansion, I will kill them one by one, and if they come in pairs, I will kill them both!"

"Kill one if you come, kill a pair if you come!"

"Kill one if you come, kill a pair if you come!"

"Kill one if you come, kill a pair if you come!"

The soldiers' roar shook the earth.

Langya, who was standing next to Minglan, took out a large bow and lit an arrow. The sharp sound of the bow was heard by every warrior as she moved.

With a whoosh, the rocket flew out and hit the highest rockery in Chengyuan accurately. The top of the mountain suddenly caught fire. The huge flames illuminated every corner of Chengyuan. The darkness was dispelled and the soldiers' eyes suddenly became bright.

Minglan: "After this battle, your future will be as bright as this torch!!!"

At this moment, everyone realized that the Marquis and his wife had been prepared for this battle. They were relieved and took more confident steps!

At this time, a shout came from the door:

"The imperial edict has arrived, why don't the Gu family members come out and receive it quickly!"

"Nonsense!" Liu Jingli stood in front of three rows of archers and cursed back, "The ones who announce the decree are always the eunuchs in the palace. You are not from the palace, you must be a liar. Get out of here!"

"Your Majesty has issued an order that the rebels are in rebellion and the situation is urgent! He has specifically ordered us to escort the nobles' families to the palace to escape the disaster, so we did not bring the eunuchs with us."

"My house is strong and has a high wall. I am not afraid of thieves. Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I will not go!"

"Mr. Gu, you better listen to what I say! If this thief gets in, he will lose his head."

"My wife said that life and death are determined by fate. I have no complaints and swear to live and die with the Marquisate!"

"How dare you disobey my order! You are so ungrateful! Someone, break the door open!"

The rebels swarmed...