Aggrieved Fish Sprite

Bean-sized raindrops hit the ground mercilessly.

It was windy and rainy, and it was too dark to see a ray of light.

"boom!"

There was a deafening bang, and even the ground seemed to be shaking.

The gun barrel that spouted thunderfire was aimed at the open space in front of the Wanhe Palace in the imperial city, and the ground was smashed with gravel, and the ground was full of potholes.

After the ten rounds of shells were over, someone immediately pulled up the rainproof tarpaulin to cover the entire cannon, and pulled the wooden cart with the cannon back slowly.

Lightning flashed across, exposing the dark figures behind the firearm battalion.

The blades are sharp and sharp, and there are many halberds.

The Minister of the Ministry of War, who climbed to the upper level of Wenyuan Pavilion, was holding a binoculars, his eyes trembling in front of the lens barrel, and before he could finish speaking, the binoculars were snatched away by Prime Minister Zhang next to him.

When the lightning came on again, Prime Minister Zhang also saw the soldiers and horses outside.

"...Where did this guy come from?"

Prime Minister Zhang shouted angrily in a low voice.

Although the others couldn't see what was going on outside, they knew what was going on by listening to the movement, it was a coercion!It's real rebellion!

Half an hour ago, everyone was still thinking about how the third prince would make a big splash in the government after he ascended the throne, how to weaken the local forces and strengthen the imperial court's deterrence against the local area, and finally conquer Yi Chu.Not everyone has the guts to usurp the throne and proclaim themselves emperor, but it is the wish of most people to be a minister of power and a prime minister who no one disobeyed during his lifetime and whose name will be passed down throughout history after his death.

Now these conjectures were directly blasted into scum by artillery.

Prime Minister Zhang's hands and feet were even colder. He subconsciously thought about the soldiers and horses he could mobilize.

There are his people in the imperial guards, and there are a few hundred households in Jinyiwei in Fusi of Beizhen who can be persuaded. If you are willing to work hard, the Gyeonggi Daying is not impossible, but——

Far cannot quench near thirst.

Seeing that the rebellion was about to break into the palace, they were trapped in Wenyuan Pavilion like a turtle in a urn.

At this time, Prime Minister Jiang came up tremblingly, supported by others.

Prime Minister Jiang looked around, paying special attention to Prime Minister Zhang's reaction, and soon his heart sank. Judging from the expressions and reactions of everyone, the outside things were not caused by those present.

"Shouldn't the Firearms Camp be outside the Renwei Gate?"

"...When the Second Prince launched a rebellion, His Majesty mobilized some people from the Firearms Battalion to suppress the rebellion together with the Guards. But later, His Majesty could not afford to be seriously injured, so they stayed in the Imperial City."

Jiang Zhengshi took over part of the military affairs of the inner city during the day, because he was a neutral faction in the court and did not belong to Prime Minister Jiang's side, nor to Prime Minister Zhang's side.The forces on both sides were suspicious of each other, so they entrusted him with this job.

In fact, within the Imperial Guard, there are Prime Minister Zhang and Prime Minister Jiang. They just lost the right to regulate the Imperial Guard. If they really want to make small moves, others can't stop them at all.

After a while of eye contact, everyone was as sure as Prime Minister Jiang that the problem was not with the courtiers.

They don't have to.

"You can't hear the sound of so many cannons? It's definitely not just the people who were stranded in the imperial city before, maybe the entire firearms battalion!" The Minister of the Ministry of War said tremblingly, ignoring the factions of the political opponents, and said in a panic, "It can be mobilized!" Your Majesty is the only one in the firearms battalion, could it be—”

Could it be that all of this is a conspiracy, an illusion made by Lu Zhang to test his son and courtiers?

The faces of all the ministers turned pale at first, and then they calmed down again.

The miserable appearance of the emperor lying unconscious on the bed is not a faux pas, even if it is a substitute, why is the emperor trying to save himself like this?There are thousands of ways to pretend to be sick, so why pretend to be beaten?

The emperor pondered the emperor's heart all day long, and the courtiers also pondered the emperor's heart all day long, all for power.

Those who can ascend to the position of prime minister and sit in the six halls of office have a good understanding of the emperor's habits and preferences. After all, only by making good use of these can they pave the way for themselves and drag down political opponents.

Lu Zhang is a desperate emperor.

It is absolutely impossible for him to go all out and pretend to be beaten...

The Minister of the Ministry of War who spoke quickly figured this out. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he asked nervously: "It's not an order from His Majesty, so who are these people outside supporting now?"

Definitely not the third prince.

If the second prince has such abilities, what is the rebellion a few days ago?Try it out?

"The sixth prince just returned to the capital today, and he disappeared." Jiang Zhengshi said in a low voice.

"……impossible."

Prime Minister Zhang looked disdainful. The situation of this little prince is known to everyone. He has a perverse personality. Although he is smart enough, he is too sharp.Few courtiers will support the prince, because his situation is too similar to several famous faint emperors in history.

They were all very intelligent when they were young, and even when they grew up, they had outstanding achievements in leading troops to fight. But when they sat on the throne, they became cruel and ruthless kings who did whatever they wanted.

"Why does the firearms battalion give their lives to a yellow-haired boy? They are not afraid that the Gyeonggi camp will enter the city tomorrow and wipe them all out? Although the artillery is powerful, the shells are limited. The firearms battalion has only about [-] people in total. What?" Prime Minister Zhang said contemptuously, but the truth was not what he said.

At least these 300 people can rush into the imperial city and behead all the important officials in Wenyuan Pavilion.

As civil servants, what they hate the most is the current situation. Although they can analyze the situation clearly and logically, and comfort themselves with various reasons that being alive is more helpful for rebellion, they know in their hearts that these words are useless.

Once there is chaos, those rebels only care about hacking and killing, and they will not measure the situation to save their lives.

This created complex emotions of disgust and fear in everyone's hearts.

"Damn!"

Prime Minister Zhang has completely lost his strategizing demeanor. If his political opponents were not watching him, he might have kicked the bed away.

He gasped for breath for a while, and hastily ordered someone to call the imperial guards who were originally stationed near Wenyuan Pavilion.

The guards were pale, and they were obviously shocked by the artillery fire. When the two prime ministers asked them where they could hide, their expressions became even uglier.

"Reporting to Prime Minister Jiang and Prime Minister Zhang, we have already checked it just now, and the two doors leading to the outer city and the inner palace are all locked."

"what?"

The situation in the palace is generally like this, the palace gate is separated from the high wall by a large area, and the front and rear doors are locked, which means that they are completely trapped here.

Prime Minister Jiang didn't speak, but Prime Minister Zhang came back to stare at the imperial guards.

——Just now these people wanted to leave them and run first, but they were stopped by the locked palace gate.

"The ones who can lock the door without anyone noticing, except for the imperial guards, are the servants of the palace..."

"What, you mean those eunuchs from the Supervisor of Rituals?"

The struggle between the outer dynasty and the inner court was mainly between the Wenyuan Pavilion and the Supervisor of Rites.It's just that after the Chu Dynasty, the power of the Supervisor of Rituals declined, and it was not restored until the Qi Dynasty. On weekdays, the ministers did not take the Supervisor of Rituals seriously.

But now...

The Sixth Prince was ambitious, and the Chief of Rites, who had been suppressed all this time, decided to support him, and then hijacked the Firearms Camp by forging imperial edicts or other means to force him into the palace. This made perfect sense!

Mistakenly thinking that this was the truth, the ministers were very angry.

If the eunuchs are allowed to gain power, they would rather die.

Prime Minister Jiang was also very disappointed. After all, in his heart, the sixth prince was slightly better than the third prince.

"No, we can't just sit and wait!"

No civil servant is willing to surrender to the eunuch party, and they are not willing to surrender temporarily.

Of those people in the history books who did such a thing, which one was not scolded bloody?

Standing in the corner was a book servant, who was staring at the furious courtiers dumbfounded. He was not only surprised but also a little annoyed. How could the sixth prince do this?It's obviously His Highness the Crown Prince, but they don't take His Highness seriously!

In the chaos, the "rebels" had already entered the imperial city, completely enclosing the area where the Wenyuan Pavilion was located.

Prime Minister Jiang took people out, and suddenly found that there was Jin Yiwei among them.

"A nest of snakes and rats!"

Prime Minister Jiang stamped his feet and scolded, the disaster of the factory guards in the Chen Dynasty is still fresh in his memory.

"No, why are there still people from the Imperial Guard?"

Jiang Zhengshi was young and had good eyesight. He noticed that the people in the "rebel army" had different clothes and armor. Some of them were obviously the Imperial Guards who bowed their heads to them during the day.

Everyone looked at each other, completely confused about the situation.

Soon someone shouted outside, ready to open the locked palace gate, to persuade the imperial guards inside not to resist, otherwise it will be treated as treason——

He spoke righteously, and in turn took off the hat of rebellion.

The officials didn't even have time to get angry, they were stunned by what they said.

What does it mean to have rebellious ministers to make troubles and hold the king hostage?What does it mean for the prince to accept orders in the face of danger, to set things right?

"It's the prince!"

"His Royal Highness!"

Voices sounded one after another, and Prime Minister Zhang suddenly heard someone shouting behind him.

Immediately after the door was opened, Prime Minister Zhang stared ahead, thinking that he would see a sedan chair or something else. After all, the crown prince had been ill for many days and it was impossible for him to come here on horseback.

In the end, what the servants of Wenyuan Pavilion, a group of servants, and many imperial guards were looking forward to was just a command talisman held high under the firelight.

Could it be that the talisman used by the prince to cultivate forces secretly?

The ministers hurriedly turned around, and suddenly found that there were quite a few people who knew this order talisman, and some of them were their favorite students, future pillars of talent, but at a young age, they could only do errands and read memorials in Wenyuan Pavilion manual labor.

The imperial guards stationed at Wenyuan Pavilion suddenly split into two parts, and those people put down their weapons without hesitation.

It seems that there is no distinction between foreign ministers and internal eunuchs, civil servants and military generals. These people who were originally drifting with the crowd suddenly have a backbone.

The eyes of Prime Minister Zhang and Prime Minister Jiang collided, and each saw the horror on the other's face.

Prime Minister Jiang was even more relieved.

***

The sound of the artillery completely disintegrated the will of the imperial guards ambushing near Yiguang Gate.

Everyone knows something big is going on!

If the rebels have captured the imperial city, what's the use of them waiting here to catch Liu Dan?Even the deputy commander was shaken, the situation was unclear, they had to preserve their strength and find out the situation clearly.

Xiaowei Fei looked calm, but panicked in his heart.

There is no such thing as a palace change, from the Zaifu down to the soldiers, who is not afraid of it.

Afraid of standing in the wrong team, afraid of losing the opportunity, afraid of dying in the chaos of the army.

Forget it, it won't be too late to do what Zhang Xiang ordered in the future, if Zhang Xiang falls down, he will definitely lose more than he gains!

"Commander, in my opinion, it's better to wait and see what happens..."

"nonsense!"

The deputy commander was hesitant at first, but after Fei Xiaowei persuaded him, he immediately made up his mind to withdraw.

"Send the order, put away the bow and crossbow, and the whole army is on alert!"

Captain Fei wanted to persuade him again, but the deputy commander shook his hand and left.

He didn't notice Xiaowei Fei's relieved expression at all—sometimes it's better to be ironic than to be explicit.

Especially when he knew that this Shangguan had a small mind and was not dealing with him.

Let's say that this group of imperial guards were divided into two teams and rushed to the imperial city as if they had received an amnesty.

If the artillery was used by the imperial court to suppress the rebellion, it's okay, they can make a contribution. If the imperial city was captured by the rebels, they immediately defected to the Gyeonggi camp.

In the darkness, Meng Qi and Mo Li sat on the eaves and watched them leave in a hurry.

"The moment they heard the gunfire, they lost their fighting spirit." Meng Qi said thoughtfully.

How can flesh and blood fight against firearms?

The crown prince ordered people to bombard Zhengyangmen, even if it was all open space, it was an extremely powerful deterrent.

Whether it's the ministers or the imperial guards, when they see the messy gate of the imperial city, they will be frightened and put their minds back.

Meng Qi put his hands under his head, lay down comfortably, and muttered: "It's really disturbing people's dreams."

"You didn't sleep again."

"Originally, I should be in the bedroom, reading the book when I have nothing to do with the doctor." Meng Qi turned his head and suggested enthusiastically, "It's not too late to go now."

Ink Carp: "..."

He finally realized that there was something wrong with having an erotic novel with erotic illustrations in the middle of the night.

Is Meng Qi teasing him?

Mo Li shook his head, provoking what script to read, wouldn't it be more effective to admire the golden and green landscape painting of Shangyun Mountain?

"The doctor doesn't like it?" Meng Qi suppressed her smile.

"No, I don't have time to read it."

Mo Li suddenly felt that Meng Qi's implicitly disappointed expression was very interesting, like peeling a candied chestnut, holding it around in front of Fat Mouse, and then stuffing it into his mouth.

No, it's kind of nasty.

Mo Li thinks about that scene, thinks about the astonished black eyes of the gerbil, and thinks about how a gentleman can do such "provocative" things if he doesn't win people's love.

Wait, tease?

Mo Li paused, it turned out that this was his tribute to Meng Qi, maybe it was worth a try.

Meng Qi had no idea what kind of teasing the gerbil would face in the future. He asked suspiciously: "Not enough time? What else can we do? Depending on the situation, the prince should be able to control the situation."

Mo Li said indifferently: "Naturally, the second prince and the sixth prince are suppressed, and they are not allowed to escape."

"...and then sell it to the prince for money?" Meng Qi continued naturally.

Now that the crown prince is in power, the two princes naturally don't have to flee to the end of the world.

The crown prince is much richer than Liu Dan.

Meng Qi had to settle the score, after all he and the doctor had to go to Feihe Mountain.

When the two returned to Liu's mansion slowly, they suddenly found that everyone in the mansion was awake.

Liu Dan, who originally planned to ignore everything and go to bed, sat in the flower hall with a complicated expression and watched them come in.

"All the ambushes outside have been withdrawn. If the general wants to leave Taijing, this is a good opportunity." Meng Qi said casually.

Liu Dan froze for a moment, then said dryly, "Master, I really don't know what to do..."

"stop!"

Meng Qi immediately stopped Liu Dan, facing the grateful eyes, Meng Qi felt uncomfortable all over.

"These are all coincidences!"

Meng Qi was not so cheeky as to take all the credit for himself, he said casually, "They were frightened away by the Prince's troops, there is a captain named Fei in the imperial guards, he may know who is going to punish you Let's do it."

The author has something to say:

The ink carp grabbed the chestnut and looked at the gerbil.

Fat Rat: Gentlemen don't steal people's love!

Mo Li: Say it again?

Fat Mouse: ... No no, you eat, you eat.Chestnut is not, the doctor is my favorite.