Respect the little husband [farming]

"Will you try to explain Yuan Yuewen?"

The newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials looked at the examination paper in his hand, and then looked at the child standing in front of him who was only half his height. on.

Brother Wen took a step forward, bowed his hands and saluted, "My lord."

They were in the Hall of Preserving Harmony at this time, and the emperor was not there. The appointed ministers presided over the palace examination. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials and several scholars from the Imperial Academy looked at each other, and after counting the remaining 49 people, they said: "Please sit down in your seat." Take the seat, and then start answering the paper, the time is one stick of incense."

At least 150 or [-] of the [-] people present were students under Weixiu's name. The few bachelors obviously knew this, and they deliberately stopped beside these people when they changed the scene, especially the youngest Yuewen. The writing, arguments, and pen and ink are all wonderful, and I couldn't help but nodded.

There is a barren slope thirty miles away from the capital, Qi Lian glanced at the sun, this is the last day the emperor allowed him, after today his Qi family will be full... Qi Lian will not Dare to think, leaning against the tree and wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, he continued to observe a village under the barren slope under the cover of the branches.

Commander Zhao said that when he executed the Qiang Fan Wang, he heard him call out those who had him on the outskirts of the capital. , and at most a few attendants, why would anyone say that?Some of these are probably the Xuelian gang in collusion.

Commander Zhao didn't know the exact location, he just said it was in the suburbs. He searched the capital for dozens of miles and finally found it. How are you doing?"

Zhang Feng: "My lord, as you expected, there is something wrong with this village. It doesn't matter if there is no land or river around. We walked around the entrance of each village, and all we saw were men. We didn't see a single old man and child."

Qi Lian nodded: "This place is a den of thieves who rely on burning, killing and looting, so naturally there is nothing like what you said."

Zhang Feng: "My lord, what should we do now?"

Qi Lian: "How many people do you think are here?"

Zhang Feng: "This village is not small, there are about [-] people."

Ten thousand?Qi Lian's heart skipped a beat, but he felt something was wrong, when those strange thieves haunted the capital, there were at most a hundred people, why tens of thousands?Looking at their single-handed, single-handed, one-on-one-hundred posture, it doesn't look like there are so many people hiding behind them. If there are really thousands of people, then this is not a den of thieves, but more like a den of soldiers ——

"Lord be careful!"

Zhang Feng hugged him and rolled to the side, but where Qi Lian was standing just now, a sharp arrow feather had already sunk deeply into the branch.

"Who?!" Qi Lian pushed Zhang Feng away and stood up, and the rest of the patrol battalion hiding behind him immediately gathered around him, drew out the saber at his waist, and looked around vigilantly.

The archer didn't show up, but a long and special whistle sounded. Qi Lian took the bow and arrow from his subordinates and pointed it at the direction of the sound, let go of the arrow and shot, with a muffled grunt, the whistle stopped abruptly.

Qi Lian breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately raised his breath when he turned his head to look at the village below. From a distance, he seemed to meet the eyes of a few people standing at the entrance of the village, and then they ran back, and the village was visible to the naked eye The ground became commotion, and the surrounding woods were not peaceful, like a pack of wolves attracted by howling wolves, screaming and devouring the enemies who broke into the territory.

Qi Lian nervously paid attention to the forest around him, with a tense expression. He only brought a few hundred people with him this time to investigate, so as not to startle the snake. Compared with the [-] people below, he was almost vulnerable, but he didn't think about retreating. , Tomorrow is still going to die.

"Zhang Feng," Qi Lian ordered in a low voice, "I'll take someone to cover you out, you go back to the camp immediately and call someone to help, I'll stand here first."

"No, my lord," Zhang Feng retorted, "I'll let you go—"

"So much nonsense!" Qi Lian frowned and interrupted him, pulled out the saber from his waist, got on his horse and withdrew to the forest on the east side, leading everyone to the east, and looked back at Zhang Feng: "Let's go!"

"My lord... My lord, take care!" Zhang Feng shouted, took a deep breath, got on his horse and galloped away in the opposite direction.

Shen Wenxuan was sitting in the carriage holding A Jiao in his arms. He was heavy, and there was still a sweet smell on his body. It was very comfortable and warm to hold him, but A Jiao ignored him and raised his head and fingers uncomfortably. Collar to cover obvious marks on the neck.

Shen Wenxuan laughed, and the stuffy voice in his chest came into his ears, bulging his eardrums, half of Jiao Shihan's body went numb, he came out of his arms covering his ears, covering the red tips of his ears, took a step to the left, and sat far away from him some.

It's good to live outside for ten days, but it's different from living together before, Jiao Shihan remembered what he did to him at night, his eyes flickered a few times, and he lifted the curtains of the car to take a breath.

"What's the matter?" Shen Wenxuan smiled and stretched out his hand, "Come here, Jiao Jiao."

Jiao Shihan glanced at it, put her hand in his palm subconsciously, and Shen Wenxuan held it. Ajiao's frame was small, and although his fingers were slender, they were still smaller than him, and could be wrapped with one hand. Shen Wenxuan held it in his palm and pinched it. Squeezing, fingers slid across his wrist bones, decided not to tease him anymore, just simply hugged him into his arms and patted him.

"Let's enter the palace through the side palace gate later, you have to follow me closely and don't run around." Shen Wenxuan instructed, looking at his hand and wanting to tie their wrists together with a piece of cloth, but thought twice. Forget it if you think about it, as long as he pulls it all the time.

Jiao Shihan looked at their clothes and asked, "Do you want to change? Sneak in?"

Shen Wenxuan: "No, we were found, and it's too late for them to be happy."

In the Hall of Preserving Harmony, it was time for a stick of incense. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials asked people to collect the examination papers. After reading them with several scholars, they picked out three of them. They should have picked out the ten best papers and handed them over to the emperor. It is up to the emperor to decide who will be the number one scholar, the second place, the best candidate, or something else, but the emperor has been worrying for the past few days, he has not been to the court for a long time, and the memorial has not been approved, so this matter can only be done by them.

"Everyone, please go back, the imperial list will be posted tomorrow, and I'm here to wish you all high school." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials said, leaning on the back of his chair and watching them turn around and go out.

The Hanlin scholar said while collecting the examination papers: "When the new minister takes office tomorrow, we old people can also take a rest."

Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "That's not necessarily the case. When they come up, there are still some teachers to teach. This time the selection is hasty, and I don't know how their qualifications are compared with previous years."

"Among them are quite a few students who are only old, and they are the juniors of some powerful ministers in the court. Where can they go?" The bachelor said with a smile. It is also a blessing among many misfortunes when it is not picked up.”

Minister of the Ministry of Officials recalled the letter he received two days ago, and said with emotion: "The old man is concerned about the country and the people, Ling Yun's aspirations will not change from the past."

He got up and took some of the test papers and was about to go back to the official department to continue reading. Suddenly he saw more and heard more and turned back, and heard him ask in doubt: "My lord, I saw you picked out three test papers just now. I want to ask which one I ranked among them." ?”

He asked this question arrogantly and abruptly, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and several scholars looked at each other, thinking that it is natural for people of his age to be a little impetuous, and replied: "You will know this tomorrow, don't worry now. "

"Does it mean that I'm in that third? I understand, thank you sir." Yue Wen bowed his hands and withdrew.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials felt strange, and followed out the gate of the palace, but saw General Ning waiting for him in the square in front of him, and walked with him, the direction he saw was not the way out of the palace, but... the Hall of Supreme Harmony ?

He remembered the letter Wei Lao gave him, the appointment time in that letter was today, but he really couldn't get away today because he was going to preside over the imperial examination and mark the examination papers, so he didn't plan to go, but now... ...He looked at the bachelors beside him and asked, "Sirs, can you follow me to have a look?"

When they arrived, at the Shenwu Gate outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a group of generals headed by Ning Guogong wore light armor and filed in from outside the Shenwu Gate, followed by Wei Lao holding the white jade fluorene board bestowed by the late emperor. , with a solemn face, surrounded by many familiar faces, all ministers who had good friends with Weixiu when they were young, and even three veterans of the two dynasties who had retired from their official duties came.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials looked solemn, adjusted his official uniform a few times, walked over quickly, saluted the old people respectfully, and followed behind, as did the bachelors of the Imperial Academy. Know that something big is about to happen.

Stopping at the bottom of the 39 steps in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, civil servants and military generals stood on both sides as usual, and Ning Jian guarded Brother Wen by his side.

"Chen Weixiu is here to kowtow to the emperor! I beg the emperor to preside over the political affairs!" Weixiu shouted loudly in one breath, opened his robe and knelt in front of the steps.But holding the wat board, the back is straight, with a firm and unyielding posture.

"Chen Ning Weiliang kowtows to the emperor here! I beg the emperor to come face to face!" Ning Guogong also shouted, kneeling on one knee, the light armor on his body fell on the ground, and there was a "click".

"My minister Liu Xueyi kowtowed to the emperor and begged the emperor to preside over the political affairs!"

"Chen Ren is here to kowtow to the emperor! I beg the emperor to come forward!"

"minister--"

The ministers in front of the palace knelt down one by one, Jinzhong was called to poke his eyes and his heart trembled three times, he hurried down and respectfully bowed down in front of several ministers and bowed a few salutes, and said with a smile on his face: "My lords, the emperor has been unwell for the past few days and cannot go to the court, and the time for this morning court has passed. Why don't you come back tomorrow and report to the emperor."

Weixiu: "I remember that it was the second prince who stumbled and fell off the horse, not the emperor. How can there be any discomfort? If he became ill because of missing the second prince, I have never heard that the emperor summoned the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital. If so, there will be no illness or disaster. It’s been a long time since the imperial court has been rested, so you don’t need to be in a hurry to serve the emperor, Eunuch Jinzhong, but we, the courtiers of the Xiehuang who govern the world, are very anxious, if we don’t see the emperor today, we will just kneel here and not leave.”

Jinzhong grinned wryly with the corners of his mouth. Although this person has no official position, he is a veteran of the former court and a great Confucianist in the present. I dare not stay away from my side for half a step, and it is a helpless move to stay away from the court for many days. I pity the hearts of the parents in the world. The adults put themselves in the emperor's shoes and think about it. Let's spare today, go back first, save some face for the emperor, and come back tomorrow how?"

Ning Weiliang was unmoved: "Tomorrow will be tomorrow, how much will tomorrow be? Father-in-law is trying to persuade you here, why not go back and report to the emperor, saying that there is something wrong with the Southwest incident, and the emperor must summon us and other ministers now."

Seeing that they didn't intend to compromise at all, Jinzhong stomped his feet on the spot anxiously, thought quickly in his mind for a few breaths, then flicked his sleeves in frustration, turned and ran to Zichen Hall.

"I am here to wait for the emperor!" Wei Xiu said loudly.

The little lady who was cleaning on the side of the square listened to what they said, left here quietly, turned around the Shenwu Gate and ran to Zhongcui Palace to report, and at the same time the Queen Mother's Palace also heard the news.

"Ma'am, shall we go there now?" Jinde asked.

The Queen Mother thought for a while, shook her head and said, "No, wait a minute, where is Qing'er now?"

Jinde: "I heard that he has returned to the palace, but I don't know where exactly."

"Okay." The queen mother clenched her hands and walked back and forth on the spot, waiting again, she thought, she has waited for 17 years, and she has endured for 17 years, so she is not afraid to wait for a while.

The shadow of the sundial turned half an angle from Si time. They knelt in front of the hall for half an hour before waiting for the angry emperor. Emperor Chongxin sat on the dragon chair and watched them come in with a sullen face. It's inconvenient. After kneeling for so long, he walks slowly and lamely. Emperor Chongxin rolled his eyes impatiently. He was originally watching the second child change medicine in the Zichen side hall. He is the future prince. He was so heavy, and he hasn't woken up yet, and these old things are eager to put pressure on him!

"It's really rare for me to see such a big battle. Not only the elders of the two dynasties, but even Mr. Wei, who lives in seclusion, has come. What's wrong? Did some natural or man-made disaster happen in Daqing, or did the soldiers of the Qiang Kingdom come?!" Emperor Chongxin slammed on the table as he spoke, and the whole hall fell silent.

Brother Wen raised his eyes and quickly glanced at the person sitting on the dragon chair, took a few deep breaths and secretly wiped off the sweat from his palms, and mustered up his courage to step out. Ning Jian held his shoulder and moved slightly. He shook his head to signal him not to move.

Wei Xiu held up the white jade wat board and bowed in salute: "I see the emperor."

The white jade wat board bestowed by the late emperor refers to the kindness of the late emperor. Those who hold this wat board can speak up and give advice.

"I want to report the Southwest matter. The place where I live in seclusion is Hewang Mountain in Yuzhou in the Southwest. I know that the Southwest matter is not just done by General Chi alone. The mastermind is still behind the scenes and willful and arrogant!"

Emperor Chongxin took a look at the things he was holding, and was so suppressed that he could only patiently say: "But the old man has been away from the capital for too long, so I am afraid he is not clear about some court affairs. The Southwest incident has long been settled. In addition to Ji, another mastermind, the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has also been punished."

"It's not the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he's just the one who deserves the blame, and the fourth prince who died of injustice is also the one who deserves the blame." Wei Xiudao, shocked by this sentence, Emperor Chongxin unconsciously sat up straight, stared at him and said: "You What do you mean by that?"

Wei Xiu: "The purpose of suppressing the southwestern affairs and blocking your ears is Hermione, the current prime minister, and the mastermind behind him is the current queen, your bedside person."

He spoke forcefully, not like he said it casually, and if he could unite his ministers to bring the matter to him, there must be enough evidence, but the matters he said were too important, and Emperor Chongxin had to think about it. For other things, if what he said is true, he must tear down the queen and the prime minister out of reason, but the second child has been seriously injured so far. At this time, the power of the He family will no longer exist, so his position as the crown prince may not be the same in the future. It's hard to keep.

But the fourth child... If the fourth child is really wronged, and the second child has repeatedly said that he did not harm the fourth child... Emperor Chongxin couldn't swallow this breath after all, and his eyes flashed a few times. Liu Guang, the He family is gone, he can add other forces to the second child, besides, he is an upright man, and he has lived long enough for him to protect the second child on the throne. As for the seventh child, the time he has cultivated him is too short Well, during this period of time, the cultivation of seedlings was just to sharpen the second child, and at the same time check and balance the court situation, the seventh child could only become a prince in the end.

Emperor Chongxin: "Tell me, why do you say that?"

Weixiu breathed a sigh of relief, and waved his hand to let Brother Wen come out.

Yue Wen knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, at the same time, he took out the seal in his arms and handed it to the father-in-law beside him, saying: "Your Majesty, I am the only son of Yue Junwang, the magistrate of Yue State. It was not because of the war in the southwest, but because the empress sent people into the Yue mansion on the grounds of giving her a marriage, and poisoned the wine, killing [-] people in my Yue mansion, and the gate of the city was even hidden by the He family Let the army break through and open the way for the Qiang thieves behind!"

As he spoke, he couldn't hold back the tears from the corners of his eyes, he knocked on the ground and said in a choked voice: "I beg the emperor to make the decision for me to escape!"

Emperor Chongxin took the seal and took a closer look. It didn't look like a forgery, but—"How do you convince me of your one-sided story?"

This is still a child, the easiest to be manipulated and used by others, and what he said is not trustworthy. Emperor Chongxin put the seal in his hand on the table and did not express anything.

Ning Jian knelt down beside Brother Wen: "Your Majesty, my Ning family and the Yue family have the best friendship. I know the nature of the king of Yue County well. Xie Yuan, he can also win the top three in the palace examination, and his thinking is quicker than ordinary people, the emperor must not just treat him as a child."

"Jie Yuan?" Emperor Chongxin wondered, just happened to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials present, walked to the front of the hall with small steps and handed over the answer sheet of the Yuewen Palace Examination in his hand. Not inferior.

Emperor Chongxin fell into deep thought after reading it briefly. These alone may not be enough to bring down the prime minister and the empress. As soon as new ministers enter the court, they will be snatched away by both sides in a short time, and there will be few pure ministers left in the end.

He had to consider was it worth making a fuss over the evidence?

Wei Xiu: "Your Majesty, I have other evidence."

Emperor Chongxin looked up.

Outside the hall, Huisheng held a string of lynx in his hands and turned them one by one. Although he closed his eyes, his ears were not deaf and he could hear the movement inside. Dozens of monks stepped into the hall behind them, including Chi Yi and Qin Mu, as well as the grandson of the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials who was carried by Huizhen.

The eunuch standing at the gate of the hall lowered his head and covered it with a hat. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the monks passing by one by one. After they all went in, the eunuch raised his head and took a deep breath, his eyes were gloomy and solemn. The face under the hat was impressively Wen Liancheng pulled off his hat and quickly left here with his head down.

After he walked away, the two young eunuchs standing on the other side looked at each other and followed him quietly.

"Ma'am, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide this time." Wen Liancheng whispered in Empress He's ear what he had seen and heard.

"Your Majesty, three or four out of ten guards in the palace have been sent outside to look for Shen Wenxuan. The guards are looser than before. It is the easiest time to escape the palace at this time. There are also our He family army outside the city. It is absolutely necessary to cooperate inside and outside. Can help the empress escape from danger in the capital."

"Escaping from danger in the capital? What's next?" Empress He smiled nonchalantly, stood up and walked to the door to look at the palace city. She had lived and tortured half her life here, and she no longer knew where she was going.

"Bengong's hard planning is not for the purpose of escaping in the end, but for revenge. Now that there are some signs, what is the reason for Bengong to escape at this time? Besides, even if he escapes, so what, instead of Hiding outside and hiding in the end can't escape death, so it's better to fight one last time."

"Your Majesty—" Wen Liancheng persuaded.

"Hush——" Empress He interrupted him with her index finger on her lips, stared at him and said, "Wen Liancheng, I allow you to leave the palace, but you have to promise me one thing, you must, must protect the prime minister and help him Stay away from the capital and just be an ordinary person, I can die, but he can't."

Wen Liancheng was stared at by her, and his Adam's apple rolled nervously. After a while, he knelt down on his knees and bowed his head, saying: "Mother, forgive me...it's hard to follow orders, the elite in the palace and the He family army outside the city need me to come Command and dispatch, if the minister leaves the empress at this time, revenge will only become empty talk, and thousands of plans will be ruined at once, how will this allow the minister to face the old general He under the spring after his death! I beg the empress to let the minister stay, and the minister agrees Empress, I will do my best to assist Empress to sit on the highest position!"

Empress He lowered her eyes and stared at the top of his head for a few moments of thought, and asked, "How many soldiers are there outside our city?"

Wen Liancheng: "Twenty thousand."

Twenty thousand?enough.

Empress He looked away, with a trace of venom in her eyes, and ordered: "Except for the prime minister, you send someone to call all the ministers of our line and the royal family to the palace, and then place some people around the prime minister. If there is something wrong, immediately take him out of the capital."

Wen Liancheng: "Yes, ma'am!"

Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Emperor Chongxin looked at Huisheng and the others who came in, and frowned suspiciously: "What is the meaning of this, Master?"

Huisheng clasped his hands together and said "Amitabha". Without saying a word, he let Chi Yi and Qin Mu to the side to reveal the two behind him. Huizhen also put down the little grandson of Yuan Shangshujia who had been holding him all the time.

Emperor Chongxin knew the faces of these three people, he was stunned for a moment, then frowned tightly, Chi Ji's family members have never been found, so they are hiding in Xiangguo Temple?And this child, it stands to reason that the family of the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials has been executed, how did this child survive?

"I didn't expect that under the Buddhist sect, there would be people who harbored rebels. Master, none of the three you brought is simple. Xiangguo Temple is so bold, have you thought about how I will pursue it?!"

Huisheng raised his eyes to meet his gaze, with no expression on his face as always: "Your Majesty, the poor monk believes in destiny. The fate is determined by heaven and cannot be broken. In everything, the poor monk just wants to follow the fate and follow the heart."

Xinyuan?Doesn't it mean that you don't believe in the law or the right?Emperor Chongxin curled his lips into a cold smile.

"Your Majesty," Qin Mu pulled his son to his knees, "it's the grass people's fault for fleeing with their sons. The master didn't know the identity of my father and son when he took me in. He only kept us because of kindness. Also, please don't blame the master, Your Majesty."

As he said that, he took out the letter in his bosom, kowtowed and said happily: "It is also thanks to the master that we were able to escape from the queen's pursuit, and we also had the opportunity to kneel in front of the emperor and expose the truth about Southwest. This is my husband Chi Jilin. The autographed letter left before his death has written about the Southwest affairs in detail, and the emperor is invited to read it."

Emperor Chongxin glanced at the letter, and for the time being let go of their matter, his eyes beckoned Jinzhong to bring the letter up.

Jin Zhong ran down the steps quickly in small steps, took the letter from Qin Mu's hand and presented it to the emperor, and Emperor Chongxin took it in his hand, but just as he opened the letter, he saw that there was nothing but white paper inside.

"Bold! You—"

Qin Mu: "The emperor is angry. When my husband wrote this letter, he was afraid that the queen would silence him, so he made some moves. If he wanted to see it, he had to bring a basin of water to soak it, so that the words on it would appear. "

This is water writing paper. His husband discovered it by accident when he was guarding the south side. The paper is coated with a paint that changes color when exposed to water. The original appearance, this time dipped in water again, what was written last time appeared.

Jinzhong was puzzled, and looked back at the emperor on the dragon chair. Emperor Chongxin contemplated Qin and Mu for a while, until he stared at their father and son until they were sweating profusely before throwing the white paper in his hand aside Jinzhong, just soaked, he didn't miss this little time.

While waiting, Shenwu Sect approached another group of people. The old prince led the crowd to walk ahead, but when he was about to enter the hall, he saw Qin Mu and Chi Ji who were kneeling, and a child holding Huizhen's sleeve , immediately stopped by the door, grabbed Prince Jing's hand behind him and dodged aside first.

"Father?" Prince Jing asked puzzled.

The old prince frowned. He originally thought that the queen called them here to persuade the emperor to be diligent in government affairs, but now it seems that this is not the case. With such a battle...the queen may have to make a big move.

"Jing'er, it's still too late for you to go back and take Hermione." He said in a deep voice.

Prince Jing frowned immediately: "Father, what do you mean?"

The old prince looked at him steadfastly. Although he didn't speak, the long silence already showed that the matter was not simple. A panic rose in Prince Jing's heart. He subconsciously took two steps back, turned around and ran in the direction of leaving the palace like a madman. go.

The old prince watched his back disappear into the Shenwu Gate, heaved a sigh of relief, withdrew his gaze, turned and entered the hall, walked to the front and bowed to salute.

Emperor Chongxin grabbed the letter paper that was still dripping in his hand, and lines of words on it rushed into his eyes. The more he looked at the expression on his face, the more distorted it was. The planning, layout, and strategy after the incident was revealed in the past ten years on it, even more so. What is the joint plan, Emperor Chongxin broke out in a cold sweat after reading it, and was so angry that he tore the water writing papers to pieces.

"Come here! I'm going to abolish the queen! Put Heqin, a bitch, into the cold palace, and he will never take another step in his eternal life! Zhao Er, you lead people to surround He's mansion! Everyone inside must not be let go, and everyone will be executed!"

"Your Majesty!" The old prince took a step forward, "The ministers don't understand why the emperor abolished the queen and the prime minister, and please ask the emperor to clarify."

At this time, Emperor Chongxin realized that these newcomers, especially these people were related to the Second Prince, couldn't help but sneered: "Uncle Emperor, I haven't deduced whether you people are in the same nest as the Queen and the Prime Minister. I haven't investigated the faults of you courtiers, it's better to be quiet at this time."

"Zhao Er, do as I say!"

Zhao Er leaned over and was about to go down——

"Your Majesty!" The old prince fixed his eyes on the emperor, and the roar that broke out from his throat caused everyone in the hall to look over.

The old prince: "Abolishing the empress and the prime minister is the foundation of moving the country. It will surely shake the court, the people, and even the entire Daqing. How can they be abolished with just a word from the Holy One! Please also express the reason to convince the hearts of the people!"

After he finished speaking, the ministers and royal family members who followed him leaned over and said: "Please also ask the emperor to explain the reason clearly, so as to convince people's hearts!"

If he really said it, he was afraid that even what he did back then would be found out. Emperor Chongxin was so angry that his face was livid, and he slapped the table and got up. Just as he was about to get angry, he heard a loud noise outside, shaking the whole hall After trembling three times, everyone panicked for a moment. Before they could react, Zhao Er had already led the guards out, followed by Ning Jian.

"There are assassins! Hurry up and escort them!"

"There are assassins! Escort!"

"Escort!"

Shen Wenxuan stood on the tall building of one side of the palace, with his hands behind his back looking at a palace in the distance that collapsed, the location should be the residence of the First Prince, followed by two, three, four... ..The distance from the empress to the Tai Chi Hall after coming out of the harem is not short, Shen Wenxuan silently counted the noises.

"This voice..." Jiao Shihan leaned on the guardrail and looked towards the destroyed place. The original magnificent palace instantly turned into a pile of messy ruins, emitting black smoke, and many guards flocked to these places. There was the faint sound of swords clashing, and the screams of being injured.

He suddenly remembered the night when Anhe County was under siege, and looked anxiously at Changxin Palace. Fortunately, fortunately... the palace where the Queen Mother lived was still some distance from the place where the explosion occurred.

"The empress was imprisoned in the Zhongcui Palace, and the people around her were not enough to resist the tens of thousands of guards in the palace. If she wanted to rebel, she had to use some methods to win more with less. This was one of them." Shen Wenxuan explained. Wrapped around his waist to protect him from falling.

Wen Liancheng has personally experienced gunpowder once, but now he uses it very skillfully.

Shen Wenxuan laughed, and after counting to the tenth, he watched the rebels break into the Tai Chi Hall, turned around and tightened Ajiao's hand to lead him down: "It's time, let's go down and have a look."

Jiao Shihan held his hand back, watched his back and followed him.

In the Taiji Hall, Emperor Chongxin was leaning against the dragon chair in shock, his face turned pale, but his eyes were stern, staring coldly at the dozens of people who broke in below, all of them were wearing eunuch uniforms, but anyone It can be seen that the way they hold swords has obviously been trained by the army.

Wen Liancheng was holding a small jar in his hand, and it was this thing that exploded in front of the Taiji Hall, and the hundreds of guards guarding him were dead and crippled. The gunpowder smoke from the battlefield even affected the three-foot-high palace gate, half of which fell off.

"No one is allowed to move, otherwise I don't mind blowing this place upside down." Wen Liancheng threatened, kicking the box next to his feet. There are all these things in it, with dark eyes, staring straight at it. The civil and military officials in the hall forced them to take a few steps back to let out the emperor behind them, and the few remaining guards in the hall were quickly wiped their necks by the intruders.

So what if there are nearly ten thousand guards in the palace?These dignitaries are now like fish on a chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.

"I heard that someone is going to abolish this palace." Empress He came out from behind the crowd and looked up at the emperor with a smile on the corner of her mouth. Although her head was raised, her eyes looked at everything:

"Li Zhan, are you worthy?"

Anger and anger have nowhere to vent and tumbling in his heart, Emperor Chongxin stood up and glanced at the old prince and then at the queen: "Okay, very good."

"You, Heqin, conspired with Chi Ji to collude with the Qiang Kingdom in an attempt to overthrow Daqing. Why do you have the nerve to ask me if I am worthy of such a serious crime? It is only my fault that I was soft-hearted back then, and thinking about the old relationship has not destroyed your He family. If you have a daughter, you are as ungrateful and rebellious as your rebellious father!"

"Shut up! What qualifications do you have to mention my father?" Empress He glared at him, "My father was an upright man all his life, serving the country and the people. His only mistake was that he chose the wrong person to be loyal to and took you as a wise king." !"

"This palace colluded with the Qiang people and wanted to swallow the Southwest, so what! That place belonged to our He family, and it was taken back from the Qiang people by my father after years of hard work. With me Father has your people in the Southwest, and you, Li Zhan, can get rich and sit on the throne from here!"

"You say I'm ungrateful, but what about you, Li Zhan? A false accusation, treachery, crossing rivers and destroying bridges. My father is loyal to you, but you lead my father to Beijing to put him to death because of the little jealousy in your heart. Li Zhan, Do you dare to touch your conscience with the word Enyi?"

Emperor Chongxin: "You—you are talking nonsense! It was He Jin who wanted to rebel, and he was not greedy enough to try to establish himself as king. How can you confuse right and wrong with the facts like this!"

Empress He: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha."

Emperor Chongxin: "What are you laughing at!"

"Laughing that you didn't dare to admit what you did back then ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha," Queen He wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked at him with a funny face, "I'm afraid you don't know that the old prince and my father passed through each other in private. Letters? At that time, my father was still marching thousands of miles, and he would not be able to reach the capital for a while, and he was worried that something might happen to you, the emperor, so he wrote a letter to the old prince to ask him to beware of the Ning family, in case the Ning family rebelled, but who would have thought of it? Heh, it's not the Ning family that should be wary of, but Li Zhan, you murderous villain."

Emperor Chongxin stared at the old prince in disbelief. For so many years, he thought of the kindness of the old prince. He gave in repeatedly and bowed his head again and again, and regarded him as a blood relative. and go.

"If you want to commit a crime, there is no excuse. You people who want to rebel have no right to accuse me of my fault!" Panting heavily, Emperor Chongxin glanced at the two groups of people below Weiwei and Ning Weiliang, and then glanced at the old prince:

"Uncle Huang, I have respected and respected you for half my life. I have never treated you harshly since I ascended the throne. Even Prince Jing loves my house. Now you really want to stand with this demon girl and disregard my life or death?"

The old prince closed his eyes and sighed. He has kept the queen and the prime minister all these years, because the emperor really owed He family a lot, and he tried his best to make up for it. It was right or wrong to save her from the harem.

The old grievances and grievances are hard to end after all.

"Queen—"

Empress He: "Old prince, don't try to persuade me. The pain of losing a son and father, the pain that Bengong and Min'er have endured for more than ten years, is not something you can easily let go of by just praying to Bengong."

She was abandoned in the cold palace in the fifth month of her pregnancy. In order to survive, she had to drink abortion pills to have a miscarriage. The imperial doctor told her that it was a male fetus that had already formed... For so many years, she saw the emperor's concubines in groups, There are like clouds of descendants, only she, staying in this deep palace is as cold as a piece of ice.

The old prince: "Your Majesty called us old ministers here in advance. I'm afraid it's not to fight the emperor to the death. Why don't you suggest that I ask the emperor to proclaim himself the Supreme Emperor and give way to the second prince. Queen, please stop here."

Wei Xiu let out a "humph": "The prince should take the throne as his own, so he can give it up if he wants? If he really follows the prince's wish, wouldn't a traitor like the empress want to sit in the position of the empress dowager? Ji, even if I die, I will never agree!"

The old prince: "If you don't agree, you will really die—"

"If you die, you will die," Ning Weiliang gave him a disdainful glance, "I would like to follow the emperor, and even if I die, I will gain a reputation as a hero, and I will never live like the prince."

"You, you—"

Empress He laughed, grabbed the sword in Wen Liancheng's hand, walked up the steps step by step, approached the emperor on the dragon chair, pointed the sword point at him and forced him to give up the dragon chair, Empress He stuck the sword in the side of the chair, and sat on it by herself , leaning on the back of the chair extremely comfortably, stroking the faucets on the arms of the chairs on both sides with both hands, and sighing.

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