Chapter 34: Edict

The thought that they were going to face the emperor in a rage shuddered.

If so, it is better to drink poison and kill yourself.

Oh no, they shouldn't be thinking about how to survive, right?

What to do?

The men looked at Empress Zhang.

Zhang Hou didn't plan to say anything, but turned the Buddha beads by himself.

Only, her hands were trembling slightly.

She was also afraid, and she was afraid of death.

Whether she died under a quick knife or in a raging fire, it terrified her.

Fortunately, she has experienced a lot of things over the years, and she is more calm.

At this time, she could still hide her fear.

And the other concubines were also anxious, and they didn't see that Empress Zhang was holding on.

In the past few days, they have all been frightened, and the emperor's riots have always appeared, and the previous preparations for setting fire have made them afraid.

Now that he knows the emperor's new measures, he is naturally more afraid.

Fortunately, those smart people know that they can't babble now, and that kind of shouting will only expose that they know the emperor's intentions.

Peeping into the emperor's tracks, in the emperor's opinion, it is definitely a big rebellion, what do you want to do?

I still want to speculate on the emperor's thoughts, it's so daring.

If one is not good, it will be sent to the cold palace.

Well, the end is absolutely cool.

There is a palace concubine who does not give up, but she still has a trace of fantasy in her heart, thinking that the emperor should not be so ruthless, right?

But the meaning of those firewood belts made her feel that Zhang Hou's hint was correct.

It's just that Zhang Hou's words are very vague, she doesn't want to ask clearly, and her voice is very trembling: "Niangniang, is it really like that?"

"I'm also guessing about this, after all, I don't know what he thinks. ”

Then, Zhang Hou emphasized again: "In fact, maybe Your Majesty is really just for self-defense. ”

It's just this explanation, it's okay to deceive stupid people, but now the people who can keep the palace are not stupid.

If he was really stupid, he would have died a long time ago.

The reason why they still need to wake up is because the palace concubines don't dare to think about it.

They still have some illusions, and they can't believe that the emperor will be so unkind!

But Empress Zhang didn't, she didn't have the slightest illusion about the emperor for a long time, so she had that bold idea.

Zhang Hou woke up and let others not get lucky.

So after hearing Zhang's last exculpatory words, the palace concubines who woke up first didn't believe it at all.

What else does the emperor need for self-defense?

In the end, he was either martyred or became a prisoner of the new dynasty.

Over the years, although the palace concubines are not very well-informed, they still know some of the most basic things.

For example, the Phoenix Army, the most novel thing is that it is under the command of a female marshal.

According to legend, women under the rule of the Phoenix Army live the best, after all, the Phoenix Army is a handsome woman.

originally thought that if the Phoenix Army came over, they should not be in the way of the handsome woman's affairs, and their lives could be saved.

When the emperor is defeated, he will definitely move out of the palace, and they can live with their children.

However, the current emperor clearly does not think so.

How could this not make them shocked and angry.

Then, they remembered that the emperor was planning to set fire to the palace, so it was also possible to kill them by the way.

After all, in his heart, he was afraid that it was still to protect their chastity.

Maybe, it's justifiable.

The palace concubines who thought clearly couldn't accept the possible situation.

It's really ...... to be able to live a good life, but you have to find trouble It's not cool to think about.

No way.

It can't go on like this.

Otherwise, the emperor would have ruined all of them.

"So what do we do?"

"What can I do? Let's go back and know what to do. Zhang Hou said.

As for the speculation of the emperor's thoughts, she did not say it, but only hinted at it.

As for what the others think, she doesn't care.

It's just that it's not lovely, nod to them.

What to do, they should know by heart.

Anyway, the big deal is death.

The only regret is that she has not seen the children of her grandchildren.

"Let's go, after all, I'm here to seal the palace, it is said that you shouldn't come, after he knows, it will not be good for you. ”

“......”

Others have the heart to ask what to do?

only to find that Zhang Hou stood up by himself, turned around and left.

She planned to go on to copy the scriptures and pray for the children, not caring about the concubines' thoughts.

They had to leave.

Still, one by one they were still in shock.

Several of them were weak and couldn't walk.

If you don't have a confidant, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to your palace.

Of course, after they separated, they still divided into several small groups, planning to have small meetings one after another.

For Empress Zhang's cold bystanders, they understand in their hearts that other people's children are not in the palace, so they naturally don't worry about it.

Wait, will the emperor let his children and grandchildren take them away?

The concubines with the prince suddenly thought of this and were stunned.

Maybe that's the case?

So, some of the concubines invited their sons over and told them about the affairs of the palace.

In fact, after knowing what the emperor did, the princes, who knew much more than the palace concubines, had similar thoughts.

There is a feeling that the emperor is ready to kill people, and he is targeting the concubines in the palace.

In addition, after they knew that this was hinted at by Zhang, they now had to admit that their own mothers were not as good as other people's mothers.

can become a successor woman, not easy to mess with.

When Zhang Hou saw that something was wrong, he immediately decided to let his son and daughter run away.

even prayed for her sick under the guise of blessings.

Dragged the time for a while, allowing the two to escape successfully.

Luckily, I ran early.

The princess who was substituted for marrying in the past is already a loss of fragrance.

The so-called colt is a martial artist.

is a man who is very contemptuous of women, even the princess of golden branches and jade leaves, and he does not get any respect from him.

The princess lived a life of grievance and helplessness, and went early.

Even later, the colt was killed, but the dead princess never survived.

In this regard, the princes just sighed.

After that, it's left behind.

When the princes knew that Prince Yu was running away, they also said that Empress Zhang was afraid that he would be dizzy.

Valuing daughters, more than sons.

Although her daughter escaped, the emperor directly put their brother and sister to death directly on the royal genealogy.

In other words, the two of them are no longer members of the royal family.

It's alive, and it's the most ordinary civilian.

Life outside may not be easy, after all, their identities have changed greatly.

The princes are a little fortunate that there is one less person to rob them.

But now it seems that Zhang Hou has great vision, and he doesn't have to be frightened when he sends his children away.

Until now, she is the one who is least afraid.

I'm afraid that Empress Zhang will see that something is wrong, and even the identity of the royal family is not as good as that of a commoner.

And after listening to the analysis of the concubine, they also knew that the emperor really had such an idea: to take the family to death.

For example, firewood piled up everywhere in the Forbidden City.

What does this mean, they understand very well, the father is already a bit of a dog jumping off the wall.

Nine times out of ten, they want to have a jade burned.

If this fire is set off, the entire Forbidden City, and even the capital, will not be very safe.

The weather is dry and dry, and I am afraid that there will be a fire in one place, and there will be a fire everywhere.

Regarding the meaning of the emperor letting people sharpen their knives every day, in the hearts of the princes, they naturally had some doubts.

Thinking of everyone dying together?

What to do?

Just because he is the emperor and their father, can they only be captured?

The princes were a little reluctant.

When he was born, no one asked them if they would like to be his sons.

If they had a choice, they wouldn't.

There was no light.

It's always unlucky to follow the emperor.

Now the emperor didn't ask, and planned to let them all die with him.

Well, they don't want to.

But over the years, the emperor has accumulated great prestige, and he has loyal lackeys under him.

In the capital, the emperor is still the largest.

And as princes, they have no power in their hands.

They didn't even have the title of king, they only had a few henchmen, and they couldn't fall out with the emperor for a while.

After the princes knew the situation, they could only plan secretly.

If the father asked them to bring their children into the imperial city, they would not be willing.

After secretly stepping up contact, they are also accumulating strength.

A few days later, when they heard that the Phoenix Army and the Liao Family Army had arrived, they received the emperor's order to bring the emperor's grandson and the emperor's granddaughter into the palace.

When several princes saw it, they knew that the emperor was only afraid of making a decision in his heart.

Fortunately, they sent their sons and daughters out of the city early.

They think they can die, but their children deserve to live.

In this way, they walked into the imperial city with fake sons and daughters.

And Empress Zhang, who was in the palace, received news that the emperor had left the palace, which was good news for her.

She wanted to live.

When the emperor is here, she can't, after all, she is going to be a head shorter than the emperor.

But if the emperor leaves, then she is the boss of the palace.

She ordered her henchmen to grab the emperor's dogs, tie them up, and throw them in one place.

Then she walked out to her place.

This time, she deliberately put on the queen's dress, took the last loyal person to her, and broke into the place where the jade seal was hidden.

However, most of the people who were loyal to the emperor protected the emperor from the palace.

In this way, Zhang Hou still rushed in relatively easily.

She swept away all the emperor's seals, except for a few private seals that the emperor had brought with her.

It just so happened that the princes were ordered to enter the palace, and as soon as they entered, the gates of the Forbidden City were closed.

Because the people of Empress Zhang took the holy decree and closed the city gate.

Empress Zhang knew that if he wanted to live, he would kill the emperor.

Since the gates of the Forbidden City were closed, then something else should be done, and she asked the princes to bring with them.

"What? The Queen Mother told us to give an order to open the city gates? Isn't this an edict?"

When the princes heard Empress Zhang's request, they all couldn't believe that this queen mother, who had not seen her for several years, had become like this.

"Otherwise, when he comes back, we will be served by him, are you willing?" asked Zhang Hou.

"What if you don't want to? "That's what the prince said.

"So, you go out of the Forbidden City now and go to your father, right?" Zhang Hou said lightly.

"No, no, no, I'll stay here. ”

After hearing this, some princes were willing to accept this order.

Before going again, he still asked: "Queen Mother, the sons are willing to go, but does the Queen Mother think we will have a life?"

"Yes, I trust the people of the Phoenix Army. Zhang Hou said.

Back then, the female marshal of the Phoenix Army easily let go of her children, and she was more at ease with the Phoenix Army.

"Okay, then I'll go. ”

Speaking of which, this prince also wants to live.

Although the couple sent the child out, whether the child had a father or not is a different matter.

Naturally, he wanted to live.

Now, Zhang Houyi commanded to do it immediately.

By this time, the emperor's actions were such that he could no longer bear them.

Zhang Hou breathed a sigh of relief, someone was finally willing to do it, otherwise would she let a woman go to falsely preach the holy decree?

False proclamation was a felony, and she, the one who wrote the false decree, was guilty of an even greater crime.

But the current emperor is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, and he doesn't know how long he can sit on the emperor's throne.

So Zhang Hou didn't care at all.

Even she would be happy to do so.

Over the years, she didn't know who sent her the letter, but it was certain that she had consented.

For the sake of the children, Zhang Hou also made up his mind to let people in.

Let the people of the Phoenix Army and the Liao Family Army enter the capital unscathed, so that when they see her, Empress Zhang will not have any confidence.

Even if what she did was rebellious, she still did it.

Besides, Yu Ying waited for the Northwest Army and was about to discuss with Ah He what to do, when the city gate was opened.

This surprised everyone.

What's going on?

Is it an empty city plan?

And the soldiers guarding the city gate were scared, just now the six princes came to deliver the holy decree and let them open the city gate.

Some people were full of ignorance and didn't know what was going on, but some people immediately opened the city gates, and it was that kind of wide open.

The six princes specially greeted him and said, "On the order of the queen mother, open the door to welcome the Phoenix Army." ”

The vanguard of the Phoenix Army rushed in and seized the most critical place.

And those soldiers of the Great Hung Dynasty honestly stood aside.

The men of the Phoenix Army soon began to control the capital, even the imperial palace.

At this time, a female guard of the Phoenix Army rode a horse to report, "Marshal, the Phoenix Army has taken most of it, please enter the city." ”

"Good. ”

Yu Ying rode in front, followed by some of her guards.

Of course. It also includes the prince who came to open the city gates.

When she knew that it was Empress Zhang who ordered him to open the city gate, Yu Ying smiled slightly, she was really alive.

When Zhang Ziyu heard about it, he was extremely excited.

The sixth prince had already recognized him at this time, and when he saw Zhang Ziyu, who gave up everything and ran away with his sister, he had a lot of questions to ask.

For example, how is life outside?

Another example is how did he catch up with this female marshal?

When the words came to his lips, the six princes didn't ask anything, and some things were better to talk in private.

Of course, the six princes have no memory of Yu Ying's appearance, and they didn't recognize who this was at all?

After all, when he was not born, Yu Ying had already run away.

Now that she's back, naturally few people know her.

Besides, the emperor on the other side hurriedly got into a special carriage and headed towards the city gate where Liao's army was.

He wants to see the rebellion of the Liao family, the emperor has been wanting to see Ah He all these years, is it the Liao family?

As he climbed up the city wall out of breath, he saw the tent in the distance and lost his mind.

I never imagined that one day, I would be forced to this point.

At this moment, he wanted to cry, but he knew that as an emperor, he shouldn't cry, so he raised his head to look, closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and swallowed the overflowing tears little by little.

His henchman He Gong secretly looked at him.

In his eyes, the emperor's thin body is actually holding on.

Over the years, the emperor has lived a hard life, but as a subordinate, he can only pretend not to see.

After all, the majesty of the emperor does not allow others to peep.