Chapter 41: The Change of the Taihe Palace
General Cai's voice lagged behind, hesitated for a few seconds, and a boy's voice came from the Taihe Palace: "Even if it's a memorial, why do you bring so many soldiers and horses?!"
General Cai heard the echo of someone in the hall, his expression was slightly stunned, and then he saw a group of people walking out of the Taihe Palace, the first one in the crowd was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, dressed in a crown dress, followed by a group of palace maids dressed in plain clothes, in the crowd, by two palace maids holding a canopy, under the canopy, the concubine Zhen stood up, this child is the son of the concubine Hou Ying, that is, the prince of the six princes tried their best to protect.
General Cai was taken aback when he saw this, and hurriedly retreated from the army, Ye Xianglun was a Luoqiu qin master, and he had met the king of Luoqiu alone, and he was also a minister in the court, Ye Xianglun was worried that the situation was unfavorable to General Cai, so he followed General Cai closely and did not evacuate.
After retiring from the army, General Cai stepped forward to ask for guilt: "The minister heard that the ministers of the court were imprisoned in the palace by the traitorous party, so Weichen came to the rescue!"
After hearing this, Gongzi Hou Ying paused for a few seconds and said: "In the palace, everyone mourns, where did the traitorous party say, I am afraid that if you Cai Maochen leads the army to break into the palace, it must be unfavorable to the lone king?!"
Hearing that Hou Ying called himself the "Lonely King", General Cai knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly knelt down on his knees and said: "The first king was killed by a traitor, and the ministers are still unknown.
Gongzi Hou Ying also hesitated for a few seconds and said: "Bold! This king has taken over state affairs by the edict of his father, and all the ministers in the court have already known that you dare to talk about state affairs in vain here, what kind of crime should you be guilty of!"
"Weichen doesn't know the whereabouts of the ministers, how can he know?" General Cai asked reasonably.
After General Cai finished speaking, the son Hou Ying did not answer, only to see the ministers walk out of the Taihe Palace, walk in front of Hou Ying, kowtow and bow: "Long live my king, long live, long live, long live!"
Cai Maochen saw that the ministers who had always opposed Hou Ying among the ministers also visited the shrine together, and he was full of doubts for a while, so he looked at the ministers, only to see Luoqiu Xiangguo, turned his head and squeezed his eyebrows at himself, and made a painful appearance, General Cai knew that this move was not what the ministers wanted, but he didn't know why, when he was hesitating, he saw Hou Ying suddenly tear off the crown and shouted: "Don't act, don't act! Queen Mother, I want to eat pastries, let them bring pastries to me!"
Seeing this, Concubine Zhen behind Hou Ying said sharply: "Ying'er is messing around, stay for the queen mother!"
Ye Xianglun's eyes were sharp, and he noticed that there was something wrong with the palace maids behind Gongzi Hou Ying, and whispered to General Cai, and after General Cai heard this, he could stand up, draw his sword and point directly at the guards behind Gongzi Hou Ying: "Who dares to coerce Gongzi!"
I saw that among the guards, a thin man took a few steps back in fear and escaped into the Taihe Palace.
After the man was frightened away, the palace maids behind Gongzi Hou Ying also retreated into the Taihe Palace. For a while, only the son Hou Ying, mother and son were left in front of the Taihe Palace.
The palace coup, the victory or defeat is only in an instant, although General Cai has a heavy army, but a little careless, will end up in the crime of bullying the king, now the situation is difficult to ride a tiger, General Cai is a decisive person, knowing that he can not back down at this moment, but to raise the sword in front of the ministers, ask the ministers, who coerced the son, but unexpectedly the ministers just knelt on the ground and shook their heads and said nothing.
General Cai was helpless, but saw a wave of people walking out of the Taihe Palace, the first one was the sixth prince of the dynasty, and the man who followed him was the man who was dressed as a guard and commanded the situation behind Gongzi Hou Ying, at this time the man had changed his outfit, Ye Xianglun recognized that the person was Mr. Liao, a staff member of the sixth prince.
The sixth prince walked out of the Taihe Hall in mourning clothes, and laughed loudly: "General Cai led his troops into the palace, can you know that he has committed the crime of bullying the monarch today?"
Ye Xianglun saw that the six princes' henchmen were all there, but he didn't see the whereabouts of the six princes' soldiers and horses and Luo Wenjin, and he had some doubts in his heart.
"Hahaha, the sixth prince coerced the prince and imprisoned the ministers, but what crime should he be guilty of?" General Cai also laughed.
"The first king died, the prince stood sideways, and the ministers supported him, what a crime!" the sixth prince narrowed his eyes and instructed the ministers.
"If it weren't for your coercion, how could the ministers gather in the palace late at night?" General Cai asked.
"The first king died, why not do we discuss the matter of canonization! But you, Cai Maochen, broke into the palace late at night and committed the crime of making trouble!" The sixth prince asked sharply.
"I Cai Maochen don't believe it, the canonization of Gongzi Hou Win, it is the meaning of the ministers!" General Cai asked as he stood beside the ministers.
"If you don't believe it, you can ask the ministers all over the place!" the sixth prince raised his right hand slightly and motioned to the ministers.
After hearing this, most of the ministers responded and said: "I am willing to serve Gongzi Hou Ying as the king!"
Cai Maochen heard the voices of the ministers, but he still couldn't believe it, walked in front of Xiang Guo, helped Xiang Guo and said: "May I ask Xiang Guo, is this what everyone means?"
After Xiangguo heard this, he didn't dare to speak.
General Cai whispered again: "Xiangguo rest assured, the traitorous remnants and the party were expelled by me, the city gate thought that our army was in control, and the sergeants under Cai's command were on standby outside the palace gate at any time, and the six princes did not dare to mess around!"
After hearing this, Xiangguo hesitated for a moment, his face was indecided, but he raised his head and glanced at the sixth prince, and then closed his eyes and said categorically: "The intention of the Hou to win is the intention of the ministers, General Cai can withdraw quickly, and there is no need to interfere in the government affairs!"
General Cai couldn't believe it, and Xiang Guo, who had always opposed the victory of the Hou Dynasty, also said so, and was speechless for a while.
Ye Xianglun's sense of hearing has been extremely keen since he accepted the whole note, and when General Cai asked the ministers, Ye Xianglun heard the sound of the flow of people on both sides of the Taihe Palace, and knew that something was wrong, so he quietly took out the piano from his arms and hid it in his sleeve, ready to deal with sudden changes at any time.
Sure enough, the sixth prince took advantage of General Cai's lack of words, slowly took off his mourning clothes and threw them on the ground, this strange move attracted Ye Xianglun's attention.
Ye Xianglun listened attentively, but heard the faint sound of bowstring pulling on the left side of the platform, and the electric light flashed in Ye Xianglun's mind The picture of Luo Wenjin's magic arrow shooting helmet on the training ground, Ye Xianglun was shocked, and before he could think about it, he hurriedly threw General Cai to the ground.
In an instant, I saw a feather arrow galloping towards General Cai's direction with the sound of the wind, but fortunately, Ye Xianglun expected in advance that the feather arrow failed to hit General Cai, but it was directly inserted into the stone corona behind General Cai, and under the light of the fire, the arrow feathers swayed by itself.
General Cai was shocked when he saw the feather arrow inserted into the corona, if this arrow hit him, he would definitely be killed on the spot, and then not only the Cai family would fall into the name of rebellion, but even the army under the stage would inevitably be in trouble, fortunately, with the protection of Mr. Ye at such a time of crisis, he and the Cai family were spared.
After rushing to Ye Xianglun beside him to give him a grateful look, General Cai caught his mind and immediately drew his sword.
Seeing that the plan was revealed, the six princes on the opposite side gave an order, and two groups of troops poured out from both sides of the Taihe Hall to quickly surround everyone. The leader is Luo Wenjin, the general under the Sixth Prince!
"I committed the crime of bullying the king, and I still want to resist, take down Cai Maochen for me!" the sixth prince shouted.
When the soldiers heard the order, they drew their blades.
On the other hand, General Cai's army saw the movement on the broad platform of the Taihe Palace, and they had already embraced the platform.
"Whoever dares to touch General Cai will die here!" Cai Zhongkui commanded the infantry and archers to surround all the people present.
Although the Cai family's army was outnumbered, General Cai, the core figure of the army, was besieged by the enemy, and no one dared to march rashly for a while, and the two armies suddenly fell into a stalemate.