It was almost five watches, and the high walls of the imperial city showed a crow-blue morning light in the distance, and the bright yellow glazed tiles crossed the thin layer of shimmering. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info wind does not know where it comes from, in the wide and quiet Tai Chi Hall in front of the square quietly, rolled up the corners of the clothes of the people standing in the square, and moved.

The British Duke Qi Shaoyuan stood in the dark, touching the saber at his waist, and seemed to be able to hear the pounding heartbeat in his chest. He followed King Dongping all the way into the palace, stopped in front of the gate of the Taiji Palace, and waited for the queen to come to see them. Looking at the Taiji Hall on the jade steps, it still looks tall and majestic in the night, this is the place where courtiers and foreign envoys bow when they come to the court, but now they are trampled under their feet, and they are only one step away from that position.

But this step is a great price, if they fail, his Qi Shaoyuan's life, together with the glorious British Mansion for a hundred years, will probably have to be buried by King Dongping. Thinking of this, his body trembled again, and he couldn't help but glance back at King Dongping, and saw that King Dongping was still riding on his horse indifferently and calmly, looking at the Taiji Hall coldly, without the slightest hesitation and timidity, he was slightly relieved, they still had chips in their hands, and this chip was enough to win, everything was worth it.

Hundreds of people stood quietly in the square in front of the Taiji Palace, no one spoke, only the sound of rapid breathing, I don't know how many people are like Qi Shaoyuan's thoughts, full of speculation and uneasiness, but the king of Dongping is calm, he looked at the sky that has gradually brightened, pointed to the Taiji Hall with a horsewhip, and instructed: "Let people bring them a token, tell them, we escort back to the palace, please come to the palace to pick up, there must be no mistake!" ”

They used the queen mother's personal jade pendant to order the palace guards to open the gate of the imperial city, and let people bring the news into the palace, and ordered people to come to pick up the car, they drove all the way into the imperial city in the name of escorting back to the palace, until the front of the Taiji Palace. And the news sent back from the palace, the queen was in the Taiji Palace, and ordered them to wait in front of the Taiji Palace, which was more than an hour.

This hour is torturous for everyone, and no one knows what the outcome will be, whether it will be fulfilled or whether it will be a failure. The people behind King Dongping can only feel at ease if they frequently look up at the carriage surrounded by the palace guards, and see that the carriage with the curtain hanging down is safe and sound, and that is their biggest bargaining chip!

Finally, a line of lights walked down the jade steps, it was dozens of palace maids carrying wind lanterns down the steps, the woman in the middle was wearing a bright yellow phoenix patterned Zhai clothes, the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on the high bun swayed in the light, she held her high bulging abdomen with one hand, and supported the young woman beside her with the other hand, walking down the jade steps step by step with her head held high, although there was some panic in her eyes, she was still straight, without the slightest intention of giving in.

It was the queen, and beside her was Shen Ruohua, who had entered the palace before, and they walked towards King Dongping and his party.

The palace maids stopped in front of the jade steps, separated from King Dongping and others a hundred meters away, and the brocade guards and guards behind the queen had already set up bows and crossbows aimed at them, waiting for the battle, staring at King Dongping and others, just waiting for the queen to give an order to step forward to take down this group of chaotic ministers and thieves.

"The Queen Mother and the Emperor went to the cave to pray for incense, and they have not returned to the palace for a long time, and today King Lao Dongping and all the adults sent the Queen Mother and the Emperor back to the palace," the Queen said, her voice drifting away with the morning breeze, "Please ask the Queen Mother and the Emperor to go back to the palace to rest." ”

This is the last chance for King Dongping to choose, although everyone already knows everything.

King Dongping sneered, and did not dismount to salute: "The Queen Mother has an edict, there are traitors in the palace, and she intends to murder the holy driver, so you should clean up the night and calm the rebellion in the palace!" He pointed to the palace guards behind him, "The minister didn't dare to disobey the edict, and entered the palace to level the plate, and asked the queen mother to lead the ladies to listen to the edict of the queen mother." ”

The queen's hand shook involuntarily, and was supported by Shen Ruohua, she looked at Shen Ruohua, forced herself to calm down, and said to the king of Dongping: "The prince said that it was an edict, I don't know where the edict is, since the queen mother has returned to the palace, please ask the queen mother to pass the edict in person, and mobilize the guards into the palace to quell the chaos." ”

King Dongping's always gentle and kind face was only cold at this time, he waved his horsewhip, and someone next to the tightly surrounded carriage lifted the curtain, revealing the people inside.

It was the queen mother, wearing a plain robe, sitting in the carriage with a plain head and face, and it was the emperor who was holding it in her hand, and the emperor did not have the previous madness, but looked at people in a demented manner, his eyes were scattered and unfocused, which made people stunned. The Queen Mother's face was not frightened, nor panicked, just a slightly tired calm, she looked at the queen and Shen Ruohua not far away, and lowered her eyes lightly, as if she was not worried or afraid that she had fallen into the hands of King Dongping and became a prisoner.

Before seeing the Queen Mother, the queen still had some courage and dared to confront the king of Dongping, but at this time, she looked at the two people in the carriage in a daze, and almost fell into Shen Ruohua's arms in despair, the queen mother and the emperor really fell into their hands, how could she still hold on, how could she still deal with the king of Dongping! She almost cried, what should this be!

Shen Ruohua firmly held her and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, you must rescue the Queen Mother, you can't let the rebels and thieves run rampant!" She knew that Qi Mingrui and Yu Linwei had stopped Zhou Qiyou's soldiers and horses, King Dongping only had these people in front of him, and the Queen Mother and the Emperor were his last bargaining chips, as long as he thought of dragging them down, when the Duke of Fuguo and King Fu transferred soldiers and horses into the palace King Qin, there was hope to resolve the crisis.

It's just that the queen is already weak and weak, so she can only hold her stomach and lean softly on Shen Ruohua, crying mournfully, and she doesn't have the courage to face King Dongping again.

King Dongping looked at the queen, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, they were right, the queen Xu family did not have the bearing and ability of the Xu family, the prince of the auxiliary country, just a useless person, I think he would soon be able to force the Xu family to surrender and let him step into the Taiji Palace.

"The Queen Mother is here, and the Queen Mother is still not edicted?!" King Dongping's voice fought, and he shouted loudly, his eyes swept to the many palace guards and brocade guards behind her.

At this time, the palace guards and brocade guards who were holding bows and crossbows high also saw the people in the carriage clearly, and they couldn't help but show hesitation on their faces, they didn't dare to be the ones who killed the king.

Shen Ruohua's voice sounded: "Since the prince of Dongping said that it was the edict of the Queen Mother, he asked the Queen Mother to get out of the carriage and give an order in person, and if there is a small person, he will definitely surrender." Her voice was crisp and pleasant, "Since the prince is loyal, sending the queen mother into the palace, is it okay to let the queen mother sit in such a simple carriage?" ”

The guards' originally hesitant eyes suddenly sobered up a little, and they clenched the bow and crossbow in their hands, and said well, if the king of Dongping was really escorting back to the palace, how could he not let the queen mother personally issue an edict!

King Dongping's face turned terrier, and he stared at Shen Ruohua gloomily: "Female Doctor Shen, do you want to disobey the Queen Mother's wishes?" Hijacking the queen and plotting against her? "If he wants to sit in that position smoothly, he can't fall into the name of a rebel and a thief! Otherwise, you will be scolded by the world!

At this time, the British Duke was afraid that King Dongping would be angry with Shen Ruohua because he was his daughter-in-law, so he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "Ignorant sinner, don't kneel down to ask for guilt, and dare to talk nonsense here!" ”

Shen Ruohua was not afraid at all, she looked straight at King Dongping: "Since the prince said that it was the intention of the Queen Mother, please let the Queen Mother personally issue an edict!" ”

King Dongping stared at Shen Ruohua, but his heart became more and more annoyed, seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Zhou Qiyou's soldiers and horses had not yet entered Kyoto, and the queen was afraid that she had already notified the Duke of Fuguo, but she was afraid that the longer the time dragged on, the more troublesome it would be, and he could no longer confront the queen like this. He glanced at the carriage, Empress Dowager Shao and the already stupid emperor sat quietly in the carriage, they were also quiet and obedient along the way, without the slightest intention of resisting, it seemed that they had recognized the situation, it was in his bag, and there was no trouble.

He smiled coldly, waved his hand, and the carriage walked dozens of steps closer, close to the queen and the others, and the curtain was not lowered, which was agreed to let the queen mother talk to them. King Dongping is not afraid of what the queen mother will say, as long as she and the emperor are still in her hands, the queen will not dare to act rashly, after all, she can only follow what he said, bow down and surrender the palace.