Chapter 785: Seeking to usurp the throne
Qin Ming changed his clothes and was about to go out to enter the palace, but a short arrow suddenly flew in from the window.
Qin Ming hurriedly went over, took down the note on the short arrow, and looked at it carefully.
I saw that the note read: "King Xuan's mansion found a dragon robe and dragon chair in the basement of the palace, King Xuan just came out of the eldest princess, mobilized thousands of city guards to go to the palace, the eldest princess also gathered hundreds of people, is heading to the palace, suspected of rebellion!"
Qin Ming's face changed, and he quickly got up.
"Rebellion? Is it the eldest princess who rebelled, or ...... King Xuan's mansion hides a dragon robe, is it King Xuan?"
This is a big deal, and he must go into the palace immediately and tell the emperor.
So as soon as he got out of the house, he shouted: "Butler, prepare the carriage, I want to enter the palace!"
As he spoke, he quickly went to the gate, and as soon as he pushed the door open, he saw that outside the door, there were countless city guards surrounded at this moment.
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment, and shouted: "What are you doing, dare to surround my Qin Mansion?"
One by one, these city guards were armed with weapons and directly aimed at the Qin Mansion.
Behind, there were hundreds of people holding bows and arrows, aiming at Qin Ming.
I saw one of the leading city guards speak: "Lord Qin, I will wait for the order, tonight, you can't leave the Qin Mansion, don't embarrass us, you go back!"
"Da Dan, who ordered me?Who dares to restrict my travel?" Qin Ming was furious.
The city guard officer spoke: "We don't care about these, we just carry out the order, Lord Qin, let's go back, there are thousands of people surrounding this Qin Mansion, and hundreds of bows and arrows are aimed at the Qin Mansion, I hope you don't mess around!"
Qin Ming's face was gloomy, he knew that if he really wanted to go out, he really wouldn't be able to block so many bows and arrows.
After taking a deep breath, Qin Ming slowly retreated to the Qin Mansion.
The city guards are elite troops, although there are only a few thousand people, but all of them are selected from the army, after all, they shoulder the important responsibility of guarding the imperial city.
If the Qin Mansion was surrounded by thousands of city guards, even if Qin Ming asked a hundred people from the dark web to dispatch, it would be difficult to break through, after all, it would be difficult for archers to deal with, and at close range, it would be difficult to dodge bows and arrows.
Qin Ming returned to the mansion, feeling a little anxious for a while.
At the same time, King Xuan quickly headed towards the palace with 4,000 city guards.
He said that countless masters from enemy countries had infiltrated the palace to assassinate the emperor, and he was going to increase the number of guards.
Plus he is the prince, so no one dares to stop him along the way.
After entering the palace, Prince Xuan waved his hand and shouted: "Five hundred people stay at the main gate, five hundred people go to the east gate, five hundred people go to the west gate, five hundred people go to the north gate, no one is allowed to enter or leave the four palace gates, and those who violate it will be killed." ”
"Yes"
Two thousand people quickly headed towards the gate of the four palaces, while King Xuan took the remaining two thousand people and headed towards the Qingxin Palace.
Along the way, many Praetorian Guards came to stop them, but they were all killed and captured by the city guards, and no one could stop them.
However, when it was time to arrive at the Qingxin Hall of the Imperial Palace, thousands of Praetorian Guards came out and stopped King Xuan.
I saw that Prince Xuan was dressed in armor, looked at the commander of the Praetorian Guard with angry eyes, and shouted: "Get out of the way, this king is coming to escort!"
The commander of the Praetorian Guard said loudly: "King Xuan, your city guards are only responsible for the safety of the imperial city, when will you also be in charge of the safety of the imperial palace?"
King Xuan sneered: "The situation is special, there are countless masters from enemy countries who have infiltrated the palace, and among you, there may be undercover agents that they have infiltrated."
For the safety of His Majesty, this king has to bring the city guards to take over your guard of the palace, you get out of the way first, and this king will personally report to Your Majesty!"
"It's nonsense, King Xuan, you said that there are enemy masters infiltrating, and you also say that my Praetorian Guard also has someone undercover, what is the evidence?"
King Xuan's eyes narrowed: "Commander Li, do you have a ghost in your heart when you obstruct this king from protecting His Majesty's safety like this? ”
"Whatever you say, this commander won't let you approach with his troops. Commander Li pointed his sword at King Xuan and said:
"The Praetorian Guards obey the order, and those who dare to approach the Pure Heart Hall will be killed!"
"Yes!" the thousands of Praetorian Guards swung their long swords in unison, and their momentum was not weak.
Prince Xuan sneered and said: "Commander Li, the one who knows the times is Junjie, my city guard is not weaker than the Praetorian Guard, not to mention that the number is twice as large, why do you have to do this?"
"Don't talk nonsense, don't you want to get close to the Qingxin Hall today!" Commander Li shouted.
Prince Xuan smiled, his hands behind his back.
At this time, not far away, the eldest princess came with a few hundred people.
Most of these people are subordinates cultivated by her house, as well as high-ranking people and so on.
She is not only developing the power of the imperial court, but also recruiting master disciples to do things for her on the rivers and lakes, and now, these people have all been brought out by her.
After coming to the outside of the Qingxin Palace, King Xuan glanced at the eldest princess and said, "It's all taken care of?"
"Don't worry, none of the troops stationed outside the imperial capital tonight will receive news from the palace, and there are several other ministers who are also guarding outside the palace, and if there are military generals or other civil officials who react and want to enter the palace, they will also be stopped back. ”
After the eldest princess finished speaking, she took a deep breath.
She had been waiting for this day for a long time, and since the emperor began to be wary of her more than half a year ago, she had been planning to force the palace.
Because in her opinion, there are some things that you might not be able to get instead of working hard for them, so it is better to grab them directly.
Therefore, when he was wooing the courtiers, he planned how to force the palace.
First of all, it is necessary to have an elite army of at least a few thousand people to fight against the Praetorian Guard of the Imperial Palace.
Secondly, to block all possible rescues, to prevent some ministers from contacting the emperor at this time.
That is to say, without alarming the troops stationed outside the imperial capital and some other imperial powers, the palace is cut off from the outside world.
With enough people to fight against the Praetorian Guard, then in this isolated palace, the emperor will temporarily have no power and become a tiger without minions.
At this time, forcing the emperor to issue an edict to abdicate basically achieved twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, it is easy to say, but it is very difficult to do, and there must be no mistakes in any link, otherwise, it will fall short, and it will be a catastrophe.
Prince Xuan took a deep breath at this moment and said: "Now, the palace has been completely cut off from the outside world, as long as this thousand Praetorian Guards are resolved, the world will change hands." ”
Princess Celestia laughed and said, "So, let's kill!"
Prince Xuan nodded, and was about to wave his hand, but at this moment, in the Qingxin Palace, the emperor walked out.
When she saw the emperor, the eldest princess showed a hint of fear on her face, saying that she was not afraid, it was fake.
However, King Xuan was very calm, sneered, looked at the emperor who came out, and said:
"Chu Jingtian, you should have thought that there would be this day, right?"
The emperor glanced at King Xuan and said, "I thought that someone would plot to usurp the throne, but I definitely didn't expect that it would be you!"
King Xuan laughed, and then glared at the emperor:
"Do you think that the one who plots to usurp the throne should be the prince of Cheng? It's a pity, you have been guarding against your own brother, but you have neglected your cousin me.
From the moment you handed over the city guards to me, you were destined to have this day! Originally, this day would not have been so early, but you were so unfair, you were indifferent to my son's murder, and I don't tolerate it!"
Hearing this, the emperor turned his head and looked at the eldest princess: "Then Lan'er, what about you?"