Chapter 65-2: Palace Change (Part II)
The Emperor did not say a word, but looked at me deeply as if he had never known me, his eyes inquiring, full of too many things of unknown meaning. I lowered my eyelids, avoiding his gaze. It was already dark, and my stomach was rumbling with hunger, and I glanced apprehensively at the temple door, wanting to ask for something to eat, but not daring to spoil the solemn atmosphere of the pilgrimage. Secretly glanced at the pensive emperor, he didn't have dinner, wasn't he hungry at all? While he was thinking about it, the emperor suddenly said, "Did you hear any sound?" ”
I was stunned, pricked up my ears to listen, and shook my head: "No." ”
"Yes. It was the sound of siege. The Emperor's expression became serious. I was taken aback, has King Jing already attacked the city? Listen carefully, but you still can't hear anything. The Emperor looked at my blank expression and sighed lightly, "I am all too familiar with this voice...... Go and open the doors of the temple. ”
I hesitated for a moment, and seeing that the emperor had no other expression on his face except seriousness, I turned around and retreated from the golden steps and walked towards the palace gate. "Squeak", opened the heavy middle door of the hall, waited outside the hall, turned around and glanced at the hall, and hurriedly opened the other side doors of the hall. For a while, looking out from the inside of the temple, you can see the white jade wide court outside the pilgrimage temple, the front gate main hall in front, the palace castle tower in front and the imperial castle tower and the faint outline of the city wall in front of you. The wide court was filled with the Yulin army in a strict array, and dozens of Ouchi guards stood outside the gate of the pilgrimage to the temple, surrounding the entire hall like an iron bucket, ready for battle.
In the distance, I saw the lights flickering above the palace city; faintly, there seems to be a real sound of swords and swords, and fighting; I don't know where the bloody breath spreads out, and the majestic pilgrimage temple is shrouded in a thick black night, and the forest is pressing. I felt a little cold, and I couldn't help but fold my arms and stare intently at the bloody slaughter that I couldn't see or hear in the gloomy darkness. My whole body is in a tense and stiff state, at this time in the capital, I am afraid that there are already wandering soldiers, I don't know if there is any danger at home? Are Noel and Grandpa okay? In a hurry, I had to keep comforting myself, there were Yuanxi and Dark Flame at home, and there were so many iron guards, and the Hou Mansion should be safe. Gazing at the sounds outside the Imperial City, I forgot even about hunger, and the minutes passed by every second, and every minute seemed extraordinarily long, and the slightest sound above the main hall made me suspicious, and the grass and trees were all soldiers. I don't know if an hour or two has passed, but suddenly, a sky-high fire rose from the tower of the imperial city, and the sound of killing resounded in the sky. I was shocked to see a commander of the Yulin Army wearing battle armor hurriedly running up the jade steps and kneeling outside the temple: "Emperor Qi, King Jing has broken through the imperial city!" ”
I was startled, clenched my sleeves suddenly, and secretly wiped the cold sweat from my palms. In his heart, he was like fifteen buckets of water, seven up and eight down, turned his head to look at the emperor sitting on the throne of the dragon chair on the top of the golden steps, and saw a cold smile floating on his lips: "If Uncle Wang doesn't even have this ability, how dare he argue with me?" ”
The flames of the imperial city were blazing, and I could see the collapse of the beams and pillars in the raging fire, and hear the crackling of flames in the battle of swords. The sound of fighting and shouting was approaching, overwhelmingly approaching all the way from the palace, the middle door of the main hall of the front gate was slammed open, and the tide-like soldiers shouted and poured into the white jade Guangting, facing the Yulin army on standby above the Guangting, they quickly formed a phalanx and confronted the Yulin army with their swords out of the sheath. Without getting the commander's order, neither side dared to act rashly, for fear that if they were not careful, they would take five steps and blood splashed on the spot.
The emperor slowly stepped down the golden steps, walked out of the pilgrimage hall, and stood at the door of the main hall, his cold face seemed to carry a thousand years of frost, looking at the front gate hall deadly. A figure walked out of the middle door of the front door hall, stepped on the white jade court, suddenly slowed down, with his hands behind his back, as if roaming in the suburbs, he walked leisurely to the front of the Yulin army who was waiting for the battle, and looked at the pilgrimage hall with the opening of the temple door.
King Jing looked around with satisfaction, and laughed loudly: "I thought that the Yulin army was vulnerable, and I didn't want to fight for long enough, the emperor's nephew's soldiers and horses were much more powerful than this king imagined, hahaha......"
His arrogant laughter spread far and wide in this oppressive atmosphere, and it was also particularly harsh. Yu Linjun was so excited by his sarcastic words that he tightened the weapons in his hands one after another, and swords rattled in all directions, just waiting for the emperor's order, and then rushed forward, so that this white jade Guangting would immediately turn into a sea of blood.
"Uncle Wang's personal soldiers are not bad." The emperor looked at King Jing's arrogant smile, but he was not angry, and sneered calmly, "Uncle Wang, didn't he want to usurp the throne by leading his own troops to attack the palace city so late?" ”
King Jing laughed loudly: "The imperial nephew has misunderstood, the imperial nephew is seriously ill, and the medicine stone has no spirit, and the world knows it." This king led his troops to come to mourn for the emperor. ”
The emperor looked at him, and the corners of his lips provoked a cold arc: "Uncle Wang has such a big tone, I don't know why Uncle Wang is so sure, you led the army to seize power, not for your own funeral?" ”
"Haha...... Imperial nephew, you don't know, right? King Jing smiled proudly, "The east gate of the imperial city has been controlled by this king, and the west gate and the north gate have also fallen into the hands of this king's subordinates, only the defenders of the south gate are still dying and are about to be breached." Now that the entire imperial city is under the control of the king, what does the emperor's nephew think of the king? ”
Four doors broken? My body was a little weak, holding on to the palace gate and looking around, looking at the square city gate that I couldn't see at all, the four gates have been mastered by King Jing, so isn't it today...... I saw the emperor chatting with me unhurriedly before, and said that he was a bamboo in his chest, and he had already laid a net of heaven and earth, how could he let King Jing attack the palace?
"Jun Muxuan!" The emperor's face changed suddenly, and he shouted, "Among the brothers of the first emperor, you are the only imperial uncle who has been named a prince, and you are not thin. After I ascended the throne, I asked myself if I was kind to you, why did you do such an unfaithful and unrighteous thing? The high-ranking officials of the court raised you generously, but did they raise a vicious wolf? ”
"Or else? Do you think you have a bunch of lackeys? King Jing sneered, and his fierce expression did not let the emperor do anything, "What a pair of benevolent father and son, Jun Beiyu, you know how the court treats this king!" I think I was the candidate to inherit the unification in my father's mind back then, your cowardly and incompetent father was the most unpopular with my father, if it weren't for my father's sudden death in vain, your father would have been helped by powerful ministers......" King Jing snorted and said resentfully, "The person who sits on this throne now should have been this king!" ”
"Nonsense!" The emperor was furious, and the majesty of the Son of Heaven covered the audience with the reprimand, "Emperor Sejong is dying, and the world knows that the first emperor is the edict of Emperor Sejong, and he is justified in ascending to the great treasure." You are treacherous and ungrateful, coveting the throne, and telling this outrageous lie, your heart can be punished! He also led troops to attack the imperial city, stained his armor with blood, disregarded the legacy of his ancestors and the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, and was ambitious as a wolf! Evil is not to be beaten! Heaven and man fight together! ”
(To be continued)