There are a total of 5,000 Jinyi guards in the palace, and all of them are dispatched at this time.

Only then did the emperor know that almost all the brocade guards had become Yan Shichong's people.

Therefore, the emperor could only rely on the cover of the soldiers sent by Du Chenghuan.

"Take the emperor away quickly." The third prince said to the soldiers guarding the emperor while responding to the enemy.

The soldiers immediately escorted the emperor out of the east gate of the Yinghua Palace.

Yan Shichong was anxious when he saw it, and immediately waved his hand to signal the brocade guards to step forward to intercept.

The brocade guards were ordered to step forward.

The soldiers and the brocade guards began another fight.

Everyone in the palace realized that something was wrong, but no one knew the specific reason, so they all carefully hid.

Some of the bold ones went to Queen Kuang to report.

Empress Kuang was in a panic, so every time she heard a report, she was a little anxious, and in the end she was as anxious as an ant on a hot nest.

"Queen, please rest assured, now the military department has sent a total of 150,000 soldiers to the rescue, no matter how powerful the enemy is, he will definitely not be able to escape from the palace." Lin Guifei stepped forward and said with relief.

"I'm not worried about whether the enemy can escape, I'm just worried about the emperor's safety." Empress Kuang said.

Concubine Lin Guifei poured her a cup of tea and said softly: "The emperor has his own natural appearance, and he will definitely be fine, the queen, please drink a cup of tea to suppress the shock." ”

Empress Kuang was not in the mood to drink tea at all, so she ignored her.

Concubine Lin smiled and said, "Maybe there will be good news in a while." ”

Empress Kuang naturally knew that this was a comforting word, but for some reason she felt a little calmer in her heart after listening to it. He smiled lightly: "I hope so." ”

After that, he was finally willing to sit down.

However, it was said that Yan Shichong was bent on holding the emperor hostage, so he commanded a large number of brocade guards to go forward to fight against the soldiers.

Since both sides are specially trained people and have equal numbers, they have been fighting for a long time without winning or losing.

Yan Shichong was very anxious.

After all, the longer this kind of thing is delayed, the worse it will be for him.

So Yan Shichong immediately asked people to inform the 80,000 soldiers under his command and asked them to come over to support immediately.

This person who was ordered ran out of the Yinghua Hall not far away, and even crawled and rolled back.

"Report to your lord, there are all black soldiers outside, and my subordinates can't go out at all."

"What? All soldiers? Yan Shichong was shocked.

"Yes, there are soldiers everywhere." The man nodded repeatedly.

Yan Shichong's brows couldn't help frowning.

But Yan Shichong was unwilling to let go of this great opportunity. He knew that as long as the emperor was in their hands, they still had a chance to turn the situation around. Therefore, Yan Shichong decided to outflank the emperor with all his might.

He knows it well. If he couldn't hold the emperor hostage, the combat effectiveness of the five thousand brocade guards alone would be far from being able to compete with the soldiers brought by Du Chenghuan.

So he bet all his bets on the emperor.

Helplessly, there were more and more soldiers, and the brocade guards gradually couldn't parry.

Seeing this, Yan Shichong immediately escaped from the crowd and ran to the small garden on the side like a lifeless.

He had already arranged for two people from the brocade guard to pick them up in that small garden.

When the two saw Yan Shichong hurrying over, they knew that his plan had failed, and immediately fled with him to the path on the right side of the garden.

to the end of the trail. They took Yan Shichong into a bush.

Under the grass was an underground tunnel. From there it is possible to reach the moat outside the palace.

Just have to wade out.

Yan Shichong had no time to care about whether this road was difficult to walk. He was only bent on escaping, so he didn't hesitate to burrow into the underground tunnel.

After Yan Shichong was sent away, the two brocade guards immediately returned to the scene of the fight.

They found that Jinyiwei had been controlled by Du Chenghuan's people.

The emperor is in danger. There were no injuries.

Yan Jinxuan's back was slashed by a sword, but the injury was not very deep. The third prince was stabbed in the right leg and had difficulty walking.

Fortunately, everyone's lives are not in danger.

After Du Chenghuan's soldiers controlled all the Jinyi Guards, the emperor ordered: "Replace all the Jinyi Guards." ”

After the emperor ordered this, he returned to the Yinghua Palace.

The 11 Yan Dang who came to the meeting today have all been arrested by Du Chenghuan's people.

When they saw the emperor coming in, they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

The emperor ignored them, walked straight to the chair and sat down, and asked in a deep voice, "What about Yan Shichong?" ”

Du Chenghuan hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Wechen sent someone to look for it for a long time but didn't find it, so it is estimated that he escaped while everyone was not paying attention." ”

If Yan Shichong escaped, it would be much more difficult to do things in the future, so the emperor immediately sent people all over the palace to find him.

Soon, everyone who went to look for it replied with a disappointed look on their faces, "I didn't find it."

"Your Majesty, maybe someone familiar with the terrain of the palace took him out secretly." The third prince said.

The emperor nodded with a calm face.

Immediately, the emperor turned his head to look at the eleven Yan Dang and said, "Do you know the whereabouts of Situ Shangshu?" ”

These eleven people knew that they could not escape punishment, so they confessed to Yan Shichong's killing of Situ Yuan.

The emperor sighed deeply after hearing this.

There was also a slight sigh from the crowd.

The emperor's gaze slowly swept over the bodies of the eleven kneeling high-ranking officials, and then said coldly: "You, as high-ranking officials of the first-level institutions of the Ming Kingdom, do not distinguish between right and wrong, and help thieves to abuse, you simply treat my hard work as a dog barking, and the Ming Kingdom will no longer need people like you tomorrow." ”

The eleven hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.

The emperor was not moved at all, and said with a firm gaze: "Take them to the prison to listen to the interrogation." ”

After Du Chenghuan's soldiers escorted them away, the emperor said to the rest of the people, "Let's continue the meeting." ”

The rest are loyalists.

The emperor looked at them and thought to himself: This is what I want.

As a result, we have strengthened our determination to rectify the internal staff.

"Just as Yan Aiqing suggested a few days ago, I am going to disband Zhongshu Province and assign the people in Zhongshu Province to these twelve ministries. Since we have learned from the past, I would like to decide on the allocation of personnel through everyone's vote. ”

Everyone nodded.

"Candidates for positions such as Dali Siqing, the Criminal Department, and the Ministry of Rites need to be carefully selected, so we will discuss this matter tomorrow morning." The emperor said again.

The crowd nodded again.

"Du Chenghuan, the secretary of the military department, listens to the order." The emperor said loudly.

Du Chenghuan hurriedly got up from the chair and knelt down to obey the emperor's orders.

"I order you to select five thousand soldiers to come to the palace tonight to serve as brocade guards."

As the emperor's personal guard, the brocade guard is indispensable.

"Obey the order!" Du Chenghuan hurriedly replied respectfully.

"The third prince and Yan Aiqing, you are all injured, and I grant you a five-day vacation."

The third prince and Yan Jinxuan hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

"From now on, I will abolish Yan Shichong's position as the first assistant to the cabinet, and post an arrest warrant outside, striving to arrest him as soon as possible." The emperor said.

"The emperor is wise!" Everyone said in unison.

"Your Majesty, we must not only arrest him now, but also quickly get rid of his henchmen. Otherwise, he will be a great hidden danger. Yan Jinxuan admonished.

Everyone knows very well that Yan Shichong, who has already escaped, will definitely not give up like this.

"Yan Aiqing is right, I specially ordered you and General Du to take the lead in arresting Yan Dang." The emperor said.

"Your Majesty, because Weichen is injured, I'm afraid I won't be able to carry out this order all of a sudden, can you choose another person?" Yan Jinxuan hurriedly asked.

"Yan Aiqing, trying cases and arresting people is your strong point, thinking that you are injured, I will let Du Aiqing and Liu Aiqing be responsible for this matter first, and when your injuries are healed, how about you and Du Aiqing be responsible?"

Since the emperor said so, Yan Jinxuan couldn't refuse anymore, and hurriedly knelt down to receive the order. (To be continued.) )

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