On the battlements, the arrows are as dense as rain. Desheng Gate is very important, Ye Yichen sent the young Ye Minchun to supervise the guard, the city head sent the command soldiers to keep running, arrows, stones flying everywhere, the cavalry rushed closer and closer, the two Franco gunners watched the cavalry enter the firing range, and they did not hesitate to light the fire, "Boom, boom!" "Two earth-shattering roars, one shot down, even people and horses were killed. The power is so great that it can almost cover a radius of nearly a mile.

The Tuwu and Jurchen coalition forces had seen cannons before, but they had never seen such powerful cannons, and the coalition forces were in a panic for a while. At the head of the city, morale was greatly boosted.

Ye Minchun took the opportunity to organize people and poured boiling oil. There was a flood of mourning below, and for a while, ten thousand guns fired in unison, and the firecrackers fired a volley, and a large number of foreign coalition troops fell.

The cannons of the city continued to fire at the lower part of the city, and there was a erosion for miles. Many of the horses were frightened and threw the knights off their horses, and many were trampled to death by their own horses instead of being killed by the enemy.

"Rush! Rush me! No refund! Zuo Yan personally supervised the battle, hacked a deserter to death with a knife, and shouted loudly with red eyes. The Chu army has such a powerful cannon, and he knows that the alliance between the two clans that he has worked so hard to promote, I am afraid that this time he will lose his wife and lose his army.

Under the supervision of the Xueliang blade of the supervising team, after the Tuwu and Jurchen soldiers withstood the artillery fire and left countless corpses, they finally rushed to the foot of the Jingshi City, set up a cloud ladder, braved the rain of arrows and lead bullets like flying locusts, and climbed up with difficulty.

The first foreign warrior finally climbed to the top of the city, and was immediately hacked to death by the swarming Chu army......

Yulan's yard.

"Your Royal Highness King Lu, you can't go in!" The little girl in Yulan's yard looked helpless, wanting to hold Ye Minzhao, but she didn't dare, Ye Minzhao didn't listen to what she was saying at all, pushed open the door and ran in.

"Sister, how are you?" In the past few days, the royal car stopped in Texas and did not leave, Ye Minzhao went out on patrol with his father, and there was no need to read the book, but he was bored in the yard all day long, and he was already very impatient, and he wanted to go out of Dezhou City, but Concubine Hui detained him again and refused to ask him to go out, Ye Minzhao took a few guards to the martial arts arena to ride horses and shoot arrows, and played for an afternoon.

Ye Minzhao was so frightened that he didn't wait for Xiao Hanzi to finish speaking, and went straight to Yulan's courtyard. Yulan was sleeping when he came, and the little girl was standing in the yard, trying to stop him, but where could she stop him.

Ye Minzhao pushed the door and entered the east room, Yulan's sleep was already shallow, and this hour was indeed not the time to sleep, but he was too tired recently, he was reading on the couch, and he fell asleep like this when he looked at it. She slowly opened her eyes at the sound of the voice, and saw a young and handsome man sitting on the chair in front of her couch, his eyes shining amazingly, looking at her face without blinking.

Yulan was immediately startled, and when she saw that he was Ye Minzhao, she put her mind at ease, she had always treated Ye Minzhao as a child, and then she found out that he had grown so tall and so handsome, Yulan realized that the little prince gave birth to a pair of peach blossom eyes, which contained countless charms, when he looked at you without blinking, it is estimated that a woman can't stand this temptation and is willing to give her arms.

At this time, both men and women matured too early. At a young age, the little prince has already cultivated a temperament of high elegance, which makes people feel excited when they see it.

Seeing her wake up, the little prince hurriedly grabbed her hand and said, "You woke up, I heard that you were attacked by a man in black, it's okay, I'm really worried about you!" ”

Yulan was caught by him, and his face was slightly feverish. "You, why did you run to someone's boudoir at this time, get out of the house quickly! I'll see you when I've changed my clothes! Yulan pulled the quilt over his head, "You, you're so frizzy!" ”

"I ...... I ......" Ye Minzhao's face turned red involuntarily.

He was a prince in his dignity, and he was counted down by Yulan like this, but he didn't think of getting angry at all, but hurriedly stood up and hurriedly retreated to the hall. wanted to go in and hold the stool up, but couldn't take a step, Ye Minzhao couldn't help but be embarrassed, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground for a while.

Yulan laughed out loud, thinking that he was really poisoned too deeply by the dross of feudal society, what can Ye Minzhao do as a teenager, I really don't know where the embarrassment just now came from.

"Dawn Moon!" Yulan screamed inside, Xiaoyue agreed to come in and serve Yulan to get up and dress, and saw Ye Minzhao sitting there in a ten-twisted posture in the hall, his head was so low that he was about to reach his chest, and the corners of Xiaoyue's mouth couldn't help but smile a little.

After a while, Yulan was cleaned up and helped out by Xiaoyue, she sat down next to Ye Minzhao, and when she saw that the table in front of him was empty, she couldn't help but say angrily: "What's wrong today, don't serve tea to the little prince." ”

After a while, Xiaoyu came in with a bowl of tea and put it in front of Ye Minzhao. Ye Minzhao raised his head and secretly glanced at Yulan, and saw that she was smiling as if nothing had happened just now, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Yulan said: "This is Shandong's local famous tea Chunshan Snow Buds, the little prince tastes it, but it also has a unique flavor." ”

"Oh! Oh! Ye Minzhao responded, picked up the tea cup and took a big sip, but the tea was really a little hot, he gritted his teeth and swallowed hard, so hot that he almost stuck out his tongue and breathed, but he still had to say in his mouth: "Good tea!" Sure enough, it's good tea! ”

Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Yulan couldn't help but want to laugh, it seemed that she had frightened him, and she was faintly apologetic.

The little prince said hesitantly: "Sister, I was reckless just now, you weren't angry with me, right?" Raising his head, he quietly looked at Yulan's face, looking very nervous.

"I know you're worried about me, so I don't blame you!"

"Really?" Xiao Wang's eyes sparkled with surprise.

"Of course! You know, I've always treated you like a brother. Yulan soothed, "But don't be so frizzy next time, I'm good to say, if you change someone else, others will have to treat you as a disciple." ”

Ye Minzhao heard that she had always regarded herself as a younger brother, and a sense of loss surged in his heart, but he was still young and didn't think much about many things. Hearing the second half of Yulan's sentence, he couldn't help but say very arrogantly: "Other women? Except for you and your mother, no woman will be in the king's eyes! ”

Yulan could feel the sincerity in his words, but she only smiled, and said in her heart that he would soon grow up and marry the concubine, and at that time, he would naturally know that he loved his daughter-in-law.

Yulan laughed with him a few words, and the little prince finally relaxed, so he tasted the local famous tea "Spring Mountain Snow Buds", and then said: "I heard that my sister went to Qingjing Temple to offer incense, and was attacked by Long Xiangwei's thousand households halfway, sister, you have nothing to do, right?" ”

Yulan smiled: "Do you think I look like I'm in trouble now?" ”

Of course, Ye Minzhao knew that he was just asking in vain, and he was a little sneering, Yulan said: "Fortunately, the crown princess and I have nothing to do!" ”

Ye Minzhao asked: "Have you found out who did it?" ”

"If you don't guess wrong, I'm afraid Shi Qianhu was instructed by Xiao Yunqian!" Yulan said his analysis again, and the little prince was thoughtful. Lao Jiucai said bitterly: "I'm sorry, it seems that my two imperial brothers are even my sister!" ”

Yulan couldn't help but look at him with admiration, he just said a few casual words, he could think of so much, he was worthy of being a child who grew up in the palace, and his nose was sensitive.

Ye Minzhao stood up suddenly: "I'll go to my father's palace to ask him to see him, and let him kill Xiao Yunqian to avenge you!" ”

He looked at Yulan with burning eyes, his expression was both solemn and serious, Yulan was so frightened that he suddenly grabbed his sleeve: "I knew that Lu Dao wouldn't tell you this like this, you must not get involved here." ”

"My father loves me very much, he will listen to me and avenge you!"

Yulan said: "I know that you are good to me, but if you run like this, let's not say whether the emperor will listen to you and kill Xiao Yunqian, once the Xiao family and your four emperor brothers know it, they will definitely hate you to the bone, the current battle for the heir is already dangerous, I don't want you to get involved!" ”

Ye Minzhao was moved when he heard this: "Then do I just watch you being wronged?" ”

Yulan said: "Aren't I doing it well? What's more, even if Xiao Yunqian doesn't die this time, Concubine Xiao is afraid that she won't let her go! ”

After some persuasion by Yulan, Ye Minzhao slowly calmed down, he sat back on the chair, and said in a deep voice: "Sister, don't worry, one day when I really grow up, I will definitely protect you well, so that no one can hurt you anymore!" ”

The Emperor's Palace.

Concubine Xiao has been kneeling in the courtyard for two hours. Meng rushed out of Lu to deliver the decree, and Wang Ying took the opportunity to return to the emperor's side to persuade him, but he said countless good things, and the emperor just refused to let Concubine Xiao in. The emperor was annoyed by what he said, and said angrily: "You slave, if you dare to intercede with the imperial concubine, I will send you back to Nanjing Xiaoling to grow vegetables!" ”

Wang Ying was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and didn't dare to speak again.

The emperor didn't call Concubine Xiao in, but he didn't punish her for kneeling in the courtyard, he originally thought that Concubine Xiao would not kneel for long and would return to his palace, who knew that Concubine Xiao was very determined, and she was able to endure it until now, without Meng Chong fanning the flames on the side, the emperor's heart gradually softened.

After all, he is still a person who values love and righteousness, Concubine Xiao has shared the bed with him for 20 years, and the emperor's feelings for her are very deep, although he hates her for dying when J □ J dies Zheng Meiren, but after all, she occupies the name of righteousness, thinking so, Concubine Xiao doesn't seem to be wrong!

The emperor looked at the folds on the couch for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. Let the little eunuch help him to get off the bed, and was about to go to the window to have a look, when he suddenly heard the palace maid of Chengqian Palace shouting: "Niangniang, what's wrong with you, Niangniang?" Don't scare the slaves! ”

The emperor walked two steps quickly, and when he came to the window, he saw the imperial concubine lying on the ground, as if she had fainted. Wang Ying was also taken aback: "Your Majesty ......"

The emperor kicked him angrily: "Dog minion, don't go and help your concubine master in!" ”

Wang Ying was overjoyed, and hurriedly went out to help the imperial concubine in. Concubine Xiao knelt for so long, she was indeed a little dizzy at this time, and fainted half pretending to be half real.

Wang Ying and the palace maid walked in with the swaying Concubine Xiao on the left and right, and Concubine Xiao knelt at the emperor's feet as soon as she came in: "The concubine knocks on the emperor Jin'an!" ”

When the emperor saw that she couldn't kneel, he couldn't help but feel distressed, and hurriedly helped her up with his own hands: "Concubine Ai, why are you suffering?" ”

Concubine Xiao refused to get up: "Your Majesty, the concubines are not strict in disciplining their families, resulting in such a bad incident, and I ask the emperor to condemn the crime!" Please ask the emperor to cut off the title of the concubine and demote the concubine to a concubine to set an example! ”

The Xiao family is powerful in the middle of the court, Xiao Zongsheng and Xiao Zongchang are two people, one is one and one is martial, one holds the power of official promotion, and the other is the left governor of the five military governors' mansions, and the power is very strong, the emperor's health has deteriorated over the years, and while he is dissatisfied with the prince, he has gradually become jealous of the Xiao family, this time Shi You's rash action just touched the most secret string in the emperor's heart, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to suppress the Xiao family, and even demote the imperial concubine, which is within the scope of his thoughts.

But Concubine Xiao really invited herself to be titled and downgraded, the emperor was already soft-hearted and had no character, Concubine Xiao was a person who had accompanied him for more than 20 years, and he could agree to it for a while. The emperor hesitated for a moment, and then hesitated.

Concubine Xiao lowered her head, and a fierce glint flashed in her eyes!

Wang Ying's head was already sweating urgently: My concubine, how can you condemn yourself by yourself! He knelt on the ground with a puff: "Your Majesty, you don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, His Royal Highness King Zhao is fighting on the front line with the Tuwu and Jurchen coalition forces, but he has made great contributions to Jiangshan Sheji, if you really punish the imperial concubine Niangniang in this way, if you are not rewarded but punished, I am afraid that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will be cold, Your Majesty!" ”

The emperor sighed in his heart, and with the force of his hand, he finally helped the imperial concubine up: "Aifei, I haven't found out anything, how can I convict Aifei in a hurry!" Besides, even if Shi You is guilty, it is also Shi You's business, what does it have to do with Concubine Ai! ”

glared at Wang Yingdao; "Why don't you go and call the doctor to come in for your master." Wang Ying saw that the overall situation had been decided, and a big stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he hurriedly went out to summon the imperial doctor.

The emperor personally helped Concubine Xiao to lie on his royal couch, Concubine Xiao's face was pale and pitiful: "Your Majesty, you are willing to forgive your concubines, that is your magnanimity, and the concubines will let their father and uncle come in when they go back, and they must tell them well, conscientiously restrain their families, and never have such things happen again." Even if it is Yu'er, the concubine will definitely warn him well, so that he can be a virtuous king who assists the prince in the future......"

Concubine Xiao said it extremely sincerely, and the emperor was relieved when he heard such words, and he couldn't help but believe it. The imperial concubine continued: "Your Majesty, although Shi You is a distant branch of the Xiao family, but he must not be spared, once he asks the instigator behind the scenes, if he really has anything to do with the Xiao family, no matter who is involved, please ask the emperor to deal with it impartially, and the concubine will definitely not have a word of complaint......"

The emperor heard her so reasonable, and remembered that for so many years, Concubine Xiao was so favored, and she had never interfered in court politics, and she had two more trusts in her for a while. The imperial concubine was already in tears as she spoke.

The emperor couldn't help but say: "Concubine Ai, why are you crying?" ”

She cried: "The concubines are not afraid of anything else, just afraid that someone will slander the emperor and divide the feelings between the emperor and the concubines, in the hearts of the concubines, the Xiao family is the concubine's mother's family, although it is important, but the emperor is the concubine's husband, although the mother's family is important, but the husband is the concubine's heaven, even if the concubine's maiden family suffers some grievances, the concubine will also fulfill the emperor to be a promising monarch." Please also ask the emperor to believe in the concubines, if the concubines have a lie, they will let the concubines thunder and thunder, and they will not die well! ”

The emperor was shocked when he heard this, people at that time were more superstitious, and when the emperor saw that Concubine Xiao had made such a vicious oath, he hurriedly covered her mouth and said; "Aifei, I believe you, even if there is a villain who provokes in front of me, I will never suspect Aifei!" Selectively forgot about Meng Chong's instigation in front.

Concubine Xiao leaned on the emperor's body, her tears were like pearls with broken threads, and the emperor felt pity.

For a long time, Concubine Xiao stopped her tears and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor punished Cheng Enbo before leaving Beijing, and the concubine was still glad that her mother's family did not commit such a traitor, but now it seems that ...... Now that the concubine has truly realized her sister's mood, she must be uncomfortable when she thinks about the queen's sister, if Cheng Enbo has no unforgivable charges, please let the emperor take it lightly! ”

At the same time, in the queen's palace, the queen withdrew all the palace maids and eunuchs and was conspiring with Concubine Jin.

Concubine Jin: "Queen Mother, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you must seize the opportunity to completely bring down Concubine Xiao and King Zhao!" ”

The queen said nervously; "What should Hongu do?"

"This time the crown prince is the biggest victim, the emperor is also very angry when he hears the news, as long as you go to the emperor to burn a fire again, the emperor will definitely punish the Xiao family severely!"

The queen thought for a while, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, this palace is going to ask to see the emperor!" ”

In the palace of the orthodox emperor, the imperial doctor had just given Concubine Xiao a doctor, prescribed a prescription, and the emperor ordered someone to carry Concubine Xiao back to her own courtyard in a soft sedan chair.

The emperor spent a lot of energy to appease the imperial concubine, and she was already a little embarrassed, but the queen couldn't help but give face, so she had to tidy up her clothes and said, "Call in!" ”

After the queen came in to greet her, she knelt down in front of the emperor at once: "Your Majesty, you want to be the master of our mother and son!" With that, he sobbed and cried. Her number of paragraphs was too far behind Concubine Xiao, and she didn't shed a single tear after sobbing for a long time.

The emperor frowned and looked at the queen kneeling in front of him. Although the queen is dressed beautifully, her hair has become half-white, and there are many wrinkles in the corners of her eyes and face. In addition, he had already been upset by this incident, and he hadn't even read a book of recitals in the afternoon, and when he saw the queen pretending to cry there, he suppressed the impatience in his heart, and said in a tone that was not very good: "What is the queen doing, hurry up!" I'll call you what happens! ”

The queen refused to get up: "Your Majesty, the crown princess went to the Qingjing Temple to offer incense, but was attacked by gangsters, and the leader turned out to be Long Xiangwei's thousand households." The crown princess was almost killed by the gangsters, thanks to the fact that the prince did not go with the car, in broad daylight, the thousand households dared to act so rampantly, there must be someone behind the instructions, please the emperor must interrogate and understand, and give the prince justice! ”

The emperor's voice cooled: "In your opinion, how should I deal with this matter?" ”

When the queen heard that the emperor's voice was wrong, she was faintly frightened, but she still stubbornly said: "Long Xiangwei Qianhu Shi Ling Ling was executed, and the master behind him should also be beheaded and abandon the city!" ”

"You mean, the main envoy behind it must be the imperial concubine or the Xiao family?"

The queen was silent and acquiesced.

The more the emperor listened, the more angry he became, just now Concubine Xiao had interceded with the queen's brother, but the queen wanted to force herself to severely punish the Xiao family, and remembered what Concubine Xiao said: There must be villains to sow discord, isn't this just what the queen should be!

The two of them are one after the other, behaving completely at two extremes, one is reasonable and thinks about the emperor everywhere, and the other is ignorant and ignorant and only cares about his own selfish interests, the emperor doesn't like this queen who is not outstanding in appearance and speaks exquisitely.

He slapped the book case heavily: "You, the queen, have decided everything, what is the use of me?" ”

The queen messed things up in a daze, and was extremely ignorant for a while, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, ...... the emperor"

The emperor stood up angrily: "Taizu Taizong has repeatedly emphasized that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, you come to tell me, what are you doing?" ”

The queen said in fear: "Your Majesty, the concubine has never meant to discuss the government in vain, but this matter involves the prince, so ......"

The emperor didn't listen to her explanation at all, his mind was racing, and he said hatefully: "Say, who called you here, is it the prince?" Good! Good! I really gave birth to a good son! ”

The queen was already frightened and overwhelmed, she hugged the emperor's thigh and said: "Your Majesty, there are thousands of mistakes, they are all the fault of the concubine alone, and they have nothing to do with the prince!" ”

The emperor raised his foot and kicked her aside: "If you don't give me a retreat, you won't be able to come to the palace unless you follow my edict in the future!" With this sentence, it will be extremely difficult for the queen to see the emperor in the future.

"Your Majesty......" The queen was really scared at this time, and tears came down, "The concubine didn't mean to offend you, the emperor ......" Until now, she doesn't know what she said wrong!

The emperor waved his hand in annoyance, and Wang Ying gloated and brought the two little eunuchs over: "Niangniang, you better go out first, the emperor has not been in good health recently, so you can't be so angry!" ”

The queen went down crying, the emperor walked around the house, feeling that there was still a breath in his chest, just after Wang Ying sent the queen back, the emperor said: "You pass on my message, let the prince unload all errands, read to me behind closed doors, and reflect on how to be a good prince of the country, how to be a good son of me!" Just go! ”

The prince was waiting for news in the palace, originally thought that the Xiao family would have to eat a big deal this time, but he didn't expect that it would be such a holy decree. Wang Ying stood at the top and dictated the emperor's holy decree, and the prince forgot to kowtow and thank him. He knelt there in a daze, wondering which move he had made the wrong move!

Wang Ying reminded: "His Royal Highness the Prince, thank you! ”

Only then did the prince react, and said with a dark face: "The son of the minister has the order, thank you!" ”