In the Wenhua Palace, the spacious hall seemed very quiet, and all the eunuchs and maids in the palace were sent out.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, looking at the secret reports from the East Factory in front of the case, and his breathing gradually became shorter.

He slowly put down the heavy information in his hand, exhaled a long breath, and showed a long-lost smile on his face, and said, "The three chief soldiers are really my ministers!" ”

Chongzhen is very happy, the general soldiers of the three towns of Miyun, Jizhen and Yutian have accepted the secret edict, and they will be able to lead the troops into Beijing to escort them in a few days.

Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen and said, "Did you go to the military department to urge it?" ”

Wang Chengen replied: "After the birth of His Royal Highness the Prince, the military department has already urged the Tianwu Army to go south to Fengyang as soon as possible, and the various departments of the Tianwu Army have also prepared to pull out the camp. ”

"Good! Good! Good! Chongzhen's eyebrows were overjoyed, as if he was several years younger, and after enduring the rebellion for so many days, he was finally about to start fighting back!

He said in high spirits: "Wang Chengen, after worshipping the ancestors in the ancestral hall tomorrow, it will be immediately reported that all civil and military officials will hold a big court meeting in the Huangji Palace!" ”

Wang Chengen suddenly knelt down and said with a crying voice: "Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and the old slave begs you not to kill him after deposing the Prince!" ”

Chongzhen saw that there was no one around, and sighed and said: "Tiger poison still eats children, how can I put him to death, as long as he can know each other, live in the palace honestly, and raise him for the rest of his life!" ”

Wang Chengen was slightly relieved, and kowtowed again: "The emperor is merciful......"

After these words, Chongzhen had an inexplicable confidence, and he ordered: "Before tomorrow's court meeting, martial law will be imposed in the palace, and the news must not be leaked!" ”

Chongzhen wants to solve Zhu Cihong in the imperial city, try not to make the city full of wind and rain, once there is a change, the people of the three towns can be rescued from outside the city, and it is the best policy to add everything in addition to everything!

After making some arrangements, Chongzhen was still not at ease, and secretly transferred Yu Linwei to the court rooms on both sides of the Huangji Palace, and even the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall were assigned some, just in case......

On the sixth day of the second month, the weather is gloomy, and occasionally there is a dull thunder, as the saying goes, thunder in February is full of thieves, which is not a good sign.

In the Forbidden City, there was a shout of eunuchs from the East and West Palaces: "It is ordered that the queen, imperial concubine, imperial concubine, prince, and princess of the harem are all in the first hall to worship their ancestors!" ”

Although the people in the palace didn't know what was going on, they didn't dare to slack off, and they all changed into ceremonial clothes and went to the Fengxian Palace.

At present, in the harem, there are Queen Zhou, Tian Guifei, Yuan Guifei, as well as several concubines with low status, such as Princess, Concubine Liu, Concubine Fang, and Concubine Shen.

Among the princes, there are only the third prince Zhu Cijiong and the fourth prince Zhu Cihuan, and there are also two princesses, Princess Kunxing and Princess Zhaoren.

Located on the east side of the inner court of the Forbidden City, the Fengxian Hall is a family temple for the royal family to worship their ancestors, and enshrines the gods and portraits of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Fengxian Palace, Chongzhen straightened his clothes and crowns, and led the concubines and princes to worship the ancestors and ancestors first.

Those who are attentive will find that in the past, there would be a large number of eunuchs of the divine palace around the ancestor worship in the Fengxian Palace, but today these eunuchs are all gone, and only a few eunuchs in front of the emperor serve the emperor.

After the ceremony was over, Chongzhen knelt in front of the throne of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and said: "Minister Zhu Youzhen, I would like to pray to the ancestors and ancestors, since the minister succeeded to the throne, he has been conscientious and conscientious, and he does not dare to have the slightest slack, and diligently pursues the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chongzhen continued: "Zhu Cihong, the crown prince ordained by the minister, is unrighteous and unfilial, unscrupulous, arrogant and uninhibited, and in recent days, he has been possessed by demons and demons, and his mind is reversed, and he cannot be cured!" ”

Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen in surprise, all the concubines in the Fengxian Hall also looked at the emperor with shocked faces, and Han San, the former eunuch in front of the palace, heard this, and his eyelids kept jumping.

Chongzhen said: "The minister is extremely sad, and he thinks about the pain, thinking of the difficulties of Taizu and Chengzu in creating the Ming Dynasty, and it must not be passed on to Zhu Cihong......"

Empress Zhou suddenly grabbed Chongzhen's right arm and said, "Your Majesty! You can't abolish the prince! ”

"Shut up!" Chongzhen's face was gloomy and he scolded in a low voice.

Empress Zhou had tears in her eyes and said: "Your Majesty, although the prince is a little impulsive, he is still a good boy, how much he has contributed to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Chongzhen pushed Queen Zhou away and said angrily: "Are you crazy? Dare to roar at the Fengxian Temple! ”

"Someone, take the queen out!"

"Your Majesty, you have to think twice! You have to think twice! Empress Zhou was taken out of the hall and called a few times from time to time.

Chongzhen's whole body trembled, and he knelt on the futon again, and continued: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the minister Zhu Youzhen has decided to depose the crown prince Zhu Cihong on the same day and circle him to Ningshou Palace, so as not to leave disaster to .......future generations of the Ming Dynasty."

Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded, and the entire Fengxian Hall trembled, frightening everyone in the harem in the hall to scream.

Chongzhen looked at the tablet on the Fengxian Hall with some panic, and was stunned for a while.

He secretly said in his heart, could it be that Emperor Taizu did not allow it, and wanted to condemn me?

At this time, the frightened Princess Zhu Yujiao of Kunxing said: "Father, the eldest brother is not mentally reversed, nor is he sick and incurable, why are you lying in front of your ancestors?" ”

Chongzhen scolded: "Shut up!" ”

The third prince, Zhu Cijiong, widened his eyes and said, "Father, what the imperial sister said is right, the eldest imperial brother is not sick at all, why are you lying?" He also provoked the anger of the fathers and fathers......"

Chongzhen was angry, and secretly said that this little cub, the prince of the family would like to abolish the prince and take the opportunity to take the throne, this muddy boy!

I only heard Zhu Cijiong continue: "Father, the emperor knows some ancestral teachings when he is studying, it is not right for you to do this, and the emperor also knows that if the eldest brother is not the prince, the emperor will be the prince." ”

Chongzhen said secretly, you kid knows, but he heard the third son say again: "But the emperor doesn't want to be the prince, it's too tiring to be the prince, the emperor just wants to go to the fiefdom to eat and wait for death when he grows up, if only the father could seal the emperor in Suzhou Mansion, I heard that there is ......"

Chongzhen's angry eyes were smoking, and he pointed at him and shouted angrily: "Rebel, get out of here!" ”

Zhu Cijiong was taken aback, and hurriedly ran away, lest he be caught and beaten by his father.

was disturbed by his wife and children, and the ceremony of worshiping the ancestors and abolishing the prince had to end in a hurry, and the concubines in the harem did not dare to breathe, and returned to their respective palaces in shock.

However, they were not happy, because the abolition of the crown prince had nothing to do with them, and after Zhu Cihong was deposed, he could only be taken by the third son of the emperor, Zhu Cijiong, unless the third son of the emperor was deposed, it would be the turn of Zhu Cijiong, the fourth son of Tian Guifei.

In the quiet Fengxian Palace, Wang Chengen asked nervously: "The emperor...... Is there still a big pilgrimage meeting? ”

Chongzhen's face was white and blue for a while, and after some choice, he said after a while: "It's held normally, everything is going according to plan." ”

Wang Chengen sighed secretly, and had to order someone to ring the bell to summon the ministers......