Xiao Ding and Song Yinzi, together with the two brothers of the Han family, Han Qi and Han Qi, led the soldiers who had infiltrated Zhongzhou City to surround the palace.

The leader of the Imperial Forest Army in the palace was a commander surnamed Shi, and after he sent someone to report the situation to Emperor Song Yinding, he had been organizing the Imperial Forest Army to resist Xiao Ding's team.

However, where can the Royal Forest Army be the opponent of Xiao Ding's troops? The troops on Xiaoding's side, which are the troops who have returned from the front-line battlefield, are the troops that have really experienced the baptism of war and have killed people desperately. As for these royal guards in the palace, although they were all carefully selected strong soldiers at the beginning, they were usually negligent in training, and they had never been to the battlefield.

It didn't take long for the Han brothers to lead the soldiers to break through the gates of the palace. The army poured in fiercely, shouting "Capture the Dog Emperor alive!" "It's huge.

After Song Yinding heard the report sent by the commander surnamed Shi, he immediately took several martial arts masters around him out of the main hall.

The courtyard in the palace is huge, and there are many courtyards, and when Song Yinding and the others walked to the front courtyard, Xiao Ding's troops had already rushed into the palace.

Song Yinding heard that the other party's soldiers were going to capture him alive, which scared him so much that he lost his mind for a while.

The commander surnamed Shi saw that the gate of the palace had been breached, and although he knew that it was difficult to resist, he did not dare to retreat, and still commanded the Imperial Forest Army to fight to the death.

However, although he thought well, his guards did not give him any courage.

Seeing the comrades-in-arms around them fall in a pool of blood one by one, these Royal Forest Soldiers have long been frightened, where do they dare to continue to fight again, that is to fight with a small life, this kind of fighting, it is too easy to mix up a small life.

So, despite Commander Shi's repeated shouts, "Stop, block, can't let them rush over!" ”

But no one dared to step forward again. Some even turned around and ran into the palace.

The heads of the Jianghu sect beside Song Yinding, when they saw Song Yinding being frightened, they were shaking like chaff, and they saw the Royal Forest Army in front of them retreating one after another, they knew that today's Song Yinding trend has gone, since the other party has surrounded the palace, it means that people have already made full preparations, Song Yinding's side, only relying on the Royal Forest Army that is not a fart, it is impossible to stop the opponent's army at all.

They glanced at each other, and each understood very well in their hearts, with their respective martial arts alone, it was relatively easy to break out of the encirclement by fighting a bloody way, if they brought Song Yinding to kill together, they would immediately become the target of everyone, maybe they wouldn't even be able to escape.

So, several people secretly made a look, and then jumped on the roof of the house and ran towards the outside of the palace. Song Yinding was left alone in the courtyard.

Song Yin didn't know what to do, and shouted in the middle of the courtyard to the backs of a few people who had fled: "Don't go, come and bring me with you, if you rescue me today, I will be a big official in the future......."

It's a pity that before he finished his words, those people have long since disappeared.

A total of seven or eight thousand Imperial Forest troops in the palace were killed by Xiao Ding's troops, most of them were killed and wounded, and the remaining more than 3,000 people knelt down to surrender, and those who fled into the deep palace fled into the deep palace.

In the face of life and death, who cares about your bullshit orders? It's all about staying alive.

In the end, there is no doubt that Song Yinding was captured alive, the commander surnamed Shi was killed by the rebels, and the army of Xiao Ding broke into the courtyards of the palace and pulled out the deserters who were hiding everywhere, killing or capturing hundreds.

Along with these deserters who were pulled out, there were also many Ouchi masters, who usually hid in the shadows to protect the emperor's safety, but today the army rushed into the palace, and they didn't dare to show their heads, but they were still found out by the soldiers.

Some of these Ouchi masters also wanted to resist, but they were shot dead by the soldiers with random arrows, and the rest did not dare to continue to resist, so they had to be honestly restrained.

The eunuchs and maids in the palace, as long as they are honest and do not resist, they are all saved from death.

The rest of the follow-up work is to clean up the scene, burn the corpses, send people out to find out the situation of several other people, and so on.

Song Yinding and his concubines were all captured alive. It's just because their clothes are too conspicuous. Any soldier who is not blind can see that the young man standing in the courtyard, wearing a yellow robe, shivering in the night wind, and peeing his pants at the same time, must be the emperor Song Yinding, and in the palace behind, those wearing phoenix crowns and xia veils are definitely not ordinary palace maids.

So Song Yinding and his more than 20 concubines were all easily recognized by the soldiers who rushed in. They were all captured alive.

The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are very honest, they have never seen such a bloody scene as today, and they have long been frightened out of the sky, where is there still the slightest sense of resistance. All of them honestly did as the soldiers ordered, gathered together, and waited for the delivery.

Xiao Ding and Song Yinzi walked into the Jinluan Hall of the palace and sat down, Song Yinzi sat directly on the dragon chair, and then sent people out to contact the generals from all walks of life, and at the same time notified the ministers of the court to come overnight to discuss major matters.

Those who surrendered to the Imperial Forest Army and the Ouchi guards, Song Yinzi all let people be temporarily imprisoned first. Song Yinding and his concubines were temporarily imprisoned in a side hall.

As for the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, Song Yinzi only left a few people in charge, and let them go down to each other, what should they be responsible for, and what they will continue to be responsible for.

The reason why he wanted to leave some eunuchs and palace maids in charge was that Song Yinzi was eager to ask them the real cause of his father's death.

As a result, after some interrogation, the eunuchs and harem ladies in charge confessed to several eunuchs and palace maids who served the old emperor that day.

However, the palace maid who brought the bird's nest soup to the old emperor that night fell ill and died for no reason a few days after the old emperor died.

Even so, Song Yinzi still interrogated a lot of information, and his father's death was because he fell ill after drinking a bowl of bird's nest soup that night. Moreover, this bowl of bird's nest soup was also sent by the palace maid sent by Concubine Xia, the biological mother of the seventh prince Song Yinding.

Song Yinzi immediately asked people to bring Song Yinding's biological mother Concubine Xia from the side hall, and after some intimidation and intimidation interrogation, Concubine Xia's psychological defense collapsed and confessed on the spot, saying that she had poisoned the old emperor's bird's nest porridge, but as for the source of the poison, she refused to say.

Then, Xiao Ding instigated Song Yinzi to interrogate Song Yinding directly, and said that the result had been asked, it was the poison he provided to Concubine Xia, and then Concubine Xia sent someone to give the poisoned bird's nest porridge to the old emperor to drink, and poisoned the old emperor.

Song Yinzi listened to Xiao Ding's words and immediately interrogated Song Yinding, Song Yinding knew that he was in a catastrophe this time, and he was already so frightened that he couldn't stand up. He was supported by two soldiers and dragged him into the temple.

After an interrogation that was still half-truths and half-truths, even intimidating and intimidating, Song Yinding also confessed, saying that Song Yuanting, the king of Jiaozhou, arranged for him to do this, and his poison was given to him by Dugu of Wanxinmen.

He claimed that he didn't want to poison his father either, but the Jianghu people sent by the king of Jiaozhou had to force him to do so, otherwise they would kill him, and then he had to obey.

The result of the interrogation was revealed, and Song Yinzi breathed a sigh of relief, since it has been determined that the person who killed his father and emperor was the seventh brother Song Yinding, then, his dispatch of troops this time is justified, and he will not be accused of sending troops to attack the palace in order to seize the throne in the future.

It didn't take long for the city to arrest the officials who had supported Song Yin's appointment as emperor, and they were all arrested one by one and brought into the palace, and the mansions of these officials were temporarily guarded, and the people inside were not allowed to go out at will.

The other ministers had also been notified by Song Yinzi at this time, and rushed to the palace overnight, waiting for Song Yinzi to summon them.

After all the officials arrived, Song Yinzi asked a steward eunuch to recruit all the officials into the Jinluan Palace.

Among these civil and military officials, including the old princes and young generals of the four major princes of Gao, Yang, Luo, and Yue, the faction that supported Song Yinzi as the emperor also had some officials who had always been neutral, and a small number of officials who supported Song Yinding at the beginning.

After all, there were not a few officials who supported Song Yinding at the beginning, and it was unlikely that they would all be arrested. Therefore, the people sent by Xiaoding just arrested core figures like Prime Minister Zhao Shisun and Taiwei Gao Geyu.

Song Yinzi told Song Yinding in front of all the ministers that Song Yinding killed the old emperor Song Yuanting, Song Yinding had not been taken away at this time, and when he heard Song Yinzi tell his crimes in public, he also felt a little regretful, he should not have killed his father, so he didn't say a word.

After hearing this, the ministers sighed, those who opposed Song Yinding at the beginning had already guessed that there must be something strange in the death of the old emperor. All of them had expressions of "Look, just as I expected."

Those neutrals were relatively indifferent, although they had doubts before, they didn't dare to doubt too much, they were just in the position of protecting themselves, they didn't participate in either side at the beginning, and they didn't say much. Therefore, today they saw that Song Yinding had lost power, and Song Yinzi was in power, but he was still as calm as a rock and unmoved. Who knows if Song Yinzi will lose power one day, so it's better not to shoot anyone's sycophants.

Those ministers who had supported Song Yinding at the beginning had a surprised expression on their faces, and most of them usually took Zhao Shisun and Gao Geyu as the leaders, and they followed what these two people said. Anyway, Zhao Shisun and Gao Geyu, one is the head of the civil officials, and the other is in charge of all military affairs in the imperial court. are all high-powered people, these petty officials, it is better to hold their thighs and follow the stinky feet, the prime minister and the captain said that they want to support Song Yin to be the emperor, then follow the support, "The back of the big tree is good to enjoy the shade"!

As for whether Song Yin is suitable to be the emperor, these people will not think about it at all, as long as their official is still there, they are better than anything else, if the prime minister and the captain see that their sycophants are good, maybe they can say a few good words about themselves in front of the emperor, and their official position may be promoted!

Therefore, at first glance, when Song Yinding suddenly changed from an emperor to a prisoner, they all felt shocked. They didn't see Zhao Shisun and Gao Geyu and other core members of their group today, and they couldn't help but feel a little stunned in their hearts, and they didn't know if it would affect them this time.

After Song Yinzi finished telling Song Yin's guilt, he specially explained that the main purpose of his army this time was to find out the truth about the assassination of his father. The implication is that the purpose of sending troops is not to seize the throne.

But among the ministers present, which one is not an old fritter of officialdom? Judging the situation and looking at the heat, they are the best. At this time, they still don't understand, this is obviously Song Yinzi himself is embarrassed to say that he wants to be the emperor! I have to wait for everyone to come forward and elect him as emperor!

So everyone tacitly knelt on the ground and shouted: "Long live Long live Long live, long live, I respectfully ask King Mu Chitose to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, inherit my dynasty, lead hundreds of officials, and benefit the people!" ”

When Song Yinzi saw that all the ministers knelt in front of him and asked him to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, he was also a little fluttering in his heart, to say that he did not have the idea of being an emperor in his heart, it was pure nonsense. He listened to Xiao Ding's suggestion and took the initiative to ask Ying to suppress the rebellion of the king of Jiaozhou, the purpose was to let the old emperor make him the crown prince so that he could take over the throne in the future. It's just that later there was a change in Song Yinding, and he didn't have the opportunity to be the prince, and now he has a better reason to be the emperor directly, of course he is happy in his heart.

So, he hurriedly stood up, stretched out his hands, and said, "Zhong Aiqing quickly calm down, Xiao Wang should give you your good intentions!" ”

This is as if he was embarrassed to be the emperor.

The ministers stood up and agreed together on the accession to the throne.

There are fixed ceremonial procedures for the emperor's accession to the throne, which does not mean that becoming an emperor means becoming an emperor.

Song Yinzi asked Song Yinding and Concubine Xia to continue to be brought into the side hall and strictly guarded.

The ministers who were arrested, Song Yinzi did not have time to interrogate them at this time, so he let them be temporarily put in the heavenly prison, and then handed over to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yushitai for three sessions of trial.

The ministers have long been familiar with how the emperor ascended the throne, after all, not long ago, the ministers of civil and military affairs also helped Song Yinding prepare an enthronement ceremony. Therefore, they quickly came up with a set of plans, and the Ministry of Rites and the celebrant eunuchs communicated with each other to prepare.

Since these civil and military officials walked into the hall, Xiao Ding has not spoken, he has been standing next to Song Yinzi, although the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty saw a person standing next to Song Yinzi, some of them knew Xiao Ding, and some had not seen Xiao Ding, but no one dared to ask more.

These people have been in the officialdom for a long time, and their hearts are very clear, since they can stand next to Song Yinzi, they must be Song Yinzi's cronies, no matter who they are, they can't be offended.

So, until Song Yinzi summoned the ministers this time, everyone dispersed, and there were still people who drew question marks in their hearts: Who is the person next to King Mu?