Chapter 378: Forcing the Palace
In the quaint and restrained study, the prince, who was sitting at the top of the head, heard the words of the officials, lowered his eyes slightly, hid the emotions surging in his eyes, and slowed down for a while, then looked up at the people below, and then spoke.
"I know your intentions, but this operation will be difficult, we still have to plan carefully, if we do it properly, we are not without the strength to fight."
Although the words of the prince are encouraging everyone, but in fact, the current situation is already very serious, the private soldiers and secret guards have surrounded the palace, and more than half of the officials in the court have been coerced and abused by Ning Junqi, the most important thing is that the emperor has been seriously ill and has been bedridden for many days, and now the political affairs are taken care of by the prince, and they have reason to believe that if the emperor does not come out to preside over the overall situation, the capital will sooner or later have a chaotic day.
So after hearing the prince's words, everyone just forced out a smile to show their approval.
Looking at the reluctant smiles on everyone's faces, the prince took a deep breath, and then said to everyone: "As for the next matter, we may need to discuss it carefully." ”
Everyone below glanced at each other, and then looked at the prince and nodded solemnly.
In fact, even the crown prince has no perfect countermeasures for the current situation, but now if there is a little hope, he will not give up.
Then they sat down around a table and decided what to do.
However, just as the crown prince and the others were hurrying to discuss the matter, in the imperial palace not far away, in a magnificent palace, a heavy gasp sounded in the room rhythmically.
Smoke curled up from the incense burner, and the whole hall was filled with the smell of spices, and from time to time there was a suppressed coughing sound in the hall.
I saw a big bed five meters long, inside the heavy curtains, the pale and thin emperor was lying quietly on the bed, his eyes were closed, the bottom of his eyes was blue and black, and even his lips were unhealthy purple, even in his sleep, the emperor's brows were furrowed, and he knew that he was sleeping very unsteadily.
At this moment, the door of the main hall was gently opened, and a pair of feet wearing delicate black boots stepped into the main hall, and the sleeves were embroidered with exquisite dragons.
I saw that the man slowly approached the big bed in the center of the hall step by step, and then stopped beside the bed and did not move, and only after the suppressed coughing sound came from the bed curtain again, did the man slowly lift the gauze tent on the side, and a pair of cold eyes shot straight at the person on the bed.
The emperor seemed to feel something, slowly lifted the heavy eyelids, and suddenly saw Ning Junqi standing beside his bed who seemed to be smiling and looking at him, the emperor's heart shook suddenly, a pair of cloudy eyes immediately became fierce, and a hoarse voice sounded in this empty hall: "You, what are you doing here?" The tone was mostly angry and panicked.
"Someone! Someone! The Emperor struggled, but no matter how long he shouted, no one appeared.
It wasn't until Ning Junqi smiled and looked at the emperor's sweat all over his body, panting and having no strength, that he took out a yellow towel, carefully wiped the sweat from the emperor's forehead, and looked at the emperor gently while wiping it, and said softly: "Father doesn't have to work in vain, the people and ministers here have already been ordered, and they won't enter easily without my permission, so just relax and lie down here?" ”
Hearing Ning Junqi's local dialect, the emperor immediately opened his eyes angrily, as if he was about to stare out his eyeballs in the next second, only to hear him tremble and say: "Rebel, rebel!" ”
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, the emperor suddenly exerted force with one hand, grabbed the corner of Ning Junqi's clothes, and said, "What about the big eunuch?" Great eunuch! ”
Ning Junqi was originally wiping the emperor's sweat hand, and then directly withdrew the yellow towel and threw it on the ground, glanced at the emperor with contempt in his eyes, and then took out a handkerchief from his arms and began to wipe his fingers one by one, that serious and delicate appearance, as if he had just wiped the emperor's sweat on his hands stained with some viruses and bacteria, and the emperor's eyes were red.
I saw Ning Junqi wiping his fingers solemnly, and said to the emperor casually: "Oh, is my father looking for a big eunuch?" ”
"My father doesn't have to look for him, the big eunuch is now old, his hands and feet are inconvenient, and his temperament is becoming more and more inflexible, His Royal Highness has arrived at the door of the main hall, he actually stopped me from coming in to see the sick father, the father may not know, the son is worried about the father, but this big eunuch actually stopped the son, saying that he was afraid that the son would not be good for the father, for so many years, the son has respected the father in his heart, how could he do something to hurt the father."
"This eunuch is so sowing discord, the son will naturally punish him well, you can rest assured, this impure eunuch has already been punished by the son, so you don't need to work hard, father." As soon as the words fell, Ning Junqi also wiped his fingers clean, and then bowed respectfully to the emperor.
The emperor was so angry that he trembled, the fierceness in his eyes was overflowing, he trembled and raised his finger to point at the innocent Ning Junqi who was standing next to the bed, but because he had not received good treatment and care for this period of time, the emperor was weak at the moment, and he just lifted it for a moment and immediately fell down.
Seeing the emperor's appearance, Ning Junqi's face, who was still smiling, immediately became gloomy, he suddenly approached the emperor suddenly, and then leaned into the emperor's ear, and said softly: "Father may not know yet, I have people add a special spice to the incense you burn every day, if you smell it for a while, then this person's body will be quickly hollowed out, and the illness will be like a mountain, just like - father." Ning Junqi's eyes were full of malice, and he didn't have the slightest desire to hide it.
The emperor looked at Ning Junqi's dark, bottomless eyes at a glance, the emperor tightly pinched the thin sheets, and held back the anger in his heart, he now has no one around him who can be used, and he is sick and in pain, if he angers Ning Junqi, he has no good fruit to eat, he can endure it for the throne when he was young, so what? He believed that he could endure the prince to save him!
But after all, the emperor has been in a high position for so many years, and it is no longer like he was able to control his emotional fluctuations well when he was young, even if he wants to hide, the momentum that emanates from up and down cannot be concealed.
Seeing that the emperor lowered his eyes, but there was a cold light around his body, Ning Junqi stood up directly, looked at the emperor lying on the bed condescendingly, and looked at it quietly for a while, seeing that the emperor didn't react at all, he just closed his eyes, looking like he didn't want to see him, Ning Junqi couldn't help but sneered and said: "Father, don't worry, Erchen will not let you die, after all, Erchen still needs to get your own handwritten succession book, right?" ”
As soon as he heard this, the emperor immediately opened his eyes, and looked at Ning Junqi with a pair of eyes full of anger, still a little incredulous, and then gasped heavily, his face turned red, but he couldn't say a word, as if he couldn't believe that Ning Junqi would really do such a rebellious thing, he wasn't dead yet!
The emperor was so angry that he couldn't speak, so he could only bang the bed board one by one, making a "dong dong dong", as if he wanted to vent the anger in his heart.
Ning Junqi glanced at him indifferently, then turned around, listened to the movement behind him, and said coldly: "You just save some effort, maybe you can live until the day when Ning Junhao comes to save you, right?" After speaking, he pulled the corners of his mouth and walked out of the hall indifferently.
Even though the sound of the wooden planks behind him was getting louder and louder, Ning Junqi still left the hall with a cold face.
As soon as he walked out of the main hall, Ning Junqi took a deep breath directly, and then looked at the guards guarding the door of the main hall with cold eyes and said, "You don't have to take too much care of Your Majesty, just confirm him or, if there is anything, just tell His Highness directly." ”
Hearing Ning Junqi's extremely cold tone, the guard's heart was shocked, and he immediately lowered his head and said respectfully to Ning Junqi: "Yes, Third Highness." ”
The guard lowered his head and looked at his toes, thinking about why Ning Junqi hadn't left yet, but in the next second, the guard felt a shadow cast on his body, and the guard immediately froze his body, not daring to make the slightest movement.
I could only hear the familiar voice above me: "Remember, don't do too much to do, otherwise ...... You should know what happened to the great eunuch. ”
The guards were shocked, and the arc of the bending was even greater.
Ning Junqi glanced at the guard coldly, and then turned around and left directly.
Listening to the footsteps gradually moving away, the guard slowly raised his head, only to see a thin back disappearing at the end of the road, the guard breathed a sigh of relief, the situation just now shocked his back sweat.
Speaking of which, these three princes used to be inconspicuous, but now they know that they are a ruthless character, and they have already controlled the palace when they are unconscious, and now the emperor is also imprisoned by him, it seems that these three princes should be the next emperor who is sure of everything, although the means of ascending to the throne are not very clean, but after all, only the person who ascends to the high position is the final winner, isn't it?
After all, according to the current situation, the palace has been completely controlled by the three princes, no matter who entered the palace to ask to see the emperor, they were all rejected by the three princes because the emperor was not in good health, maybe the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not want the emperor not to want to see them, but they couldn't see them.
But what does this have to do with him, he's just a little guard, as long as he does what his boss explains.
So the guards straightened up and continued to guard, no one thought that the emperor was imprisoned here.