The days in the palace were uneventful, as if they were a pool of stagnant water, without any waves.

And this is just the appearance, like a calm and waveless sea, the depths of the ocean, the undercurrents are intertwined and surging.

It is often the calm before the storm that is most feared.

And all this is all that takes one fuse.

On the day of the beginning of autumn in August, late at night, the emperor suddenly summoned the prince to see him, and Yang Hai, who was delivering the decree, was also panicked on his face.

"Your Highness, go quickly, the emperor has an urgent matter to summon you to the Heart Cultivation Palace!"

Yang Hai stood in the courtyard, knocked on the screen window, and said in a low voice.

Candles were lit in the dark room, reflecting the screen window, Siyu was still asleep, the prince tiptoed up from Siyu's side and kissed her gently.

She rolled over and fell asleep again.

This is Xiaolu coming in, lightly waiting for the prince to get dressed, he frowned, feeling flustered in his heart, thinking that Yang Hai would not come to visit late at night for no reason.

He quietly asked through the window: "Can you penetrate the ** news, what's wrong with my father?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the emperor is coughing up blood, and I don't know who leaked the news just now, King Lu broke into the palace at night, saying that he came with the emperor's edict, and at the same time there was a mutiny in Donghuamen!"

When Yang Hai said this, although his voice was extremely low and his tone was as gentle as possible, it also set off a monstrous wave in the prince's heart.

"King Lu has already entered Beijing? No one has informed you beforehand! ”

The prince clearly felt that it seemed that a huge earth-shattering change was imminent, as if someone had already put a knife on his neck, and he did not find out until today.

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, not only do you not know, but even the emperor does not know, it is precisely because of this news that he vomited blood under the fright......

When the prince heard Yang Hai say this, he suddenly felt a basin of cold water poured down from his head, and it was cold to the bone.

Although the room was warm as spring, his heart was cold.

Is it going to stage the palace changes of the previous dynasty again?

What scared him even more was that under the premise that he was ready to masturbate all this, how could he become blind, deaf and dumb before.

How could it be that there was no news in advance, could it be that the people of Jinyiwei had been bought by King Lu.

There are many eyeliners in the capital, not to mention Jinyiwei, East Factory, West Factory, what do these people eat?

Thinking of this, he didn't bother to get dressed, and walked out in a hurry with a pair of casual boots in his hand.

Under the moonlight, Yang Hai's old face, which was already white, looked even more and more miserable now.

Although the prince tried his best to contain his fear, his face inevitably showed a trace of panic.

"Let me ask you, which general is on duty in the palace tonight?"

"Back to Your Highness, Lord Geng Shuang!"

"Then you go quickly, pass on my order, and tell him that without my figure, no one will be allowed to step into the palace, and violators will be killed!"

Yang Hai received the prince's secret order and immediately ran to the duty room to give the order.

The prince understands that if King Lu is really rebellious, he is afraid that at this time, it will be too late to send people to the major battalions in Beijing to transfer troops.

As long as the forbidden city is not lost, the situation can be controlled.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly urged the horse to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and just entered the West Garden, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Groups of Imperial Forest Guards moved back and forth, and on the way to the Palace of Cultivating the Heart, there were three steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry.

The guards were all wearing armor, but they were stopped four times by the guards in just one short stretch of road.

However, as soon as they saw that it was the crown prince, they immediately let them go and entered the main hall, where the imperial physician stood aside and whispered.

The strong smell of herbs filled the entire hall inside and outside, palace maids and eunuchs went in and out, and even Lord Huo Sima and several cabinet ministers were waiting on the side.

When they saw him coming, they saluted him one after another.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the emperor's pulse has just stabilized, you don't have to worry about it, Your Majesty is just angry and angry, and he is already weak and weak, so he is unconscious!"

When Imperial Physician Hua saw him coming, he hurriedly came up to tell him about His Majesty's condition.

"So my father is okay with him?"

"Yes, you just need to recuperate carefully, I believe that after some time, you will recover, I hope Your Highness, don't worry too much!"

Doctor Hua's words finally relieved him, as long as his father is there, he will not be able to turn King Lu upside down.

Several cabinet ministers were also urgently summoned when the emperor was coughing up blood, and they were all relieved to hear what Imperial Doctor Hua said.

The tense air finally eased, and he was afraid that King Lu would take advantage of his father's serious illness and wait for an opportunity to make trouble.

He is really unimaginable, usually very. King Lu, who is not doing his job, will choose to suddenly enter Beijing at this time, and what does he mean.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly sent his cronies to the outside of the palace to contact King Xin, and at this moment, there was a shout of killing outside the palace gate in the distance.

The Praetorian Guards in the palace have already fought with the rebels, and you can see the flames outside at the door of the Heart Cultivation Shop.

The rebels tried to burn the palace gate, and the sound of banging on the palace gate made the prince very nervous.

He was about to send out a scout to investigate, when a guard came to report to him: "Back to His Highness, King Lu personally led the rebels to attack the door, and there are nearly 500 people under his command, and they have already fought with Geng Shuang's Praetorian Guard!" ”

The prince understood that although the equipment of the Imperial Forest Guards in the palace was very good, they had never been on the battlefield, and if they were in the same place with King Lu's chime, they would suffer a loss.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be very anxious, and now that he was deeply controlled in the palace, it was difficult for any news to be transmitted, thinking of this, he couldn't help but walk around on the ground anxiously, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, the rebels began to shout slogans, the crown prince was overbearing, and the emperor was held hostage, and I waited to enter the palace to rescue the emperor.

Such a rumor is very vicious, and after a while, the guards came to report again: "Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, Geng Shuang's Praetorian Guards have retreated to the palace gate and strictly guard the gate of Changchun Palace!" ”

The palace gate of Changchun Palace is far from the Heart Cultivation Palace, but it doesn't take a stick of incense to walk, which is really hot to the eyebrows.

Suddenly, the emperor coughed, heard the shouting and killing outside, and asked blankly, "What happened outside?" ”

When the crown prince heard that his father had woken up, he hurriedly went in and reported to him: "Father, my damned brother, he dares to commit a rebellion and accuse me of innocence!" ”

Obviously, the emperor had already guessed when he heard the shouts of killing outside.

And at this time, the emperor was more sad, he didn't expect that he was still there, and the sons below had begun to kill each other.

He sighed faintly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you must have sent someone to contact King Xin!" ”

The crown prince didn't expect his father to know everything about his actions, so he had to sigh and say to the emperor: "Father, for the sake of today, I can only hope that he can lead the Flying Dragon Army to strangle the rebels!" ”

"King Xin is dead, killed by your brother, I really mistook him, I thought he was just a ridiculous prince, but I didn't expect to plan for a long time!"

He didn't expect his father to say such a thing, and he was shocked all of a sudden, and he was even more aware.

At this time, the emperor didn't seem to be worried about the rebels who were close at hand, but looked around and sneered: "There are still the eyes and ears of King Lu in this palace, otherwise he wouldn't have grasped this opportunity so accurately!" ”

At this moment, a guard ran in in a panic and shouted: "Oh no, the palace gate of Changchun Garden is almost unsupportable, and the rebels have lit a fire outside, burning the palace gate to the point that only an empty shelf remains." ”

The prince panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly shouted everywhere to get the emperor on board and flee to the palace.

"Father, let's escape from the palace, in that case, we still have a chance to escape and ascend to heaven!"

The emperor glanced at him worriedly, and said to him with great disappointment: "Do you think that my delay in handing over power is because I am greedy for this position?" ”

The prince was stunned when he heard this, and quickly knelt on the ground, although he had such a question in his heart, he could not say such a thing on his lips.

"Father, the child didn't think so, but the rebels are about to invade!"

The crown prince explained in a hurry, he kept looking back, and several cabinet ministers on the side also spoke for the prince: "Your Majesty, the prince is benevolent and filial, and he will never cause this!" ”

When the emperor heard this, he said helplessly: "Actually, it's not that I don't pay, but it's really difficult for you to do it, you don't want to think about it, you and I, father and son, if you really escape from the palace gate, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for us to have a place to stand in the whole world, I'm afraid that I can't escape for a while, can't you see that today's situation is at this moment?" ”

The prince was stunned when he heard his father's words, he really couldn't see that those rebels were just a stone's throw away from him, if he didn't escape, how could he easily let himself go?

At this time, the shouting and killing outside was getting closer and closer, and the smoke and fire could be smelled in this hall, even those eunuchs and palace maids couldn't stop shivering, and those cabinet ministers were even more panicked and paralyzed on the ground not knowing what to do.

The emperor sneered and said to the crown prince: "You can help me up, take advantage of my stump body, and clear the road ahead for you again, and the road ahead will depend on you for the future." ”

"This ......"

It is hard for the prince to imagine that if his father and the emperor go to the palace gate of Changchun Palace, wouldn't it be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

He hurriedly persuaded: "Father, no, the sword and gun have no eyes, if you are injured, you will just follow their wishes." ”

"You don't understand, as long as I stop there, their lies will not be broken, what reason is there to attack the palace gate?"

"But ......"

The prince was still uneasy.

"No, but, if I sit here, it will be sitting and waiting to die, and I will definitely die, but unfortunately you will never understand, what is a fight for life?"

After the emperor said this, he let everyone reluctantly stand on the Changchun Palace, the palace wall.

Beginning with the emperor and the important ministers, I looked down, only to see the flames raging, and the rebels below, in the name of the Qing monarch's side, were using siege wood to hit the palace gate.