The atmosphere in front of the Qianqing Palace suddenly became tense.

At this time, Jiang Deshen's soldiers from the Beijing camp also rushed over, and Queen Zhou's heart trembled at the sound of Qi Shu's steps, and she hurriedly hugged Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong and others in her arms.

Jiang Shen hurriedly turned around and scolded angrily, "Stop, come and meet Your Majesty!" ”

"I'll wait to see Your Majesty!"

The two thousand soldiers bowed down together, and finally made Chongzhen, Queen Zhou and others soften their faces a little.

Jiang Deshen clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty may entrust Zhou Guozhang." This matter is also said by Liu Ge Lao himself, he said that if it is really a time of crisis, His Majesty can only be trusted by Zhou Guozhang, after all, he is the prince and the king of Ding, who else can take on this responsibility. ”

"But does Your Majesty know what happened to Zhou Guozhang in the past?"

Jiang Deshen's words made Chongzhen frown, "What's the matter?" ”

"As far as the last general knows, a month ago, His Majesty called on his ministers to donate money, and he was reprimanded because the prince donated a lot of money, and the queen sold jewelry and other things to get five thousand taels of silver and handed it to the abbot, so that he could donate it in his own name."

"But Your Majesty knows that the prince did not donate all the money before and after getting the queen, but greedily put down two thousand taels of silver, and only donated three thousand taels to make up the amount, such a person, Your Majesty thinks that the army of thieves has entered the city, is he really reliable?"

"Jingle Bell"

The Shang Fang sword in Chongzhen's hand fell to the ground suddenly, and he turned his head to look at Queen Zhou suddenly, only to find that she also looked at her with a disgraced face.

"Really?"

Chongzhen asked through gritted teeth, word by word.

Queen Zhou immediately cried "wow".

"Minister, concubine doesn't know that my father loves money so much!"

"Then why didn't you tell me about it", Chongzhen immediately broke down and roared, "If I hand over the crown prince to such a person, wouldn't I be going to cut off all the social institutions." ”

"Concubines, concubines......"

Empress Zhou whimpered and was speechless.

Chongzhen's eyes were red and he looked at the soldiers kneeling in front of the Qianqing Palace, and then looked at Jiang Deshen and said, "You are a general in the Beijing camp, how do you know such a secret thing?" ”

Jiang Deshen kowtowed with a guilty face and replied: "How can there be an impermeable wall in the world, the queen will inevitably leak the news when she sells her jewelry, and now many people in the city already know about it, otherwise why does Your Majesty think these ministers are so slammed one by one?" Do they really have no money? ”

Chongzhen staggered back a step, and instantly knelt on the ground and cried.

"What kind of beasts are I in this court!"

The palace maids and eunuchs who served in the Qianqing Palace also wiped their tears and wept.

Wang Chengen finally still had some determination, and he took out the prestige of his eunuch Bingbi to look at Jiang Deshen.

"General Jiang, if you are to protect His Majesty and the Crown Prince, what are you going to do?"

Jiang Deshen clenched his fists violently, "The minister must desperately escort His Majesty's crown prince to break out of the encirclement, Liu Ge Lao is now in the Central Plains, and there are still six departments in Nanjing, as long as Your Majesty's prince arrives at any of these places, he will be able to make a comeback, please Your Majesty Mingjian." ”

Wang Chengen looked back at Chongzhen with a look of surprise, "Your Majesty, is this method feasible?" ”

Chongzhen glanced up at the sky, then glanced at the sergeant in front of the hall with a silent face, shook his head and said:

"There are hundreds of thousands of thieves, and I can't escape with such a few people."

"Your Majesty", Jiang Deshen was a little anxious, "Even if you can't kill out of the city directly, but the last general still has a lot of hidden places in the city, as long as you can hide for a month and a half, you will definitely be able to escort you out quietly." ”

Chongzhen's heart moved when he heard this, why didn't he want to leave the city and flee to the south.

Otherwise, he would not have let Li Mingrui come out to propose moving the capital, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were politically correct one by one, and directly cut off all his last hopes.

But thinking that after he followed Jiang Deshen away, life and death would be entrusted to the general in front of him, who had never met before, and Chongzhen, who was suspicious by nature, still couldn't accept it.

The front of the Qianqing Palace suddenly fell into silence.

The Forbidden City could only rely on the eunuchs to defend the city at this time, and when these few soldiers and horses heard about the changes in Shenwumen and rushed to the Qianqing Palace, they saw Jiang Deshen and others kneeling densely on the ground and had no idea, so they could only watch from the sidelines.

After a long time, Chongzhen finally settled down.

He waved his hand at Wang Chengen to help himself up, looked at Zhu Cihong with tears and said:

"I am not the king of the dead country, all the ministers are the ministers of the dead country. In the past sixteen years, I have been thinking day and night, nothing more than to govern the world well, but unfortunately I have limited talent and learning, and I can't keep my ancestors. ”

"You take your younger brothers and sisters to follow General Jiang, don't go to Nanjing, those are all chaotic ministers and thieves, go directly to your prince and concubine, he has soldiers in his hands, at least he can help you stabilize the south."

"Father!"

Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong and others threw themselves on their knees with a sad cry, and stepped forward to hug Chongzhen's feet and cry bitterly.

Chongzhen didn't pay attention to the sons under his feet, but looked at Wang Chengen and said: "Quickly go to the draft, seal Liu Ximing as the prince, Bo Luhou, and order him to assist the prince to succeed to the throne in Wuchang." ”

After speaking, he sighed with tears in his eyes, "I will write a letter for me again, telling him that I hope that he will be like Yi Yin and Huo Guang, and assist the young master to determine the dynasty again, even if he can't, he must protect my bloodline, so that he will live up to the grace of the two of us." ”

Bo Luhou is Huo Guang's title, and Chongzhen obviously intends to put Liu Ximing in the cage.

"Woo woo"

"Your Majesty!"

Wang Chengen and the others cried again and fell to their knees, but Chongzhen had made up his mind, and directly urged him to handle it quickly.

After a while, Chongzhen finally appeased the crown prince Zhu Cihong and others, and handed Zhu Cihong's hands into Jiang Deshen's hands with a lonely face.

"Remember, if you can ascend the throne as the emperor, you must work diligently, and you can't carry it overnight, the ancestral mausoleum bedding is in Beijing, and you will lead the king to recover it as soon as possible!"

"Father", Zhu Cihong exclaimed bitterly.

Chongzhen looked at King Ding, King Yong, Princess Changping, Princess Kunyi, Princess Zhaoren and others, and stepped forward to hug them one by one with a sad face.

"You can't act willfully in the south anymore, everything must be done by the assistant brothers such as Zuoer, remember."

After speaking, Chongzhen waved his hand at Jiang Deshen and signaled him to leave quickly.

Jiang Deshen took the holy decree, jade seal and other things, and pulled Zhu Cihong and others, who were crying and screaming, directly out of the palace from Shenwu Gate.

In the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen looked at Queen Zhou, Yuan Guifei and others with a miserable smile as if he had put down some burden.

"It's time for you and me to go to the Yellow Spring today."

Empress Zhou said sadly, "The concubines and others will go first, and hope to serve Your Majesty in the next life." ”

After that, Queen Zhou committed suicide in the palace, and all the concubines also hanged themselves.

Chongzhen, accompanied by Wang Chengen, took one last look at the rising sun in the capital, and walked to Jingshan amid the cheers of Li Zicheng's army.

On May 19, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's army, under the leadership of the celebrant eunuch Wang Dehua and others, entered the Forbidden City without hindrance.

The Ming Dynasty is dead.

In the Forbidden City, Li Zicheng walked onto the dragon chair of the Imperial Palace with a complicated face, touched left and right, and finally sat down.

"Hahaha, the position of this emperor is not very comfortable, it is not as comfortable as my family's kangtou."

In the main hall, a group of Dashun ministers laughed along.

At this time, a junior colonel rushed into the temple.

"Report to Your Majesty, the corpses of Empress Chongzhen and many concubines were found in the harem."

"Report to Your Majesty, Chongzhen's body was found on Jingshan."

The Dashun military ministers in the Imperial Palace were all stunned.

Liu Zongmin laughed and said: "Chongzhen Lao'er is quick to start, otherwise I would not have to cut him to death a few times, Your Majesty, please also ask the minister to take his corpse and whip a few whips to discourage." ”

"No!"

In the main hall, Huo Zhaowei, Li Yan and others shouted one after another.

Especially Huo Zhaowei, who slipped out and bowed to Li Zicheng:

"Your Majesty, although our army has broken through the Beijing Division, it is still early to subdue the hearts of the people in the world, far away such as Jiang Nan, Liu Ximing and others are all looking forward to watching, and the close ones such as the Beijing Division and hundreds of officials are also waiting for the situation to stabilize.

Huo Zhaowei had a cold sweat on his face, and his eyes were full of annoyance when he looked at Liu Zongmin.

You are a mallet, if you let the dragon head know that you didn't save Chongzhen's corpse, then Lao Tzu will kill your dog.

Fortunately, Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing and others also have a bit of eyesight, and they also followed the persuasion when they saw this situation.

Only then did Li Zicheng nod and agree, allowing Chongzhen and Empress Zhou to be restrained in two thin coffins, and sending Chongzhen's former ministers to pay respects.

Among the Jingshi, there was a burst of crying.

Although Chongzhen is mean, the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there are not a few people and officials who pay tribute to it.