Emperor Chongzhen sat down in a hurry, looked at a room of boxes and packages, and frowned: "Is the queen going out?" ”

"The concubine is just making some preparations in advance." Zhou Hou said, "Lest you leave in too much hurry and leave anything valuable." ”

"Let's go? Where to? Chongzhen asked knowingly.

Zhou Hou glanced at her husband angrily, "I'm going to Nanzhong's house!" The ancestors have all entrusted their dreams to Cihong, Your Majesty will not even listen to the words of the ancestors, right? ”

What is the dream of the ancestors...... Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhou Hou, and his anger was not very big! You haven't seen how a woman is so easy to deceive?

"What did Ci Hong tell you?" Emperor Chongzhen said coldly, "You believe it?" ”

Zhou Hou nodded: "Knowing the son is like the mother, Cihong is a concubine who grew up, what kind of temperament and temperament, will the concubine still know?" But when Cihong entered the palace to see the concubine the day before yesterday, the whole person was different...... His face became faster than turning a book, and he spoke with a straight head, which was clearly organized, as if he had grown dozens of years of experience overnight. Except for the old ancestor, who has so much mana? ”

As he spoke, Zhou Hou clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and said with words in his mouth: "Ancestors bless, ancestors bless!" ”

was said by Zhou Hou, Chongzhen also felt that Zhu Cihong was very wrong. He snorted: "It's a different person, and it's become a lot more treacherous!" I don't know what I said to Wu Xiang, but I actually coaxed Wu Xiang to sacrifice his daughter to the palace again, and wrote a handwritten letter to Wu Sangui to move the rescuers! ”

"Really?" Zhou Hou's originally somewhat dignified face burst into laughter, "Wu Xiang wants to offer his daughter to Cihong?" That's a good thing, Cihong is sixteen years old this year, and it's time to take a concubine...... The crown prince and concubine need to do a big job, and there are no young palace maids in the palace, so it is better to let Wu Xiang's daughter enter the palace to serve immediately. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Cihong really has no woman's popularity! Obviously, there is a beautiful wife assigned by the country, but because Li Zicheng made too much trouble, he couldn't be polite, and his father Chongzhen was not lustful, so he didn't choose a palace maid for many years.

So most of the women in the palace are old, and they can be his mother when they are younger. And Chongzhen was afraid that Zhu Cihong would find an elderly daughter-in-law for himself, so he sent all the palace maids under the age of fifty out of Duanben Palace, so that all the grandmothers in Duanben Palace were there!

"Where can you be so casual?" Emperor Chongzhen glared at his wife, "How can Wu Xiang's daughter be a talented person...... The procedure for the crown prince to choose a concubine still has to go. Tomorrow morning, I will send an edict to the cabinet to select the daughter of Wu Xiang as the crown prince. ”

"This is the best, I'm afraid that those civil officials will use the ancestral system to oppress people, and they are not allowed to accept talented people." Zhou Hou frowned a little.

"No, it shouldn't be." Chongzhen said, "Now Jingshi's life path is on Wu Sangui!" ”

"Is that when Wu Sangui's army arrives, we can leave?" Empress Zhou looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a blank eye, "The concubine has already asked people to pack up all the valuable things in the harem, and the three brothers Cijiong, Cizhao, Cihuan and the two girls have also let reliable people clean up." In addition, people have prepared a lot of ordinary people's clothes, which are available to adults and children. The carriages and horses are also prepared, and the carriages are not from the palace, they are all bought from the people, and they are strong and durable......"

Even the clothes of the common people and the carriages used by the people were prepared...... This is planning to run away with makeup!

Cold sweat broke out on Emperor Chongzhen's forehead. It turns out that it is not only the prince who has learned badly, but even the queen, who has always been virtuous and virtuous, has also learned badly, and she will abscond with makeup!

Wrong! The queen is so honest, how could she think of this? Someone must be behind it!

"Queen, do you think of all these things?"

Zhou Hou shook his head: "How is it possible?" The concubine had already messed up, and it was all Cihong who opened the list and asked people to send it to Kunning Palace. ”

It's the crown prince again...... Chongzhen thought about it, but he dared to be surprised. This kid is getting more and more treacherous! If he ascends the throne in the future, he must be an emperor who is even more traitorous than a traitor. Those fallen ministers should know that they are powerful!

Zhou Hou saw that Chongzhen fell into deep thought, thinking that he was dissatisfied with his son's treachery, and hurriedly said for his son: "Your Majesty, Cihong is also a piece of filial piety...... If he hadn't been in Zhangluo in the past two days, you and I wouldn't even be able to escape with our lives, what else would you mention Zhongxing Daming! ”

Hearing "Zhongxing Daming", Emperor Chongzhen's heart was immediately like a knife. He is so wise and an emperor, why is the Ming Dynasty getting worse and worse under his own governance?

Just when Emperor Chongzhen couldn't understand what he thought, an old grandmother's voice came from outside the main hall of Kunning Palace: "Queen Mother, slave Li Yue'er, I want to report again." ”

Li Yue'er is the female official of Duanben Palace, and she is also the eyes and ears of Zhou Hou sent to Zhu Cihong's side.

Zhou Hou glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, and when he saw that the emperor nodded, he replied, "Come in and talk back." ”

Then there was a squeak, the door of the palace was gently pushed open, and an old lady wearing a palace maid's skirt walked in quickly, saluted Chongzhen and the queen, and then hurriedly reported: "Master Chitose sent the internal officials to the East Palace to get military uniforms, armor and swords. The slave asked, saying that it was sent to Xizhimen, and the Chitose Lord will face the rebel soldiers in Xizhimen tomorrow......"

Take on the rebels! Still in Xizhimen...... Zhu Cihong is going to the front line!

Emperor Chongzhen was once again stunned by his son's outrageous behavior. When did the Ming Dynasty have a prince who was in battle against the enemy?

Zhou Hou was also stunned, and then she cried, crying and complaining about Chongzhen: "I complain about Your Majesty, I can obviously escape, but I have to die in Beijing...... I want to die, but I don't have any soldiers, no generals, no pay. Brother Chun had to go into battle in person, if there was a case, how could it be? When Zhou Hou said this, he suddenly stopped his voice, and then looked up at Chongzhen, with a pleading look in his eyes, "Your Majesty, let's call Brother Chun back, let's run for our lives together!" ”

What a great suggestion to run for your life together as a family! This is the advice of the virtuous queen!

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen is not good at adopting advice. At this time, what he thought of was his most trusted nobleman Zhu Chunchen, and Chongzhen stood up suddenly: "How did Zhu Chunchen do it?" How can you let Brother Chun go into battle with a little child? High companionship! ”

Gao Yushun, who was standing on the side, hurriedly responded: "The old slave is here." ”

"Immediately send someone to spread the word of my mouth, and the crown prince will not be allowed to come into battle." Chongzhen said, "Bring Zhu Chunchen to me again!" ”

If Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, heard Chongzhen's words, he would definitely be moved to tears. Because he can finally avoid facing an army of thieves.

It's a pity that Chongzhen's oracle did not reach Zhu Cihong and Zhu Chunchen in time. Because the eunuch who passed the oracle went to Xizhimen, but Zhu Cihong and Zhu Chunchen watched the army of King Chuang in Fuchengmen at this time.

The army of King Chuang was of course large, but now it was dark and it was not clear to see, except that there were countless torches forming several long dragons, which were rolling from the southwest. At the same time, on the open ground about five or six miles away from Fuchengmen, a large bonfire was lit, which was blazing and very spectacular.

"It's a big bonfire, that's ...... Where is the Diaoyu Tai? What are these campfires used for? Zhu Cihong and Wu Xiang, as well as Zhu Chunchen, who was trembling like chaff, were standing on a city gate tower outside the city of Fuchengmen at this time. He didn't seem to be scared, just a little interested in the large campfire in front of him.

"That's the vanguard of the thieves who lit up and pointed the way to their rear team." Wu Xiang frowned a little, in fact, he didn't quite understand why the thieves lit such a large bonfire, "Everyone is marching at night, it seems that the morale is high!" ”

"Need a bunch of campfires to show the way?" Zhu Cihong asked, "Are they still afraid that they won't be able to find Beijing?" ”

"Of course the old battalion soldiers can find it," Wu Xiang continued to ramble, "It's hard to say about the newly attached rabble...... Chitose should know that the finch is blindfolded, right? It's also called night blindness, they can't see at night, it's easy to get separated, and they can have a direction with a lot of bonfires. ”

"Night blindness......" Zhu Cihong knew about night blindness, "Our people also have it, right?" ”

"It's not as bad as theirs, and night blindness is related to eating." Wu Xiang said, "After all, Jingshi is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the people eat better, and there are fewer people who suffer from night blindness." There are many poor people on the side of the thieves, and there are naturally more people who are night blind. The minister estimated that there would be more of this big fire later. Wherever the big battalion is stationed, you have to order a bunch. ”

"I see...... Zhu Cihong nodded, and said in his heart: It seems that the time for the breakthrough should be arranged at night. As for the exact time, we will wait until after the first battle tomorrow...... If he could hold out in Beijing for one more day, Wu Sangui's army would be closer to Beijing, and Li Zicheng's determination to break through Beijing might also be shaken.