Chapter 1086: Why Did Your Majesty Rebel?
The palace was in chaos.
There was not much chaos in the previous dynasty with only a few eunuchs who sprinkled and swept away, but the harem was a completely different scene.
You must know that there are some palace maids and eunuchs and concubines who don't have much knowledge here, and they have not been so frightened for decades, and the big battles that appeared in front of the imperial city and the palace gate one after another, as well as the constant screams, have already scared all their courage, and all they want to do is to flee for their lives.
However, the palace is deeply forbidden, how can they escape? So, when Sun Tu led people to break into the harem step by step, what he saw was that the hundreds of eunuchs and palace maids were running around like headless flies, especially when they saw Sun Tu and others breaking in like fierce gods from a distance, they screamed constantly, like frightened rabbits, completely out of control.
Sun Tu's face was gloomy for a while, and as he waved his hand to order, the general behind him immediately stepped forward, raised his knife and scolded, so that the scene was controlled, and the hundreds of eunuchs and others knelt down one after another, and they didn't dare to scream anymore. It's just that the fear in their hearts is deeper because of this, which makes them kneel there one by one and tremble, and they don't even dare to breathe half of their breath, especially when they seem to resist Sun Tu's horse coming to them, many people almost faint with fright.
This made Sun Tu not even get the answers he wanted when he asked a few people, and it wasn't until the fifth eunuch who was pulled up by him for questioning that he had a little reaction.
"Let me ask you, where is the emperor now?"
"Captain spare your life...... The slave doesn't know anything...... "This subconsciously begged for mercy first, and then seemed to understand the meaning of these words, and stumbled: "Your Majesty...... His Majesty had been in the temple last night, and later, it seemed that he had returned to the palace......"
Sun Tu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, Zhao Ji, who has always been unable to endure hardship, actually spent a night in Taimiao? In this way, his judgment is really good, he knows everything today, or the plan of Li Gang and others has won his approval. It was only because he had no bottom in his heart that he ran to the Taimiao to see his ancestors last night, hoping that the heavenly spirits of the ancestors of the old Zhao family could bless him. But at present, it seems that these ancestors are not powerful enough.
Sun Tu's face first showed a sneer of disdain, and then turned into a frost: "Gather everyone together, and don't let go of one of them." You, take me to the palace to see the emperor. He was referring to the eunuch in front of him who could reply.
To be honest, this is the first time Sun Tu has entered the harem, and he is extremely unfamiliar with the environment here, and he doesn't know where the emperor's bedroom is, so he naturally needs to find a guide to lead the way.
"Yes......" This eunuch is also clever, and after calming down a little, he hurriedly smiled and agreed, and even obediently took the reins of Sun Tu's mount and led him straight forward. And the people around him were also forcibly stopped by the soldiers at this moment, no longer running around and screaming, and then many people secretly paid attention to this eunuch with strange eyes, which included both envy and deep contempt, which was completely a betrayal of the official family.
However, this eunuch can't care about anything else, at this time he only thinks about being able to please Sun Tu, so as to survive, so he seems to be extremely hardworking, not to mention the acceleration of his pace, and even introduces the use of some buildings along the road to Sun Tu like a tour guide: "There is meditation, it is the palace room where His Majesty cultivates himself on weekdays, reads and paints, and then there is the imperial garden, and there is ...... there."
Sun Tu followed his guidance and looked around, and found that this Zhao Ji was really very moist and chic, not only in the harem there are places for him to write, paint, enjoy flowers and stones, and even have a large scale of juju field and polo field, which specially allows him to play with the eunuch palace people in his spare time, or Gao Yu and other favored ministers and other people.
From this point of view, Zhao Ji can really be regarded as one of the few emperors in the world who can live and enjoy, the only thing he can't do is to be a good emperor, and this is also his biggest sin.
"Captain Sun, this is the dormitory." The little eunuch's words interrupted Sun Tu's thoughts, and with the direction of the other party's finger, Sun Tu saw a beautiful and luxurious palace standing in front of him.
This dormitory looks at the area of a very wide area, there is more than one acre of land, and the decoration materials are extremely exquisite, the wood of the door beams and pillars are the finest pear red sandalwood, the bricks and tiles are based on white marble as the main body, and the pieces are carved and carved flowers, it is really beautiful to the extreme. From Sun Tu's point of view, the cost of building this palace in front of him is afraid to be millions, not including the furniture and other things inside, nor the labor costs during construction.
But even the most expensive and luxurious palace room can't protect the people inside at this time. As soon as Sun Tu lifted the reins, he controlled the war horse to dexterously walk up the steps and came to the closed palace gate. With a gesture from him, the soldiers beside him who were also amazed quickly pounced, and with a heavy shoulder bang, the door to the dormitory, which was not intended to be reliable, was slammed open, revealing the more extravagant and dazzling furniture inside, and also screamed in horror for the men and women who had already become frightened birds.
After Zhao Ji learned of the chaos in the imperial city early this morning, he hurried back to the harem from the Taimiao Temple and hid in this dormitory designed by himself. Around him, there were seven or eight concubines he had favored, and without knowing what was going on outside, these people had been hiding here, trembling, begging for the blessing of their ancestors.
And now, as the palace door was knocked open, Zhao Ji's heartstrings were finally completely broken. In the screams of the women beside him, he also screamed, and as soon as his body became weak, he fell directly from the wide and soft royal couch, which was really embarrassing to the extreme, how could he still have the dignity of a king?
And when he struggled to look up and met Sun Tu's faint gaze, Zhao Ji was even more frightened, and he couldn't even say a complete sentence: "You...... You ......"
In fact, from the time the door of the dormitory was so rudely slammed open, Zhao Ji had already guessed who would win in the end of this chaos. It's just that when the truth is really as he thinks, the impact is still shocking, and it almost scares him out. At this time, he had only one thought in his heart, that is, regret, he knew that he might as well be a puppet and live in the palace, at least his life was worry-free, and his life was not bad. As for whether there is real power or not, it is really nothing compared to life.
The fear and regret in his heart made Zhao Ji's whole body weak, and he collapsed on the ground like this, and he didn't even have the courage to look up at Sun Tu in front of him, as if such an evasive behavior could protect himself. However, the sound of the horse's hooves still broke his last illusion, and Sun Tu actually rode his horse directly into the palace.
This is something that no one has ever done before, and even Zhao Ji, who is the emperor, and his ancestors have never tried to ride a horse in the harem, let alone ride a horse directly into the dormitory. Moreover, there are still some blood stains on the horse's hooves, so as to walk all the way, it will leave red and black hoof prints on the white ground of the dormitory, which is breathtaking.
Just when Sun Tu was about to come to Zhao Ji, looking down on his king with a condescending posture, at this moment, as if the identities of the two sides were exchanged, a woman suddenly stepped forward, stopped in front of the emperor and everyone who were still trembling, looked at Sun Tu forcefully, and shouted: "Sun Tu, you are so bold!" As a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, he dared to break into the palace ban and coerce the Son of Heaven, where is there still a little bit of what a courtier should look like? ”
The words of the righteous Ling Ran were spoken loudly by a petite woman, and her power was much worse after all. But this is the only one in the dormitory who still dares to stand up and accuse Sun Tu and cut his sharpness, and the other women are even more frightened, burying their heads deeply, not daring to make a sound.
Sun Tu looked at the bold woman in some surprise, and after a moment, he laughed again.
In fact, this woman's eyes were also full of fear, but for some reason, she actually had the courage to stand up, and for this alone, she was stronger than everyone else present, including the high-ranking Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.
At the same time, he also understood that the other party was pretending, and wanted to use such a distinction between monarchs and ministers to put pressure on himself, so that he would not dare to do more excessive things, and even directly confessed because of some concerns. After all, this kind of drama has not been done before, even at this time, Zhao Ji is still a king, and as a courtier, there is some awe in his heart.
It's a pity that her wishful thinking is destined to fail, because Sun Tu has no other officials' awe of the emperor's imperial power, and he didn't even get angry because of it, just smiled lightly, waved his hand, and some soldiers stepped forward and dragged this bold concubine aside. Then, he rode his horse up again, and only when he was almost about to stick to Zhao Ji did he stop and stare at the other party: "Your Majesty, there is only one thing to ask when the minister enters the palace today." ”
Feeling the momentum pressed down like a mountain, Zhao Ji's body trembled even more, like a bleak dead leaf in the autumn wind, the two rows of teeth kept creaking and fighting, and only after a while did he ask in a trembling voice: "You...... What are you asking? ”
"I just want to ask Your Majesty, why did you rebel?" Sun Tu said an extremely ridiculous question word by word, but at this time, no one on the scene dared to raise any questions about it.
The emperor rebelled, isn't this his own rebellion? This is obviously a paradox that is absurd to the extreme. But today, Sun Tu's question was so correct and natural, and at the same time, Zhao Ji couldn't give an answer for a while.
His face was full of panic, and the atmosphere in the dormitory was tense again, as if winter had suddenly arrived!