After Yan Fujiu put away the suspension bridge and retreated to the palace, he immediately sent two eunuchs on duty to Dongnuan Pavilion and Dongkun Palace respectively to report all the things that happened on Nanmen Street.

Yan Tian faced such a huge crisis that was enough to 'destroy the family and destroy the country', and immediately turned back into the child who was helpless and could never grow up; And after Li Lianniang learned of the situation, she immediately summoned Li Qing, the former eunuch in charge of the four products who was assigned by Yan Tian to guard the spirit of the first emperor in the Yongling Palace.

No one thought that Empress Li would reactivate Li Qing at such a critical juncture, and let him be responsible for restraining and managing all the eunuchs and palace maids in the Yellow Palace. Then, she sent her confidants who had been trained and trained for many years to the four gates of the palace; nominally to assist the Taibai Janissary to defend the city, but in fact, it is to prevent someone from defecting to the enemy before the battle, and opening the city to surrender; In the end, she called all the harem concubines to the Dongkun Palace, and ordered them to change out of the silk and satin on their bodies, and change into civilian clothes of coarse linen clothes, to carry food and water for the soldiers defending the city of Taibaiwei, and sew and repair their clothes and armor, so as to calm the hearts of the army......

It's a pity that the maiden families of these concubines are either high-ranking officials or wealthy gentry; Let them flutter butterflies and chant songs, and make the best use of their talents; But if they are allowed to do the work of these rough girls, and they have to risk being accidentally injured by the enemy's arrows, it will be a bit 'difficult for the strongman'......

When Yan Yan rushed to Dongkun Palace to ask for help from his mother, Li Lian, who had never studied martial arts, had just killed more than 30 harem concubines with his own hands. And the blood splattered on the phoenix crown is the last 'last word' left by these young ladies from large families in this life.

Throughout the historical records of the Huayu Continent, most of the acts of wantonly slaughtering harem ladies before the war, such as Li Lian, only happened when the imperial city was trapped by the enemy army and there was no way out; And now the nearly 10,000 soldiers besieged outside the palace are just subordinates under the command of the second prince of the Yan family, fighting back and forth, at best, it is a 'nest fight', and those harem ladies who were killed by the queen herself have no possibility of being abused and insulted by the enemy......

From this behavior alone, it can be seen that Li Lian's daughter is not only fierce and ruthless, but also as she grows older, even her thoughts and behaviors become more and more extreme......

When Yan Qinghong returned to Nanmen Street again, this street, which was originally as bloody and terrifying as hell, had been cleaned by the sergeants. Except for the lingering smell of blood wafting through the air, it was no different from the usual scene.

And the Flying Tiger Army, which had just disarmed and surrendered, had disappeared at this time; And the soldiers of the Zhongshan Governor's Mansion who were in charge of patrolling the city were also stationed on the four gates of Fengjing City at this time; Now the only people in charge of guarding on Nanmen Street are the old general Hong Nianhong, who has taken off his armor, and the elite of the 500 personal guard battalion under his command.

Yan Qinghong took advantage of the fire around him to look up at the top of the city tower, except for the Taibai guards who were in charge of guarding the city, he didn't see Li Lian's figure......

"General Hong, where is the Queen Mother?"

When Hong Nian heard Yan Qinghong's voice, he immediately turned around and wanted to kneel; Unexpectedly, his knees had just bent, and Yan Qinghong grabbed his shoulders: "Do business first." ”

"Your Honor, ......!"

After getting up, Hong Nian took a torch from one of the guards beside him, walked to the moat single-handedly, and shouted towards the opposite bank:

"The last general, Hong Nian, the deputy commander of the Fu Army, returned to the Queen Mother! Your Majesty has been summoned to come and ask the Queen Mother for peace......"

At this time, Fengjing City was already silent, and Hong Nian's hoarse and thick voice echoed along the breeze of the summer night; It wasn't long before many torches appeared above the tower; And the person at the head is the queen mother wearing Caixia and wearing a phoenix crown, Li Lian!

"My son Qinghong, are you guilty?"

Li Niangniang's dry voice, which was almost indifferent, echoed in everyone's ears without a trace of emotion......

"The child is guilty, but he doesn't know which child offender is?"

"Just coercing the Zhongshan Road rebels and forcibly entering the imperial city is enough to cut off your head and hang it high outside the Yongling Hall to comfort the spirits of the ancestors of the Yan family in the sky!"

"After returning to my mother, I led the army back to Beijing this time, I didn't know that I would frighten my mother, and I did act a little rude and reckless; But I just want to go back to my dormitory, but I don't know what the sin is? ”

"Hahahaha......"

With a sharp and dry laughter piercing the night sky, Li Lian flicked the sleeves of his robe, raised the sword stained with the blood of countless harem concubines, and pointed directly at Yan Qinghong, who was 'calling himself a lonely widow' under the city, and said loudly:

"Your dormitory? What a ridiculous thing in the world! When the first emperor was alive, he had already established the emperor's eldest son, Yan Day, as the prince of Youbei, and this matter was already known to everyone, so how could you allow you to use clever words and tamper with it? You, Yan Qinghong, as the second son of the Yan family, after the death of the first emperor, did not think about assisting the prince in governing the country and supporting the people, which was already an act of unfilial piety and disloyalty; Now you are still coerced by a group of Zhongshan rebels to besiege the palace land! Could it be that you want to threaten Your Majesty's 'Zen position' with the advantage of swords, and then sit on the dragon chair that does not belong to you in the first place? ”

Although Li Lian's voice was not too big, after all, the woman's voice was naturally sharp, and everyone present could hear it clearly.

However, under her righteous and stern accusations, Yan Qinghong unhurriedly pulled out a roll of yellow silk from his arms and handed it to Hong Nian beside him.

Hong Nian took a cursory look at the light of the fire beside him, and was immediately overjoyed, tore away his broken gong throat, and read aloud:

"The emperor's eldest son, Yan Day, has been smart and wise, humble and filial since he was a child; At first, I thought that this son should be able to inherit the foundation of the Yan family, so I also taught carefully for more than 20 years; However, after this son was crowned prince, he indulged in play, dance and music all day long, and he never made any progress in his schoolwork; Although, this son has a generous character and a pure heart; However, its ability is limited after all, and it is really difficult to overcome the unification of the Yan clan! Therefore, this edict is hereby established as a basis for the establishment of another prince. , the second son of the Yan family, Qinghong, succeeded me to the throne and inherited the throne of the emperor of the three roads in the north.

It turned out that the Huang Aya holy decree that Yan Qinghong took out turned out to be the official edict left by the first emperor!

"Yan Qinghong! You're really daring! Do you want to rely on such an unfounded 'edict' to easily abolish the prince who has been established by the emperor for many years? Oh...... The mourning family understands, after all, you are only the second prince, and you are addicted to the flower street and willow alleys all day long, so naturally you don't know much about this court; However, you also think too much about the change of the throne! ”

Li Lian was really in a trance when she first heard this 'so-called edict', but she just thought about the key to it casually, and immediately vetoed the authenticity of this edict!

"After returning to his mother, since my son dares to make this edict of the former emperor public in full view of everyone today, it is naturally impossible to be an unfounded 'edict'! However, since the queen mother has doubts, then she may as well present this holy decree to your old man for examination...... Please send a confidant to come and ask for the emperor's edict, and you will personally distinguish the authenticity, and the truth will be revealed! ”

When Li Lian heard Yan Qinghong's reply, his expression was stunned again: Could it be that his edict is true? But even if the first emperor really entrusts him with his deathbed, it will be in the hands of Li Qing, and there is no chance of falling into the hands of Yan Qinghong at all! ”

It didn't take long for a small crack to be pushed open at the south gate of the palace, and the former eunuch Li Qing, the eunuch in charge of the four products, also leaned sideways and 'squeezed' out of the gap in the city gate. Relying on Li Qing's thin stature, he leaned on a rope on both sides of the moat, sat in a large bamboo basket, and 'slipped' to the enemy camp.

This activity of checking the authenticity of the edict took a quarter of an hour. Until Li Qing slipped to the other side again and returned to the edict of the first emperor, Li Lian still looked like he had lost his soul......

What can bring a huge impact to Li Lian is the end of Yan Qinghong's edict, which is also stamped with a jade seal of the Northern Legend! Li Lian has been the queen for nearly 30 years, and she is too familiar with this heirloom jade seal imitated in the Northern Yan Dynasty! She carefully examined all the subtle differences, but the answers she could get were exactly the same!

In other words, his 'edict of succession' is true!

And Li Qing, who came to return the edict to Yan Qinghong, had just climbed out of the bamboo basket, and immediately pulled out the dagger in his boot with his backhand, directly cutting the rope that spanned both sides of the moat!

"Li Qing! You are the confidant of the first emperor, and you have been blessed with holy grace for many years! How? Now that the bones of the first emperor are still cold, do you also want to act as a pawn for those rebellious thieves? ”

Li Lian, who was awakened by everyone again, immediately shouted after seeing Li Qing's actions! In the hearts of their mother and son, they have always thought that a eunuch like Li Qing, as long as he has not lost all the games, and then promised him enough benefits, then there is no possibility of betrayal at all. This is not only the result of the cunning and greedy character of the eunuchs, but also their usual trick to protect themselves.

However, now that even Li Qing, the henchman of the former emperor, has switched to Yan Qinghong's disciples, then in other words, in the heart of this old fox, the number of winners and losers is already extremely clear.

Li Qing also seemed to be a different person at this time, put away the flattering smile that had been hanging on his face all the time, gently threw the yellow silk in his hand to Hong Nian's body, picked up the dagger that cut the rope with his backhand, gritted his teeth, and cut his inner thigh with one knife......

Then, he stretched out his fingers in front of everyone, pinched out a wax pill from the wound, raised his hand and threw it towards Yan Qinghong, he could no longer support his body, and sat in front of Yan Qinghong......

"Mr. Li...... You... What is this? ”

Li Qing's face turned pale, smiled mysteriously at Yan Qinghong, who was confused, and said softly:

"It is also the edict of the first emperor......"

As soon as the six words came out, Yan Qinghong was also shocked and sweated like rain!