Jinling has four city walls, one heavy palace city, one heavy imperial city, one heavy main city, and one heavy Guocheng.

The Imperial City is in June, the actual scope is also limited, by the Chu Palace in the center of the north of the digging of nearly half of the area, many royal Taoist temples, banquet pavilions and palace maids and eunuchs live and guards and pro-army accommodation outside the courtyard, there are six ministries and offices, many buildings are dense, that is, the common saying of the outer court.

From Chongfuguan to the back house of Shangshu Province, you only need to pass through two narrow lanes.

Although wearing the military uniform hidden in the Taoist temple outside the skirt, there are still big flaws in the figure, and the cover is tight and extremely hot, but at this time, the dusk has arrived, and the attention of the guards and the pro-army departments are on duty in key places such as the palace city and the nine gates of the imperial city and the Chongwen Palace.

Qingyang didn't know that except for the secret son of Tangyi's secret secretary in the various ministries, he didn't know if there were any people Han Qian had hidden in the inner court palace for all these years.

Listening to the drums of the palace city, the search in the palaces has just begun, and the imperial city should be mainly blockaded at present, and the comprehensive search will lag behind. Qingyang and Yun Puzi walked into a vacant mansion in the back house of Shangshu Province without any danger, and for the time being, they did not have to worry that the people from Cishou Palace or the assassins sent by them would find them first.

Leaving two shadows for Qingyang and Yun Puzi to wait and see, Qin Wen rushed to Chongwen Hall to see Shen Yang first.

At this moment, Qingyang's heart was still full of apprehension, and she didn't feel that her situation at this time was really safe, except for letting go of Bin'er's extravagant hope that she might ascend the throne and succeed to the throne.

Qin Wen went to see Shen Yang at this time, there is no doubt that neither he nor Yun Puzi would take the initiative to reveal their identities, and Han Daoming, Han Daochang and Han Qian, who was far away in East Lake, had no direct evidence to reveal the life history of the second prince, let alone let the Han family get involved in the affair of the Queen Mother and become the target of public criticism, right?

In that case, it will only make the Gyeonggi bureau more chaotic.

From this point of view, Lu Qingxia's conspiracy to appoint the second prince as the new emperor still has a great possibility of success.

If Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and others were bewitched and really chose to support the establishment of the second prince as the emperor, she, as the "concubine", would inevitably take Bin'er to live in the palace again, wouldn't she be able to die at any time from the poisoning of Lu Qingxia and others?

Thinking of this, Qingyang's heart also sank to the bottom, and even wanted to tell Yun Puzi that she didn't want Bin'er to be the emperor, and only hoped that Han Fu and Tangyi could do their best to prevent Lu Qingxia's yīn from succeeding.

Even if Huang E's son ascends the throne, she and Bin'er may still have a chance to live safely for a lifetime, right?

"It stands to reason that the son of Empress Huang has the best chance to ascend the throne," Yun Puzi saw Qingyang's eyebrows frowning, and thought that she was entangled in the current complicated situation, and said, "However, Lu Qingxia is in pain at this time, and it is impossible to easily sit and watch the throne fall into the hands of others - as the saying goes, the snipe and the clam compete with each other, and the fisherman profits." As long as Qin Wen can move Shen Xiang, Yang En, and King Shou to support the Great Prince, and Tangyi and Han Mansion secretly help each other, the chances of the Great Prince are definitely not low—we are still patiently waiting for news from Lord Qin at this time......"

"I hope everything is as the cloud chief said." Qingyang said faintly, I don't know if the man who is hidden behind the curtain can really be trusted, and then I can't help but wonder under what circumstances Yang Yuanpu was assassinated, why is he defenseless at all?

Although the relationship is not deep, she even chooses to fly separately when disaster strikes, but these years of living in the deep palace, she can still be regarded as being favored by Yang Yuanpu, a husband and wife, at this time, the shock is a little calm, and I can't help but feel some sadness in my heart, and some of them are depressed and sit there with Bin'er who doesn't know what happened......

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"Qingyang's cheap maid is not in Changxin Palace, and she took the emperor's eldest son out of Chongfu Gate one step ahead?"

The fire in Changyang Courtyard and the assassin's incursion into Chongwen Palace, no matter how much chaos was created, the mechanism of the Inner Court Palace Forbidden Guards was not paralyzed, and even with the orders of Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and others, the guards in the Imperial City of the Outer Court were transferred into the Palace, and the defense and supervision of the Inner Court were strengthened several times.

In the corridor between the palaces and courtyards, there are guards and generals who are watching each other, and every move of the eunuchs and palace maids is watched by countless people; The eunuchs of the Inner Servant Province were ordered to move around, and they must also guard the guards of the generals who did not leave an inch, and they were not allowed to act alone.

Some of the concubines were still unclear about the situation, and they didn't pay enough attention to the ban, so they wanted to ask the people around them to go out to inquire about the news, thinking that there would be no problem, so they called a dozen eunuchs and palace maids who ran out without permission to inquire about the news, and they were regarded as fellow assassins, and innocent people were killed or arrested.

Under this kind of high pressure, Yao Xishui also dragged on for a long time, only to learn that the assassins sent out did not succeed in robbing the county lord and the eldest prince of Qingyang in Changxin Palace, and when she heard the news, she couldn't help but feel a little flustered in her heart, she didn't expect something to go wrong in such an important link, and she didn't expect Qingyang to run so fast.

Yao Xishui, as the palace supervisor of the Weaving Bureau, is second only to the inner court in the inner court, but at such an extraordinary moment, she is not ordered to move around without permission.

And this order, at present, even if it is holding the edict of the Queen Mother, it will not work.

At least before tearing their faces with Shen Yang and them and directly fighting for the control of the guards and pro-army, if they want to pass through the palace and the imperial city unimpeded, the decree needs to be signed by the Queen Mother and the nominal commander of the guards and pro-army Chen De, as well as Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and others.

At present, Yao Xishui can only accompany Lu Qingxia to stay by the Queen Mother's side with Chun Shisanniang and others.

After getting the report, Yao Xishui forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart, pretended to be nothing, walked into the inner hall, and whispered to Lu Qingxia the latest situation.

Lu Qingxia was calm, at this time, Yang En and Zheng Chang, the two ministers of political participation, had just been secretly accepted into the palace, and in the inner hall of Chongwen Palace, everyone had just learned the news of the disappearance of the concubine and the eldest prince.

It's not just that there is no one alive or dead in Changxin Palace, but in the entire palace city, the guards and pro-army have not found any trace of the concubine and the eldest prince.

After a while, Lu Qingxia seemed to be a little unable to stand the extremely oppressive atmosphere of the inner hall, and got up and walked to the back of the dormitory; that

There was Yang Yuanpu's corpse parked inside.

Yao Xishui and Chun Thirteen Niang followed Lu Qingxia and walked into the dormitory.

The three of them never left an inch, and it was no secret, and others had no intention of following them into the dormitory at this time to see Yang Yuanpu's corpse that could no longer be killed.

Queen Mother Wang Chan'er glanced at her suspiciously, and didn't ask anything, just looked at the pool of blood coagulated in the hall stupidly.

Chongwen Hall is divided into three halls, outer halls, inner halls, and sleeping halls, and in addition to Yang Yuanpu's corpse parked in the dormitory, there are only two old eunuchs standing in the corner to take care of the candles.

"Han Qian's shadow son deployed between the imperial city and the palace ban is finally dispatched at this moment......" Lu Qingxia frowned slightly, and said with a sigh.

"That cheap maid walked out of Chongfu Gate when the incident happened-Yun Puzi's thief is really Han Qian's secret son." Yao Xishui said hatefully.

At a critical moment, the person who could persuade Qingyang and the eldest prince to escape from Changxin Palace without hesitation at the last moment, except for Yun Puzi, she couldn't imagine that there was anyone else. And over the years, she has suspected that Yun Puzi has a problem several times, but she has been covered up by Yun Puzi.

At this time, how can she not hate in her heart?

"If Yun Puzi is really Han Qian's secret son, and they know so many of our secrets, wouldn't they have already guessed all our layouts at this time? If you ask Yun Puzi to take the Wang family and the eldest prince to meet Han Daoming...... "Thinking of this, Chun Thirteen Niang's heart was pounding.

"What's the panic?" Lu Qingxia glanced at Chun Thirteen Niang and said in a low voice, "Even if they know that the second prince is the son of the Queen Mother and Han Jun, what about it?" Their words are hard to trust, and he won't reveal the secret easily. You must know that Shen Yang, Yang En, and Yang Zhitang have one last choice, which is definitely not what they are willing to ......."

"Madame is saying that Shen Yang, Yang En, and Yang Zhitang will choose to support King Lixin when they have no choice but to do so?" Yao Xishui held back the shock in his heart and asked.

Lu Qingxia nodded and said: "In the end, if this situation really happens, Xiangbei and Tangyi can only lose both, and Han Qian's purpose of rushing out and leading his troops into Hehuai to participate in the war will be completely lost, and in the end he can only sit and watch the Mengwu people capture Hehuai and Guanzhong." Do you think Han Qian would be happy to see this? ”

"I'm looking for a chance to talk to Han Daoming secretly?" Yao Xishui asked.

Since it can be confirmed that Han Dao's bottom line is there, especially at this time, the second prince beside Wang Chan'er is the bloodline of the Han family, it is indeed certain that Han Qian and the Han family are not even possible to directly debunk the mystery of the second prince's life experience with the Li family.

Since everyone is jealous, Yao Xishui feels that there should still be a possibility of negotiating with Han Daoming, and it is a big deal that they give up their plan to seek Shu.

"Yun Puzi may not take Qingyang and the eldest prince to see Han Daoming......" Lu Qingxia said with a slight frown.

"Why?" Yao Xishui also asked puzzledly, "Isn't it because Qingyang and the eldest prince fell into the hands of Han Daoming, so that this bargaining chip can play a role?" ”

"Do you know how many shadows Han Qian deployed between the inner court and the outer court? I'm worried that the Mugultures are forcing us to make a move, and they are actually falling for Han Qian's tricks......" Lu Qingxia sighed lightly.

"Ah......" Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang looked at Lu Qingxia in shock and inexplicably, unable to believe everything she said, or it was hard to imagine that Han Qian's calculation and layout would be so deep.

"You keep an eye on Shen Yang and Yang En—no matter how many shadows Han Qian has, as long as they don't want to make the Huaidong fishermen profitable, don't want the court to be torn apart, and don't want to make the Mengwu people proud, they will inevitably only be able to push the situation in Gyeonggi to the situation they want through a few extremely key figures," Lu Qingxia ordered, "And even if they want to negotiate with Han Daoming, they must wait until we control the ......situation."

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Qin Wen, as a general secretary, although his rank is not as good as that of the lieutenant of the courtiers, not to mention that he is comparable to the servants of the various departments, he is qualified to enter and leave the palace.

The county lord of Qingyang, Yun Puzi and others hid in the government house of Shangshu Province, and he rushed directly to the Chongwen Palace.

At this time, the night is dark and the weather is unusually hot.

From Chongyang Gate to Chongwen Palace, the square, Yongdao, and palace gates, the generals of the Left Wuxiang Army and the Left and Right Wuyi Army are all clearly on duty in all corners, staring at each other vigilantly.

The emperor was assassinated, and the corpses of the emperor were burned beyond recognition by the fire, and several corpses of the Changxin Palace lay on the ground while the concubine and the eldest prince were nowhere to be found.

At this time, everyone can be an enemy, and if you don't keep your eyes open and stare at each other, I'm afraid that you won't even know how to die at that time.

The bright corner lamps and lanterns lit at the corner of the eaves of the temple are several times more than in the past, illuminating the inside and the inside thoroughly.

Huang Xi, Guo Liang, and Zhang Han each stood in front of the eaves of the hall with more than a dozen cronies and skilled guards.

Huang Xi was quite relaxed, he didn't look like he had any heart or lungs, and no one suspected that there was anything wrong with him at this time; There is no need for his Huang family to do this, especially since Huang Hua himself is still serving as a consolation envoy in Yueyang at this time.

Guo Liang and Zhang Han each stood on one side, guarding each other.

Although it was speculated in advance that it was unlikely that Guo Liang and Zhang Han were directly controlled by Lu Qingxia, at this moment, Qin Wen couldn't help beating the drum in his heart, or rather, did any of their subordinates secretly be bribed and controlled by Lu Qingxia?

Qin Wen climbed the stairs, and each of the three parties sent a sergeant to search his body, but he did not prevent him from entering the main hall.

The outer hall is also brightly lit, standing with eunuchs above the level of affairs and officials who accompany the political officials into the palace, Han Duan is also standing in the outer hall - Han Daochang stayed in the courtyard outside the palace, Qin Wen did not have direct contact with the Han Mansion, and he did not know Han Daoming's arrangements for the time being.

The heat in the hall was abnormal, everyone could only stand, the official uniform was thick and heavy, and the forehead was full of sweat beads.

Only the older eunuchs and officials couldn't hold it anymore, so they sat down with a small brocade pier in the corner to rest.

Han Duan didn't know Qin Wen's true identity either, and when he saw him come in, he glanced at him and didn't speak, but his eyes rolled on the faces of other officials.

Obviously, Han Duan and other core figures of the Han Mansion are waiting to lure the snake out of the hole, and the situation in front of them is expected to be secretly attacked by Cishou Palace, but who else is involved in Cishou Palace or directly involved in this assassination case is definitely secretly observed now

, a good time to catch more secret rapes.

Qin Wen also secretly looked at everything.

Without going through the courtesy, Qin Wen could only walk into the outer hall, he stood opposite Han Duan, and his eyes glanced at the inner hall.

Standing in the outer hall, you can only see Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao, Zhou Bingwu, Han Daoming, Zhang Chao, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Yang En, Li Changfeng, and Chen De sitting in two columns in front of the imperial case.

Seeing the situation behind the imperial case, Qin Wen guessed that it should only be the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er sitting there, and he didn't know how she felt when she sat in front of the corpse of her own son, but it was precisely so, she could sit in the Chongwen Palace, but Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Yang En and others would never be gullible and suspicious of her, right?

At this time, Xue Ruogu, Zhang Feng and two other officials walked in from the outside and called the eunuchs who were guarding the corridor of the inner and outer halls to come in and report.

"What's going on?" Qin Wen walked over to Xue Ruogu, who was grim, and asked.

"Several palace maids in Changxin Palace were stabbed to death, but Wang Guifei and the eldest prince were nowhere to be seen - the palace attendants and guards on duty at Chongfu Gate today all said that when Changyang Courtyard was walking on the water, they saw Wang Guifei's car driving to Chongfu Temple, and they also saw Chongfu Palace envoys entering and leaving. We rushed to Chongfuguan just now to see the car of Changxin Palace, but Wang Guifei, the eldest prince, Yun Puzi and others did not know where to go. Xue Ruogu said.

At present, all affairs in Miyagi and the Imperial City are handled by one or two civil officials and military generals of different factions, and they monitor each other.

In addition to the palace eunuchs and palace maids of the inner service province, in addition to the internal affairs above the matter are summoned to the Chongwen Hall for inquiry, the low-level palace eunuchs are first concentrated and detained, and the guards and pro-military divisions meet with the Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department for interrogation one by one.

Qin Wen thought to himself that there were six or seven thousand people, and when the interrogation was repeated, the daylilies would be cold, right?

He didn't see Zhang Ping, presumably Zhang Ping, Jiang Shu, An Jixiang, Chen Ruyi and other eunuchs should all be in the inner hall or the inner dormitory, but because of the angle, he couldn't see it for the time being.

"The assassin caught it?" Qin Wen asked.

"The three people who were killed on the spot were all Mughal warriors, but how they got in hasn't been found yet," Xue Ruogu said, "There is nothing unusual about the Division, right?" ”

"There's nothing unusual out there - oh, by the way, I have a secret to report to my grandfather, but I can't make anyone else see the anomaly." Qin Wen whispered to Xue Ruogu.

Xue Ruogu glanced at Qin Wen, nodded, and after waiting for a while, he and Zhang Feng went in to report the results of their search of Chongfu Temple.

"You claim one by one that you can't even fly in the palace, and now the assassins have broken in, Your Majesty has died, Empress Li has been burned beyond recognition, and there are two big living people, they can't even be found, how many assassins are still hidden in the imperial city, I don't know, you all eat!" Wang Chan'er howled uncontrollably and angrily reprimanded Xue Ruogu, Zhang Feng and others for their incompetence, "Even if you dig three feet into the city tonight, you have to see people alive and corpses when you die, otherwise, you all go home, don't be embarrassed here!" ”

There was silence, or something was being discussed in the inner sanctum, but the outer sanctum could not be heard.

After a while, I saw Shen Yang and the ministers of political affairs come out.

In the current atmosphere, no one stepped forward to ask what was going on.

Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Yang En, Chen De, Li Changfeng and others stood in the main hall, their eyes scanning everyone's faces for a long time, before people called Guo Liang, Zhang Han, Huang Xi, and Du Yuhou who were on the left and right of the guards and pro-army to come in - Du Yuhou of the guards and pro-army were already senior generals in the army, and the factions were complicated, and it was not Guo Liang, Zhang Han, Huang Xian, or Chen De and Li Changfeng, who were nominally the main and deputy commanders of the guards, could completely control it.

Qin Wen didn't see Li Xiu, but there was nothing abnormal when he saw Chen De and Li Changfengshen, more heaviness and panic in his eyes that was difficult to conceal in the face of the evil situation in front of him.

It's normal to think about it, before Lu Qingxia made a move, he really wanted to persuade Li Changfeng and Li Xiu to directly participate in the assassination, and Li Changfeng and Li Xiu would not sit back and watch Li Yao be assassinated.

It's not about family affection.

If their purpose is really to make the second prince the new emperor in the end, then Li Yao, as the mother of the "second prince", after the new emperor ascends the throne, she will naturally be the "queen mother" under Wang Chan'er, the "queen mother".

Li Changfeng and Li Xiuzhen want to participate in the conspiracy, how can they sit back and watch such an important bargaining chip and let Lu Qingxia destroy it?

In the end, Li Changfeng and Li Xiu were still used as pawns by Lu Qingxia at this time.

As for Li Pu, he was not qualified to step into the imperial city at this time.

Looking at Zhou Yuan and Xu Jing who were mixed in the crowd, their eyes were full of vigilance, obviously they were all involved in the conspiracy, Qin Wen couldn't help but look at Han Daoming, and he could also see the solemnity in Han Daoming's eyes.

The current situation is too chaotic, Qin Wen can't confirm that the situation can really develop according to their expectations at this time, and he has no chance to communicate directly with Han Daoming at this time, so he can only wait and see what happens.

After a while, Li Xiu, Zhang Feng, Zhong Yanhu and other marquis of Duyu, accompanied by Guo Liang, Zhang Han, and Huang Xi, the three guards and military masters, walked into the main hall, and Shen Yang said in a deep voice to them and the many officials and eunuchs guarding the outer hall:

"Before the complete search of the Imperial City, all the officials and palace attendants were moved to the political hall to standby, and during the special period, all the orders in the imperial city were not issued by the political affairs hall, and they were all chaotic, and those who entered and exited without permission were also chaotic. The Queen Mother is very sad, and she wants to stay in the Chongwen Hall to keep vigil for Her Majesty, and if there is any more chaos in the matter of the guards......"

"The last general will obey the order......" Shen Yang's words represented the will of the ministers and the guards and the pro-military secretary and the queen mother who had not yet come out of the inner hall at this time, Guo Liang, Zhang Han, Huang Xi and all the capital Yu Hou all expressed their compliance in unison.

"The Queen Mother and Marquis Chen stayed in the Chongwen Palace." Lu Qingxia came out and said.

Chen Denai is the only surviving relative of the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er, and he is also the nominal commander of the guards.

The assassin was not appeased, His Majesty was newly dead, and the Empress Dowager ordered Chen De to personally stay in the Chongwen Hall to accompany the vigil, which is also a reasonable thing, and no one has any reason to say no.

Although Qin Wen was worried that it would not be a good thing for Chen De to stay in Chongwen Palace, he only hesitated to see Han Daoming and did not raise any objections, and he also knew that it was not appropriate for them to raise objections now, so he still had to be patient and wait and see what happened.