Listening to Concubine Tian's words, Emperor Chongde became even more annoyed, and he immediately asked, "Why don't you know it immediately?" ”

When Concubine Tian heard this, she replied tremblingly, "Concubine...... The concubine knew that the emperor was worried about state affairs every night and slept very late, so she didn't dare to drive in shock, hoping to wait until dawn to ......"

"Why are you so confused!" Emperor Chongde didn't wait for Concubine Tian to finish speaking, then stomped his feet and scolded, "What a big deal this is, how can you be so confused!" ”

Concubine Tian quickly knelt down, trembling and stiffly said, "The concubine is guilty of death!" According to the concubine, the child was sick and weak for a long time, and suddenly saw a ghost in the middle of the night, and he was frightened, so his condition changed suddenly, his limbs were cold, and he said strange things. ”

"See ghosts? Nonsense! This is the Imperial Palace, what ghosts and gods can haunt here? Emperor Chongde shouted angrily.

If it is a folk, it is common for children to see ghosts and gods, but since ancient times, the palace is a place where dragon qi gathers, and the dragon qi is strong and fierce, and it can naturally suppress all kinds of other strange powers, unless the ghost and the dragon qi come from the same source, or hold the edict of the emperor, otherwise, even the gods of the heavenly court cannot easily use spells in the palace. Besides, the prince is a natural nobleman, and he is naturally protected by dragon energy, where can ghosts and gods easily approach? Since ancient times, if there is a sneaky thing in the palace, it basically only means one thing, that is, the dragon energy of the imperial court has declined to the extreme, that is, "the arc is a rumor, and the dragon is a beetle", that is, "the country is about to die, there will be demons", which is basically a sign of the death of the country. Therefore, hearing such words, it is not tolerated that Emperor Chongde is not angry or afraid.

After scolding this sentence, Emperor Chongde asked again: "What strange thing did he say?" ”

Concubine Tian also realized the seriousness of this problem at this time, so she fell on the ground and sobbed: "The concubine doesn't dare to hear about it. ”

"Speak up!" Emperor Chongde shouted.

He said, "'I am the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva, I am the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva. The emperor treats outsiders meanly, and I want to make all his princes die. After Concubine Tian finished speaking, she fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

Emperor Chongde's face suddenly turned pale, and he asked in fear and sadness, "Can you hear clearly?" ”

Concubine Tian cried and said, "The child's speech is unclear and intermittent. The concubine listened to it several times, and it was clear that she was repeating these two sentences. ”

Emperor Chongde turned to the other grandmothers and palace maids and said, "What about you? What are these words you hear too? ”

The grandmother and the palace maids also trembled and kowtowed, and gave an affirmative answer.

Emperor Chongde's body shook, and he could barely stand on his feet.

If it is the "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva", then this thing is really credible. "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva" is the title of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, when the Empress Dowager Cisheng was still alive, she believed in Buddhism and built a lot of Buddhist temples throughout the country, so she had such a title of "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva" after her death. Of course, this divine name does not come from the Buddhist cultivation of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, but from the blessing of dragon energy. The "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva" is the royal family's own deity, and her power is of the same origin as the dragon qi, so she is indeed not restricted by the dragon qi and can appear in the palace.

In the eyes of Emperor Chongde, the "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva" must have come to such a guy for Li Guorui's sake, so he cried and said: "Aifei, it was I who hurt Ahri, and I am sorry for the Empress Dowager Cisheng!" I only hate that I didn't listen to my concubine's good words at the beginning......"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongde's voice was choked, and he couldn't go on, he turned around suddenly, walked out of the room, and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

When he left the gate of Qixiang Palace, his mind was a little clearer, and he remembered that it was about to be the early dynasty at this time, so he called a eunuch and asked him to inform him, saying that today's early dynasty would be stopped. Then he asked a eunuch to send a decree to the eunuch doctor, asking them to use all means to save the five princes, otherwise, they would prepare a coffin for themselves.

When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, he immediately found the document that the celebrant had drafted for him last night and tore it to shreds. Then he spread out a piece of yellow paper with ink and dragon edge on the imperial case, lifted the red pen, meditated for a moment, made up his mind, and wrote such an edict:

"I am a thin virtue and enter the unification. Respect the heavens and the ancestors, the more afraid they are. It has been hard work for three out of ten years. The sky has changed, and the disaster is devastating. There are troubles of wandering inside, and there are worries about Hulu outside. The people died and were scattered, and thousands of miles were in ruins. I am panicking in the middle of the night, and the five are like burning; Avoid the temple and save sorrow, and do not return to the heart of heaven. Nearly exhausted, Luo excavation skills are poor, and they have to bow down to the discussion in the room, and there is a move to help. The original plan will help me and relieve the difficulties a little; The intention is to suffer from the emperor's family, and he has been overwhelmed. Remembering the voice of the saint, would you rather grieve? Ask your cousin about the death, what a shock! The Marquis of Wuqing, that is, inherited by the son of Guorui, Cunshan, passed on to all generations, and retired with the country. All the property of the official family that was not owned before will be returned. In the play, the country is unfortunate, and things are perverse; The Emperor and the Queen of Heaven are the earth, and the experience is sincere!

This oracle is actually very unreasonable. According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu, the knighthood obtained by relatives can generally only be passed on for one generation, that is, Teen, and not for three generations. But now he is in a panic, and he just wants to quickly ask for the forgiveness of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, so as to save the five princes, but he made the title of Marquis of Wuqing out of a "pass on to all generations, and rest with the country". He re-read the edict written by his own hand, and ordered the eunuch to send it to Shang Baosi, and put a "Emperor's Treasure" in the middle of it, and immediately sent it out.

The eunuch went out with the edict, and Emperor Chongde immediately got up and went to the Fengxian Palace. As soon as he entered the Fengxian Hall, he knelt down in front of the goddess of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, wept and prayed for a long time. This cry is not only because his favorite child Ahri is already dying, but also because for such a long time, the struggle with the emperor's relatives for the matter of raising military salaries has now been completely lost, and his prestige will also be greatly damaged.

Emperor Chongde cried for a long time before he came out of the Fengxian Palace. When he entered, it was still the hour, and when he came out, the sun was already in the west. He got on the chariot and ordered to go to Qixiang Palace. I still hold in my heart that maybe the Empress Dowager Cisheng was moved by herself and let go of Ahri's luck.

As soon as the car approached Qixiang Palace, Emperor Chongde heard a cry coming from there. He knew that it must be Ahri's gone. So he stopped the car and sent only a eunuch to take a look, but he was so sad and guilty that he didn't dare to go in that direction again.

After a while, the eunuch came back to report to Emperor Chongde, saying that the five princes had returned to heaven. Emperor Chongde sighed and asked about Concubine Tian again, and the eunuch replied that Concubine Tian was crying bitterly, crying very sadly. When Emperor Chongde heard this, he did not speak, but just sat on the chariot in a daze. After a long time, he said with difficulty: "Go to Qianqing Palace." ”

Back in the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongde called Wang Chengen again and said to him: "I and Concubine Tian had some misunderstandings, so I demoted her to Qixiang Palace." Now that I have understood that I have misunderstood Concubine Tian, you will go to pass the decree early tomorrow morning and let Concubine Tian return to Chengqian Palace. ”

After this decree, Emperor Chongde ordered all the eunuchs and palace ladies to withdraw from the room, and no one was allowed to enter without his summons. He sat alone in the house, but he didn't bother to watch any more musicals, just sat dumbfounded, and Ahri's cry of "Father, Father" seemed to sound in his ears again......

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After taking Songxian, the "Chinese Revolutionary Army" only stayed in Songxian for half a day, then turned east and pounced on the first big target in the real sense after they left Shangluo Mountain: Ruzhou.

Ruzhou is one of the important towns in Henan, and now the imperial court is using troops in Huguang, and Ruzhou is also an important fulcrum to support the Huguang war. Both Xuan Yi and Huang Zide estimated that there must have been a lot of materials hoarded in this city, including armaments, food, and clothing. In addition, Henan is now experiencing another drought, and the imperial court still does not provide relief, nor does it reduce taxes, and even increases some taxes. In addition, my current habit in the officialdom of the Jokhang Dynasty is that they often have to collect a penny of silver, and they can make an additional one or two, so as to take the opportunity to fill their pockets. Therefore, today's Henan is naturally full of displaced people. These displaced people also provided Huang Zide with a steady stream of soldiers, as long as he could conquer Ruzhou, he could quickly expand his power.

At the same time, considering the location of Ruzhou, as long as Ruzhou is taken, the entire Central Plains will shake. If left unchecked, not only will Huang Zide's power expand rapidly, but others, and even new rebel armies, will rise with it. Therefore, the imperial court had to immediately mobilize some forces from the army that was besieging Zhang Bingzhong in the Huguang area to rush back to stabilize the situation. In this way, the siege of Zhang Bingzhong will definitely go into serious problems, and Zhang Bingzhong's existence, at least for now, is very important for Huang Zide.

In addition, the imperial court drew troops from the front line fighting against Zhang Bingzhong and marched nearly 1,000 miles back to Henan. The order of the imperial court must be very urgent, and the marching speed of the army will naturally be faster, but as the saying goes, "the one who is interested in a hundred miles will be the general, and the one who is interested in fifty miles will be half the army." This means that if an army marches a hundred miles to compete for benefits, it may suffer a defeat because the soldiers are tired, and half of the soldiers in the average army will be left behind. And the long-distance movement of several armies, and the absence of radio communication in this era, also gave Huang Zide the opportunity to ambush them and break the elite troops of the imperial court.

Therefore, as long as Ruzhou is taken, for Huang Zide, it means that the whole situation is opened, and for the imperial court, it is almost a death knell.

However, from Song County to Ruzhou, there are more than 300 miles of mountain roads. If the news of the capture of Songxian County reaches Ruzhou, Ruzhou will certainly take precautions, and the ability of the "Chinese Revolutionary Army" to attack Ruzhou is still quite poor, and it is most likely a thankless loss to attack Ruzhou. Therefore, to take Ruzhou, the most important thing is to rely on the suddenness of the action. Huang Zide's Chinese Revolutionary Army must run faster than the news. Therefore, at this time, the Chinese Revolutionary Army must carry out an adventure of "a hundred miles and a profit."