Chapter 161: Breaking into the Palace
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Looking at the snowfall outside the window, Ning Baoguan seemed to be sitting on a gradually heated kang, becoming more and more restless, without any sleep, and muttering "people's hearts" or "the world" in his mouth from time to time.
I don't know how long it has been, he didn't want to endure it anymore, and scolded: "Fuck the hearts and minds of the world, what big pieces of gold, small pieces of gold, what you get is gold." ā
Ning Baoguan walked out of the city tower, called a team of soldiers and some generals, rode on horses, galloped through the snow, and ran out of a street, feeling greatly comfortable.
They didn't know much about the road, so they chose the avenue, and soon arrived outside the north gate of the palace.
The north gate is not the main gate, but the scale is still not small, in the dark night and the snowflakes against the background, more and more towering, Ning Baoguan thought that this is the palace gate, from the soldier's hand to come to a bow and arrow, aimed at the lintel to shoot an arrow, the night can not see clearly, I don't know where the arrow hit, in short, did not fall.
The soldiers behind him cheered.
Ning Baoguan became more and more enthusiastic, and he didn't understand why he had to listen to Xu Ji's nonsense before.
"When the eldest husband is alive, he should be happy and wanton, even if it is only for a while, you will follow me into the palace!"
Everyone had this thought for a long time, and when they heard King Ning's order, the cheers became louder, like thunder in a snowy night.
Immediately someone stepped forward and smashed the door, the palace gate was heavy, there was no equipment to help, and the manpower could not be smashed open anyway, and the soldiers shouted angrily, threatening to set fire to the door.
Finally, someone inside replied in a trembling voice, "Who are you?" But there is King Wu and General Cao......"
"This is King Ning, King Wu is his subordinate, Cao Shenxi is his prisoner, if he doesn't open the door again, he will burn the emperor's lair clean!"
The small door opened, and the voices of the people inside trembled, "Righteous army, please come in......"
Ning Baoguan was furious, "The entire eastern capital belongs to me, can't I enter the palace and walk through the gate?" ā
King Ning was furious, and the soldiers were even more angry, drew their swords and spears, and stabbed indiscriminately into the small door, and the people inside could not dodge, and let out a miserable scream, and after a while, the gate creaked open, and there were more than a dozen eunuchs kneeling behind the door, one of whom was bleeding and stained the ground red.
Ning hugged Guan Zongma into the door, stopped in front of the eunuchs, and asked, "Who is the leader?" ā
An old eunuch walked forward on his knees, "I, I'm ......"
"Name?"
"Gao, Gao Shengze, welcome the king, the king is a thousand years old."
"Lead the way."
"Yes, yes." Gao Shengze stood up strongly, but he didn't know where to go, "King...... Where are you going? ā
Ning Baoguan really wanted to go to the legendary Jinluan Treasure Hall to take a look and confirm if there was really gold there, but when he saw the eunuch lying on the ground, he suddenly changed his mind, "Who has the highest status in the palace now?" ā
"Tai, Queen Mother."
"Take me to her, Lao Tzu wants to ask this queen mother, after eating so many people's fat ointment, is she not guilty in her heart?"
"Yes, yes, please go this way." Gao Shengze immediately led the way, without the slightest resistance.
Ning Baoguan still rode a horse, with more than 100 soldiers, and marched to the depths of the palace, passing one door after another, although it was unimpeded, he was still unhappy in his heart, "Why are you building so many gates?" Isn't it annoying when the emperor goes in and out? ā
Gao Shengze was embarrassed, so he could only say: "It's annoying, it's annoying...... In front is the Queen Mother's bedroom. ā
Several soldiers jumped off their horses and wanted to break in, Ning hugged Guan and shouted: "Go here and keep some rules." ā
Ning Baoguan jumped off the horse and said to the eunuch: "You go in and report that I have arrived, let the Queen Mother prepare and come out to see me." ā
Gao Shengze could only say yes, and stepped forward to knock on the door.
The people inside had been awakened by the sound of horses' hooves, and asked in a panic: "Who broke into the palace at night and disturbed the Queen Mother?" ā
"That...... King Ning wants to see the Queen Mother, please ask the Queen Mother to ...... Please let the Queen Mother come out. Gao Shengze said next door.
"The Queen Mother is something that outsiders can see if they want to? Besides, it's late at night......"
"They will kill people and set fire to the palace." Gao Shengze whispered.
Ning Baoguan jumped off the horse, strode to the door, and said proudly: "The emperor has been beaten away by me, what can the queen mother do?" King Wu can see it, and I can see it even more. ā
"Please wait a moment, King Ning." The voice inside the door immediately softened.
Ning Baoguan asked Gao Shengze: "How many people are left in the palace?" ā
"I don't know, I'm just guarding the north gate."
"In such a big place, there is always someone in charge, right?"
"I used to be the steward of the twenty-four superintendents, but now I ...... People are running away......"
"Why didn't you run?"
"IāI can't do it with this leg." Gao Shengze pressed his right knee with one hand, and his face was sad, "And I'm not Your Majesty's favorite minister......"
The door of the dormitory opened, Ning Baoguan pushed the eunuch aside, and the soldiers crowded behind King Ning, stretching their necks and feet, trying to see more clearly.
A middle-aged woman stood in the doorway, dressed like the person in the painting, with no anger on her face.
Ning Baoguan couldn't help but take a step back and asked suspiciously, "Are you the Queen Mother?" ā
The woman shook her head, "I am the attendant next to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother invited King Ning into the palace." ā
Ning Baoguan stepped forward to enter, but the woman did not give way, "The Queen Mother only invites King Ning to enter the palace alone, and the others please stay outside." ā
The soldiers entered the palace to see a novelty, and when they heard that they were not allowed to enter, they immediately shouted, and many even scolded.
Ning Baoguan stared at the woman for a while, raised his hand to stop his subordinates, and said loudly: "You wait a while, after I have met, it will not be too late for you to see her again." ā
A general stepped forward and said, "King Ning can't go in alone, what if it's a trap inside?" ā
Ning Baoguan laughed: "A group of women, what can you do to me?" ā
The crowd stayed outside and judged the woman.
Ning hugged and entered the courtyard, only to see that the lights were on in the middle room, and there were four palace maids standing under the porch outside the door, the door was open, the bead curtain was hanging low, and there were faint people behind.
The woman said: "Please King Ning to meet the Queen Mother here?" ā
Ning Baoguan glanced down at the green bricks under his feet, and said coldly, "Let the queen come here to see me." ā
The woman said: "When King Wu came, he was also here ......"
"King Wu is a fart."
The woman's face was red, and she couldn't speak.
Ning hugged a few steps to the door, lifted the curtain and entered, and no one dared to stop the palace maids on both sides.
Behind the curtain was a soft couch, on which the woman sat in a panic and collapsed unable to move.
Ning Baoguan's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, looking left and right, "Where is the Queen Mother?" I don't come out to see anyone again......"
"IāI am." The woman on the couch said.
Ning Baoguan looked at this person again, "Impossible, how could the Queen Mother be so young?" ā
"I'm thirty-three years old, a little ...... Not young at all. ā
Ning Baoguan was a little surprised, in his eyes, the woman was only in her twenties, bent down slightly, got closer, and still didn't believe it, "Thirty-three years old is too young, the Queen Mother should be fifty or sixty years old." ā
Empress Dowager Luan was still soft all over, but a smile couldn't help but show a smile on her face, "I'm afraid that the king has a misunderstanding, the first emperor was two years older than me, and he was only thirty-five when he died, and the current emperor is my own child, and he is not yet ten years old." The old woman that the king thought should be the queen mother. ā
For Ning Baoguan, the emperor and the queen mother have always been on the stage, which is completely different from what they have seen with their own eyes.
Ning hugged Guan Ben wanted to humiliate the Queen Mother, motivate the soldiers, and then rob the palace maids, reward the soldiers, and see the Queen Mother herself, but the anxiety in her heart quickly cooled down.
"You don't have to be afraid, I'm not here to kill you, I just want to see what you look like. Stand up and let me take a closer look. ā
Empress Dowager Luan's face was slightly red, "I'...... Can't stand up. ā
"Huh? Do you have a problem with your legs too? ā
"Nope. King...... The majesty of the king frightened me. ā
"As I said earlier, you don't have to be afraid. The emperor is your own son? ā
"Yes."
"Why didn't he take you with him when he ran?"
"The emperor was brought up by the Empress Dowager since he was a child, and he was not close to me, and when he left, he probably didn't think of me."
"The Emperor of All Things is your husband?"
"Yes."
"What kind of person is he?"
"Huh?"
"What kind of person is the Emperor of All Things? It is said that he is wise and martial, how could he die in the hands of King Wu? ā
"I haven't seen the first emperor for many years, I don't know...... What kind of person he is. ā
"Hey, the emperor's house is very interesting, my wife hasn't seen her husband for a few years, and I don't care about my mother when my son runs away, what are the benefits of you being the queen mother?"
The titles of "wife" and "husband", the Queen Mother heard it in her ears as both novel and shy, her face was even redder, but her body had some strength, she slowly sat up straighter, and said softly: "I don't know what the benefits are, people let me be, and I will be." ā
Ning Baoguan has been crawling and rolling for half his life, and the people he sees, whether male or female, are stronger than the other, and they must be subdued by force, and they have never seen such a weak and bullying person as the Queen Mother.
It is strange to say, the more the Queen Mother has no power to resist, the more Ning Baoguan does not feel like humiliating her, and said in a gentle tone that he has never had: "From now on, you will be my wife, and I will also make you the queen." ā
Empress Dowager Luan married the prince in her teens, and when she first entered the cave room, she was not so shy, and her body collapsed again, "No, no, I can't ......"
Ning Baoguan smiled, "If the 'family' asks you to be the queen mother, you will be it, I am more capable than the 'family', but you refuse to listen?" ā
"I ...... The old and decrepit are ashamed to serve the king. ā
"It's okay, I think you're still quite young. Well, you ask someone to decorate this place like a new house. I have something to do tomorrow, I can't get over, the day after tomorrow, let's get married. ā
Ning Baoguan turned around and walked out of the house, Empress Dowager Luan was paralyzed on the couch motionless, she thought that there should be a catastrophe in her life, but she never expected such a thing.
The female official came in from outside, and when she heard the conversation, she was indignant, closed the door, and whispered: "The Queen Mother must not be humiliated like this." ā
"What if you don't? When I saw him, I was so frightened that I couldn't even move. ā
The female palace pulled out a dagger from her sleeve, "When he comes the day after tomorrow......"
There was no one behind Mrs. Luan, and she fell on the couch and fainted.
The female palace sighed, "It's good that I do it myself, and it can be regarded as revenge for Tiancheng, and I will go to Huangquan with the Queen Mother afterwards." With that, he stepped forward to help the Queen Mother.
Outside the dormitory, Ning Baoguan said to the long-awaited soldiers: "Go back, that's it for tonight." ā
Everyone was disappointed, Ning hugged Guan and said: "The day after tomorrow, I will marry the queen mother, and those who follow me into the city can each share a palace maid, if it is not enough, I will compensate with gold and silver." ā
Only then did everyone smile, and they all opened their mouths to congratulate, and there was really an open-mouthed person, and asked: "An old woman, King Ning can also look at it?" ā
"The Queen Mother is the Queen Mother, and after marrying her, Emperor Tiancheng will be my son."
The soldiers laughed and thought it was a brilliant idea.
Ning Baoguan said to the eunuch Gao Shengze: "From now on, you are the person in charge of the palace, search out all the palace maids, and the day after tomorrow I will do a happy event, if I know that there is a person hidden by you, your legs will no longer be bad legs, but no legs." ā
Gao Shengze knelt on the ground and kowtowed, even claiming to be.
Ning Baoguan returned to the city tower, his mind was as calm as usual, and he was full of confidence in the gathering of kings tomorrow, and muttered: "After all, the big piece of gold has its benefits, and it is worth fighting for. ā