Forbidden City, Ciqing Palace.

Although it was the dead of night, the Ciqing Palace was brightly lit and crowded, and the attendants and palace maids found all kinds of objects under the command of several female officials and eunuchs to resist the palace gates of Ciqing Palace to prevent people from outside from entering.

In the main hall, Empress Dowager Li and Concubine Li Zhuang talked about the rebellion outside the palace with serious expressions, and the Empress Dowager Zheng immediately left the palace after receiving the news of the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, which alarmed the Empress Dowager Li and Concubine Li Zhuang of Ciqing Palace, and the two knew that something was wrong.

Since the Emperor of the Apocalypse and Zhang Yan were both in Xiyuan, the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family was the largest in the Forbidden City, and naturally no one dared to stop her from leaving the palace, which made her control the situation in the imperial city smoothly through Zhao Fulun.

Of course, the mansions of Xiyuan and King Xin were guarded by forbidden troops, so the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family could not touch them, but Ciqing Palace did not arrange forbidden troops because it was in the Forbidden City, which was invisibly in danger.

Zhu Huiyuan stood at the window and looked anxiously in the direction of the Young Master's Mansion, she was worried that something would happen to Li Hongyu, because if the Empress Dowager Zheng wanted to launch a coup d'état, the first thing to get rid of was Li Hongyu, who was loyal to the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

However, Empress Dowager Li told her that there were two or three hundred people in the nursing courtyard of the Young Fu Mansion, all of whom were elite new army sergeants, and the forbidden army in the outer city was stationed near the Young Fu Mansion, because Li Hongyu was definitely fine.

Despite this, Zhu Huiyuan still couldn't help but worry about Li Hongyu, she didn't want Li Hongyu to have any accidents tonight.

"The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, it's not good, the Queen Mother sent someone to invite you and Concubine Zhuang to go to the Ten Princes' Mansion to discuss matters." Just as Empress Dowager Li and Concubine Li Zhuang were talking, an attendant rushed into the door in a panic.

"Ten Kings' Mansion?"

Concubine Li Zhuang was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then remembered something, and said to the Empress Dowager Li with a nervous expression, "Sister, the Empress Dowager wants to use us to coerce King Xin!" ”

It's very simple, Empress Dowager Li and Concubine Li Zhuang belong to marginalized figures in the palace, and the Empress Dowager Zheng has something to discuss with the two of them.

Besides, the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family is ready to rebel, and the two of them are useless to her, thinking of the King Xin in the Ten Princes' Mansion, the intention of the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family is naturally clear at a glance.

"Tell the Empress Dowager that the mourning family and Concubine Zhuang are in poor health and it is inconvenient to leave the palace." Empress Dowager Li frowned slightly when she heard this, and said to the chamberlain who reported the news that the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family had no right to force her to meet.

"Sister, the Empress Dowager's people will definitely not let us go easily." Waiting for the attendant who reported the news to leave, Concubine Li Zhuang said to the Empress Dowager Li worriedly.

"There are a lot of forbidden troops in the Ten Princes' Mansion and Xiyuan, presumably the Empress Dowager can't get close to King Xin, so she thought of us."

Empress Dowager Li is also a smart person, so she naturally knows the intentions of the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family, so she sneered and said, "The Empress Dowager has a good plan, but how can we let her get her wish, this can involve the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Come on, bring it in." As he spoke, Empress Dowager Li shouted outside the door, and a chamberlain immediately walked in with two glasses of wine and placed them on the tables next to Empress Dowager Li and Concubine Li Zhuang.

"These are two glasses of poisoned wine, and now the situation is urgent, and it is time for us to be loyal to the country." Empress Dowager Li glanced at Concubine Li Zhuang and said lightly, "The first emperor will be pleased with this under the Nine Springs." ”

"What my sister said is very true, we can't become a burden to the king of letters, otherwise we will have no shame to see our ancestors and ancestors." Concubine Li Zhuang bowed slightly when she heard this, she would rather die to preserve her dignity and honor than become an accomplice of the Empress Dowager Zheng to disrupt the government.

"Mother, bring me a cup too, my daughter doesn't want to be used by them to threaten Brother Xinwang."

Zhu Huiyuan witnessed the scene in front of her, so she said to the Empress Dowager Li in a deep voice that she had experienced the Red Pill Case, the Palace Removal Case and the fire of the Luan Palace since she was a child, so she knew the cruelty of the court battle and did not want to become a pawn used by the Empress Dowager Zheng.

"The queen mother and Concubine Zhuang are already old, but you are still young, and there will be great youth waiting for you in the future, and you can't die with us."

How could Empress Dowager Li be willing to let Zhu Huiyuan commit suicide with her, after a deep groan, she looked at Zhu Huiyuan with a concerned expression and said:

"Now, while they are not surrounding Ciqing Palace, you quickly climb over the wall and leave, and go to the celebrant supervisor, Young Master Li and the others must already know that there has been a drastic change in the imperial city, as long as you avoid the time in front of you, and after Young Master Li and them enter the city, you will be safe."

"Queen Mother, you and Concubine Zhuang should go with your daughter, Young Master Li will enter the city soon!" Zhu Huiyuan's eyes suddenly turned red when she heard this, and she was reluctant to let Queen Mother Li go.

"The mourning family is the queen mother of the Ming Dynasty, even if she dies, she will die in Ciqing Palace, how can she run away from the wilderness, in that case, where is the prestige of the mourning family, and where is the face of the Ming Dynasty?"

Empress Dowager Li smiled slightly when she heard this, and then opened her mouth to urge, "Hurry up, if it's late, you won't be able to leave." ”

Zhu Huiyuan knew the seriousness of the current situation, so she did not delay any longer, and after saluting the Empress Dowager Li and Concubine Li Zhuang with red eyes, she hurriedly left the main hall under the escort of two chamberlains, climbed over the wall from a secluded corner, and went straight to the celebrant eunuch.

Master of Ceremonies.

"Duke Yuchang, the people of Xin Guogong went to Ciqing Palace."

Wei Zhongxian and the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch of the Celebrant Seal, were talking to several eunuchs of the Celebrant about what happened tonight, when a general of the Jinyi Guard hurriedly walked through the door to report it.

As soon as Xin Guogong's people surrounded Xiyuan and Shiwangfu, Wei Zhongxian, who was staying in Dongchang, got the news and hurriedly came to the celebrant to discuss countermeasures with Wang Tiqian.

For the sake of safety, Wei Zhongxian transferred the people from the Fu Division of Jinyi Weibei Town to guard the Celebrant of the Division, which is a place to criticize the officials of the Red World, and there must be no mistakes.

"They are going for the Queen Mother and Princess Le'an, and now they can't enter King Xin's mansion, so they want to use the Queen Mother and Princess Le'an as hostages to force King Xin to come out."

Hearing this, Wang Tiqian's brows suddenly frowned, the people of the Jinyi Guard were monitoring Xiyuan and the Ten Princes' Mansion from afar, and naturally knew that Zhao Fulun's men did not dare to fight with the forbidden army, and they could not enter Xiyuan and Zhu Youzhen's mansion.

"Although the Queen Mother is low-key, she is the Queen Mother of our Ming Dynasty after all, how can she be coerced by this, plus she is the same mother and son as King Xin, I am afraid that this time it will be ......"

Wei Zhongxian's face sank, for the sake of her own prestige and protection of King Xin, Empress Dowager Li would choose to commit suicide after receiving coercion, so that tonight's matter will be a big one, and it will inevitably be another bloody storm.

"Alas! It's a pity that Chen Shun is under house arrest, otherwise we still have Long Xiangwei and Hu Xiangwei to call. Wang Tiqian naturally knew what Wei Zhongxian meant, and couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, shaking his head and saying.

Among the three major governors of the inner court, the person who really controls the military power is Chen Shun, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, who commands the soldiers and horses of Long Xiangwei and Huxiangwei, while Wei Zhongxian can only mobilize the people of Jinyi Wei Beizhen Fusi, and cannot command the entire Jinyi Guard.

Besides, in addition to the people of Beizhen Fusi, the rest of Jinyiwei are more of the royal honor guards, and their combat effectiveness is worrying, and they belong to out-and-out young master soldiers.

Long Xiangwei and Hu Xiangwei are guarding the Forbidden City, Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian do not believe that Chen Shun will take refuge in the Empress Dowager Zheng, and now that the Forbidden City is controlled by the Empress Dowager Zheng's people, then Chen Shun is in prison because of the trap of the Empress Dowager Zheng.

"Chief, do you think the emperor will ......?"

Wang Tiqian remembered something, pondered for a while, and then looked at Wei Zhongxian tentatively, if it wasn't for the Emperor of the Apocalypse who was seriously ill or Bintian, how could the Empress Dowager of the Zheng Clan dare to take such a risk.

"Those guys who sacrifice the elixir don't have a good thing, as early as the Red Pill case, Young Master Li had already said that those so-called holy pills are just some anesthetic and psychedelic drugs added to them, which can make people forget the pain on their bodies for a short time, and they are in high spirits, and they seem to be able to recover on the surface, but in fact, they have stepped into the abyss."

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, he, Wang Tiqian and others had personally experienced the red pill case, so they naturally knew Li Hongyu's evaluation of Li Kezhuo's offering of red pills at that time, so he didn't believe that there was a kind of medicine in the world that cured all diseases and brought the dead back to life, and some were just the greed of the human heart.

"Chief Executive, palm print, Princess Le'an has arrived."

At this moment, an attendant rushed into the house and bowed to Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian.

"Princess Le'an is here?" Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian were stunned when they heard this, they never thought that Princess Le'an would be able to escape from the besieged Ciqing Palace.

Soon, a clear-eyed chamberlain came in from outside the door, and it was Zhu Huiyuan, who had changed into an chamberlain costume and escaped from the imperial city.

After Zhu Huiyuan left Ciqing Palace, she changed into the clothes of an inner servant, and took advantage of the chaotic situation at the gate of the imperial city to pretend to be a chamberlain of Kunning Palace and successfully escaped from the imperial city.

Speaking of which, Zhu Huiyuan wanted more Li Hongyu, and after the assassination of the Emperor of the Apocalypse in Xiyuan, Li Hongyu gave her a few waist cards for the palace attendants of Kunning.

She didn't understand what she meant at first, but after the Empress Dowager Zheng launched a rebellion tonight, she understood Li Hongyu's good intentions, it turned out that Li Hongyu had already guessed that the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family would not be willing to be lonely.

"Your Highness the Princess." Afterwards, Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian and others hurriedly got up and stepped forward to greet Zhu Huiyuan.

"Chief Manager Wei and Wang Zhangyin, what are the two of you thinking about the critical situation in the Imperial City now?" Zhu Huiyuan bowed slightly to Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian, sat down in the first seat in the hall, looked at the two of them quietly and asked.

Now, the only people Zhu Huiyuan can rely on are Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian, the two are the three major eunuchs in the inner court, each with a lot of power, and now is the time when they need to come forward.

"Please make it clear to Her Royal Highness the Princess." Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian felt that Zhu Huiyuan had something to say, so they looked at each other silently and bowed down to ask for instructions.

"The important ministers of the imperial court who want to enter the imperial city must be blocked by the rebels outside the Daming Gate now, and the palace thinks that the two should wave their troops to take the Daming Gate and let those court officials enter, only in this way can the rebellion tonight be quelled as soon as possible."

Zhu Huiyuan's eyes flashed coldly when she heard this, and she said her idea coldly, as long as Li Hongyu and the others entered the imperial city, then the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family would be gone, and she would no longer be able to make waves.

"The slave obeys the princess's will!" Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian couldn't help but glance at each other again when they heard this, and then the two bowed down and replied in unison.

It is a taboo for eunuchs to use soldiers and horses in vain, but now it is different, Princess Le'an has no scruples about taking the idea Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian, it is not that they transfer troops privately.

(End of chapter)