Chapter 444: Edict
"Rush in and rescue the prince!"
Soon, under the nervous gaze of the Zhuangshi Hundred Households, the Donglin Party officials who came to support converged with Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, and their momentum was greatly vibrating, and they rushed forward with shouts. Nature's Sounds
Since the number of Donglin Party officials had exceeded 200 people, and they had an absolute advantage in numbers, the soldiers of the Longxiang Guard, who were afraid of each other, were forced to retreat again and again, and many of them were knocked to the ground one after another.
"Big brother, it seems that I can't stand it, what should we do?" Seeing this, a military attache with a black eye socket and a few scratched blood marks on his face came to Zhuang Shibaihu and asked anxiously.
"Close the palace door, you can't let them in." Zhuang Shibaihu's face was already extremely ugly, and he said coldly after gritting his teeth.
"Big brother, without an edict, closing the palace door privately is a big crime of rebellion!" The military attache was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly reminded in surprise.
The Forbidden City is the place where the emperor and the princes, concubines, etc. live, and the opening and closing of the palace gate are strictly customized, especially the Qianqing Gate leading to the harem is even more taboo, and the soldiers of the Long Xiang Guard and the Tiger Xiang Guard take turns to guard it, and the act of closing the Qianqing Gate without an edict will be regarded as a rebellion.
Because in that case, the emperor will be cut off from the outside world, and become a fish on the chopping board to be slaughtered, and no emperor wants to see this scene alive.
"I'm in a hurry, I can't take care of so much!" Hearing this, Zhuang Shibaihu gritted his teeth, and said to the military attache with a cold expression, "If you and I can't let those people break into the palace, it's better to give it a go, presumably the queen and the crown prince will understand our hardship!" ”
The strong hundred households are now helpless, not only has there been no response in the palace, but also the people of the Tiger Guard, who should have arrived, have not arrived, and the people of the Imperial Horse Supervisor have not come to command and dispatch, so he has now been forced into a desperate situation where he must make a decision.
Instead of being rushed into the palace by those people from the Donglin Party, it was better to close the palace door and keep it out to ensure the safety of the harem, he didn't believe that the people of the Donglin Party would dare to attack the city.
Besides, even if those officials of the Donglin Party want to attack the city, they don't have the equipment to attack the city, at most they will scold them outside the door.
Zhuang Shi Baihu believes that Empress Li and the crown prince are sensible people, and they will never think that his move is to rebel, at least they can save their lives.
Therefore, after some nervous weighing, Zhuang Shibaihu resolutely made up his mind to close the palace door to prevent the Donglin Party from rushing into the harem.
"Big brother is right, we can't let them enter the palace, otherwise it will be a dereliction of duty for us." The military attache nodded when he heard this, and then waved his hand to the soldiers closest to him, "Quick, follow this officer to close the palace gate!" ”
With the shouts of the military attaché, several soldiers immediately left the "battlefield", and with the strong Baihu and the military attache running towards the palace gate, as long as the palace gate was closed, there was no need to worry about the Donglin Party breaking in.
"Quick, don't let them close the door!"
Yang Lian heard the words of the military attache in the chaos, and saw that Zhuang Shi Baihu ran towards the palace gate with a few people, and his heart was suddenly very anxious, and he hurriedly shouted at the Donglin Party people beside him, as long as the palace gate is closed, their efforts today will be wasted, and all their hard work will be wasted.
The officials of the Donglin Party immediately became excited when they heard this, and one by one they used all their strength to break through the barrier of the Long Xiang Guard.
But the soldiers of Long Xiangwei also knew the seriousness of the situation, although they did not dare to do anything to those officials of the Donglin Party, they would never let them into the palace, so they also used their strength to stop them.
After all, those soldiers of Long Xiangwei usually have drills, and their physique and physical strength are much better than those of the civil officials of the imperial court, so although the officials of the Donglin Party have a numerical advantage, they cannot break through the barrier of Long Xiangwei's soldiers for a while.
Therefore, under the anxious and helpless gaze of Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other Donglin Party members, Zhuang Shibaihu led people to rush into the palace gate, and the two gates were slowly closed.
"Alas!" Seeing this situation, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and the others suddenly had disappointed looks on their faces, judging from the current situation, they would not be able to enter the Qianqing Gate no matter what.
"Look, the door is open." Just when Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou were frustrated, a surprised shout suddenly sounded from behind the two.
Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou hurriedly looked up when they heard this, and then showed a stunned look on their faces, only to see that the closed palace door slowly opened again for some reason.
"The queen said, Lord Xuanyang, Lord Zuo and others will go to the Qianqing Palace to meet you!" Under the stunned gaze of the two, a young chamberlain rushed out of the palace gate, shouting at the chaotic Donglin Party and the soldiers of the Long Xiang Guard with a sharp voice.
Hearing this, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou were immediately overjoyed, and the noisy and chaotic scene also quieted down, and the Donglin Party officials and Long Xiangwei soldiers separated one after another, compared with the Donglin Party officials who were just disheveled, the Long Xiangwei soldiers with blue noses and swollen faces looked extremely embarrassed, in the conflict just now, they only had the ability to parry and had no power to fight back, and they were in a passive position of being beaten.
"Tidy up your appearance and meet the prince!"
Zuo Guangdou had already understood what was going on at this time, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and then shouted at the Donglin Party people standing there, now the opportunity must not be lost, they want to take this opportunity to rush into the Qianqing Gate in one fell swoop.
Hearing this, the officials of the Donglin Party tidied up their clothes and hats one after another, and then lined up to go to Qianqingmen under the leadership of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou.
Seeing this, the sergeants of Long Xiangwei looked at the sturdy hundred households who followed the young chamberlain who came to deliver the message, and the sturdy hundred households waved their hands to them with serious expressions, and the sergeant Long Xiangwei who was blocking the road got out of the way in a playful way.
Zhuang Shibaihu looked at the Donglin Party people who walked past him expressionlessly, and his mood was quite complicated, he never imagined that Empress Li would send the inner servants of the Qianqing Palace to pass on the word of mouth, to meet these troublesome Donglin Party members.
It turned out that when Zhuang Shibaihu ordered the palace gate of the Qianqing Gate to be closed, the young Qianqing palace attendant came to tell him that Empress Li wanted to see Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, which surprised him and had to order the palace gate to be reopened.
If it weren't for the fact that the young chamberlain who came to deliver the oracle was a member of the Qianqing Palace, and he was a close attendant of Empress Li's side, the Zhuang Shi Baihu would definitely suspect that this oracle was fake.
It must be noted that not all the attendants have the qualifications to pass on the word, and the people who can do this kind of thing are the close attendants around Queen Li, and other attendants who dare to do so will be severely punished, after all, the chamberlains in the palace are also hierarchical, and different chamberlains have different responsibilities and cannot be confused.
There were a lot of attendants and palace maids gathered in the corridor inside the Qianqing Gate, these people were attracted by the movement of the Qianqing Gate, and they stood far away in groups, looking at Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others who came in a row, talking to each other, whispering.
In the impression of these chamberlains and palace maids, Da Ming seems to have never had a forcible break into the harem, you must know that this is a rebellion, an out-and-out capital crime, but Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others not only broke through the palace gate but were also let in, and secretly thought that the Long Xiang Wei soldiers on duty at the Qianqing Gate were not worth it, so they were beaten in vain, and there was no place to reason.
As the saying goes, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the soldiers of the Long Xiangwei in Qianqingmen are the same as the chamberlains and palace maids, they are all serving the emperor in the palace, and now even the soldiers of the Long Xiangwei have been beaten in vain, not to mention the chamberlains and palace maids whose status is lower than that of the Long Xiangwei soldiers, and they are not beaten and scolded by those ministers who want to be beaten.
At this moment, Qianqing Palace.
A ritual is being held in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, a group of monks chant sutras and pray for Emperor Taichang, Empress Li, Zhu Youxiao and several auxiliary ministers such as Fang Congzhe, Zhou Jiamo, Liu Yixian and other auxiliary ministers knelt on the futon reverently, waiting for the end of this ritual ceremony.
Wang An, Wei Zhongxian and other chamberlains bowed to the side and stood respectfully, and this kind of solemn and solemn occasion naturally did not have their part.
Wei Zhongxian secretly paid attention to Wang An, whose eyes were flickering, and he felt that Wang An seemed to be a little absent-minded today, as if he had something on his mind.
Two days ago, Wang An suggested to Empress Li that he should do a blessing ceremony for Emperor Taichang before Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne to commemorate Emperor Taichang, so as to appease Emperor Taichang's soul in heaven.
Empress Li and Emperor Taichang naturally had a deep affection for her, so they agreed, never expecting that Wang An would conspire with the Donglin Party to deal with her.
Although there was already a lot of trouble outside the Qianqing Gate, due to the music of the Dharma instruments and the chanting of the monks, the people in the hall could not hear the noise coming from the Qianqing Gate at all, and they could not expect that the people of the Donglin Party would forcibly break into the palace, let alone that someone would falsely pass on the message of Empress Li.
Obviously, the young chamberlain who went to Qianqingmen to spread the word was not sent by Empress Li, and Empress Li didn't know about it at all
Suddenly, Wei Zhongxian noticed that Wang An was quietly looking out of the hall, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was worried about something, which made him feel very strange.
"You go outside and have a look." Wei Zhongxian felt strange in his heart, and vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he muttered for a while and then whispered to a young chamberlain standing behind him.
Hearing this, the young chamberlain bowed to Wei Zhongxian and left, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but glance at Wang An, he was very curious about what kind of medicine Wang An was selling in the gourd.
"Dad, the person in charge of the king at the gate didn't let his son go out, saying that he would wait until the Dharma was finished, so as not to collide with the blessing of the Daxing Emperor." Soon, the young chamberlain came back and leaned into Wei Zhongxian's ear and whispered.
"Hmm!" Wei Zhongxian's brows suddenly frowned, and then nodded quietly, the expression on his face became a little solemn, and he couldn't help but look at Wang An secretly, his expression was a little puzzled:
Just before the main hall was still free to enter and exit, after a while, Wang An let people block the main hall, why did he do this, it is obvious that the statement of bracing the emperor of Daxing to pray for blessings is just a reason to prohibit leaving the palace.
At this time, Wei Zhongxian did not expect that Wang An would collude with the people of the Donglin Party to deal with Empress Li, you must know that secretly communicating with foreign ministers is the most feared thing for the inner servants, and it is also difficult to make it difficult to the queen, which is simply self-defeating.
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