Chongzhen agreed to Fang Yuan's conditions in public, as long as Fang Yuan could plunder 20 million taels of silver from the capital, he was willing to abdicate and let Zhu Cihuan succeed him.

Fang Yuan's adventure on the mountain this time finally resolved the dispute with Chongzhen peacefully. Whether Chongzhen really regards him as a family member, he has no way to judge, but at least he doesn't have to bear the notoriety of killing the monarch anymore, and it can be regarded as the most favorable ending.

Fang Yuan, Chongzhen and his party came down from the coal mountain, and as soon as they walked to the mountain gate, they saw that Jing Jie had led three thousand Xuanjia troops waiting outside the mountain gate. The vigorous posture of the Xuanjia Army surprised Chongzhen, if Fang Yuan had three long and two short on the coal mountain, the palace would inevitably be full of blood.

Jing Jie saw that Fang Yuan went down the mountain safely, and the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground, so he led the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army to Chongzhen and Fang Yuan to kneel on the ground, and shouted in unison, "Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" "Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose!" "Regent, Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

The three thousand soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound spread for miles.

After Chongzhen went to the coal mountain, he thought he was going to die, but he didn't know that not only could he go down the mountain alive, but the Xuanjia army led by Jing Jie also gave him enough face as the emperor, so that he continued to enjoy the treatment of the emperor who was worshiped by all the people.

If Fang Yuan really regarded him as a king and a father, a king who had died, where would there be such treatment?!

Queen Zhou also whispered guiltily to the princess, "The concubine is really hearted, before, I was too narrow-minded before, and I repeatedly opposed the concubine, and I hope you will be more thoughtful in front of the concubine." ”

The princess said respectfully, "Please be relieved, the queen mother, there is no need to be thoughtful in front of the concubine, because the concubine has never held a grudge against the queen mother." We are a family, and even if there are some misunderstandings, there will be no overnight feuds. ”

Empress Zhou was so moved that tears oozed from her eyes, and she said in a low voice, "Then, then your imperial brother, can you be thoughtful in front of the horse." After this time, I will discipline him strictly, and I will not let him enter politics again, so let him be a free prince! ”

The princess's face was embarrassed, and Fang Yuan could forgive Queen Zhou because she was the princess's mother. As for asking Fang Yuan to forgive Zhu Cihong, the princess was really not sure, "Queen Mother, I can only do my best." ”

When the two mothers and daughters whispered, Jing Jie had already stepped forward and rushed to Fang Yuandao, "Boss, you went to the dangerous place with your 10,000 catties of body, this is ignoring the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Xuanjia Army and the foundation of the world!" ”

Fang Yuan laughed and hugged him tightly, "Third brother, I have made an edict to make you regent and support Fang He as the successor regent." ”

The two hugged each other tightly, and the brotherly love was touching.

The road was opened by three thousand Xuanjia sergeants, and Jing Jie led Fang Yuan, Chongzhen and his party back to the palace.

Jing Jie led 5,000 Xuanjia soldiers to replace Luo Yangxing's brocade guards and eunuchs in the palace, and took over the guards of the palace.

And Ma Yishan's 1,000 brocade guards are full-time Fang Yuan's guards.

According to Fang Yuan's plan, the Qianqing Gate belongs to the inner court of the Ming royal family, the Qianqing Palace where Chongzhen lives, the Kunning Palace where Empress Zhou lives, and the six palaces in the east and west, and the duties of the guards are still handed over to the thirteen eunuchs in the palace such as Fang Zhenghua. However, in order to save money, the number of eunuchs and palace maids within the gate of the Qianqing Palace was strictly limited to 2,000.

Fang Yuan didn't plan to grounding Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, the two of them could move in the Forbidden City and Beijing City at will, and even go out of the city to play. However, when you go out of the city, you must first send a special person to escort you with the permission of the regent's palace.

Fang Yuan and Princess Kunxing went to live in Shouning Palace, the princess's previous bedroom.

The northeast corner of the Imperial Palace, the area between the Huangji Gate and the Zhenshun Gate, is the area of the Huangji Hall and the Shouning Palace. It belongs to the second office of the emperor. Only because Emperor Chongzhen likes to work in the Qianqing Palace, the Imperial Palace is rarely used. When Emperor Qianlong became Empress Taishang, he lived in this area.

There are mountains, rivers and gardens, and the scenery is quite charming.

Fang Yuan planned this area as the regent's palace and a place for recreation in the backyard, and used the Emperor's Palace, where the former emperor worked, as the place where the regent handled government affairs.

In order to ensure the safety of meals on weekdays, Fang Yuan arranged all the palace maids and maidservants of the previous regent palace to serve, and the eunuchs and palace maids of the previous palace were not used, so as not to be mixed with the spies and poison and assassinate.

Shouning Palace

Fang Yuan and the princess Xiao Biesheng were newly married, and the spring breeze lasted for three times, lingering until midnight, and finally died down.

Fang Yuan hugged the princess's delicate body, exchanged lips and tongue with her for a while, and suddenly asked, "Jiao'er, is there one less person in the palace?!" ”

The princess was slightly stunned, and immediately understood who he was referring to, and said softly, "Yes, my imperial brother is gone." ”

Fang Yuan had already received news from Ma Yishan that Zhu Cihong had escaped from the west gate of the palace, and the group still dressed up as brocade guards and used the token of the regent palace to leave the palace gate.

How could Zhu Cihong have the token of the Regent's Palace? The princess gave it to him and helped him escape.

Fang Yuan asked lightly, "The princess gave the token of the Regent's Palace?" ”

The princess lowered her gaze, bit her lips, and readily admitted, "Yes, I gave it." ”

Fang Yuan said slowly, "Doesn't the princess know that if Zhu Cihong escapes, there will be another military disaster and more casualties?!" ”

The princess's slender jade hand grabbed Fang Yuan's chest muscles at once, and said in a low voice, "I only know that the horse is powerful, and the soldiers entered the capital without blood, and the father and mother have also descended." What kind of big waves can the imperial brother set off alone, he is just trying to save his life. If the horse had forgiven him, would he have fled from his homeland? ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "He has acted perversely, repeatedly harmed me, and caused a series of military disasters, pardoned him, where is the law of the country?!" ”

The princess said softly, "If you want to say harm, the imperial brother Zhu Cizhi has repeatedly poisoned the donkey, why did the donkey forgive him?" If you want to talk about military disasters, Sun Chuanting resisted stubbornly in Shandong, how many soldiers of the Xuanjia Army were lost on the battlefield, and even the horse was almost killed, why did the horse forgive him? But when I got to the imperial brother, the concubine brought out the national law to bluff, which was clearly a personal vendetta of the communion, and he wanted to execute my imperial brother under the guise of a military disaster, in fact, in fact, he was jealous. ”

She made a tricky defense, but Fang Yuan was speechless, hugged her tightly in his arms, and said with a smile, "What kind of jealousy am I?!" Nonsense! ”

The princess groaned in a coquettish voice and said softly, "Originally, the concubine saw that the imperial brother was good to me, so he had to kill him, isn't this jealousy?!" ”

Fang Yuan was helpless to take her, since even Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, and Zhu Cizhi could forgive, there was indeed no reason to kill Zhu Cihong. Right now, relying on the princess's maneuvering, since Chongzhen and Queen Zhou have been soft, the two sides have been able to get along in harmony, if they suddenly kill Zhu Cihong again, I am afraid that there will really be waves again.

It was only at this moment that he learned the true meaning of political in-laws. Such a warm nephrite wife is in her arms, constantly blowing the wind on the pillow, and then crying a few times with pear blossoms and rain, even if the blood and sea of hatred will be reduced by a few points, and the ordinary hatred can only be a smile and hatred.

Of course, the only premise is that Zhu Cihong can't make waves anymore, Fang Yuan didn't answer and asked, "Jiao'er, where do you say your imperial brother will go?" ”

The princess said softly, "Where else can he go, either to seek refuge with Zhou Yuji or to seek refuge with Zheng Sen!" ”

This is the same as Fang Yuan's estimate, if Zhu Cihong goes to seek refuge with Zhou Yuji, or Zheng Sen, in the name of Ming orthodoxy, it will take a lot of trouble to solve these two soldiers and horses.

Fang Yuan said slowly, "Jiao'er, for your sake, I can give him one last chance to return to the capital immediately to Fufa, and I will consider placing him in Minguang and being a carefree prince with no worries about food and clothing." If he colludes with Zhou Yuji and Zheng Sen again, then whoever comes to intercede, I will definitely kill him! ”

Seeing that he was finally relieved, the princess hurriedly got into his arms and said softly, "Okay, when I have the news of the imperial brother, I will immediately write a letter and ask him to return to the capital to subdue the law!" ”