The arrested palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground, listened to the emperor's words, looked at each other, and then lowered their heads, and no one dared to say a word. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The emperor looked down at the palace maids and eunuchs kneeling below him, and when he saw them treating them in silence, he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and shouted: "Come on, drag these cheap slaves and maids who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and drag them out to be executed." ”

When the palace maids and eunuchs heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked, bowed their heads in a panic, and begged for mercy: "The emperor is gracious, and the emperor spares his life." ”

The emperor snorted angrily, his face was calm, and he said coldly: "If you want to live, you must confess the mastermind and accomplices behind you, and confess the purpose of your plan, otherwise, you will not be spared." ”

A eunuch shrunk and raised his head slightly, glanced at the pale eldest prince and the second prince, hesitated slightly, and then lowered his head and said to the emperor in a trembling voice: "The servants were instructed by the eldest prince and the second prince, once they found anything abnormal in the palace, they lit colored smoke in the palace, notified the city defense officers and soldiers outside the palace, entered the palace to rescue the driver, what the slaves said is true, and asked the emperor to be lenient and forgiving." ”

When the eldest prince and the second prince heard the eunuch's accusations, they couldn't help but turn pale with fright, cold sweat trickled down their foreheads, and they denied the eunuch angrily: "Dog slave, you bloody mouth, when did we instruct you." ”

The emperor listened to the words of the eldest prince and the second prince, his face was gloomy and terrifying, he snorted heavily in his nose, and looked at them coldly and denied them bluntly, without saying a word.

When the eldest prince and the second prince heard the emperor's hum, they were like a thunderclap on the ground, deafening, and hurriedly knelt down, pointed to those palace maids and eunuchs, and argued to the emperor: "They framed and blamed their sons for no reason, and their sons were wronged, and they also asked their fathers to be the masters of their sons." ”

"Have they wronged you? Someone came, and it was rumored that Du Chong, the guard of Jinling City, and Jin Shun, the main general of the Flying Fox Army, entered the palace to confront him. The emperor angrily decreed.

Liu Gouwa listened to the emperor's anger, seemed to be a little irrational, hurriedly issued an order, knowing that now Jin Shun and Du Chong have military power in their hands, according to the city, they are all the people of the eldest prince and the second prince, if they resist the decree and disrespect, Jinling City will be a river of blood, and he secretly reminded Gao Bao.

Gao Baoqiao got Liu Gouwa's reminder, and hurriedly played to the emperor: "The son is willing to go to the city defense on behalf of his father to announce the decree, settle the army, and hope that his father will approve it." ”

"Quasi-play." The emperor listened to Gao Baomiao's speech, heard the words, and knew that he had just heard that the two eldest sons had ill intentions, and he was angry, and he was a little arrogant, and after approving Gao Baomiao's speech, he looked at Gao Baozheng and Gao Baoyi, who were kneeling in front of him, and coldly ordered: "Give your token to your fourth brother." ”

Gao Baozheng and Gao Baoyi were already like frightened birds, listened to the emperor's cold instructions, hurriedly took out the token from his arms, and handed it to Gao Baoqiao tremblingly.

After Gao Baoqiao received the tokens of Gao Baozheng and Gao Baoyi, he held the holy decree in his hand, and took Liu Gouwa and Fan Haoran and more than a dozen other royal forest guards out of the palace to announce the decree to the city defense department.

Out of the palace, Gao Baomiao ordered everyone to slow down and walk slowly towards the city defense, Liu Gouwa somehow, about to bring down the opponent, Gao Baomiao should be very happy, the spring breeze is proud, and he can't help asking: "Four princes, don't we have to quickly summon the two generals of Jindu into the palace to see the driver, so as not to wait for the emperor for a long time?" Why are we slowing down? ”

"Liu Dongzhu doesn't know, those palace maids and eunuchs accused the eldest brother and the second brother, remotely controlled the city defense army, the human and material evidence are all there, Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone, do you think that the father and the emperor want the two generals of Jindu to enter the palace to confront each other?" Gao Baoqiao asked with a smile.

"Could it be that the emperor deliberately spared the eldest prince and the second prince?" Listening to Gao Baoxuan's words, Liu Gouwa couldn't help but ask with some doubts.

"Yes, tiger poison does not eat children, the father knows that the two eldest brothers have bad intentions, and the crime is clearly revealed, but if he does not convict them for a long time, he intends to spare their lives, otherwise, if they are convicted of rebellion, their lives will be difficult to protect. The father and emperor let the two generals of Jindu enter the palace to confront each other, one is to deliberately delay the time, dispose of the eldest brother and the second brother in advance, and the other is to control the military power of Jinling City, therefore, we should announce the decree slowly rather than quickly. Gao Baoqiao explained slowly.

"I see." Liu Gouwa rarely experienced it in later generations, such as the twists and turns of the palace between the scheming, at this time after listening to Gao Baoxuan's explanation, he suddenly realized, and couldn't help but sigh, and then said: "However, I'm afraid that it will change later, let's be careful." ”

"Haha, with Liu Dongzhu's bright rise and secret descent, the plan to capture the thief and capture the king first, I am afraid that they will not come into the palace, you see that the eldest brother and the second brother were promoted to the king, and they got carried away, Wang Dongsheng and Fu Wentao were promoted to General Xuanwei, and they also entered the palace unsuspectingly, and were controlled in the palace by us together, and now we have the token of the eldest brother and the second brother, are you afraid that the two of them will not be fooled." Gao Baomiao said a little proudly.

"Those people are in the palace, and the emperor suppresses them, it's okay to say, but the two of them have heavy troops in their hands, waiting for an opportunity outside the palace, I don't know what their intentions are, we should take advantage of the news in the palace, before it leaks, it is better to control the military power as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be too late to fear changes, cause trouble in Jinling, and regret it too late." Liu Gouwa saw that Gao Baoqiao was also a little carried away, and couldn't help but persuade.

Hearing what Liu Gouwa said seriously, Gao Bao's heart became apprehensive, and he couldn't help but put away his laughter, and ordered the royal forest guard behind him: "Run forward, when we arrive at the city defense barracks, let's see the opportunity to act again." ”

That called Fan Haoran answered, and then led all the royal forest guards to follow behind Gao Baoqiao and Liu Gouwa, and quickly ran towards the city defense. Liu Gouwa glanced at Fan Haoran, who was a little emotional, and asked, "General Fan is General You Feng's subordinate?" ”

"Yes, the last general was originally the captain of the team under General You, and he was promoted by General You's appreciation and promoted to the current captain." Fan Haoran replied.

"Then General Fan participated in the battle for power of the Imperial Forest Guard, I don't know what the situation was at that time?" Liu Gouwa asked.

Although Gao Baomiao arranged his own manpower, infiltrated the Royal Forest Guard, and participated in the Battle of the Royal Forest Guard, he still didn't know the situation at that time, and when he heard Liu Gouwa ask, he couldn't help but look at Fan Haoran slightly.

Fan Haoran bowed his hand slightly to Gao Baoqiao and Liu Gouwa, and said: "Actually, last night General You received the order of the four princes, we stationed the army not far from the barracks in the morning on the grounds of strengthening the palace defense, and always paid attention to the movement of the barracks. Knocked out a clean one. ”