"Alas!"

After reading the chapter, Zhu Youxiao sighed, slowly closed it, and had a complicated expression on his face, he didn't expect that Empress Li's family would get so much property in a short period of time, let alone let the Donglin Party people grab the handle, and he felt quite embarrassed in his heart. lā

"Bold, you dare to kidnap His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

At this moment, there was an angry shout from outside the hall gate, and Wu Liangsi and Qi Shijiao panted and led the dozen or so disheveled six branches to rush over, glaring angrily at the Donglin Party in the main hall.

"The emperor is here, Hugh is presumptuous!" Hearing this, Zuo Guangdou immediately turned around and shouted at Wu Liangsi and Qi Shijiao and the others who broke in.

"Your Majesty?" Wu Liangsi, Pi Shijiao and others had just entered the palace gate, and they couldn't help but stop after hearing the words, and they were surprised to notice that Zhu Youxiao was standing in front of the throne at this time.

"Seeing that the emperor doesn't kneel, do you want to rebel?" Zuo Guangdou sneered, pointed at Wu Liangsi and Qi Shijiao and others, and asked sharply.

Wu Liangsi and Pi Shijiao's faces suddenly changed greatly, if they didn't kneel down and salute, they would be disrespectful to Zhu Youxiao and question Zhu Youxiao's status as emperor.

At this time, if anyone still cares about whether the enthronement ceremony is held, it is missing a root in the brain, the so-called enthronement ceremony is just a process and form, as long as Zhu Youxiao, who is the prince, sits on the dragon chair, then he is the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and the enthronement ceremony can be made up.

But if Wu Liangsi, Pi Shijiao and others knelt down and saluted Zhu Youxiao, who was supported by the Donglin Party, then it was invisibly tantamount to acquiescing that the Donglin Party's act of forcibly breaking into the harem and taking away Zhu Youxiao was a righteous act of loyalty and patriotism, and the Donglin Party people could retreat from this incident.

"The minister knocks to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" However, Wu Liangsi and Qi Shijiao did not hesitate for too long, the two glanced at each other and knelt down to Zhu Youxiao, shouting in their mouths.

Wu Liangsi and Pi Shijiao are both figures who have been up and down in the Huan Sea for many years, and at this time they naturally know the importance of the matter, and the Donglin Party has occupied a moral height after supporting Zhu Youxiao's accession to the throne, so that the two have no way to refute it, do they want them to refuse to recognize Zhu Youxiao's status as Emperor Zhu Youxiao on the grounds that they did not have an enthronement ceremony?

In that case, I am afraid that Wu Liangsi and Pi Shijiao and others will be defeated even more badly, and there will be no doubt that Zhu Youxiao will be pushed into the arms of the Donglin Party, and no emperor will appoint those courtiers who once refused to recognize his rule.

After all, the enthronement ceremony is just a formality, since Zhu Youxiao has been proclaimed emperor by the officials of the Donglin Party in the Wenhua Palace, then he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the enthronement ceremony is just to serve his emperor status.

"The minister knocks to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Seeing this, Wu Liangsi and the six subjects behind the poet sect also knelt down and saluted, shouting long live.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wu Liangsi, Qi Shijiao and others who were kneeling there, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but flash a helpless wry smile, and he sat on the throne after holding his hand up to the void.

Now even the officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang think that he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which means that this matter has been completed, and he can only become the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty in his reluctance, as Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou said to stabilize the people's hearts and inherit the unification, as for the enthronement ceremony, then only after the fact.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao sit down again, the Donglin Party officials in the main hall suddenly showed joy, and at the same time let out a long breath in their hearts, it was obvious that Zhu Youxiao agreed with the matter of being robbed of the Wenhua Hall to ascend the throne.

Wu Liangsi, Pi Shijiao and others stood aside with gloomy expressions, knowing that the Donglin Party's adventure could be described as a complete victory, and I am afraid that their life in the court will not be easy in the future, and the Donglin Party, which has lost the suppression of Empress Li, is bound to usher in a crazy expansion of power.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Just when the main hall fell into silence, a voice came from outside the hall gate, and Wei Zhongxian led a group of inner servants to rush over in a sweat.

"The slave knocks on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" When Wei Zhongxian noticed that Zhu Youxiao was already sitting on the throne in the main hall, he suddenly stopped and was stunned, and then hurriedly knelt down and knocked.

There is only one person who can sit on the dragon chair of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, since Zhu Youxiao has already sat on the throne, it means that he is already the son of the Ming Dynasty, so Wei Zhongxian naturally wants to bow to the new emperor.

As soon as Wei Zhongxian knelt like this, the attendants who followed him also knelt down, touching the ground with their heads and not daring to move.

"Get up!"

Zhu Youxiao sighed, and said to Wei Zhongxian in a deep voice, "Big companion, you go and pass on the decree, let the Yanguan and the Beijing officials above the fourth rank come to the Wenhua Hall to see you!" ”

There was such a major incident in the Forbidden City, presumably the officialdom in the capital would immediately mess up after learning the news, so what Zhu Youxiao has to do now is to stabilize the court situation, appease the officials, and avoid things from causing trouble in the city, after all, this is not something worth showing off.

"The minions obey." Wei Zhongxian kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao and then got up and walked out, making a gesture to the attendants kneeling behind him as he left.

Seeing this, the attendants immediately understood, and hurriedly stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao, preparing to serve and guard in front of the palace.

"By the way, take my jade pendant and go outside the city to inform Bachelor Li and Bachelor Zhao, and let the two of them enter the palace with two thousand new arms!" When Wei Zhongxian walked to the door of the main hall, Zhu Youxiao remembered something, so he took off the jade pendant he was wearing on his waist and said in a deep voice.

At this moment, what Zhu Youxiao wants to do most is to ensure his own safety, originally the pro-army was the last barrier to protect Zhu Youxiao's safety, but there was a case of attack before, and today he was snatched from the Qianqing Palace by the Donglin Party.

Therefore, the pro-army can no longer reassure Zhu Youxiao, so he thought of the new army outside the city, so he decided to transfer the new army to escort him.

According to the regulations, the transfer of the new army must be through the emperor's holy decree, and the crown prince of the supervising state was mobilized by the decree of Jun during the funeral period of the Daxing Emperor.

Now that the situation is urgent, where does Zhu Youxiao still have the heart to wait for the courtiers to write the holy decree and use the seal, so he is ready to use his jade pendant to let Li Hongyu transfer troops.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are close ministers of Zhu Youxiao's side, so they naturally recognize the jade pendant worn by Zhu Youxiao, the origin of this jade pendant is not small, it was given by Emperor Wanli on Zhu Youxiao's birthday, and Zhu Youxiao likes to wear it all the time.

With this jade pendant, Li Hongyu could go to the new army camp outside the city to transfer the new army into the Forbidden City according to Zhu Youxiao's instructions.

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly bowed down and trotted over, took Zhu Youxiao's jade pendant with both hands and left the Wenhua Palace, and went to arrange for someone to take the jade pendant to the city to spread Zhu Youxiao's message.

Seeing this situation, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wu Liangsi, and Qi Shijiao and others couldn't help but secretly glance at each other, and from Zhu Youxiao's move, it can be seen that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin have the weight in their minds.

Wu Liangsi and Pi Shijiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, although the Donglin Party had the upper hand this time, the Chu Party and the Qi Party, as well as Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, the two rising stars, would not be uprooted by the Donglin Party.

When Wei Zhongxian's henchmen took Zhu Youxiao's jade pendant out of the palace to find Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, the civil and military officials who rushed to hear the news gathered at the Donghua Gate, the left gate of Chang'an and the right gate of Chang'an, wanting to enter the palace to escort them, but were stopped by the pro-army at the door.

The pro-army also knew that something was wrong in the palace at this time, and the military attache guarding the city did not dare to let people in without receiving the will.

Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao issued a holy decree, and the civil and military officials above the fourth rank were able to enter the palace to meet in the Wenhua Palace, which made the emotional officials quiet down a little, and gathered in groups to discuss and speculate in a low voice.

At this moment, because the Forbidden City has been blocked by the pro-army, the news is not smooth, so the people outside the Forbidden City do not know what happened in the palace, only know that the people of the Donglin Party forcibly broke into the Qianqing Gate, and Wu Liangsi and the people of the six departments such as the Pi Shijiao went to protect the prince, and no one knew what the matter was, let alone what impact it would have on the future situation.

Outside the city, the execution ground.

"Execution!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, when the executioner reminded Li Hongyu that it was time for the execution, Li Hongyu took out a slip in the lottery holder on the table in front of him expressionlessly, threw it on the ground in front of him, and said two words coldly.

"The hour has come, execution!" The executioner then stepped forward to pick up the order and shouted at the executioners and executioners in the execution ground.

Knock knock knock......

At the same time, several cowhide drums on the execution ground sounded, which is what the folk call the soul chasing drum, which is used to tell the time and command the execution ground.

Some execution sites are too large to be executed at the same time by shouting at people, so the drums play a commanding role, and when the drums stop, it is time for the execution.

After hearing the sound of the drums, the servants in the execution ground dragged the heads of the tortured people who were kneeling there in a big bundle in front of them, firstly to wait for the executioner to cut off their heads from behind, and secondly, to immobilize the body of the tortured.

In the face of imminent death, many torturers will be so frightened that they will not be able to kneel upright, and then the head dragged forward on their head plays a good role in immobilizing.

The executioners raised their knives and aimed them at the back of the necks of the victims, and as soon as the drums stopped, they raised their knives and cut off the heads of the victims.

Of course, due to factors such as the level of personal skill and the blunt nature of the execution knives, not all executioners can cut off the victim's head with one knife, and some need to cut off the head several times, and the terrible screams of the torturer resounded throughout the audience, which made people shudder.

Therefore, whenever the autumn is due, the families of death row inmates whose heads are cut off in various places often try to raise money to give to the executioners in order to make them suffer less when they die, otherwise some executioners will deliberately stab death row inmates before hacking them to death, which is not something that the families of death row inmates are willing to see.

Because the person who was executed and beheaded this time was the famous Li Hongyu, and those tortured were guilty of a royal case, those executioners did not dare to play tricks, and they did not even dare to accept money:

Not all prisoners can make money, and if some money is collected, it will be hot, and no one wants to be implicated in the imperial case

Some men and women kneeling on the execution ground couldn't help but cry bitterly, after all, ants are still stealing life, let alone people, and no one wants to be cut off.

Li Kezhuo, who was tied with his hands behind his back, was carried to a stool under the gallows by several servants, and then put a noose around his neck, and as soon as the drum stopped, the servants would kick the stool under his feet, and then Li Kezhuo would experience the taste of death, which was a long and painful process.

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