(a)

The leader of the army looked at the concubines and ministers with a gloomy face and a fierce look and said, "Yes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info mushroom soup is boiled out in a big pot, but I and other soldiers, for the safety of the country for many years, have not tasted what kind of wild grass and wild food, have already exercised iron muscles and bones and stomach, even a little toxin, can also be resolved by itself, so there is only a small discomfort, no casualties. However, the emperor grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, so he has suffered so much. The poison that our soldiers can bear, the emperor has a delicate stomach, and he can't bear it for a while, which is also reasonable. ”

He faced the concubines and ministers, and said in a low tone: "From the parade to the hunting, every time we feast and drink, we all eat with the emperor, and there is no meal, which means that we have no intention of murdering the emperor in advance, which is completely an accident." With such an ending, all the officers and men of our army are also extremely sad in their hearts. And this pedantic Confucian student, with a bad heart, slandered our loyalty to the monarch in front of so many soldiers and ignored the sorrow of the whole army, and here he made a lot of nonsense and instigated people's hearts, which really made the officers and men of the three armed forces indignant. If you don't take the opportunity to make a decision to eliminate this evil for the country, I am afraid that the three armies will be excited, and another chaos will occur, threatening the lives and safety of all the ladies and ministers, and affecting the subsequent succession of the new monarch. A certain had no choice but to act expediently and deal with it decisively. ”

He turned to Concubine Zheng and said, "Concubine Niangniang, you have always been dissatisfied with the fact that Concubine Xian's son was made the crown prince by the emperor, and you have been colluding with illegal servants and relatives and friends day and night, thinking about regaining the position of crown prince. Now, when all the concubines are grieving and crying, do you want to take advantage of the chaos to create opportunities for your own son by standing up so actively, ignoring the facts in front of you, and questioning the cause of the emperor's death? ”

Zheng Guifei was blushing by him, and she came out to speak, on the one hand, she really felt that the emperor had died unclearly, and on the other hand, she did want to take advantage of this to expand the situation, and take the opportunity of investigating and dealing with the emperor's poisoning conspiracy to fabricate charges and inflict them on Yu Xianguifei. Concubine Xian and the crown prince were supposed to accompany His Majesty to Qingliangshan Palace, but she tried every possible way to find various reasons to shirk it, and also ordered the prince to stay in the capital, obviously because she had already understood the risks and changes of the emperor's trip in advance! She must be a participant in the conspiracy! As long as Concubine Xian and the crown prince can be involved in this matter, her son will have a chance to seize the throne.

Hearing that the army leader explained his inner abacus clearly and clearly in front of the public, Zheng Guifei couldn't help but be shocked and frightened. What is surprising is that these things are only hinted and revealed to the most confidant and the most reliable relatives, why are they known to outsiders? Could it be that the army has been in the palace for many years, monitoring all kinds of troubles in the palace? What I am afraid of is that Wei Yingzhen is also an important minister in the court, and he dares to speak up in front of the emperor, and repeatedly offends Longyan, but just now he only said a few more words, and he was chopped to death with a knife, and he bled in the palace in public, and ended up with an embarrassing ending. I don't want to die, who knows if these wolf-like rude people will let my son or my people go after the fact?

Although Zheng Guifei has some brains, she is only a woman after all, and after being threatened and intimidated by the army leader, she was so frightened that she closed her mouth.

(b)

Seeing that the buzz among the concubines and ministers had become quiet, and even silent, the army leader was very satisfied. He arrogantly held up his sword, shook it in a circle before everyone's eyes, and then returned the saber to its scabbard.

He nodded and said: "Come to think of it, the ill-intentioned one is just this one, and the other mothers and ministers still understand the truth and know how to make trade-offs at a critical time." ”

As soon as he arched his hand, he said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, the change is sudden, the state affairs are in danger, and we, as the most trusted people of Your Majesty, should work together to maintain a stable situation, escort the coffin of the Emperor Daxing as soon as possible, return to Yunjing, and announce to the people of the whole country that the emperor will be buried in heaven, and support the crown prince to ascend the throne and become the emperor." A certain general will lead the whole army to escort the emperor's coffin back to Beijing, and will also do his best to protect your safety. However, if there are any more people who have different ambitions and try to create extraneous branches, make the army's morale unstable, and the world is full of speculation, then don't blame me for not being merciful! Wei Yingzhen's fate is his fate! ”

Under the naked intimidation of the rebel army, the emperor died in this way.

The heavily armed army, escorting the emperor's coffin, holding the concubines and hundreds of officials hostage, marched towards Yunjing City.

The black-pressed army, like a rolling river, flowed on the way, endlessly, and arrived in Yunjing a few days later, surrounding Yunjing City.

When she heard the news of the emperor's death, she immediately understood that the emperor had been poisoned by the rebels, and her worries before the emperor's departure had been fulfilled and became a reality.

Ask for instructions on how to deal with the current situation. After thinking about it, she felt that there was no other choice but to accept the army's explanation of His Majesty's death, open the city to welcome the emperor's coffin, hold a funeral for the emperor, and then, according to the army's wishes, let her 4-year-old son succeed to the throne, and authorize the army leader to uphold the country. For the sake of today's plan, she is a weak woman, and only by obeying the will of the army can she save her son's life and the wealth and peace of the rest of her life.

After thinking properly, the virtuous concubine wrote a letter to the leader of the army, expressing her willingness to take the lead in accepting the cause of the emperor's death, promising that the new monarch would never ask about the matter after succeeding to the throne, and said that the emperor was young and would not deal with the government. The virtuous concubine took the initiative to say that she was a woman, although she knew one or two words, but where would she deal with the outside government affairs, and it was a ceremony to listen to the government with a curtain, and the major national affairs should depend on the general, indicating that the emperor would make the general the prince of the country and the prince regent, with the title of double king, responsible for selecting capable ministers, organizing the cabinet, and coordinating the regent and auxiliary government, and further said that after the emperor was a little older, he intended to select the young daughter of the general as the queen, and the young daughter of the general's younger brother as the imperial concubine. Although the age of the two daughters is more than 10 years older than the emperor, the emperor selects the harem only based on whether he is virtuous and loyal.

When the leader of the army saw the secret letter of the virtuous concubine, he was overjoyed, and felt that the virtuous concubine knew that the current affairs were handsome and a sensible woman, so he replied to the virtuous concubine to express his loyalty, saying that the army must wholeheartedly support the queen mother to listen to the government, and resolutely support the crown prince to ascend the throne immediately.

The two sides reached an agreement on cooperation and have since formed a single party.

(c)

The 12 city gates of Yunjing were all opened, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the common people all wore linen and filial piety, and knelt down to welcome the emperor's coffin into the city with a cry.

After the emperor's coffin entered the palace, in front of everyone, the head of the army said that the country should not be without a king for a day, and a new monarch should be canonized before the funeral of the emperor of Daxing was held. He offered to let the crown prince immediately succeed to the throne as emperor, ascend the throne, and accept the worship of his ministers.

So the crown prince, whose face was full of tears and frightened by his father's coffin and the serious and tense atmosphere, was led out. The virtuous concubine took his hand, ascended the emperor's throne together, brought him to the throne, made him sit down, and then stood behind the emperor herself, and the mother and son accepted the worship of the courtiers.

After the worship was over, the leader of the army suggested to the little emperor that filial piety should come first, and the first will should be to first honor the biological mother Xian Guifei as the Queen Mother, move to Shangyang Palace, and authorize the Queen Mother to listen to the government.

Where did the little emperor understand the meaning, and looked at his mother with teary eyes.

Concubine Xian nodded to her son, attached it to his ear, and taught him word by word.

The little emperor obeyed his mother's instructions, repeated the words taught by his mother loudly, announced that Zhun Qing had played, and immediately honored the virtuous concubine as the empress dowager, and entrusted the empress dowager to listen to the government, and ordered the general to control the ministers and assist the government with all his might.

This was the first decree issued by the little emperor. Under the compulsion of the situation, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, only bowed to the ground to worship, proclaimed long live, and obeyed the order. (To be continued.) )