The coup army quickly rushed to the Qiongtai Palace, and the guards symbolically resisted a few times, then disarmed and fled. The leading military general drew his sword and pointed directly at the high platform, and shouted viciously: "That is the demon girl who has brought disaster to the country and the people, take it quickly!" ”

Bao Xi was already like a wooden man, Zhong Xi was so frightened that she hid in her sister's arms and shivered, and when she suddenly saw that the situation was critical, she hurriedly flew in front of them. Seeing that the sword was about to fall, Nie Rang shouted: "This is Zheng Situ's son, stop it!" Situ's name is still very effective, and the military general quickly stopped the soldiers, stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty knows that the prince is under house arrest here, and I will come to capture the demon queen to rescue you!" ”

"The queen is a nobleman, how can you and other warriors kill people at will!"

The military general looked puzzled, he didn't know that it was Zhong Xi who was actually protecting Dutu, and he wondered how this son of Lord Situ would stand on the side of the demon queen. He explained: "We are just ordered to arrest and imprison the Bao Xi clan in Qiongtai Palace, and whether they are alive or dead depends on the court trial tomorrow." Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief. He also knew that the power was not in his hands now, and he would definitely not be able to save people if he came hard, so he had to watch them being arrested. Nie Rang was afraid that he would do something like friend and foe again, so he hurriedly pulled him away. Looking at Xiao Zhongxi's frightened and desperate eyes, Dutu's heart was broken.

As soon as he returned to Situ Mansion, Lord Neizai was so excited that he greeted him: "Childe has suffered these days. ”

Di Tu was still thinking about Zhong Xi's fate, and asked at the split: "Is there a public trial tomorrow?" Does Szeto participate? ”

Nezai was stunned for a moment and said, "At present, the person in charge of the DPRK and China has indeed invited Gongzi to attend the meeting on behalf of Lord Situ. However, I politely refused on the grounds that Childe had just been rescued and needed to recuperate. ”

"No, we should attend!"

"Childe, Zheng Guo's state affairs are important! The king has already taken advantage of the official edict to move eastward, and asked someone to send it secretly. I also took advantage of the convenience of Situ Mansion to collect the necessary land and household registration information. And you also know the battle situation on the front line, the dog and the rebels will attack at any time, I have to leave this place as soon as possible! ”

"It's not bad these days, I must participate!" Dig the sudden and stubborn.

Neizai's face was full of displeasure, and he put aside the distinction between monarchs and ministers, and taught him a stern lesson: "As the eldest son of Zheng Guo's office, Gongzi came out without asking about his father or his family and country, but he bothered about a demon queen, which is really not true!" ”

He was stunned for a moment, and was temporarily suppressed by the momentum of Neizai. The courtiers of that era were not as obedient as the minions of the Qing Dynasty, and it was normal to fight according to reason. He had no choice but to change his mind and defend: "As you said before, the monarch has always emphasized that it is necessary to maintain the influence of the Zheng family in the court in order to strive for more benefits for the Zheng state. Dealing with such a major matter as Bao Xi, if we are absent and flee from Hojing in a hurry, I am afraid that we will really have to nest in the local area in the future, and we will never be able to return to the center of the imperial court. ”

Unexpectedly, in a hurry, the son-in-law, who usually seems to be naïve in politics, suddenly thought about it and told a big truth. Nejae was speechless for a while, so he had to acquiesce. Di Tu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot to inquire about the current situation in detail.

Originally, Yu Shi's father controlled the previous dynasty and Bao Xi monopolized the harem, and they had already installed their cronies in various key positions, ostensibly firmly controlling the situation. However, Yu Shi's father is a selfish villain, on the one hand, he has done all the corrupt and bad things, which has brought shame to the Yu clan, and on the other hand, he has no temperament to share more of the benefits to the Yu clan, so he can't envelop his base camp well. Therefore, there has long been a rift in the interior of this fortress. When the dog Rong went on a killing spree outside the city, and the battle report of the defeat on the front line came, the elders finally couldn't sit still in order to protect the country of the Great Zhou. After secret planning, they chose Yu Shi's father's brother Yu Gonghan as the breakthrough. This person is relatively upright, and he also has a certain prestige in the Yu clan, and the most important thing is that he controls the royal city guards! These forces joined forces inside and outside, and eventually directed today's coup d'état.

Zhou, Zhao, Mao, and Shan are all surnamed Ji, so they overthrew Yu Shi's father, but they will not let the surname Jiang come to power, not to mention that the princes surnamed Jiang are still colluding with the dog Rong to fight with Wang Shi. They themselves will not come forward to govern, these people are more accustomed to hiding behind the scenes. Among the remaining candidates, in fact, the most vocal is Zheng Huangong, the father of Dutu, but unfortunately he was trapped on the front line with the Son of Heaven, and the luck and evil are uncertain. So after going around in a circle, the position of the secretary was still given to the Yu family, and it was held by Yu Gonghan, who made great contributions to the coup.

Therefore, in tomorrow's court meeting, the main ones who hold the power of life and death of the Bao Xi clan are the courtiers led by Yu Gonghan and the elders represented by Zhou Zhao. To save Zhong Ji, you have to convince them! But as a young man who has always been afraid of dealing with people, this is really difficult to climb to the sky!

Digging up a sleepless night.

As soon as the sky was bright, Situ Fu's motorcade rushed to the place of the court meeting-Mingtang. This is a ceremonial building in the southeast of the capital of Ho, where all court meetings that decide the fate of the empire are held. Under the upper circle of the Ming Hall, the golden light is shining under the reflection of the rising sun, symbolizing the ancients' understanding of heaven and earth. The plane is cross-shaped, divided into five rooms, the surrounding four rooms are called the general chapter, Mingtang, Qingyang, Xuantang respectively, the large room is the highest and widest, originally displayed the nine tripods that symbolize the rule of the Zhou royal family. When he became the king, the Duke of Zhou moved Jiuding to Luoyi, where the tablets of the ancestors were relocated.

Now Zhou Tianzi is trapped on the front line, and the ministers have no choice but to salute the ancestral tablet under the guidance of the ceremonial officials.

"Bring up the demon queen's party!" Qing Shi Yu Gonghan was the first to attack.

I saw that the beauty was pushed to the front desk, her hair was scattered, her makeup was discolored, and her eyes were not angry. Recalling her proud bearing a few days ago, it is really embarrassing. Behind her, kneeling were the party members of Bao Xi and Yu Shi's father, including of course the pitiful, sad and sobbing Xiao Zhongxi.

Kneeling on the side and digging suddenly, his blood suddenly surged, and he straightened up excitedly, eager to save his sweetheart immediately. Nezai behind him had already seen the clues, and for fear that he would do something out of the ordinary, he hurriedly pressed his heel. As soon as he turned around, he saw the warning expression of Nejae's blowing beard and glaring at him, and then he became a little more sensible. He sat back in disdain, and watched the situation for a while.

"Demon queen, you charm the saint, interfere in politics, and bring disaster to the country and the people, you can know its crimes!" The patriarch of the Zhou clan, a white-bearded old man, asked sharply.

For this kind of political game of "the winner is the prince and the loser", Bao Xi must have seen a lot, knowing that justification is just futile. So she sneered and stopped talking.

After being cold for a while, Zhou Gong embarrassed himself: "Presumably you know that you are guilty of a deep sin, and you have no face to plead, so let's bow to the law." After that, he gave Yu Gonghan a look and motioned for him to pronounce the sentence directly.

Digging up again and trying to intervene, he was grabbed by Nei Zai again. This time, the old man simply put both hands on it, and pressed his feet to move, and almost lost his balance and fell to the floor.

Yu Gonghan took out the edict he had prepared in advance and read it in a frustrated tone. The previous nonsense is naturally viciously detaining all kinds of crimes to Bao Xi, comparing him to his sister Xi and Daji, who charmed the king of the fallen country, and finally sentenced her to a whole clan, and the man beheaded the woman hanged. This "big opening" is a death sentence!

The digging was in a hurry, Neizai couldn't hold his body but couldn't cover his mouth, he shouted loudly: "Putting all the responsibility on a woman, aren't you big men ashamed!" As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked, and even Lord Neizai was so stunned that his jaw almost fell to the ground. Not only because of suddenness, but also because this modern vernacular is really vulgar in the Zhou Dynasty, which is famous for its etiquette, but also because this kind of thinking of injustice for vulnerable women is really shocking in the era of male superiority and inferiority of women.

Bao Xi, who was already dead, seemed to have a little light in her eyes. She never imagined that this gentleman in her eyes was willing to stand up for her. Xiao Zhongxi was even more excited. She obviously couldn't understand how complicated the political struggle of adults was, and only knew that her sister, who was dependent on each other, was in danger. In her mind, the image of the digging that stood up is even taller, and she is like a savior. She shouted loudly in her immature childish voice: "Brother, save my sister!" ”

Dudu's face turned red, and a stronger strength surged in his chest, which made him continue to defend in one go: "Xia died in Yuji, not Meixi!" Shang died in the Emperor, not Daji! The Son of Heaven will have his own judgment and should be responsible for his own actions, instead of putting the blame on others, especially weak women! ”

"Of course, the Son of Heaven is sage, but the demon queen uses beauty to mix up the saint's hearing and hearing like Meixi, and uses traitorous ministers to deceive the loyalty of the ministers like Daji, which is a fact that can be learned from heaven and earth, and evidenced by the sun and the moon!" The white-bearded old man continued to attack, and the surrounding ministers echoed him.

"You said that the sons of heaven of Shengming were all degraded by beauty, doesn't that mean that the emperor is also Shengming, but he has fallen for the beauty scheme? You say that the praise queen is as unbearable as Meixi and Daji, doesn't that mean that today's son is the same as Ji Xuan is the king of the dead country! As soon as this big hat was buttoned, those ministers didn't dare to answer in an instant, no matter how much everyone thought that King Zhou You was mediocre, they didn't dare to say it publicly.

"Whether it is the change of the crown prince after the abolition of the original abolition, or the recent royal conquest, it is decided by the Son of Heaven and your ministers. Now that something has happened, the sky has been turned upside down, you have jumped out to scold the demon queen and scold the traitorous minister, why did you go in the first place? If you are loyal, then you should stop these things to the death, instead of protecting yourself at the time and putting the blame on the weak woman afterwards! ”

He spoke passionately, trembling slightly, his clenched palms soaked with sweat, like an animal in a state of stress. The sisters in the hall looked at him emotionally, their eyes full of gratitude.

"Bao Xi is transformed by ambergris, and she is really an ominous person." Yu Gonghan, who had not spoken, spoke quietly, "The divination official asked three trigrams for this, all of them are fierce, if this woman is not removed, the fortune of the country is in danger." ”

Dutu's heart sank, and he was immediately hit to the vital point. This may seem prosaic, but it is actually very vicious. He avoided the controversy of doctrine and directly stirred up superstition. This kind of inexplicable slander of ghosts and gods was a very effective means of political attack in those days.

Sure enough, the ministers in the hall began to talk about it, and some people simply read out the prophecy that had already spread.

"The dragon is dead, and it is hidden. The hair became a turtle, and the child concubine was pregnant. The beauty is beautiful, and the sinner is dedicated to it. Hehe Zong Zhou, praise and extinguish! ”