After returning to the palace, Chongzhen asked his three sons to return to the palace and came to Kunning Palace by himself.

Originally, there were eunuchs and palace maids everywhere in the palace, but now they were empty, and he passed by all the way, but he didn't see anyone.

Empress Zhou was in front of the loom in Kunning Palace, and even at this time, she was still weaving, and there was only one palace maid left to serve next to her.

Hearing Chongzhen's footsteps, she stopped and turned around.

The husband and wife looked at each other, and without speaking, she understood everything.

"As the Son of Heaven, I should stick to the society to the death, but it will only affect you."

"The concubine has no virtue and no tolerance, and His Majesty will not abandon her, and she will be the queen and the mother of the world. If there is no country, how can a concubine exist? Your Majesty shall not think of your concubines, and your concubines will not disgrace Your Majesty. Zhou Huanggong picked up the white cloth that had been woven from the loom: "Three feet of plain cloth is enough." ”

Chongzhen's tears suddenly welled up.

"There are still a few concubines in the palace, I will go to meet them......"

"Your Majesty, I just ask Your Majesty to arrange a way for the emperor and Kunxing to live." Empress Zhou grabbed him.

"Huang'er and Kunxing...... I only blame them for being born in the emperor's family! ”

After finishing speaking, Chongzhen was about to turn around and leave as soon as he pulled his sleeves, but suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside.

"Who, who?" Chongzhen heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and his heart was suddenly terrified, could it be that the thieves had already entered the city?

Fortunately, there were not many footsteps, and after a while, people came in, but it was Wang Chengen with two or three eunuchs. Wang Chengen ran in and said loudly: "Emperor." Oh no, no, Zhengyang Gate ...... Three lanterns have been hung! ”

Chongzhen's body trembled, Zhengyangmen is the closest to the Forbidden City, a lantern is hung on Zhengyangmen, indicating that the enemy is very close to the city, and two lanterns indicate that the battle is blazing. And three lanterns mean that 100,000 fire city gates will be lost!

"How ......quickly can the thieves come," Chongzhen sighed, "What's the plan for today?" ”

No one coped, the ministers were not around, only Wang Chengen was around. Chongzhen shook his head and sighed: "The day before yesterday, when the court meeting. The ministers all said that the capital is impregnable, and it is a fluke to enter the outer city if it is rebellious. They will also fight to the death in the streets to protect my safety...... Where are the ministers now? ”

"Emperor!" Wang Chengen turned around: "The slave is going to fight with the thieves!" ”

But before he went out, he saw Luo Yangxing running in with a bloodless face: "Your Majesty, Xuanwumen...... Xuanwu Gate was opened by Wang Xiangyao! ”

Wang Xiangyao is the internal supervisor, but Chongzhen was sent to supervise the city defense of Xuanwu Gate, just before Zhengyang Gate hung up three lanterns, because he saw the Guang'an Gate gate in the outer city opened, the army rushed in, and now, even the Xuanwu Gate has been opened. It also means that the Forbidden City has no longer stopped it!

The outer city is lost, and with the Forbidden City, how can it withstand artillery bombardment?

"Where's your brocade guard?" Chongzhen saw Luo Yangxing, and there was a glimmer of hope: "Where is Jinyiwei?" ”

"I'm running out early...... Your Majesty. You should also leave quickly, and the minister will go to the front to fight to the death, so that His Majesty can be the queen! Luo Yangxing fled to Chongzhen's side, thinking that it would be safer here, but now seeing that there are only a few eunuchs left around Chongzhen, he doesn't care about escorting. Turn around and leave.

Chongzhen called him twice, but Luo Yangxing didn't seem to hear it, and he ran faster than anyone else. Chongzhen sighed, but he was helpless, he glanced back at the queen, the queen bowed to him again, and then asked the palace maid to drag a chair for her. Seeing this scene, Chongzhen was a little unbearable, he pulled out the sword at his waist, let out another long sigh, and walked out.

Out of sight is pure.

But when I walked to the door, I heard hurried footsteps again, and the sound was still very scattered, not like the beginning, just the footsteps of a few people, which was clearly the footsteps of dozens or even hundreds of people!

The thieves are coming!

The only thought in Chongzhen's heart is this, although he has been able to sacrifice his life for righteousness, but when this last moment really comes, he is still difficult to be calm.

His mind was blank, and he didn't know whether it was better to go back and kill Queen Zhou and kill herself, or to go up and fight the traitor. When he settled down, he saw Fan Xian's face flushed with nervousness and excitement.

"Emperor, the emperor is going to panic, the slave is here, the slave is here, the slave and the slave are leading the tiger guard of Nanhai Bo to come!"

Nanhai Bo, Tiger Guard!

At this time, this voice is nothing less than heaven for Chongzhen!

"Where is Nanhai Bo, where is Nanhai Bo, I want to see him, I want to entrust the world's military affairs to him!" Chongzhen said in a trembling voice.

"Emperor, without the emperor's will, Nanhai Bo can't go to Gyeonggi in person, so the other person is still in Shandong's east, he sent a warrior, originally came to pick up Princess Kunxing, and now he takes His Majesty away!"

As soon as he heard that Yu Guozhen was not coming, only the warriors under him came, and the hope that Chongzhen had finally mustered suddenly cooled. Indeed, according to the agreement reached between Yu Guozhen and him at the beginning, Yu Guozhen would never lead his troops north, but now that everyone else has arrived in Shandong's east, this agreement has long become a dead letter.

"Who is the leader of the warriors sent by Nanhai Bo, and how many people are here?" Chongzhen asked again.

"Zhengtian Boguang, the third division under the command of Nanhai Bo, report to Your Majesty!"

Tian Boguang took two steps forward and gave a simplified military salute to Chongzhen. Just like Yu Guozhen, although he looks down on Chongzhen's ability in his heart, he has to admit that he has done what he can for his empire - no matter how much he needs to have a vision and mind beyond this era, which is exactly what he lacks.

In terms of personal morality, Chongzhen is at least much more noble than those guys who are full of benevolence and morality.

"Tian ...... Tian Boguang, I have appointed you as the commander-in-chief, the governor of the defense of the capital, you ...... Can you drive Li Chuang out of the capital? ”

"Your Majesty, time is urgent, I only brought three hundred people into Beijing." Tian Boguang coldly refused: "The order I received is to move Your Majesty and the queen, prince, and princess to a safe place in the case of the loss of the capital, and ask Your Majesty to prepare immediately." ”

"I won't go, I'm not going anywhere, you will drive Li Chuang out of the capital for me, and I will make you an earl, just like Nanhai Earl...... I am promoted to the Marquis of Nanhai! ”

"It's late, Your Majesty...... Father-in-law Fan, you immediately take the inner supervisor to bring the prince and princess. The queen and the concubine are all handed over to you, we must evacuate within half an hour, and I will only wait for you for half an hour! ”

Seeing that Chongzhen was still here dreaming of driving the thieves out of the capital and then continuing to be the emperor, Tian Boguang didn't bother to ask for his opinion again. But seeing Chongzhen turn around and be about to leave, he was still shouting that the king was dead, Tian Boguang stepped forward and slapped him on the back of the neck. Chongzhen said "uh" and fell down.

Although he reached the end of his rope, he was the emperor after all. And Tian Boguang actually made a move on the emperor, which also made Fan Xian stunned. And Wang Chengen jumped even more: "You are so unruly in this army, you dare to be rude to Your Majesty!" ”

"When Li Chuang cut off your heads. Go and talk to them again. A tiger guard came up and pushed Wang Chengen: "Get out of the way!" ”

Wang Chengen saw them and went directly to Kunning Palace, which was the queen's residence, and if these soldiers broke in, it would be fine. He hurried over to stop him, only to be pushed away again.

"Shizheng, there's a woman hanging herself!"

There was an exclamation from inside, Tian Boguang listened and pushed the fainted Chongzhen into Wang Chengen's arms, and he took three steps and two steps over, and saw a woman hanging on the beam. He leapt to his feet, the knife in his hand unsheathed with a thud. A silver light flashed in midair, splitting the cloth on the beam, and the woman fell to the ground with a low cry.

"Who are you...... A thief? "Queen Zhou didn't know what was going on outside, she had just hung up the beams. Not yet unconscious, so he raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Nanhai Bo's tent is under the tiger guard to escort the Son of Heaven and the Queen out of the city." Tian Boguang replied simply, glancing at the middle-aged woman: "Are you Queen Zhou?" ”

When Empress Zhou heard that it was someone sent by Yu Guozhen, she suddenly let go of half of her heart. Unlike Chongzhen, who was worried that Yu Guozhen would take away his power all day long, Empress Zhou had a lot of dealings with Fang Ziyi. And I also indirectly got some news about Yu Guozhen, and I always felt that even if this person was not a loyal minister, he would not be a vicious person.

Sure enough, when their royal family was at its most dangerous, when everyone in the world and even her relatives abandoned them, only Yu Guozhen sent someone.

"Nanhai Bo...... Can you be outside? She asked first, and then immediately said, "What about Your Majesty, what about the emperor, what about the princess?" ”

"Your Majesty is outside, and you have already sent someone to bring a few concubines, princes, and princesses. The situation is urgent, Her Majesty the Queen will clean up a little and go out with us at once - you, yes, it's you, take care of the Queen! ”

Tian Boguang said that he was behind him, and pointed at a palace maid who was trembling next to him, and the palace maid nodded hurriedly when she heard the words, as if Tian Boguang was fierce and evil.

Tian Boguang touched his face, and felt a little unhappy in his heart: Could it be that he hasn't shaved much recently, so his charm is gone, why is this little palace maid so afraid when she sees herself?

The whole palace was plunged into chaos, the eunuchs and palace maids fled like headless flies, and the three princes were brought over first, followed by Kun Xing carrying the four-year-old Princess Zhaoren. Zhaoren was crying, while Kunxing whispered to comfort her, and after seeing Queen Zhou, she put down her sister and threw a pair of scissors in her hand on the ground.

Zhou Huangyi felt a pain in his heart, obviously, Kun Xing also noticed the chaos outside, knew that the situation was wrong, and grabbed the scissors to protect himself.

But the Son of Heaven has the soldiers of the whole country, countless civil and military forces, the dangers of mountains and rivers, and the solidity of Jincheng, and he can't protect himself, Kun Xing uses a pair of scissors, how can he protect himself?

"Mother, mother...... Who are these people? Kun Xing looked at the heavily armed tiger guard and asked in a low voice.

She hadn't really seen the Tiger Guards, but she had only heard of the Tiger Guards' prestige, so she didn't dare to be sure whether these people were guards or thieves.

"Nanhaibo's tiger guard, come to the rescue, Kun Xing, on behalf of my parents and me, I bow and thank you to all the strong men." Empress Zhou spoke.

Kun Xing Yingying bowed, and Tian Boguang hurriedly got out of the way, not because of Kunxing's status as a princess, but because Yu Guozhen had a special explanation, and Princess Kunxing had to be taken out safely.

"Everyone's together? It turns out that there are no seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards......" Tian Boguang looked at the people present, plus the palace maids and eunuchs, the total number was only more than forty people, and he muttered in a low voice, if there were really so many people, he would not be able to save them no matter how great his skills were, so he could only save people according to the list given by Yu Guozhen. (To be continued)