Empress Zhou led the young Zhaoren princess Zhu Jieyuan to stumble in the palace, the emperor did not know where to go, and the sons who had just met did not know where to go, she was very anxious. While running her, she called out to the Lord of Long Live and the names of the prince and Zhu Cijiong.

Most of the palace people in the palace also fled, only a few eunuchs and eunuchs followed her, two palace maids supported Queen Zhou, a palace maid held Zhu Jieyuan's hand, and several other palace maids and eunuchs were on their side, and everyone shouted loudly Long live the Lord and the prince and the king.

Just as they were in a hurry to look for Emperor Chongzhen, the crown prince Zhu Cizhao, the king of Ding, Zhu Cijiong and others, a group of sergeants with muskets and swords suddenly rushed out in front.

"Ahh With a scream, Empress Zhou fell to the ground, she didn't expect that Liukou would attack the palace so quickly. She is ready to let Chongzhen dispose of him after finding Emperor Chongzhen. Last night, Emperor Chongzhen had already expressed the idea of committing suicide and martyrdom, and Empress Zhou also strengthened her intention and wanted to follow Chongzhen. She didn't want to fall into the hands of the gangsters and be insulted. She is the queen of the Ming Dynasty, and she is going to die.

But suddenly, the rogues attacked the palace, and she didn't even have time to kill herself.

In a hurry, she didn't care about anything else, broke free from the palace maid's hand, and slammed into the nearby pillar.

"Queen Mother!" Zhu Jie's crying voice sounded loudly.

"Queen Mother!" The two palace maids who were originally supporting Queen Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to pull. But they just grabbed Queen Zhou's dress, and Queen Zhou's head hit the pillar. However, their pull offset part of Queen Zhou's strength, and also made her head deviate from the direction, although she finally hit the pillar, but only hit a small bag, not even blood.

Empress Zhou immediately struggled to get up, wanting to hit the pillar again.

"The queen mother, the minister is Cao Yue. The minister came to the rescue," just as Empress Zhou struggled to break free from the pull of the two palace maids and was about to hit the pillar again, a voice sounded in the palace, and this voice shouted several times. Hearing that it was Cao Yue who led the army to rescue Queen Zhou, who was holding the heart of death, she was immediately surprised and delighted, she quickly struggled to get up and looked at the group of sergeants who rushed over.

At this time, the group of people had already rushed to a place not far from where she was staying, and the leader was Cao Yue. She loves her daughter Zhu Yujiao's husband the most.

"Queen Mother, the minister has come to the rescue, where are the long live lord, the crown prince, and His Royal Highness King Ding? The Liukou has already attacked the city, and the ministers have not brought many people and horses, so they must leave the city immediately and leave Beijing," Cao Yue rushed forward, but he didn't have time to salute, and he didn't care about etiquette. Grabbing Empress Zhou's arm, she asked repeatedly, "Where are the Long Live Lord, the Crown Prince, and His Royal Highness King Ding?" ”

"Cao Yue, Brother Yue, it's really you!" Empress Zhou stepped forward and hugged Cao Yue's arm. Crying loudly, but she knew that now was not the time to cry, so she quickly wiped away her tears. "The palace doesn't know where His Majesty has gone, the palace is also looking for him, as well as the crown prince and the king!"

At this time. A eunuch rushed over, but it was the eunuch that Empress Zhou had sent out to find Emperor Chongzhen and the others just now. The eunuch knelt on the ground with a thud, and reported in a loud voice: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty and the prince are going to the direction of the coal mountain, and Your Majesty will lead people to escort the crown prince and His Royal Highness King Ding, as well as several other princes, to the Zhou Guozhang Mansion." ”

"Huh?!" Empress Zhou subconsciously exclaimed. At this time, she didn't have any idea, and stared at Cao Yue with big frightened eyes.

Now, only Cao Yue can give her hope for life, and give the emperor and other members of the royal family the same hope. And Empress Zhou was a little lucky, fortunately she promised Zhu Yujiao to Cao Yue, and finally Cao Yue appeared in front of her with a very heroic attitude when the Ming royal family was in danger.

Hearing that Emperor Chongzhen took Wang Chengen to the coal mountain, Cao Yue immediately ordered a sergeant who followed him: "The first and second teams of Cao's camp followed me and went to the coal mountain to find His Majesty and the princess, and the third and fourth teams escorted the queen and the princess out of the palace, and immediately rushed to Chaoyangmen. The fifth and sixth squads immediately intercepted the crown prince, His Royal Highness King Ding, and several other princes, and brought them to the warship outside Chaoyang Gate! The 7th to 10th squads, guarding inside and outside the palace to ensure the safety of the first few squads. Anyone who stands in your way will be killed!"

Cao Yue brought a total of ten squads to the palace, that is, the Jiading troops, and two hundred soldiers of the special guard battalion. Following Cao Yue into the palace was the Jiading troops, and two hundred special guard battalions were waiting outside the palace.

After finding Empress Zhou and Princess Zhaoren, and also knowing the traces of Emperor Chongzhen, the crown prince Zhu Cizhao, and the king of Ding, Zhu Cijiong and others, Cao Yue prepared to evacuate and immediately made new arrangements.

The soldiers agreed suddenly, and immediately escorted Queen Zhou and others, and quickly ran outside the palace. After the soldiers escorted Empress Zhou and others out of the palace, they were immediately embraced on war horses, protected by two sergeants, and quickly went to the outside of the palace.

The men and horses who went to pursue Zhu Cizhao and Zhu Cijiong also left the palace quickly and headed for the mansion of Zhou Kui, the father of Queen Zhou. Escorting Zhu Cizhao, Zhu Cijiong and others was another big eunuch Gao Qiqian, Cao Yue also secretly instructed when this man left, and these eunuchs escorted were left to Liukou and let Liukou deal with them, and he only took important people away.

Then Cao Yue led two teams of more than 200 people to the direction of Coal Mountain.

From afar, Cao Yue saw two hanging people floating on two trees on the mountainside. ran closer, and finally saw that it was Emperor Chongzhen with a cloak and a man in eunuch costume hanging there. Cao Yue hurriedly asked the two hanging people to be taken down, and when he tried to breathe, he was already out of breath, and even his body became stiff. Cao Yue also saw clearly, accompanied by Emperor Chongzhen's side was his old acquaintance, the great eunuch Wang Chengen.

In the original history, Emperor Chongzhen was desperate and hanged himself on the crooked neck tree of the coal mountain, and only the personal eunuch Wang Chengen accompanied Emperor Chongzhen, and the current situation is still the same as the original history. Wang Chengen was a person who helped Cao Yue a lot, and Cao Yue also admired his loyalty and courage, and never gave up on Emperor Chongzhen.

Cao Yue also immediately ordered to leave the palace with the body of Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen. He must take away the body of Emperor Chongzhen for burial, and Wang Chengen's body cannot be left behind.

The general who followed him also cut off the branches around him with a very sharp movement, made two stretchers, put the two corpses on them, and ran away.

Cao Yue stayed at the end, he raised his eyes to look at the city of Beijing, and then looked back at the crooked neck tree that Emperor Chongzhen hanged, and after a long sigh, he immediately chased after the people and horses in front of him. (To be continued.) )