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What Empress Dowager Shen was worried about finally happened, in the middle of the night, many soldiers guarding the city felt that people outside the city were shouting and neighing, as if there was a lot of movement, but who knew what was happening outside?

As soon as the day dawned, the soldiers of the city cried out in terror, and the wilderness outside the city was densely packed with tents, surrounding the whole eastern, southern, and western cities like mushrooms that had grown overnight. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The soldiers in the city were terrified, looking at the garrison outside, there were at least four or five hundred thousand people, their guess was not wrong, Huangfu Wujin himself had an army of 200,000, plus more than 100,000 surrendered Guanzhong troops, and more than 100,000 Xiliang cavalry, the army besieging the city did exceed 400,000.

But their focus was on besieging the southern and eastern cities, and the western city also had a small number of soldiers, and the emperor Fu Wujin sent a 5,000-strong cavalry to patrol the vicinity of the northern city to prevent the empress dowager and the emperor from escaping.

'When! While! While! Rapid sirens sounded at the head of the city, and the soldiers panicked and went down to the city to report, and then spread the atmosphere of panic throughout the city.

Yongjing City became silent, this is the second time that Yongjing City has been besieged in four days, but unlike the first siege of Shenji's army, this time the people of the capital did not panic, everyone has a complicated feeling in their hearts, everyone understands that this is Yongjing is going to change.

Some people look forward to the unification of the world and live the same peaceful and comfortable life again, there will be no war for hundreds of years, and they will be able to have children and reproduce, but some people are worried that Luojing's victory means that Yongjing is no longer the political center, and the housing prices that have just risen are going to fall, which are all vital interests.

And the life experience of Huangfu Wujin, for ordinary people, it is indeed too far away from them, only after tea and dinner, the family becomes a kind of talking about when they get together.

The streets and alleys are quiet, and most of them stay at home, quietly waiting for the sky to change.

In the palace, Queen Shen was completely desperate, her despair was not only the pressure on the siege of the Huangfu Wujin army, but also the ministers also gave her great pressure, Shenji besieged the city, everyone hated the same enemy, everyone worked hard, and the Chu army of more than 400,000 troops besieged the city, almost all the courtiers saw that the general trend had gone, and they were unwilling to work for her anymore, she called the courtiers to a meeting, but no one came, even Bai Mingkai was tired and sick.

Maybe he's really sick, but what about the other ministers? They didn't want to be arrested as rebels after the city was broken, and they even thought that they could take up an official position in the new dynasty.

Empress Dowager Shen was filled with grief and indignation, helplessly looking at the empty sky, there was not a single cloud, just like in her heart, there was no trace of sustenance, she looked out the window at a spider web fluttering in the wind, this only appeared yesterday, even the spider knew that this place would be deserted.

Feeling alone and helpless in her misery, she slowly walked to the window and looked at the ground a few feet high,...... What if you jump off yourself? How sad it must be on their conscience to punish those disloyal ministers by jumping off a building to commit suicide, as if she heard the sound of herself jumping off the building and falling to the ground, 'Bang! There was a thud on the ground, and blood splattered.

Empress Dowager Shen was so frightened that she took two steps back, she didn't want to die, she didn't want to die at all, she still clearly remembered that terrifying look when her husband died, she didn't! She didn't want to be like that.

Empress Dowager Shen sat down a little flustered, looked in the mirror, she was only in her early thirties, her face was not old, and she still had a seductive appearance, at this time her power disappeared, and her heart returned to the mentality of a normal woman.

Thinking of the 400,000 troops outside the city, she couldn't help covering her face, tears seeping from her fingers, she should ..... What to do?

"Queen Mother, Bai Xiangguo is here!" The palace maid at the door whispered.

Empress Dowager Shen hurriedly wiped away her tears and touched up her makeup a little, she didn't want Bai Mingkai to see her weakness, "Xuan him in!" ”

After a while, Bai Mingkai walked in slowly, he was indeed tired and sick, he was one of the four ministers who did not leave, the other three were all generals guarding the city, in fact, he was the only civilian official left.

Bai Mingkai didn't stay because he had anything to do with Huangfu Wujin, it was already this time, and there was nothing to do with him, mainly because he had a sense of apology for the Empress Dowager Shen in his heart, after all, he leaked a lot of important information to Huangfu Wujin, and he hoped that the Empress Dowager would have a good death.

"The old minister sees the Queen Mother."

"Bai Xiangguo, at this time, you can still think of the mourning family, which makes the mourning family very pleased."

"The old minister doesn't want Luojing's army to enter the palace, so he came to advise the queen mother."

"What do you want to advise?" Empress Dowager Shen said lightly.

"The old minister just walked around from the city before coming, feeling that the army and the people are tired of war, they are unwilling to resist desperately for Luojing, in fact, from the ministers dispersed, it can be seen that the military and the people's hearts have changed, the old minister also guessed that the secret army of Huangfu Wujin has entered the city, and it should be mixed in the hundreds of thousands of refugees a few days ago, the queen mother, please forgive the old minister for saying that if the Chu army really attacks the city on a large scale, within one day, the Chu army can take the capital, and now the emperor Fu Wujin has not ordered the siege of the city for a long time, just want to solve the problem in a peaceful way, please think twice."

"Then what do you want the mourning family to do? Surrender? Do you think the emperor has no Jin to tolerate the mourning family? ”

"The Queen Mother is wrong, the Queen Mother is only the Queen Mother after all, but when there is no emperor, she is temporarily in charge of state affairs, and there is no direct conflict of interest with Huangfu Wujin, please forgive the old minister for being rude, if there is really a legitimate emperor on the throne, even if the Queen Mother wants to turn the tables, no one will support the Queen Mother, so there is no need for the Queen Mother to be wiped out, the old minister thinks, if the Queen Mother is willing to surrender and take the initiative to admit that Huangfu Wujin is orthodox, then he will also give the Queen Mother a way out."

"What about the son of the mourners? Will he spare? Empress Dowager Shen said coldly again.

"So I want to negotiate with Huangfu Wujin, and the old minister is willing to be the queen mother's envoy, go out of the city to negotiate with Huangfu Wujin, and strive to save the surname of the little emperor."

Empress Dowager Shen pondered for a long time, and finally had to sigh, "Okay! You go and talk to him, touch his bottom line, and then mourn the family and think about it. ”

"Doesn't the Queen Mother want to put forward any conditions?"

Empress Dowager Shen's expression was gloomy, she shook her head, "I don't want to mention it now, Xiangguo will touch his bottom line first, hey!" It's hard to be white. ”

"The old minister doesn't dare, the old minister is going now."

Bai Mingkai gave a salute, then slowly retreated, and walked outside the palace, Bai Mingkai looked up at the blue sky, he let out a long breath, in the palace, he actually felt so depressed.

........ Although Huangfu Wujin really wanted to use political means to solve the Yongjing problem, he was also making two plans at the same time, he was preparing to use the most powerful siege artillery to blast open the city gate, and at present, three of these giant cannons about three zhang long have been transported to the barracks.

In fact, he had already ambushed 500 elite soldiers in Beijing, and he could capture the city at any time, and secondly, he had ordered someone to secretly negotiate with the general defending the city, and urged Yongjing to surrender with high-ranking officials.

He didn't want to spend too much time on capturing Yongjing, before dawn tomorrow, he would definitely take Yongjing, he had just received news that Shao Jingwen had led an army of 100,000 from Hanzhong to the direction of Yongjing, it was obvious that Uncle Shen Guo was coming to support Yongjing.

Now as long as Empress Shen surrenders and decrees to recognize Luojing's orthodoxy, then Uncle Shen will be untenable in Shuzhou, and the Shuzhou government and the military and people will no longer support him, unless he establishes himself as the emperor, but Uncle Shen is not a fool like Shen Ji, he has political wisdom, he should know that he has no future as emperor, and he will be stinking for 10,000 years.

Just when Huangfu Wujin was pondering the matter of Shuzhou, a personal soldier entered the tent and reported, "Your Highness, Bai Mingkai is here!" ”

"Let him in!"

Huangfu Wujin immediately put down the matter of Shuzhou, he knew that Bai Mingkai must have been sent by the Empress Dowager to negotiate.

After a while, Bai Mingkai was led into the big tent by his own soldiers, and as soon as he entered the tent, he knelt down and said: "Your Highness is very kind to my daughter, Bai Mingkai remembers it in his heart. ”

"Bai Xiangguo doesn't need such a big gift!"

Huangfu Wujin hurriedly helped him up, "Bai Xiangguo is an important minister of the imperial court, and the Zhongxing of the Daning Dynasty will wait for Bai Xiangguo to contribute in the future." ”

The implication of Huangfu Wujin is that Bai Mingkai will also have a place in the new dynasty in the future, Bai Mingkai was excited in his heart, and hurriedly gave a deep salute, "Bai Mingkai is willing to serve His Highness!" ”

Huangfu Wujin smiled and asked him to sit down, Bai Mingkai bowed and said: "Weichen came this time for the Empress Dowager Shen, and Wechen also hopes that His Royal Highness will give the Empress Dowager Shen a way out." ”

Huangfu Wujin nodded and said with a smile: "Anyway, after all, she is the first emperor, she is not a traitor and a thief, and she has not plotted to usurp the throne, I will continue to canonize her as the queen mother, and the empress dowager also has a decree to allow her to recuperate in Huaqing Palace, if she wants, I can give her Huaqing Palace, and give her enough dignity, and I will also give her the freedom to tour the world." ”

Bai Mingkai knew in his heart that this was indeed the biggest concession to the Empress Dowager Shen, he hesitated for a moment and asked: "Actually, the Empress Dowager is more concerned about the fate of Huangfu Tian, how does His Royal Highness deal with him?" ”

Huangfu Wujin was silent, this is indeed a difficult thing to do, if the grass is cut and eradicated, he should kill Huangfu Tian and eliminate future troubles, but now he really can't be killed, but he can't be made the second Tianfeng Prince, even if he doesn't kill him, he must be controlled in his own hands.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Wujin said slowly: "I can promise to spare his life, I can crown him as the king of Xiaoyao, but there is a premise, it must be the queen mother herself to decree the abolition of his throne, if the queen mother refuses to issue an order to abolish the emperor, then I and the queen mother have nothing to talk about, I will immediately take Yongjing, and I will no longer guarantee the safety of the queen mother." ”

........ Empress Dowager Shen sat in front of the imperial case, quietly listening to Bai Mingkai's relay, she fell into deep thought, the capital was besieged, she had nowhere to escape, even if she could go out of the city, she didn't want to go to Shuzhou again, she didn't have any power to go to Shuzhou, it was better to surrender to Huangfu Wujin.

The key is her son, at this time, she suddenly cares about her son, that is her only flesh and blood, she does not want him to have any danger to his life, she knows that any emperor ascends the throne, will kill the royal family that threatens her position, in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

Although Huangfu Wujin promised not to kill now, what about in the future? He is firmly on the throne, can he spare his son? Her heart was filled with worry and doubt.

Bai Mingkai understood Empress Dowager Shen's worries, so he persuaded her in a low voice, "After all, the emperor is still young, only thirteen years old, and he stepped down before forming his own authority, this problem is not big, the key is that the queen mother will strictly restrain him in the future, and those who support Emperor Yong'an will not be allowed to contact the emperor, and can even announce his death, so that he is no longer a royal family, but an ordinary person, as long as he loses the value of being used by others, the emperor should be able to tolerate him, what does the queen mother think?" ”

Bai Mingkai made sense, Empress Dowager Shen was already tempted, but she hadn't finally paid attention, and at this moment, a guard rushed to report, "Queen Mother, it's not good, the general Fan Zhi'an has surrendered to the Chunming Gate." ”

This sudden news was like a bolt from the blue, Empress Dowager Shen was stunned all of a sudden, sat down heavily, and Bai Mingkai hurriedly said: "Empress Dowager, it's almost decided, or it's too late." ”

Empress Dowager Shen finally made up her mind, and she smiled miserably, "Okay! Bai Xiangguo drafted the decree for the mourning family, and everything was done according to the conditions of the emperor's non-promotion. ”

On the fourteenth day of the first month, the Chu army of 100,000 troops entered Yongjing City, the Empress Dowager Shen sent a decree to the world, the emperor Huangfu Tian officially abdicated, she recognized Huangfu Wujin as the orthodox heir of the Daning Dynasty as the empress dowager of the Daning Dynasty, she issued an edict to Shuzhou, calling on the county officials and all the soldiers and civilians in Shuzhou to serve the Daning New Dynasty, and removed Shen Guo's uncle from the post of right minister, announcing the dissolution of the Yongjing Dynasty.

(To be continued)