In three days, she will return to Luojing, and Queen Shen's bedroom is also a mess, the palace maids and eunuchs are busy collecting and taking care of the boxes, and all kinds of items are piled up all over the ground, but Queen Shen is as calm as water, not moved by this chaos at all, she sits on a soft chair and recited the "Diamond Sutra" in a low voice, she has read it for several days, and has gradually memorized it.

Empress Shen was reciting with her eyes closed, and at this moment, a eunuch stumbled in and cried loudly, "Niangniang, the emperor.... The emperor has collapsed! ”

The sudden news stunned everyone in the palace, Queen Shen's body shook, her eyes were dark, she fainted, everyone was in a mess, the palace maid supported her, shouted loudly, many people couldn't help but cry bitterly, and the crying in the palace rang out.

Empress Shen slowly woke up, her heart ached like a knife, tears rolled down, although her husband snubbed her, he really died, it was still difficult for her to accept.

But Empress Shen soon thought of her son, in her mind, son is the most important, she wiped away her tears and struggled to sit up, "Quick! Hurry up and send a letter to inform Uncle Guo. ”

She also has a few pigeons in the palace, which are used to communicate with Uncle Shen in an emergency, a eunuch rushed away, Queen Shen stabilized her mind again, she began to realize that the problem is serious, if the crown prince ascends the throne, it will be the extinction of the Shen family, she hurriedly said: "Go quickly to General Xuanluo to see me!" ”

Queen Shen thought of Ruyi again, no matter how much she hated her, she was also her niece after all, she immediately sent someone to find Shen Ruyi, and after a while, the palace maid ran back to report, "Niangniang, Concubine Shu is lying on the bed, refusing to get up, saying that she is also going to die." ”

"Phew! It's really useless. ”

Empress Shen scolded hatefully, and at this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "General Luo is here!" ”

"Invite him in!"

Empress Shen was stunned and sat on the main chair, Luo Zhiyu, the general of the Yulin Army, walked in quickly, he also had tears on his face, knelt on the ground, and choked up: "Although Your Majesty collapsed, please take care of the phoenix body." ”

Empress Shen's tears also rolled down, and she said sadly: "General Luo, Your Majesty unfortunately passed away first, I hope that General can take Daning Sheji as the priority and stabilize the situation in Huaqing Palace." ”

"Please rest assured that the Empress Dowager has ordered the Yulin Army to block the Huaqing Palace and not allow the news to leak out, and at the same time has sent someone to Beijing to inform the important ministers of the court."

"Thank you General Luo for putting the overall situation first, and I would like to ask, why is Your Majesty ......?"

Speaking of this, Empress Shen's eyes turned red again.

Luo Zhiyu sighed, "The specific reason is unknown. The imperial doctor on duty is inspecting, and it is estimated that it is still related to the witch's elixir, and today they sent another box, but the strange thing is that Ma Gonggong also passed away together. ”

Empress Shen was taken aback, "Has Gonggong Ma also passed away?" ”

"Yes!"

Luo Zhiyu suddenly thought of the prince, the prince was also imprisoned in the palace, but nothing happened, he became anxious in his heart, so he got up and said: "Niangniang, please mourn, Weichen is going to inspect the palace, please rest assured, Weichen will definitely protect Niangniang's safety." ”

"Alright! General, please go. ”

Luo Zhiyu got up and left, Queen Shen's heart was in a mess, she thought of her son again, her heart tightened, and immediately ran to the emperor's imperial study, hundreds of guards and eunuchs guarded her left and right, she thought that there would be Ma Yuanzhen in the imperial study to preside over the overall situation, but she didn't expect that Ma Yuanzhen was also dead, so the imperial study must be in chaos.

She ran to the front of the imperial study, only to see that hundreds of guards had surrounded the place, and Zhao Yu, the head of the guard, saw that it was the queen who arrived, "Niangniang!" He hurriedly knelt down, "Niangniang had better not go in." ”

"Bold!"

Empress Shen lowered her face and reprimanded: "I am the queen of the Daning Dynasty, the emperor died, I am the lord of the palace, you dare to stop me!" ”

"Don't dare!"

Zhao Yu had no choice but to dodge the road, not daring to block it anymore, Empress Shen rushed in with dozens of eunuchs, this is the emperor's bedroom, and it is also where the imperial study is located, at this time the emperor's body has been moved to the palace by the imperial doctor, but Queen Shen did not go to the dormitory, but went straight to the imperial study along the covered bridge.

The door of the imperial study had been locked and closed, and several eunuchs stood at the door in trepidation, at this time, for them, fear was greater than sorrow, the emperor died, they were not even around, and Ma Gonggong also died, so that they were in a state of extreme unease.

"The Queen Mother is here!"

I don't know who shouted, everyone fell to their knees, and Empress Shen pointed to the door of the study, "Open the door!" ”

A middle-aged eunuch hurriedly took out the key and opened the door, and Empress Shen pushed the door open and entered, "Are the emperor's things there?" ”

"Back to Niangniang, no one dares to move."

Only a few imperial doctors and eunuchs in the imperial study moved the bodies of Huangfu Xuande and Ma Yuanzhen, and no important people came in, and the room remained as it was before Huangfu Xuande died.

Empress Shen saw the national seal on the table at a glance, which was the symbol of the highest power of the Daning Dynasty, placed next to the emperor during the day, and was in charge of Fu Baolang at night, and at this time, Fu Baolang Zhang Yue was still in the outer palace, and he was not able to come in, and was preempted by Empress Shen.

Empress Shen did not hesitate to step forward and hold the national seal in her arms, and found the jade lin talisman that mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Guanzhong from the drawer, both of which were there, which made Empress Shen overjoyed, and she immediately ordered several henchmen and eunuchs behind her, "Immediately put up the emperor's jade seal, Zhu pen, sword of the Son of Heaven, rune seal, gold medal and blank holy decree for me." ”

Her henchman eunuch understood what Niangniang meant, and they all started together, and in a moment put away all the important items in the imperial study, Empress Shen breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked towards her bedroom, now she didn't have time to cry for her husband's body.

As soon as Empress Shen ran to the door, she saw Zhao Yu, the chief of the guard, blocking the door, Zhao Yu was worried that the queen would go to the imperial study, he was not the prince's person, he was a centrist, he knew that no one could move the things in the emperor's imperial study now.

He hurriedly shouted: "Niangniang, you can't take things away!" ”

Empress Shen took a few steps back, and when she saw her guards rushing in from the small door, she pointed at Zhao Yu and shouted: "Zhao Yu tried to rebel and killed him, and the palace will reward 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

The guards swarmed up, and there was a great confusion at the gate.

．．．．．．． The northernmost part of the Huaqing Palace is a building surrounded by high walls, which is the Eagle Dog Fang of the imperial capital, that is, the place where falcons and hunting dogs are raised, but in fact it is a prison, and some criminal palace maids and eunuchs will be imprisoned here.

Soon after Huangfu Xuande was found dead, Huang Bingkun, the chief of the palace guard, led two hundred of his men to rescue the prince, and the entire Huaqing Palace was protected by 10,000 Yulin troops on the periphery, and there were 1,000 guards in the palace, and the guards had no leader, they were divided into five teams, each team had a chief guard, and Ma Yuanzhen was uniformly deployed by the inner guard.

Huang Bingkun is a close confidant of the crown prince Fu Heng in the palace, which Ma Yuanzhen knows very well, but Ma Yuanzhen has never betrayed him, and at this critical moment, Huang Bingkun's role is shown.

The guards were highly skilled, and despite the high walls, they quickly climbed in, opened the door, and more than two hundred guards rushed in.

Huang Fuheng was locked in an empty room, anxious and uneasy, and the only thing he could count on now was that his head of guard, Xu Chong, would find Li Mi to save him.

He was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, anxiously waiting for news, at this moment, only to hear a rush of footsteps, a large group of guards rushed in, the leader was his cronie Huang Bingkun, he grabbed the head of the Eagle Dog Fang, Huang Fuheng was stunned, without waiting for him to ask, Huang Bingkun kicked the head manager forward, pulled out the knife on his neck, and said viciously: "Open the door quickly!" ”

The head of the Eagle Dog Fang opened the iron door tremblingly, the guards rushed in, and Huang Bingkun hurriedly said: "Your Highness come with us, the emperor has died!" ”

"What!"

Huang Fuheng was stunned by this news, he suddenly grabbed Huang Bingkun's neck and shouted, "What the hell is going on? ”

"I don't know the specific lowly position, Ma Gonggong said that Huangfu Yibiao was going to betray His Royal Highness, let me kill Huangfu Yibiao, and then soon I heard that the emperor died and Ma Gonggong also died."

"You killed Huangfu Yibiao?"

"Yes! I cut off his head. ”

Huang Fu Heng was at a loss in his heart, he couldn't figure out what Huang Fu Yibiao's death had to do with the death of his father, at this time Huang Bingkun hurriedly said: "Your Highness, hurry up and leave while you're in chaos, it's too late to be late." ”

"No!"

Huang Fuheng had already regained his senses, and he shouted, "Follow me to the imperial study!" ”

The palace is chaotic, he must snatch the emperor's national seal and jade lin talisman into his hands, he pulled out his feet and ran to the inner palace, more than 200 guards followed him behind, just ran to the outer palace, he saw a guard running in a panic, this is Huang Bingkun's henchman left in the inner palace.

"Your Highness! Oh no. ”

"How's the situation in the palace?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, Zhao Yu, the head of the guard on duty, was killed, and the other guards all threw themselves into the queen's mother, and the inner palace has been controlled by the queen's mother."

"What about the study?" Huangfu Heng shouted anxiously.

"Your Royal Highness, the queen mother just took the things in the imperial study, and the two sides clashed."

"Ahh Huangfu Heng took two steps back in a daze, he didn't expect Empress Shen to take the lead and snatch the military talisman and jade seal.

The guard hurriedly said again: "Your Highness, go quickly!" Luo Zhiyu was ordered by the queen mother to have already begun to block the palace, and it would be too late if she didn't leave. ”

Huang Fuheng knew very well in his heart that Luo Zhiyu obeyed Empress Shen's orders at the most critical moment, instead of coming to save himself, which means that he has chosen the king of Chu, and if he doesn't leave, it will really be over.

"Let's go!"

He turned and ran towards the Eagle Dog Workshop, where there was a back door leading to the forest outside the palace, and that was their only chance to escape.

．．．．．．． Luo Zhiyu chose to obey the order of the Queen Mother at the most critical moment, because he knew very well that the prince's power was in Yuzhou, and Yongzhou was the sphere of influence of Uncle Shen, if he chose the prince, then in the end he would die without a place to die, and at this time, Queen Shen sent someone to give him a decree, ordering him to obey the queen's will, defend Huaqing Palace, reward 50,000 taels of silver, and promise to make him the secretary of the military department and the Duke of Weiguo.

Under the temptation of generous rewards and high-ranking officials, Luo Zhiyu finally decided to take refuge in Empress Shen, he began to transfer troops to begin to blockade the palace, and sent people into Beijing to report to Uncle Shen, at this time, one of his henchmen Du Wei rushed to report in a low voice: "General, I found a group of guards guarding the prince preparing to flee from the Northern Pylorus, do we arrest or not?" ”

Luo Zhiyu pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Blatant, I can't catch up." ”

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(To be continued)