Yang Ling recognized that the girl was Princess Yongfu, and when he heard that the prince was chasing and killing his uncle, he didn't care about giving a salute to the princess, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the prince?" Your Highness, please take me quickly."

Princess Yongfu led Yang Ling and hurriedly ran out around the vine shelf, and the little eunuch who delivered the decree saw Yang Ling running away, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded: Why does this adult have a habit of resisting the decree, but Her Royal Highness the princess took him away, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he had to follow.

Yang Ling walked through a long corridor, and saw more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids standing there with frightened faces, Zhu Houzhaojun's face was flushed, and he was standing in front of a rockery with a sharp sword in his hand, and a man in his thirties was standing opposite the rockery, and he was watching Zhu Houzhao's movements from the gap in the rock, and Zhu Houzhao chased him and walked around the 'mountain', which looked extremely ridiculous.

Princess Yongfu hurriedly said: "General Yang, stop the imperial brother quickly, as soon as the Marquis of Shouning came out of his father's palace, the imperial brother grabbed the guard sword and chased it all the way here."

Yang Ling heard this and hurriedly stepped forward and called, "His Royal Highness the Prince, don't be impulsive."

Zhu Houzhao turned around and shouted: "Whoever dares to talk too much, he will kill all together", he saw Yang Ling at a glance, he was stunned, his expression suddenly eased, and he said happily: "Yang Waiter, it's just right, help me catch this chaotic thief!" ”

Shou Ning Hou stood opposite, I heard that it was Yang Shiyu, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed, this is the person who the queen mother saved, how can I return this favor, he hurriedly shouted: "Weichen is wronged, Yang Shiyu save me, I am Shouning Hou Zhang Heling."

Zhu Houzhao snorted and scolded: "You thief, no one can save you, just let me cut it with a sword, otherwise the prince will copy you all over the door!" ”

Yang Ling tugged at Zhu Houzhao and said suspiciously: "Prince, a dignified marquis was chased by you with a sword and fled for his life, and the courtiers may not be willing to spread it, what did Shouning Marquis do?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said hatefully: "Yang Shiyu, just now I was worried about the safety of my father, and I ran back to see him, this heartless brute, a bold thief!" My father was asleep in bed, but he and Zhang Yanling stood in the corner of the hall and laughed and whispered, that's it, he actually picked up the imperial crown and put it on his head in a laughing and laughing, so rebellious, do you think you should kill it? ”

Yang Ling was also taken aback, although it was just a hat, but in that era of the supremacy of imperial power, that hat was a symbol, just by virtue of this, if this Shouning Hou An was a big crime of rebellion, it would not be too much.

Yang Ling glanced at Shouning Hou, and saw that his face was pale, and his hands were still shaking suddenly, so he said to the prince: "Your Highness, if you are guilty, he should be killed, but it should also be clear that the canonical punishment should be enforced by the imperial court, if you kill a marquis in the palace, people who don't know will inevitably spread rumors, besides, Your Majesty has always been kind to the marquis, if it affects Your Majesty's condition, how can Your Highness deal with yourself, and the emperor's illness is serious at the moment."

Zhu Houzhao heard him mention the emperor, and suddenly woke up and said: "Yes, he fled immediately when he saw me, and when I went to chase him, I had already woken up my father." Hurry up, go back and see your father, so as not to worry your father! ”

Zhu Houzhao said that the wind is the wind, and the rain is the rain, leaving Shou Ninghou, who was half frightened to death, holding a sword in one hand and Yang Ling in the other, and hurriedly rushed to the Qianqing Palace.

Shou Ning Hou didn't know what the prince and Yang Ling whispered, and when he saw Yang Ling saying a few words, he persuaded the prince to leave, and his own uncle was not as powerful as outsiders in front of the prince, so he flicked his sleeves and went straight to Kunning Palace.

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Now that the crown prince is in charge of the country, he can see him without having to report it, Yang Ling was pulled by him and hurriedly broke into the Dongnuan Pavilion. Emperor Hongzhi was leaning on the pillow and looking at the door, Yang Ling didn't dare to look more, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Minister Yang Ling knocks to see the emperor."

Emperor Hongzhi just woke up, just saw Shou Ninghou and the prince leaving in a hurry, and when he saw Yang Ling Jin, he was not in a hurry to talk to the prince, he looked at Yang Ling a few times, and smiled: "Flat, Yang Qing was still short when he joined the army, but he was already quite heroic, and I was very relieved."

Yang Ling bowed and said: "Your Majesty Xie praised the minister, the minister was ordered to train the army, and he didn't dare to slack off, but so far he has not made any achievements, and he has failed to live up to the holy hopes, and the minister is really ashamed." ”

Hongzhi said with a smile: "Yang Qing doesn't have to be too humble, your training method is quite effective, in a short time, with such results, I am already very satisfied, it's good that you are here, Miao Kui, go to hand over the palace ban with Yang Qing."

Yang Ling was a little surprised, he thought that Hongzhi would definitely test him, so he made some preparations on the way, but he didn't expect Emperor Hongzhi to ask and didn't ask, so he changed his guard. Yang Ling saw that Miao Kui answered at the door, so he also gave a salute and withdrew, and handed over the palace ban to Miao Kui.

Zhu Houzhao, who was standing next to Hongzhi's couch, said strangely: "Father, you said that you should treat your subordinates well, and said that Yang Shiyu can be my minister, why did you send him out in a few words?" ”

Hongzhi patted the couch, asked his son to sit down, and said to him: "Emperor, the reward and punishment must be moderate, and if you pass it, you will not know the grace and punishment will not be afraid, Yang Ling has risen rapidly, and he is already a hundred officials, if the favor is too much, it is not a good thing." ”

He held his son's hand and said with a smile: "He is an old minister of the East Palace, and now he is a guard of the Great Interior, after the emperor ascended the throne, he has the merit of supporting him, do I want to send him another minister to support the orphan?" Oh, your courtier, let you give this kindness."

Zhu Houzhao heard his father's words, and couldn't help but say in a panic: "Father, why do you say this, your body."

Hongzhi saw that he was sad, and hurriedly interrupted: "Emperor, I just woke up and saw that you were in a hurry to chase after Uncle Guo, is there anything wrong?" ”

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his face turned red with anger, and he recounted the matter again with hatred, Hongzhi couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard it, he shook his head lightly, and said: "Some little things, why should the emperor care?" Shou Ninghou is so frivolous, can he be a person who has achieved great things? The great trouble of the child, alas, is not in the court."

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Empress Zhang listened to Zhang Yanling's report, and was leading the palace maids to rush out to save people in a panic, when she saw Zhang Heling rushing into the palace in despair, she was relieved, she sat back on the Jindun with a pretty face, and said to the palace maids: "All retreat!" ”

Empress Zhang is over thirty years old, but she is a beautiful woman like a flower, and she is well-maintained, although she is a woman who has given birth to several children, she still looks like a twenty-something, dignified demeanor, charming appearance, and Princess Yongfu stand together like a pair of sisters.

The queen and Hongzhi have been husband and wife for more than ten years, and the couple are deeply in love, and there are not many words when they see the emperor, and she is also very sad in her heart, and now the two ignorant brothers are still causing trouble, and they are really annoyed in their hearts.

In fact, it's nothing to put this matter on the back foot in ordinary people's homes, isn't it just that the eldest brother wears his brother-in-law's hat? But the other party is the emperor, and it depends on what you say.

They were originally instructed by their sister to visit Emperor Hongzhi's illness, showing their loyalty as courtiers, Emperor Hongzhi was not in good spirits, and they dozed off while chatting, and the two did not dare to wake up the emperor, and it was not good to retreat without saying a word, so they had to wait in the corner of the palace to chat.

Zhang Yanling came to see that Emperor Hongzhi was seriously ill, worried that after his death, the power of the Zhang family would be affected, but Zhang Heling didn't care, in his mind, even if the emperor died, the new emperor was still his nephew, the nephew was the emperor, and his sister was the queen mother, so what else was there to worry about?

He smiled at Zhang Yanling and said: "Second brother don't worry, if the emperor is really big, my brother's power is only afraid that it will be greater, once the son of heaven and a courtier, the new emperor ascends the throne, he will have to be a big vassal, and then let my sister ask for an envoy for us as the queen mother, isn't there no official battalion officer in the Shenji Battalion, we will go to take charge of the Shenji Battalion, I will be the battalion officer, you will be the deputy general, that is tens of thousands of male soldiers in hand, and the Shenji Battalion has always been in charge of the prince, I have been promoted from Shou Ning Bo to Shou Ning Hou for a few years, this time I don't want to be a Shou Ning Gong?" ”

Zhang Heling forgot what he said, saw the Hongzhi robe stacked on the case, took the imperial crown and put it on his head, and said with a smile: "At that time, when today, except for the emperor is you and me, what is the difference between our brothers talking and the emperor talking?" ”

Coincidentally, the crown prince Zhu Houzhao rushed to the Dongnuan Pavilion at this time, and saw the two uncles standing in the corner of the hall talking and laughing, and his heart was already unhappy.

When Empress Zhang saw that her brother was fine, she couldn't help but say hatefully: "The two elder brothers are not angry, you are frivolous, how dare you wear the crown of God." If Your Majesty is angry, even I will not be able to excuse you."

Shou Ninghou said with a sad face: "It's my brother messing around, but the prince is your own son, and he can do it to my own uncle, if he succeeds to the unification, will our brother still have a way to live?" ”。

Empress Zhang snorted: "The royal family has no family affection, there are not many benevolent sons like the emperor throughout the ages, you alas, now that the emperor is going, you should all be cautious in the future, and then those scholars will take the handle, who else will support you?" She said that when she thought of the emperor's illness, she couldn't help but cry.

Shou Ninghou hurriedly said: "Queen, this is not a matter of our carelessness, which princes and which ones are not showing off their might?" Brothers clamp their tails and be people, are you a queen with a glorious face? Sister, don't you know that the prince was so ruthless at that time, how could he have a little affection for me, if it wasn't for Yang Shiyu who saved me, my brother would be in a different place now."

He couldn't help crying: "Queen, now that the emperor is critically ill, our Zhang family's backer is about to fall, the prince has been separated from us since he was a child, even to you, there is no son, when the prince becomes the emperor, there is a knife hanging on the head of our Zhang family, maybe it will fall when it will fall."

Queen Zhang was confused by what he said, thinking that this son has indeed been not close to him since he was a child, especially when he heard rumors and suspected that he was not his own mother, and his feelings were even more estranged, and she was sad in her heart, and she couldn't help but cry, and said sadly: "Is the blessing of my Zhang family exhausted?" I only have such a son, but I don't have a little benevolence and filial piety to me, if he really wants to rectify the Zhang family, what can this palace do? ”

Zhang Yanling's eyes rolled, and he patted his head and said, "Sister, why is our Zhang family developed?" Marriage, you married the emperor, our Zhang family has such glory and wealth, if you want to be close to the next emperor, we have to marry."

The queen was stunned and suspicious: "Marriage with the prince? The Queen Mother is still here, and I can't decide the matter of choosing the queen."

Zhang Yanling said: "My sister misunderstood, the marriage that my brother said was not a marriage with the prince, but a marriage with the prince's most trusted minister."

The queen said in a daze: "With whom?" Mrs? Li Dongyang? Or which scholar's grandson is of the right age? ”

Zhang Yanling pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "The prince doesn't want to see me, and he is also annoyed with them, what's the use of marrying them?" The prince chased and killed his brother, I wanted to persuade him, but the prince returned with a sword, almost stabbing me in the heart, listening to my brother, then Yang Ling can persuade the prince to leave in a few words, isn't he a favorite minister followed by the prince? Sister, you have a life-saving grace for him, and it is even more convenient to bring him together."

Empress Zhang was cold when she heard this, and said with a brushing of her sleeves: "How can this be reasonable, Yang Ling already has a wife, a princess, how can she be a concubine with someone?" Even if she is a flat wife, the princess does not share the truth of her husband with others, it is simply a royal joke? ”

Zhang Yanling hurriedly pointed to his nose and said, "It's me, it's me, who said I was going to marry a princess?" Our family doesn't say anything about the outside, this Ming horse master is called a grievance, who wants to do it? He is now in the prime of his official power, and his sister is willing to marry the princess to him, but he may not be willing yet, I am talking about my daughter."

Empress Zhang said curiously: "What? Your daughter? Then you can get married, so why bother to ask me? But your daughter is also the daughter of the Hou Mansion, isn't it a joke to marry him? ”

Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "My daughter is a concubine, so it doesn't matter, but I still have to save the face of the marquis." If you don't say it's not good, if you say that the queen's mother gives marriage, it will be a beautiful talk, under the decree, no one can say irresponsible things, and he can also treat each other as equals, which not only shows the queen's trust in Yang Ling, but also the dignity of our family, isn't it both beautiful? ”

Zhang Heling looked at this younger brother who had always lacked roots and tendons suspiciously, and always felt that this method was a bit of a child's play, and it was of course a good way to protect himself by winning over the favored ministers around the new emperor, and seeing that he whispered a few words, the prince went away, except for Emperor Hongzhi, there really didn't seem to be many people who could manipulate the prince like this, but could he let someone give him a daughter to work for the Zhang family? I've been playing the trick with my relatives for thousands of years, and how many people are willing to believe?

Empress Zhang said unhappily: "That's it, my son wants to be the emperor, but he wants to make the two elder brothers marry their daughters to please his favorite ministers, and the palace is really disheartened." You are willing to toss, I don't bother to care about you, it's just that I don't come forward for you for such a face-damaging thing, if you want to talk, you can go by yourself, if he allows this palace to come forward to give marriage, it's just that Yang Ling loves his wife deeply, and he even refuses to resign for her, and your daughter is not a national beauty, this matter."

Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "Don't worry, sister queen, although Yang Ling is affectionate to his wife, he is also young and lustful, I heard that he has accepted a few beautiful concubines, although my daughter is not a national color, but she looks very handsome, if you allow it, it will be easy to do, I will find an opportunity to talk to him, Bi Dingma will succeed."

Zhang Heling shook his head secretly, and thought suddenly: "Look at this appearance, all the original wishful thinking is about to fail, even the queen is not sure about the prince at all, who else can make him fearful?" If you want to keep the foundation of the Zhang family, you can't rely on this brainless brother, and what big tree can you climb? Perhaps"

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The Beijing camp is a very strange team, and it has always been said that a strong army must have strict military discipline, but the Beijing army is a freak, they are better equipped than the border army, and their combat power is weaker than the border army, but the strict military discipline is better than the border army.

Yang Ling deployed the soldiers and horses of the three divisions of the Shenji Battalion in various passes in the palace, and patrolled the forbidden city gates of each palace, not daring to slack off a little, for fear that these officers and soldiers would suddenly enter the Forbidden City and do some tricks of stealing chickens and dogs and seducing palace maids.

Fortunately, these things are too much, Lian Delu and Peng Jizu are now obedient to him, and the third division is a deputy division promoted by Yang Ling from the third division, although this person has no great talent, he is better than being calm and down-to-earth, and he is meticulous in carrying out military orders, so he was ordered by Yang Ling's generals, and the subordinates in the army are very strict in their constraints, and the lower-level officials in the army are extremely supportive of Yang Ling, so when Yang Ling led his troops into the palace, he told the generals of the three armies, and he was able to implement the three armies, and no one dared to disobey them.

After inspecting for two days in a row, the officers and soldiers were able to fulfill their duties and follow the rules under the constraints of those generals and colonels, and Yang Ling's heart was relaxed.

In addition to the problem of military discipline, he has nothing to worry about, Emperor Hongzhi only has one son, and the princes and grandsons of the Zhu family have already sent Beijing to harm the local people, there is no suspense for the crown prince to ascend the throne, there will be no situation where the kings seize the throne, and Hongzhi's transfer of troops to change the guard is just a normal preventive means when the old and new emperors are replaced.

There was no problem with military discipline, and most of the task of garrisoning Ouchi was completed. It's just that Hongzhi's body does not heal, or the prince does not ascend the throne, the responsibility of the garrison must not be lifted, the gates of the palace are closed, and the ministers who enter the palace to send the recital fold are all in and out from the specially set up corner gate, and he, the commander of the three armies, cannot leave at this time.

Yang Ling paced to the noon gate, the officers and soldiers stationed in the garrison saw the general coming, they all saluted him, Yang Ling nodded to them, approached the palace gate, faintly heard the sound of talking outside, Yang Ling was quite emotional: Emperor Hongzhi is really quite loved by the courtiers, since he was seriously ill and closed the palace gate, every day there are a large number of officials gathered outside the noon gate to wait for the emperor's news, every courtier took the song and folded out, there were a large group of officials rushed up, asked the east and the west, did not want to leave for most of the hour.

He shook his head, turned around and paced towards Jinshui Bridge, and just walked out of the shadow of the palace city, Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, greeted him under the guidance of a little eunuch, and greeted him with a smile: "Lord Yang? This Hou is Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, and he has been looking for adults for a while."

Yang Ling saw that this Hou Ye was quite similar to the Hou Ninghou, so he was busy and bowed his hand, and asked in surprise: "What is the matter with Hou Ye looking for the lower official?" ”

Jianchang Hou smiled and said: "A great happy event! Come on, Lord Yang will take a step to speak." Jianchang Hou Lafeng Yang Ling walked away a few steps and said with a smile: "The adult is young and promising, the sound shock Jingshi, the little girl admires the adult's character and knowledge, so Benhou Mao recommended himself and wanted to promote this marriage, you and I are married to Qin Jin, isn't this a great joy?" ”。

Yang Ling laughed in surprise when he heard this, and said hehehe: "Hou Ye is so reckless, Yang Ling has already married a wife, how can he be blessed to hire the daughter of Hou Ye's family again?" ”

Jianchang Hou laughed and said: "Of course I know this, Lord Yang and his wife Jiucheng to seek medical treatment are already a household name, but the little girl is so admiring the adult, the eldest husband has three wives and four concubines, and the behavior of the wife is ancient, what does it matter?" ”

Yang Ling smiled and shook his head and said: "I thank Hou Ye for his good intentions, Yang Ling only has one wife in this life, and Yang Ling only has the heart to understand Hou Ye's good intentions."

Jianchang Hou was displeased and said: "Lord Yang, the queen mother also nodded in this matter, the mother admires you very much, you and I are married, and the queen will take care of it in the future, your future is needless to say, if you don't allow it, I don't have anything, I'm afraid that the queen will also be displeased."

Yang Ling raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Is this the queen's will? ”

Zhang Yanling listened to his tone, and couldn't help but be angry in his heart: The kid is too ignorant, are you showing off your courage to resist the holy decree, so you don't take Niangniang's decree in your eyes?

Zhang Yanling's purple face turned purple and he was about to puff out his lips and tongue again, when he suddenly heard the bell and drum ring leisurely, and the sound waves reverberated throughout the imperial city. At first time, he didn't think it was right, but then he realized that it was wrong, it was not the time of the dynasty, how could the sound of bells and drums come from, and the bells and drums did not strike one after another, but at the same time.

A sense of foreboding rose in his heart, and he couldn't help but look up at the Qianqing Palace, only to hear the sound of bells and drums continuously, nine rings leisurely, and the sound clearly spread inside and outside the Forbidden Palace.

All the walking and standing soldiers, palace maids, and eunuchs turned back to look at the harem, and after a moment's pause, the Ouchi Palace was silent, and even the voices of the noisy courtiers at the palace gate disappeared at once. The bell and drum rang, and after a pause, the bell and drum rang again, first one person, then several people, and then all of them knelt down in the direction of the Qianqing Palace, leaning over and kowtowing.

Jianchang Hou opened his mouth, speechless for a while, and finally his knees weakened, and he knelt down in a panic, Yang Ling was at a loss for some reason, and suddenly heard the sound of a sudden rain in the thick palace behind him, and I don't know how many people were frantically slapping the heavy palace door, and the howl came in from outside through the noon gate.

Yang Ling woke up in a daze, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, he finally understood what had happened: "The emperor has died!" ”

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