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Qin Kan left the Qianqing Palace with a smile on his face, the smile on his face was very relaxed, as if the purpose of entering the palace today was really just to drink tea and chat with the emperor, and by the way, talk about ideals and talk about life. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers of the border army were still gathered at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, watching Zhu Houxi's every move viciously, Ding Shun pressed on the embroidery knife on his waist with one hand, staring at Zhu Houxi with murderous aura, his eyes were full of fierce light, and there seemed to be an urge to behead the emperor under the knife, but when he thought of Qin Kan's cold face, Ding Shunsheng was shocked and had to quietly remove the fierce light in his eyes.

Zhu Houxi still sat in the hall in a daze, staring at the empty teacup on the tea set in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the silence, a graceful figure quietly appeared outside the temple gate.

Ding Shun and countless soldiers hurriedly stepped out of the way and bowed to their fists, and said in unison: "I've seen the fourth lady." ”

Tang Zihe walked in the hall, walked into the hall lightly, stood in front of Zhu Houxi, bowed, and said, "The Tang clan of Qinmen greets Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes slowly turned to her: "Qinmen? Are you Qin Kan's wife? ”

Tang Zihe smiled: "Yes, it's just one of the ladies." ”

"What do you see about me?"

Tang Zihe raised his head and looked at him without any scruples, his pretty face was smiling, but his eyes were colder than cold iron, Zhu Houxi was uncomfortable for a while, only to feel a sharp blade scraping on his face, and gradually became a little embarrassed.

For a long time, just when Zhu Houxi was about to get angry, Tang Zihe opened his mouth quietly.

"The time and place are favorable, and he really teaches him to take it all, no matter how old he is, he can't do it, and he can't do it when he is a few years younger, so it's a blessing from God."

"What exactly are you talking about? Did Qin Kan send you to insult me? Zhu Houxi accentuated his tone.

Tang Zihe smiled lightly and said, "My master only sees the world in his eyes. Even the rebellion was fought from the city gate to the palace gate in a dignified manner, how could he be so narrow-minded and send his wife to insult you? Your Majesty is really worried. ”

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Tang Zihe was full of smiles, but he deliberately sighed: "The master does things neatly. It's a pity that it's a bit sloppy. My life as a wife is hard, so I have to help him finish up the aftermath everywhere. Obviously he is hard-working, he still raises his eyebrows at me and often scolds me, do you say that my life is not hard? ”

Zhu Houxi said angrily: "What do you say these things have to do with me? ”

"Of course it does, didn't I just say that? I'm here to help him finish up. Your Majesty is one of those people I need to put the finishing touches on today......"

"What...... Meaning? Zhu Houxi looked at her pretty face, but he seemed to see a poisonous snake with beautiful markings spitting out a letter in front of him, and his expression couldn't help but rise a little frightened.

Tang Zihe took out a maroon pill from his sleeve, put it in the teacup in front of Zhu Houxi, and filled the cup with water with a pot. Red as blood.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, since my lord said that 'the king is still the king, and the minister is still the minister', we will not harm your life. However, you can rest assured, you also have to reassure my master, are you right? ”

Zhu Houxi stared at the blood-red potion, and said in horror: "This, this is ......"

Tang Zihe seemed to be chatting with his best friend for many years: "This is a medicine made of seven kinds of poisonous herbs and seven kinds of poisonous insects, yes, it is a highly toxic medicine, when it attacks, it seems that ten thousand arrows pierce the heart, the five internal organs in the abdomen will expand rapidly, and then shrink rapidly, and the last life is not as good as death, so I gave it a very nice name, called 'Eroding Abdomen', but although this thing is poisonous, but the toxicity is slow, if you take the antidote once a year, you can inhibit the medicinal properties, never attack, if you forget to take the antidote for a year...... Alas, that's too bad, the gods can't save it. ”

"This poison is something I have nothing to think out in my spare time, even though there are countless famous doctors in the world, but no one can solve it, because no one knows which seven kinds of poisonous weeds and seven poisonous insects are, and I don't know the weight of each poison, to put it mildly, this kind of poison can only be solved by me, of course, starting tomorrow, my lord can also solve it, why don't you give it a try? I added a little honey to it and it still tasted very sweet......"

Tang Zihe said a lot, like a medical representative selling medicines, and tried his best to coax the little emperor to take medicine, looking very kind and kind.

Zhu Houxi's face turned pale with fright, he looked at the cup of blood-red medicinal soup in front of him in horror, pursed his lips and shook his head vigorously.

The emperor didn't do a good job, but it didn't prove that he was stupid, on the contrary, he was much smarter than most of his peers, otherwise he wouldn't have brought so much trouble to Qin Kan at a young age, obviously the so-called "sweet taste" such tempting advertising words couldn't impress him, this is poison, if you drink it and don't take the antidote, you will die, Zhu Houxi is not a foodie like Xu Pengju, no matter how sweet he dares to eat?

Tang Zihe reluctantly persuaded a few more words, his sincere and sincere expression was like an old military doctor on a telephone pole persuading a patient not to give up treatment, and after persuading him for half an hour, Tang Zihe finally lost his patience and showed his hideous face.

A female hero who kills hundreds of heroes at every turn with a smile and patience has never been very good, and today is a big exception.

"What does Your Majesty think you are at this time today?" Tang Zihe's eyes shot a sharp cold light.

Zhu Houxi shrank for a moment, and said, "Qin Kan said...... I am still the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Tang Zihe's seductive cherry lips quietly hooked, and said softly: "It seems that Your Majesty is still not enough for your own situation, from today onwards, my lord is a sword, and Your Majesty is a fish and meat, can't Your Majesty still see the current situation clearly?" ”

Zhu Houxi was shocked and angry, full of grief and resentment, but he didn't dare to attack in front of Tang Zihe, staring at the teacup in front of him silently.

After a long time, Zhu Houxi finally sighed resignedly, picked up the teacup with tears, and drank it silently.

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A night of fierce fighting, inside and outside the city, the front and back of the palace are covered with the corpses of soldiers, the white jade floor tiles in the palace are soaked in blood and stained into dark red, the sky is just bright, and more than 1,000 eunuchs in the palace are carrying wooden barrels and brushes under the leadership of the eunuchs. Vigorously scrubbing the dried and coagulated blood in various parts of the palace, constantly washing, constantly brushing, it didn't take long. The blood was finally washed away. The white jade regained its original noble color, as if everything had been erased. Nothing happened last night.

The soldiers of the border army escorted Qin Kan, and everyone slowly walked out of the palace gate.

The eunuch with a frightened expression and the Han general who had descended hurriedly opened the door of Chengtian Palace, and watched Qin Kan slowly walk out with awe, they knew. From today onwards, the Ming Dynasty has changed, and the real ruler of the huge Jiangshan Sheji from now on will be the world-famous Grandpa Qin...... Perhaps, he will soon be more than a grandfather.

Ding Shun followed behind Qin Kan, a step behind, and was reporting the results of last night's battle.

"Last night, the regimental battalion was defeated, and the border army's iron cavalry killed more than 20,000 soldiers and soldiers. The rest retreated, escaped into the countryside and forests, and let them retreat according to the orders of their grandfather. ”

"Early this morning. Duoyan 10,000 elite cavalry arrived outside Tanghe Town, and Miyun, Yanshan and other three guards and horses encountered the king's soldiers and horses, the two sides were in a battle, Duoyan Tana cut Yanshan Wei forward in front of the formation, after a few sprints, the three guards and horses were defeated......"

Qin Kan nodded as he listened, but didn't say a word.

…………

The palace door opened, and the golden sunlight poured on, shining on Qin Kan's body warmly, but Qin Kan suddenly stopped.

On the Chengtianmen Square, nearly a thousand ministers dressed in their court clothes stood quietly on the square, and the ministers were surrounded by border soldiers in armor, and the soldiers were unsheathed with swords and arrows, staring at these ministers with cold and vigilant expressions.

Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, and Jiang Mian stood in the front of the three cabinet scholars, followed by the six scholars, and then there were rows of six department members, the chiefs, the temple Zhengqing, Shaoqing, and the chief treasurer of each department, and more than 1,000 people stood large and small, so to speak, almost all the officials of the Beijing Division were present at the moment.

Not far from the minister, there were still some nobles and generals, who were clearly distinguished from the minister's camp, but everyone's eyes were on Qin Kan at the same time, some were angry, some were sad, some were hateful, some were happy, and so on.

Facing all kinds of eyes with different meanings, Qin Kan calmly looked at everyone, his eyes were open and fearless.

After a long time, Jiang Mian, a scholar of the Jinshen Palace, took a step forward and said, "Qin Kan, where is the Holy Son of Heaven?" ”

Qin Kan arched his hand: "The Holy Son of Heaven bows down." ”

Liang Chu, a scholar of Huagai Palace, took another step forward and said angrily: "You want to usurp the throne and become emperor, have you ever asked me and other loyal ministers?" ”

Qin Kan smiled: "I didn't usurp the throne, and I won't be the emperor." ”

Yang Tinghe looked at Qin Kan with complicated eyes, for a long time, lowered his head and sighed, and was silent.

Liang Chu looked up to the sky and smiled: "Haha, last night, the regimental camp and the Tengxiang Siwei camp were killed inside and outside the military city in eastern Liao, and the corpses of the four guard camps were covered with blood, and they were finally broken by you, the Holy Son of Heaven did not know the life and death, killed so many people, and paid such a big price, but you said that you would not usurp the throne, and deceive me The people in the world are fools?" Honest and generous! ”

Qin Kan still smiled and repeated again: "I have not usurped the throne, and I will not be the emperor." ”

Jiang Mian snorted and said angrily: "Ask the ministers of the court, who will believe your nonsense, traitor, you want to be the emperor, unless you kill all the officials and scholars in the world, otherwise, you can't be the emperor!" ”

The ministers behind him echoed in unison, and the square echoed with the scolding of "traitors" and "usurpers".

Huang Shishan, a member of the household department, suddenly came out of the crowd, pointed at Qin Kan and said with a miserable smile: "The king is already the king of the dead country, and the minister is also the minister of the dead country, the old man is only loyal to Zhu Ming, and he will never recognize a thief who steals the country and usurps the throne as the new master!" Qin Kan, you only occupy the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but you do not occupy all the state capitals of the world, the vassal kings and guards of the Ming Dynasty will definitely do their best to enter the king of Jingqin, the traitor, wait for the sky to collect you! Emperor Xian, the old man is here with you—"

After speaking, Huangshishan stomped his feet heavily, lowered his head and hit the steel knife held by the border army soldiers who were on guard next to him, a hundred households couldn't dodge, the tip of the knife hit Huangshishan's chest, and instantly came out of the chest, Huangshishan grinned miserably, hung his head and died.

The square became quieter and quieter, and the martyrdom of Huangshi Mountain made everyone look more and more angry and sad, and everyone quietly looked at the corpse of Huangshi Mountain, many people lowered their heads and whimpered, and a bitter hatred gradually spread and spread.

The atmosphere of grief infected all the ministers, and soon, two more ministers came out of the crowd, pointed at Qin Kan and scolded three times as a "traitor", and then crashed headlong into the palace pillar of Chengtianmen and died, then the fourth, and the fifth......

The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were hypocritical, greedy, and selfish. Drill camp ...... Almost all the despicability of human nature can be found in them, but at the moment when the country collapsed, they finally had the responsibility of being a minister, and chose to die with the country in their own way.

The hearts of the people of the world. How can the words "good" and "bad" be summed up?

Qin Kan had been calmly watching one minister after another generously die. The expression on his face was like a pool of stagnant water, without the slightest ripple. It wasn't until more than sixty corpses piled up on the square that none of the remaining ministers had the courage to choose to die that Qin Kan suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

Is this what Wanfu is referring to?

Yang Tinghe finally took a step forward. With tears in his eyes, he said in a trembling voice: "Qin Kan, enough is enough, there are too many dead people, it's really enough!" ”

"A piece of ice is in the jade pot, even if tens of millions of people die in front of me, it can't affect my ambitions!" Qin Kan reversed his previous image of gentleness, staring at his red eyes. He roared at the ministers with a hideous face.

Liang Chu knelt in front of the corpses of more than sixty people who had been martyred and cried, turned his head and stared at Qin Kan angrily: "Traitor, what are you going to do?" You can't be the emperor, even if you kill all the ministers and scholars in the world. Can you destroy the hearts of the world? ”

Outside the crowd, a familiar sigh suddenly sounded.

"He can't, I can."

Everyone turned back in amazement, stared at it carefully, and couldn't help but be shocked.

The two teams of border soldiers surrounded a man wearing a golden dragon robe and a golden crown of pterosaurs, but it was Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of Zhengde who had disappeared for many days and had not been heard from!

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

After the ministers were stunned, they knelt down one after another.

Zhu Houzhao ignored the ministers who knelt down, slowly walked through the crowd surrounded by all the soldiers, and walked in front of Qin Kan, seeing that Qin Kan also bowed his head and bowed in front of him, Zhu Houzhao glanced at him with complicated eyes, and then saw the more than 60 corpses of martyrs, stunned for a moment, Zhu Houzhao suddenly shed tears.

"They are all loyal ministers, they are all heroic and generous people, and they will be buried with the courtesy of a countryman."

"Yes."

Zhu Houzhao endured the heartache, slowly looked around at the ministers, and cried: "I, after all, I still failed the world. ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty on the dragon's health and return unharmed."

"Your Majesty, the minister of the Ningguo State stole the country and usurped the throne, plotted rebellion and forced the palace, a total of ten paragraphs for major crimes and thirty paragraphs for minor crimes will not be pardoned......"

"Your Majesty, Qin Kan and the Governor of Liaodong, Ye Jinquan, conspired to rebel, please punish Your Majesty severely!"

“…………”

After a brief period of consternation, the voices of the impeachment rang out in all directions, and the square soon fell into a chaotic noise.

Zhu Houzhao looked at everyone until the voice of the impeachment became smaller and smaller, and finally fell silent, Zhu Houzhao sighed faintly: "I ...... Is it still the Ming Emperor? ”

The ministers were shocked, heard the meaning of Zhu Houzhao's words, and after looking at each other, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up, hesitated for a moment, and said ashamedly: "The ministers are waiting for ten thousand deaths, Your Majesty has no news that day, and the country cannot be without an owner for a day,...... According to the system, His Majesty is the emperor. ”

"The Emperor?" The corners of Zhu Houzhao's mouth hooked: "This is the result of your court discussion?" ”

"Yes......"

"So, where is the edict of succession?"

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers changed color in unison, and they were drenched in cold sweat in an instant.

This is a very serious problem, before the death of the emperors of the previous dynasties, they will generally write down the edict of succession, if some emperors do not have time to write the edict and die, then the minister will write the edict on behalf of the emperor, and designate the heir to the throne in the order of the eldest and youngest, both have legitimacy, however, there is a big problem in the alternation of the throne of the Zhengde Dynasty, that is...... After the heir to the throne elected by the minister's court ascended the throne, the previous emperor appeared inexplicably!

This is an unprecedented precedent, and if a previous emperor appears, is the edict drafted and promulgated by a cabinet minister still valid? In other words, is Zhu Houxi, the new emperor who has only been on the throne for only a month, still legitimate?

The ministers are in a cold sweat, from ancient times to the present, the monarchs and ministers have paid attention to "the name is right", if the name is not right, the words are not good, everything is wasted, think about it further, if Zhu Houzhao shook his head at this moment and denied Zhu Houxi's identity as the emperor, then, Zhu Houyu is really not the emperor, Qin Kan's various actions last night also immediately changed the nature, which is equivalent to punishing the hypocrite, diligent in the king's affairs, and the righteous behavior of the Qing palace room, and the regimental camp and Tengxiang four guards who are fighting to defend the palace city are also tantamount to aiding and abusing.

"This, this ......" Rao is Mao Cheng is familiar with the ancient and modern etiquette system, but at this moment he is also so anxious that he is sweating profusely, his old face is pale, and he can't find the examples of various dynasties when he searches his intestines and stomach, it is really difficult to find, since ancient times, there has never been an example of the previous emperor coming back after the new monarch ascended the throne, even if the example of the first emperor lying in the coffin cheating the corpse has never happened.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the reactions of the ministers, smiled faintly, and said: "Since I have not issued an edict of succession, then, now do you recognize me as the emperor, or Zhu Houxi as the emperor?" ”

Yang Tinghe's eyes flashed, the sadness in his eyes was long gone, replaced by a deep joy, and hurriedly said: "If the name is not right, it is not good, and the ministers respect His Majesty as the only emperor of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Yang Tinghe took the lead, and the ministers thought about it, and felt that this was really the case, the real emperor had returned, and the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, no matter from any point of view, was not a real legitimate emperor.

So all the ministers bowed down in convincing and said in unison: "Long live my emperor." ”

Listening to the overwhelming mountain calls, Zhu Houzhao did not have half a smile on his face, and said lightly: "This scene in front of me seems to be very familiar, after the civil engineering change, Emperor Yingzong was captured by Wara first, and the courtiers would rather die than give in, and then pushed Jingtai as the emperor, took charge of the government and fought against Warat, and later Yingzong was put back by Wara, and was imprisoned in the deep palace by Emperor Jingtai, and finally Yingzong launched a mutiny, seized the Nine Gates, and finally ascended the throne again and called the emperor. ”

The hearts of the ministers sank.

Zhu Houzhao's words were naturally not telling them stories and chattering for no reason, and these words must have a purpose.

Seeing that all the ministers did not answer, Zhu Houzhao continued: "Last night, the city palace was shocked, the Liaodong border army attacked the city and the defenders fought fiercely, everything is my will, Ningguo Gong Qin Kan is really acting by order, and Zhu Qing denounced him as a usurper and traitor, which is very inappropriate......

Turning his head and glancing at Qin Kan meaningfully, Zhu Houzhao said in an aggravated tone: "Qin Kan will not usurp the throne, let alone be the emperor, I ...... I believe that he is a loyal servant. ”

"But...... His Majesty mobilized the border army and killed countless regimental battalions and soldiers defending the city, this matter is unreasonable! Your Majesty entered the palace in a grand manner, how could the ministers not recognize it? Liang Chu suddenly said angrily.

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "Loyalty and treachery, black and white, how can I tell the difference clearly until the critical moment?" Mr. Liang, can you tell the difference? There is another emperor sitting in the palace, if you are me, do you really dare to enter the palace alone and compete with him for the throne? ”

"Old minister...... Can't. ”

The hearts of the ministers have been half cold, Zhu Houzhao's words are equivalent to defining the nature of last night's battle, Qin Kan is no longer a stealing country and usurping the throne, but a loyal minister with a blue blood and a red heart.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps behind the palace gate, and then he knelt heavily behind Zhu Houzhao.

"After the emperor's brother offered the king, Zhu Houxi paid a visit to His Majesty, Your Majesty...... It's great that you can come back, and the royal brother is overjoyed. As he spoke, Zhu Houxi couldn't cry.

This sentence is by no means hypocritical, it is really a fake and overjoyed, Zhu Houxi is really afraid of the emperor, when in the end, even his own life is held in the hands of others, how many more years will he have his life?

Zhu Houzhao turned his head and quietly looked at this cousin who was more than ten years younger than him, and the two emperors finally met at this moment.