A few days later, on June 21 of the first year of Hong Xi. The update is the fastest and most stable, and you have to be fast. Read the website

Under the stars, a carriage was guarded by several fast horses, galloping along the official road in the quiet night.

Soon, the majestic city of Beijing appeared in the night, and the carriage stopped in front of the moat of Zhengyangmen in the southern city.

There are two moats in the city of Beijing, the moat around the capital city is the outer moat, and there is also a moat outside the imperial city, called the inner moat.

"Listen to the people above, this official has an urgent official document that needs to be delivered to the Ministry of War, so that the hundred households you are on duty will come out!" At this time, the nine gates of Beijing had been closed, and the suspension bridge on the moat had been closed, and a burly man on a horse pulled the reins in his hand, rode his horse to the moat, and raised his head and shouted at the sergeant on duty on the city gate.

"Wait!" A soldier on the tower of the city gate glanced at the burly man and went to report to his superior.

"Who is under the city? What is the matter with the place where you enter the city? Soon, a hundred households appeared at the bottom of the city gate, looking at the burly man on the horse, and asked loudly.

"This official has something to see your Zhang Qianhu, let him come quickly!" The burly man did not answer Baihu's words, but shouted at him in a loud voice, "If you neglect it, you will be punished by military law!" ”

Because the night was dark and the distance between the two sides was far away, the hundred households could not see the appearance of the burly man clearly, but the burly man was menacing, and he named his top boss Zhang Qianhu, feeling that this person had a lot of background, and he was not sure that there was really any urgent matter, so he immediately made a decision and immediately asked his subordinates to go to the military camp to find Zhang Qianhu.

"Who are you? What's the matter with finding this thousand households? About two cups of tea passed, a man in his thirties appeared on the tower of the city gate, shouting at the burly man in front of the moat.

"Zhang Qianhu, can't you even hear the voice of this experience?" The burly man looked up at the gate tower and asked in a loud voice.

"Is it the second son?" Zhang Qianhu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but show a suspicious look on his face.

"It is this son, Zhang Qianhu, who opened the city gate quickly, and he has something important to enter the city in this experience." The burly man agreed and shouted.

"Put the drawbridge and open the city gates." Zhang Qianhu confirmed the identity of the owner of the voice, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates, and at the same time took people down to the city to greet him.

With Zhang Qianhu's order, the suspension bridge on the moat was slowly lowered, and the two heavy city gates were slowly opened, and Zhang Qianhu led a group of people to hurry out.

"Second son, you didn't go to Nanjing, why did you come back at this time?" After the drawbridge fell, the burly man took the lead in opening the moat, and Zhang Qianhu, who was guarding the city gate, hurriedly greeted him and asked with a puzzled expression. The update is the fastest and most stable

"There is something important to come back from this experience, Zhang Qianhu, tell me not to leak the things that have come back from this experience." The burly man instructed with a stern expression.

"The second son can rest assured, he knows how to do it." Zhang Qianhu felt that the burly man's return to Beijing this time was extremely unusual, so he turned his head to look at the carriage following behind, and flashed to the side with interest, watching the burly man and his party enter the city.

Led by the burly man, the carriage passed through several silent streets, and finally stopped in front of the Yiguo Mansion, when the night was dark and the gate of the Yiguo Mansion was closed.

"What's the matter at this late hour...... Little grandpa! The burly man went to knock on the door, and after a while, a doorman rubbed his sleepy eyes and opened the door, and said impatiently, and when he saw the burly man clearly, he was stunned and looked at him with a surprised expression.

The burly man is none other than Zhou Feng, he used to serve in the former military governor's mansion, and the army guarding Zhengyangmen is Zhou Zheng's descendant, so Zhang Qianhu knows him.

Now that Zhou Feng appeared, it was naturally the crown prince Zhu Zhanji sitting in the carriage, and Lei Ting, who was dressed as a man, rode a horse and guarded the side of the carriage, vigilantly observing the surrounding situation.

Since leaving Jining Wharf, Lei Ting and Zhu Zhanji and their entourage have not been in trouble, and have not encountered any trouble, in order to avoid attracting people to take a boat to travel at a normal speed, they arrived in Tongzhou City at dusk today, and rushed to the capital late at night.

"Quickly go and report to Grandpa Guo, saying that a distinguished guest has come to Nanjing." Zhou Feng commanded the doorman in a deep voice, but the doorman did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly trotted to the back house.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" When Zhang Hao put on his clothes and walked quickly into the living room in the front yard, he was slightly stunned at first, and then showed a look of surprise on his face, he saw Zhu Zhanji sitting on a chair drinking tea.

"Yiguo Gong, this palace has received a secret edict from the emperor to enter Beijing, and I ask the prince to help this palace enter the imperial city." Zhu Zhanji put down the teacup in his hand, took out the holy decree brought by Li Yuntian from his body and handed it over.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Queen Mother has told the lower officials all the things, and the lower officials will take His Royal Highness into the imperial city." Zhang Hao didn't look at the holy decree, but bowed down and returned the holy decree, and said respectfully.

Although Zhu Zhanji is only the crown prince now, Emperor Hong Xi has died, and he is actually the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Hao naturally has to be respectful.

Zhu Zhanji came to Zhang Hao this time to use Zhang Hao to enter the imperial city, because he was secretly entering Beijing this time, so he didn't want the outside world to know about his arrival.

Although Zhou Feng shouted open the Zhengyang Gate, it was the pro-army who guarded the imperial city, and Zhu Zhanji had no way to enter the imperial city without revealing his identity, so he could only find someone to help, and Zhang Hao, the prince of Yiguo, was undoubtedly the best candidate.

Zhang Hao didn't dare to slack off, then changed into his court clothes, led Zhu Zhanji, Lei Ting, and Zhou Feng into the imperial city, and asked the guards on duty in the palace city to inform the queen that he had something important to tell.

"Queen Mother!" After some tossing, Zhu Zhanji, who was dressed as Zhang Hao's entourage, finally saw Empress Zhang in Kunning Palace, and couldn't help but kneel at the feet of Empress Zhang and cry bitterly.

Zhu Zhanji's crying was not only because of the death of Emperor Hong Xi, but also because of the hardships and hardships he had along the way, if it wasn't for Li Yuntian who ventured into Jining City to kill Han Kui, then the consequences would be unimaginable, and I feel scared when I think about it now.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back!" Empress Zhang's eyes were also moist, and she stroked Zhu Zhanji's head lovingly, so that she could finally sleep peacefully and no longer have to be awakened by nightmares.

Zhang Hao, Zhou Feng and Lei Ting stood aside, secretly crying, and the atmosphere in the room became a little sad for a while.

"Queen Mother, save Li Yushi." Waiting for Empress Zhang to help Zhu Zhanji, Lei Ting knelt on the ground with her legs bent, and kowtowed to Empress Zhang with rain, she had completed the task assigned by Li Yuntian, and now she was extremely worried about Li Yuntian's safety.

"Li Yushi?" Empress Zhang was slightly stunned when she heard this, only then did she realize that Li Yuntian did not follow Zhu Zhanji into the palace, and her eyes suddenly showed a suspicious look.

Zhu Zhanji wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and told them what happened to them in Jining Mansion, and Queen Zhang couldn't help but gasp when she heard it, who would have thought that Han Kui would be the person of the King of Han, and even more sighed at Li Yuntian's loyalty, risking his life and using Li Daitao's strategy.

"Chief Manager Wu, in the name of the emperor, send a message to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Shangshu of the Military Department, and ask them to immediately issue an official document to order the Jining Mansion and Jining Wei to revoke the checkpoints, return to the camp and stand by, and if they disobey, they will be beheaded immediately!"

Empress Zhang didn't want Li Yuntian to have any accidents, Li Yuntian was not only Zhou Zheng's son-in-law, but also her important young courtier, ready to let him assist Zhu Zhanji, so she groaned for a while, and said to Manager Wu on the side with a cold mask.

At this moment, she hated Zhao Sheng, the prefect of Jining Prefecture, and Shi Hu, the commander of Jining Wei, these two rebels actually wanted to murder Zhu Zhanji, they simply deserved death!

"Empress Xie, Empress Xie!" Manager Wu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to arrange, Lei Ting's heart was a little settled, and she kowtowed to Empress Zhang three times, then got up, and said eagerly, "Queen Mother, the people want to take the first step and go to Jining Mansion to find Li Yushi, and hope that Niangniang will be approved." ”

"Don't worry, it's useless for you to go now, but it will put Li Yushi in danger." Empress Zhang couldn't help but glance at Lei Ting in surprise, she had already discovered that this handsome-looking entourage was a woman, who seemed to have extraordinary feelings for Li Yuntian, and then opened her mouth to comfort, "When the official documents from the Criminal Department and the Military Department arrive, the palace will let Jinyi Wei accompany you." ”

Lei Ting felt that Empress Zhang's words were reasonable, after all, she was just a civilian, and going to Jining City like this would not only not help Li Yuntian, but would also put her and Li Yuntian in danger, so it was better to go with Jinyiwei, so she waited anxiously in Kunning Palace.

Empress Zhang had never seen Lei Ting before, and after learning from Zhu Zhanji that Lei Ting was the "inner servant" who followed Li Yuntian into Beijing to send Emperor Yongle's edict last time, she was very surprised, and she was also full of good feelings for Lei Ting, who risked her life twice to make achievements from the dragon, and invisibly regarded her as her own person.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Shangshu of the Military Department were shouted by the inner servants of the palace in the middle of the night, and they felt very surprised in their hearts, usually if the emperor has something to give an order to Jining Mansion and Jining Wei, he will pass Guò Shandong Bu Political Envoy and Shandong Capital Division, and this phenomenon of overstepping the level is very rare.

However, since Emperor Hongxi had issued an edict, the two of them had no choice but to rush to the Yamen of the Criminal Department and the Yamen of the Military Department, and sent official documents to Jining Mansion and Jining Wei respectively, asking them to immediately stop the search and arrest in Jining Mansion and return to Beijing to standby.

After getting the official documents from the Criminal Department and the Ministry of War, Lei Ting and a group of Jinyi guards left the capital overnight, took a fast boat at Tongzhou Wharf and immediately went south, and rushed to Jining Mansion.

Leaving almost at the same time as Lei Ting was a group of 800-mile fast riders with the edict of Emperor Hongxi, who went to Nanzhili and the 14 political envoys, including Jiaozhi, to pass on the edict.

Early the next morning, the cabinet members and the officials of the five governments and six ministries were sent to the imperial garden by Emperor Hongxi's edict, and the ministers thought that Emperor Hongxi had something to convene them to discuss, but when they arrived at the imperial garden, they were taken aback, and saw that the guards, chamberlains and palace maids in the imperial garden were all wearing white curtains.

The attendant at the entrance of the imperial garden had already prepared filial piety clothes for the ministers, and after everyone put them on, they were led to the Shouhuang Palace.

The Shouhuang Palace is located in the northeast of Jingshan, which is the place where the emperor stops, stores the remains and worships the ancestors, and the coffin of the Yongle Emperor during the great funeral is here.

After entering the courtyard gate of the courtyard where the Shouhuang Palace was located, except for Yang Rong and Zhu Yongqing and others who had learned the news in advance, the rest of the ministers had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

Sure enough, the courtyard in front of the Shouhuang Palace was full of attendants and palace maids wearing filial piety clothes, and the ministers couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes were full of shock, and everyone finally understood what happened at this time - Emperor Hongxi died! One