Chapter 416: Attacking the Chu Palace
Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the Queen Mother who was covered in blood and water, and hurriedly wanted to take the pulse of the Queen Mother, Concubine De shouted: "What do you want to do!" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu looked confused and asked in disbelief, "Is it me?" ”
"What I saw with my own eyes, can there be anything wrong?" Concubine De said bitterly, "Right now, Your Majesty, they don't know what the situation is on Mount Tai, but you assassinate the Queen Mother, but you don't know the consequences of doing so!" As soon as the Queen Mother dies, the capital will be in chaos, what do you think! Someone, take her down! ”
"I really don't know what's going on, I want to have a misunderstanding about this!" Jiang Xiaoyu swallowed his saliva and said calmly, "I know you may not believe what I say now, but this matter is really strange!" I'm not going to resist, it's only going to make things worse! Before coming to Fengxi Palace, I saw a woman, a strange woman, this woman I had seen in Princess Xiuwen's mansion, I had something to ask Princess Xiuwen, and I also asked Concubine De to invite Princess Xiuwen over! ”
Several guards immediately stepped forward and tied up Jiang Xiaoyu.
Concubine De's face was a little pale, she never thought that she would encounter such a tricky thing, and said: "Take the princess down and lock her up, this matter is very important, and you must wait until Your Majesty comes back to make a decision!" ”
She hurriedly ran over to check the Queen Mother's injuries, and urged: "Imperial Doctor, when will the Imperial Doctor arrive!" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu was escorted down by the five flowers, and after a while, the imperial doctor hurriedly came, hurriedly healed the queen mother's injuries, several people resorted to various means, and finally knelt in front of Concubine De in panic, crying: "The minister has done his best, the queen mother's injuries are too serious, and she has died!" ”
Concubine De took a few steps back unsteadily, her mind was in chaos, the palace people in the room were already crying, she pressed her temples to calm down, and shouted: "Don't cry!" Mama Qu, come here! ”
Mama Qu wiped her tears and went to Concubine De's side to listen to her instructions.
"Right now, in order to stabilize the situation in Beijing, you have to keep it a secret, you have to remember that everything is as usual in Fengxi Palace, and the Queen Mother is just unwell!" Concubine De said quickly, and glanced at the palace people coldly, "If anyone dares to reveal half a word, don't blame this palace for being ruthless!" ”
"Yes!"
At the same moment, the figure of a sneaky eunuch quietly sneaked into the Fengqi Palace, bypassed the two lazy palace maids, came behind the crazy queen, knelt down and said: "Niangniang, the queen mother has returned to the west!" ”
The queen's dull eyes instantly shot a gleam, she looked back at the eunuch in front of her, and hurriedly asked, "Chang Dan, is this true?" Have you ever seen it with your own eyes? ”
"The slave heard a wail in the Fengxi Palace with his own ears, and saw Concubine De arrest the princess with his own eyes!" Chang Shan said, "It's the princess who killed the queen mother!" ”
"Jiang Xiaoyu?" The queen paused for a moment, "Why did Jiang Xiaoyu kill the queen mother?" ”
Chang Shan smiled mysteriously: "All this is arranged by Mr. Beiming!" Mother, can everything go according to plan? ”
"It turned out to be her!" The queen thought about it for a while, took off a hairpin on her head, and handed it to Chang Dan, "If you take this hairpin, he will know that you are his own person, and everything will be done according to the original plan!" ”
"Yes!"
The queen's eyes narrowed slightly: "Success or failure is tonight!" I hope everything goes well for the third child! ”
Chang Shan took the hairpin and carefully put it in his arms, and said: "The slave will do it, and the mother will wait for the good news of the slave!" ”
The queen's eyes flashed with a touch of ruthlessness, and she smiled gloomily: "This palace will kill you all one by one!" ”
At the same time, the Protectorate suffered its greatest crisis since its inception.
When some people are watching the night, some are sleeping, and some are sneaking up on the sleepers, maybe during the day they are still brothers who drink together, but at night, the butcher's knife falls on their brothers.
The person who took the lead in the sneak attack was Sun Zhigang, the deputy general of the city guard, who rebelled against more than 2,000 people, and it was still difficult for more than 2,000 people to deal with the 50,000 people of the city guard.
The city guards are distributed in the four directions of southeast, west, and northwest, and there are more than 20,000 people at the south gate closest to the palace, and there are only 10,000 people at the other three gates.
These two thousand people first attacked the descendants of Yu Sicheng, the commander of the city guard, more than a thousand people, these people never dreamed that they would die at the hands of their most trusted brothers, so quietly, so aggrieved!
Then Sun Zhigang controlled Yu Sicheng, and successfully controlled the south gate, and then a series of orders were issued in the name of Yu Sicheng from Sun Zhigang's mouth!
In the excitement of the new year, the night also returned to silence. However, on the quiet streets, because the troops with torches hurriedly moved, and the warm atmosphere of the New Year was swept away, and those neat but hurried footsteps pulled the capital into a solemn and solemn state.
"Open the door! Open the door! "The gate of Jiangfu was recklessly and rudely slammed.
How dare the little guy open the door, hurriedly went to report to the housekeeper, the housekeeper hurriedly opened the door, hugged his fists and asked: "A few officials, I don't know what happened to visit late at night?" ”
"What about your young master and master?" The officer and soldier asked coldly.
"The young master and the third aunt were taken to the Chu Palace!" The housekeeper said, "I don't know what a few officials are looking for them to do?" If there is an emergency, the old man can tell him on his behalf! ”
"Old thing, we are acting on orders from above!" The officer and soldier grabbed the butler by the collar, "If you dare to lie to us, you can't afford the consequences!" ”
"What are you doing?" The housekeeper clasped his fists and said, "The young master and the third aunt did go to the Chu Palace, if you don't believe it, you will know when you go to the Chu Palace!" I don't know if I don't know what happened to our young master and the third aunt, I need you officials to run this trip in person in the middle of the night! ”
"Old thing, you shouldn't be asking, don't ask blindly!"
Several people discussed with each other again, and then rushed to the Chu Palace.
There was a crackling knock on the door, and no one in the capital dared to be so rude to the Chu Palace, even if it was from the palace, everyone had to be polite!
Zhao Qu didn't sleep, he was crackling and calculating, and the subordinates of the palace came in to report: "Someone from outside is here, saying that it is the queen mother's decree, let the second prince take the little prince and the county lord into the palace!" Concubine Liu asked the little one to ask the second son for an idea! ”
The corners of Zhao Qu's mouth twitched, and he sneered: "Sure enough, it's here!" Pass it on, no matter how many people outside call it, don't open the door! ”
"Yes!"
Judging by how the officers and soldiers outside knocked on the door and called, the gate of the Chu Wangfu was tightly closed and not opened!
"The people inside are presumptuous, and they actually disobeyed the queen mother's decree, you don't need your heads!"
"What now?" The people outside were also a little anxious, they didn't expect the attitude of the Chu Wangfu to be so tough!
"There's not much time left, only a hard attack!"
Zhao Qu closed his account book and came to the door, only to see rockets shooting towards the palace, he shouted coldly: "Order down, let the palace soldiers, guards, and secret guards in the palace all start a counterattack, don't let them come in!" ”
"Yes!"
Today's situation has long been predicted, as early as a few days ago, Zhao Qu and Jiang Xiaoyu made a deduction according to the topography of the palace, and formulated a strategy, so that the government soldiers in the palace have practiced. Just follow the set plan and everything is not too much of a problem!
He thought of Zhao Quan and Zhao Yang'er, but they were afraid, and he needed to go and appease them.
At this moment, Concubine Liu also knew about the dangerous situation in the palace, and hurriedly took Zhao Quan, Zhao Yang'er, and the third aunt, mother and son who came to the palace today, to take refuge in the hall, protected by the secret guards left by Jiang Xiaoyu.
But these people have never seen such a battle, those rockets set fire to many places in the palace, and the people were in a hurry to put out the fire, many people were shot, or fell in a pool of blood, or their clothes were burned alive!
Although the government soldiers have begun to fight back, they just don't know who it is, they don't know how many people there are, and they don't know if they can resist!
Concubine Liu held Zhao Yang'er, who was sobbing in a low voice, in her arms and comforted her, the third aunt folded her hands and prayed silently, Zhao Quan and Jiang Haoran looked at the situation outside from the crack in the door nervously and scaredly, and the screams from time to time made their hearts tremble, is this war? Will they die here? Who the hell are these people! I don't know if the third prince is safe now!
At this time, Zhao Qu pushed open the door and came in, glanced at the people in the room, and said calmly: "Don't worry, today's events are all expected, and you have made sufficient preparations, nothing will happen!" ”
"Who the hell is out there?" Concubine Liu asked worriedly.
"Traitor!" Zhao Qu said, "If Your Majesty is not in the capital, naturally there are people with bad intentions who have exposed their ambitions!" The Chu Palace's Mansion is very safe, they can't kill it, the situation here is chaotic, and there will definitely be people from the city guard or the cavalry battalion coming after a while! ”
"Where's the princess!" The third aunt asked, "Is the princess safe in the palace at this time?" ”
Zhao Qu's eyes rolled for a moment, and he said indifferently: "If even the palace is not safe, what other place is safe?" ”
No matter what, Zhao Qu's appearance has made him confident performance, and it still reassures the women and children in the house, just hoping that the dawn will be fast and this disaster can pass quickly!
Zhao Qu left the hall, but his face sank, he glanced at the direction of the palace, since the other party dared to attack the Chu Palace, he was afraid that the situation in the palace would not be too good! The sister-in-law made arrangements, but I don't know how God arranged it!