Li Zicheng rode his horse slowly, walking towards the Forbidden City, feeling the smell of "barbecue" wafting in the air, getting stronger and stronger, at the same time, although he felt nauseous in his heart, he probably knew that there were definitely many people who committed suicide for Emperor Chongzhen.

Soon, under the guidance of Wang Dehua, Li Zicheng walked into the imperial city, and when he experienced the palace gates, he saw that the surroundings were very clean, and there was no sign of fighting, and he immediately became curious in his heart, even if these eunuchs moved quickly and quickly, and cleaned up cleanly, they could not hide the smell of blood in the air.

However, the air is very clean, there is no smell of blood, and there are no traces of swords and stabs on the city gate and city wall, while being curious, Li Zicheng looked at Wang Dehua and asked: "Hey~ Wang Dehua, the palace gate is forbidden, it should be heavily guarded, heavily guarded, and the battle is half a day, why did you capture all the city gates and control this imperial city?" ”

As soon as he heard Li Zicheng's inquiry, Wang Dehua suddenly showed a shallow sense of self-satisfaction, but he didn't dare to hesitate more, and hurriedly replied with a sneer: "King Qiyu, don't you know, whether it is the inner courtyard of the imperial city or the city gate around the Forbidden City, at this time, it is almost equivalent to an empty shell, it is nothing, and there are not many guards, and seven or eight out of ten of the original guards have been sent to the city wall. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Dehua couldn't help but let out a smug chuckle, and then continued: "Hehe... Moreover, before the Great War, the minions and Du Xun had a plot and forged a holy decree......"

In an instant, Li Zicheng suddenly interrupted Wang Dehua's words and interjected: "I understand, with this holy decree, you have successfully taken over most of the city defenses of the palace gates. If anyone dares to question it, or if he does not obey the command, he will be arrested by this decree. ”

"King Chuang is wise, that's exactly the case!"

While speaking, Li Zicheng had already entered the Forbidden City, came to the Fengtian Palace, turned over and dismounted, walked up the stairs, and climbed the stairs.

As Li Zicheng went deep into the inner courtyard of the palace and strolled through the various roads of the Forbidden City, the imperial city and the Forbidden City were already full of Li Jiajun, almost five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, under martial law, and strangers could not get close at all.

Du Xun leaned over, standing respectfully in front of the Fengtian Palace, and when he saw Li Zicheng coming over, he hurriedly greeted him, his smile was very bright, like a blooming chrysanthemum, and said flatteringly: "I have seen King Chuang, the slaves have controlled many palaces in the Forbidden City, and they have been waiting for a long time." ”

"Yes, yes, I really won my heart by doing things!"

Li Zicheng praised it, and did not immediately enter the Fengtian Temple, but looked around, looking at everything around, Li Zicheng couldn't help but have a strange feeling, and once again had doubts, and asked: "Hey~ Du Xun, the huge Forbidden City, why are there only so few palace maids and eunuchs?" Moreover, even if all the eunuchs were sent to the front line to guard the city gates, the same could not be true for the palace maids, right? ”

"This... That one... King Chuang..."

Du Xun became spitting up, his expression was very unnatural, seeing that Li Zicheng's face was gradually displeased, he gritted his teeth, and hurriedly replied: "King Chuang, here's the thing, those eunuchs in the palace, in addition to more than 1,000 people who died on the city wall, the rest of the people committed suicide more than 100 times. There are also those palace maids, and there are more than 300 suicides. Therefore, there are so few eunuchs and maidservants in the palace. ”

It seems that there has been a guess for a long time, Li Zicheng's reaction was very calm, nodded lightly in response, and then said in a deep voice: "In such a short period of time, I'm afraid those palace maids and eunuchs who committed suicide haven't been dealt with, take me to see, these people who are loyal to the Lord are worthy of respect." ”

Between the words, Li Zicheng's face was filled with respect, but Du Xun and Wang Dehua's expressions were very unnatural and embarrassing, so they could only smile brightly in response.

"That's... King Chuang, and..."

Looking at Du Xun's urinating appearance, Li Zicheng's heart was very unhappy, his eyebrows rose slightly, and he asked softly, "What's wrong?" Anything else? ”

"That, King Chuang, not only the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace committed countless suicides, but also many concubines hanged themselves one after another, and some princesses and concubines were also hacked to death by the emperor of the previous dynasty."

Li Zicheng's figure shuttled through the various palaces, his heart was very shocked, and he was stunned by what he saw, many palace maids were hanged in the same room, hanging in the air, like a small corpse forest.

Especially when he came to the Qianqing Palace, Li Zicheng was stunned, and was shocked by the scene in front of him, the secret Dao Chongzhen was really ruthless, the bloody scene, the corpses were all over the place, the miserable white face was full of fear, and the eyes were unwillingly wide open, like purgatory on earth.

Obviously, although there are many dead, not all of them are suicides, and not everyone is willing to be buried for the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the eunuch Wang Lian accompanied Li Zicheng in front of him, followed slowly, and introduced the identity of the corpse from time to time, his expression was very complicated, like sympathy, like anger, but the words were ancient and calm, calm as water, without much personal emotion.

"King Chuang, this is Concubine Guo Ning, this is Concubine Zhuang, she is Concubine Wang Xian, she is Concubine Zheng Yu, that is Princess Zhaoren, and that is Princess Changping......"

Suddenly, Li Zicheng stopped next to Princess Changping, looked at the arms that fell to the ground, Princess Changping's bare shoulders, the blood had stopped, and her whole body was soaked with blood and turned into blood stains.

Li Zicheng's deep eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw that Princess Changping's eyelashes trembled when she had been "dead" for a long time, and at this time, Gao Guiying suddenly walked in, came to Li Zicheng's side, saw Li Zicheng's strange look, and asked, "Husband, what's wrong?" ”

However, Li Zicheng did not answer Gao Guiying's inquiry, but pointed to the "corpse" of Princess Changping, and said in a deep voice: "Guiying, this woman should not be dead yet, you quickly check the injury, is there any possibility of life?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the people around were shocked, Princess Changping was covered in blood, her two arms were cut off, and her face was as white as paper, no matter how she looked at it, she looked like a dead person!

Gao Guiying is not suspicious of fake, after many years of battle, she has seen countless injured people, compared to the tragic death of the deceased, there is no possibility of survival, she believes in her husband's judgment more, and hurriedly leaned down, first checked the pulse, tried the nose, and then probed the major artery in the neck, and quickly came to a conclusion.

"Husband, this girl is really alive!"

At this time, Li Zicheng beckoned and ordered the two guards: "Find a clean room and place this girl." ”

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng looked at Gao Guiying again and said softly: "Guiying, this girl will be handed over to you." ”

"Yes, yes, husband." Gao Guiying agreed, glanced around, showed emotion, and sighed: "Hey... These women are so stupid, why don't they run away? Why do you have to hang yourself? ”

At this time, the eunuch Wang Lian on the side answered: "Princess, it's not that these women don't want to escape, but before they can escape from the palace, they were captured by the emperor of the previous dynasty and killed here, like Concubine Wang Xian, Concubine Zheng Yu and other five people. ”