Chapter Eighty-Four: Palace Changes
Of course, the Great Qi Dynasty had an emperor.
Although there is turmoil and smoke all over the place, as long as the empire has not perished, the emperor is still the emperor, even if he has no sense of existence in the government and the opposition.
Due to the death of the first emperor too early, the little emperor was only four years old when he ascended the throne, Zhang Minzhen and three other important ministers were ordered by the first emperor to supervise the country, and waited until the little emperor came of age and returned to the court after the wedding.
It stands to reason that the four important ministers work together to assist the government, check and balance each other and supervise each other, and no one can overpower anyone, which can prevent a certain person from having too much authority and eventually becoming a traitor who is too powerful and domineering. Moreover, the four ministers who took care of their lives were all candidates who were selected by the emperor after careful consideration and repeated weighing and inspection, which was enough to ensure that the power structure in the court would not be unbalanced for ten years under normal circumstances.
Then, the first emperor died and returned to heaven, the little emperor ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, and the four important ministers began to assist the country, and everything was carried out according to the expectations of the government and the opposition.
But no one expected that the good situation only lasted for more than three years, and Su Ke, the Marquis of Pingyuan, one of the four ministers, was seized by Zhang Mincheng and dismissed from his post and given death because of fifteen crimes such as forcibly occupying people's land and houses, embezzlement and bribery, and personal relations with foreign vassal kings.
The balance of power in the court began to be broken, and in the next two years, Zhang Min came up with a series of poisonous tricks, and removed the remaining two ministers, and purged a large number of civil ministers and military generals who were not on the right path with him, so as to completely monopolize power and control the court.
There are unconfirmed rumors that the reason why this Shoufu Lord became the final victor is because he has long had some unclear relationship with the little emperor's biological mother.
And during the mourning period, a palace maid saw Zhang Minxin and the Queen Mother tryst and rolled into the same bed, and a series of things happened as a matter of course.
Up to now, the little emperor has already reached the age of eighteen, but he has never established a concubine, and there is no way to talk about the pro-government of the dynasty. In the Manchu Dynasty, there may be loyal ministers who are interested in the royal family, but they dare not speak out. Let the powerful Zhang Minzhen call for wind and rain in the court, pointing to the deer as a horse.
Up to now, the imperial court has been declining day by day, and the world's homeless rebels have emerged one after another, and the war has continued. Zhang Min was tired of coping, and had to temporarily suppress the ambition of threatening the emperor's Zen position and yellow robe.
Of course, inside and outside the capital, including the military power in the palace, Zhang Minzhen has already obtained it with the help of the Queen Mother's lover, so he is not worried that things are out of control, as long as he is willing and can abolish the little emperor at any time, and sit on the Nine Dragons gilt throne by himself.
“…… What's going on? What's wrong with him, Your Majesty? ”
Zhang Minxin opened the curtain and stared at the henchman kneeling outside and asked.
"Lord, I heard that the emperor suddenly went crazy, kept throwing things in the palace, and injured the palace maids and imperial doctors who went to visit, and no one could persuade them to go, and it was already half the night. The Queen Mother really had no choice, so she had to ask the little one to come over and ask the Lord to go up and have a look......" the henchman reported.
Zhang Minzhen frowned, instinctively felt that something was wrong, this little emperor had been a clay tire like a wooden ornament for the past ten years, and he had always obeyed his words and never had the slightest disobedience, why did he suddenly have a problem at this time?
"Someone, change my clothes for me, and then get the car ready outside." After thinking for a while, he finally said.
After all, he is still the rightful emperor, and if something happens, it is impossible for him, the first assistant, to ignore it, so he has to go and see it to rest assured.
A group of stunningly beautiful girls dressed in light veils rushed in with various toiletries and began to wait for the Shousuke-sama to dress and clean up.
Half an hour later, Zhang Minchen came out of the inner house under the escort of a group of masters, and the huge car with a magnificence comparable to that of the emperor was ready, and a large number of elite armor soldiers lined up to greet him.
When the master got into the car, with the order of the general who led the team, the huge team went straight to the direction of the imperial city.
At the moment, Miyagi Inner Garden.
Outside the emperor's bedroom, the palace maids knelt in a large area, all of them frightened and colorless.
A woman with a purple dress and a phoenix crown, a beautiful face, and a noble face walked up and down with an angry look on her face, stopped suddenly, glared at them, and asked fiercely:
"You bastard dog minions, how do you usually serve the emperor? What went wrong? What a damn one! ”
"Queen Mother, the slaves and maids don't know what's going on,"
A female official replied tremblingly: "The emperor is still fine before resting, who would have thought that something would happen suddenly, slave...... The slaves and maids also feel wronged......"
"Wronged?"
The Queen Mother sneered: "You dead girl didn't serve the emperor with any heart, and you dare to say that you were wronged?" Drag down the palace and slap it hard! ”
Several wolf-like chamberlains pounced and dragged the young female officer away, and soon there was a "pop" sound of flesh and skin in the distance, mixed with the woman's painful cry and pleading.
After a while, a female official hurriedly came, and after saluting, she announced: "Queen Mother, Lord Shoufu has arrived." ”
The Queen Mother was stunned, and hurriedly stood up to greet her, and saw Zhang Minzhen, who had a serious expression, walking over surrounded by many entourages.
"Zhang Qing's family is here." The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief.
"Minister Zhang Minxin has seen the Queen Mother."
In public, the Shoufu did not trespass, and bowed with the people around him in a proper manner.
"Excuse me, you can go in and see the emperor."
The Queen Mother said anxiously. After all, it's still her own son, and it's false to say that she doesn't care at all, and she can only hope that Zhang Minxin will find a way now.
Zhang Minxin looked at the door of the dormitory not far away, the thick bright yellow curtain blocked the sight inside and outside, but the large blood stains on it were vivid, and there were several scarred corpses lying on the ground next to it, and the clothes were all dead palace maids, as well as two unlucky palace guards.
"This ...... Could it be that the emperor killed them? He asked in a low voice, his face changed slightly.
The Queen Mother nodded silently, it was precisely because of this that she and so many people didn't dare to enter the dormitory to see what was going on, God knows if the emperor who was crazy inside still recognized her as a mother?
Zhang Minzhen hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded. He had already seen that the palace guards around the dormitory had not changed, and the palace guard generals were also his own people, and the things he was most worried about had not happened.
Of course, he couldn't go in alone, the four innate martial arts masters followed him step by step, and a team of armored soldiers stepped forward with lanterns and opened the tent curtain with their knives.
The interior of the spacious dormitory was silent at the moment, but all the furnishings inside had been smashed to pieces, and it was completely impossible to see the original appearance.
On the side of the steps where the imperial bed was placed, a figure in a yellow robe sat silently, motionless.
"The Emperor, the Emperor......"
Zhang Minxin called softly a few times, but the other party did not react, as if there was no sign of life.
He hesitated for a moment, then motioned for a Grandmaster beside him to come over and take a look.
The grandmaster contemplated it, but he didn't notice anything abnormal, the little emperor didn't know martial arts, this is a well-known fact in the palace.
Unbeknownst to him, just as the Grandmaster was gradually approaching, only a few steps away from touching the back, the other party suddenly turned around without warning, revealing a palpitating white face, blood-red eyes sneered at him, and the terrifying coercion suddenly enveloped the area within a radius of ten zhang.
"Bad ......"
The grandmaster was startled and was about to retreat, when the little emperor stretched out his hand and grabbed his neck, which was easily twisted with a click, and the uncontrollable corpse twitched a few times unconsciously, and collapsed limply on the ground.
"Get out!"
Zhang Min's heart was shocked, and he quickly shouted loudly, and at the same time turned around and ran.
He didn't expect such a change in the little emperor's body, and he couldn't help but regret it a little from the bottom of his heart, he knew that this was the case, he should have left one of the three immortal-level existences to protect him, and now he sent them all out to assassinate Zhao Yuanjin, so that there were only a few grandmasters left around him.
However, it was too late.
The little emperor let out a beast roar that was not like a human beast, and his body flew over like lightning, and the two grandmasters desperately blocked in front of him, and were directly knocked out of the air, and when they fell to the ground, their tendons were broken and broken, and they couldn't survive.
In the next moment, Zhang Minxin was dragged by him like an eagle catching a chicken, unable to move at all.