"General Bai came really fast." The prince coughed in a muffled voice, gasped and beckoned, signaling that he didn't have to stand and sat at will.

General Bai smiled and didn't move, "The order I received from Xia is to escort His Royal Highness the Crown Prince all the way until he enters Beijing." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was bitten by him very hard.

"Ahem......" The prince wanted to laugh, but choked again, and it took a long time for the sound to subside, he nodded, "I didn't know that General Bai acted so well." ”

He puns on what is not in front of him.

"Each other, each other." General Bai replied calmly.

"When you and I were talking about wine, we laughed and said that it was not in vain." The crown prince changed his words, and there was a chill in his eyes, "If he knows what you said, will you still have a chance to enter Beijing?" ”

At first, he didn't take this sentence seriously, until now, he finally understood.

General Bai still smiled when he heard this, and his tone was even softer, "Why care about the result, the process of Beijing on this road is the most exciting, isn't it?" ”

The prince sneered, this group of Hunan troops gathered under the banner of escort, which one did not have their own calculations.

General Bai was so fearless, but he didn't expect it.

"Then this trip will bother General Bai."

The total number of people brought by the prince is less than 2,000, and the commander of Wu has more than enough heart, but his ability is insufficient, and he is far from being the opponent of General Bai.

After leaving Gongzhou, whether by water or land into Beijing, Dezhou is the only way, even if you don't enter the city along the road, you have to pass by the official road post station in the jurisdiction.

The crisis of the journey back to Beijing cannot be summed up in one word.

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The gate of the capital has been blocked for three days, and on the fourth day, King An began to call the door in the name of mourning.

And after having been secretly pressed for nearly a month without mourning, the queen mother officially announced the news of Emperor Kang'an's death with hundreds of officials, and then, the Ministry of Rites officially began to organize the funeral, and everyone waited for the prince to return to Beijing, while crying and mourning every day in an orderly manner, the atmosphere was also a little tense, after all, there was a lack of a backbone.

But the strange thing is that everyone is very sure that their Royal Highness the Crown Prince will come back to preside over the overall situation, and they only need to wait a little longer, and wait a little longer.

On the big day of Emperor Daxing's funeral, hundreds of civil and military officials and royal vassal kings had to attend, and King An was finally allowed to let in, and the 50,000 horses he brought were stationed outside the city.

Because of the mourning period, they were not allowed to eat meat and not be allowed to take a car, everyone walked into the Yongshou Palace in turn, Shen Tingnian was still covering his face with a fan, and followed Zhao Jingyi's side calmly, and saw the queen and the two rows of civil and military ministers behind her from the afterglow, and everyone was sad.

Her peace was shattered during the funeral rites.

Hundreds of people were crowded into the hall where the funeral was placed, and listening to the earth-shattering cries in their ears, countless pairs of feet could be seen kicking in the air and arms waving in despair......

Shen Ting had made mental preparations early, but as far as the eye could see, it really made people feel bad, and she felt that the porridge she had drunk in a hurry in the morning seemed to be gushing and about to vomit out.

During patience, I heard the lieutenant screaming: "The funeral ceremony is completed, and the princes can retreat." ”

It was at this time that King An came in, and Shen Tingnian was already ready to come out with the crowd, seeing that this tall and rugged man ignored this solemn and solemn scene, and walked straight to the queen and the others.

I only heard him crying: "When my father was there, he was sick, and he couldn't be a son, and he couldn't rush back even when he was dying, and now that he is gone, this king will be stopped outside the city and not allowed to enter the ...... even for funeral."

"What do you say to rule the world with filial piety, do you people have a heart!" He cried with great grief, and pointed to the nose of the queen and others and scolded, "This king heard the bad news and was grief-stricken, what about you, one by one, all of you are wolf-hearted and hypocritical!" ”

"I wish he had died sooner, so that your all-round prince could succeed to the throne—"

"His Royal Highness King An!"

"That's unspeakable......"

"This-this King An is not crazy!"

Many princes and ministers did not expect King An to say such things in public, but it was not like a drama to look at his sad and painful state, but he couldn't listen to this truth, and he looked at each other for a while, and the queen's face slowly became gloomy, and she broke off: "You have to do your filial piety, even if you go in and kneel in front of the coffin and cry, what does it look like to yell!" ”

This sound of interruption seemed to make King An sober up a lot.

He cried a lot, and his expression became cold: "How this king does his filial piety, it is not your turn to teach a poisonous woman a lesson!" ”

"Do you think no one knows the inside story of his father's violent death? It's you who hurt you-" He suddenly became embarrassed, cursing at the queen, and when Shu Tai led people to take him down, King An became even more emotional, "Who dares to touch this king, you are so good at weighing clearly, the country cannot be without a king for a day, do you think the next emperor must be him Pu Yangxu?!" ”

Shu Tai also sank his face, twisted his arm, and scolded in a low voice: "Enough, if it weren't for the prince's benevolence and tolerance, you would still be able to sprinkle like a woman here." ”

Facing the commander of the forbidden army who was in charge of the situation in the imperial city, King An was no longer shouting, he shook his hand, and after Shu Tai let go, he straightened his back, and said to the minister of civil and military affairs: "This king is overly grieved and behaves a little abnormally, but what he said is not false. ”

"Everyone has seen so many concubines being martyred today, but you can't see this woman who deserves to be martyred the most!" King An said bitterly, and actually took out the edict with a gold shaft from his bosom and read it out loud, "Emperor Daxing's last order said: The funeral system is in accordance with the law of Taizu, and the concubines in the palace are all asked to be buried...... Special order from death, Chin this! ”

In the edict, there are more than seven crimes committed by the queen Qi, and the words are also clear, although the laws of the ancestors cannot be violated, but there is no one that says that the queen is not allowed to be martyred.

The ministers of civil and military affairs were secretly shocked, but on this side of the harem, it was as silent as death.

Everyone looked at Queen Qi.

Shen Tingnian was no exception, she subconsciously thought that this edict was most likely written secretly by Emperor Kang An, he probably really hated the Qi family, and actually made such an arrangement.

"King An, this palace knows that you have always been bold, but I don't know that you even dare to forge a holy decree, you are really bold, and your sin is unforgivable." As she spoke, the queen looked over at Shutai, who nodded and stepped forward to ask for the edict from King An.

King An was not afraid, and really gave the edict to Shu Tai, and under the eyes of everyone, he said ugly words in front of him, "Today, all the ministers of the humerus are here, but you have to carefully examine whether this edict is true." ”

A bunch of people didn't care about the occasion, and they all got together and read the edict - the silk brocade was printed with auspicious cloud patterns, colors, shading patterns, and stamps were all true. This is quite embarrassing, Queen Qi is the biological mother of the prince, if she is really going to be martyred today, after the prince returns......

For a while, none of them dared to open this mouth, and it was true or false.

The edict was passed around and returned to Shu Tai's hand, and he presented it to the queen, who waved his hand calmly and did not take it.

"Now that everyone has read it, some people can see the authenticity of this edict."

Her voice echoed coldly in the air, and those ministers who had read the edict were like losing their souls, bowing their heads, looking at the sky, and some people covered their sleeves and wiped their non-existent sweat.

Seeing that no one spoke, the queen said, "Since everyone can't distinguish the truth from the fake for a while, this matter can be discussed later, it is a great honor to be martyred, if Emperor Daxing really wants to be martyred in this palace, this palace will naturally commit suicide." Now, as the daughter of the old man and the mother of the prince, please wait for the prince to return to the palace and determine the authenticity of the edict——"

"You can't wait!" King An interrupted her loudly, obviously everyone didn't dare to admit that the edict was true, which greatly angered him, his face was pale with anger, and he said angrily, "The news of Pu Yangxu's death will arrive in the capital today, and he has already died in Texas!" ”

Compared with all his previous crazy words, this sentence was really shocking, and everyone was in an uproar, and their expressions changed greatly.

Even the queen suddenly changed color and looked at him angrily.

The king of Qinshu, who had stood at the head of the ministers from beginning to end, let out a muffled cough, and the people on the left and right came to support him, although he was old and had not shaken for a long time, but at this moment he was shaken by the news of His Royal Highness the Prince.

And the side of the concubine, who was not far away, also set off a sound of discussion, and suddenly the turbulent waves stirred in Shen Tingnian's heart, she raised her hand and pressed her heart hard, but she still couldn't relieve the sharp pain.

No, no, no, never! She screamed over and over again!

Wang Cairen, who was standing behind her, quickly stepped forward and supported her backward body, she kept taking deep breaths, moving her lips, and actually didn't make any sound.

"King An, you are talking so nonsense, your heart can be punished-come," the queen has already touched the bottom line, her face is full of anger, and when she is about to speak, someone has already shouted an urgent report, rushed in and shouted, "Urgent news - Texas is moving, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was killed - just a day ago." ”

From Texas to the capital, no matter how fast the news is, it will take a few days, and it is obviously 800 miles to rush the news so quickly.

"! Mother-"

With a sudden exclamation, it was the queen who fell to her servant with her eyes closed and fainted.

From her dizziness, everyone seemed to have fallen into boiling water and exploded.

Although the queen is not an ordinary boudoir weak, but she was stimulated so strongly, it is not strange that she fainted, and some courtiers also stood unsteadily, and some people couldn't help but wail, compared to the state of crying for Emperor Kang An, I don't know how many times the true feelings are felt.

But there were also people who remained sober and sane and gathered around to inquire about the specific details of the herald, and his urgent report was stamped with the seal of the magistrate, and the person who issued it was the governor of Texas, the highest military envoy in this place.

The situation was chaotic, and King An stood in the crowd, isolated and happy.

But his euphoria didn't last long.

"His Royal Highness King Cong has returned to Beijing!"

"His Royal Highness King Cong!"

I don't know who found King Cong who had just stepped into the Yongshou Palace, he was obviously chasing the herald in, his face was not good, and his breath was slightly short, but his appearance, like a pillar of optimus, instantly stabilized the scene.