That Zhao Desheng said: "Empress Qiyu and Lord Sikong, General Zhao has brought back all the Praetorian Guards this time, 50,000, and now there are 10,000 cavalry ten miles from the north gate from the city, and 40,000 infantry are coming one after another!" ”

Sikong Man frowned, and said suspiciously: "The officers and soldiers of Tong were defeated and merged with the state, and General Zhao didn't leave a part of the men and horses to guard, so who is merging the state now, is it the three envoys of Zhou, Wang, and Chen?" ”

Zhao Desheng saluted and said: "No, there is only Lu Stool in Bingzhou, he asked General Zhao to leave 5,000 men and horses for him, but General Zhao said that the queen and Lord Sikong did not give an order, he didn't dare to keep so much, so he gave him 500, and the three Jiedu envoys have each taken people to evacuate, because General Zhao ordered that this battle will not be fought, let them go back to protect their territory!" ”

Sikong Man shook his head and said a little angrily: "General Zhao is really confused, the Great Bird Country has just been destroyed, how can there be enough five hundred people in the border area, at least two thousand people must be given!" ”

"Yes, yes—"

Zhao Desheng nodded again and again.

In fact, when Gonggong Tong arrived in Bingzhou, he had already found that the city's air defense was weak, and there were still 4,000 people in Bingzhou to defend the city, but now Zhao Huawen only allocated 500, which is equivalent to no defense, and Sikong Man thought that it was enough to transfer 2,000 people to the past, but in fact, it was far from enough.

Just then, there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Before Huang Jien arrived, the voice had already come.

"Queen Mother, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!"

The people in the Chun Nuan Pavilion were stunned.

I saw Huang Jien push the door in, and he said breathlessly: "Prince Dongping, Lord Lin and Taiwei Gao broke into the palace with the people of Zongzheng Mansion and went straight to Renming Palace, and the guards guarding the door couldn't stop them!" ”

The queen straightened up, stretched out her hand and stroked her sideburns, smiled coldly, and shouted to Huang Jien: "What are you panicking, is the sky falling!" ”

"Yes, yes—"

"How many ministers have come in?"

"Three, three, Prince Dongping, Taiwei Gao and Lord Lin, but the people from Zongzheng Mansion are also following up, and the guards don't dare to stop them!"

"How many guards from the Zongzheng Mansion have come in?"

"Fifteen."

"Okay, now that Mr. Xing is in Renming Palace, he should be able to block it!"

The queen owes Sikong Man.

"Daddy, the critical moment has come, now I'll go see the three of them first!"

Sikong Man nodded, a murderous aura in his eyes.

"Okay, you go first, and come back a little later for the sake of the Father, so as not to be caught!"

"Well, you have arranged the outside affairs, as soon as General Zhao's people arrive, they will subdue or exterminate the people of Dali Temple and the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard!"

Father and daughter looked at each other, their eyes full of triumph.

The queen took out a gold medal and handed it to Zhao Desheng.

"This is a gold medal for entering the city, you immediately go and send an order to General Zhao, let him bring 5,000 cavalry into the city quickly, see Dali Temple and the cavalry of the forbidden army, kill them, and send people to Lin Mansion, Gao Mansion and Dongping Wangfu to take hostages!"

Zhao Desheng took the gold medal, hugged his fists and said: "Yes, the last general will obey the order!" ”

***

Renmyeongjeon.

Outside the hall stood Xing Jiang, the head of the forbidden army.

That Xing Jiang is about fifty or so around, he is not tall, but his shoulders are broad, his neck is quite thick, a Shenzi face, with a plate-like mustache on his lips, he looks very shrewd, but at this time his face is sallow, as if he is sick, in fact, people who know Xingjiang know that he has a nickname called Sick Tai Sui, this person is deeply hidden, and he is the first master of Da Nei.

Last time, Otori Kunino Leyu and Yele Jincha came to challenge the forbidden army, but Xing Jiang did not make a move.

Prince Dongping, Gao Taiwei and Lin Chengyong stood at the foot of the steps, and behind them was a group of guards from Zongzheng Mansion.

Mrs. Gao stomped on his crutches and was furious.

"Why can Sikong Man see the emperor, but we can't!"

There was also a row of guards standing behind Xing Jiang, all of them looked nervous, you must know that the guards of Zongzheng Mansion have a high status, they can enter the palace to arrest people, and they directly obey the emperor's orders, and generally the guards in the palace have to retreat for three points.

"The three adults are angry, Lord Sikong is not inside, without the order of the queen's mother, no one can disturb the emperor, no one is an exception!"

Captain Gao said angrily: "The border is a major event, and the five thousand soldiers and horses in the state and the Heqin division are all wiped out, and the old minister wants to meet the emperor, the matter is big, and you are delayed to be responsible!" ”

Xing Jiang bowed repeatedly.

"Lord Taiwei is angry, now the queen is in charge of all the major affairs in the palace, wait for her to come, you can tell her."

Mrs. Gao snorted, picked up Prince Dongping and walked up the steps.

Prince Dongping was a little helpless, he didn't want to wade into troubled waters, but Taiwei Gao broke into his mansion early in the morning and asked why he was detaining the prince and others, Prince Dongping couldn't say clearly, although he was not the queen's person, but Zongzheng Mansion was ordered to detain the prince, so he couldn't argue, so he had to be dragged into the palace by Taiwei Gao.

In fact, the main purpose of Gao Taiwei is to see the queen, he knows that Xuan Ling has been poisoned and difficult to solve, and now that the queen has the power alone, if they don't fight back, they won't be able to grab any power at all.

Xing Jiang stubbornly went to stop him, but Taiwei Gao hit him with a cane and hit his hat on the ground with a snap, Xing Jiang didn't dare to fight back, so he could only follow Taiwei Gao and the three of them to Renming Tower.

Pushing open the door of the hall upstairs, Taiwei Gao and the others saw a big bed inside, but now the big bed was empty, only a palace maid and a eunuch kneeling beside the bed, both of them were a little frightened.

"What about the emperor, where did the emperor go?"

"The villain doesn't know, the villain doesn't know, the emperor hasn't been here!"

The palace maid and the eunuch kowtowed again and again.

Lin Chengyong turned around and asked Xing Jiang, "Where is Your Majesty, why is the upstairs empty?" ”

Xing Jiang was also stunned, he didn't know that Xuan Ling was not upstairs, but he didn't expect that he had been guarding for a long time, and he was actually guarding an empty bed, Xing Jiang was a little annoyed in his heart, the queen actually lied to herself, she let herself stay here to offend people, but secretly moved the emperor away.

"The Queen Mother has arrived—"

There was a eunuch outside the Renming Hall who shouted.

Xing Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Walking into a group of people outside the dormitory, the first person was a jade pearl and phoenix crown, with eyebrows like distant mountains and daisies, and eyes like autumn water waves, it was the queen Sikong Wenlan.

When the three of them saw the queen, they immediately bowed and saluted.

"Three adults, please get up."

The queen bowed slightly, walked over, and sat down behind a green curtain screen in the house, Xing Jiang and Mai Ji walked to the screen and stood on both sides, and there were four forbidden army guards standing on both sides of the bead curtain, guarding behind the queen respectively.

Captain Gao coughed and took a step forward.

"What about the emperor, why isn't he here?"

The queen snorted.

"Lord Taiwei, as soon as you come back, you are in such a hurry to find the emperor, what is the matter?"

"The old minister wants to inform His Majesty about this major event, such a major change, I must explain it to Your Majesty personally!"

"Okay, Lord Taiwei is loyal, may I ask when you returned to Beijing, what is the situation with your family this time, why did you trespass into Renming Hall without even wearing court clothes?"

The queen's voice was majestic, and the momentum of Captain Gao was three points shorter.

"The old minister only came back yesterday, because it was too late, so he came to pay today."

"Hmph, it won't be after the gates are closed, will it?"

"No, no."

Captain Gao was a little embarrassed.

"What happened to the Peace Mission, why is there no news of it?"

Taiwei Gao's face was full of grief and indignation, and he asked tremblingly: "His Royal Highness King Sui and Lao Chen's trip to make peace is to sneak attack Youzhou, as long as you take Youzhou, the sixteen states in Youqian can be lost and recovered, who secretly signed an alliance with Dajingguo, this, isn't this equivalent to death!" ”

When Prince Dongping heard the news, his face suddenly showed surprise, and he signed a covenant with Dajingguo, but as a prince, he didn't know, and asked at the moment: "Did we sign an alliance with Dajingguo, when and who signed it?" ”

The queen nodded.

"This covenant was signed by the emperor himself, and before he was poisoned, he had already sent a messenger to see Wan Yan A Shilan, and the emperor had long predicted that the big bird would not be able to defeat Dajing, and this was leaving a way out!"

Prince Dongping didn't react for a while, if it was the alliance signed by the emperor before he was poisoned, he would tell himself.

Lin Chengyong was a little angry.

"Since you want to sign such a covenant, then His Royal Highness King Sui will go down to make peace, it is to send them to death, since Niangniang knows, why didn't she stop them from traveling?"