Thick white silk wrapped around the neck.

Sharp invective roared out of the main hall, and the chief eunuch had no sadness or joy on his face.

It wasn't until all the voices died down, and the people beside him replied that Concubine De's vitality had been cut off, and the chief eunuch spoke up again: "Concubine De and His Royal Highness the Five Princes are riddled with sins, and then committed suicide in fear of sin, their existence has tarnished the royal reputation, it is better to burn all the sins with a wildfire." ”

After that, he walked out of the hall calmly, and there were already palace people outside the hall with low eyebrows and lowered their eyes, and poured the fire oil in their hands around the hall.

A little spark sparkled up along the oil trail, and the fire quickly engulfed the entire hall.

A fire that raged into the sky lasted for several hours.

The flames have a faint tendency to spread to the periphery.

However, the chief eunuch had already expected this scene, and ordered everyone to prepare two buckets of water until the palace in front of them was almost burned down, and then let the people under his command go to extinguish the fire in turn.

Soon, the two bodies were burned black, and the bodies that could not be seen clearly were carried out by the palace people.

It was Concubine De and the Fifth Prince, who had long since died.

"Save this thing first, and I'll go back to Your Majesty first."

After speaking, the chief eunuch turned around and left with light steps, everything he did today, although it seemed bold, but in the final analysis, it was only to obey the orders of the master of this palace.

The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die.

……

Back in the golden temple, the old man on the dragon bed was closing his eyes tightly.

At this time, Emperor Yan's life was extremely weak, and his chest could only rise and fall slowly up and down.

Maybe it won't be long before he suddenly swallows the breath he was forcibly hanging.

The chief eunuch knelt down beside the dragon bed, and the slightest movement immediately woke up the people on the bed.

Emperor Yan opened his eyes with difficulty, and looked at the bright yellow bed tent in a daze: "Have you done everything that should be done?" ”

"The palace has been burned."

"Concubine De Niangniang and the five princes have been placed in the ice cellar outside the palace."

Emperor Yan's face was pale, and he closed his eyes: "If the imperial city is broken, throw the two corpses down." ”

And what about taking the throne?

Until he dies, he will not let that rebel live in peace.

The chief eunuch should naturally go down.

And Concubine De, she was one of the people who supported the Yan Zheng rebellion this time.

If it weren't for Concubine De's mother's family secretly helping out, how could the inflammation quietly occupy Cheng'an?

Facing the accomplice of the culprit, Emperor Yan naturally would not let it go easily.

The friendship of sharing a bed in the past has long since dissipated with time.

Those who commit treason and cause rebellion deserve to die and have no corpses to go to hell.

Today's palace is full of people, as if they are fighting for trapped beasts.

Yan Zheng really did as he said, killing a person every half an hour to demonstrate, he killed people without any rules to follow, randomly picked out one of the family members of the officials who came from the detention, white knives in, red knives out.

In an instant, the man was out of life.

The two sides have been facing each other for a long time, and they have not been able to advance an inch for a long time, and Yan Zheng's patience is about to run out.

He stood under the imperial city, looking up at the commander of the Praetorian Guard guarding above, his face was gloomy, and there seemed to be a dark cloud between his eyebrows.

After a long time, I only heard him laugh strangely, which made people shudder: "Since no one is willing to open the city gate for me and win the wealth of the sky, then I have a lot of adults, take a step back, as long as you call Qi Changrong out, then ...... I spared all the captives who knelt before the battle. ”

The so-called captives are the relatives of the DPRK and Chinese officials.

Men, women, young and old, are now forced to kneel in the open space between the Imperial City and the rebels.

Every half hour, someone dies.

This matter was too implicated, and the commander of the forbidden army did not dare to make a decision on his own, he thought for a moment, and then asked people to quickly convey the news to Emperor Yan, as for such a choice, it was not for him to decide.

Although, the commander of the Praetorian Guard selfishly thought that even if the palace handed over the crown prince of the Jin Kingdom, the mad prince in front of him would never let him go easily.

Soon, the news reached the Jinluan Palace, and several officials couldn't sit still, and couldn't help but break into front of Emperor Yan, and they all knelt on the ground with a sad expression.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to be the master of the ministers!"

Hearing this, Emperor Yan was weak in his heart, but he couldn't ignore the kneeling of several important ministers of the court, so he gave the person next to him a look, asked him to help himself get up, put several soft pillows behind his back, and half lay on the bed.

"What happened again?"

As soon as these words fell, someone immediately made things clear in a few words.

It turned out that it was the son of a sinister who was making trouble outside the palace, but this time he no longer killed people indiscriminately, but named the prince of Jinguo.

After understanding the cause and effect of the matter, his sharp eyes looked directly at them, Emperor Yan paused for a moment, and asked in a heavy voice: "Do you want to hand over the prince of the Jin Kingdom in exchange for the safety of your relatives at home?" ”

"Please also ask Your Majesty to have mercy on the ministers."

"Ridiculous!" Emperor Yan was furious, looking at them with a disappointed expression: "Did you really believe the words of that thief?" ”

Hearing this, two lines of tears flowed in the minister's eyes: "Your Majesty, this matter is no longer a question of whether the ministers believe it or not, the ministers can die for the country, that is the glory of the ministers, but the families of the ministers...... They are innocent, and if they can get the slightest chance to protect them, they are willing to take a risk. ”

As long as he thought that someone would die every half an hour, and he didn't know which family members died, he was heartbroken and longed to replace him.

It's a pity that now he is also trapped in the palace, even if he knows how dangerous it is outside the imperial city, he must not set foot in it.

Seeing the former ministers crying miserably, the anger in Emperor Yan's eyes lightened slightly: "But have you ever thought that even if we hand over Prince Changrong at this time, will the thief really let the innocent person go?" ”

No, it won't.

"Impossible, the thing has been done, with his temperament, he must strangle all the dangerous factors in the cradle, and anyone who has anything to do with you will die at his hands afterwards."

This is a person's ruthlessness.

Only by killing all the people involved will no one come to take revenge in the future.

"What's more, take 10,000 steps back, don't care whether the thief who handed over Prince Changrong will let the innocent people go, let's just say that after handing over Prince Changrong, how do you plan to explain to the Jin Kingdom?"

"When the time comes, I am afraid that the lives of the two countries will be devastated, and the ones you have worked so hard to protect now will also die in the war."

"Is it worth it?"

No one can answer this question.

On the one hand, there is the country and the people, and on the other hand, there are relatives in the family.

Whatever decision is made, it hurts them.

Seeing that they didn't speak, they only knew that they were buried in crying, Emperor Yan sighed slightly in his heart, and there was sadness in his eyes: "Hold on, I ...... has ordered the royal secret guards to find a way to bring the news out, if the news can be successfully transmitted, the crisis in the imperial city can be solved. ”

Hearing this, no one spoke again.

Want to get the word out under siege?

It's easier said than done.

Having said that, Yan Huang's attitude is obvious.

In any case, he would never hand over the crown prince of the Jin Kingdom.

What's more, it's just civil strife right now, but once it comes to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Jin Kingdom, then ......

There will be no more peace on the frontier.

……

In the remote palace, when everyone in the Yan Palace was in danger, Qi Changrong's performance was very calm.

Since letting Shi Xia save Emperor Yan's half life, her grounding order has also been lifted, and she can enter and leave the palace anywhere at will, but she can't leave.

In this way, she can pass the time in Emperor Yan's library.

There are so many books, enough for her to read for a long time.

And this time, she simply brought the book back, half lying on the soft couch and reading leisurely, her expression was extremely casual.

After watching, Qi Changrong raised his hand and slowly turned the next page.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside the palace, and there was a familiar girl's scolding.

Qi Changrong paused, put the book aside, and stood up with a slight frown.

As soon as she put on her shoes, the palace door was never pushed open.

The person who came was Yan Yuxin.

And behind her, followed by Shi Xia and Xie Meng with helpless faces.

Obviously, these two tried their best, but they couldn't stop the seventh princess of Yan Kingdom.

The person she was looking for stood in front of her, Yan Yuxin didn't hesitate for half a minute, ran to Qi Changrong's side in three steps and two steps, grabbed her wrist and dragged her out, and said urgently: "You're in trouble, come with me!" ”

Hearing these words, Qi Changrong was a little dazed, unprepared, and was really dragged by Yan Yuxin for a few steps.

However, she reacted quickly, and with a little dexterity in her hand, her wrist easily escaped from Yan Yuxin's hand.

His hands suddenly emptied, and Yan Yuxin's busy footsteps also stopped.

Seeing this, Qi Changrong quietly took a step back and widened the distance between the two.

After thinking about it, Yan Yuxin knew that she was impulsive, and explained seriously: "I didn't lie to you, your current situation is really dangerous, those old things want to hand you over to the rebels and thieves in exchange for the lives of their wives and children, if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave later." ”

When choosing between oneself and outsiders, you don't have to think about it at all, you must choose your own people.

Although I don't quite understand what happened in the palace during this time, there is no doubt that the eldest prince Yan Zheng has become a thief.

Not to mention that now he is still besieging the imperial city with tens of thousands of troops.

I heard that the eldest prince and Prince Changrong have a deep grudge, if Qi Changrong is allowed to fall into the hands of the eldest brother at this time, I am afraid that there will be no return......

Hearing the undisguised worry in the little girl's words, Qi Changrong's face softened, gently twisted his wrist that was scratched, and smiled gently: "Where did the Seventh Princess learn about this news?" ”

"I overheard. I heard that my father was seriously ill, and I was going to visit him, but I overheard it outside the palace, and it was the eldest brother who asked you by name. ”

Coincidentally, she was about to send the boiled soup at that time, but who knew that she would encounter such a scene.