Just when the emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief, there was already a mess outside the palace.

Cao Jingzhao hurriedly walked to the Flower Shifting Pavilion, with a panic on his face that could not be hidden: "His Royal Highness, King Ling is going to enter the palace." ”

This sentence, I am afraid that except for Xu Chuhe, who was still trembling and thinking about how to keep himself out of the matter, there was no reaction, and the rest of them were shocked in their hearts.

King Ling came too quickly.

Although Xiao Chen closed the city gate and closed the news as soon as possible, Xiao Ziliang still came as soon as possible. Even than

He Jingying asked, "How is Commander Xiao's side?" ”

Cao Jingzhao said: "Commander Xiao has closed the city gate. It's just that King Jingling has a military report to face the saint on the grounds that Commander Xiao has to release people, and he will not be able to stop him at this time. ”

He Jingying: "How many people did King Jingling bring?" ”

Cao Jingzhao: "Three thousand, Wang Rong led the troops." ”

Three thousand people, as she expected, Xiao Ziliang wanted to rebel.

He Jingying frowned and asked, "What about Shen Wenji?" ”

Cao Jingzhao shook his head: "I didn't see General Shen." ”

In this way, Xiao Ziliang must still have reinforcements.

Xiao Zhaoye glanced at the needle that was serving the emperor. Dendrobium has calmed down a lot, and it seems that he is sure to wake up the emperor, but at least for now, the emperor has no intention of waking up. Xiao Zhaoye panicked: "You must not let him in." ”

He Jingying frowned and said: "King Ling wants to face the saint on the grounds that there is a military report, and Xiao Yanfu has no reason to drag him all the time." Your Highness, we have to buy some time for Imperial Doctor Shi. As long as the emperor wakes up, Xiao Ziliang will not be able to get a reason. ”

Xiao Zhaoye took a deep breath and calmed himself down: "Okay, I'll go." ”

"I'll be with you."

Xiao Zhaoye raised his head in some surprise and met He Jingying's pure and crystal eyes. Xiao Zhaoye's flustered heart settled down under the gaze of these eyes.

The past overlapped, and he seemed to have seen the woman who came out from behind the Broken Temple Bodhisattva, like a goddess illuminated by the light of the Nine Heavens God, revealing a warm light in the darkness.

Xiao Zhaoye involuntarily took He Jingying's hand.

He Jingying withdrew her hand without a trace: "Please also ask Your Highness to go first, you are the prince, you are the young master of this palace city, no matter who comes, you can't be shaken." ”

"Okay." Xiao Zhaoye nodded, turned around and walked towards the outside of the palace.

Because there was someone behind him who could make him stable, he walked steadily with every step, and he slowly regained his courage on the bluestone road under his feet. He is the prince, the prince who has worshiped heaven and earth with a crown.

On the tower of Zhengyangmen, Xiao Chen stood on a high place, looking down at the armor holding torches under the city tower. His expression was grim, and there was no wave on his face, but only he knew that he himself had panicked.

There were 2,000 Yulin troops in the palace, and the 3,000 soldiers against Xiao Ziliang were originally at a disadvantage. If Xiao Ziliang has reinforcements, he has almost no chance of winning.

Xiao Ziliang sat on his warhorse, his silver armor shining in the firelight. He looked up at Xiao Chen and did not speak.

Everything he wanted to say was said by Wang Rong.

Wang Rong stood beside Xiao Ziliang and shouted loudly: "Commander Xiao, we have a battle report and urgently need to face the saint, why don't you open the city gate?" ”

Xiao Chen looked down at Wang Rong: "Lord Wang, does a military newspaper need 3,000 people to report?" ”

Wang Rong said with a smile: "In addition to the military report, we also have important matters to face the saint, and the stakes are very high, and this move is just for the emperor's safety." Please also ask Commander Xiao to open the door, don't put the emperor in a dilemma. ”

Xiao Chen said coldly: "Lord Wang is laughing at the uselessness of the lower officials? Protecting the saint has always been the responsibility of the Yulin Army, and there is no need for Lord Wang to overstep his responsibilities. ”

Wang Rong saw Xiao Chen's tough attitude and said angrily: "Xiao Yanfu, good birds choose trees to perch, you have to know the current affairs." ”

"The duty of this official is to protect the emperor, and I would like to ask which good tree does Lord Wang want Yanfu to choose? Could it be that Lord Wang thinks that the emperor is not a good wood? Lord Wang, do you know that with your words, this official can take you down now! ”

Wang Rong said angrily: "Xiao Yanfu! Don't be ignorant, the prince has the heart to make friends with you, give you face at this time, you don't want to toast and don't eat and drink! ”

"This palace wants to see who can punish Commander Xiao for drinking!"

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Zhaoye's gloomy face also appeared on the city tower.

Wang Rong sneered: "Your Royal Highness, don't come unharmed." ”

Xiao Zhaoye said coldly: "Lord Wang, stationed troops under the Zhengyang Gate, is it the opposite?" ”

Wang Rong smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness, we are loyal and sincere, how can you slander us so much?" ”

He Jingying walked to the city wall and looked at Wang Rong with a smile: "Lord Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, your ability to open your mouth and talk nonsense is really half a point, and the palace is really getting thicker and thicker when you look at your face." ”

Wang Rong is good at fighting with people, but in the face of He Jingying, who scolds when he comes up, he choked for a while, and pointed at He Jingying with a trembling finger and said, "You demon girl!" What did you say! ”

He Jingying looked at Wang Rong mockingly: "I said that Lord Wang, you still want to build an archway as a bitch." Oh, you can't say that, bitches are more open than you. ”

Xiao Zhaoye and Xiao Chen both looked at He Jingying in a bit of a daze at the same time. Xiao Zhaoye clenched his fists and coughed lightly.

Wang Rong was angry: "Your speech as the princess is so unbearable!" ”

He Jingying looked at Wang Rong sarcastically: "Lord Wang has the face to bring troops here, but he is thin-skinned at this time?" ”

Wang Rong said angrily: "Xiao Fa body! You don't care?! ”

Xiao Zhaoye glanced at He Jingying, knowing that He Jingying was delaying time, although he felt that He Jingying was indeed a little rude on the upper floor of the city, but it was not easy to say anything, just looked at Wang Rong silently.

He Jingying stood in front of Xiao Zhaoye, and she didn't know what Xiao Zhaoye's opinion was on her approach. However, He Jingying didn't want to figure out what Xiao Zhaoye thought in his heart. I only know that if Wang Rong is determined to break into the palace, it makes no difference if he says a few words less and says a few more.

What's more, looking at the appearance of Wang Rong and Xiao Ziliang, I couldn't help but think of the bastard things that Wang Rong did when he was in a manger, and he was even more annoyed in his heart.

He Jingying was even more annoyed: "Wang Rong! You are a disloyal and unrighteous rebel and thief, where do you have the cheekiness to accuse others? ”

Wang Rong: "You are a demon girl who deserves to accuse me!" ”

He Jingying: "Wang Rong! Now that the border war is about to start, my good sons and daughters of Daqi are all defending their families and defending the country at the border, but you are hoarding troops under Zhengyangmen, what do you have in mind? King Jingling, your siblings are also on the border, the wolf ambition of the Northern Wei Dynasty wants to invade my Daqi territory, King Anlu and King Luling are fighting the enemy on the front line, not only do you not worry about the country, but also want to take advantage of the situation, and you and other disloyal and unrighteous people will be spurned by my Daqi soldiers! ”

Xiao Ziliang didn't expect He Jingying to be so straightforward, her face was blue and red for a while. Xiao Ziliang has always been old and dignified in front of people, and he has a gentle appearance, of course, it is impossible to scold people like He Jingying, nor can he deal with a woman like Wang Rong, so he had to restrain his anger and said gently: "I'm afraid that Concubine Taisun has misunderstood me and waited." But this king has a military report to present to the Holy One. ”

"What are you doing with so many soldiers in a military report?"

"This king heard that someone wanted to do evil to the saint, and he was relieved to bring his troops here, and when the safety of his father was confirmed, he should retire and ask his father for his guilt. I also asked the grandson to open the city gate quickly and let me wait inside. If the military plane is delayed, can the grandson afford such a crime? ”

Xiao Ziliang is thick-skinned and shameless, and he speaks without leakage. Both the bright and the dark are saying that even if they want to condemn themselves, the emperor will condemn them, and they can't say it.

If Xiao Chen was the only one here, I am afraid that he would have to open the city gate and let Xiao Ziliang in.

He Jingying smiled slyly: "How does King Jingling want to confirm the emperor's safety?" Let the three thousand soldiers look at the emperor one by one? ”

Xiao Ziliang said angrily: "Presumptuous! As the princess, you are so disrespectful to the emperor! To confirm the safety of the emperor, of course, the king himself can confirm it. ”

"That's good! Jingying now welcomes King Jingling into the city. ”

Hearing He Jingying say this, Xiao Ziliang's face finally eased a little.

Xiao Chen frowned and looked at He Jingying: "Concubine Taisun, if the city gate is opened, I am afraid that the one who comes in will not be King Jingling." Don't say that I only have two thousand Yulin troops in my hands, and without the warrant of the Holy Lord, I can't directly fight King Jingling. ”

A touch of sarcasm flashed in He Jingying's eyes, and she whispered a few words in Xiao Chen's ear. Xiao Chen's face suddenly changed: "Can it really be like this?" ”

Xiao Zhaoye saw He Jingying and Xiao Chen whispering on the side, and a trace of displeasure flashed in his heart, but he couldn't attack because of his feelings, so he had to turn his head to the side and look at Xiao Ziliang with a gloomy face.

After a while, two guards came up from under the castle tower carrying a large basket. He Jingying smiled slightly, picked up the basket and hung it on the city tower, and put the basket down as soon as her hand was loosened. The basket was tied to a rope at one end, and was dragged in the hands of two soldiers on the castle tower.

He Jingying said solemnly: "Please also ask the prince of Jingling to deign to come up in this basket." ”

Wang Rong was furious: "The demon girl is presumptuous! How can the prince of Lingling allow you to be humiliated like this?! ”

He Jingying raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes full of sarcasm: "It seems that the prince's military report is not so urgent." If the prince is unwilling to deign to come up in the basket, then just wait here, it's the middle of the night, and when the emperor wakes up, he will naturally come to see you. ”

"Demon girl, you are presumptuous! You don't dare to open the city gates, isn't it because you have done something unseemly? Don't dare to let me wait to enter the palace! Hurry up and open the city gate, don't miss the military plane! ”

He Jingying looked at Wang Rong with disdain: "Lord Wang, then I'm really embarrassed, this order to close the city gate is from the emperor, without the emperor's command, I'm afraid this city gate can't be opened." ”

As soon as Wang Rong heard He Jingying say that it was the city gate that the emperor ordered to close, he immediately showed a smile. He has eyeliner in the palace, and the emperor has long been unconscious in the Flower Shifting Pavilion, and now he doesn't know whether that breath has fallen, but he definitely doesn't have the strength to personally order the city gate to be closed. He Jingying said this, which made him more sure of the situation in the palace.

As long as the emperor swallows his breath in the palace, and then a few palace people confess that Xiao Zhaoye killed the monarch, plus their long-term operation in the court, when the time comes, the abolition of Xiao Zhaoye's position as the prince and the ascension of King Jingling to the throne will be a matter of course.

Wang Rong guessed that He Jingying's delay here was just to wait for reinforcements, but the forces belonging to Xiao Zhaoye were all pinned down at the border, and they still had Shen Wenji to order troops in Stone City. At that time, these reinforcements will be stopped outside the city by Shen Wenji, and no matter how capable they are, they will not be able to enter the capital.

Wang Rong immediately put his mind at ease, and the tone of his voice was much more arrogant: "Concubine Taisun, do you know what the crime of falsely passing on the emperor's edict is?" ”

Wang Rong felt fortunate for He Jingying's reckless words. He Jingying said that it was the city gate that the emperor ordered to close, undoubtedly digging her own grave. He was still thinking about how to make Xiao Zhaoye's crime of killing the monarch true. But now He Jingying actually sent this reason by herself. Many people in the palace can testify that the emperor was unconscious when he was in Hai, but the city gate was closed when he was in the son, and He Jingying falsely passed the holy decree, didn't it just let them splash dirty water?

The more Wang Rong thought about it, the more complacent he became, as if he had seen Xiao Ziliang crowned and crowned himself.

Just when Wang Rong was proud, another unhurried voice suddenly came from the city tower: "Is the holy decree fake, or is the military report in your hand fake?" ”

The sound was not loud, but when it reached Wang Rong's ears, it was like five thunderbolts. Wang Rong looked up in astonishment and saw that the emperor was standing on top of the city tower supported by a monk, and Xiao Zhaoye, He Jingying, and Xiao Chen were already kneeling on their sides.

The monk stood beside the emperor, his blue monk's robe blowing in the gale, and his aura was extraordinary. A handsome face, carved with resolute lines like a knife. Under the moonlight, his amber pupils seemed to penetrate the world, seeing through all the intrigues and the way forward.

Wang Rong looked at this fairy-like person, and a trace of panic flashed in his heart, and he actually gave birth to the sadness that the sky was going to kill me.

Xiao Ziliang heard the emperor's voice and tightened the reins with both hands. He raised his head a little stiffly, just in time to meet the emperor's cold gaze. He shuddered, and almost rolled off his horse. He knelt on one knee, controlled his trembling voice, and said loudly: "Erchen see the emperor." ”

The emperor stared at Xiao Ziliang silently, but for one night, a few hours, the emperor seemed to be several years old, like a person who had returned to the light, and his pale skin was attached to a layer of extremely abnormal flushing. His figure was slightly rickety, but the expression on his face was solemn and inviolable. The emperor said coldly: "Yanfu, open the city gate." ”

Xiao Chen was slightly surprised: "Your Majesty? ”

The emperor didn't look at Xiao Yanfu, raised his hand slightly to Xiao Lian, turned around and walked down the steps of the city wall step by step, his figure was rickety, but his steps were firm.

The emperor's hand on Xiao Lian's arm has strong fingers and distinct joints. He is already an old man in his twilight, the corners of his eyes are slightly drooping downward, and the skin of his sagging face and even the corners of his mouth are slightly curved downward, but he has an unquestionable resoluteness, which is the temperament of a person in a high position. The bloody rain of half his life seemed to soak into his bone marrow, and he stood silently in front of the city gate, making the air around him cold and the moonlight stained with blood.

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