The world is unpredictable, and it is about this year's Holy Birthday Day.

Whether it is Lu Hehao, a concubine, suddenly appeared in Mingren Gonghong and exposed Emperor Duanhua's indecent behavior; is still Zhu Qin's loyalty after hearing the news, trying to use his life and reputation to help Emperor Duanhua overcome the current difficulties; Or, the sudden interception of the "fifth brother".

It's all so unexpected.

Even the masters behind them didn't expect all this to happen.

The "fifth brother" is naturally the confidant of the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager was born in troubled times, and watched the young Da Rui grow up in the smoke and blood, and experienced the favored concubine of Emperor Huizong, the two kings of the previous dynasty Xianjia seized the throne, and the intrigue of this dynasty - naturally she would not be naïve to think that by relying on the identity of her grandmother, you can prevent Emperor Duanhua from poisoning herself.

Although he knew that Emperor Duanhua's main energy at the moment was focused on eradicating King Su and the Su family, and he should be powerless to attack himself for the time being, the Empress Dowager, who had been fighting for a long time, still cautiously used the hole card of "Fifth Brother".

During this time, she has been arranging this group near Mingren Palace.

Even on such a day as her birthday and the noble women of the Manchu Emperor came to the palace to pay her birthday greetings, the "fifth brother" kept them vigilant to avoid being killed by Emperor Duanhua first.

However, in order to prevent misunderstandings, the Empress Dowager has an agreement with the "fifth brother", and they don't have to pay attention to ordinary discrepancies. After all, the Empress Dowager has not lived in Mingren Palace for more than 20 years in vain, and so many henchmen who are waiting for her are surrounded around all day long, and it is basically impossible to assassinate her by relying on a few palace people!

This is also the reason why Lu Hehao, a common man, could enter Mingren Palace from under their noses before, because Lu Hehao was guided in by two chamberlains, "Fifth Brother" They didn't know that this former prince would set off a monstrous wave when he entered the palace today, and seeing that there was nothing suspicious about their numbers and dress, they didn't care.

But!

On the order of Zhu Qin, the chamberlain Zhu Chunyang sent a team of guards loyal to Emperor Duanhua, and hurried to Mingren Palace, trying to kill all the concubines Lu Hehao and Concubine Nuan's mother and son, and destroy the corpses, but they were unlucky!

The unknown "fifth brother" only said that the emperor finally couldn't hold it back, and wanted to risk the world's condemnation and poison his master, the Empress Dowager!

Without even thinking about it, the "fifth brother" ordered his subordinates to attack suddenly, chopping melons and vegetables, and hacking a group of unsuspecting colleagues to death in the snow!

After killing people, according to the previous instructions of the Empress Dowager, he sent someone to report to the Empress Dowager on the one hand, and sent someone to inform the courtiers who were close to the Empress Dowager, and he was not idle - except for leaving a few people to clean up the mess, everyone else was sent outside the palace to spread the news and create public opinion, so as not to stop Emperor Duanhua and continue to send more people to kill the Empress Dowager!

Half an hour later, when the Empress Dowager learned the news from Yuguo's mouth, she almost fainted again!

Although she doesn't care about Emperor Duanhua at all, she cares very, very much about Xianjia!

Such a thing to show Jiajia's face, no matter what the final result is, now that she is so troubled by the "fifth brother", it is destined to be known to the whole world - the queen mother, who originally had a glimmer of hope for the seal, has the heart to hang herself!

Yuguo also felt at a loss, she had served the Empress Dowager for more than 20 years, and she was a very experienced and well-informed aunt in the palace, but she had never dealt with the current situation, so she knew that the Empress Dowager would be weak, so she had to ask for instructions: "Niangniang, what should we do now?" ”

"What should I do?" After the Empress Dowager sent her chamberlain to the front hall, she retreated to the apse under the pretext of being unwell-Empress Dowager Su and Empress Wei made a gesture to follow up and serve, but she simply refused - at this moment, the palace had just waved off the imperial doctor, only the master and servant, the Empress Dowager gasped a few times, closed her eyes, and sighed, "What else can you do except resign yourself to fate and let those families fight?!" ”

Yuguo heard the weakness in her tone, and her heart couldn't help but be awe-inspiring!

At this time, the front that almost topped the roof of the palace was finally reluctantly restored under the auspices of Gu Shao.

"Zhu Qin, you are the old man in front of Your Majesty, and the first emperor personally pointed it out to Your Majesty!" Before order was restored, Gu Shao ordered someone to escort Zhu Qin to the palace and interrogate him in public, "Over the years, Your Majesty has treated you well!" Why do you want to kill the king?! ”

At this time, although the chamberlain of Mingren Palace had been standing in the hall for a while, because it was unfortunate to come, he rushed Zhu Qin to assassinate Emperor Duanhua in public before he entered the door.

And although he was served by the Empress Dowager, but in front of Gu Shao, an important minister of the three dynasties, he didn't dare to talk recklessly, Gu Shao's attention was on Emperor Duanhua and Zhu Qin, and the palace was vast, but he didn't notice him, and naturally he wouldn't take the initiative to ask him why he came over - so Gu Shao, who didn't know what was going on in Mingren Palace, was really angry and questioned Zhu Qin at this moment.

Of course, this is also Zhu Qin's purpose, in the process of being subdued, he was very beaten a few times, which will be a little dying and smiled, and said: "Your Majesty treats slaves and maids well, but who calls slaves and maids have old masters?" The old master is deeply gracious, and the slave and maid must repay it! ”

The people in the hall were shocked when they heard this, Gu Shao was about to speak, but Zhu Qin raised his head one step at a time, but saw his cheek muscles twitch a few times - Gu Shao exclaimed: "Quickly remove his jawbone!" ”

However, it was too late, black blood slipped from the corner of Zhu Qin's mouth, and his eyes gradually lost their lustre, and he looked at the Danqi with his last strength: the young emperor was looking down with disbelief, his eyebrows were full of surprise and suspicion, but there was no hatred and anger, obviously sensing that his sudden betrayal must have something inside.

The experience of this life flashed in front of me, the poverty of childhood; the hardships when he entered the palace; the surprise and gratitude when he was selected by Emperor Xianjia as the prince's personal chamberlain; the past that accompanied the prince in his growth; After the crown prince ascended the throne, the hesitation of congratulatory people from all over the world was full; In the recent hardships, the master and the servant depend on each other......

Zhu Qin showed a faint smile to the emperor with difficulty: Your Majesty, I hope you will eradicate all kinds of troubles as soon as possible, and you will really have great power and be arbitrary!

"Bang!"

The corpse of the head of the inner court fell to the ground in a silence, and the heart of the emperor on the top of the Danqi also seemed to have received a sudden blow!

The emperor held the back of the hand of the imperial case, his muscles were exposed, he stared at the still warm body at the bottom of the stairs, trying not to recall the past, with the only remaining reason, followed Zhu Qin's words before his death, and said in a voice: "I have served my inner servant for more than 20 years, and there is another old master!" Who is this old master?! ”

The temple, which was originally silent, became quiet and audible in an instant.

Zhu Qin has been serving Emperor Duanhua for twenty years, at that time, Emperor Xianjia had just ascended the throne, and Da Rui's harem was naturally in charge of Emperor Xianjia's Empress Dowager Su - the most likely, the most opportunity, and the most suspicious, since that time, who else has planted the nail beside Emperor Duanhua, except for the Empress Dowager Su, or the Su family?!

But this was only the purpose of Emperor Duanhua's questioning at this moment.

In fact, everyone is thinking about a question: if Zhu Qin is really the Su family's secret son buried by the side of Emperor Duanhua, how much chance does he have of murdering Emperor Duanhua, why did he choose a day like today, in front of the public, to snatch the guard's ceremonial knife to cut the emperor?

Taking advantage of the time to pour wine for the emperor to put some poison, it is better than this method, right?

What kind of intention is this to kill the king?

This is simply wishing that the so-called "old master" he said would die too slowly!

"Could it be that Your Majesty can't wait to attack the Queen Mother and the Su family, even to the point that you can't wait for King Su to arrive in the imperial capital?" Everyone thought like this, "I didn't hesitate to give up my henchmen and servants on the birthday of the Queen Mother, in order to frame me?!" ”

For a while, they were a little cold to Emperor Duanhua: Zhu Qin is an old man who has been with Emperor Duanhua for 20 years, even if the master and servant are different, but people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless - the emperor said that if you are an abandoned son, you will be an abandoned child, and this is still the case for the close attendants, so the weight of these courtiers who have not been close to the emperor to get along day and night in the eyes of the emperor can be imagined!

These people were silent, but Gu Shao was still considering the wording of the answer because he couldn't tell Zhu Qin what the inside story was, and after a strange moment of silence, Gu Shao finally made up his mind, raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is very strange today, according to the minister's opinion, ......."

Who wanted to finish speaking, the back of the palace suddenly turned out a chamberlain, as soon as he came out, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said loudly: "Mingren Palace Urgent Report: The Empress Dowager was assassinated!! ”

"What?!" The palace exclaimed in surprise when they heard this, and everyone, including Gu Shao, looked at Emperor Duanhua's eyes changed: knowing that the face had been torn between the emperor and the empress dowager, the two ancestors and grandchildren would just wish that the other party would die early!

But!

Today is Holy Birthday Day!

For the ministers, the death of the Empress Dowager under the murder of her grandson on her birthday is actually not the most important thing, the most important thing is that today their wives and daughters are all in the Mingren Palace - Emperor Duanhua chose such a day to attack his grandmother, who knows if he will accidentally hurt or involve their families?!

"How is the Empress Dowager now?!" At the critical moment, Gu Shao was still calm, although the sudden rickety figure showed that his heart was definitely not calm at the moment, but he still walked around, and after stopping everyone's whispers with a stern gaze, he asked in a deep voice, "Can you pass on the imperial doctor?" Are the rest of the ladies okay? ”

But I heard the waiter say: "Fortunately, the palace guards were vigilant and made timely moves, killing all the assassins in front of the palace, and did not disturb the Empress Dowager and the nobles!" ”

Gu Shao: "............"

Emperor: ".................."

Everyone: "........................!!! ”

The chamberlain looked at the palace and couldn't wait to eat his gaze, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Fifth brother" They don't know what happened in Mingren Palace, so they don't know that the Empress Dowager sent someone over to tell the story of Lu Hehao's revelation - after the guards sent by the "Fifth Brother" arrived here, they found this chamberlain, and this chamberlain was naturally also the Empress Dowager's person.

The two originally planned to follow the instructions of the "fifth brother" and quietly convey the news to Qiu Shuxia and Jian Xubai first, so that these two ministers could question Emperor Duanhua in public, why are there heavily armed guards rushing to Mingren Palace on a day like today? !

However, they came unfortunately, they were rushing to kill Zhu Qin, and there was a mess in the hall, Qiu Shuxia and Jian Xubai were not low, they were in the front of the seat, and they were all busy rescuing the driver with Gu Shao, how could they sit in the seat and wait for someone to quietly deliver the news?

In this way, the guards discussed it with the inner attendants, and they all felt that since the emperor was already clearly going to kill the Empress Dowager, if he didn't expose the madness of this faint monarch as soon as possible, who knew what tricks he had waiting for the Empress Dowager?!

For the sake of this old master, the chamberlain decided to give up his life and make a big deal out of it, so that Emperor Duanhua could not hide it!

At this moment, he was about to continue to tell the "unfair" treatment of the Empress Dowager today, but before he wanted to approach the main entrance of the main hall, a familiar colleague was stunned and said: "Grandpa Cai, what did you say?" The Empress Dowager was assassinated?! So that Lu Hehao broke into the palace, it was really a conspiracy?! ”

This chamberlain is to serve the Empress Dowager on a daily basis, although he was ordered to come over to spread the word, but when he heard that the master was assassinated, of course he didn't care about the messenger on his body, so he inquired about the situation on the master's side first!

"Lu Hehao?" Now the fool also woke up, and the liveliness of Mingren Palace today must be not inferior here!

Gu Shao's face turned pale: "Please also invite the two internal supervisors, from the beginning - what happened over there in Mingren Palace?!" ”