Chapter 762: Thunderbolt on a Sunny Day
After the emperor fell into a coma, the cabinet began to discuss the matter of establishing a prince. Lord Jiang Bin suppressed the matter on the grounds that the emperor could not handle political affairs. But the cabinet refused to agree, and played in the palace again and again. A few days ago, the scholars of the Guozijian came to the noon gate to meditate, and if it weren't for the heavy snowfall that forced those people away, I don't know what the matter would have been. And now, they are doing things more and more unscrupulously, and they even let the 3,000 battalions attack the Qianqing Palace. Fang Hong told Zhu Houzhao the matter simply, every word he said was true, and no one could find fault with it.
After listening to Fang Hong's story, Zhu Houzhao's whole face became gloomy. In normal times, he would not easily believe Fang Hong's one-sided words, but now that the three thousand battalions attacked the Qianqing Palace, it was already a fact, which made his heart extremely angry.
Moreover, the most important thing is the matter of establishing a reserve, which almost pokes at Zhu Houzhao's pain point. He is thirty years old this year, but he does not have any children, which is something he is extremely taboo about. In the past, when the cabinet said that they wanted to establish a prince, he vetoed it, isn't it a joke? If it was his son, it would be fine, but now he has appointed an outsider as the prince, what is that like?
But now, he was just unwell, and the gang hurriedly began to set up a reserve, could it be that they were waiting for their own death?
The more Zhu Houzhao thought about it, the more angry he became, about seventy years ago, such a thing happened in Daming. During the Tumubao Incident, Emperor Yingzong was taken captive by Wara, and the cabinet appointed his younger brother Daizong as emperor in order to stabilize people's hearts. Although Yingzong was later released, how did Daizong treat Yingzong and Yingzong's relatives?
It stands to reason that Daizong should return the throne to his brother after Yingzong returns. But Daizong put Yingzong under house arrest, deposed Yingzong's crown prince, and made his own son the crown prince.
The abolished prince is Zhu Houzhao's grandfather, Emperor Xianzong Chenghua. If it weren't for the successful restoration of Yingzong, maybe his branch would have been cut off.
If the throne of his own branch falls into the hands of others again, how should his concubine and his mother deal with themselves? The new emperor has nothing to do with them, so how can he treat them well? Therefore, Zhu Houzhao will resolutely not let such a thing happen.
Moreover, he believed in his physical condition that one day he would give birth to a son.
"Master Fang, thank you for telling me these things. However, I won't leave, I want to see if these people really dare to kill the king and the lord!" Zhu Houzhao strode towards the outside of the palace.
"Success or failure is now, now the emperor is trapped by traitors, we quickly entered the palace and rescued the emperor!" Seeing the situation developing in a better direction, Dong Bin's heart became more and more happy. As long as he rescues the emperor, he will have a great credit.
"Follow me!" he drew a knife and soon reached the door of the main hall, escorted by a group of soldiers. In his excitement, he kicked the door hard and kicked it open.
As soon as he kicked the door open, he saw a figure standing not far away, and he subconsciously wanted to swing his knife and cut it down. However, when he cut half of the knife, his heart suddenly trembled, this figure was very familiar to him, wasn't it the emperor he was trying to rescue?
"Your Majesty, the slave and maid are here...... Dong Bin was overjoyed, and immediately prepared to pull the knife back, but only heard a sharp howling wind, followed by a "dang" sound, his tiger mouth shook, and the long knife in his hand flew out directly and stuck straight into the door frame on the side.
"Damn eunuch, you dare to kill the king!" Fang Hong's figure jumped, quickly appeared in front of Dong Bin, reached out and grabbed it, and grabbed it in his hand. With a slight force, I can't exert the slightest strength on the convenience.
"You...... Who are you?Come on, kill this thief!" Dong Bin was held by Fang Hong, only to feel panicked in his heart, and immediately shouted loudly.
The soldiers of the three thousand battalions around surrounded one after another, wanting to save Dong Bin from Fang Hong's hands.
"I see which of you dares to do it!" Zhu Houzhao walked out directly, the sun shone on his face, the face that looked pale because he had been in a coma for too long, but it was full of anger at the moment.
"Your Majesty!" a group of 3,000 soldiers fell to their knees on the ground, although they were ordered by Dong Bin to attack the Qianqing Palace, but the real allegiance was still to the emperor.
"Okay, Dong Bin, you are really bold, leading the army to attack the Qianqing Palace, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, you are the first!" Zhu Hou trembled angrily and said loudly to Dong Bin.
"What...... What ......" Dong Bin was completely stunned, what does the emperor mean by this? He risked his life to come to the rescue, how could the emperor blame himself?
"Your Majesty...... You listen to the slave maid explain that this matter was ordered by the slave and maid of Yang Ge, and he said...... "His head is a little dizzy, didn't several cabinet elders say that the emperor was put under house arrest by thieves? He hurriedly wanted to explain, but Zhu Houzhao was already impatient.
"Come, change clothes with me, and summon the ministers to the Taihe Hall for me. Zhu Houzhao didn't want to listen to Dong Bin's explanation, because he knew that Dong Bin didn't have the courage to attack the Qianqing Palace, and the mastermind should have someone else.
"As for you, no matter what your purpose is, daring to attack the Qianqing Palace is already a capital crime!" After giving the order, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Dong Bin deeply, his eyes were full of coldness.
Today's events, whether it is the cabinet or Dong Bin, have already stimulated Zhu Houzhao. Especially in the matter of Lichu, this matter is to expose Zhu Houzhao's scars. If he doesn't give those people a little color, will he really think he is muddy?
Listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, Dong Bin's strength was drained, and he couldn't stop panting there. The glory and wealth he imagined had come to naught at this moment. Not only that, but even his life was put into it.
It was not only Dong Bin who was scared half to death, but the cabinet was also frightened after hearing the news. Because Zhang Yongjiangbin killed Zhang Xiong without authorization, put the empress dowager under house arrest, and forbade the ministers to meet the emperor, they guessed that the emperor was likely to be tied up by thieves. But now it seems that their judgment was wrong, and it was very wrong.
"What should I do?" in the cabinet, it was almost a pot of porridge. Especially the three elders, after the news of this incident came out, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue, blowing up on their heads.
If the emperor was not under house arrest by the thieves, then they attacked the palace without authorization, and it was also a big crime to raid the family and exterminate the clan. Moreover, the matter was so widely implicated that several cabinet elders used their connections to mobilize the Han generals and other guards guarding the imperial city to let the three thousand battalion commanders drive in. After all, this is also taboo. What do you think about a foreign minister colluding with the palace guards and spreading it out?