After receiving the exact news of Emperor Chu's death, the three Taige elders also hurried to the palace gate and blocked the old faction at the door.

At present, they have no military power in their hands, and they do not have a justifiable excuse to participate in this field of interests. So it can only be dragged on.

Once the Queen Mother is let in, then they will face a complete purge. No one in power likes to put alive a man who has always opposed him.

The Qinggui faction did not contribute much to the suppression of the old faction by Huang Gaozu, and now the old faction acted quickly, which caught the Qinggui faction led by Taige off guard.

And for the current situation, the Taige people are not unprepared at all, and now they still have a trump card in their hands, that is, the palace is still in their hands, and they are blocking the news of the death of the Chu Emperor, as long as the news of the death of the Chu Emperor is not spread, the old faction will not dare to mess around.

Outside the city, Prince Ping rode a tall blood-red horse, followed by a group of imperial relatives who were usually high in the imperial city, and his majestic face looked a little pale after experiencing all these years of pleasure, but the tall body and bright armor still gave people a sense of oppression.

Immediately behind him was a splendid carriage, the curtain was lowered, and it was impossible to see inside, but everyone present knew that it was the Queen Mother who sat inside.

When the emperor died, several princes rose up one after another to seize the throne, such a woman, with the support of her mother's family and her own means of combining strength and softness, she simply quelled the rebellion of the prince.

Because her own son Sixth Prince was still young at that time, she almost sat behind the imperial chair and listened to the government, and then the previous dark pavilion lord went out to support the eldest prince who returned to China at that time, that is, the emperor Gaozu ascended the throne, and broke her dream of being an empress.

At the beginning of the turmoil, even those who knew the specific situation were reluctant to mention it, only knowing that the Dark Pavilion was out of the nest to control the entire imperial city, and the Dark Pavilion Lord passed the throne to Gaozu in front of a cadre of Chuchen on the grounds of the Empress Dowager's misconduct and the lack of talent of the six princes.

It was also that incident that the Secret Pavilion of the State of Chu appeared in front of the world again, and it also brought an uproar.

No one thought that the Dark Pavilion would have such great power and directly appoint the monarch, which broke the cognition of ordinary people, but no one dared to oppose it.

No one can completely know who there are in the dark pavilion, the people who showed their identities in the coup d'état back then were the then Taishi Qu Tianhong, the commander of the imperial city defenders, Ren Yu, the previous Taige veteran Fang Kuo and so on.

Everyone is the person who holds the power of this Chu State, and it is these people who have put on a more mysterious cloak for the Dark Pavilion. Even people with such power are members of the Dark Cabinet, so what else can't the Dark Pavilion do?

At that time, the dark pavilion directly pulled the queen mother down from the throne one step away, and was even more grounded in Jining Temple, not allowed to go out at will, but now the queen mother appeared outside the palace gate, but the dark pavilion was nowhere to be seen.

This makes people who don't know the general situation wonder, could it be that the Dark Pavilion suffered huge losses when it forcibly interfered with the imperial power of the Chu State, and it has not been relieved so far?

Indeed, the secret pavilion surfaced and directly crowned Gaozu, causing spies from the other two countries to take action one after another, constantly intensifying various hidden contradictions in the Chu State, trying to destroy the Chu State.

And the reason why the Dark Pavilion is a Hidden Pavilion is because no matter what the circumstances, it is aimed at defending the Chu State. After completing the coronation of Gaozu, the previous Dark Pavilion Master personally dispatched to intercept and kill the spies sent by the Liao State and the Jin State, and the Liao State and the Jin State even dispatched the most elite assassination team to assassinate or incite rebellion in a self-mutilating manner.

In the end, with the complete destruction of the enemy assassins, the Dark Pavilion retreated. And the master of the Dark Pavilion knew that he had directly intervened in the government affairs of the Chu State, and if he continued to serve as the master of the Dark Pavilion, I was afraid that the monarch would also be at ease, so he directly escaped from the game on the grounds of being seriously injured.

On the imperial city wall, the three Taige elders felt bad when they saw the menacing Prince Ping, but fortunately they received the news before and ordered the entire imperial city to be blocked in advance. But now it is their turn to admit defeat, and now everything is undecided, and it is not certain who will be better.

Seeing the three elders appear on the city wall, Uncle Chu shouted to the people on the wall at the signal of Prince Ping: "The queen mother goes back to the palace to visit the emperor, and the people on the wall hurry up and open the door, otherwise you can't afford the consequences."

As soon as he heard this, Shi Lin, one of the elders, was directly timid in this scene, his expression was panicked, and he hurriedly said to Xie Shuran: "Xie, Xie Lao, why don't we open the door, that's the queen mother, let her in, I, we can still leave a way back." I was so nervous that I couldn't even speak.

The other patriarch and the queen mother, but now they did not speak, and if they advocated opening the city gate now, they were likely to be opposed; The second is that even if the city gate is opened, the one who falls to the queen mother will not be treated as a hero, but will be treated as a pawn, and the ending will not be much better.

However, at this time, Xie Shuran saw very clearly that this city gate must not be opened, because the other party was still afraid and did not dare to mess around. Once opened, it is estimated that there is no one in the family behind him.

Now as long as they hold the city, the dark pavilion that Ye Yunyi has mastered will definitely come out to clean up the mess, but they haven't seen the shadow of the dark pavilion yet, so they can only drag it.

Moreover, the current situation of the border army is not optimistic, even if the internal affairs are chaotic, the border army must not be chaotic, as long as they promise not to open this door, then they can still maintain the illusion that the Chu Emperor is still there, and the border army will not be turbulent. Otherwise, it will not only be an internal struggle of a country, but the destruction of the country.

Once the city gate is opened, the queen mother and they are estimated to rely heavily on the old school to settle accounts, then everything that Gaozu worked hard to change before will return to the past, the old aristocracy has exclusive power, and the people's livelihood is miserable.

Xie Shuran stood up at this time: "Prince Ping, now the emperor is seriously ill and needs to recuperate, and he can't see people; The lower officials are here to greet the Queen Mother, and I hope that the Queen Mother will forgive me for the rudeness, and when this matter subsides, I will personally ask the Queen Mother for guilt." Xie Shuran, dressed in literary clothes, stood at the head of the wall, righteous and awe-inspiring, with fluttering clothes, speaking reasonably and rudely, showing the popularity of the literati.

"Xie Shuran, you villain, actually dare to stop the Queen Mother, when the Queen Mother was in the world, you were just a petty official who promoted doumi, and today you actually dare to show off your power in front of us, and when I enter the city, I have to slaughter you." Seeing that Xie Shuran refused to give way, Prince Ping scolded angrily.

"Lord Wang, even if you kill me now, I won't open the door, this is about the national system, about the people of Chu State, not one person can change it, if I open it for you today, the history books will scold me over and over again in the future, and I hope that the prince will focus on the overall situation."

"Bullshit, I don't know you literati fancy intestines, do you just want to continue to sit in a high position, as long as you open the door, I can ensure that your Xie clan will continue to be prosperous and rich, and you will continue to be your Taige elder, and you are the only elder, how about it"? Prince Ping, who had led soldiers to fight in the army in his early years, tempted.

This is not just for Xie Shuran, but also for those who guard the imperial city to draw a "big cake", which has the effect of distracting people's hearts. It is worthy of being deceived by the battlefield, and there are words in the words, and there is a secret murderous intention.

Once someone can't resist the temptation, they open the door, and when they enter the city, it's not just what they say.

"Lord, I understand your kindness, but now that the emperor is seriously ill, and you will lead a large army to surround the imperial city, do you want to bully the king and exterminate the clan, ignoring loyalty, if you are still loyal, please go back." Xie Shuran broke the temptation set by Prince Ping with one word, and instead put him in the army, which can be described as a thousand catties. You must know that loyalty and morality may be a joke to Ye Yunyi, a later generation, but in the eyes of people at that time, it was very important, even more important than life.