Chapter XXIII: The Eve
Dongfang Qing pretended to propose to set up a prince and let the ministers discuss the candidates, and everyone felt that the Nine Emperors were thick and stable, and they were suitable to be a prince in a peaceful and prosperous era.
This proposal is exactly what Dongfang Qing wants.
So, Dongfang Qingyue, who thought that he was in power, grew up in the palace and raised a face, all of whom were handsome young men with red lips and white teeth.
Unexpectedly, the survivors of the family asked someone to come to the door through a little eunuch and ask for help.
Dongfang Qing refused, and privately called someone to arrest him, but failed.
The rebel forces held a grudge and began to hype up Dongfang Qing's secrets, saying that she was actually a traitor of the rebel forces.
Although such a topic is attractive, it is not very credible, and it is laughable and generous for a while.
Seeing this, Dongfang Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and no longer took those people to heart, and continued to enjoy the 'happy life' brought by the right.
One morning, the status of the crown prince of the Nine Emperors was decided.
When the little prince Cao Jingxiu and the tenth prince Cao Yu met, they had already made sure that the little prince who had secretly gathered in the capital with his soldiers was confident, and handed a sloppy talisman of the Nine Gates' Admirals that he managed to the tenth prince.
"Brother Huang, although it is cooperation, but it is only temporary, let's settle this account clearly, Brother Jiu's side...... You yourself know what to do. ”
There are not enough people around the Ten Princes, so in order to prevent his own brother Nine Emperors from being unable to ascend to the throne, he can only find the younger brother who is holding the Nine Sects of soldiers and horses hostage.
The Ten Princes nodded, solemn and dignified, and said categorically: "A word is a certainty." ”
After the Ten Princes left happily with the tiger talisman, Cao Jingxiu looked down at the four-clawed dragon pattern embroidered on his cuffs, and laughed, showing his handsomeness.
"The Ninety-Five, it's close at hand, anyone who stands in my way can be killed!"
In the final analysis, in the face of the temptation of the throne, family affection is nothing.
What's more, in the eyes of someone as ambitious as him who aspires to the throne, family affection is not worth mentioning at all.
The reason why he chose to cooperate with Cao Yu, a fool, was that from the very beginning, he was full of murderous intent for this brother who didn't know whether to live or die, relied on his mother to listen to politics and hold power in his hands, and often secretly gave him stumbling and eye medicine!
It's just a knife to kill someone, it's not worth mentioning!
The most important thing is how to reap the benefits of the fisherman.
In addition, it is the queen who leans towards the government and the opposition and listens to the government, which is an obstacle and the only obstacle for him to step on the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.
The old emperor is dying......
One night, the old emperor woke up suddenly, vomiting blood, the imperial doctor and Dongfang Qing and a group of concubines, palace maids, eunuchs, and ministers all gathered outside his bedroom and did not dare to leave, waiting for that moment to come, although the mortal emperor deserves to enjoy the mandate of heaven, but he cannot live forever, and he still has to face life and death.
Before he died, the old emperor summoned the Nine Emperors and told him, "If there is anything that cannot be decided, then go and ask your mother." ”
After saying that, the old emperor hung up.
"Bell! Clang! Clang! ”
The bell rings 27 times, on behalf of the country's great funeral, summons the ministers into the palace, discusses state affairs, reads the emperor's edict, and then the procedure is to hold the national funeral ceremony, rings the bell 30,000 times, the new emperor personally presides over the funeral, and cries day and night within three days. From the fourth day, the princes and hundreds of officials stayed in the official office for the 27th, and then cried once a day, and the soldiers and civilians were removed from mourning clothes on the 27th.
Music, marriage, officials' homes for 100 days, military and civilian for 1 month.
Slaughter is forbidden for 49 days, and the state funeral ceremony ends on 81 days.
The old emperor is dead, and although the Nine Emperors are about to ascend the throne, they are very unwilling
According to the old emperor's edict, his power was hollowed out, but when he thought of the tragic experience of his second brother, his heart trembled, and he was angry but helpless.
Hearing the bell ringing, the tenth prince Cao Yu kept pacing in the mansion, trembling uncontrollably, both excited and scared and nervous, and more than a dozen important people in the room kept persuading and urging.
"Your Highness! If you don't do it, it's too late! ”
At this time, the most pressure is not those followers, but Cao Yu, the protagonist of the rebellion, no matter how perfect the plan is, it can't stop the nervousness and panic in the face of major decisions, and his body is already soaked with sweat, and his clothes stick to his body make him even more irritable.
At this time, one of the followers stood up and scolded: "Your Highness, you should continue to suffer from it! ”
Cao Yu, who was originally hesitant, took out a tiger talisman from his arms, which was lent to him by his youngest brother, the seventeenth brother Cao Jingxiu, to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Admiral of the Nine Gates.
At this time, the emperor returned to the sky, and the only soldiers and horses that could be mobilized in the capital were three units, one was the soldiers and horses of the Nine Gates, the other was the Imperial Dragon Banzhi, and the other was the forbidden army.
The forbidden army was in the hands of his mother Dongfang Qing, and they were numerous and the most powerful.
The Royal Dragon Ban is in the hands of Cao Yu, and now he has the soldiers and horses of the Admiral of the Nine Gates in his hands, and the odds of victory are not small.
Cao Yu made up his mind, got up and said, "Kill!" Whether you live or die depends on tonight, everyone encourages you! ”
The operation went smoothly, and the deployment was completed almost before dawn and went undetected.
The sky was slightly bright, and a group of black soldiers wearing bright red armor rushed to the palace.
The palace gate should be opened long ago, and Cao Yu took the soldiers and guards to fight in a mess.
Dongfang Qing had already been frightened by the sound of shouts and weapons crashing into the body of a group of handsome young men, panicked and put on a phoenix robe under the service of the equally flustered palace maids and eunuchs, and then learned the news that his own son had entered the palace.
A group of thugs who came prepared, on the one hand, were madmen who had no support and no way out.
The two sides fought fiercely in the palace.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Cao Yu narrowly controlled the situation, but most of his soldiers and guards were killed and wounded, and almost all of them lost their combat effectiveness.
However, because of the numerical advantage, Cao Yu won the victory.
Cao Yu went berserk, killed the Nine Emperor Princes, and threatened his mother Dongfang Qing to make him the crown prince......
At this time, the Nine Gate Admirals who guarded the palace ushered in the little prince Cao Jingxiu, who was taking advantage of the fisherman.
Cao Jingxiu took a group of border troops who should have returned to Beijing half a year ago, but delayed their trip because of the 'bandits doing evil' on the road, and the border army with strong combat strength ended the battle in less than half an hour.
Cao Yu was brought by his men, and he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Cao Jingxiu did not hesitate to kill Cao Yu.
Then chased and killed Dongfang Qing who fled all the way, intending to monopolize power, he is not Dongfang Qing's son, there is no scruple that he can't kill his biological mother, just brand Dongfang Qing in the name of persecuting the emperor in the name of the red face disaster and water disaster, and he can kill him justifiably and quickly.
Dongfang Qing was led by the palace maids, eunuchs, and guards, scurrying like headless flies.
Suddenly, she came to her senses.
"Quick, you guys run away, I'll find a place to hide, don't follow me, maybe you can still live!"
The palace maids and eunuchs cried all over the place, thinking about Dongfang Qing's life and death and thinking about their safety, and swore to die with her.
Dongfang Qing ignored them and ran in the direction of the Lock Dragon Palace.
The palace maids, eunuchs and janissaries who were crying so much a moment ago, saw that Dongfang Qing had run away, and they all found a place to hide, so many people in the palace, except for such a limited number of female officials and managers, it was not easy to arrest them all one by one.