The palace city is on fire, Zhu Di can't help but come to see it, after all, he is still fighting in the name of Jingnan, even if everyone in the world knows that he is rebelling, the matter of face still has to be passable, if the emperor has an accident and laughs on the spot, the historians who write history books are afraid that he will be the object of scolding for the ages.

The world always needs a fig leaf, Zhu Di led troops into the inner city in the name of the palace fire, and the people and horses he brought quickly joined the ranks of firefighting, in fact, it doesn't make much sense to save it at this moment, because this piece of palace is almost burned to ruins, and there are almost no people in the palace, except for the few corpses that were burned at the beginning, what can be left now is something that is not easy to burn.

From the palace gate to the harem, Zhu Di walked slowly along the way, naturally waiting for Gu Huai to return, but what he didn't expect was that Gu Huai actually came not from the harem but from outside the palace, seeing Zhu Di's inquiring gaze, Gu Huai shook his head slightly, signaling that things had changed.

Zhu Di's face tightened, and the uneasiness in his heart was raised, this fire... Didn't Gu Huaifang put it?

More and more officials came one after another along the way, and they all gathered behind Zhu Di, they wanted to have a relationship with Zhu Di, but where did Zhu Di have the mood to pay attention to them at the moment? The group walked to the front of the harem, Huai En guarded a few charred corpses were already waiting here, seeing that King Yan was coming, he hurriedly ran to King Yan and knelt down, and reported: "Your Highness, the slave and maid have been carefully identified, and the mother and son who hugged each other are the queen mother and the prince, and the body of the emperor..."

Zhu Di lowered his head coldly: "Huh? ”

Huai'en's body shook and looked at Gu Huai, Gu Huai's eyes froze, nodded slightly, Huai'en was blessed to his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The emperor's body was also found in the ruins, the emperor... It's been self-immolation! ”

"What do you do in the palace? What is my nephew's body? ”

Huai En stood up cautiously: "Back to Your Highness, the slave maid's name is Huai En, and she is the emperor's little yellow gate. ”

He gritted his teeth and pointed to a charred corpse: "This is Your Majesty!" ”

Hearing the name Huaien, Zhu Di's expression softened, but when he saw the charred corpse on the ground, his cheeks twitched twice, and he suddenly knelt beside the corpse and let out a loud cry, holding his hand to cover his face and crying bitterly: "Idiot! Uncle entered Beijing, just for the Qing monarch, silly boy, why bother? ”

This scene is really funny, after four years of hard work and rebellion, I would have wished that Zhu Yunwen would die, but at this moment, I still have to pretend that my uncle is crying for my nephew, and the faces of many officials have become a little strange, but Gu Huai, who was standing behind Zhu Di, swept over with a cold gaze, and many officials suddenly realized, and they also knelt down and cried bitterly.

There are more and more officials who gathered, and naturally more and more people joined in crying, the huge square in front of the harem was full of crying, Li Jinglong, who had just arrived, looked at the charred corpse from a distance and sighed, but the scene still had to be done, so he simply knelt down and wiped his tears, after all, he fought such a big defeat at the beginning, Zhu Yunwen didn't cut him off, and he was still a little grateful, although he was not sad, but the dignified son of heaven burned himself to the funeral, and it was not realistic to say that he didn't feel a little as a courtier.

However, just when he was full of emotion, Shang Shuru of the Ministry of War often glanced at several officials who were good friends on weekdays, rubbed his knees to change positions, knelt down in front of Zhu Di, and wept silently: "Your Majesty has been a guest, Your Highness's condolences have changed!" ”

Zhu Di wiped his tears and said hatefully: "The vassal king of the clan, either death or imprisonment, the dignified son of heaven, died by self-immolation, the initiator is that Fang Huang Qitai!" I will never spare them, isn't that Fang Xiaoru in Jinling City? Can you catch it? ”

Ji Gang, who has never been away from Zhu Di's side, stepped forward: "Your Highness, Fang Xiaoru has been trapped in the mansion and has been captured alive!" ”

"That pig and dog refuse to die, always talk about the literati's temperament, but at this time he forgets it?" Zhu Di sneered, "That Huang Zicheng Qitai is not in Jinling, and he must not let it go!" Immediately send someone to arrest them, and I will cut them with a thousand knives to sacrifice Your Majesty and the countless heroic souls who have died in the past four years! ”

Ji Gang hurriedly took the order, Zhu Di put down the scorched corpse and stood up, but Ru Chang and the others did not get up, but kowtowed again: "Your Highness, the country cannot be without a king for a day, Your Majesty is a guest, the four seas are turbulent, the universe is uneasy, and the world cannot be determined unless the lord is not the master, only His Royal Highness can succeed to the throne to ensure that I have a clear and peaceful Ming Haiyan River, and the rivers and mountains are peaceful, and the ministers respectfully ask His Highness to succeed to the emperor's throne!" ”

Several officials behind Ru Chang shouted together: "Respectfully ask Your Highness to succeed to the emperor's throne!" ”

Li Jinglong, who was kneeling not far away, was dumbfounded, and wanted to slap himself with his backhand, he was the one who had already lowered the King of Yan, and he was thinking about it for a long time here, but he missed the first effort of persuasion! Zhu Di became the emperor, this initiative and persuasion is a great achievement, how did he let Ru Chang pick up the cheap in vain?

Not only Li Jinglong, but many officials reacted, hula ran to Zhu Di and knelt down in front of him, asking him to ascend the throne, but Zhu Di frowned, waved his hand and said: "I'm just a cavalry appeaser, cleaning up the government and killing traitors!" Unexpectedly, His Majesty misunderstood the minister's hard work, and such a suicide really made me grief-stricken, where do I still have the heart to inherit the throne? Ministers might as well choose another virtuous king to succeed to the throne. ”

The emperor succeeded to the throne, even if he was the heir of the Eight Classics, he had to follow the three persuasions of the ancient rites to show the modesty of the monarch, so Ru Chang and the others didn't expect Zhu Di to agree, if he really responded at this time, then something big would happen, as for the selection of another virtuous king... Lose your marbles? Is it really a joke for Zhu Di's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses? Who would dare to jump out at this moment and say that he wants to be emperor?

Another persuasion and prevarication, Zhu Di still did not allow it, Ru Chang and the others got up and respectfully retreated to the side, anyway, this initiative to persuade is already theirs, naturally not in a hurry, Zhu Di turned around and asked someone to bring a white cloth, which will be accused of Zhu Yunwen's corpse and the queen's mother and son were buried together, so I have the heart to think about the next thing, now that Jinling City has been broken, and he has not succeeded to the throne, naturally he can't stay in the palace, anyway, the biggest problem at the moment is to receive Jinling's troops, and then deal with those officials who rushed to King Qin, So Zhu Di just thought about it for a while, and then turned around and walked out of the palace:

"Order, martial law at the city gate, collect troops from Longjiang Station!"

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In the big tent of the Chinese army in Longjiangyi, Zhu Di was wandering back and forth anxiously, and when he heard the news of Gu Huai's return to the camp, he immediately sent someone to summon Gu Huai and hurriedly spoke:

"Who set that fire in Miyagi? Where is Jianwen's whereabouts? ”

Gu Huai shook his head: "The minister entered the inner city and rushed all the way to the harem, and when he was still halfway there, the fire burned, according to those eunuchs and palace maids, it should have been put by His Majesty himself, as for His Majesty's whereabouts..."

Gu Huai saw Pei Xi who fell in front of him, and the smile on his face, Gu Huai sighed softly: "It should be that he escaped, the minister followed the clues to find Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei commanded Pei Xi to commit suicide by taking poison, just a few words, Your Majesty should have escaped from the city with this fire, after all, the outer city is too chaotic, and many city gates can't watch the people wandering around." ”

Zhu Di's brows furrowed deeply, and he said worriedly: "There should be no objection to the corpses of the queen and the crown prince, but then Huaien can't be sure of Jianwen's corpse, if he escapes to other places..."

Gu Huai shook his head lightly: "Abandoning his wife and children and escaping alone, it seems that he has no courage and plan to make a comeback, and he is just hiding his name and stealing his life, His Highness can rest assured, this matter will be investigated, and it will be investigated." ”

"This matter is too important, I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others, and I can only rest assured if I leave it to you, remember not to let others know!"

It seems that this matter will really become a thorn in Zhu Di's heart... Gu Huai sighed secretly and agreed: "The minister understands!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Ji Gang's voice sounded outside the tent, and the officials who had been persuaded in the city before chased them outside the city, and at this time they knelt outside the gate, shouting and begging Zhu Di to be the emperor.

Zhu Di frowned, Jianwen fled, where is he in the mood to think about this now? Succeed to the throne in a hurry, and it will not be easy to fool in the future: "No, let them go back!" ”

Ji Gang responded, retreated, Gu Huai thought about it, but persuaded loudly: "His Royal Highness inherited the unification, it is already expected by everyone, and the current situation, it is not appropriate to prevaricate for too long, Jinling is in chaos, all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, His Royal Highness succeeded to the throne earlier, and the hearts of the hundred officials and the people have also settled down earlier, and His Royal Highness has ascended the throne and is in charge of the center to give orders, those Qin Wang's army and His Majesty who fled..."

He didn't finish his words, but Zhu Di immediately understood, at the moment, Jinling was in chaos, the imperial officers and soldiers were fighting guerrillas with the Yan army everywhere in the city, the people were fleeing in all directions, the army and garrisons of King Qin everywhere were watching, and the hundred officials urgently needed individuals to lead them... Everyone is waiting for the birth of the new emperor, and if he does not ascend the throne quickly, too many people will fall into a dilemma.

But if a new emperor is born quickly, these problems will be solved, and four years of appeasement, after all, one thing is needed to draw an end, Zhu Di is playing the banner of "Qing Jun side to eliminate traitors", now Jing Nanjing Jing to death the emperor, you have to quickly pull a few people out to carry the black pot, only Zhu Di ascended the throne, and then justifiably dealt with Fang Huang Qi and the like, in order to make the four years of Jing difficult to cover the coffin.

When the time comes, the division of King Qin will be nameless, and he will be in a dilemma; The hundred officials of Jinling are loyal, and the people's hearts are settled, even if Zhu Yunwen really rises elsewhere, it will not cause the worst impact.

And so many Wenchen generals who followed Zhu Di from birth to death, have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and now it's time to get the reward for following Zhu Di for four years. Moreover, those officials and generals who surrendered urgently needed a name to justify their surrender.

Zhu Di thought for a long time, figured out the joints, he took a deep breath, and said, "I understand, then, wait another day!" ”

Gu Huai understands the mind.