The court at night is full of darkness.

The palaces and pavilions in the outer court are like monsters huddled in the dark, only the Hanlin Courtyard is still brightly lit, as bright as day.

Xu is Zhao Zhen knew that his body was not as good as day by day, and after he decided to establish King Yong as the crown prince, he was very anxious about the process of the ceremony, which was both fast and complete, and for this reason, he also transferred many manpower from various ministries to the Hanlin Academy.

The canonization of the crown prince is a major national event, and the Hanlin Academy does not dare to slack off, even if it is late at night, the Hanlin people in the courtyard are still busy in various halls.

In the Shuchang Pavilion, Wei Chen sat at the table with a solemn expression, holding the pen full of thick ink in his hand, but he couldn't put down the pen for a long time.

The ink gradually gathered on the nib of the pen under the action of gravity, and I don't know how long later, the ink on the nib finally dripped down, and smashed on the yellowish paper, and instantly blurred.

Wei Chen, who came back to his senses, looked at the ink-stained paper in a daze, couldn't help but sigh lightly, and then put the pen on the inkstone and leaned back on the back of the chair.

Wei Chen looked at the candle flame in the lampshade, his brows tightly locked, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

Zhao Zhen has decided to establish King Yong as the crown prince, and the corresponding process and ceremony are being prepared, and a formal crown prince canonization ceremony will be held soon.

Calculating the time, it is time for King Yan to make a move, but Wei Chen doesn't know which day King Yan will choose to do something.

Is it the day after tomorrow or tomorrow?

Or ......, just tonight?

Wei Chen was thinking about his thoughts, when he suddenly saw Li Zhong, who was running errands for him, walking in.

Li Zhong hurriedly walked with a panicked expression: "......Scholar, Master Bachelor, it doesn't seem to be quite right outside!" ”

Wei Chen was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and then got up from his chair and stared at Li Zhong with his eyes: "What the hell is going on?" Tell me more! ”

Li Zhong looked a little at a loss, and stumbled and said: "There should have been a team of night guards outside our Hanlin Courtyard, but the little one went out for a walk just now, and no one saw it, it was quiet everywhere, and it was very scary!" ”

Wei Chen's color suddenly changed when he heard this.

Something happened, something must have happened! I can't imagine that King Yan is really doing something tonight!

According to the situation described by Li Zhong, this should be before the incident, Rong Xian was secretly cleaning up the disobedient guards in the imperial city to open the way for the rebels to enter the imperial city.

In other words, a large number of rebels have not yet entered the imperial city, and of course, it is estimated that it will not be long before they are expected.

If you want to do something, you have to hurry up, otherwise you will be blocked by the rebels in the Hanlin Courtyard, which will really be called heaven and earth.

Wei Chen thought for a moment, then made up his mind in his heart, and immediately instructed Li Zhong to inform Liu Tingxi and the others of the abnormal situation outside.

As for himself, he put on his outer robe, walked out of the Hanlin Courtyard, and hurried towards the Son of Heaven's bedroom in the Funing Palace.

Along the way, Wei Chen walked unhindered, and did not encounter patrolling guards at all.

It seems that these guards were either transferred by Rong Xian for a reason, or they have already been killed.

It wasn't until Wei Chen came to the outside of the Funing Hall that he was stopped by a team of inner halls holding spears.

The inner hall is Zhao Zhen's most trusted personal guard, responsible for guarding the Son of Heaven's bedroom, and is the last barrier to protect the Son of Heaven.

Although the inner temple is also considered a janitarian guard, its status in the janissary is extremely special, and even Rong Xian, who is the deputy commander of the front division of the palace, cannot be assigned.

However, Rong Xian and King Yan didn't care too much about the inner temple, although the inner temple was selected by thousands of elites in the army, but there were only so many people in total, and it was impossible for everyone to be one as ten.

As long as you wait for King Yan's thousands of troops to enter the palace, relying on the absolute superiority of troops, you can easily solve this last trouble.

Of course, at this moment, the inner temple was still at a loss about the danger they were about to face, and they were still guarding the Funing Hall dutifully as usual.

When Wei Chen appeared outside the Funing Palace, several sergeants immediately stepped forward to interrogate Wei Chen's identity and intentions.

Hearing Wei Chen say that he had something important to ask to see the Son of Heaven, several sergeants were a little stunned, they heard the seriousness in Wei Chen's tone, and they didn't dare to slack off for a moment, and someone immediately entered the palace to report.

Funing Palace, the sleeping palace of the Son of Heaven.

Zhao Zhen did not sleep peacefully at this time, but sat in front of the imperial eucalyptus and hung the first batch of reading chapters.

As he gets older, Zhao Zhen now has more and more difficulty falling asleep, and even if he falls asleep, he will always be awakened.

Tonight, Zhao Zhen was particularly restless, lying on the bed and turning over and couldn't sleep, so Zhao Zhen simply put on his clothes and got up to review the recital.

At this time, an old figure quietly walked outside the hall, it was the old chamberlain who had followed Zhao Zhen for more than 30 years, Zhao An.

Zhao An was the Imperial City Division, and nearly 10,000 guards in the Imperial City were under his command, and even Rong Xian was his subordinate, which could be described as a high and powerful position.

However, Zhao An is a few years older than Zhao Zhen, and as he grows older, his energy and physical strength are not as good as before, and the defense in the imperial city, Zhao An is basically handed over to Rong Xian to be responsible, and he is only in charge of the most important inner hall.

However, just now, Zhao An suddenly discovered that the guards who were supposed to return to him every hour did not come back, and it was not that one of the guards did not come back, but that none of the dozens of guards did not come back.

Zhao An sent someone to call Rong Xian, the deputy commander of the front division of the palace, to come over for questioning, but he couldn't find Rong Xian no matter how he looked for it.

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Hearing the news, Zhao An's mood suddenly fell into an ice cave, he hesitated outside the palace for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, mustered up his courage, and walked into the palace.

"Your Majesty, the old slave has something urgent to do."

"What?"

Zhao Zhen raised his head from the mountain-like pile, his expression was already very tired, but the tone of his voice was still so unhurried and impatient, which made people feel like a spring breeze.

Just as Zhao An was about to speak, he suddenly heard a loud sound in Xiudi, and a raging fire ignited in the direction of Xuande Gate, and the flames rose to the sky, illuminating the night sky and waking the entire imperial city from sleep.

Then, a deafening shouting and killing sound was heard from a distance, and the sound was getting closer and closer to the Funing Palace, which made Zhao Zhen and Zhao An both tremble.

Thinking of all the abnormalities in the palace before, Zhao Zhen suddenly realized that the worst conjecture had happened after all, and after today, his good head was afraid that it would be difficult to protect, and he couldn't help but lose all his thoughts.

"Isn't this movement outside, isn't it ......, isn't it the opposite? Zhao An, Zhao An? Zhao Zhen raised his eyes to look at the firelight in the distance, and then looked at Zhao An with a face full of disbelief.

Zhao An knelt down in front of Zhao Zhen with a thud, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, the old slave is old and faint, and he is taken by traitors, and now the palace ban is lost, this is the crime of the old slave's negligence, and the old slave deserves death, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Zhen's face changed several times, he barely calmed down, and asked in a trembling voice: "Do you know who the first rebel is, how many guards and thieves are in the palace, and how far are the rebels from the palace?" ”

Faced with Zhao Zhen's repeated questions, Zhao An couldn't answer any of them, and he became more and more ashamed and frightened in his heart, so he could only kowtow to the ground one by one to apologize, kowtowing so that his face was covered with blood.

When Zhao Zhen saw Zhao An's wretched appearance, he became more and more angry.

He asked him to be the secretary of the imperial city and the responsibility of guarding the palace ban, which is equivalent to putting his net worth and life into his hands, and now the rebels have entered the Xuande Gate, but he doesn't know anything!

Zhao Zhen pointed to Zhao An, who was kneeling on the ground, and was rarely furious in his life, patting the table and gritting his teeth: "Zhao An, Zhao An, you are really an old lake!" ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the dormitory, and then someone was heard shouting: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, is asking to see you outside the palace." ”