Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Dust Settles
The first thing Zhu Sheng did after ascending the throne half a year ago was to hand over the Feiyu Guard, who was responsible for guarding the palace, to Fan Liren, which shows how much trust he has in him.
It is also because of this that Fan Liren's betrayal seems so unreal and illusory, as if he was joking.
But at such a time, how could Fan Liren make such a joke.
Zhu Sheng quickly came to his senses, he didn't have time to think about why Fan Liren betrayed him, and he didn't have time to carefully taste the bitterness in his heart. The only thing he wanted to do at the moment was how to keep the throne.
Pregnant!
At the moment of crisis, Zhu Sheng quickly thought of a good idea, as long as the fake jade seal was destroyed, no one would be able to prove that it was fake, and maybe he could delay it for some more time, waiting for the old first assistant Liu Chuanfang to come over.
At this time, there was no time for Zhu Sheng to think about whether this idea was stupid or subtle, and rushed to the brocade box containing the jade seal like crazy.
"Stop him!"
Worthy of being a blood brother, Zhu Cheng guessed Zhu Sheng's plan at a glance, and shouted towards Fan Liren, who was closest to the sacrificial rooftop.
Fan Liren jumped onto the altar as early as when Zhu Cheng shouted the first word, and reached out to grab Zhu Sheng's neck.
But when Fan Liren's hand was only an inch away from the back of Zhu Sheng's neck, he could no longer poke forward for half a point.
The formless and weightless majestic force wrapped his whole body tightly, not to mention his hands, even his eyelids couldn't move.
I... Celebrate... It!
Didn't he just leave?
When did it come back?
Fan Liren roared out the name word by word in his heart, and at the same time, countless questions also popped up.
Zhu Sheng rushed to the brocade box and was about to lift the lid of the box, take out the jade seal inside, and shatter it on the spot.
There is no proof of death, what can you do!
However, a fair-skinned and slender hand was covered with the brocade box, and Zhu Sheng could not open it even if he used his strength to eat.
Zhu Sheng looked up in shock and saw Yu Qingzhi's smiling face.
"Your Majesty, since they want to see it, let it be good for them. In front of everyone's eyes, you can't say that the truth is fake. ”
"You..."
Zhu Sheng was shocked and angry, pointing at Yu Qingzhi but was speechless.
"Oh, it's the minister who is confused, how can this kind of thing bother Your Majesty."
Yu Qingzhi picked up the brocade box as he spoke, walked down the altar, and came to Zhu Cheng, Gao Taiji and others.
"It's indispensable to verify the authenticity of the jade seal, but for the sake of safety, let's call a few more people together. Lord Shan, Lord Qin, and Lord Cai, the three of them checked together. ”
Yu Qingzhi beckoned to Shan Zhongji, Qin Feng and Cai Jian.
Gao Taiji, Dai Yuanzhi and other leaders of the Yongdang Party were a little confused, so they looked at Zhu Cheng.
Zhu Cheng stared at Yu Qingzhi, from the first day he met this guy, he always had an unchanged smile on his face, and he didn't know what he was laughing at, it was really incomprehensible.
There was no clue from Yu Qingzhi's expression, and Zhu Cheng could only nod.
The brocade box opened, revealing the jade seal inside.
Gao Taiji carefully took the jade seal in his hand, for fear that his hand would slip and drop it to the ground. If this is the case, the Conglong plan launched by the Yongdang Party today will become a complete farce.
And the promoters of the farce will also suffer a brutal backlash.
Dai Yuanzhi, Shan Zhongji, Qin Feng, and Cai Jian hurriedly squinted their eyes and came to the jade seal to take a closer look.
A small stone, held in the palm of the palm of five old men over half a hundred years old, flipped and rubbed.
On the periphery, whether it is the Yongdang, the royalist lineage, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or the neutrals and wallgrasses who have never stood in line to express their attitude, they all involuntarily held their breath, waiting for the moment when the answer was revealed.
The five of them checked for a quarter of an hour, and the jade seal was finally put back into the brocade box by Shan Zhongji, because Gao Taiji and Dai Yuanzhi were already shaking like chaff all over their bodies, and they couldn't even stand on their feet.
Why is this happening?
Why is this happening?
Didn't Zhu Cheng keep saying that the jade seal had been lost, and the prayer for the heavens was covered with a fake jade seal?
Why... Why... The jade seal in the brocade box is real.
"Old minister... Sin deserves death! ”
Gao Taiji fell to his knees with a puff and wailed with tears in his eyes.
Dai Yuanzhi collapsed directly to the ground, his eyes glazed and his mouth murmured.
"It's over, it's all over!"
Thundered...
A series of thunderclaps sounded in the sky, and bean-sized raindrops fell on Zhu Cheng's face, soaking his heart coldly.
After several days of heavy rain, it finally fell.
The bustling people on the long street were scattered and dodged by the sudden heavy rain, but a group of neatly armored and murderous sergeants rode their horses through the rain curtain and went straight to the sacrificial rooftop.
Zuo Kui, the commander of the Dongya Forbidden Army, who was running at the forefront of the team, raised his hand to wipe the rain from his face, took the opportunity to glance at the two women beside him who were on a par with him, and muttered to himself in his heart.
King Yong dared to rebel? Really?
One is His Majesty's own sister, the sixth princess Zhu Leyao.
One is the eldest daughter of Shoufu, the head of the four famous sons in Kyoto City, Liu Yingrong, known as the playboy.
In addition, there is a gold medal for the general capture of Yu Qingzhi by the Immortal Division.
Even though Zuo Kui has doubts in his heart, he has to believe it, and he has to believe it if he doesn't believe it.
And if it is really as the two women said, although the crime of privately transferring troops cannot be escaped, it is insignificant compared to the easy rescue of the driver.
"Drive!"
Zhu Leyao was worried about the situation on the rooftop, knowing that it was extremely dangerous to ride a horse in the rain, but he still didn't think the horse was fast enough, so he slapped the horse's buttocks fiercely in the coquettish voice.
Alas, it's already like this, whether it's a promotion or a head, let's give it a go.
Zuo Kui completely forgot the last trace of hesitation in his heart, turned his head and yelled at his subordinates.
"Sons, spare no effort to speed up the whole army!"
When Zuo Kui led the Dongya Forbidden Army to rush into the Tiantai Square, he saw a strange scene.
Under the sacrificial roof, King Yong, who is high and invincible on weekdays, sat down in the muddy water in despair. Gao Cifu, Dai Shangshu and other high-ranking officials grabbed the ground with their heads and wept bitterly.
On the altar of the sacrifice, Emperor Yan Zhu Sheng burned the prayer for the heavens, and there seemed to be an invisible barrier around him to isolate all the rain.
Next to Emperor Yan, there stood a white shirt.
Due to the rule that women are not allowed to enter, Zhu Leyao and Liu Yingrong can only stay outside the altar. Seeing the scene inside, knowing that everything had settled and the imperial brother was safe, Zhu Leyao finally couldn't hold on anymore, and her delicate body shook a few times and fainted in Liu Yingrong's arms.
Although something happened, the ceremony was held as usual, and after completing all the processes, Zhu Sheng led a group of important ministers who had made meritorious contributions back to the palace.
When the rain stops and the clouds subside, the golden light that sparkles throughout Kyoto shines.
……
In the Warm Wind Pavilion of Jingyang Palace, Xiao Shunzi had woken up, her face was pale and bloodless, wrapped in a quilt and holding a bowl of ginger soup with brown sugar and jujubes, curled up in a chair and shivering.
Next to Xiao Shunzi, sat the imperial doctor who was fiddling with the medicine box.
I heard that Concubine Xian vomited blood, and rushed over with a medicine box. When I entered the house, I saw that Concubine Xian was chatting with the queen mother, and there was an unknown descendant chatting, where there was a little vomiting blood and weakness.
The Imperial Physician immediately realized that he was going to be unlucky.
Sure enough, the queen ordered him to stay in the house and not to leave.
The imperial doctor was also well-behaved, and did not ask what happened or when he would be able to leave, and went to take care of the little Shunzi who was most like a patient in the house.
When hiding in the mud at the bottom of the Golden Scale Pond, Rong Fei was also bitten on the thigh by two leeches. Fortunately, it was found in time, so I didn't lose as much blood as Xiao Shunzi. At this time, it was almost recovered, and he was sitting around the table with Concubine Xian and Queen Tang You'er, gossiping like a family member.
"When I saw you for the first time, although my face was covered with mud, I felt kind for no reason, which reminded me of my long-lost nephew."
After all, there are mostly female dependents in Jingyang Palace, and it is inconvenient for Rong Fei to bathe and change clothes, so he just uses a hot towel to clean his face, neck, arms and other parts, but his body is still stained with dried mud, exuding a fishy smell.
But Concubine Xian didn't care, and looked at Rong Fei with kind eyes and said.
Rong Fei didn't have a hobby of climbing relatives, so he just smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and then inquired about the situation of Wei Lin and Ma Hong.
There was another commotion outside, and the three of them stopped talking, nervously pricking up their ears to listen.
After a while, Hou San ran in with a happy face to report.
"Your Majesty has returned to the palace, and all the Feiyu guards guarding outside have been taken down by the forbidden army, and I heard that Cining Palace has also been surrounded by the forbidden army."
"Emperor Heaven! Blessed by the Emperor! Mother, Your Majesty is fine, woo woo. ”
Tang You'er, who had been worried all the time, finally couldn't suppress the emotions in her heart anymore when she heard this, and grabbed Concubine Xian's palm and choked with tears.
"Xiao Liu has the luck of the world and profound blessings, and he can turn evil into good fortune. You'er don't cry, crying swollen eyes, Xiaoliu will be worried. I don't know what happened to Hachi and Yun'er, so go and take a look. Two babies who are so young, don't be frightened. ”
Tang You'er nodded and was just about to leave, when hurried footsteps sounded outside the house.
"Father-in-law Shunyo and Xiao Rong are here?"
A chamberlain shouted outside with a sharp voice.
"Yes, yes, but what's wrong?"
Hou San, the chief attendant of the Warm Wind Pavilion, replied.
"Your Majesty Xuanshun and Xiao Rong will immediately go to the imperial study to question."
At this time, there were only two people in the imperial study, Zhu Sheng and Yu Qingzhi.
Taking advantage of the gap between Rong Fei and Xiao Shunzi, Zhu Sheng asked Yu Qingzhi in detail how to find the real jade seal and how to drop the fake jade seal.
Yu Qingzhi didn't know much, he heard the gunshots, found Zhu Yueyao and Liu Yingrong, returned to the sacrificial roof and said that the jade seal was dropped, and the others didn't know.
Zhu Yueyao hasn't woken up yet, and Liu Yingrong stays by her side to take care of her, so if you want to know the whole thing, you can only wait for Rong Fei and Xiao Shunzi to arrive.
When the little chamberlain led Rong Fei and Xiao Shunzi to the imperial study, Zhu Sheng waved his hand to let the chamberlain retreat and close the door. Walking out of the imperial case, he didn't care about the filth and fishy smell on the two of them, patted the shoulders of the two and smiled.
"You two are the greatest heroes today, I want to be rewarded heavily, hahahaha."