On the night of March 18 in the 17th year of Chongzhen, the capital city was broken.

A large number of Shun troops swarmed in from the west and the north gates, pouring into the criss-crossing streets of the capital like a tide, and the sound of horses' hooves and exclamations in the city continued.

Emperor Chongzhen held a bloody sword in his hand, his cloak was scattered, and he listened to the rumbling cannons from time to time outside the Forbidden City, and his face was even more hideous.

Zhou Shixian clearly remembered that in the original history, it was tonight, Emperor Chongzhen, disheartened, ordered all the concubines in the harem to commit suicide, and then killed his two daughters with his own hands.

The six-year-old Princess Zhaoren was killed on the spot by Emperor Chongzhen, and the fifteen-year-old Princess Kunxing survived by blocking the sword with her hand, but one of her arms was cut off. Two years later, because of the hatred of the country and the family, he became ill and finally died.

And now, the only horse who can prevent the recurrence of this tragedy, Zhou Shixian, is on his way from the Ten Kings' Mansion.

"Mother, you see me wearing this dress...... Is it good-looking? In the Kunning Palace, Princess Kunxing smiled wryly and asked in a trembling voice.

She knew that tonight was the last moment, and as the princess of Daming, she would soon leave this world. Therefore, Princess Kunxing dressed up and put on the dress that she usually wears at the ceremony.

"Beautiful...... It's good-looking......" Queen Zhou choked up with tears in her eyes.

She was also holding the six-year-old little princess Zhaoren in her hand, Xiao Zhaoren looked at her beautiful sister, the queen mother who was holding back tears, she didn't know what was going on, and her big eyes were blinking.

"What if...... If only he could see it! ”

At this time, Princess Kunxing didn't seem to care about any royal rules, the princess's constraints, she had actually been very curious in her heart, what did her husband look like? Is it as handsome as rumored?

"What kind of person is that, I haven't even seen him yet!"

When Queen Zhou heard this, she didn't know how to answer for a while, she hadn't seen her daughter's husband yet, and now she couldn't see her daughter out of the cabinet.

"Oh, my poor daughter!" Queen Zhou was excited for a while, and she couldn't care so much, so she hugged her daughter directly, and hugged her daughter tightly.

"That's a gentle and humble child, he has been kind-hearted since he was a child, he treats people kindly, he is reluctant to pinch even an ant to death, and he doesn't know how to lie, he is a good colt!"

"Prepare the musketeers, blast open this door for this horse, and those eunuchs who are blocking behind will be killed!"

At this time, Zhou Shixian, who was gentle and humble, and was reluctant to pinch even an ant to death, encountered a little accident, although he had the identity of a colt and claimed to be ordered to save him, but those eunuchs in the palace did not seem to believe him.

"This horse is ordered to save the driver, and those who dare to stop it will be killed on the spot, and if you still have a little loyalty and patriotism, you will open the door quickly."

Although the capital has been broken, there are still thousands of eunuchs in the huge Forbidden City, dozens of die-hard people, and more than a dozen Imperial Forest Army, which do not seem to have escaped, and now these people are guarding the palace gate to prevent Zhou Shixian from leading troops into the deeper part of the Forbidden City.

When Zhou Shixian set off with more than 100 cavalry from the Ten Princes' Mansion, he had already asked Xue Lao Er to send someone in advance to successfully take down the key to the palace gate and seize the keys to each palace gate in the Forbidden City.

It's just that I didn't expect an accident in the end, and Zhou Shixian's action of entering the palace to rescue the driver was actually blocked by dozens of eunuchs who took the lead.

It can only be said that the loyalty and courage of these eunuchs are indeed not used in a good place. But the night is dark and the wind is high, and the cannon outside the Forbidden City is constantly roaring, and the city is full of chaos.

What these eunuchs and guards saw was a group of menacing soldiers, at this time, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all running out, coming to the Forbidden City, except for the thieves, what else could it be?

They stubbornly guarded the last palace gate to enter the main hall, refusing to open it, and even a few Praetorian Guards picked up bows and crossbows and shot arrows at Zhou Shixian's team.

At this time, there was no delay for a moment, so Zhou Shixian had no choice but to order his musketeers to line up immediately and shoot.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

In front of the palace gate, twenty musketeers sent in two rows pulled the trigger at the same time, and the twenty improved turtledoves in their hands burst into a violent explosion, orange-red flames joined together, and white smoke quickly filled.

Driven by the huge energy generated by the explosion of gunpowder in seven coins, twenty buckshot bullets weighing eight coins quickly flew over a distance of twenty paces and directly penetrated the heavy palace gate.

And twenty lead bullets pierced at the same time, and the palace gate was directly smashed, and sawdust flew everywhere. More than a dozen eunuchs who were holding behind the palace gate, the cloth clothes on their bodies were vulnerable in front of lead bullets, and the blood and mist splashed behind the entire palace gate for a while, and the screams and wails were endless.

However, Zhou Shixian, a "kind-hearted" good horse, didn't care about these at all, he immediately waved his hand, and a few brocade guards around him understood, rushed up, and directly kicked open the palace gate that had been blown to pieces by lead with a few kicks.

"Bang!"

"Ah, the rogue is here......"

Emperor Chongzhen heard the explosion of the musket, his heart was suddenly shocked, he didn't expect these rogues to come so quickly, this is definitely the way led by the eunuchs in the palace, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart while being angry.

Fortunately, he had entrusted the crown prince to Zhu Chunchen and Wang Zhixin, and asked them to secretly escort the heir of the Ming Dynasty to Nanjing, which was his last struggle.

However, Emperor Chongzhen actually knew that it was too late to act now, and whether the matter could succeed or not could only depend on the will of heaven.

It can only be said that although Chongzhen has been the emperor for seventeen years, he has no eyesight at all, who Zhu Chunchen and Wang Zhixin are, and whether they have that ability, he is not clear at this time.

Emperor Chongzhen looked up at the three wives and daughters in front of him, his wife who had accompanied him for eighteen years, the daughter of the unparalleled wisdom, the blood-stained sword in his hand was held tightly again, but he suddenly felt weak, and the whole person collapsed.

He looked at the scene in front of him, looked at the messy hall, and felt extremely remorseful in his heart, and his face twitched violently a few times. But now, in order to save the last face of the royal family, he must do it.

This is the price of being born in the emperor's house! Everything that fate gives is secretly marked with a price.

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of footsteps outside the main hall, and then there was a highly recognizable exclamation from Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi who had been guarding outside the palace gate.

"Eh~~ The thieves are in chaos!"

When the matter came, Emperor Chongzhen was ruthless, closed his eyes, no longer hesitated, and struggled to raise the sword in his hand, and Queen Zhou, who was in front of her two daughters, also closed her eyes in despair.

Just when he gritted his teeth and was about to slash down with a sword at his wife and daughter, the door of the palace was kicked open directly with a "bang", and an agile figure rushed in.