Chapter 369: Palace Change (2)
Who is plotting rebellion?
Zhao Xiyan had the answer in his heart, but he couldn't tell it, and said in a low voice, "I don't know either. There's no time to think about it now, so you have to take precautions right now."
Fu Zi has lived for forty years, and has experienced everything, but she has not experienced such earth-shattering palace changes. was already confused, and nodded subconsciously.
Queen Su is also the master of the six gods, and besides, she lost her voice, and she couldn't speak even if she was full of thoughts. At this time, Zhao Xiyan's calmness and decisiveness almost became a lifesaver for Queen Su.
Empress Su squeezed Zhao Xiyan's hand hard and nodded vigorously.
At this moment, another palace in the palace went on fire, and the red flame pierced the dark night sky, accompanied by screams and cries of rage or begging for mercy. net
Queen Su's body was shocked again.
The rebellious ministers and thieves who forced the palace were storming the palace gate. There is a clear internal response in the palace, and setting fire to disturb people's hearts at this time.
"The palace is in the northwest corner, far away from the east palace." The sky-high flames clearly reflected Zhao Xiyan's eyes, and the amazingly beautiful face flashed with dazzling grace: "Niangniang, please rest assured, there are guards on duty at night in the palace, and there are a thousand prince's personal soldiers in the East Palace, who will protect Niangniang's safety."
Empress Su was frightened, and her hands kept shaking.
Zhao Xiyan didn't have time to comfort in a low voice, and quickly said, "I have already asked everyone to go to the mourning hall just now, please move to the mourning hall immediately. With a mother in charge, you can calm people's hearts. If you order the soldiers of the East Palace to guard outside the mourning hall, it will be a thief who rushes into the palace, and he will have the strength to fight."
Empress Su nodded quickly, took a deep breath, and walked towards the mourning hall with the support of Zhao Xiyan and Fu Zi. A group of palace people followed.
The palace attendants, who were originally flustered and helpless, automatically followed after catching a glimpse of Queen Su's figure. Some of the noble ladies also came trembling, and soon formed a huge crowd.
There were originally candles in the mourning hall. After Zhao Xiyan helped Queen Su into the mourning hall, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Light all the fire and candles, and the palace lamps outside the mourning hall are also lit."
In the past three days, Zhao Xiyan has been giving orders in the mourning hall, and the palace people in the East Palace are quite respectful, and they have taken orders one after another when they heard the words.
In an instant, the candles lit up one by one, illuminating the huge mourning hall as bright as day. It also clearly illuminates everyone's embarrassment and panic.
In just one stick of incense, all the ladies rushed into the mourning hall. Some had disheveled hair, some were not neatly dressed, and some were barefoot without shoes and socks. One by one, their faces were full of despair, or they were frightened, or they were sobbing quietly.
I don't know who broke down and cried bitterly, and soon, it caused a cry. This cry is much more sincere than crying for the prince during the day.
The Great Jin Dynasty was in turmoil everywhere and had never been to the capital. For the first time in their lives, these noble ladies in fine clothes and fine food experienced the forced palace by thieves and were terrified.
Empress Su straightened her slender waist and stood in front of the prince's coffin, her eyes were cold, and she swept around.
Although he didn't say a word, he was full of deterrence.
Only Zhao Xiyan and Fu Zi, who were closest to each other, knew that Empress Su's hands had been shaking.
Queen Su glanced at Fu Zi, who held back her tears and said loudly: "There are thieves forcing the palace tonight, the queen has a will, and everyone is not allowed to move in the mourning hall. Otherwise, it will be punished as a felony of treason."
These words resounded inside and outside the mourning hall and shocked everyone.
Rebellion is a felony of stealing a family and exterminating the family!
Immediately, the Lady of the Decree closed her mouth, and the crying ceased in the shortest part of the world.
Mrs. Zhou of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites accidentally hiccuped, her whole body trembled with fright, she bowed her head desperately, and blocked herself with the person in front of her.
Fu Zi said loudly again, "From now on, everyone will listen to the orders of the princess of the Beihai King."
The eyes of all the ladies immediately looked at Zhao Xiyan.
Queen Su couldn't speak, and the crown prince's concubine Su Huan couldn't afford to be seriously injured. Now the one who can open her mouth and be in charge is the princess of the King of Beihai.
Zhao Xiyan didn't refuse, his eyes swept over everyone's panicked and frightened faces: "The queen mother is here, don't panic everyone." There are guards in the palace, and there are still in the East Palace
A thousand elite soldiers, the traitors can't rush into the East Palace."
Such calmness, such calmness, is extremely contagious.
Everyone breathed a sigh of tightness and slowly relaxed.
Zhao Xiyan's voice sounded in everyone's ears: "Now, everyone sits down and must not get up randomly."
At the sound of the order, the ladies whose legs were weak and trembling sat down on the spot one after another. No matter how big the mourning hall is, it can't accommodate so many people. The palace people sat in the open space outside the mourning hall. At this time, only Queen Su Zi and Zhao Xiyan were left standing still.
Fu Zi used all her strength to support Queen Su. Zhao Xiyan supported the other side of Queen Su, and her words were concise and powerful: "Come on, go and call the commander of the East Palace's personal soldiers."
The waiter Lu Gonggong wiped a handful of tears and ran out with the order.
The wait time is unusually long.
The ladies were frightened, and quietly turned their heads from time to time to glance. It seemed that after a long time, the tall figure of the commander of the East Palace's personal soldiers appeared outside the mourning hall.
The ladies hurriedly moved their bodies to get out of the way.
The left commander with a sad and angry face strode forward and bowed: "The last general has seen the queen mother and the princess."
"Left Commander, please get up." Now is not the time to gossip, Zhao Xiyan opened his mouth bluntly and asked, "What is the situation in the palace now?"
Commander Zuo replied in a low voice, "Back to the princess, there are three palaces in the palace that are on fire, and there are people who take advantage of the chaos to commit murder. It's safe in the East Palace for the time being."
In other words, there is no anti-thief internal response in the East Palace for the time being.
Zhao Xiyan stared at Commander Zuo tightly: "Is there any news from the Jinluan Palace?"
The Commander Zuo quickly replied, "The last general has already sent someone to inquire, and there is no news yet."
At this time, the situation is unclear, and it is impossible to be careful.
Zhao Xiyan quickly made a decision: "Please ask the Left Commander to immediately block the gate of the East Palace. From now on, no matter what happens outside, you must not open the door of the East Palace. All those who try to break into the East Palace will be killed."
The last sentence is like ice, revealing a soaring murderous aura.
The left commander was also murderous, gritting his teeth and receiving the order: "The last general will receive the order."
The left commander led the order and shouted, shouting orders to block the gate of the East Palace.
The heavy palace gate was slowly pushed by five or six guards, and it closed together, making a muffled sound. Then use several deadbolts as thick as an arm against them.
One thousand soldiers from the East Palace, half of them guarded at the gate of the East Palace, and the other half were divided into three teams to patrol back and forth in the East Palace.
Suddenly, a dark shadow crept up from the well. was caught by the patrolling guards of the East Palace.
The soldiers went down with a knife, cut off one of the black shadow's legs, and was carried outside the mourning hall with a miserable scream.