The officials outside the Fengtai Gate, not only He Qi and Zhou Chang, the King of Nanyang and the ministers of Zongzheng Hall were also at the scene, but the frowning King of Nanyang stood slightly to the right to show that he was not in the same camp as He Qi's party, but the King of Nanyang was not weak, although the ministers of the political hall were one step late, in the end they heard the rumors, Wei Yuanping, Xie Rao and others were all glaring at He Qi behind the King of Nanyang, only Shangshu Ling Wang Huaizhun who had just recovered was not at the scene - he was not even in Jiucheng Palace, and was entrusted with the important task by the Queen Mother to stay in Chang'an, Kyoto.

Before the Queen Mother came to Fengtai Gate, there were constantly courtiers who heard the news and came, when Eleven Niang accompanied the Queen Mother out of Fengtai Gate, she had already seen He Zhan and Xu Xiuneng arrive, and even Lu Li, also stood there panting with a few Zhongshu people, although He Qi had thousands of guards behind him, but he did not prevent the courtiers from approaching the confrontation, his plan was to let these people witness Wei Haichi's death from the secret arrow in the back, all of which became his witnesses.

In fact, when the coup was deployed, He Qi did not think about assassinating the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, but this matter is simple to say, but it is very difficult to operate, after all, he wasted a lot of painstaking efforts, and finally caught the handle of a personal guard to coerce him to serve his life, but this person usually can't get close to the holy car - Zichen Hall is guarded by Qianniuwei, and the Son of Heaven will ascend to the throne of the Great Dynasty, which is even more strictly guarded, and it is impossible to have the opportunity to do it.

Although the guards are subordinate to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother usually only lives in the Tent Lai Palace, and is protected by secret guards composed of eunuchs every day, and the traitors bought by He Qi cannot have a chance to be assassinated.

What's more, the real murderer of the assassination of the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven must be implemented on one person, and King Ruyang cannot bear any suspicion.

It was after several considerations that He Qi and his cronies decided on this plan.

Only when the life and death of the Son of Heaven are uncertain, the hearts of the people fluctuate, the Queen Mother rushed to Fengtai Gate to determine the overall situation, and the guards approached the guards to protect the safety of the Queen Mother, and the killer had the opportunity to act.

At this time, the king of Ruyang, seeing the woman with the phoenix crown and the curtain standing in front of the guard, his hands couldn't help but clench his fists, but this was not the time to draw his sword to face each other, and the king of Ruyang took the lead in kneeling down to salute, and his attitude seemed to be extremely respectful.

Seeing a large number of people kneeling outside the Fengtai Gate, the Queen Mother naturally had to make a full gesture: "Zhuqing is exempt." ”

She looked around at the ministers with the extraordinarily charming eyes depicted today, her gaze paused for a moment especially on the face of the king of Ruyang, who was short of breath, and the corners of her lips were lightly raised, not at all angry, let alone flustered, as if she was unaware that she was facing a coup d'état that was about to break out, and she was still as usual, with the edict of the important ministers of the court who submitted to her, so majestic, but gentle.

All the cold and insidious are perfectly hidden in her amorous eyes, without revealing the slightest clue.

She began to ask, even in a slow tone, even with some doubts, as if she firmly believed that everything that happened originated from a misunderstanding: "I heard that the king of Ruyang and the commander of Zhou led his troops to force the palace and clamored to arrest the sinners who conspired against it, I really can't believe it, I didn't expect it...... The two really took the Shenwu army and surrounded Fengtai Gate. ”

Obviously it was an understatement, but it made many guards frightened, even though they obeyed Zhou Chang and their respective captains, they had clearly believed that the Son of Heaven had met with an accident, and the father and son of the King of Yichuan intended to rebel, and Princess Yichuan was also one of the accomplices, but now the person facing is the Queen Mother after all, the lowest price sergeant, and they also know that outside of the king, only this is the master they should be loyal to, at this time, how can the Queen Mother not be frightened and hesitate when they attribute their behavior to forcing the palace?

King Ruyang knew very well that Zhou Chang, the commander, was not enough to make the Shenwu army obey orders, even though Dou Fu'an had been transferred from his plan, but as long as the queen mother appeared, the palace guards would be fluctuating.

So he had to deal with it very seriously at this time: "The queen mother must not listen to rumors, how dare the ministers behave in a rebellious way?" In fact, the minister was reported by the commander of Zhou, the king of Yichuan and the prince Tao conspired against him, and the saint had been murdered by the two of them, and the princess of Yichuan was also one of the conspirators, lest she be arrested and questioned, and avoided going to the Paiyun Palace, in order to deceive the queen mother with cunning, and the queen mother was temporarily sheltered, and even tried to harm the queen mother. ”

"That's nonsense!" Wei Yuanping took the lead in the ranks, his angry fingers went straight to the king of Ruyang, a long beard trembled with anger, and his two eyebrows were almost straight up: "Although the princess is the princess's mother, the princess has always been unfilial to the princess, how can the princess help the princess to rebel and harm the saint?" King Ruyang, it is obvious that you are spewing blood and whitewashing your counterplot. ”

Xiao Wei couldn't help but be full of anger anymore: "He Qi, who doesn't know that the Holy One is my own son, how could I harm my own son for the sake of an evil animal, it is obvious that you are rebellious and trying to rebel!" ”

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Wei did not speak, only Wei Yuanping and Xiao Wei came forward to argue, and He Qi did not speak against these two brothers and sisters, in his camp, a member of the Zongzheng Hall stood up: "Although the princess is at odds with the prince, but everyone knows that the king of Yichuan obeys the words of the king, and the king of Yichuan cherishes the eldest son of the prince Tao for all to see, the saint is not yet in power, and the queen mother is on top, the king of Yichuan cannot control the government, maybe he will be instigated by the prince of the world, and the conspiracy is chaotic, the princess is the princess of Yichuan, how can she not get rid of suspicion, As an auxiliary king, the king of Ruyang learned that someone was plotting rebellion, and it was also his duty to question the princess, if the princess was innocent, why was she afraid of being questioned by Zongzhengtang? ”

When they said this, they also confirmed that Wei Haichi would never hand over Xiao Wei's family to the King of Ruyang for interrogation.

Another Ruyang royal party questioned: "Today, the queen mother has never seen the princess at all, and the princess herself was in the Xijin Palace, why did she suddenly rush to the Paiyun Palace, obviously with bad intentions." ”

"That's because I fell for you and other rebels and thieves! It was you who sent someone to deliberately inform me that something had happened to the Holy One, so I would go to the Paiyun Hall for help. ”

"The princess is just talking, today the king of Ruyang and I have been discussing government affairs in the Zongzheng Hall, inside and outside the Zongzheng Hall, there are many guard officials who can testify, why did he send people to bully the princess, and what solid evidence can the princess come up with to convince people?"

Xiao Wei's mouth was stammered, and her chest rose and fell sharply, as if she was about to be exploded by anger, but she only knew how to be arrogant, but her lips and tongue skills were not good at all, and she couldn't refute it for a while.

"What is the evidence for the unknown King Ruyang's claim that the father and son of King Yichuan have rebelled, and even threatened that the Son of Heaven has met with an accident?" The person who questioned this was He Zhan, today because Wei Haichi did not see the courtiers, he and Xu Xiuneng were both on duty to wait for the order, and they still got Wei Yuanping's notice, only to know that the king of Ruyang had already moved, and he wanted to rush to support.

"This king is listening to the report of the Zhou commander."

"Then it's just hearsay, forgive the officials for not understanding, how important it is to plot a rebellious coup, the king of Ruyang but with the Zhou commander only a few words, why is he sure that the king of Yichuan is rebellious, and he actually privately gathered palace guards to besiege and force the forbidden door, aren't you afraid of being used to commit a major crime of rebellion?"

"When He Sheren said this, he was questioning that Zhou was a traitor?" Zhou Chang hung a sharp sword at his waist, and at this time he stared at He Zhan coldly, and a hideous killing intent had already appeared in his eyes.

He knew that Empress Dowager Wei was precautionary against him, and the reason why he was transferred from his original post was to completely remove him from his military power one day, if he didn't follow King Ruyang, sooner or later he would be a mermaid, how could he be willing to sit back and wait to die? It's better to go out and do a big job, and if you succeed, you will be rich and prosperous for life.

He didn't have as much consideration as He Qi, and those who dared to block his glory must be decisively eradicated.

He Zhan was not afraid, and said with a sneer: "Commander Zhou is in charge of leading the Shenwu Army, responsible for the defense of the palace, but today the Holy Lord and all the children of the clan are hunting in the Forbidden Garden, not the Shenwu sergeant as the escort, Commander Zhou does not know where to hear that the King of Yichuan is plotting rebellion, even if it is true, shouldn't he rescue the Holy Driver and kill the rebel, even if Commander Zhou does not dare to make a decision immediately, he should also report to the Commander of the Praetorian Guard Dou Attendant, and he will make a decision with the Queen Mother, no matter what, Commander Zhou should not privately report to Zongzhengtang and force Fengtaimen with the soldiers of the King of Ruyang, If it is said that the commander of Zhou does not have a rebellious heart, how can it be convincing? ”

"It seems that you Xiao Xiao is also one of the rebels!" Zhou Chang couldn't argue with He Zhan, he was annoyed and angry, he was worried that the Shenwu Army would be fluctuating because of these words, at this time, he didn't care about He Qi's arrangement, and only thought about killing the doubter on the spot to shock the army's heart, so he suddenly burst out, and the long sword was unsheathed and attacked straight at He Zhan.

He Zhan is a civil official, and he is not allowed to wear a sword when he enters the palace, at this time he is empty-handed, but he is not afraid of Zhou Chang's surprise attack, his steps are flexible, dodging the cold sword qi, but his mouth is still unforgiving: "Commander Zhou, your treacherous plan has been discovered by me, and this is going to kill people?" But don't forget that this is in full view, or in front of the Queen Mother, you are so arrogant, what is it if you are not a rebellion? ”

Zhou Chang didn't say a word, he only killed again and again, seeing that He Zhan had no way to retreat, and he was about to fall into the encirclement of the Shenwu army.

But suddenly, a person also drew his sword and stood in front of He Zhan.

The two swords struck each other, and Zhou Chang saw clearly that the person who stopped him was a subordinate captain.

This person was not subdued by him, but Zhou Chang had to mobilize the captain's troops in order to gather more manpower than the Queen Mother's personal guards. ”