Opportunities always favor those who are prepared, but in the face of such sudden events, no one is prepared, so they have to rely on the spot. Zhang Wen wiped the sweat from his forehead, inside this palace, it was very hot, and it was not as comfortable as the broken houses in the alley.

A group of people walked into the Qianqing Palace, where two coffins were placed, and the emperor and the crown prince went together, which was really a big tragedy. As soon as the people walked in, they began to cry, and fell to the ground and died, which was more sad than the death of the whole family. Zhang Wen quietly turned his head to look at his wife who was kneeling next to him, Zhang Ying also turned her head and glanced at Zhang Wen, she naturally didn't even have a single tear, she was wrapped and kneeling and crying, her eyes were very innocent. She was wearing a straight-fitting cloth robe and a square scarf, and several ministers next to her were also dressed like this, probably because they didn't change their clothes when they came over.

Zhang Wen had never entered the Qianqing Palace, so he was very curious at this time, but he didn't dare to look around, so he only cried with the ministers. He only vaguely felt that the hall between the big pillars was very empty, and the light was dim, as if it was full of rotten gas and haze. There are nine warm pavilions in the north, Zhang Wen has never been there, but he has heard that the emperor often stays in the warm pavilions. The summoned ministers are generally in the imperial palace of the outer court, so those who can be summoned into those warm pavilions to see the emperor are all yin virtues cultivated in eight lifetimes, and there is green smoke on the ancestral tomb.

Everyone cried for a while, and an old man in a red robe straightened up and said, "Where did the crown prince and grandson go if he didn't succeed to the throne in front of the emperor and the prince's spirit?" ”

Zhang Wen heard the voice full of anger, and knew that it was Cabinet Minister Liu Yixie. At this time, I heard the old eunuch on the side say: "The imperial grandson is at Li Xuan's place." ”

Liu Yixiao said angrily: "Why didn't Li Xuanzhi let the new Son of Heaven come to the spirit, what did she want to do?" ”

At this time, I saw a little girl running out and said, "Your Highness is in the Xinuan Pavilion." Zhang Wen heard the voice very familiar, and when he looked up, it turned out to be Zhang Ying's sister Zhang Yan.

Zhang Ying, who was next to her, saw her sister and couldn't care much about it, so she hurriedly shouted, Zhang Yan heard the voice and looked here. At this time, a eunuch suddenly walked up from behind, picked up Zhang Yan and left. Zhang Ying didn't think about it, and hurriedly caught up, and when everyone saw it, they also hugged it, and Zhang Yan in front struggled on the eunuch's shoulder, shouting: "Let go of me, let go of me, I want to see my sister." ”

The eunuch carried Zhang Yan onto the overpass, Zhang Ying was about to catch up, but several eunuchs stopped in front and scolded: "Bold, the forbidden place in the inner palace, how can the foreign ministers come in?" ”

The ministers held their own identities, so they naturally did not dare to rush forward. Zhang Ying didn't care so much, she hadn't seen her sister for a long time, and when she saw her sister being caught, she couldn't care less, rushed up, kicked out two feet left and right, and only heard two exclamations of "ahhhh

Zhang Ying hurriedly ran a few steps, jumped over, reached out and grabbed the back collar of the eunuch who was carrying Zhang Yan, and mentioned it back, the eunuch was unstable on his feet, fell on his back, Zhang Ying hurriedly hugged his sister, and cried with joy.

And at this time, Zhang Wen, who was standing under the overpass, was struggling in his heart, in the warm pavilion above, it was a harem place, there were emperor's concubines in and out, and it was not too much to order a foreign court minister to break in and destroy the nine clans, so those ministers below did not dare to take a step forward. But now that Zhang Ying has broken in, although she is a woman, she is also very dangerous, Zhang Wen looked at his wife, do you want to leave her like this?

At the same time, Zhang Wen remembered that Zhang Yan said just now that His Royal Highness was in the Xinuan Pavilion, and Zhang Wen hesitated, whether to risk going in and robbing Zhu Youxiao. Can you snatch Zhu Youxiao? Li Xuanzhi is Zhu Youxiao's adoptive mother in the end, what if she really listens to politics in the future, Zhang Wen is so brutal, won't she die without a place to be buried? At this time, Zhang Wen's mind appeared Zhu Youxiao's childish but deep eyes, and he didn't have time to think about it for a moment, but he just had an intuition that this person would not easily let others control him...... Knowing how to protect yourself, or giving it a go, is just in a thought.

The time was too short, Zhang Wen had a lot of things in his head, and in the end he relied on intuition. Zhang Ying was on it, that was the direct reason for stimulating Zhang Wen, Zhang Wen couldn't leave her on it alone. He took a breath, no longer hesitated, and suddenly rushed onto the overpass. The ministers below all looked at Zhang Wen and Zhang Ying in surprise, they didn't want to die?

Zhu Youxiao is not yet fifteen years old, Li Xuanzhi is his adoptive mother, she was very favored by the prince during his lifetime, and at the same time has an inextricable relationship with Concubine Zheng Guifei. Therefore, the ministers only advocated orthodoxy with words and did not dare to act excessively.

The first auxiliary party Congzhe actually threatened to transfer the border army into Beijing, and the people of the Donglin Party were secretly happy.

When Zhang Wen rushed up, he saw seven or eight eunuchs rushing towards him, shouting: "Catch them, catch them, and fight them to death!" "The guards with weapons are all outside, and no one in this Qianqing Palace dares to bring weapons, there is only such a group of eunuchs and palace maids.

Zhang Ying hurriedly protected her sister behind her, she was concerned about the chaos, and she broke into trouble, and at this time she couldn't be afraid, she went up and kicked the eunuch in front of her to fall to the floor, swishing and sliding far away, oops, screaming in pain.

"Where is Your Highness in that room?" Zhang Wen hurriedly asked Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan pointed to a door and said, "It's inside." ”

Zhang Wen had the courage to make a desperate move, and he didn't care much, so he got up sideways and rushed towards the door fiercely, and slammed the wooden door open with a "bang".

I saw three people inside, all of whom looked at Zhang Wen dumbfounded, and couldn't believe that there was such a bold person in this world who even dared to hit the door of the harem. A beautiful woman in palace clothes was Li Xuanshi, and the young man she was pulling was Zhu Youxiao, and the eunuch next to her hurriedly stopped in front of Zhang Wen.

When Zhu Youxiao saw Zhang Wen, the ignorant expression on his face suddenly changed, and he suddenly broke free from Li Xuanzhi's hand, and shouted: "Li Xuanzhi wants to be unfavorable to me, Zhang Wen quickly save me!" ”

The eunuch hurriedly turned around and hugged Zhu Youxiao, who was small and weak, and suddenly couldn't move. Zhang Wen heard Zhu Youxiao's words, what were he afraid of, he kicked the eunuch over, heard the eunuch scream and fell to the ground, Zhang Wen picked up Zhu Youxiao and ran, Li Xuan's eyes were full of panic, and when he chased to the door, Zhang Wen had already carried Zhu Youxiao to the overpass, turned back and shouted to Zhang Ying: "Ying'er, go quickly." ”

Li Xuanzhi watched Zhang Wen and the others snatch people away by the door, and she was so angry that she stomped her feet, there was nothing she could do, it was impossible for her to chase down the spirit of the first emperor to rob people.

When the ministers saw Zhu Youxiao, they bowed and shouted long live, and Zhang Wen also hurriedly knelt on the ground. Zhu Youxiao was stunned and stayed in place. Seeing this, an old eunuch next to him thought he was at a loss, so he reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, it's time to calm them down." ”

Only then did Zhu Youxiao say: "Let's be flat." ”

Only then did everyone stand up, completely ignoring the two dead people placed in the north, their minds were on Zhu Youxiao.

Fang Congzhe thought for a while and said: "According to the ancestral system, the crown prince should be the crown prince of the East Palace first, and the ministers will escort the crown prince to the Duanben Palace, that is, the crown prince, and then go to the Qianqing Palace to inherit the throne one day." ”

Everyone thought that it was the right thing to get the prince out of this dangerous place first, and not to fall into the hands of Li Xuanzhi again, so they all understood Fang Congzhe's meaning, so they echoed it one after another. At the same time, there are several people here who support the ascension of the prince, that is, those who have made great contributions, so it is natural to ask someone to record them in detail.

Zhu Youxiao's face was pale, and then he finally came back to his fright, feeling like he had swam in the Lord of Yama, and what impressed him the most was, of course, Zhang Wen, who was desperate to save himself when he was most desperate. Zhu Youxiao looked back at this time and shouted, "Zhang asked, Zhang asked." ”

Zhang Wen listened to Zhu Youxiao and didn't shout anyone, he shouted himself, his heart fluttered, his body bones were fluttering, and his feeling was even more wonderful than eating the elixir. Zhang Wen hurriedly knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao and shouted, "Weichen is here." ”

Seeing this, Fang Congzhe, Liu Yixian and others were jealous and envious in their hearts, and after doing it for a long time, the first work was actually robbed by this unknown junior.

Zhu Youxiao picked up Zhang Wen, grabbed his hand and said, "You are with me, don't go away, you are a loyal minister." ”

Zhang Wen was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Weichen serves the emperor's grandson and doesn't dare to be careless. ”

At this time, Fang Congzhe said: "Luan is here, please ask the imperial grandson to move to the East Palace." ”

When Zhu Youxiao heard Fang Congzhe's voice, he immediately remembered what the eunuchs said about Fang Congzhe, saying that he was going to transfer troops from Liaodong to Beijing. Zhu Youxiao suddenly had a cold vest, and the Zhejiang Party found an excuse to transfer troops from the border pass casually? Zhu Youxiao thought about it and hurriedly said: "You are all loyal ministers, ask people to write down all the people here carefully, and no mistakes must be made." ”

The eunuch next to him responded. Fang Congzhe and other ministers were full of joy in their hearts at this time, and they made great contributions, but they could not ask for something. There are two great merits for being a minister, one is to open up the territory, and the other is to support it, and there is no other merit that can be compared.

The ministers surrounded Zhu Youxiao to the Duanben Palace in the Donghua Gate, and entered the Hongren Palace, in the middle is the golden and brilliant crown prince's seat, there are mirror screens and gauze paintings on both sides, painting allusions and stories of loyalty, filial piety and honesty. Zhu Youxiao looked at the throne, his eyes lit up, but fortunately, no one in the north saw his expression. He held his breath, walked to the throne step by step, turned around and sat down, and everyone hurriedly bowed to the ground, shouting long live, anyway, there is no emperor now, and it is almost the same to shout long live the prince, sooner or later.

There are officials such as the ceremonial supervisor and the Taifu Temple who stand on the left and right to sing the lyrics, and Zhu Youxiao is considered to be the crown prince, although it is a little hasty, but it is legal, and it has already played its due role.

Zhu Youxiao said in a trembling voice: "Let's be even." He saw Zhang Yan beside Zhang Ying, and shouted again: "Yan'er, come and sit on it." ”

Zhang Yan is also a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, and she looked around with some trepidation, not daring to go in front of so many people. Zhang Wen hurriedly whispered: "The prince is going to canonize his sister as the crown princess, and he will be the queen in a few days, come over quickly." Zhang Yan listened to Zhang Qian's words, and then walked up carefully and sat down beside Zhu Youxiao.

After congratulating, everyone withdrew from the Hongren Palace, and Liu Yixian said to the eunuch Wang An in front of everyone: "Protect the prince, don't be taken away again." ”

Wang An was the loyal eunuch of the former prince and the governor of Dongchang, and had a good relationship with Donglin officials such as Liu Yixiao and Yang Lian. At first, Zhu Youxiao stayed in Duanben Palace for a good time, but Li Xuanzhi suddenly ran to Duanben Palace and took Zhu Youxiao away. Wang An didn't come back to his senses, so the ministers reminded Wang An not to let the same thing happen again.

Zhang Wen didn't hear Zhu Youxiao leave him, so he had to walk out of the hall with the ministers. Because Zhu Youxiao has come back to his senses, he has now escaped from the Qianqing Palace, and the next thing is how to sit on the throne, at this time, it is useless for him to rely on Zhang Wen, he has to rely on the important ministers in the court, so he can't be too favoritistic.

Zhu Youxiao is safe and sound, all the officials have returned to their positions, many things are busy, the state funeral is still secondary, there are people in the inner palace to preside, everyone is thinking about how to get Li Xuanshi's gang away, so that Zhu Youxiao can ascend to the throne and stabilize the situation as soon as possible.

Zhang Wen hung up a vacant post as the head of the military department in the central government, and was originally going to be exiled to Liaodong, of course, there was nothing to do with him in the imperial court, and he was about to go home and wait for Zhu Youxiao to ascend the throne and be rewarded, he and Zhang Ying just walked to the door together, and saw Liu Yixiao was there, Zhang Wen hurriedly bowed down and said: "Xia Guan has seen Liu Ge Lao." ”

If it was before, Liu Yixiao would definitely not pay attention to Zhang Wen, and just swaggered away, but unexpectedly, Liu Yixiao was very polite at this time, returned a salute, and said affectionately: "The old man He Xichangyan is really a hundred years old, and it is used for a while." Hey, by the way, what is Changyan's position now? ”

Zhang Wen listened to Liu Yixie's affection, and thought that after today's events, he might become the favored minister of the new emperor, and Donglin wanted to win himself over. Zhang Wen remained silent, this world was cold and warm, and the white eyes and ridicule of the Donglin Party people seemed to be still in their ears at the time of the noon death. After thinking about it, he still made a respectful look on his face and said, "Xia Guan is currently the head of the military department. ”

"The head of the military department?" Liu Yixian said in a daze, and said in his heart how did he enter the palace today? You must know that the head of the Ministry of War is still the Armed Forces Selection Division, and it is not a key department at all. The key officials are either senior officials, or they are the officials of the six departments who supervise the six departments, and they are small but talking.

Liu Yixiao immediately said: "Wait for the next court meeting, the old man will definitely recommend Changyan to change his official position." ”

Zhang Wen said with a smile: "It's easy to say, the lower official thanked me first." ”

Farewell to Liu Yixiu, just a few steps away, met the first assistant Fang Congzhe, Fang Congzhe was talking to a few Zhejiang party officials, saw Zhang Wen coming over, immediately stopped talking, and nodded to Zhang Wen with a kind smile.

Similarly, if in the past, a minister like Fang Congzhe wouldn't even look down on a small fish and shrimp like Zhang Wen, or he didn't know Zhang Wen at all, and he didn't know that there was such a person among the officials.

Zhang Wen walked over and bowed as usual, Fang Congzhe also said that he wanted to recommend Zhang Wen for promotion, and Zhang Wen left after two sentences.

Walking out of the Forbidden City, I saw Huang Renzhi and Cao An were anxiously waiting for Zhang Wen outside, and when I saw Zhang Wen, I was immediately overjoyed, Huang Renzhi walked in front and asked eagerly: "The old man heard that the adult entered the palace and saved the son, but is it true?" ”

Zhang Wen couldn't hide his joy and said: "No, at that time, Ying'er was going to save the princess, so I rushed to the bridge of the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and I heard that the prince was in the room of the Xinuan Pavilion, thinking that it was a big crime to break into the inner palace anyway, and if I didn't do it, I rushed in and picked up the prince and ......left."

Zhang Ying also knew that she was too impulsive today, people from the rivers and lakes sometimes don't think too much about the things involved, Zhang Ying blushed at this time and said, "I won't dare next time." ”

Zhang Wen turned around and said: "Ying'er has made a great contribution today, otherwise I wouldn't have the courage to go up, and besides, a group of eunuchs rushed out, and I would have been caught and killed by myself alone." ”

Huang Renzhi touched the goatee and said: "This can be regarded as a great achievement, the adults are in front of you, congratulations to the adults, congratulations to the adults." ”

Zhang Wen looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Let's go home first, during the national funeral, we can't be happy." ”

A few people got into the carriage, and Zhang asked and said: "In such a short time, both Donglin and the Zhejiang Party have shown favor to me, Mr. Huang thinks, which side is better to join?" ”

Huang Ren sat upright, touching his beard and squinting his eyes for a long time, before he said: "At this time, the imperial court has undergone great changes, and the situation is still unclear, so you must not be in a hurry. ”

It stands to reason that the current power of the Zhejiang Party has an advantage, but in the midst of changes, I don't know who will have the last laugh. Zhang Wen nodded and said: "Today at the gate of the noon gate, Fang Congzhe threatened to transfer troops from Liaodong to King Qin, if he stood in the prince... Thinking about this from the prince's point of view, it's terrifying. ”

Although Fang Congzhe was good and wanted to coerce Li Xuanzhi to release Zhu Youxiao, he was easily able to encourage his henchmen to mobilize the border army, which itself showed signs of losing control. Imagine if one day he has no virtue and wants to transfer troops to coerce the emperor to abdicate, it will be terrible.

Huang Renzhi agreed with Zhang Wen's point of view, and added: "The first emperor and the crown prince died at the same time because of the red pill, this matter will not end like this, when the first emperor took the red pill, Fang Congzhe was present, wouldn't the people of Donglin use this as a reason to impeach and scold Fang Congzhe and others for killing the first emperor?" The old man felt that the balance of power in the imperial court was about to change greatly. ”

Zhang Wen lowered his voice and said, "As far as I know, the prince doesn't have a good impression of Donglin at all. ”

Huang Renzhi nodded: "So the old man suggested that the adults should not be anxious for the time being, and wait and see." ”

At this time, the sky outside the carriage rumbled for a while, and Zhang Ying said, "It's about to rain." Zhang Wen lifted the curtain, looked at the cloudy sky and the little water marks on the gray road, and sighed: "Yes, the storm is coming." ”