"What did you say?" Emperor Huo got up and brought a table of tea cups trembling and orchid branches trembling.

"Li Dezheng, the garrison of Qiandemen, is rebelling and opening the gate of the palace, and two-thirds of the forbidden army led by the second prince has passed the Xuanzheng Palace and is coming to the harem!" The queen spoke clearly, completely ignoring her usual calm and indifferent appearance, "Please order Your Majesty to lock the palace door and wait for reinforcements." ”

"My forbidden army is all reversed, will there be reinforcements?" The Emperor sneered, "Who is the Yulin Guard Commander on duty tonight?" ”

Bai Ziche's heart tightened, the Yu Linwei on duty tonight was Chu Zhixia, but Chu Zhixia never appeared.

If Chu Zhixia was not one of the rebels, then she was detained by the design of the second prince. No matter what the reason, Chu Zhixia could not escape the emperor's reprimand.

"Your Majesty, Yan Jue is here."

Bai Ziche looked at the young general who was kneeling on one knee in front of the emperor in amazement, he remembered this person, the head of the generation of the Yongyi Yan family.

Yan Duel.

"Lock the door of Weiyang Palace." The emperor had no choice but to order.

"The minister will be the guardian of His Majesty, the mother, and he will never give up." Yan Jue got up suddenly, turned around and shouted to the panicked eunuch palace people in the palace, "Elders over twenty years old, follow me to guard the palace gate, and those who enter and leave without permission will be killed." ”

A group of murderous people rushed out of the palace gate and closed the gate of Weiyang Palace.

The Emperor was exhausted and sat down heavily on the beauty couch.

Bai Ziche looked at it coldly, and his fingers were suddenly held by his soft little hand.

"Fourth brother, fourth brother is not afraid." The sixth prince, Bai Yan, tried to stand on tiptoe to hug his neck, "Ah Yan protects you." ”

The "little concubine Pei" who stopped behind Bai Yan didn't say a word from the moment she stepped into Weiyang Palace, but raised a pair of beautiful eyes and met Bai Ziche's gaze frankly and gently.

"Ah Yan, don't be noisy." Bai Ziche picked him up and said softly.

——

East Palace.

"This palace asks you to send people out to exterminate the rebels in front of the palace city, and King Qin will escort you. Which sentence do you not understand? ”

Bai Huan brocade is dressed in a plain robe, and it is rare to speak to people fiercely. The lieutenant general in front of him just lowered his head, didn't say good or bad, and lived like an iron frame with a pestle on the ground.

"The minister must protect His Royal Highness the Prince, and forgive the minister for his disobedience."

"Hongu will come with you."

"Your Highness forgives your sins." The adjutant knelt directly in front of him.

Bai Huan was furious, and with a "swish" he pulled out the saber from the lieutenant's waist and put it on his neck. The deputy general didn't move, as if he could cut Bai Huan no matter what, and the soldiers of the East Palace just couldn't go to Miyagi to escort him.

"You're really not afraid of death." Bai Huan laughed angrily, and couldn't help but mock, "You are not afraid of death, nor are you afraid of this palace, what you are afraid of is only ...... That's it. ”

The people who were omitted and couldn't be mentioned were the people to whom the Donggong garrison and the Gyeonggi Guard were truly loyal.

"If you don't go, the palace will go by itself." Bai Huan threw down his saber, turned around and walked towards the gate of the fiery East Palace.

The deputy general was shocked and hurriedly said: "Your Highness's golden body, you must not do it!" ”

"Get out." Bai Huan said coldly.

——

The Qiandeok Gate had been occupied by the rebels, and the city gate in turn blocked the Gyeonggi Guard, who was rescued by King Qin. And the Gyeonggi Guard is not heavily attacked, and the siege equipment is even more nonsense, and the two sides only rely on a palace wall for a while, you set up a ladder, I lift the ladder, you come and go, and the battle situation is stalemate.

"If it drags on like this, it's enough for the second prince to turn the palace upside down, and how many His Majesty can't find it?" Chu Zhixia leaned on the table with one arm, and coldly glanced at the Miyagi garrison map under his subordinates.

The regent took a sip of tea with a faint expression, "How are you doing?" ”

"Fire attack." Chu Zhixia made a decision.

Pei Zhang was impressed by her lawlessness, "The palace is a heavy place, and there are countless nobles among them, and even the second prince doesn't dare to attack with fire." Miss Chu is really ......"

"Pei Gongzi also knows that there are countless nobles in the palace, if I remember correctly, your nephew and sister are still in the palace." Chu Zhixia lifted his eyelids and smiled weirdly, "If the palace is gone, you can repair it again, and if your life is gone, who has the ability to reason with the king of Hades?" Besides, the palace wall is far away from the harem, and we only need to break down the door, and there is a way to extinguish the fire. ”

Chu Zhixia spoke sharply, and his slender eyebrows were smeared with a touch of crimson under the lamplight, like rouge smeared on the cold light.

Pei Zhang changed his words from kindness: "Be brave and resourceful." It's just that there is neither grain and grass nor haystacks on the palace city, and most of them are piled up with stone bricks. ”

Chu Zhixia turned to look at the regent.

The regent looked at her for a moment, beckoned someone to summon, "Take Miss Chu to Gyeonggi Guard, and order the commander of Gyeonggi Guard to listen to his dispatch." ”

"Taishi understands the righteousness, which is the blessing of my dynasty." Chu Zhixia got up and saluted.

"I believe that your Chu family has been mediating with the Beidi people for many years, so it is naturally not a problem to win a small Qiandemen." The regent smiled a little meaninglessly, "It's just that you're betting a little bit more on this matter." If you still fail to save Your Majesty, or if Your Majesty makes a mistake, you will be targeted by everyone. ”

"I'm sure I'll win." Chu Zhixia smiled calmly.

The Regent's palm was raised, meaning to wait and see.

——

Weiyang Palace.

Bai Yi sat on the chariot, slowly pulling the beads in his hand, closing his eyes and resting.

The forbidden soldiers in front of him tried to climb over the palace wall one after another, and they were about to land and fight with the Yulin guard on the other side of the wall, and it was difficult to capture for a while. The rest of the people slammed hard against the palace gate, and the dull sound echoed through the long and winding palace alley.

Bai Yi clenched the glass hand beads tightly with a "snap", his eyes fell on the palace gate with a burning eye, and he raised his voice: "Father, the thief is burning the Qiande Gate, and the son is here to escort him." Please also ask my father to open the door. ”

This is kind of a fool.

On the other side of the door, there was only the sound of Yu Linwei's fighting in response.

"If the father doesn't open the door, the son will only have fire." There was a hint of madness in Bai Yi's eyes, "Although it will be a little difficult to do without the succession edict, my father is so generous, and my sons don't mind writing it themselves." ”

Behind the vermilion palace wall.

Yan smashed the rebel's door in front of the elbow and threw the person who had completely fainted at the foot of the wall. The swift eunuch immediately tied the man up firmly. Yan Jue wiped the blood on the blade of the knife on the golden armor, and looked at the palace wall that had stopped hesitantly.

Bai Yi seemed to be really thinking about burning down Weiyang Palace.

The front and back palace gates of Weiyang Palace are guarded by rebels, and if this fire burns, Yan Jue is not sure that he will be able to take the emperor to retreat.

"Yan Jue, open the door." The emperor walked out of the palace slowly, half of his eyebrows and eyes hidden in the dim light.

"Your Majesty, no." Yan Jue subconsciously refused.

"I told you to open the palace door." The emperor accentuated his tone, "You have the power to move mountains and seas, but your fire cannot be burned; Or can you fight me out of the encirclement with one enemy and a hundred? If you can't, open the door. ”

Only then did Yan Jue see clearly that the emperor was holding a bright yellow scroll in his hand.

——

The palace gate slowly opened, and the bright and dazzling lights splashed like a river and sea, drowning out the white lights that were surrounded by the rebels.

Bai Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, and in front of the brilliantly lit Weiyang Palace, the blood-covered Yulin guards stood on both sides, guarding the emperor. The tall and handsome young general stood three feet in front of the emperor with his sword, like a fierce tiger ready to attack.

"I said why I couldn't attack it for a long time, it turned out that Yan Xiaohou was here." Bai Yi sighed, and said with a fake regret, "If you take away the Chu family, as well as the Yan family, you mud legs from the sect will really make trouble for me." ”

"Bai Yi, you rebel." The emperor coldly scolded, "Aren't you afraid that the world will poke you in the back?" ”

"Afraid?" Bai Yi laughed, "History books are written by winners, and a hundred years later, what I write is the truth!" And I am invincible today, what am I afraid of, what am I afraid of! ”

Bai Yi pressed the armrest, his eyes were crazy, "And you, father, you have been trampled on the head by the regent for many years, your queen you said it doesn't count, your crown prince doesn't count if you say it, and you don't count the life and death of your children in the harem, do you dare to say a word to the regent?" You are also worthy of being an emperor and a father?! ”

The corners of the emperor's eyes twitched, his eyes were fierce, and he hated to cut Bai Yi alive one by one.

Bai Ziche stood behind the emperor, staring coldly and indifferently at the emperor's back.

"Take the Emperor Taishang to the Xuanzheng Hall and read the edict of succession." Bai Yi scolded enough, gradually calmed down, and lazily raised his finger and said, "If the Qiande Gate continues to fight, it will cost a lot of money to repair the palace gate." ”

A rebel came in a hurry and whispered a few words in Bai Yi's ear.

Bai Yi's face changed drastically.

The rebels said: "The Qiande Gate has been broken. ”

——

"The ladder can't be erected, and the palace door can't be opened." The commander of the Gyeonggi Guard slapped his palms, and there was a helpless meaning, "You want people, I can adjust it, but the palace really can't afford it." ”

"All I need is fifty archers and a hundred Kong Ming lanterns." Chu Zhixia buckled his silver bracers, picked up the kettle on the table and shook it, "With a stick of incense, your cloud ladder can be set up on the Qiande Gate." ”

The Commander was dumbfounded, "That's all? ”

"That's all, do it."

Chu Zhixia turned over and looked intently at the palace wall at the end of the long street that was smeared with layers of blood.

The second prince has already broken into the palace, and with Bai Ziche's intelligence, it must be enough to protect himself. It's just that at this time, if you cower, you are afraid of losing the weak family affection that the emperor has finally cultivated for him.

This is a big gamble, and Chu Zhixia is a little looking forward to Bai Ziche's choice.

After a while, fifty archers stood neatly in front of Chu Zhixia, carrying a hundred unlit Kong Ming lanterns.

"Under these Kong Ming lanterns are tied a small pig urine bubble, which contains fire oil." Chu Zhixia sat on the saddle and looked down at the archers with uneasy faces, "If the tung oil is too much, the lamp will not fly, and if it is too little, it will not burn the palace wall." ”

"So, we're not trying to burn down the company camp. Our target is the rebels defending the city. ”

"When the lamp flies over the rebels' heads, it immediately shoots it down." Chu Zhixia watched their expressions gradually become solemn and serious, and his heart was not shocked, "Success or failure is in this move, I hope you will go all out." ”

——

On the wall of the Qiandemen Palace, the rebels sat behind the battlements and bandaged each other's wounds.

Li Dezheng was no exception, he was besieged by the Gyeonggi guards shortly after opening the palace gate for the second prince, but fortunately there was a palace gate to retreat. He didn't expect the Gyeonggi Guard to come so quickly, and it stands to reason that the regent should be happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

He was born in the side branch of the Li clan in Longxi, and he worked hard for decades to sit in the position of the palace guard, but he still relied on the family to raise points.

Now that the second prince is planning the world, let alone asking him to open the city gate, even if he wants him to take off his head, he can only obey.

Li Dezheng was too tired to think, and looked up at the night sky blankly.

The fire-like brightness floated into the inky sky, and Li Dezheng was a little distracted, thinking that he was hallucinating.

Suddenly, the bright color went out, and a pungent rain hit his face.

How can there be rain? Li Dezheng was wiping his face, a little dazed, but quickly came to his senses - this is not rain, this is fire oil!

The falling Kong Ming lantern smashed at his feet, and the faint flame quickly climbed the corner of his oil-stained robe, and a blazing flame ignited on the palace wall.

"The enemy army is attacking the city, be on alert!" Li Dezheng screamed miserably.