The more Zhu Qizhen thought about it, the more he felt that his plan was perfect, and now the only problem was to judge his younger brother's condition.

So Zhu Qizhen ordered: "Summons Tong Yin in." ”

When Ruan Lang heard this, he hurriedly went out of the hall to help Tong Yin in.

After Tong Yin finished saluting, Zhu Qizhen couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Tong, what I want to ask, Chen Xiang and Wu Qinghou have told you, right?" ”

"Yes, yesterday was the auspicious day of the zodiac, and the old decay has already started a hexagram."

"Oh? What about hexagrams? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it is a good omen. The old man had already calculated three years ago that His Majesty should return to Beijing in the autumn and be restored in the autumn. ”

Zhu Qizhen asked suspiciously: "But July is still summer, right?" ”

Tong Yin said with a smile: "The old man deduced from the hexagram yesterday that although today's son is seriously ill, he is still able to govern. It is only after September that the condition deteriorates to an irreversible level.

Is it because why bother to kill the emperor on his back, even if the seizure is successful, only need to properly place the emperor and wait for his life to die, when the autumn is crisp, and it is not too late for His Majesty to restore. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded: "Mr.'s words are very good, so in this way, they are all right." Sure enough, I should return to Beijing in the autumn and restore in the autumn.

Has Marquis Wu Qing prepared everything? ”

Tong Yin replied: "Back to Your Majesty, everything is ready." On the day of the banquet, the Marquis of Wuqing raised troops and led the Beijing camp army to attack the capital from Chaoyangmen.

Then the soldiers were divided into three routes, all the way to surround the old Qi Palace, all the way to support the imperial city, all the way to seize Xizhi Gate and Desheng Gate, to prevent the emperor's reinforcements from entering the city. ”

Zhu Qizhen shook his head: "There is no need to be like this, Marquis Wu Qing can lead the Beijing army to divide into two routes, all the way to the old Qi Palace, and the side of the Qing monarch; All the way to seize Xizhimen, Deshengmen, and Fuchengmen, and block the emperor's reinforcements.

In the imperial city, there are families led by Cao Qin, Wu Jin and others, plus the guards of the vassal king, there are at least 10,000 people. Coupled with most of the brocade guards, it is enough to control the palace.

You told Marquis Wu Qing not to disturb the people, not to kill officials, all for the purpose of capturing the emperor alive and controlling the capital.

In particular, you must not kill the king in public, otherwise you will bring about your own destruction, and I will not be able to help you. ”

Tong Yin hurriedly agreed.

Zhu Qizhen also promised: "In addition to the completion of the matter, I will be promoted to the Marquis of Wuqing as the Duke of Zhongguo." The rest of the generals, those who have no knights, and those who have knights are promoted by one level.

All meritorious soldiers, I will not hesitate to be rewarded. ”

When Tong Yin heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed on behalf of Shi Heng to thank him.

The two sides discussed many details, and Tong Yin bowed and retired.

……

But it was said that Concubine Wu's personal maid Xiang was named Mrs. Rongshan today, and she was really overjoyed.

After lunch, Xiang left the palace and came to the ceremonial room.

The ceremonial room is in the west of the palace, close to Dong'anmen, and is a place set up by the inner court to teach the etiquette of the palace people.

Now it is used to house the show girls who are waiting to be selected in Beijing.

And Gong Rang Emperor's nanny, Zuo Sheng's wife Li, was sent to manage these show girls.

Xiang came to Li's room and gave a light salute with a smile.

Li asked curiously: "You little girl, but you climbed on a high branch and your wings were stiff, why didn't you kneel when you saw me?" ”

Xiang said with a smile: "The slave maid was named Mrs. Rongshan by the emperor today. Your old man is a first-class lady, and the slave is a second-class lady.

The slave and maid respect your old man the most in their hearts, but it is not good to break the court system. ”

Li said with a smile: "That is indeed a happy event, and now even this little girl is out of breath, which is really terrifying." ”

Xiang came to the front of the Li family and told the emperor's edict, and also said that the princess of Qi was going to feast on the show girl.

Li nodded, and ordered his subordinate Yahuan to summon all the show girls to the courtyard.

These show girls, a total of 300 people, are all selected by the provinces.

Originally, these women were a little proud, but now that they are about to become the emperor's women, they are even more big-eyed and empty-hearted, and their eyes are dust-free.

If it weren't for a first-class fate like the Li family, they would really not be able to suppress them.

Even the Li clan is only barely suppressed.

Even Xiang couldn't help shaking his head when he saw it, these goods have a good skin, which is far worse than his own princesses.

I only heard Li shouting loudly: "Your Majesty's command, you will kneel and lead." ”

The show girls then hula lala knelt down a large piece.

Li Shi read: "The widow has a disease, and humanity is difficult. When you enter the palace as a concubine, it's just a waste of time. Loyal to the saint sincerely, few people understand.

You can receive a hundred taels of silver and ten horses of brocade, and go home to each of them. ”

When the women heard this, they immediately exploded. What is this called, everyone went up and down, and screened layer by layer, it was easy to break out of the encirclement, come to Beijing, and finally have the opportunity to be the emperor's woman, you let us go back now?

The most prominent of these women is a distant relative of the Sun family.

The daughter of the Sun clan immediately stood up and asked, "Dare to ask Madame, is Your Majesty's edict to force us to leave, or is it up to us to choose voluntarily?" ”

Li replied with great certainty: "Voluntarily chosen." Moreover, Princess Qi wants to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, and orders me to tell you that the princess will hold a banquet in the palace of King Qi the day after tomorrow to invite everyone. ”

Hearing this, Sun asked again: "As the saying goes, there is no good banquet, Princess Qi, is there a rule that she must go to this banquet?" ”

The Li family is respectful to the emperor's side, so naturally he will not speak for Princess Qi, even if he provokes with a cold face: "It's up to you whether you go or not, Princess Qi just wants to check for the emperor, if you go, if you can get the favor of Princess Qi, there will naturally be countless benefits." ”

Sun snorted coldly: "We were elected by the imperial court, and then naturally the Ministry of Rites will preside over the re-election, so how can we give it to each other privately."

Please forgive the concubine for being physically inconvenient, and she will not be able to go the day after tomorrow. ”

Originally, according to normal speaking, among these 300 people, fifty should be selected to become the emperor's women, one of whom is the queen and two are the concubines.

But this time, the Ministry of Rites is very hard, and it is necessary to choose one queen, two imperial concubines, four concubines, and sixteen concubines.

The reason why the Ministry of Rites was so radical was forced by the emperor.

The emperor robbed the favorite concubines of twelve imperial concubines, and there were three princesses of Qi.

If the Ministry of Rites is not radical, then in addition to the selected queen, the rest of the women are not enough to look at in front of the emperor's favorite concubines, so how can they compete for favor.

But this leads to a serious problem, because the hearts of the three hundred beautiful girls are higher than the sky, after all, everyone has the potential to become a queen.

Even if you can't become a queen, it's great to become an imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine is also a king. Although it can't be the mother of the world, it can also be proud of the women.

Especially the Sun family in front of him has already been decided. Being a queen will definitely not work, but the position of imperial concubine is completely out of the question.

Therefore, in Sun's opinion, he is more noble than the so-called Princess Qi, so naturally he doesn't have to give face. The dignified concubine, do you still need to rush to the dismount of the princess?

Other show girls also had the same idea, and under the encouragement of the Sun family, they all rejected Princess Qi's invitation.

The Li family and the Xiang family secretly rejoiced in their hearts, the emperor and the favorite concubines were deflated, which was really a beautiful thing to see. So the two dismissed the show girls, and Xiang happily went back to send someone to restore his life.

However, he said that Tong Yin returned to the mansion and repeated the process of meeting the king to Shi Heng and Shi Biao in detail.

Shi Heng immediately ordered Shi Biao to write to the emperor and request that the Beijing army be transferred to Shanxi to suppress the popular rebellion.

June 24, early in the morning.

Zhu Qiyu got Shi Biao's recital, and immediately became happy: "This Shi Biao is really cooperative." I had just transferred the Beijing army back from Datong, and he was about to be transferred back again in the blink of an eye.

Okay, the widow obeyed his wish, and ordered the Beijing army of Tongzhou to perform martial arts outside Chaoyang Gate on the first day of the seventh month, and the widow feasted the vassal kings, and went to Chaoyang Gate to parade by the way.

After the parade, Shi Biao can take the Beijing army to Datong to take office. ”

After Su Xi finished writing the edict, he immediately began to sue again: "Husband, look at it, those show girls not only don't give us face, but they also bury us and degrade us to worthless, and all the words of the demon concubine to bring disaster to the country have come out." ”

"Alright, alright, what are you going to do with these stupid women, they don't have a few days to live anyway, let them go."

Su Xi nodded, and replied: "The British Duke has already taken the King of Xiwu County into Beijing, and the King of Su has also arrived, and now he is the farthest King of Shu."

According to the Jinyi Wei report, the king of Shu will arrive in the capital in three days at most.

Also, when King Su entered Beijing, he also brought 500 horses to his husband, and the slave family had allocated the horses to Yingzhou Wei.

How to return the gift, please also ask the husband to show it. ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Change Zhuang Langwei back to the Ganzhou Left Guard, and re-split the Ganzhou Right Guard from the Ganzhou Avant-garde and Ganzhou Guard."

returned the left guard of Ganzhou and the right guard of Ganzhou to King Su, plus the middle guard of Ganzhou that he originally retained, a total of three guards, and re-equipped him, the widow is generous enough this time. ”

Su Xi replied: "The husband's pattern is really big, with 5,000 guards and more than 10,000 troops.

Combined, the three guards can make up a total of 50,000 elite troops. It's hard to think that the husband really dares to hand over so many troops to King Su, if it is replaced by Xuanmiao or Gongrang Emperor, he will be so frightened that he can't sleep. ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "King Su is just a special case, in order to control the Hexi Corridor and the Hetao Plain, he has to do this.

Other vassal kings don't have such good treatment, and I can't let each vassal king have an army of 50,000, so we don't have to live. ”

(End of chapter)