Empress Dowager Sun told Zhu Qizhen that she was full of grievances, and she was bitter and resentful during the period, needless to mention.

At the same time, 20,000 Yan Wei cavalry blocked the Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate in the east of the capital.

The 10,000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion occupied the Andingmen of the northern city. However, the Shenji Battalion was not in a hurry to launch an attack on the imperial city, but blocked the Anding Gate, cut off the news, and climbed the city wall to stand by.

Zhu Qiyu specially instructed that the army would launch a counterattack only when Gong asked the emperor to complete the restoration ceremony in public, and the evidence was conclusive and there was no way to quibble.

Although the death knell sounded in the palace and the entire city of Beijing heard it, the Shenji Battalion was unmoved.

The nobles in the city were not so calm, first a group of people outside shouted on the street that the emperor had been restored, and everyone was already frightened and full of suspicion.

Immediately afterwards, the death knell sounded in the palace again, and everyone was not calm at this time.

Could it be that the emperor is really dead? Is it too sick and lacks the ability to recover? Or was there a palace coup d'état, and the emperor was calculated?

At this time, all the families had to make a choice immediately: either stay at home and stay still, although it is safe, but they have also missed the work of following the dragon.

Or go out to put the icing on the cake and welcome the restoration of Emperor Taishang.

There is also an option, which is to be a loyal servant of the emperor to stop this unrest.

Of course, this choice is not of interest to any nobles.

From the honor's point of view: Or, the emperor is really dead, then he is still a loyal servant. Or, the emperor did not die. But the emperor did not die, but allowed the situation to become so unbearable, obviously he had lost control of the capital.

In either case, it is clear that Emperor Taishang has the upper hand.

As a result, the nobles who were close to Emperor Taishang set out one after another with elite family members.

While Zhu Qiyu transferred the 5,000 Beijing troops led by Shi Heng, Sun Bo, and Liu Yongcheng from Nanjing back to Beijing, he also ordered the nobles in Nanjing to report on their work together on the pretext of discussing the reform plan of Nanjing's Beijing camp.

So those nobles in Nanjing have also returned.

The nobles who went to the Forbidden City to welcome the emperor's restoration were: Zhu Yi, Duke of Chengguo, Li Xian, Marquis of Fengcheng, Marquis Guo Sheng of Cheng'an, Marquis Zheng Hong of Wu'an, Marquis Chen Jing of Taining, Marquis Wu Jin of Gongshun, Bo Wu Cong of Guangyi, Bo Liu An of Guangning, Bo Zhao Rong of Xincheng, Bo Gaoyuan of Jianping, Zhu Ying of Wujin Bo and a large number of people.

In addition, there are Jiao Jing, the commander of the horses, and the Sun Jizong brothers of the Hou family of Huichang.

Originally, the Sun family was under house arrest, but the other nobles rescued the Sun family, and everyone led the family to rush to the palace together.

The ministers who were still effectively loyal to Zhu Qizhen also set off for the Forbidden City.

When the nobles met these ministers on the road, they all spontaneously led their families to protect them and go together.

However, it is said that Sun Bo and Mao Zhong led 3,000 elite Beijing battalions to surround the Ten Princes' Mansion, the Zhuwang Pavilion, and the Huitong North Pavilion.

All the vassal kings agreed to go to Fengtianmen to attend the court meeting, and their attitudes were surprisingly unanimous, and they handed over their guards one after another and sent them to Sun Bo in a unified manner.

Sun Bo sensed that something was wrong: the attitude of the vassal king should not be so consistent.

So Sun Bo silently counted the vassal kings again, and then figured out: King Min, King Shu, King of Dongwu County, and King of Xiwu County were not there.

Sun Bo asked King Xiang about the whereabouts of these people.

Seeing that the emperor was expected to be restored, King Xiang was happy in his heart, and smiled happily at Sun Bo: "King Min and King Dongwu have other mansions in Beijing, all of which were given by Zhu Qiyu's son.

The king of Shu lived in the house of King Min, and the king of Xiwu County lived in the house of the king of Dongwu County, and the relationship between them was closer, which was also normal.

Don't worry about them, if you call them, they will only say things that the emperor doesn't like to hear.

When the time comes, you can't beat them or scold them, so why bother, let them go.

Uncle Min Wang is the only living son of Emperor Taizu, if you are angry with you, you will wait for death. ”

When Sun Bo heard this, he no longer bothered about the few vassal kings, but sent Mao Zhong to escort the vassal kings to Fengtianmen, and he himself led 3,000 Beijing camps and 5,000 vassal kings to escort him back to support Shi Heng.

In this way, the army under Shi Heng, which was responsible for surrounding the old Qi Palace, reached 20,000 people. According to the information held by Shi Heng and others, there were only 8,000 guards in the palace of the old Qi king.

Shi Heng, Sun Bo, and Liu Ju looked at each other, and the color of joy was beyond words.

Now the dust has finally settled, 20,000 against 8,000, the advantage is mine.

Just wait for the restoration of Emperor Taishang, and with an edict, the eight thousand guards will inevitably surrender without a fight, and the Jingshi can also be passed on.

The absurd Emperor Jingtai finally ended his reign over the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Ju asked at the right time: "Master Hou, not far from us is the Zhongfu grassland, do we want to send soldiers to bring some hay over?" ”

Shi Heng asked casually, "What are you doing moving hay?" ”

Liu Ju was silent, laughing but silent.

Shi Heng immediately reacted: "Oh, yes, yes, go and pick up some hay and pile it under the walls around the palace for our horses to eat."

Okay, well, transfer thousands of people over, and hold as much hay as you can, and the more the better. Running around early in the morning, our horses were already starving. ”

As a result, thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp did not do anything, and all of them were between the Qi Wangfu and the Zhongfu grassland, carrying forage back and forth.

However, it is said that the Ten Princes' Mansion is only half a mile away from Dong'anmen, and one and a half miles away from Fengtianmen.

The vassal kings soon arrived.

Since the vassal king was supposed to have a banquet at Fengtianmen today, the officials of the Ministry of Rites wanted to prepare for the banquet, and they all arrived early.

In addition, some of the nobles and ministers who arrived quickly.

Zhu Qizhen decided not to wait, and it will change later. The sooner the official restoration, the sooner the Beijing division can be transmitted.

As for the process and rituals, when the dust settles, we can just take it slowly.

So Zhu Qizhen supported the Empress Dowager Sun, stood on the pedestal of the Fengtian Palace, and announced to everyone below: "Uncles and brothers, all Aiqing, the Empress Dowager has a will. ”

All the princes, nobles, civil and military officials immediately knelt down with great interest: "The ministers are respectfully in accordance with the decree of the Empress Dowager." ”

Empress Dowager Sun said to everyone: "The emperor is seriously ill, and Tuo Gong let the emperor take charge of the government on his behalf." Gong let the emperor's original intention was only to act as an agent temporarily, but the emperor's illness became more and more serious, so that the government was full of waste, which was unreasonable.

There are even demon concubines who confuse the lord, taking advantage of the emperor's serious illness to manipulate power, intending to cause chaos in the world.

The palace is the plan of the people of the Ming Dynasty and the society of the temple, and it is determined to restore Qi Zhen as the emperor, regent the country, and settle the world.

What do you think? ”

When everyone heard this, they all fell to the ground and shouted: "The Empress Dowager is Shengming, and the ministers are respectfully following the Empress Dowager's decree." ”

Empress Dowager Sun nodded with satisfaction, and turned to look at Yu Shiyue and Zou Gan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "Who will draw up the decree of the two Aiqing?" ”

Yu Shiyue and Zou Gan glanced at each other, and then Zou Gan stood up: "Weichen is willing to serve the Queen Mother." ”

Empress Dowager Sun nodded.

Because Zou Gan had already made a good draft in his heart, and now he got the instructions of the Queen Mother, he immediately began to write, which can be described as an immediate achievement.

After seeing it with Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen, they confirmed that there was no problem, and Xing'an stamped the jade seal in front of everyone.

Then Xing'an read it out, and after everyone listened, they knelt down three times and bowed nine times to officially worship the new emperor.

In this way, the restoration ceremony is preliminarily completed.

Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen stayed where they were, waiting for other nobles and officials to come one after another.

At the same time, outside the gate of the old Qi Palace, Shi Heng, Sun Bo, and Liu Ju were happy, so Amber Chen Shao took more than 100 family members out of Goldfish Hutong and went straight to Dong'anmen.

But then Anbo Chen Shao happened to take a look in the direction of the old Qi Wangfu at the intersection, and saw that it was full of heavily armed soldiers, so he couldn't help but come up curiously.

When he saw Shi Heng and heard that everyone was surrounding the emperor, Anbo Chen Shao couldn't help but be shocked: "Oh, it's wrong, it's wrong, early in the morning, the emperor's personal guards were transferred from the old palace to Fengtian Dusi.

What are you doing here stupidly? ”

When Shi Heng heard this, his face changed greatly: "Sui Anbo, you can't talk nonsense, when did this happen?" ”

Chen Shao hurriedly said: "What is there to talk about, the west end of Ganmian Hutong is our house, and the east end is the Wujia Hou Mansion and the Fengtian Dusi Yamen."

Thousands of guards passed through Ganmian Hutong, can I not know.

It was that someone in the street market outside shouted that the emperor had been restored, and then after less than a moment, the guards began to move to the Fengtian Dusi. ”

Shi Heng, Sun Bo, and Liu Ju all sighed in their hearts, this time it's broken, everyone proudly surrounded the old palace, thinking that they had caught a turtle in the urn.

No wonder there has been no movement in the palace, it turns out that it has long been gone.

Shi Heng came back to his senses, and with an order, he ordered a thousand elite soldiers to rush into the palace.

After a short time, the deputy general came out to report, but there was no one in the palace, and they all ran away.

Shi Heng was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, afraid of something, this time it was broken, and it was a big trouble.

(End of chapter)