Wang Jin and Ruan Xi took the three thousand days to protect the prince, the queen and others, and they stuck to Chonghua Palace and stopped moving.

This made Cao Xuan very embarrassed. Originally, Cao Xuan led 2,000 men to defend Dong'anmen, but now he has drawn 1,000 men to rescue the prince and the queen.

In a thousand people in a hurry, it is impossible to defeat the three thousand Heavenly Guards. In addition, the crown prince and queen were still in the hands of Tian Cewei, and Cao Xuan did not dare to attack with all his strength.

Cao Xuan is in a dilemma, it doesn't make much sense to besiege but not attack, and surround 3,000 people with a thousand people is simply funny. But it is unreasonable to directly leave the prince, queen and all the concubines alone.

There was no way, Cao Xuan had to send his cronies to ask the emperor, the orthodox emperor who had just been restored.

The mentality of the rebellious army and the rebellious army is different, although Cao Xuan has been on the battlefield for a long time, he is also very flustered. Especially now that the situation is becoming clearer, it is clear that the emperor is prepared.

Moreover, the Cao family itself did not hate Emperor Jingtai, and rebelled just to get the wealth of the sky. Now it's okay, if you don't get the wealth and wealth, the three tribes of Yi can't escape.

Soon, Zhu Qizhen sent Cao Qin to Nangong, but Cao Qin didn't have any good way, so he had to look at his younger brother Cao Xuan and stare at each other.

Besides, things have developed to this point, and Cao Qin has already turned against the water.

In the Chonghua Palace, the emperor's personal guards were much calmer, from the commander to the ordinary soldiers, they had all been told that the army of 10,000 Shenji Battalion had entered the city, and in another hour, the army of 30,000 cavalry battalions would enter the city to end this mutiny.

Everyone only had to stay alive for two hours, and most importantly, after the mutiny was quelled, everyone was rewarded with an extra year's salary. For every rebel head cut off, there were twenty taels of silver in vain.

Therefore, the more the Tiance guards looked, the more they felt that the rebels on the other side were clear-eyed and elegant, and it was difficult to find such a kind fortune boy with a lantern.

Zhu Qiyu has always been very generous when he gave money to his relatives. And the best quality of the Ming army is that everyone really gives money to do things.

As long as the silver is enough, the Ming army never disappoints.

But women, they can't forget the infighting.

In the side hall of Chonghua Palace, more than 20 concubines have died. There were also seven or eight concubines sitting on the ground, firmly watched by dozens of palace people.

Empress Zhou's chief eunuch Xia Shi commanded the little eunuchs to put white silk around the necks of the remaining concubines, preparing to hang the last batch of concubines.

The reason given by Empress Zhou is very high-sounding: how can the emperor's woman be humiliated by the hands of the rebellious army. Rather than lose one's virginity, it is better to 'hang oneself' to preserve one's innocence.

Empress Qian and Concubine Wan Chen sat weakly on their chairs. The two searched their stomachs, but could not find a reason to refute Queen Zhou.

Moreover, Empress Zhou said that all the emperor's women must 'hang themselves', not just low-level concubines, but including Empress Qian and Concubine Wanchen. After everyone else has passed, Empress Zhou will be the last to 'hang herself'.

There is no problem with this statement in terms of etiquette, and Xia Shi and the others are all cronies of Queen Zhou, if Queen Qian and Concubine Wan Chen are not decent, the palace people will also forcibly help the two of them to be decent.

Xia Shi was not only the chief eunuch beside Empress Zhou, but also promoted by the emperor to the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, and also the eunuch of Shangbao. The power and ability are obviously greater than those of Queen Qian and Concubine Wan Chen.

Ruan Rang, the original head of Empress Qian, begged the emperor for rest before and fled from this place early. The positions of the master of ceremonies and the palm seal of Shang Bao in the summer were vacated by Ruan. Isn't this a pit man!

From the first batch of concubines to 'hang themselves', the terrible screams were endless, Wang Jin and Ruan Xi stood outside the Chonghua Palace, looking at each other and helpless.

The two of them had no choice: if they forcibly rushed in with the Tiance guards, wouldn't it be in line with Queen Zhou's saying that they would not be humiliated by the rebellious army.

At that time, the emperor just wanted to give an explanation to the world, and he had to give the soldiers who rushed in to the 'Fa-rectification'.

That Wang Jin and Ruan Xi are eunuchs, can they rush in to stop it? Not at all!

The most important thing is that Wang Jin and Ruan Xi only brought four henchmen and little eunuchs with them. Wang Jin and Ruan Xi are not stupid, there are dozens of palace people in the palace, and they two and four little eunuchs rushed in, and they were also 'hanged' to death.

As long as Empress Zhou added a charge to Wang Jin and Ruan Xi for killing the prince and attempting to kill the king, the two of them would die in vain.

So the most embarrassing scene appeared: Cao Qin and Cao Xuan were like ants on a hot pot, turning around in a hurry outside Chonghua Palace. Wang Jin and Ruan Xi were also like ants on a hot pot, turning around in Chonghua Palace.

One inside and one outside, it can be called God synchronization.

Wang Jin's anxious eyes were almost red, his little emperor had made a lot of calculations, and he had no last resort, but he didn't expect Queen Zhou to be so crazy.

For other things, the emperor has given detailed arrangements, and everyone just does it. Only the scene in front of him, the emperor didn't calculate, and naturally he didn't tell everyone what to do.

In the end, it was Ruan Xifu who was very close to his heart, and pulled Wang Jin to give advice: "Godfather, don't turn around your old man first." Why don't we go and talk to Cao Qin, he shouldn't want to see the queen and concubines all hanged.

This place is close to the imperial eunuch, let Cao Qin open a passage, and let's transfer the little eunuch of the imperial eunuch.

When Wang Jin heard this, he stroked his palms and sighed: "Yes, you are old, you are still a young man, and you are smart." I have been the eunuch of the imperial seal for so many years, and then you will take over the position of the palm seal. The little eunuch who transferred the royal eunuch to come over was naturally reliable. ”

So an even more embarrassing scene appeared, Ruan Xi and Cao Qin shouted at each other and started wartime negotiations. In the end, the two even finished talking, Ruan Xi hurriedly wrote a handwritten letter, stamped it with a seal, and ordered the henchman little eunuch to go to the royal supervisor to mediate people.

Cao Qin also didn't want all the emperor's concubines to 'hang themselves', otherwise the emperor would win and his whole family would go on the road;

Nangong is very close to the imperial prison, and there is a temple and a shrine in the middle.

The little eunuchs of the imperial eunuch received the order of the big eunuch with their own palm print, so they naturally did not dare to slack off, and forty or fifty people came to Hulala.

Cao Qin didn't say a word, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to get out of the way and let all the little eunuchs in.

As soon as the little eunuch of the imperial eunuch arrived, Wang Jin and Ruan Xi hurriedly led them into Chonghua Palace.

When Empress Zhou hanged more than a dozen concubines, Ruan Xi thought of a solution. When Wang Jin and Ruan Xi brought in the rescue troops and rushed into the side hall of Chonghua Palace, the last seven concubines had already lost their ability to struggle, and they were about to pass.

Wang Jin and Ruan Xi hurriedly commanded the little eunuch to go up to the rescue.

After a busy meal, these seven concubines finally got their lives back, plus Queen Qian, Queen Zhou, and Concubine Wan Chen, poor Zhu Qizhen has a total of ten women left.

Empress Zhou glared at Wang Jin and Ruan Xi angrily, unfortunately, seeing that with a little more time, the Qian family, the Wan family and other concubines could all be eliminated.

Wang Jin and Ruan Xi are also helpless, when is it, Gong let the emperor's woman still have the heart to fight, and it is also this kind of life-and-death means.

Later, Zhu Qiyu heard Ruan Xi tell what happened, and he was so frightened that he swore to the sky on the spot that he would never accept other women in the future except for his fifteenth favorite concubine.

It's terrible for women to fight among themselves.

However, this is all later, but he said that at the moment, Cao Qin blocked the news and did not report the matter to Zhu Qizhen.

After more than half an hour, Zhu Qizhen sent Cao Jixiang to investigate in person.

Cao Qin pulled Cao Jixiang aside, and lamented with a sad face: "Dad, we're finished." Just now, Ruan Xi shouted to me, saying that in less than half an hour, the 30,000-strong army of the Xiaocai battalion will enter the city.

This is all a chess game set up by the emperor, and we have been calculated. ”

Cao Jixiang had already been mentally prepared, but he just sighed at the moment and was silent.

Cao Qin said again: "The Empress Zhou inside took the opportunity to eradicate dissidents, and the only women who respectfully asked the emperor were Empress Qian, Empress Zhou, the imperial concubine, and the seven concubines. The rest were hanged in the name that they could not be humiliated by the rebels.

The prince was frightened, and although he was not worried about his life, he was afraid that the situation was not good. ”

"Sigh, I didn't expect that we all looked away. The former king was benevolent and weak, and he didn't have to worry about it, but how did he become so shrewd now? ”

Cao Qin persuaded: "Dad, if the emperor's main army has not yet entered the city, let's turn against the water." ”

Cao Jixiang shook his head: "It's useless, it's dead to the water." If the emperor really transferred 30,000 cavalry battalions, then we will not fight against the water, it is insignificant, and it is not even the icing on the cake, how can the emperor open the net. ”

"Then what should we do, we can't wait to die, right?"

Cao Jixiang asked: "In the past month, I have asked you brothers to work their respective concubines, have you done what I said?" ”

Cao Qin and Cao Xuan both nodded embarrassedly, and Cao Qin smiled bitterly: "Why didn't you do what you said, it's more tiring than fighting, I don't know how the brothers are, but my own waist is about to break." ”

Cao Jixiang nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, the men of our Cao family must have no way to live, and your wife can't escape."

But if we make great contributions to the emperor, judging from the emperor's style of acting in the past three years, it should give your concubines a way to live.

I asked you to desperately pamper the concubine room, just in case the mutiny fails, you can still leave a posthumous child and continue the Cao family's bloodline. ”

Cao Qin asked curiously: "It's really time to destroy the full door, the Criminal Department and Jinyiwei are not fools, they will definitely check, it is impossible to let the posthumous ones stay." ”

"It doesn't matter what they said, as long as the emperor is willing, the posthumous son can naturally be kept."

Cao Qin was even more curious when he heard this: "Dad, you are getting more and more confused about what I said. I said anti-water, you don't let it. But isn't it an obvious contradiction that you said that you want to make a great contribution to the emperor? ”

Cao Jixiang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't you know, many of these people trapped in the imperial city today are the emperor's thorns in the eyes and flesh.

The Emperor's layout this time was obviously towards them, but there was no way to rush directly and kill them.

To put it simply, the emperor needs people who do the dirty work for him, but these people can't act in the name of the emperor.

Therefore, we can't openly oppose the water, but we have to find an excuse to kill a group of vassal kings, nobles, and ministers.

The emperor is so clever that he will definitely understand our painstaking efforts, and although he will not say it explicitly when the time comes, he will definitely leave a way for your concubines to survive in secret. ”

When Cao Qin heard this, he suddenly realized: "It's still Dad Gaoming, so who exactly are you going to kill?" ”

Cao Jixiang smiled bitterly: "Virtuous, don't kill those with a good reputation." Those who are notorious, those who have done all the bad things, kill them.

For example, the King of Liao and King Qing are extremely heinous and have a lot of blood debts, and if you kill them, hundreds of people will applaud you, and they will not show mercy.

Don't touch virtuous kings like King Zhou and King Shen. In short, my father has been in the palace for so many years, and I know exactly who deserves to die and who doesn't.

After a while, your brothers will come together and listen to me, and I will kill whomever you tell you to kill. ”

After speaking, Cao Jixiang snorted coldly again, and continued to add: "Besides, those in it are all openly rebelling, they are all rebelling, who is not worthy of death, let it be killed if it should be killed, don't have any worries." ”

(End of chapter)