On the 18th day of March in the spring of the 17th year of Chongzhen, on the night of April 24, 1699, the huge inner city of the Forbidden City was empty, and the outside was full of firelight and the sound of horses neighing and people chewing.

Zhu Youzhen was restlessly waiting for the news of the Ming army defending the city, and at this time, a eunuch ran over with a nervous expression, knelt on the ground and reported to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty!

Zhu Youzhen panicked and hurriedly asked, "Where are the officers and soldiers guarding the city? Where is Li Guozhen, the commander of the city? How can I not be able to defend a small inner city if I entrust him with 3,000 guards in the inner city?"

The eunuch hurriedly replied, "The officers and soldiers defending the city have long since fled and disappeared. As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch got up from the ground, turned and ran. After just running a few steps, he stopped again, turned back, and said to Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, you better hurry up and try to escape~" After saying this, the eunuch ran with his legs and never looked back.

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his arm, wanting to beckon the eunuch to stop, and shouted a few times, but the eunuch disappeared into the corner of the palace wall without looking back.

When Zhu Youjian saw this, he couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, and his body fell backwards. An elderly eunuch behind Zhu Youzhen hurriedly stretched out his arm to support Zhu Youzhen, "Don't be sad, the emperor must be sad, there will definitely be a way." ”

Zhu Youzhen was helped by someone and stood in place for a while, then he came to his senses, calmed down, and said in a hoarse voice, "Cheng'en, accompany me to the coal mountain to see the situation outside." ”

The highest point of the Forbidden City ~ Coal Mountain, two figures stood on the top of the mountain like candles in the wind, looking at the outside of the inner city. I saw that at this moment, the fire was everywhere inside and outside the Beijing Division, and the shouts of killing came from all around, and there were vague rumbling cannons everywhere.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, tears like rain, and silence.

After a long time, the two figures went down the mountain and returned to the Qianqing Palace, and when they returned to the palace, Zhu Youzhen saw that the matter had come to this point and decided to prepare for his own future. He wrote down an edict to the cabinet, which basically meant that Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, was ordered to assist the prince of the East Palace and supervise internal and external military affairs. Then he handed the edict to the little eunuch and sent it to the cabinet, but after a while, the little eunuch ran back crying, "Your Majesty, the cabinet has long been empty~"

"What?!Did they all leave me behind and go to be the wagging tail and begging dog in front of the thief?" Zhu Youzhen heard the words of the little eunuch, and the pen in his hand could no longer be grasped, and he couldn't help but sit down on the yellow stool. In the past, the former and the ministers worshipped, and the splendid Ming Dynasty were put back in his mind one by one, thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help crying bitterly.

Crying and crying, the royal affairs still have to be explained, otherwise the bloodline of the Zhu family will really be broken.

Zhu Youzhen instructed the eunuch to invite Empress Zhou and Yuan Guifei to the study, and asked the eunuch to bring more than a dozen pots of wine. At this moment, Zhu Youzhen was exhausted and close to madness, he drank twenty or thirty glasses of wine in one go, and burst into tears, "I have been on the throne for more than ten years, and at this moment the dynasty is about to fall into the hands of prisoners. What face do I have to meet the ancestors of my Zhu family? I am the king of the lost country, the king of the dead country!"

In the study, Queen Zhou, Yuan Guifei, and all the eunuchs heard this, and couldn't help but cry together, the Ming Dynasty as an orthodox dynasty of the Han people, the emperor was ordered to be in danger, diligent for more than ten years, before the age of thirty-three, his hair was already gray, and the brocade robe on his body was also patched, and such a diligent king fell into such a broken end, which is really the misfortune of the Han people.

Yang Lian, who can die to admonish, has long since died because of the admonition, and Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, who can fight to the death, have already died on the battlefield. As the king of the Ming Dynasty, why don't you die Sheji~" Zhu Youzhen's heart has been put down at this moment, so let yourself be martyred for this dynasty of the Zhu family, but the bloodline of the Zhu family cannot be broken.

"Send someone to call the crown prince and the second king!" Zhu Youzhen wants to entrust his sons to their respective maternal grandfathers' families, only hoping that God can leave the last bit of blood for the Zhu family's son.

At this moment, the prince is 15 years old, King Ding is 13 years old, and King Yong is 12 years old. When the three of them came to the study, they immediately knelt down and bowed to their father, and said in unison, "The child has seen his father." ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but shed tears when he saw it, walked unsteadily to the side of the three sons, supported the prince's face with one hand, and held King Ding's shoulder with the other hand, calmed down, and said slowly, "Daming's society is coming to an end, this is really my father's guilt and fault, but I have done my best." Today, you are still the prince and the prince, but as soon as the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty is broken, you are a small people, and you can't wear it like this anymore~"

Zhu Youzhen said as he spoke, tears fell involuntarily, he stretched out his hand to loosen the crown of heaven on the prince's head, took off the hosta in his hair, and his hands trembled, "You are living outside the palace, you must be cautious." Huh?"

After taking off the crown of Tongtian, Zhu Youzhen began to take off the silk robe for his sons, and said earnestly, "When you see someone who is an official, the old man should be called the master, and the young person can be called the son." Hearing the words of their father, the three children knew that this was the moment when the Ming Dynasty was finally separated from life and death, and they knelt on the ground one by one, enduring their grief, and did not dare to cry out, but the children's shoulders kept sobbing, and tears continued to fall on the ground.

Zhu Youzhen didn't seem to see the sadness of his sons, and still took off the prince's gorgeous clothes with his own hands, "If you meet a civilian, the old man should be called Daddy, and the young should be called the eldest brother or elder brother." ”

The crown prince Zhu Cihong covered his mouth to prevent himself from crying.

Zhu Youzhen took the cloth clothes from the lacquer plate brought by the eunuch beside him and put them on for the prince, and continued, "Call the literati Mr., and call the sergeant a sergeant when he meets him." In case," said this, Zhu Youzhen paused, "One day, you can save your lives to avenge your parents, and don't forget your father's commandment today." ”

At this moment, in the study, there was already a lot of crying, Yuan Guifei had already fainted from crying, Queen Zhou held her in her arms, and all the eunuchs did not want to see this tragedy in the world, so they turned around and turned their heads and turned their heads towards the outside of the house, unable to bear to face it.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong couldn't hold back any longer, and said, "Father, the son is willing to stay with you!"

Zhu Youzhen was angry and raised his hand high, but after a while, it fell lightly and stroked the prince's face, "As the king of a country, my father should uphold the words of the ancestor and die for the country, you are not the king at the moment, so you don't have to be like this." After saying this, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but hold the prince and his two sons tightly in his arms, "You must remember your father's words, you must remember to be incognito, and don't show up." ”

The crown prince and the second king tearfully agreed. Queen Zhou handed over Yuan Guifei to the eunuch to take care of, and also stepped forward to hug the father and son. After a long time, Zhu Youzhen handed over the crown prince and the second king to his confidant eunuch and led them out and fled outside the palace.

Soon, the time came to the early morning of March 19, and the aftermath was over, Zhu Youzhen had no scruples, turned his head and said to Queen Zhou, "The general trend has gone, and you, as the queen of the country, should commit suicide." ”

Empress Zhou calmed down at the moment, "Serving Your Majesty for your concubine for eighteen years." In the end, you refused to listen to me even if you were persuaded to move south, so that you fell to this step of the field today, which is also the destiny of heaven! Today, the concubine can die for the Ming Dynasty, and there is no regret, the concubine will say goodbye~" After saying this, Queen Zhou rose up quietly and returned to Kunning Palace.

Zhu Youzhen asked the eunuch to give Bai Aya to Yuan Guifei and the concubines in the West Palace, and said to them, "The palace will be breached by thieves soon." You are members of the Zhu family, you must not fall into the hands of thieves, and you should carefully guard your chastity in order to preserve the etiquette of your ancestors and ancestors. After saying this, Chongzhen waved his hand and signaled: "Prepare to kill yourself."

When Zhu Youzhen, who was desperate, was about to think about his death, he suddenly remembered his daughter. He thought, "If the thieves enter the palace, they can't let them insult the princess of the Zhu family." He immediately set off for the nearest residence, Princess Akihito.

Princess Zhaoming was only six years old at the time, and she knelt on the ground and begged her father. But the day the city was broken was when the Zhu family was destroyed, and the blood of the Son of Heaven could not tolerate the insult of thieves. Zhu Youzhen ignored the young girl's sorrowful scream, grabbed his daughter in his hand, didn't allow her to struggle anymore, and was about to stab the princess's chest with a sword, at this moment, there was a clear cry in the air, "Zhu Youzhen! Don't stop! The Ming Dynasty is still saved!"

Zhu Youzhen raised his head blankly, "Help, who will save, who can save?"

"The real person said yes!" another voice sounded.

"Real people, where did they come from?" Zhu Youzhen just thought of this, and felt that there was a bright light in the room, and his whole body involuntarily rose into the air, and the sword in his hand couldn't hold it and let go, but it didn't fall to the ground, and followed Zhu Youzhen to levitate in the air.

"Zhu Youzhen, the real person wants to ask you for someone, if you agree, I will save your Zhu family. The source of the bright light in the air, it seemed that someone was making a sound everywhere, Zhu Youzhen listened in his ears, looked at the incredible scene in front of him, and couldn't help but shout loudly, "No matter who it is, you can take it!"

"Come on!"

As soon as the mysterious voice fell, Zhu Youzhen saw that he and his daughter Zhaoren were in the air with him, flying upward, and the portable sword was also flying to the side at this moment.

Empress Zhou of Kunning Palace and Yuan Guifei of West Palace were about to commit suicide by hanging from the beam, when they heard a click, the white silk was cut off, and then turned into flying smoke and drifted away, and a white light captured their bodies and went into the air. At this moment, all the buildings in the inner courtyard of the entire imperial city turned transparent, and countless white lights rose to the ground, as if the stars returned to the sky, carrying the people on the ground through the roof of the palace, the palace walls, and the roof tiles and flying into the sky.

Zhu Youzhen's eyes were dazzled, and he saw that he had come to a terrace, surrounded by his daughter Zhaoren, then Empress Zhou, Yuan Guifei, and the eldest daughter Princess Zhu Yujiao of Changping appeared on the terrace one by one.

"Concubine Ning, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Shu, Concubine Kang, Concubine Xian, Concubine Yu, why are you all here?!" Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but open his mouth and scream when he saw the concubines of his harem appear on the terrace one after another.

The brilliance is like a rain of stars, falling from the sky above the terrace, constantly appearing on the terrace, revealing the people inside one by one, the palace maids and eunuchs are bustling, and there are even five hundred guards.

"Your Majesty, how is your dragon body?" Zhu Youzhen immediately turned around when he heard the old servant's voice, and couldn't help but turn around, "Chengen, are you here too?"

"Father~" Three boys in cloth clothes ran in the distance, which were the crown prince and the second king who were sent out of the inner city before.

"Everyone is here?, okay~" Zhu Youzhen was murderous when the country was broken, but at this moment, he was still very happy to see his relatives and loyal servants and guards gathered together.

"Your Majesty, the concubine was just about to commit suicide when a white light cut off the white silk, and then she was caught by a huge force and came here. I don't know if the emperor knows where this is?" Queen Zhou gathered all the concubines and concubines and immediately rushed to her husband's side, and now Zhu Youzhen is the support of all of them.

"See the emperor~" Palace maids, eunuchs, and guards also stepped forward to see Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youjian looked around, only to see that on the terrace, it was very wide, the length and width were about 500 steps, like a square, there were dozens of rows of low tables on both sides, the total amount was almost 2,000, and each table was covered with bamboo mats on the ground, and you could sit on the ground. On the low table, there are melons and fruits, cooking and drinking, wine and food, and there are more meat and vegetarian dishes, many of which are not named, and exude aroma in the air. There are steps at both ends, but they are submerged in the mist, and they can't be seen. Nearly 1,000 people gathered on the terrace without crowding, which shows its size.

"It seems to be a place for banquets?" Zhu Youzhen was born in the royal family, a generation of emperors, although he is diligent and thrifty, but he still has this vision, and the place in front of him is clearly a place to entertain guests, but he doesn't know where everyone is.

"I don't know where this place is, before I was at Zhaoren's place, in order to prevent her from being humiliated by the thieves, I had to draw my sword and face each other, and I was about to stab out, only to hear a voice saying that it could save me from the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youzhen has undergone this great change at this moment, his mood has stabilized, and he no longer has murderous intentions. Seeing Zhaoren, who was hiding behind Queen Zhou and was a little afraid of herself, she couldn't help but feel guilty in her heart. It's ironic to kill your own daughter with your own hands!

"The villain and Shen have seen Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. Just as everyone was standing in the middle of the terrace, not daring to act rashly about the things around them, a voice came from the front of the terrace. When everyone looked for prestige, they saw a handsome boy in a brocade dress walking up the stairs. appeared in everyone's eyes. This person has a crown like jade, plump eyebrows and almond eyes, a beard under his chin, and is about thirty years old.

Princess Zhaoren couldn't help but laugh when she saw this person, because although this person was chic, he was dressed in gray clothes, and there was a big word "prisoner" on it, which was clearly a prisoner, but he was pretending to be a merry here.

Zhu You looked at the long braids on the back of the man's head, fell into deep thought, glared at his eyes suddenly, and couldn't help but shout, "You are Jianyu?!" He never imagined that the person who sent his thousands of people from the inner courtyard of the palace and Hua Wan to this mysterious place turned out to be the most hated Jianyu of the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Empress Zhou and other women surrounded them one after another, the eunuchs and palace ladies leaned towards Zhu Youzhen and surrounded the emperor in the middle, and more than 500 guards were guarding both sides of Zhu Youzhen, dozens of them took out the blades on their waists, lined up in a row, and slowly stepped forward, ready to tear the old enemy of the Ming Dynasty in front of them to pieces.

Before he had taken a few steps, all the weapons in the hands of all the guards suddenly flowed through a burst of lightning, turned into powder, and disappeared.

The man in prison clothes who claimed to be named He Shen smiled and said, "So that Emperor Chongzhen knows that this is the place where the immortal chariot of Taiyi Gate will feast on guests and friends, and you can't use swords and soldiers." ”

"Cactus?!" Everyone was stupid when they heard He Shen's words, at this moment a breeze blew, the mist around the terrace dispersed, showing the scenery outside, only to see that outside the terrace, there were stars everywhere overhead, and the clouds were fluttering, everyone reacted, they were all in the sky?