When Rong Suihe and Le Yangwen were discussing military training methods, they were in Shanglin Garden, Chang'an.
It was already late at night, and the interior and exterior of the Hehuan Palace where Emperor Xuan Jing and Er Shu were stationed were brightly illuminated by countless lanterns and torches.
In the main hall, behind a triple veil, the emperor who was over fifty years old was sitting on the throne with a sinking face.
After all, he is a seventeen-year-old Jian Zuo who has been the master for more than thirty years. Although he has spent all his time enjoying the harem over the years, his long-term pampering and pampering have finally settled down to his magnanimity.
Although his expression was solemn at this moment, he was still calm and did not lose the dignity that an emperor should have.
In contrast, Concubine Shu and Shu Zhaoyi were more panicked. At this moment, their faces turned pale, and they hugged his arms from left to right, shaking their hair from time to time, as if they were not at peace in their hearts at this moment.
Under the balconies in front of the gauze curtain, there were tumbling golden jade plates. Dozens of dancers who were dancing were huddled under the corner in twos and threes. From time to time, they peeked through their fingers and glanced around. Their bright eyes were full of disbelief. Confused and hasty.
The night wind blew in from outside the wide open door of the palace, taking away the smell of the wine and food that had been poured to the ground. It also took away the original rich aroma of powder and powder, leaving only the solemn presence of the palace full of people, as well as the aura of swords, guns and armor.
Looking down from the throne, there was a forest of swords and halberds and Senhan's armor, arranged into a wall, blocking the emperor's sight and blocking the rebels' hail of spears and arrows.
However, the shouts of killing that could not be blocked by the human wall, and the muffled sound of arrows and swords entering the body, were still heard continuously, causing the imperial concubine to adjust her sitting posture uneasily from time to time.
"King Gaomi! As a heir to the royal family and a brother of the emperor, you ignored the grace of the emperor and committed rebellion. You are so heartless and crazy and committed a heinous crime!!!" Outside the palace, Tao Yao, the general of the Zuo Jinwu Guard, held a long knife, chopped down a soldier, and moved toward him. The heavily protected King Gaomi roared in the distance, "If we don't rein in the situation and beg His Majesty for forgiveness, we will be ruined and our wife and children will be harmed. We are right here!"
"Kill him, and you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!" King Gaomi glanced at him coldly, and gave orders indifferently. However, before his subordinates could step forward, Tao Yao noticed that King Gaomi was directing his soldiers to change formations not far away. The commander of the Forbidden Army was blinded for a moment: "Brother! Is it really you?! I just heard from my subordinates that you were rebelling. I only thought that the enemy deliberately spread rumors to shake the morale of the army. What about you?!"
The commander-in-chief of the imperial army glanced at him indifferently: "Xuan Jing is unethical. He has been on the throne for more than thirty years. He has not thought about the people's livelihood and the country. He hangs around the harem all day long, obsessed with beauty. He also listens to Er Shu's words and kills innocent ministers... 2 Sixteenth Brother, have you forgotten what happened to Ouyang Hu? That was still the result of someone interceding for him! There have been examples like this before, why bother to work for the ignorant king and the traitorous concubine inside?! Why don't you vote for the Gaomi King now? When the prince ascends the throne and becomes emperor, wealth and honor will be unleashed right before your eyes!"
"It's just as much wealth as it is catastrophe!!!" Tao Yao smiled miserably, swung his knife to cut off an arrow directed at his facade, and said loudly, "My Tao family has been under the orders of our ancestors since then. , has been in charge of the imperial army for generations, and the reason why his status has never wavered is because our Tao family has never interfered with royal affairs, and only knows how to be loyal to the emperor! Now, brother, you have set a precedent. No matter who is in power in the future, the Tao family will still trust me. ?!”
"Without your Majesty's trust, yet you managed six dynasties of emperors within the Forbidden Army. Apart from the complete destruction of our Tao family, what other consequences could there be?!"
"This is ridiculous!" King Gaomi immediately stopped, "If His Majesty the Emperor Taizu is resurrected, how will a mediocre and incompetent descendant like Xuan Jing be seen? What the commander-in-chief did today is not a rebellion, but an effort to promote justice. , do noble things for the common people of the world, for the future of the country, and for the eternal life of the Rong family!!!"
"On the other hand, Tao Yao, if you don't know how, you will suffer the backlash, and the calamity of your death is just around the corner!!!"
He was worried that Tao Yao would win over the commander of the Forbidden Army whom he had finally persuaded, so he hurriedly urged his left and right officials to come forward and kill this person. This time, King Gaomi used all his cards to force him to the palace, and finally managed to reach outside the Hehuan Palace, a distance away from Emperor Xuanjing. It’s only one step away, and I don’t want to fall short.
Under the heavy reward, the soldiers were enthusiastic, and soon Tao Yao was attacked and killed. However, Tao Yao was not the only general outside Hehuan Palace at this moment. General You Jinwu, Li Zhenbang, quickly took over the command. He was more cautious and cunning than Tao Yao. Following the example of King Gaomi, he hid behind the crowd and only controlled the battle situation. He ordered his soldiers to dismantle large furniture such as screens and tables in the palace to seal the door as a barrier to block King Gaomi's side. However, he completely gave up on killing the rebels. Just wait for help.
Although the King of Gaomi had the intention to break through the barrier quickly and enter to force Emperor Xuanjing to abdicate, however, no matter how unpopular the emperor was, after all, he had been on the throne for more than thirty years, and there were still some loyal soldiers in such a large imperial army who were willing to work for him. Those who risk their lives and forget about death.
And because the Hehuan Palace that the Shu sisters chose was a palace some distance away from Chang'an Imperial City, King Gaomi and the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army reached an agreement in the imperial city. Even if they made some arrangements and came immediately to kill them, the journey would be extremely draining. The soldiers were all showing obvious signs of exhaustion, and they were in a stalemate for a while.
"Your Majesty, this can't go on!" Although Xu Zijing said that the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army was just a young boy who had never seen a real battlefield, after all, he had a family background and was much better at military affairs than King Gaomi. At this moment, he looked at the sky, and his expression suddenly became solemn. He stepped forward and whispered to King Gaomi, "It will be dawn soon. If we don't succeed, I'm afraid something will happen after dawn!"
King Gaomi was also anxious in his heart, but he knew that there was no chaos at this moment, so he pretended to be calm and said: "Don't be anxious! I have previously ordered the prince to take people to Zhenghou Mansion and Chengyang Bo Mansion to arrest the traitorous ministers who have caused harm to the country. Now there will be chaos in Chang'an City. It’s a complete mess! Even after dawn, there will still be chaos and chaos, which is enough to buy us enough opportunities!”
The Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army frowned when he heard this. After he had made an agreement with King Gaomi, he immediately split up and acted separately: King Gaomi arranged errands for the Crown Prince and his subordinates, while he quickly mobilized the Forbidden Army, so it was not very clear that the Crown Prince of Gaomi was in Chang'an City. action.
At this moment, when he heard this, he asked distrustfully: "The prince is the first?"
Although it is understandable that the King of Gaomi has high hopes for the Crown Prince, and hopes that the Crown Prince will work hard at such a critical moment today, but... at this moment when the future and life of the family are at stake, can a mediocre Prince like the Crown Prince of Gaomi be trained? !
"Of course it's the crown prince!" King Gaomi understood what he meant and said with narrowed eyes, "But Huaiyuan Marquis, Qi Shangshu and others will also assist... After all, the Meng family relies on the Queen Mother's protection and has been in chaos for a long time. Now it is necessary to plunder and kill all the people in the family. There are not two households in one household, but there is only one son, so he is too divided and incapable of doing anything, right?!"
The Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army was relieved at this, but he still frowned: "There are not only one or two people in the Tao family who think like Tao Yao, please make a decision early!"
King Gaomi heard something in his words and subconsciously asked: "What do you want to say, Commander-in-Chief?"
"Fire does not invade jade." The commander of the Forbidden Army took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "What do you think, the prince?"
King Gaomi's pupils suddenly shrank: Are you trying to persuade him to set fire to the palace? Because the jade seal cannot be burned!
"..." He thought quickly. According to his original plan, he was going to kill Emperor Xuan Jing, force his brother to give up the throne to him, and hand over the jade seal and other symbols of the emperor.
After that, he was placed under house arrest.
Well, no killing.
This was not because King Gaomi wanted to spare Emperor Xuan Jing because of his brotherly feelings, but because he considered the two frontier armies, or was concerned about two people: Meng Boqin and Rong Suihe!
He had to keep Emperor Xuan Jing as a hostage.
I just didn't expect that I had fought all the way from the Imperial City to the outside of Hehuan Palace, but I was blocked at this moment and couldn't reach Emperor Xuanjing for a while!
"The grass and trees in Shanglin Garden are luxuriant. For the scenery, the Hehuan Palace was built in a warm and warm place with lush flowers and trees. Many exotic flowers and plants were planted inside and outside." King Gaomi considered, "If it is set on fire Burning the palace, with the current wind direction, there is a high probability that Xuan Jing in the palace will not survive... But in this way, even if the jade seal can be found, there will be no hostage. By then, Meng Boqin in northern Xinjiang, and the one in western Xinjiang The traitor is commanding Chang'an, how can I resist?"
As for Rong Suihe, he could still use the title of father and son to control him, but that was not possible. That was what Meng Guiyu speculated. He would first establish this son as the prince from a distance, stabilize him, and make him unable to go against him: after all, Your own father has appointed you to take over the East Palace, but you still want to lead troops to fight against your own father. Does that make sense? !
The problem is Meng Boqin. King Gaomi ordered the prince and others to kill all the Meng family's descendants in Chang'an no matter what, in order to prevent the unification of the government from having a good ending after the defeat, and also to control the situation more quickly after forcing the palace. The mainstays of the Meng clan such as Zheng Hou, Cheng Yangbo, Meng Boxen, Meng Bomei, Meng Jiayan, Meng Guiyu, etc. would rather kill by mistake than let them go!
In this way, Meng Boqin no longer had any scruples, and he would definitely go south to quell the rebellion.
Although the King of Gaomi is not very good at military affairs, he also knows that, not to mention that he can barely control nearly half of the Forbidden Army at this moment, even if he has all 400,000 Forbidden Army at his fingertips, he may not be able to defeat the most elite Northern Xinjiang in the country. military!
"Unfortunately, the concubine married by the traitor is also restless!" He was secretly complaining about Sheng Weiqiao at this moment, "If the Sheng family is in Chang'an now, even if ten thousand of the traitor Mi Zhen are not willing to be used by the orphan, for the sake of his If the safety of my wife and children is in danger, how can I not obediently take action against Meng Boqin?!"
At the beginning, he tried every means to prevent Sheng Weiqiao from going to Northern Xinjiang. In addition to not wanting Rong Suihe to win over Zhao Shi, he also secretly planned that after Sheng Weiqiao came to Chang'an, if there was a chance, he would be a ready-made hostage!
Who knew that the rumored spoiled daughter-in-law who couldn't take on anything took God knows what wrong medicine, but she didn't even care about being pregnant and had to go to Northern Xinjiang in person despite the wind and snow!
It's okay now, he can't grasp Rong Suihe's weakness, and now he can only find a way to face Meng Boqin on his own!
"... The sky is getting brighter. Even if the city of Chang'an is in chaos now, Xuan Jing has been the king for many years, and there is no shortage of foolish and loyal people in this world!" After thinking about it, King Gaomi gritted his teeth and said, "At the moment, our soldiers We are already exhausted, wouldn’t it be terrible if someone comes to King Qin to rescue him later?!”
"Even if Meng Boqin sends his troops south, it won't take more than a day or two."
"If we fail tonight, Gu and the palace will be destroyed in an instant!"
"When the time comes, I won't be able to gain the advantage of that treacherous son Mi Zhen in vain!!!"
He made up his mind and nodded to the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army, "It's getting late, and since the foolish king is unwilling to come out, and these unscrupulous Forbidden Forces are so ignorant that they have chosen a tree to perch in... just follow the Commander-in-Chief's words!"
When fires burst into the sky inside and outside Hehuan Palace, the city of Chang'an was also in chaos.