Every hour.
The commander of the imperial guards hurried into the hall, sweating profusely and anxiously: "My lord! The East Gate Guard General Xu Fangshi opened the city gate, let the south battalion rebels into the city, and led the east gate guards to turn against each other. To the rebels, they fought all the way into the city, and now they are heading towards the palace!"
Liang Zhen turned his head, glanced at Zhu Yunxuan who was sitting cross-legged on the couch and playing chess quietly, paused, and asked softly, "How's the situation outside?"
"There are rebels everywhere on the street, and they are fighting the Jingwei Army, saying... that the Deputy Commander Zhou of the Jingwei Army has been taken down by them."
"Really?" Liang Zhen's expression was still calm, even though an hour ago, the Deputy Commander Zhou had just received his order to go out of the palace to deal with the rebels.
"My lord, what shall I do now..."
Hearing the faint shouts of fighting coming from outside, Liang Zhen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head lightly: "Whatever, you decide for yourself, if you feel that you can't stand it anymore, just open the palace gate."
"My lord!"
"Go down."
"My lord, are you planning to just capture him without a fight?!"
Liang Zhen didn't say any more, waved his hand, turned his back and walked towards Zhu Yunxuan.
The commander of the imperial guards clenched his fist vigorously and had no choice but to retreat.
Liang Zhen also sat on the couch, and picked up the sunspot in front of him: "Your Majesty, what's the point of playing chess alone, I will accompany you."
Zhu Yunxuan raised his eyes and glanced at him, swept all the original pieces off the chessboard, and started again.
The two played chess quietly, neither of them made a sound, only the occasional sound of chess falling in the quiet hall, as if this way, they could grow old forever.
It's six o'clock.
Gao An ran into the palace, almost incoherent with excitement: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Duke Ding and the others have come in! We will be at Ganlin Palace soon!"
Zhu Yunxuan dropped the last son and stated the facts calmly: "I won."
Liang Zhen raised the corners of his lips lightly, and murmured in a low voice: "Unfortunately, I don't have anything left to lose to His Majesty."
The sound of swords clashing and footsteps getting closer, Zhu Yunxuan looked at him quietly: "This is the last time."
The gate of the palace outside the hall was opened, and the soldiers and horses rescued by the South finally broke through the gate of Ganlin Palace, and subdued all the imperial guards who were still stubbornly resisting in a blink of an eye. He Huailing captured the commander of the imperial guards alive, and was the first to rush into the main hall In addition to Jiang Sheng, there was also Xu Fangshi, the general of the Jingwei Army who opened the city gate for them, following behind him.
The soldiers behind He Huailing rushed forward to take Liang Zhen down, but Liang Zhen didn't make any resistance: "I don't have any weapons on me, Duke Ding don't have to worry."
He Huailing glanced at him coldly, took a step forward, and led the crowd to kneel in front of Zhu Yunxuan: "The minister waited for the rescue to arrive late, so please forgive your majesty and kowtow to your majesty, long live, long live, long live!"
"Get up, everyone."
Zhu Yunxuan sat up straight, looking at Liang Zhen who was being escorted to kneel on the ground, his expression remained unchanged and he was not in the slightest panic. For a while, his thoughts were in confusion, and he didn't know what to say.
Liang Zhen opened his mouth suddenly, but he asked Fangshi Xu who was following He Huailing: "You were also picked up by this king. Could it be that you are also a member of Duke Ding?"
The other party avoided his gaze, and said in a hoarse voice: "My lord treats the general well, but half a year ago, the general's wife took a pair of children back to visit relatives in the south of the Yangtze River. On the way back, they passed by Yuzhou. All the children of the general were infected with the disease. The epidemic... was forcibly sent to the isolation area by the prince, and it disappeared the next day. It was burned to a clean place and there were no bones left. The wife of the last general couldn't bear the blow and jumped into the well... "
"… I see."
He really didn't know about this matter, it was chaotic at the time, maybe the people below were afraid of taking responsibility, so they didn't report to him about the official's jumping into the well, and Xu Fangshi never mentioned it to others afterwards. But even if he knew that there were children of his trusted subordinates among the people infected with the epidemic, he would not be able to forgive them, let alone save them. Fangshi Xu may not be ignorant of this, but he has no choice but to hate him. It seems to be human nature to choose to betray him.
Liang Zhen looked at Zhu Yunxuan, who looked gloomy and uncertain, and laughed at himself: "Your Majesty, in this way, I really did my own crime. I risked my life to go to the epidemic area alone to solve your majesty's worries and problems. Instead, I was hated by others and called my confidant. The people turned against His Majesty, and in the end helped His Majesty to deal with the minister, and wanted to put the minister to death."
Xu Fangshi clenched his fists hard, his eyes were red, Zhu Yunxuan frowned slightly, but he was also speechless. Only He Huailing retorted him in a cold voice: "King Zhao's words are wrong. It is a matter of eating the king's salary and being loyal to the king. You, Zhao Wang, despised the laws of the country and disobeyed you. You deserve what you deserve. General Xu Shen just did his duty as a courtier. "
Liang Zhen sneered, and asked Zhu Yunxuan: "Your Majesty, is it true that I have committed such a heinous crime?"
Zhu Yunxuan didn't answer, but his eyes moved, as if they were about to turn into water and overflow.
Liang Zhen looked at him with a good eye, he was the one who planned meticulously, sent secret decrees to move out of the city to rescue soldiers, and wanted to wipe out his power, but an hour ago, it was also he who silently blushed in his arms. His Majesty was so contradictory, he had put all his eggs in one basket early on, but at the last moment he couldn't help but reveal his softest side, making it hard for anyone to hate him.
Zhu Yunxuan ordered in a difficult voice: "Take King Zhao into prison and retrial after adjournment."
"Your Majesty, I would like to say a few more words to you alone."
After a moment of silence, Zhu Yunxuan told the others in the hall: "Go outside and wait."
"Your Majesty, be careful of fraud." He Huailing reminded him worriedly.
Zhu Yunxuan said calmly: "It's okay, you all go back first."
He Huailing had no choice but to ask someone to let go of Liang Zhen first, and led them back out. Before going far, they waited outside the palace gate, listening to the movement inside, and if something went wrong, they could rush in again at any time.
The hall returned to silence, Liang Zhen simply sat on the ground like this, there was no trace of panic in his brows, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked Zhu Yunxuan: "Your Majesty, what is the charge of the minister , Is it certain death?"
"... Since you already know, why bother to ask again."
"Does Your Majesty want the subject to die?"
Zhu Yunxuan's eyelashes trembled slightly: "I have already given you a chance."
"You don't want my minister to die," Liang Zhen said firmly, "You don't want my minister to die."
Zhu Yunxuan lowered his eyes: "Liang Zhen, you are too self-righteous."
"If your majesty really wants to kill the minister, he will die if he dies, but since you are not willing to die, the minister will not die either. I don't want to see your majesty execute the minister today, and I will suffer from regret in the future .”
"Liang Zhen! Do you have any choice now?!"
Liang Zhen sighed softly: "Your Majesty, in the past two years since you took the throne, everything I have done is indeed selfish, but I have always done it for your own good, and I have never thought of harming you."
"As I said, you are too self-righteous..."
"Yes, I am really arrogant. I think I can control everything by myself. In fact, I can't even control the people around me. You said that day, what you want, I won't give it. I have been doing it these days. I thought, what exactly do you want, today, I seem to understand, but Your Majesty, you will not give me a chance anymore, will you?"
Liang Zhen spoke seriously, with the disappointment in his eyes that couldn't be concealed, Zhu Yunxuan looked away, and said coldly: "Why does King Zhao say these things, I said that you have no way out."
"The former minister seems to have mentioned to His Majesty that before his death, the late emperor gave his minister a secret decree..."
Zhu Yunxuan's pupils shrank suddenly: "What do you mean?"
Liang Zhen smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, the imperial decree of the first emperor not only gave the minister his family status, but also said that the minister can depose the new emperor at any time..."
"You want to threaten me?" Zhu Yunxuan said angrily, "Do you think that at this point, with a secret decree left by the late emperor, you can move me? I can say it is fake, you are just a human being now It’s all about rebellious officials and traitors who get punished, who will respond to you, and who dare to respond to you?!”
Liang Zhen still smiled: "Your Majesty, this imperial decree alone cannot shake your throne, but don't forget how you got this throne in the first place, even if the eunuch Feng Sheng has already been disposed of by you, it can be corrected." Regarding the imperial edict, I still have other witnesses and evidence. Even if the minister is dead, the truth can still be revealed to the world. You must know that the Ninth Prince is still alive. Once the incident happens, the people of the world will not be able to stop Live, how many people can you kill? Even if you have the ability to continue to sit firmly on the throne, but if you come from a wrong path, you will come from a wrong path. The world is so big that anyone can justifiably attack you. I am afraid that you will not be able to live in this life Peace of mind, and endless infamy will be left behind after death.”
"You! Hello... good..." Zhu Yunxuan hated him, "It turns out that you have reserved this back road for a long time, from the very beginning..."
Liang Zhen shook his head: "Your Majesty, in the past, if you didn't trust me, I naturally didn't dare to trust you either. I had to save some way to save my life. But now, I don't care whether I can live or not. Before today, I was determined to accompany you to finish this last play with the determination to die. But your majesty, you are reluctant to part with me after all. In this case, I would rather you hate me to the core, and I don’t want you to be in the future because of I killed my minister with my own hands, and I will cherish it for the rest of my life."
"I wish I could kill you now!"
Zhu Yunxuan's eyes were red and he was furious, Liang Zhen sat up, and said to him in a warm voice: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, I will deal with all the evidence, and I will return the secret decree to you. I will leave here and leave the palace. Yan, if you don't want to see me again, I will never set foot on Dayan again in this life. You can tell the outside world that I am dead, and you should be dead as well. In this way, I can no longer threaten you, nor will I I will never come to pester you again. If you haven’t really killed the minister, you won’t be thinking about it all the time. Sooner or later, the reluctance in your heart will fade away. At that time, you will be the real emperor who can surely win gone."
"Do you think that... I will be grateful to you?!"
"I don't need your majesty's gratitude. I just hope that your majesty... can save the life of this child in his womb and raise him well. Even if he doesn't know about it in his life, it doesn't matter if there is a father like me."
Zhu Yunxuan stared at him, water began to gush out continuously, Liang Zhen stopped talking, stood up, took a deep look at him, turned around, and walked out step by step.
Pushing open the door of the main hall, with the glare of the morning sun coming, there are countless swords on his neck. Liang Zhen closed his eyes and accepted it calmly.