Emperor Longqing's face turned ashen. The palace guards were all under the control of Marquis Ping'an. He trusted this man. He would never believe the rumors that the guards had a conflict and that the explosives had exploded.
There must be something else going on here.
His eyelids twitched violently, and Emperor Longqing covered his eyelids with his hands. He was still able to maintain his composure and ordered Eunuch An: "Go and see who is on duty today! Find him for me!"
Perhaps something had happened. Emperor Longqing held back his cough, knowing that he had pushed Prince Linjiang too hard recently, and that this might have made Prince Linjiang determined to fight to the death.
But he was not too afraid. There was a high probability that Prince Linjiang would not succeed. Since ancient times, people have always emphasized having a legitimate reason to fight. But if Prince Linjiang dared to take action now, he would be attempting to usurp the throne.
It is not a pleasant thing to have such a big hat on your head, because you will be cursed by generations to come. Although King Linjiang is ambitious, he attaches great importance to this fig leaf. He should not be so arrogant.
Concubine Lin Shu was very scared and did not dare to move a step beside Emperor Longqing. After Eunuch An and the others left, and only a few eunuchs and themselves were left in the huge East Side Hall of Taiji Hall, she asked Emperor Longqing softly: "Your Majesty, is... is there something wrong?"
This question was actually very unprofessional, but after all, Concubine Lin Shu had just expressed her determination to share hardships with him, so Emperor Longqing did not express his dissatisfaction, but just pulled the corner of his mouth coldly and smiled: "Whether there is any trouble, we will know soon."
The palace always has auspicious jars and fire brigades. Even if there is a disturbance or an accident with the explosives in the Western Garden, with the help of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Yulin Guard, the noise should be suppressed soon. But if the noise does not subside, then of course something has happened.
Concubine Lin Shu clutched her clothes tightly and followed Emperor Longqing tremblingly. She seemed to want to laugh with Emperor Longqing, but she didn't laugh at all. Instead, her face was full of fear.
This couldn't be blamed on her. Emperor Longqing saw everything and didn't feel too bad about Concubine Lin's cowardice. Women are not very susceptible to sudden accidents, and it was actually very rare for her to be able to hold back and not make a fool of herself.
The only sound left in the east side hall was the occasional flipping through of memorials by Emperor Longqing. Concubine Lin stood aside, biting her lip, and was almost startled by the noise outside several times.
But no one came in from outside. Eunuch An, who had gone out to get news last time and came back quickly, had not made any movement this time. Gradually, even Emperor Longqing became impatient and suddenly threw the memorial in his hand to the ground.
Everyone, who were already like frightened birds, was startled at the same time and hurriedly knelt down to beg Emperor Longqing for mercy.
Emperor Longqing didn't care about their lives at this time. He pointed at a familiar eunuch with a cold face and said, "You, go out and see why Eunuch An hasn't come back for so long!"
The eunuch was so frightened that his legs were shaking and he could hardly stand up. He walked out step by step with a bitter face.
Concubine Lin Shu thought that it would take at least one or two hours for him to see his shadow, but he ran back quickly in less than a quarter of an hour.
This time, he didn't care about the emperor's expression or his own head. He stepped over the threshold and ran a few steps before tripping and falling to the ground. He cried, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, there's a coup in the palace! There's a coup in the palace! Prince Linjiang is bringing his men in!"
Although this was something that had been expected, when it really happened, Emperor Longqing still couldn't help but get furious, and threw the Duan inkstone in his hand at the eunuch: "Nonsense!"
The eunuch covered his bloody head, not knowing what to avoid at this moment. He just needed to cry loudly to explain: "It's true! It's true! I ran outside, but saw people killing people everywhere! They were all wearing armor..." He cried miserably with snot and tears: "Your Majesty, the prince broke in, and Eunuch An is dead!"
"How bold!" Emperor Longqing did not expect that Prince Linjiang actually had that courage, and he did not expect that he would break through the palace gate and enter the inner palace in such a short time.
This is almost impossible.
There is a specified time for locking the palace gates. Once the time is up, the gates will automatically close and will not be opened again unless it is the next day. No matter how serious the matter is, it will not be possible to open it again.
In the past, there was an incident where a eunuch rebelled and was discovered by officials, but the officials were unable to knock on the palace door. In the end, they wrote a few big words on a piece of letter paper and sent them into the palace.
But it is not so easy to open the palace gate by force.
When the King of Chu wanted to rebel before, he had tried to force the emperor to abdicate, but he couldn't even get through the first palace gate. How strict were the guards at the palace gate? !
Where did the King of Linjiang get the ability to send down a divine army from the sky, open the palace gate and attack? !
This was completely beyond the expectations of Emperor Longqing, and such a big thing could not possibly have no trace at all, but he didn't even receive any news about it before!
Then what is the Jinyiwei for? !
Jinyiwei... .
Yes, why didn't the Jinyiwei report any intelligence at all? For such a big event, do they really have no information at all? Then what's the use of them? !
Emperor Longqing was very suspicious, but he did not show any clues on his face. In his opinion, even if it was true that the Jinyiwei had no news, it could not be blamed on Lin Sanshao - it was his own order to let Lin Sanshao follow Shen Chen, and because of this, he suspected that Lin Sanshao was biased towards Shen Chen.
Young Master Lin put all his attention on Shen Chen. There was new information coming to him almost every day, so it was difficult for him to spare the time to take care of King Linjiang.
Thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, but in reality not much time had passed. The eunuch was terrified and kept asking him to hide quickly.
Emperor Longqing reacted and asked him in a dry voice: "What about the Imperial Guards? Where are the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards?"
As he was talking, he immediately remembered that the boy from the Xu family was supposed to be on duty today, but he didn't come in to report the news. With such a big thing happening, where did he go instead of coming to protect His Majesty? !
The young eunuch had a sad face and was so scared that he almost wet his pants. When he heard Emperor Longqing ask this, he burst into tears: "Your Majesty! Aren't the Imperial Guards going to the Western Garden to put out the fire?! The Western Garden is on fire, the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards are all going to the Western Garden to put out the fire!"
Those who stayed behind were not enough for Linjiang King's men to kill. (To be continued)