"The Prince of Zhennan led his personal soldiers from the three camps to attack the capital. I heard that the commander of the Imperial Guards had been captured, as well as the commander of the Five Cities Military Department. He also imprisoned the commanders of the South City and North City. The commanders of the South City Military Department and the North City Military Department escaped and led the remaining confidants to counterattack the palace. I heard that the palace gate has been breached."
The second master was still a little scared after all. He sighed and said, "Now the streets are full of corpses that have not been cleaned up yet. The palace was on fire for a few days... I don't know how many more innocent souls will be lost in the capital."
The old lady of Ping'an Marquis felt the same way, and could not help but nod solemnly, "That's right, that's why I am getting more and more tired of Lady Qinghe. Did she forget when her son, Master Lin, took advantage of his good relationship with the commander of the Imperial Guards to plunder things a few days ago? How did her son take advantage of the power of others and come to the palace to drink and chat with the commander of the Imperial Guards? How could she forget so quickly? It's nothing more than that she saw that the situation was not good, and she was anxious to find the commander of the Jinwu Guard, Ping'an Marquis, to help her son get out of this."
The second master was indignant: "But why?! Father and elder brother were very cautious in the palace, and they had to protect the queen... ... They almost lost their lives. If they hadn't set the fire and fled to the palace of the Concubine Shu at night with the queen..."
The old lady of Ping An Hou's expression was slightly disturbed, and she quickly shouted: "Shut up! These things are not for you and me to bring up!"
The second master finally reacted and quickly covered his mouth to avoid talking about it. Then he sighed softly and found a seat next to the old lady. He asked the old lady with a sense of loss, "Why did the queen do that?"
It was indeed a pity that the fourth prince died, which meant that the future emperor would not come out of her belly, but even if Defei's son ascended the throne, what would it matter? After all, as long as Empress Fang's position as the empress was still there, Defei had to respect her, and even the future new emperor had to be careful in what he said and did to her, otherwise he would easily be accused of being unfilial.
Why did she go to such great lengths to kill Concubine De and the Fifth Prince
Now the situation is so serious and so many people have died...
The old lady of Ping An Hou coughed lightly, lowered her head and said, "Perhaps she is unwilling to accept it. The struggle between the two palaces has been in full swing for a long time, but the saint has only been delaying the matter of appointing a crown prince. You must know that if there is a legitimate eldest son, he should be appointed, but the saint is unwilling to do so. If it is delayed again and again, even those who would not think of anything else will have this thought. Once these thoughts arise, it is not so easy to extinguish them."
Now, after what happened with the Fourth Prince, there will never be a day when the two palaces, which were already in opposition, can reconcile.
Moreover, so many things happened in between, and Empress Fang had a deep hatred. She might not really want to do anything to Emperor Longqing, or she might want to kill Concubine De, establish a new emperor, and rule the country from behind the curtain as rumored.
But it is certain that he wanted to kill Concubine Peng De.
Speaking of this, the old lady of Ping'an Hou felt a little worried again.
Since the Prince of Zhennan would lead three camps to counterattack the capital, that means Emperor Longqing had already made preparations, right
But how did the Wei family pass the news to Emperor Longqing without causing him any resentment
Mrs. Ping'an Hou was a little confused.
But she has always known that there are many things that are hard to figure out, and you don't have to figure everything out, otherwise it will be easy to get into trouble. After taking a deep breath, she told the second master: "Don't think about it anymore. Now we just need to pray that your father and eldest brother can return safely as soon as possible. It will be our blessing."
The second master hummed, and then whispered to the old lady, "I wonder how the emperor is doing?"
Since he had known about it long ago, he still deliberately took advantage of it. He would not suffer any loss. The saint was extremely disgusted with the spies of King Jin and these poisonous insects hiding in the palace, so he took advantage of the situation to lure them out and catch them all in one fell swoop.
Just like this time, those people who were watching from the sidelines at first and did not take any action, later heard that there was an earthquake at the imperial mausoleum, and there was no news about the saint. They also saw that the capital had been occupied by the imperial guards, and the Lanyue Palace, the bedroom of Concubine De and the fifth prince, was on fire. Didn't they all change their minds and join the emperor at the same time
The saint was probably pointing his sword at this group of people.
"Just wait." Lady Ping An stared blankly at the rising sun outside for a while, and whispered, "We'll know the outcome soon."
I don’t know how many more people will die.
There were already many corpses lying in front of the Phoenix Tower. Even though the tower was tall, the bloody smell still drifted into the building with the wind, making people feel solemn.
Lily climbed the stairs and entered the door tremblingly, and then she heard a violent cough coming from the room. She couldn't help but tremble, and then she dared to walk around the screen and go in.
Red Eagle was just coming out. He glanced at her and sighed, "You still refuse to eat. You're already exhausted, but you're still swearing. How can your body bear it if you keep going like this?"
Lily's face turned pale when she heard this: "Is the Prince Consort not back yet?"
A few days ago, the prince consort said he would take them out of the city. Because of the eldest princess's instructions before, everyone listened to him. Who knew that he did not take them out of the city in the end, but instead came to the Phoenix Terrace.
Originally, Lady Xianrong was also making a fuss, but after all the fussing, this time the prince consort was different from before. No matter how she made a fuss, he never paid any attention to her. After settling her in the Phoenix Terrace, he went out early and came back late.
Especially these days.
At first, Lady Xianrong wanted to ask Lily to report the news to the princess, but the prince consort's men were guarding the place tightly. Even if she could go out, Lily didn't dare to go out - the streets were full of corpses.
One night, she could hear the shouting, crying and begging for mercy outside the house...
After thinking about it, Lily started to hesitate, "So should I bring the ginseng soup in or..."
Princess Xianrong already knew that something was wrong, but she couldn't inform Chu Jingxing and Princess Chang'an, and now she was extremely angry.
They, the servants, were the first to suffer.
She pointed at everyone and scolded them. A few days ago, Huang Li had a basin of hot water poured on her body, and her entire back was burned red. She had to cut off the clothes on her back before she could apply medicine.
Now everyone is extremely afraid of Princess Xianrong.
Hong Ying was a little embarrassed. Finally, he mustered up the courage to look inside and said softly, "Why don't we go find the young master? I'm afraid he is the only one who dares to persuade her now. Otherwise, who among us can do anything to her? If something really happens to her now..."