There was chaos on the imperial ship, but the rest of the place was calm.
"Niangniang." The eunuch sent by Hong Zhou said, "The ship is dangerous, please leave with the servants in a small boat."
I thought it was going to be a cutscene, but I didn't expect a sudden change.
"Bengong won't leave." After that, he said lightly, but turned around and walked towards the deck. The eunuch was startled, fearing that something would happen to her, so he hurriedly called a few guards to follow him.
The deck was a mess, there were sounds of fighting and corpses everywhere. One of the white lotus cultivators rushed towards his successor and was stopped by the guards.
Under the escort of this group of people, they rushed to the outside of the Queen Mother's cabin.
"Why are you here?" Seeing her, Hong Zhou put away his face and frowned.
Afterwards, he glanced at the burning door, and there was a trace of regret in his eyes: "... Hong Zhou, he is your brother after all."
"What, when it comes to the end, you regret it? It's too late!" Hong Zhou suddenly shouted, "If the emperor is not here, I will take charge of the overall situation. Once the fire spreads, the whole ship will be set on fire! Queen, please Take the overall situation into consideration and consider the hundreds of lives on board!"
The arrow was on the string, and he had to send it. Later, he regretted it, but he did not regret it, so he continued to perform the play.
"Get out of the way!" But he was unwilling to cooperate with him. Seeing that he refused to help, he rushed towards the fire by himself. The flames rushed over and burned her fingers, causing a few blisters to burn. She gritted her teeth, and she was about to rush in the door, but with a bang, her mind went dizzy...
Hong Zhou withdrew the hand that knocked her out, then swayed his body and fell into his arms.
"My lord." Yuan Chunwang reminded softly, "The White Lotus Sect will attack soon."
Hong Zhou looked at his successor who was unconscious in his arms, and was reluctant to let go for a long time. Finally, he reluctantly handed him over to Yuan Chunwang and instructed: "The flower hall is guarded by heavy troops, escort the queen there, and the white lotus sect bandits will hand over him to Yuan Chunwang. Give it to me, after the rebellion will be reunited."
Even without her cooperation, he would have to finish the play alone.
Hong Zhou led his men to the deck, drew out his sword, pointed it in the sky, and said, "The White Lotus cultists set fire to the boat and committed chaos. All of them will be killed on the spot, not a single one will be left!"
However, the people he really wanted to kill were not the white lotus followers he had deliberately attracted.
"How are things going?" He asked the little eunuch beside him while everyone was slashing.
The other party said uneasy: "The reward I just got is that the fifth brother is not in his room..."
"What did you say?" Hong Zhou's expression turned cold.
The eunuch defended carefully: "There was a fight on the boat just now, and perhaps escaped while the chaos, the servant will send someone to chase!"
"Search the whole ship." Hong Zhou re-read word by word, "Never let one go!"
But without waiting for the other party to leave, another person replied: "My lord, the prefect of Hangzhou has sent someone to help!"
Hong Zhou was stunned: "So fast?"
The plan was always unable to keep up with the changes, the subsequent temporary reversal, the early arrival of the prefect of Hangzhou, one accident after another, made Hong Zhou feel a little ominous in his heart, but he was soon forced to hold it down, thinking: " It doesn't matter how many accidents happen, anyway... Hongli is dead."
As long as he is dead, no matter how many accidents happen, his plan will be considered a success.
"Let's go." Hong Zhou adjusted his clothes, "Go with this king to see the prefect of Hangzhou."
The White Lotus Cultists just rely on the number of people, and they are more than real opponents. They are by no means the opponents of the regular army. Now that Hangzhou soldiers and horses have joined them, they are immediately defeated. Getting smaller and smaller, most of the White Lotus became corpses.
The flower hall was gloomy and gloomy, and no one smiled.
"Last night the Empress Dowager's cabin was flooded, and the emperor, regardless of his own safety, broke into the fire to rescue the Empress Dowager. Who knew that the beam fell and blocked the cabin door. Both the Empress and Empress Dowager..." Hong Zhou choked, "It's all my fault, if I compare Brother Huang rushed into the fire first, how could such a thing happen!"
After Lu Wanwan and Nalan Chunxue heard this, they couldn't help crying together. Nalan Chunxue scolded while crying, "Useless waste, all waste!"
The prefect of Hangzhou was also pale, and the rescue was late, and he let Hongli die within his jurisdiction. The Wusha hat would not be able to keep it, but he didn't know what kind of punishment, so he couldn't help kneeling on the ground, He beat his chest and paused and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, and it's all the fault of the minister's incompetence!"
Afterwards, he was dizzy and woke up by their cries. He didn't say a word and watched Hong Zhou's performance coldly.
In the middle of the performance, Hong Zhou gave Yuan Chunwang a wink. Yuan Chunwang understood and said, "Now is not the time to be sad, and I still need to preside over the overall situation with the prince! The officials along the coast are waiting for the holy car, what should we do now?"
The previous scenes were all foreshadowing. Hong Zhou shook his clothes and was about to make his debut, but unexpectedly, the ink painting on the wall of the flower hall suddenly trembled, and then made a long sound - squeak.
Behind the ink painting is a door. The door opens to both sides. Hongli walks out with the help of the Queen Mother, glances around, and finally falls on Hong Zhou's face, with a half-smile, "Oh, it's all there."
Hong Zhou recovered from the shock, and forced a calm salute: "Brother Huang, I couldn't save the driver in time, and it almost caused a catastrophe. Please forgive me for the crime. It's just how could the brother..."
Hongli said with a smile: "This dragon boat was designed with secret passages."
... why don't I know? Hong Zhou felt a chill in his heart.
Seeing that Hongli was not dead, the most happy person present was the prefect of Hangzhou, who saved both the Wusha hat and the nine clans, and immediately wept with joy: "I am so afraid that the rescuer is late, but fortunately the emperor and the empress dowager are safe, and it is the common people. Blessing, the blessing of the world!"
Hongli nodded: "You did a good job, faster than the Shanpu camp and the army guards stationed on the shore."
The prefect of Hangzhou was stunned, and glanced at his successor indistinctly.
The queen mother said strangely: "The army guards are responsible for guarding the shore. Even if the camp is far away, the fire on the ship cannot be seen. Every day, there are people riding along with the ship, and they are specially responsible for monitoring. How can they not be notified?"
Hongli said coldly, "Bring it here."
A soldier was brought in and held down in front of the crowd.
"The queen mother, this person is the soldier who is in charge of contacting Yuzhou on the shore. He changes every four hours and accompanies him on horseback. When Yuzhou had an accident, he immediately ran away instead of reporting." Hongli said lightly, "What do you think, why is that?"
The Empress Dowager lived a long life, and seeing him as a life-and-death enemy, she said fiercely: "Tell me, are you colluding with the White Lotus Sect?"
The soldier said tremblingly, "No, no slaves!"
"How dare you say no!" The Queen Mother was even more angry, "If you didn't collude with the White Lotus Sect, how dare you neglect your duties?"
Hongli sighed: "He is not negligent in his duties, he received an order from Shangfeng, and Yuzhou walked into the water and turned a blind eye. Who would Shangfeng dare to give such an order?"
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Hong Zhou's face.
He is the one who is in charge of the safety of the southern patrol, he is the one who can send the liaison troops, and he is the one who can give orders to the guards as the top.
"Hong Zhou!" The Queen Mother burst into anger, "How dare you make trouble!"
Hong Zhou looked terrified, and knelt down on the ground: "Brother Huang, the White Lotus Sect is a traitor to the party and intends to subvert my country in the Qing Dynasty. How dare the younger brother collude with them, the younger brother does not, the younger brother really does not!"
"You ordered to kill all the White Lotus believers, and leave none of them." Hongli smiled, "But the prefect of Hangzhou is not under your control. They have captured a few survivors, including those on the ship and those on the shore, and they can bring them to confront you at any time. , I also want to know earlier, who leaked Yuzhou's defense power, and who secretly colluded with the party. Of course, maybe the so-called White Lotus-"
He narrowed his eyes, the smile gradually faded from his face, and Sen said coldly, "It's just a killer you raised!"
The anxiety slowly faded from Hong Zhou's face. He slowly raised his head and looked at Hong Li blankly: "Your Majesty, it turns out that you have already set a trap and deliberately lured me into the bait."
A mantis catches a cicada, so how do you know who is a mantis and who is a cicada
He thought that his plan was perfect. First, he instigated the local officials to present the skinny horse singer, and advertised that Hongli's southern tour was to expand the harem for the beauty pageant. The white lotus followers of the boat were killed, but in the eyes of the common people, an emperor who was addicted to pleasure and absurd, was really worthless.
At that time, he will kill all the insiders, and then go back to the Forbidden City and support the fifteenth elder brother to succeed him, while he himself will be hidden behind the scenes and become a father-in-law regent.
As a result, it was the agency that calculated too smartly, and misplaced Qingqing's life.
"I didn't expect you to rebel." Hongli slowly turned his head and looked at his successor, "I didn't expect you to be involved."
Afterwards, his heart trembled: "Your Majesty, what is the relationship between you and your concubine?"
Hongli said coldly: "There was chaos on the boat, and the prince sent people to besiege Concubine Ling and Yongqi, and Concubine Qing Shu was unaided, but you, the Queen, prepared a boat from the beginning for you to go first! I think , if I have an accident, the two of you will definitely help the Twelve Brother to the throne!"
"... When the cabin was on fire, the concubine didn't leave, and when the White Lotus Sect attacked and killed, the concubine didn't leave, because you were on the boat! But now you suspect me? Master Liu!" Shaking, "Tell the emperor, who sent you the news that the emperor will be in danger, and let you come to the rescue!"
The Hangzhou prefect hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother sent news to the minister first, so that the minister can arrive overnight!"
Hong Zhou looked at the successor in disbelief, but the successor didn't even look at him, his eyes fixed on Hongli.
"The emperor was at odds with Prince He, and Prince He tried to win over the concubine, but the concubine refused! The concubine wanted to inform in advance, but the emperor trusted Prince He so much that the concubine did not dare to scare the snake, and she was afraid of attacking the camp and the guardian. The army has been bribed, so simply report to the nearest Hangzhou!" Then he said sadly, "Your Majesty, even if you doubt the people of the world, you shouldn't doubt your concubines!"
Hongli just looked at her coldly, not believing every word that came out of her mouth, or every word she took out from her heart.
Li Yu hesitated for a moment, and was about to tell him that no matter what she did in the past, she did not leave at this critical juncture, just as she said.
As a result, he just opened his mouth, and before he could make a sound, there was a thump in his ear, but Yuan Chunwang grabbed him and knelt down in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, now, the servants will no longer dare to hide it from the Empress. Because of an affair with the Prince, he intends to kill the Emperor and the Empress Dowager during his southern tour, and plots to support the Twelve Brothers to become emperor, which is really hateful and deserves to be killed!"
Then he looked at him in disbelief.
"If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can search the Prince He." Yuan Chunwang said judiciously, "...you'll know after a check."
Hongli: "Search!"
"Don't touch me!" Hong Zhou struggled hard, but he couldn't. A piece of jade fell from his arms and landed on the ground with a bang, breaking open a gap.
As soon as he saw the jade, his face turned pale, and he was about to rush to pick it up, but Hongli took the lead and played with the jade in his hand. , this jade jade, I have seen you wear it with my own eyes, now, what else do you have to say?"
Afterwards, his face was pale, he suddenly turned his head and slapped Zhener fiercely: "You actually betrayed me!"
Although Yuan Chunwang is easy to use, he is an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf, so he will use him in the future, but he will not believe him, and will not give him a chance to touch his personal token, only Zhener...
"Niangniang, there are no slaves! Yuan Chunwang said that everything is for Niangniang, for the twelve brothers!" What's the use of saying these now? No matter how stupid Zhener was, she also realized at this time that she was deceived by Yuan Chunwang, and also implicated her successor, so she burst into tears and knelt down in front of Hongli, "Your Majesty, Yujue was stolen by a servant, the Empress didn't know, she I don't know anything! If Niangniang is really scheming, how could she leak the news?"
Hong Zhou was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Brother Huang, it is the younger brother who loves the Queen, but it has nothing to do with the Queen. She was almost burned to death in order to save you, you should not doubt her!"
But why is your name Hongli not suspicious
Yujue was stolen by Zhener, and her rebellion was in collusion with the prince and Yuan Chunwang. All the mistakes were made by others, but she was innocent
Hongli looked at Jishou, but found that Jishou was also looking at him.
"Your Majesty." He looked at him deeply, "I don't care about others, I just ask you, do you believe me?"