By the time the first morning light appeared on the horizon, the four gates of Tianxing Mansion had been controlled by the Dragon Guard.

The north gate of the city was even "captured" by Zheng Chenggong with hundreds of rebels under him. In fact, he shouted several times near the city gate, "King Chen's soldiers are here, and those who surrender will not die", and without moving a knife or arrow, the gate guard sergeant has fled without a trace.

Because the 20,000 army was wiped out in half a day the day before yesterday, the impact on my heart was too great. Who is willing to fight hard with King Chen's men and horses, is it too long?

Su Guansheng was the only one who led troops to stop the Dragon Guard. But he has no choice but to compare his heart to Han Xin and Wei Qing, but his ability is far inferior to Zhao Kuo, especially has a bad problem of cowering.

It was this last of the nearly 1,000 recalcitrant troops who retreated into the alley with their commander Su Ge's troops. Half an hour later, the three hundred dragon guard soldiers fired a few empty cannons at both ends, and all of them surrendered in fright.

The only fierce confrontation in the city took place in the Tang Palace.

Nearly 200 royal palace guards relied on the courtyard wall of the palace to resist stubbornly, and bows and guns kept firing outward.

In order to avoid casualties among the Dragon Guards, Zhu Linmiao only ordered soldiers to surround the palace. Therefore, there is still a continuous sound of guns here until the sky is getting brighter.

In the end, Chen Xiongfei transferred a nine-pounder cannon and blew down all the courtyard walls on one side. Yu Xin was about to order the whole army to raid from the breach, but the palace was quiet without warning.

Only then did Yu Xin vaguely hear a woman in the mansion shouting in a sharp voice: "Your Highness!" ”

He led the team to seize the blades of the palace guards, and came to the back house all the time, only to see Zhu Yuao sitting on a chair in a dragon robe, with a black and red sword mark on his neck, and blood sprayed half of the room.

The royal family knelt outside the house, but they didn't dare to cry loudly, they all sobbed in low voices.

Yu Xin summoned the personal eunuch of the Tang King to inquire, only to learn that Zhu Yuao had been sitting in the study since Su Guansheng asked Ying to lead his troops to defend against the enemy. Later, when he heard the roar of the cannons outside the palace, he sighed three times, "Heaven does not bless him", and drew his sword to kill himself.

Yu Xin instructed the soldiers to pack up Zhu Yuao's body and report to Zhu Linmiao.

It was already early in the morning when Zhu Linmiao arrived at the palace with the infantry. Zhao Shichao led the army to guard outside the noon gate, and when he saw King Chen arrive, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "My lord, the palace ban is already under the control of our army. He turned to an old man and motioned, "Thanks to Gonggong Pang for letting the palace gate be opened, the recalcitrant ones have dispersed." ”

Zhu Linmiao looked behind Zhao Shichao, after less than two months, when she saw Pang Tianshou again, she saw that there were a little more vicissitudes on his face.

When he saw Pang Tianshou, he was about to kneel, so he hurriedly dragged him and said, "This time, fortunately, Gonggong Pang contacted Zheng Dudu, so he had to break through the city gate quickly." ”

Pang Tianshou shook his head and sighed: "His Royal Highness King Chen's army has arrived, and there is a small earthquake in the city, and no one dares to fight for a long time. There are no old slaves, and this wall can't stop His Highness for a few days. ”

Zhu Linmiao's purpose here was the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, and he immediately asked, "Have you found the Emperor and the Queen Mother?" ”

Zhao Shichao hurriedly said: "Back to my lord, the queen mother is in Jingxi Palace, but there are guards from Tang Wangfu blocking the palace gate. As for the emperor...... he looked at the palace behind him, "he hasn't found it yet." ”

Zhu Linmiao frowned and instructed Zhao Shichao: "Send more people to find the saint as soon as possible." By the way, Tang Wangfu also looked for it. ”

"Yes!"

He said to Shi Lin again: "Let's go to Jingxi Palace first." ”

"Jingxi Palace?"

Pang Tianshou on the side said: "Let the old slave lead the way for His Highness." ”

Zhu Linmiao took his own soldiers and followed the old eunuch to the west end of the palace, and saw a dilapidated building with a sign of "Jingxi Palace" hanging on it.

Zhu Linmiao pushed aside the Dragon Guard soldiers who surrounded the palace, and at the gate of the palace, he saw more than a dozen sergeants looking out with guns.

"How's it going?" He asked Liu Changdao beside him.

"Your Excellency, there are about forty or fifty people in there, and as soon as you get close to them, you will shoot them. It's been a stalemate for more than an hour. ”

Zhu Linmiao was thinking about whether to storm Jingxi Palace, when Yu Xin galloped over on the side, and when he got closer, he saluted and said, "My lord, Tang Shun has killed himself in the mansion in fear of sin." ”

Zhu Linmiao was a little surprised, and then nodded slowly: "That's fine, the source of chaos will be lost, and Tianxing Mansion will soon be able to return to calm." He also instructed Liu Chang: "Call this news to those people outside Jingxi Palace." ”

Liu Chang immediately found a few soldiers with loud voices and shouted: "Tang Shun has cut himself, quickly abandon his weapons and surrender!" ”

The guards of the Tang Palace, who were ordered to guard the Jingxi Palace, did not believe it at first, until Zhu Yuao's personal eunuch was brought and personally confirmed the death of the Tang King to those soldiers, and they went out of the palace one by one with their heads down and surrendered.

The soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army quickly controlled Jingxi Palace, and Zhu Linmiao quickly pushed the door in, and saw Empress Dowager Zeng sitting in the room, looking extremely tired.

Zhu Linmiao took a few steps forward, and was about to salute and pay respects, when she suddenly heard a bang, Empress Dowager Zeng was forcefully pushed aside, and a figure suddenly burst out from under the table behind her, shouting: "Chen Shun, martyrdom for my lord!" The short knife in his hand stabbed Zhu Linmiao's neck.

In a moment, the person behind Zhu Linmiao moved faster, and the last one came first, and somehow he stretched out his hand to block in front of him, it was Wang Laixian.

The assassin was not slow to react, and with a twist of his body, he attacked Zhu Linmiao's left rib.

Wang Laixian sneered, his body was slightly sideways, his wrist was flipped, his left palm seemed to be magnetically sucked on the short knife, and his right palm followed.

With a click, the assassin was knocked upside down by what seemed to be a slow slap, apparently breaking several bones. And the short knife has already reached Wang Laixian's hands.

Shi Lin was shocked, commanded his own soldiers to protect Zhu Linmiao, and then went to see the assassin, who was already less breathing in and out of breath.

"It's Tang Yi's henchman guard, named Ji Cheng." The Assassins were soon identified.

Zhu Linmiao asked the Empress Dowager Zeng to pick up, and was about to salute, but the Empress Dowager pounced over, grabbed him, and said anxiously: "King Chen, can you find Yuan'er?!" ”

Pang Tianshou held the arm of the Empress Dowager Zeng and said in a low voice: "I haven't seen the Holy Lord yet, His Royal Highness is searching in the palace." ”

After a while, Zhao Shichao brought dozens of soldiers, surrounded by a little eunuch, hurried over, entered the gate of Jingxi Palace, saw that the guards had been cleared, and hurriedly said loudly: "My lord, find the emperor!" ”

Empress Dowager Zeng's eyes immediately brightened, she shook off Pang Tianshou, swept her eyes, and immediately nailed to the little eunuch.

Immediately, she pounced on it, snatched the swaddling clothes from the little eunuch's arms with extremely gentle movements, and looked at the pink Emperor Taizheng, and couldn't help crying bitterly, "Yuan'er! My source ......"

She cried for a while, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and pinched Zhu Linyuan's little face hard, "Yuan'er, Yuan'er!" ”

She called for a long time, but she didn't see the baby respond, and hurriedly looked up at the little eunuch, "Holy ...... Luckily? ”

The little eunuch hurriedly knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "Back to the queen mother, since the emperor fell to the ground that day, he has been unconscious and has not woken up......"

Empress Dowager Zeng's eyes immediately faded, hugged her son tightly, sat down on the chair, and kept muttering: "Mother is wrong, I knew it was like this...... Mother shouldn't let you sit on the throne! ”