Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace

Chongzhen sat behind the desk in a daze, and his heart had fallen into despair.

Tang Tong's gang didn't even block it, so he surrendered the city, causing Juyong Pass to be lost and the thieves approaching the city. This made Chongzhen's heart fall into extreme despair.

Xuanda Jizhou's border army Tai Ban all treasoned and surrendered, and even Tang Tong, who was named Dingxi Bo by himself, surrendered, who else could he count on?

Wu Sangui? The holy decree has been issued for several days, but Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry has never moved.

Chen Yue? Chongzhen already knew that Chen Yue had entered the city, but Chen Yue only had 3,000 people, and there were hundreds of thousands of thieves outside, so what could 3,000 people do? If Chen Yue had come a few days earlier, before the thieves besieged the city, he might have escorted himself out of the city, but now it was too late!

Moreover, with Chen Yue's domineering, Chongzhen could not believe that he would be loyal to him, and maybe he would surrender in battle like Tang Tong, and then give himself as a gift to the thief.

I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the king of a country, even if I die, I will die a dignified death, and I will never be captured and humiliated by thieves! Thinking of this, Chongzhen's expression became firm.

"Emperor, Emperor," Wang Chengen looked panicked and ran in.

"What's the matter, so flustered, what kind of system?" Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen coldly, pretending to be calm, but his trembling voice showed that his nervousness was no less than that of Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen barely calmed down, knelt down, and said sadly: "Emperor, the Xibian Gate has been lost, and the thieves have entered the outer city!" ”

Yes! Chongzhen was trembling when he heard this, and his hands trembled, and the white jade paperweight on the dragon case fell to the ground and fell into several sections.

It's over, the thieves have entered the outer city, and this Jingshi really can't hold it!

"Emperor, you have to think of a way early! Didn't Li Zicheng send Du Xun to negotiate peace, proposing to cede the entire northwest to him, make him the king of the northwest, and then he would call off the army. Otherwise, or the emperor will promise him! Wang Chengen said during Ai Ai.

As soon as Du Xun came to the peace talks, Wang Dehua sent someone to deliver a letter, bringing Li Zicheng's conditions, that is, to give Li Zicheng the entire northwest land such as Shaanxi, Gansu, Xining, and other places, and make him the king of the northwest. Hearing this condition, the hearts of the court fluctuated, but Chongzhen was noncommittal, but he just asked the court to discuss the candidates who would send peace first, but in fact, he hoped to delay a little time through the peace.

"Confused! Now that this is the case, the thieves have captured the outer city, so can you still make peace? Which is better, the northwest or the whole Ming Dynasty? Chongzhen reprimanded angrily, "If you talk about peace again, it's just a humiliation, even if I die, I will never bear this notoriety!" ”

"That, how is that good, how is it good...... Wang Chengen sat on the ground in a daze, lost his soul.

"I can die, but the Ming dynasty can't be finished! Send for the crown prince and the king of Yongding. Chongzhen instructed, and now, he has to arrange the future.

Soon, the crown prince Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, Zhu Cijiong, and the Yongwang Zhu Cijiong were called over, and stood in the hall crying.

Looking at his three sons, Chongzhen's heart was sour, the situation was so crisis, he himself had been martyred. But he couldn't make up his mind to let his three sons die with everything. There is also a faint hope in my heart, hoping that my sons will escape and escape to the south to ascend the throne. This Ming can't live without a master!

Wang Chengen came in with a few coarse cloth clothes, and waited with a few palace people to help the three of them change into them. took off the crown prince clothes on his body and changed into civilian clothes, but the delicate skin and the temperament between the eyebrows are still very different from those of civilian children.

Chongzhen took the hand of the crown prince Zhu Cihong, looked at it with loving eyes, and told him carefully.

"My son is the crown prince today, and tomorrow the imperial city will be an ordinary citizen as soon as the imperial city is broken, so let's escape. I and my mother will be martyred, how ashamed of myself to see my ancestors underground?

You need to change your name and surname to escape from the chaos, and be careful to hide your whereabouts in the chaos, so that no one can see through your identity. When you see the older people call them Weng, the younger ones call them uncles, and when you see the younger ones call them brothers, other literati, officials, and soldiers have their own titles, so you must be careful and careful to distinguish them, and your mouth should be sweeter.

If he could escape from Beijing and save his life, he would rush to the south and go to Nanjing to ascend the throne. One day, he should raise a soldier to avenge his parents! ”

After speaking, Chongzhen couldn't make a sound, and the three sons cried loudly, and the palace maids and eunuchs waiting on the left and right all hid their faces and wept.

"Father!" The crown prince Zhu Cihong knelt on the ground and couldn't cry, "Where should my brothers and I go?" ”

"It stands to reason that it is safest to go to your grandfather's house, but his goal is too big, and sooner or later he will be searched by the thieves. Which civil officials and nobles are also unreliable, and the thieves will not let them go after entering the city. Therefore, it is better for you to flee to the civilian house, think of hiding, and wait for the chaos to pass, and then get out of the city. Chongzhen thought for a moment and commanded. Now, he found that he couldn't find someone who could entrust the prince!

The civil officials and nobles in the city thought about Chongzhen one by one, and he was wondering who could protect his son. Suddenly, a man's name came to mind. Hurriedly turned his head and asked Wang Chengen beside him, "Where is Chen Yue now?" ”

"Ahh Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment and said: "After he entered the city, he was responsible for defending Yongding Gate, but now that the outer city has fallen, I haven't heard from him again." Mostly, most of ......"

Chongzhen's eyes closed suddenly, the outer city fell, and in the face of hundreds of thousands of swarming thieves, Chen Yue only had three thousand people, and even if he didn't surrender, most of them would not be lucky.

"That's it, you send someone to take them out of the palace, and hide the idea." Chongzhen commanded gloomily.

Wang Chengen agreed and went out with the three princes and brothers.

Looking at the three sons who turned back step by step, Chongzhen couldn't help but burst into tears.

After settling his son, Chongzhen thought about it again and again, but he had no idea at all, so he had to pass on the holy decree and order the guards guarding the Forbidden City to strengthen their defenses and not let anyone approach. But he also knew that if the inner city was breached again, with the walls of the imperial city and the palace city, it would definitely not be able to support it for long.

Sitting on the dragon chair, only hearing the rumbling of cannons and the sound of shouting and killing approaching step by step, Chongzhen knew that there was less and less time left for him.

So he took a few eunuchs to the Taihe Palace, and he wanted to gather the ministers to discuss what to do.

Along the way, there were eunuchs and palace maids running around in the palace, one by one carrying packages and just fleeing for their lives, and when they saw Chongzhen and his party, they only avoided it from a distance. At this time, everyone knew that the catastrophe was coming, and it was better to escape from the palace than to stay in the palace and accompany him to death. Of course, when leaving, it is understandable to take some items in the palace as living assets.

Seeing these chaotic palace people, Wang Chengen was furious and scolded him, but Chongzhen stopped him.

"Forget it, let them go!" Chongzhen sighed, and his face was infinitely silent. The tree falls and the sun is scattered, nothing like that!

After being sad, Chongzhen calmed down and ordered someone to call the queen and the concubines.

Soon, Queen Zhou and