Daming Gate.

The soldiers of the pro-army have already brought two Hongyi cannons, as long as they aim at the gate of Daming Gate to fire two or three salvos, the gate of Daming Gate will collapse.

Li Hongyu and Gu Bingqian and other important ministers of the court were pressed behind the forbidden army and the Beijing army with armor and armor, as soon as the cannon was fired, these soldiers rushed into the imperial city to quell the rebellion.

"Young Master, they haven't opened the city gate yet, we can't wait any longer, let's open the city gate and rush in, if it's too late, I'm afraid His Royal Highness King Xin will be in danger."

In silence, Gu Bingqian pondered for a while, and said to Li Hongyu with an expressionless face, he is the first assistant of the cabinet, so he naturally has to make up his mind at this time.

Hearing this, the officials at the scene looked at Li Hongyu, who was the "regent" ordered by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so he naturally had to speak on such an important matter.

"There is no signal for help from the city, which means that Xiyuan and King Xin's mansion are safe and sound, and we can't break in recklessly now."

Li Hongyu looked at the city gate tower with a serious expression, and when he heard the words, he glanced around at the ministers who were looking at him with a brush, and after a deep groan, he said loudly, "No matter how you say it, it is an imperial city, and the sound of the cannon has a bad impact, and it also alarms the emperor's holy car." ”

"Young Master, what do you say you should do?"

Zhang Weixian also felt that things were tricky, after all, the gate of the imperial city could only be opened at night by the edict of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and they only had Zhang Yan's edict now, which might be possible in normal times, but it would be understandable if the generals defending the city were more serious.

"As long as there is no signal from the city, then let's wait here and there, anyway, it's almost dawn, if the city gate doesn't open at dawn, we can justifiably break in in the name of saving the driver!"

Since Li Hongyu was unwilling to attack, he had already thought of a countermeasure, and when he heard this, he replied in an orderly manner, hearing that Zhang Weixian and the others nodded their heads again and again, thinking that their words were reasonable, and this was the safest method at present.

No one noticed that Li Hongyu's brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

In fact, when Li Hongyu was blocked from the Daming Gate, he had already smelled something unusual from it, and the Empress Dowager Zheng had lived in the harem with peace of mind over the years, and she had long lost the influence of the year.

But even so, there are still many people who follow the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family in tonight's incident, which has to make people suspicious, it takes a lot of troops to control the imperial city, and those generals who command the army are so easy to fool? Eat the ambition leopard dare to do such a rebellious thing!

Therefore, Li Hongyu suspected that there were some unknown secrets in this, after all, it was already very abnormal for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to let King Fu enter Beijing, and it was even more suspicious to drive him back to the mansion to rest tonight, so that the Empress Zheng had a chance.

The reason why Li Hongyu was able to return to the Young Master's Mansion was precisely the intention of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who thought that Li Hongyu had been working in the imperial city for a long time, so he let him go home to reunite with his family because his dragon body had improved.

Originally, Li Hongyu didn't think about anything else because he was worried about the health of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but after being blocked by the Daming Gate, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

To put it bluntly, the Empress Dowager Zheng is already a popular figure in the political arena of the capital, and her influence is not as good as before, Li Hongyu does not think that she can gather so many troops to rebel, there must be something hidden in it.

As for what is hidden, it is not difficult to guess, the only person who can be involved in this matter is the Emperor of the Apocalypse, from the things such as posting the emperor's list for medicine and letting King Fu enter Beijing, Li Hongyu has already guessed some clues, and he can't help but gasp in his heart.

Obviously, the current situation is a game set up by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, one is to test whether King Fu has the intention of rebellion, and the other is to test Li Hongyu's loyalty and threat to the imperial power.

In Li Hongyu's view, the bureau set up by the Emperor of the Apocalypse is mainly aimed at him, to see how influential he is in the court and how loyal he is to the imperial power.

Once Li Hongyu easily shouted open the Daming Gate, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had to think about how to limit Li Hongyu's power.

According to the custom, the gate of the imperial city can only be opened by the emperor at night, even if Li Hongyu has the edict of King Xin's ascension to the throne, he can no longer force his way into the Daming Gate before the death of Emperor Bin Tian of the Apocalypse is announced, and it also allows the pro-army guarding the gate to open the city gate, which is a very terrible thing.

Moreover, when Li Hongyu led the civil and military officials into the imperial city, his every word and deed would be reported to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, if the Emperor of the Apocalypse thought that Li Hongyu's monopoly of power made the courtiers submissive, then for him Li Hongyu was not the minister of Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty but a scourge, and then the king of letters, Zhu Youzhen, would be constrained after ascending the throne, which was not something he wanted to see.

Therefore, Li Hongyu saw this, so he did not forcibly break into the door, but summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to come to the Daming Gate together, and did not stand still before the distress signal came in the imperial city, so as not to respond to all changes.

Now it has been a long time since Li Hongyu was blocked outside the Daming Gate, but there is still no sign of rebellion in the imperial city, at least the forbidden army of Xiyuan and the Ten Princes Mansion has not sent a signal for help, which makes Li Hongyu firmly believe that there is another hidden truth in tonight's matter.

It stands to reason that the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family will definitely order the storming of the Xinwang Mansion of the Ten Princes, and whether it can be captured is another matter.

But until now, there was no movement in the imperial city, and Li Hongyu had to doubt the ability of the Empress Dowager Zheng to control the rebels.

At this time, if any rebel general can catch King Xin, it will be a great achievement, this is a matter of tying his head to the belt of his trousers, who will care about what consequences will not be followed?

West Garden.

"Queen, what's going on outside?"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse, who was originally Bintian, was lying on the sickbed with a weak expression, and when he saw Zhang Yan coming in from outside the door, he asked.

"Back to the emperor, Young Master Li and the ministers of various ministries have already transferred Hongyi cannons, but they have no intention of shelling Damingmen."

Zhang Yan came to the bedside and held the hand of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and comforted softly, "They know that the shelling of the Imperial City is not trivial, and they will not do it unless they have to." ”

"It looks like they're waiting for a distress signal from the Imperial City."

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, with Li Hongyu's city and strategy, he would definitely not attack the Daming Gate easily, which made him feel relieved in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the concubines feel that Young Master Li is a minister of the humerus who can be relied on, although he has a lot of power these days, he has not done anything for his own benefit, and he has acted conscientiously."

Zhang Yan knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was worried that Li Hongyu would abuse power after Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, ascended the throne, so she said after a deep sigh that she had a very good impression of Li Hongyu, and thought that Li Hongyu was not the kind of traitor who had evil intentions and wanted to monopolize power.

"People's hearts are not ancient!"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, "Time changes, people's hearts will change, and now that Young Master Li has great power, if he has a heart of disobedience, it will be difficult for King Xin to match him, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"The emperor should be relieved now, although Young Master Li is high and powerful, he is still quite in awe of the royal family in his heart, and he did not act arbitrarily after being blocked from the Daming Gate, which shows his sincerity!"

Zhang Yanwan smiled, put the hand of the Emperor of the Apocalypse on his cheek, and said with a sad expression, "Your Majesty, you have worked hard for the country since you ascended the throne, and you are really tired. ”

"Since I was born in the emperor's family, this life is the Ming Dynasty, and there is nothing tiring or not tired."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled disapprerovingly, then looked at Zhang Yan with concern, and said with great pity, "It's just that I have suffered you by leaving, and you will be alone in the future." ”

"Your Majesty, it has been a blessing for the concubine to be married to you for several lifetimes, and the concubine has been content in this life." Zhang Yan's eyes suddenly turned red when she heard this, and she shook her head and said.

"By the way, Wei Zhongxian, what did they do?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse reached out and stroked Zhang Yan's hair, and then remembered something.

The "they" in his mouth naturally refer to the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian and Chen Shun, and this time the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family suddenly attacked, and those eunuchs will also face the problem of standing in line.

"Chen Shun was imprisoned, Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian mobilized the Jinyi guards to guard the ceremonial supervisor, and they did not have contact with the Empress Dowager, but several eunuchs have already taken refuge in the Empress Dowager."

Zhang Yan replied in an orderly manner, don't look at her now that she is "trapped" in Xiyuan, the news from the outside world is coming from far away.

"Wei Zhongxian, they really didn't disappoint me!"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard this, the three eunuchs in the inner court were his confidants and eunuchs who had been personally selected, and if he took refuge in the Empress Dowager at this time, it would be a huge failure for him.

As for the eunuchs who turned their rudder and took refuge in the empress dowager, then naturally there is no need to live in the world, so as not to waste the royal food.

"The queen mother, the empress dowager and the prince Fu are here, and now they are waiting to be summoned outside the West Garden." At this moment, the voice of an attendant sounded outside the door, "The pro-army outside has retreated, and it is said that they have returned to the camp!" ”

"This ......" Zhang Yan suddenly showed a surprised look when she heard this, the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family not only came, but also withdrew the pro-troops who were gathered outside, which was really unexpected by her.

"Queen, since the Empress Dowager and King Fu have admitted defeat, then we can't sing this drama anymore." The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled slightly and said to Zhang Yan, "I don't want to see anyone now, let the Empress Dowager and King Fu wait in the hall, and you accompany me." ”

Without Zhang Yan's order, the forbidden army on duty in Xiyuan forbade anyone to enter, including the Empress Dowager Zheng and King Fu, so the two had to wait outside for summons.

"The concubine obeys the order." Zhang Yan bowed slightly when she heard this, and asked the attendants outside the door to invite the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family and King Fu to the living room to wait, she was very curious about why the Empress Dowager of the Zheng family and King Fu would admit defeat.

However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had already held her hand and closed her eyes for a rest, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and Zhang Yan quietly stayed by the side of the bed so as not to disturb the Emperor of the Apocalypse to rest.

(End of chapter)