Although Fang Zhenghua is the upstart of the celebrant and has a lot of authority, he is not the inner servant of Kunning Palace, and it stands to reason that he should not appear in Kunning Palace and say such things. But now that the army of Liukou is besieging the city, the Ming Dynasty is in danger of losing the country at any time, and some rules cannot be taken into account. Empress Zhou is not a pedantic person, as long as it is beneficial to the crown prince, she will not let go of any opportunity.

The expression of this "loyal and righteous person in the south" is very vague, but although Empress Zhou has been in the inner courtyard of the palace for many years, she is quite intelligent, and she has heard a little about things outside the palace. After hearing Fang Zhenghua's words, he quickly thought of a person. She was surprised and delighted and asked, "Are you talking about Pingnanhou?" "The Ming Dynasty is top-heavy militarily, resources are inclined to the border towns, and the south has always been weak, but the rise of the south in the summer has changed the pattern of the north being strong and the south being weak.

Fang Zhenghua raised his eyebrows, obviously he didn't expect Queen Zhou to guess at once, and after his eyes flickered, he nodded: "Niangniang is right, it is Pingnanhou ......"

Empress Zhou became excited when she heard this. If others boasted about Haikou like this, she would never believe it, but what kind of character is Pingnanhou? This is a victorious general who has beaten the rogues and the Tartars and fled, and he offended the military department and angered the emperor in the capital, but he was still able to retreat. If it is said that in the case of being surrounded by a heavy army, even a bird can't fly out, and the prince and others can still be rescued, this kind of miracle can be done by Pingnanhou, and he will not be the second person in the world.

However, after calming down, Queen Zhou was a little puzzled, why only mentioned the crown prince, but did not save the emperor and the concubines in the palace, as well as the rest of the kings and princesses?

"Why is the Marquis of Pingnan only willing to save the crown prince, but not the emperor, kings and princesses?"

Fang Zhenghua obviously had a good idea of this problem, and replied unhurriedly: "With Niangniang's understanding of Long Live Lord, are you willing to endure humiliation, turn into a vulgar and unbearable gangster, escape from the capital, and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback?" ”

Empress Zhou hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "The emperor has always been proud of himself, let the emperor drive the expedition in person and fight a bloody way to escape, he may agree, but dressed as a vulgar and unknown person, he may not agree......"

"That's it......" Fang Zhenghua's eyes flickered, "Niangniang, forgive the slave maid for saying something rebellious: it is only a matter of time before the rebel army besieges the city, and the capital is breached, if you want to persuade the Long Live Lord and save the car out of the city in the midst of thousands of troops, Da Luo Jinxian can't do it, for today's plan, you can only make a choice - compared to Long Live Lord, the prince is not so dazzling, and he can keep the bloodline of the Ming royal family......"

Empress Zhou's face changed greatly, she stood up, and shouted in a low voice: "You are a talented person, do you want to watch the emperor fall into fire and water, kidnap the prince alone, and help the throne in the future, and want to get a dragon skill?" ”

"Niangniang is angry, the slave maid is only for the sake of the Daming Jiangshan Sheji, and she is not selfish...... Fang Zhenghua knelt down, looking full of grievances, but there was a trace of imperceptible cunning in his eyes, "What's more, this is also Ping Nanhou's idea, the slave and maid are just a messenger." ”

Empress Zhou's mind was chaotic, pacing back and forth. She is not stupid, she knows that this new eunuch Bingbi must have colluded with Pingnanhou, and the fight is the idea of hiding the sky and the sea, stealing the sky: taking advantage of the fact that the attention of the liukou is on the emperor, secretly take away the prince, and wait for the emperor to control the guest, and then set up a new emperor, occupying the name of righteousness, after defeating Li Zicheng, Pingnanhou is the great hero who holds the immortal merit of Qingtian, and is above 10,000 people under one person.

But what about after that? Whether Guo Ziyi will become Cao Cao, and whether the crown prince will become Emperor Xian of Han, no one can say. Empress Zhou thought about it and found that there was no better choice: even if there was a risk, it was better than the emperor and the prince being served by the rogues, after all, the Marquis of Pingnan was an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the appearance would not be too ugly, as long as the prince could ascend the throne, the Ming Dynasty could continue, and there were a few loyal ministers to assist, it may not be impossible to prosper. In the previous dynasty, there were also powerful eunuchs like Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, who were once powerful, didn't Daming survive the same?

Empress Zhou stopped and made up her mind. As long as you can avoid the disaster of destroying the country, you can tolerate anything, and you can stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood.

"Hongu understood. The safety of the crown prince will be entrusted to you and Pingnanhou, and the palace will not inform the emperor of this matter......"

Her thoughts were slowly pulled back to reality by Chongzhen's voice, and Queen Zhou woke up from her memories, only to see that Chongzhen ordered the eunuchs to go separately to call the crown prince, King Yong, and King Ding to come quickly, and said to her: "Without further ado." You are the lord of the six palaces, you have to set an example for the concubines, and quickly go back to your dormitory to hang yourself! ”

Empress Zhou said: "Your Majesty, don't urge me, I will never insult your Zhu family." Let me wait a moment. I can't see the princesses, and I want to see my three sons when I die! ”

After saying this, she couldn't help but hide her face with her sleeves and sobbed.

When the personal palace maids of Kunning Palace heard this, they felt extremely sad, and the first one who cried out loud, followed by all of them crying, and they all knelt in front of the queen and cried loudly. Dozens of palace maids and eunuchs standing outside the door all whimpered and cried.

Empress Zhou was just sobbing, trying her best to endure and refuse to cry, in order not to make the emperor cry so distraught that he mishandled the big things. Hearing the crying around her, she couldn't hold back anymore and cried loudly.

Chongzhen was also extremely sad, and in a cry, he looked at the queen, had nothing to say, and couldn't help whimpering. He knew that the queen refused to die immediately, not because she was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because she wanted to wait to see her three sons. After whimpering for a while, he wiped his tears with the sleeve of his robe again, and said to the queen: "I understand your thoughts, and when the three of them come, you will see each other for the last time." ”

After speaking, Chongzhen couldn't bear to continue to stay in the palace and saw the appearance of Queen Zhou, so he went out of the hall and called a palace maid: "You play Empress Yi'an, I and the queen will commit suicide and die in Sheji." Now that the catastrophe of the country is coming, please ask her to commit suicide by hanging herself, don't destroy the dignity of her ancestors! ”

Empress Zhang Yan of Yi'an is the original partner of Ming Xizong and the imperial sister-in-law of Chongzhen. Chongzhen's accession to the throne, this Empress Yi'an has made great contributions, and Chongzhen also respects her very much. urged her to commit suicide at this moment, but she was kind-hearted, and did not want her to be defiled by thieves and ruin her reputation.

At this time, the crown prince, King Yong and King Ding were all summoned to the side hall of Kunning Palace. Empress Zhou was holding the fifteen-year-old prince in one hand and the eleven-year-old King Ding in the other, and she couldn't bear to leave them, crying even more painfully. Yongwang was thirteen years old, and his biological mother, Emperor Tian's concubine, died of illness a year and a half ago, and Empress Zhou was his mother-in-law, treating him "as if he were his own". After pulling the three of them to cry for a while, Queen Zhou remembered the secret, held back her grief, attached it to the prince's ear, and whispered a word.

"Wu'er, if you want to live, remember to follow the master of ceremonies and father-in-law Fang after leaving the palace, and don't listen to anyone else."