Chongzhen laughed happily and pointed at her and said, "Nonsense! You were originally my daughter, who would dare to stop you in the capital? Besides, you should be a cabbage, and you have to make an edict for such a trivial matter? ”

Zhu Yujiao grabbed Chongzhen's arm and shook it: "My father doesn't care about me anymore, watching me being bullied!" ”

Chongzhen felt the rare joy of family on weekdays, and a sense of happiness arose, and on a whim, he relieved himself: "Okay, I'm afraid of you." The Holy Decree is impossible, I can give you a handwritten decree, and no one within the confines of the capital shall prevent you from entering or leaving! ”

"A handwritten oracle will do." Zhu Yujiao was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so she took the initiative to study ink, handed the pen to Chongzhen, and made Chongzhen laugh with her eager roar.

Chongzhen thought for a while, and wrote down a line of words: "Seeing this edict is like seeing me, whoever obstructs the entry and exit of Princess Kunxing will be questioned with a lock!" The inscription at the place of payment is the word "inspection". This is his name, and he is only one word different from his brother Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

In Chongzhen's opinion, this edict is just to coax this daughter who rarely enters the palace once, no different from a child's house, and it is impossible for her to use this thing to make any trouble. In the palace, who will not open their eyes to block the princess from entering and exiting? Outside the palace, the sky is high and the birds fly, the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and it is even more free, and it can be unimpeded without a hand.

Zhu Yujiao blew dry the ink and carefully rolled it up and put it away. Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh again when he saw her like this, just like a parent seeing a child playing with a toy.

Wang Chengen, who was on the side, saw this scene, turned his face to the side, and secretly wiped the corners of his eyes. I'm afraid that this master will not laugh more times than a day today in the past few years, thanks to this princess Kunxing, so that the master can be happy for a while.

After accompanying Chongzhen to continue talking for a while, Zhu Yujiao said obediently: "Erchen entered the palace today to think about his father and mother, and now he is content to talk to his father, and then he will not disturb his father to deal with government affairs." ”

After a small gathering with his daughter, Chongzhen felt a lot more comfortable, and said with a smile: "I miss my father in the future, and I can enter the palace at any time." Now go and accompany your mother. ”

Zhu Yujiao nodded, "Erchen retired." Slowly exited the hall, and after disappearing out of Chongzhen's sight, he breathed a sigh of relief, things were going well, and the next thing was to save Xia Nan.

At this time, Yang Sichang approached silently, bowed and saluted: "The princess is leaving?" ”

I don't know why, Zhu Yujiao was unspeakably disgusted by this middle-aged Wenchen, she snorted, didn't answer, held her head high, and walked away in a demonstration, without even looking at the other party. The palace maids who were waiting outside surrounded her and walked outside.

When she arrived at the corner and saw that there was no one around, Zhu Yujiao lifted her skirt and trotted in the direction of Xuanwu Gate. The palace maids were stunned, and after a while, they came back to their senses, and they chased after them, shouting while chasing: "Princess, aren't you going to the queen's mother?" ”

Yang Sichang looked at Zhu Yujiao's distant back, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, he hesitated for a long time, and turned around and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

A moment later, Yang Sichang's angry voice sounded in the hall.

"What, Your Majesty gave Princess Kunxing an edict that she can come and go anywhere freely?"

Chongzhen raised his head and asked unhappily, "What, what about I give my daughter an edict?" Could it be that it must be approved by you, Yang Wenweak? ”

Yang Sichang hurriedly knelt down: "Don't dare!" ”

"Get up." Chongzhen waved his hand lightly, "Don't worry about things that shouldn't be in your hands, the most important thing for you right now is to dispatch and command tonight's actions." ”

Yang Sichang thought about it and felt that he was still not at ease, so he took the initiative to ask: "Please let your majesty let the ministers out of the palace and command on the spot, so as not to make any mistakes." ”

"That's right. Tonight's action can only succeed, not fail, if something goes wrong, only you ask. ”

"Obey."

By the time of Shen, it was gradually starting to get dark. At the Xuanwu Gate, a large number of forbidden troops guarded it layer by layer, and even a fly could not fly out.

Yang Sichang hurriedly arrived, and asked loudly from afar: "This official is Yang Sichang of the Ministry of War." Who's in charge here, and is there anyone coming in or out tonight? ”

A general stepped forward and replied: "If you go back to the ministry, according to the orders of the Banzai Lord, the small ones have been doubled to guard it, and without the will of the Banzai Lord, before the three o'clock of the unitary time, except for you, the ministry, no one is allowed to enter or leave." ”

Yang Sichang breathed a sigh of relief. But the next words made him wary.

"However, just now, Princess Kunxing went out with the hand of the Long Live Lord, and we didn't dare to stop ......"

"Didn't she enter the palace to greet the saint and the queen, why did she leave in a hurry?" Yang Sichang thought to himself. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and he turned around and ordered, "Come on, prepare a sedan chair, I want to leave the palace and go to Jingying!" ”

Under the cover of night, the two groups of people left the Xuanwu Gate one after another and ran in the same direction.

South of the city, outside the camp of Jingying.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Beijing camp quietly surrounded the large camp that originally belonged to them, hundreds of artillery pieces of different sizes were arranged in open places, and some obstructive houses had been torn down so as not to affect the trajectory of the shells. The people in the surrounding miles have been dispersed, and those who dare to question have all been taken away by the people of Shuntianfu, and even a few people have been cut down on the spot, so as not to alarm the target with the noise.

The preparations were completed, and one of the adjutant generals of the Shenji battalion personally commanded all the guns aimed at the center of the barracks, and as soon as the hour of the unitary arrived at three o'clock, he gave the order to open fire.

In the barracks, Xia Nan and Lin Weiye were talking at night, and they didn't know what was going on outside.

Lin Weiye asked: "Your purpose of blackmailing Chongzhen is almost achieved, and Murong Longcheng's life experience has also been clarified, there is no point in continuing to stay in the capital, when do you plan to leave the city?" ”

"Tomorrow." Xia Nan thought for a while, "I'll quietly go to Wen Tiren tomorrow morning to inquire about the news, and then leave the city at noon." After all, he offended Jinyiwei, and Yang Sichang has always been not bad, and the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall! ”

Lin Weiye asked on a whim: "If, I mean if, Chongzhen and Yang Sichang, the two monarchs and ministers, plus Jinyiwei, want to deal with you and want to take your life, and you are lucky enough to run away, how will you deal with them after that?" Kill Yang Sichang, give Chongzhen a military advice, or kill Chongzhen directly? ”

Xia Nan shook his head: "If you don't do it, I won't kill Chongzhen directly." In the eyes of the people of this time and space, the emperor represents the name of righteousness, and in order to rush to the throne, he killed the emperor with his own hands and pushed himself to the opposite side of the people, and the gains outweighed the losses. Even Li Zicheng will pretend to do a funeral for Chongzhen, the Qing army knows that under the banner of revenge for Chongzhen, they will buy people's hearts, I, a traveler who knows the process of historical development, is it better than Li Zicheng and Dolgon, to make such a low-level mistake? ”