At the door of the Son of Heaven's dormitory, there was a slick of an old man with a white beard and unkempt hair, and Queen Zhou looked at these civil officials who were loyal to the monarch and served the country on weekdays, but in the end they conspired and rebelled.

"Do you have anything to say?"

"The old minister is guilty, Your Highness, Your Highness ......"

"Shut up! You are guilty, and you are the unpardonable sin of the Nine Clans! ”

It was Li Shi who opened his mouth to claim guilty, he wanted to quibble and plead, who would have thought that Queen Zhou didn't want to listen to him at all, so she only said some cruel words in disgust, and asked him to wait to raid his house and destroy the door.

These cabinet ministers and important ministers who blow their beards and stare at each other on weekdays are like roosters who have fallen off the shelf at this moment, bowing their heads and saying nothing. What else can they say? It is the heart of abolishing the establishment, if it is not successful, it is rebellion, what Queen Zhou said is not bad at all.

Queen Zhou didn't want to talk to these people anymore, and after seeing their faces clearly, she vented her evil words, and finally let out a bad breath.

"Take them all down, the house should be raided, the Zhu clan should be punished, I don't want to look at these hypocrites with beast hearts for a moment."

Gao Shiming immediately ordered the eunuchs to take these officials to the Imperial Prison.

"Zhenyu Hou, I order you to take people immediately and arrest the rebellious henchmen, and no one is allowed to stay!"

Li Xin was about to receive the order, but suddenly a person rushed up, crying and wailing.

"Your Highness, I thought I would never see Your Highness again......"

It turned out to be Wei Zaode, a cabinet university scholar who was detained during the palace change.

This Wei Zaode is also very good at acting, and the performance with tears is really sad for those who see it, and tears for those who hear it. Even Queen Zhou couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Wei Qing, what are you?"

Although Empress Zhou was a little unclear about the situation, it could be judged from the embarrassed appearance of Wei Zaode's broken official robe that he had suffered a lot.

It's okay that Empress Zhou didn't ask, Wei Zaode had gradually suppressed his crying, but unexpectedly, this question made his crying intensify again.

"Your Royal Highness wants to be the master of the minister, yes, it is Zhu Chunchen's house, who has an opportunistic heart to collude and rebel, and almost killed the minister's life, if it weren't for the marquis of Zhenju who led troops into the palace in time, the minister would have become a ......ghost in the underworld at this moment."

Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, didn't know when he also came to the Son of Heaven's dormitory to escort him, he was originally glad that he didn't stand on Hong Chengchou's side with a clear banner, and now there are enough conversions and lands.

"You, you bloody mouth!"

Empress Zhou is not stupid, and she has long felt that Zhu Chunchen's attitude is a little ambiguous, and now that she has been sued by Wei Zaode, she has already determined that Zhu Chunchen and others must have colluded with the rebels and others in advance.

"Cheng Guogong, do you have anything to explain?"

The chilling gaze shot directly at Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Chunchen seemed to have been pricked by a needle, and he didn't dare to look at this seemingly weak woman calmly.

"Minister, minister wronged, wronged, wronged......"

Zhu Chunchen flatly denied it, there was no conclusive evidence, and Queen Zhou was really difficult to deal with, but Gao Shiming sneered and asked:

"Wronged you? Our family asks you, Donghua Gate City is high and deep, how did the rebellious thousand people enter overnight? If it weren't for you, the lord of the city, who would have taken the initiative to release water, who would have entered the palace so easily? ”

Seeing this, Wei Zaode pointed at Zhu Chunchen and accused loudly: "Gao Gong's question is right, Wei saw it with his own eyes, Zhu Chunchen ordered someone to open the Donghua Gate, let the rebel enter the city, and personally ordered Wei to be detained......"

Zhu Chunchen saw that Empress Zhou didn't believe in him and knew that the end had come, but he didn't want to be tied up, so he only pointed at Wei Zaode and Gao Shiming in vain.

"You, you bloody mouths!"

Empress Zhou did not hesitate any longer, and also ordered Zhu Chunchen to be sent to the edict prison to wait for punishment.

"Your Highness, rest easy, since the chaos in the palace has been settled, the minister will return to the city wall to supervise the battle."

At this time, there was still a final decisive battle between the Three Guards and the Qing army outside the Jingshi City, and Li Xin was delayed in the Forbidden City for a night, and I don't know what the war had developed outside.

Queen Zhou, who had a messy face, nodded tiredly.

"The Marquis of Zhenyu is extremely worried, and he will ask the Marquis of Zhenyu for everything in the first battle of the Qing army!"

"The minister must live up to his mission!"

The sky was already bright, and Li Xin took a deep breath, this night seemed like months had passed for him.

"Report, report ......"

Suddenly shouts outside the forbidden city were getting closer and closer.

Empress Zhou's originally relaxed spirit immediately became nervous again, and she looked at Li Xin in a panic, she was afraid that this "report" would bring bad news about the defeat of the army.

Li Xin said with a straight face: "Please ask Her Royal Highness the Queen to sit in the Wenhua Palace!" ”

The Son of Heaven's dormitory, in a hurry, is it a place to discuss state affairs, Li Xin's timely reminder immediately made Queen Zhou wake up like a dream, and coughed twice pretending to be calm.

"What Li Qing said is very true, go, go to Wenhua Palace!"

Empress Zhou's hand was tightly clasped by the crown prince Zhu Cihong's hand, and she never relaxed for a moment, although her husband woke up, he was already like an enemy with her, and now she can only rely on this son.

The queen and the crown prince did not work in the Wenhua Palace, but handled government affairs in the warm pavilion on the east side of the Wenhua Palace.

After Empress Zhou and the crown prince sat in the warm pavilion as usual, Li Xin clearly signaled to Gao Shi that they could hand over the military report.

Gao Shiming personally walked out of the warm pavilion, and after a while, his face was full of excitement, and he even ran back in a panic.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's good news, good news, good news......"

Compared with Queen Zhou, who pretended to be calm, the young prince jumped off the kang with his whole body, and if he didn't estimate decency, he ran over in three steps and two steps.

“…… The Qing army retreated! ”

Gao Shiming said a lot, but Queen Zhou couldn't really hear it, only these four words came into her ears clearly.

"Gao Shiming, you, you say it again......"

Overnight, the Qing army actually retreated, and Empress Zhou was in disbelief.

"Your Highness, that's right, the Qing army has retreated, and the siege of the Jingshi has been lifted!"

Not only Queen Zhou, but even Li Xin was a little surprised. Although the standing of the Three Guards Army is strong, after all, the main force is not in the Beijing Division, and even if it defeats the 100,000 Qing Army, it will take at least six or seven days or even longer to follow the steps.

Moreover, according to the battle plan, the goal of the first phase of the battle was only to break the Qing army's plan to encircle the Beijing division, so how could the battle have just begun?

"Zhenyu Hou, tell me quickly, this, how did this repel the Qing army?"

Empress Zhou could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart, turned her gaze to Li Xin, and asked about the specific situation of the war.

Li Xin spread his hands.

"The minister doesn't know much about the situation outside the city, so he must investigate and then report to His Highness!"

At this time, the crown prince Zhu Cihong couldn't hold back anymore and urged Li Xin.

"Please go to ...... Marquis quickly"

But halfway through the conversation, he suddenly realized his faux pas and shut his mouth again.

In fact, Li Xin couldn't wait to know what kind of reversal had happened outside the city that night, causing the Qing army to retreat on all fronts.

"The minister will go immediately!"