Tang Fuguan led the troops to advance to Donghua Gate, and the army spread out along the north and south streets of the imperial city.

Huang Jinnian bowed to Gao Zongting and said, "Gao Dianshu has been tired in the past few days......

"Lord Huang is polite, Zongting is also in danger in the imperial city, not to mention any burden," Gao Zongting returned the salute and asked Tang Fuguan again, "What is the situation of the Zhejiang-Fujian army fleeing west?" ”

"Luxury Feihu led his troops out of the city in the early morning, taking advantage of the night and dense fog to cover, and expelled the homeless people to crowd many ferries in Longzangpu. General Cunxin and Zong Hai were sitting at the mouth of the river at this time, and for the time being, only the Shuiying Division was pursuing from Prison Island along the Jiangxi River...... "Tang Fuguan said.

Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan and others didn't recognize Tang Fuguan either, and seeing that he was the general of the Huaidong Army, they hurriedly asked, "Can Duke Pengcheng be outside the city?" They all thought that the main force of the Huaidong Army had arrived, so that the Zhejiang-Fujian army was hastily defeated......

"These two are Zhang Yubo, Lord Zhang, and Zhao Shuhan, Lord Zhao; Fuguan was originally a ...... under the command of Governor Yu," Gao Zongting introduced.

Tang Fuguan saluted Zhao Shuhan and Zhang Yubo, and said: "My family is still in Liyang, or is already on the way to Jiangning, a certain was ordered to go first, only arrived in Jiangning yesterday, and was ordered to invite Lord Huang and Mr. Gao together with the officials left behind in Jiangning to pacify the current chaotic situation in Jiangning...... and then explained the development and changes of the situation in the periphery of Jiangning in the past few days, and explained to Gao Zongting and others in detail.

Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan and others were trapped in the imperial city, and the news was blocked, who knew that the situation outside would be turned upside down in just a few days, and Jiangning and Jiangzhou had also changed hands......

"Where is Chen Xiangye now?" Huang Jinnian saw that Gao Zongting only had Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan and others around him, and he couldn't see Chen Xiyan and other left-behind officials.

Gao Zongting sighed and said: "Just now, Chen Xiangye stood on top of the tower, watching the thieves and soldiers in chaos and the Huaidong army entering the city and leaving with his eyes closed......" Seeing Huang Jinnian stunned there, he didn't react for a while, Gao Zongting continued, "The old man Zeng became terminally ill after retreating into the imperial city, and he went at about the same time as Chen Xiangye......"

The corners of Huang Jinnian's mouth seemed to be smiling, and of course Gao Zongting knew what he was hiding and not saying

Emperor Yongxing abandoned the city and left, his reputation was lost, like a lost dog, Huaidong invited the queen mother, abolished Emperor Yongxing and established the king of Lu, it is not a difficult thing. But Chen Xiyan stayed in Jiangning alone, had the ambition to be martyred, and insisted on recovering Jiangning, and his prestige in the eyes of the scholars and the people would only be higher - Chen Xiyan may be disappointed in Yuan Jianwu, and may agree with Huaidong's proposal to abolish Ning Lilu, but he is still loyal to the imperial family and suppresses Huaidong in his bones - Chen Xiyan is a character who is respectful and fearful, but for Huaidong, it is a trouble after all.

Peng Chenggong is eloquent, but he is too generous, and some things should be thought out and done by the people below. Chen Xiyan passed away when Jiangning was recovered, how could he not make Huang Jinnian feel relieved? And the death of Chen Xiyan and Zeng's grandfather can add another immoral name of "abandoning loyal ministers" to Emperor Yongxing's head.

But Huang Jinnian can't laugh in front of Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan and others after all, even Gao Zongting also feels Chen Xiyan's sincerity, and in the face of such a character, Gao Zongting will also feel constrained.

"So it seems that we can only hope that Yue Xiang will intercept the rebels in Chizhou......" Yuan Jinqiu said with emotion, after Chen Xiyan ascended to the prime minister, he pulled and beat Huaidong, if Chen Xiyan was still alive, he would be a headache for Huaidong, so Huang Jinnian and other Huaidong officials had no sadness on their faces, Yuan Jinqiu was not surprised, Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan were sincere, Yuan Jinqiu recalled that when he first met Lin Lian, he could be regarded as a heart-to-heart, but when Nai changed like smoke, people couldn't figure it out. From the bottom of his heart, Yuan Jinqiu still didn't want Huaidong to be too powerful at this time, so he could only hope that Yue Lengqiu would fight more beautifully in Chizhou and share the limelight of Huaidong......

Gao Zongting raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and was disimpressed by Yuan Jinqiu's emotion: Jiangzhou has fallen, and Yue Lengqiu will inevitably send troops to intercept the Zhejiang-Fujian army fleeing west in Chizhou, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the upper and lower levels, and he will lose the confidence to ask for the price in front of Huaidong, but will Yue Lengqiu use up the last bit of capital in his hand?

Even if Yue Lengqiu fights the last 40,000 soldiers and horses in his hand with the Zhejiang-Fujian army, even if he captures the rebel leader Hao Wenzhuang and kills his horse, what can he get?

In the end, Luxury Wenzhuang chose to preserve his strength and lead his troops to retreat westward, instead of shrinking southward, how could he not have thought deeply about Yue Lengqiu's mentality?

Jiangzhou fell, Huang Binghao surrendered, Yue Lengqiu led the 40,000 Jiangzhou soldiers who marched eastward, 10,000 were Huang Binghao's old troops, when Jiangzhou was besieged, these 10,000 soldiers and horses made a fuss to save Jiangzhou, and almost made a mess; In addition, Chizhou is far away from Jiangning, close to Jiangzhou, after the luxury flying bear trapped in Jiangzhou, starting from Jiangzhou, three hundred miles to the city of Chizhou, Dongting Lake Dakou Yangxiong has attached a luxury family, different from the anti-trend boat, sailing down the Yangtze River, three hundred miles away day and night - in this case, Yue Lengqiu dared to lead 40,000 soldiers and horses out of Chizhou City to fight with the luxury of Wenzhuang?

Counting the time, Huang Binghao's surrender was precisely the time when the news of Emperor Yongxing's abandonment of Jiangning reached Jiangzhou

It should be the fall of Jiangning, which made Huang Binghao feel desperate that the general trend has gone, otherwise even if his relatives are executed, Huang Binghao will probably not surrender easily......

On the same day, in the Wenhua Palace, Chen Xiyan said that "the society may survive, and the imperial family will die", which is not alarmist, and the people's desire is not something that can be clearly stated in one or two sentences; Thinking of this, Gao Zongting thought again: Maybe Huang Binghao can still fight for it......

********************

On the second day of December, Chongzhou in the early morning, frost covered the earth.

The chariots and horses went north out of the new city, the stirrup shining armor reflected the dazzling light of the rising sun, and the people who were clear to the Huaidong officials and generals could instantly see the extraordinary coming of this chariot and horse team, regardless of the car, Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan, Wu Meijiu, Zhou Guangdong, Sun Fengyi, Li Shuyi and others who rode in front of the team, all of them were important members of Huaidong who stayed in Chongzhou, and they went out of the new city to the north together, what were they doing? Who was in the three carriages that the team was holding?

Could it be that the rumors of the past few days, asking the Queen Mother to return everything, will become a reality today?

At dawn on this side of the old city, soldiers were sent to clean the streets, and the first soldiers stood from the south gate of the old city to the Hailing Palace.

Miao Shuo, Zuo Guitang and others, who had long been believed, were excited and entangled in the gate of the mansion of Hailing Palace: Jiangning is still fighting there, and at this time, Huaidong will ask the Queen Mother to return the capital, is it early?

Those who stayed in Chongzhou did not know that the Zhejiang-Fujian army in Jiangning City was in chaos early this morning.

Before the chariot and horse team arrived at the Hailing Palace, Qin Chengzu and Lin Mengde led the officials left behind in Chongzhou to sing a promise: "Sheji is in danger, the emperor abandons Jiangning, patrols Huaixi, and we are ordered by the Pengcheng County Duke to implore the Queen Mother to remember the society and preside over state affairs!" "Kneel three times and bow nine times before the Hailing Palace......

Miao Shuo and the others opened the main door of Zhu Qi inside, greeted the general, and said with a smile: "Lord Qin and Lin, what is the matter, there is such a big disturbance in the early morning?" It's freezing outside, so come in and warm up! ”

"Without the will of the Queen Mother, we dare not transgress." Qin Chengzu replied.

"I'm going to ask the Queen Mother for her will!" Miao Shuo said, Huaidong did things at a glance, and he didn't dare to be sloppy, so he slipped up and ran back to the East Garden of the Wangfu......

*****************

In the East Garden, Yuan Jianhai, the king of Hailing, couldn't help but be excited, and kept pacing in the wing, listening to the movement outside, but he couldn't really hear it, and his heart was on fire.

Although Huaidong asked the Queen Mother to return to the court this time, he, the king of Hailing, at most, followed back to Jiangning, and the major events had nothing to do with him for the time being, but after all, he left the poor countryside of Chongzhou and took a big step from Longting, how could he not be excited?

The Empress Dowager Liang sat in a chair covered with a thick mattress like a piece of dead wood, there was no movement for most of the day, her body was thin, but her spirit was strong, and her ears and eyes were much more dexterous than in the past. ”

"The old ancestor's ears are really pointed, but the old slave is walking on tiptoe...... Miao Shuo walked in and said.

"Besides you, who else in this house walks on tiptoe?" Empress Dowager Liang asked, "What's the scene outside?" ”

"The leading figures left in Chongzhou in Huaidong, Qin Chengzu and Lin Mengde, they entangled the officials and gentry in Chongzhou, and they all knelt outside to ask the Queen Mother to return the capital. In addition to returning the capital, the Queen Mother is also invited to preside over state affairs," Miao Shuo replied, "There are still two carriage figures who have not shown their faces, it should be the county monarch Gu ......" Miao Shuo added with concern, "This Jiangning still has a battle to fight, and the confidence of the county prince of Pengcheng seems to be too much!" ”

"Alas," Empress Dowager Liang sighed softly and said, "King Ning can't be on the stage after all!" He said to Miao Shuo again, "Even if Jiangning is broken, it has nothing to do with Huaidong, and it is the foundation of the Yuan clan that is destroyed after all." You all go and collect it, Huaidong is afraid that he can't wait and will push the mourning family to the crater - the mourning family is a woman's family, and it is so easy to preside over state affairs? ”

"No matter how volcanic crater it is, it will be a hundred times better than this cold prison, and the ancestor must not complain at this time!" Yuan Jianhai said.

The Queen Mother frowned when she heard this, but he was excited when he heard it: It is one thing to ask the Queen Mother to return to the court, and it is another thing to ask the Queen Mother to return to the court to preside over state affairs - it shows that even if Huaidong does not abolish King Ning this time, it will not be limited to using the Queen Mother to contain King Ning, but it is clear that he wants to invite the Queen Mother to suppress King Ning, and then the next step is to abolish the emperor and establish another ......

If you don't abolish King Ning, this Jiangshan Sheji has a fart relationship with him Yuan Jianhai?

The Empress Dowager Liang smiled bitterly in her heart, knowing that King Hailing had suffered enough over the years, and he was too concerned about personal gains and losses, so he inevitably couldn't take into account the overall situation of the imperial family, and said: "Jianhai, you also come forward to Zhang Luo, this is not the time for you to take the prince on the shelf; The mourning family is afraid of making trouble, the old woman is one, and she is also afraid of seeing people, everyone else stays outside to respond, let Gu Junjun come in! ”

Miao Shuo quickly ran to the door of the palace to pass the decree, summoning the Gu family to meet in the East Garden where the Queen Mother lived, and the others went to the main hall of the palace to be greeted by King Hailing.

Qin Chengzu and Lin Mengde glanced at each other, thinking: The old woman of the Liang family is old and not faint, and she knows that her wife is a soft person. Even if I was worried that Mrs. was not the opponent of the Queen Mother, but there was no way, they were just vassals of Huaidong, and it was already quite polite for King Hailing to come forward to respond, so they couldn't force themselves forward, and they would go to the Queen Mother on behalf of Mrs. to talk about various conditions......

Gu Junxun listened to the voice at this time before getting out of the car, Princess Yuanyan of Yangxin is often in the Pengcheng County Mansion these days, and she also came back temporarily, accompanying Gu Junxun's side: Miao Shuo came over and saluted: "Princess Yan is also back, and the Queen Mother is still thinking about you......"

At this time, there was a carriage at the back, and someone lifted the curtain down, Miao Shuo raised his eyes to see it, but it was a very beautiful woman, standing there, with a momentum that was about to suppress the Gu family, and it was not the forest man Gu Yingsleeve who he had seen before, and asked in surprise: "Who is this lady?" ”

"The concubine is the Song family in the Huaidong Military Division, and she was ordered by the Pengcheng County Princess, and she came to serve the Queen Mother and return the ......," Song Jia said.