At this time, the bachelors who were preparing to enter the inner palace together looked at Lin Tailai and were all speechless.
People who knew Lin Tailai well in the official circles of the capital knew that Lin Tailai had a serious heart problem. For example, he was extremely insecure and always imagined that someone was going to harm him.
Specifically, they often wear leather armor all year round except midsummer, as if this can give them peace of mind.
Even at such an important moment as taking the imperial examination, one must wear a helmet and armor when entering the examination room.
But everyone still didn't expect that Lin Tailai's heart disease could be so serious that he would have to wear armor inside to see the emperor in the inner palace!
We are in the Ming Dynasty, which is in a time of peace and prosperity, and the palace is in good public order, not the Han and Tang Dynasties, where the palace is full of murderous intent!
To put it bluntly, if the emperor is really malicious, what's the use of wearing armor?
Fortunately, this place is not under the control of their senior bachelors. It is Eunuch Chen who has to worry about it.
Chen Ju, the eunuch Bingbi who was responsible for bringing people into the palace, rubbed his forehead and looked at the sun again.
After thinking for a moment, Eunuch Chen said: "It's getting late, and it would be a waste of time to report this matter again.
Let’s go to the Qianqing Gate first, and keep a close watch on it at the same time. When we get to Yude Palace, we’ll ask the Emperor for instructions on how to deal with it.”
Taking people outside the Yude Palace will not affect anything, let the emperor make the decision on everything!
So everyone passed through the Qianqing Gate, and then there was a small square. The north end of the small square was the Qianqing Palace, and there were aisles on the east and west sides.
The tall and vast Qianqing Palace is nominally the emperor's residence, but the convenience and comfort may not be of much interest. Many emperors did not like to live in the Qianqing Palace.
Yude Palace is located to the west and north of Qianqing Palace, so Chen Ju led four academicians and Lin Tailai to the west.
Suddenly a whistle sounded, and dozens of internal prisoners rushed out from the east and west sides of the Qianqing Palace, some with bare hands and some with wooden sticks, and they rushed towards this side aggressively!
The bachelors standing in the small square felt as if they had been ambushed, and they couldn't help but look horrified!
Could it be that in our Ming Dynasty, there could still be palace incidents in the physical sense?
When they were still more than ten feet away, an eunuch shouted: "I'm only looking for Lin Tailai, and have nothing to do with anyone else!"
Lin Tailai quickly stood behind Chen Ju and asked, "Does Eunuch Chen care?"
Eunuch Chen shouted sternly at the inmates who rushed over: "Stop everyone!"
However, these internal eunuchs did not obey Eunuch Chen's orders. It was obvious that someone else must have ordered them, and this person's status was not lower than that of Eunuch Chen.
Lin Tailai chuckled and said, "It seems that you, Eunuch Chen, can't do it either."
Although Eunuch Chen has a relatively indifferent personality, he was so angry at this time that he chose the answer "If you can do it, you go ahead" between the two sentences "Men can't say no" and "If you can do it, go ahead".
Before he finished speaking, he saw Lin Tailai striding forward to greet him.
Somehow, Lin Tailai caught the little eunuch who was rushing to the front and swung the little eunuch as a heavy weapon.
After forcing the inner prisoners back a little, Lin Tailai took a few blows and snatched a wooden stick.
Fortunately, Lin Tailai was wearing leather armor, so the few blows he received were not a big problem.
With the wooden stick in hand, Lin Tailai became more aggressive and used the wooden stick directly as a spear.
While retreating to the corner under the Qianqing Palace platform, he casually counterattacked.
With his back against the angle of the platform to avoid being attacked from the back and abdomen, and being covered in armor, Lin Tailai was even more at ease.
Faced with the siege of dozens of people, he relied on his marksmanship and the strength of his arms to fight back, seriously injuring more than a dozen opponents and breaking three wooden sticks!
It was the first time for everyone else to witness Lin Tailai fighting live, and their minds were almost so confused that they shut down.
After thinking about it for a while, Lin Tailai was indeed brave and invincible, as brave as Xiang Yu and Lu Bu.
After a while, I thought about it. Was it an accident that Lin Tailai entered the palace wearing armor, or did he receive the news in advance?
After a while, I thought again, this is outside the Qianqing Palace, and the consequences of the fight are unpredictable!
All in all, such a thing has never been seen or heard of!
When the bachelors and eunuch Chen were in a trance, Lin Tailai, a pair of dozens of men, began to gain the upper hand!
The internal guards who had been unable to attack for a long time suddenly had their morale collapse. The internal supervisor who was pushed in the front row refused to move forward anymore and ran away without looking back!
This triggered a chain reaction. The internal prisoners who could still walk dropped a dozen seriously injured people on the ground and scrambled to escape!
In the blink of an eye, the situation reversed. Twenty or thirty internal prisoners were escaping in front, while Lin Tailai chased and beat them ferociously.
Eunuch Chen and the bachelors, who had little knowledge, were dumbfounded as they looked at it, feeling as if the scene in the novel was projected into reality.
Emperor Chengzu built this palace for a hundred and fifty years, but no one had a fight in front of Qianqing Palace!
At most, they fought in front of Fengtian Gate, which is now Huangji Gate.
The defeated eunuchs fled to the west side of the Qianqing Palace. On the other side of the corridor is the Yangxin Palace.
I don't know who took the lead, but these defeated inner guards rushed into the courtyard of Yangxin Hall.
The main function of the Yangxin Hall in this era was to serve as the direct room for the eunuch and to store some sundries commonly used by the emperor.
Perhaps because many high eunuchs stayed here, the defeated eunuchs subconsciously felt that they could find shelter in the Yangxin Hall, so they escaped.
Lin Tailai, who has extensive experience in group fights, felt that rushing into a strange courtyard rashly would be risky.
So he stood at the main entrance of the Yangxin Hall courtyard, which is also the Yangxin Gate, blocking the door and yelling curses.
This movement immediately alerted the eunuchs and young eunuchs who were staying in the Yangxin Hall, and they all came out to take a look.
Among them were many eunuchs wearing flying fish and bullfight uniforms. They were all at a loss and had no idea what was going on.
I have never encountered such a bizarre scene in my career. Is it possible that under such a bright and clear world, bandits can still break into the inner palace?
Chen Ju and four bachelors also rushed over and saw Lin Tailai holding a stick, like a god coming down to earth to block the Yangxin Gate.
Eunuch Chen was afraid that Lin Tai would kill Hongyan, so he directly killed the senior eunuchs in the Yangxin Palace and shouted from a distance: "Lin Jiuyuan, stop it!"
Then he observed carefully again and made sure that Lin Tailai was conscious before walking close to Lin Tailai.
I saw that Lin Tailai's image was also in chaos, the official hat on his head had fallen somewhere, and his bun was loose.
The official robe on his body had been torn with several large holes, exposing the leather armor underneath.
But this image is even more frightening.
Lin Tailai put away the stick and muttered: "The palace's ability to respond is really poor, no wonder the attack happened."
Through today's actual combat, Lin Tailai could conclude that if the attack was carried out by himself, the crown prince would at least be seriously injured.
Eunuch Chen was a little confused. What was the allusion to the attack case?
At this time, the eunuchs in the courtyard of Yangxin Hall also saw Chen Ju and asked loudly: "Mr. Chen! What is going on?"
Chen Ju finally showed off the imposing manner of the fourth person in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and shouted loudly:
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"Capture all the ministers who just escaped into the Yangxin Palace! They are not allowed to be released without the Emperor's will!"
Then he said to the academicians and Lin Tai: "Such an incident has occurred in the palace. Please wait for those outside the palace to temporarily retreat outside the Qianqing Gate until I report this matter to the emperor!"
On behalf of the minister, Shen Shoufu nodded and said: "It should be so."
Lin Tailai interjected: "Dozens of internal prison guards ambushed the road and surrounded and assaulted the ministers who entered the palace under the imperial edict. This is really shocking! Please make the decision for the ministers and others!"
Chen Ju responded: "I will report to the emperor. You should withdraw from the Qianqing Sect first!"
As long as he saw Lin Tailai still in the inner palace, Eunuch Chen felt scared and had to let Lin Tailai out first to feel at ease.
Then the four bachelors and Lin Tailai retreated outside the Qianqing Gate. A group of forbidden soldiers stared closely at Lin Tailai.
These imperial guards can only guard outside the palace gates, and are also not allowed to enter the inner palace without special orders.
So when Lin Tailai was fighting with the inner guards just now, these forbidden soldiers were unable to stop him.
No one spoke, everyone was waiting silently.
Shen Shoufu thought, it would be better if the summons went wrong this time. He didn't think this interview would be a good thing.
While Lin Tailai was waiting, he was still silently reviewing various historical materials in his heart. This is called learning from history.
According to records, after Emperor Wanli died, there were only two records of summoning ministers to the palace for audience.
The first time is now. Without Lin Tailai's butterfly effect, the four bachelors would have had a heart-to-heart talk with His Majesty in Yude Palace. Of course, the result was useless.
The second time was twenty-five years later, in the forty-third year of Wanli, that is, after the attack.
To be continued...