Wang Chengen set off from the Beijing camp and returned to the palace. When he arrived at the palace gate, he found that the city gate was closed. He asked someone to go forward and shout the door, but the soldiers on the city wall said that the door was not allowed to be opened without Gao Qiqian's order, and Gao Qiqian is not here now.

Wang Chengen had no choice but to ask the soldiers on the city to find Gao Qiqian immediately. He thought he would enter the palace soon, but after he waited for nearly an hour, Gao Qiqian hurriedly appeared and welcomed Wang Chengen in.

Gao Qiqian kept apologizing to Wang Chengen, saying that the soldiers below didn't know what happened and no one had ever come to tell him. He arrived as soon as he got the news, but it was still late.

Wang Chengen didn't believe a word about Gao Qiqian. He was close to the emperor. Even if these soldiers dared not open the city gate and let him in, they would definitely not dare not to go and notify Gao Qiqian unless they received the order. Gao Qiqian seemed to be in a hurry, but there was a faint smile between his eyebrows, which made it difficult for him to believe it.

But at this time, Wang Chengen did not want to worry about this issue with Gao Qiqian, but just bowed to him slightly, saying that he would immediately report to Emperor Chongzhen.

Gao Qiqian waved his hand and pointed to the sky in the distance and said, "Don't worry, please look over there."

Wang Chengen turned his head, and a red light flashed in the distance, as if something was burning. His face suddenly changed and he said in surprise: "This... what's going on?"

Gao Qiqian sighed softly and said, "Prince, the terrain here is low and cannot be seen. But our family just watched the city, and there were fires in all four cities, especially the several big warehouses in the northwest direction, which have become an irrepressible momentum. This fire may last for a long time."

"Since that's the case, why don't Gao Gong send people out of the city to put out the fire immediately?" Wang Chengen said anxiously.

Gao Qiqian waved his hand gently and said, "Prince, it's not that our family doesn't want it, but that's not possible! The emperor handed over all the imperial guards to our family. Our family's primary responsibility is to protect the safety of the Forbidden City. Now the fire is inexplicable. What if our family sends the imperial guards out to put out the fire and someone takes advantage of the opportunity to attack the imperial city?"

Wang Chengen laughed and said, "Honor Gao is a little worried! Now at this time, how could it be..." Wang Chengen suddenly stopped halfway through his speech. He frowned and asked, "Are you talking about Zhou Xian?"

Gao Qiqin smiled and nodded, "Yes, it was this traitor. He did not obey his orders and privately shot and killed Mr. Xue, and gathered the generals of the Beijing camp in the Shenshu Camp. This was clearly an act of rebellion. And our family received news that the reason why the fire suddenly burned was that Zhou Xian ordered people to release it privately was to let the soldiers busy put out the fire, and give him the opportunity to attack the imperial city and thus hold the emperor hostage."

Wang Chengen sighed silently in his heart. He had heard that Gao Qiqian was sinister and cruel, and only then did he truly see it.

Zhou Xian did shoot Xue Lian, and did gather most of the generals of the Beijing camp to the Shenshu camp, but his purpose was not to rebel. But everything that happened made things look as Gao Qiqian said, and it could not be confirmed immediately. A crime of rebellion was enough to put Zhou Xian in a state of doom.

Seeing Gao Qiqian looking at him, Wang Chengen said, "Duke Gao, our family has just returned from Shenshu Camp. Zhou Xuanwu seems not to be the kind of person you are talking about! Besides, he is just temporarily reviewing the Jing Camp and does not have control over the soldiers of the Jing Camp. He has no extra soldiers under his command, how could he start a rebellion? He is not a madman?"

Gao Qiqian patted his thigh and said, "My Gao Gong, how many people dare to rebel have not had some particularly crazy actions. Zhou Xian became famous at a young age and was inevitably a little pretentious. It is not surprising that he made some crazy actions. No matter what he would do, should we consider the safety of the emperor?"

Speaking of Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen was obviously stunned. "What does Gao Gong mean?"

"No matter whether Zhou Xian wants to rebel or not, we should remind the emperor. Otherwise, if something really happens then, we will be very dead. Therefore, our family hopes that when the prince reports to the emperor, we can report what Zhou Xian has done to the emperor."

Wang Chengen smiled faintly, and only then did he realize that Gao Qiqian just wanted to add another fire to this chaos to confirm Zhou Xian's rebellion. "Don't worry, our family will report to the emperor truthfully."

Seeing that Wang Chengen was getting slower and slower, Wang Weidong couldn't help but feel anxious. "Eunuch Wang, Your Majesty is still waiting for us to report!"

Wang Chengen looked at him and asked in a warm voice: "Mr. Wang Qian and Zhou Xuanwu are old acquaintances?"

Wang Weidong was stunned for a moment, but nodded immediately and replied: "Dadfather-in-law, the young man was the first hereditary general of the Xuanfu family and was ordered to escort Mr. Zhou to the fortress. At that time, the mankind went to Qinghai and captured Lin Dan Khan's concubine and the little prince Abunai. Our group cooperated with Botu Taiji to intercept Abunai, and the villain met Zhou Xuanwu at that time."

Wang Chengen nodded and said, "No wonder! Zhou Xian was later named Zhaoxin's Captain for his merits, and you were transferred back to the capital by the emperor to serve as the Qianhu of the Jinyiwei. Is that true?"

"The father-in-law is clear and this is true."

Wang Chengen smiled and said lightly: "As an old man who has been in the palace for many years, we have some things to remind Mr. Wang Qian. I wonder if you are willing to listen to them?"

Wang Weidong was a little frightened and quickly bent over and said, "Please say, father-in-law, the young one must keep it in mind."

Wang Chengen nodded, very satisfied with Wang Weidong's attitude. "In this Forbidden City, no matter how good your personal relationship with others is or how you want to excuse someone, don't let yourself get too trapped. Because that will not only not ease things, but will aggravate your suspicion. Everyone here has their own set of principles of conduct, but the highest principle of inner and inner self-reliance and Jinyiwei is to remember that there is only one master, the emperor sitting on the dragon throne. You can tend to be biased, but never deceive the emperor from the emperor, or say what you think it is. The only thing you have to do is to truthfully report everything to the emperor, and do not add your own speculation and imagination to what you see and hear. Only in this way can you live longer."

Seeing the trace of sweat oozing from Wang Weidong's forehead, Wang Chengen smiled faintly. "Let's go! Let's go see the emperor."
Chapter completed!