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Chapter 43 The Chaos of the Kings

The man looked up at Jinchang beside Liu Jie, and had not spoken yet..com The Minister of the Inner Red Flag Leader suddenly took out a short musket from his arms and opened fire at Liu Jie. The incident was shocked to make the people present stunned. Seeing that Liu Jie was about to die here, one person quickly raised Jinchang's arm. At the same time, Liu Jie lowered his body and a huge gunshot, iron sand flew over Liu Jie's back.

The man who put Jinchang's arm away, a bone-broken method quickly subdued Jinchang and handed over his musket.

Liu Ji straightened up with a blue face, and then he realized that the person who saved him was Cheng Tinghua, the commander of the guard.

Liu Ji immediately realized that there was a big conspiracy in this matter. The one who got the most profitable was probably those princes, especially Prince Ke Miankai. He had always been worried about getting rid of the princes and had a great influence. Unexpectedly, these people would take action first. Liu Ji's eyes shot out a sensational light and ordered Cheng Tinghua: "Immediately call on all the ministers in charge of the guards, and the Manchu, Mongolian and Han commanders of each banner and battalion went to the Military Affairs Office to discuss matters."

Cheng Tinghua looked at Jin Chang on the ground and asked, "Your Majesty, what should I do?"

Liu Ji raised his hand and slashed in the air and said, "Solve it on the spot."

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Prince Ke’s mansion is located in Hanlin Hutong not far from the Imperial College. There is a secret room in the back garden of the royal palace. In the dark light, there is a room full of people. So many people are not talking to each other, which makes the atmosphere in the house very dull.

A regular knock on the door came from outside, attracting the attention of the crowd. As one person stepped forward and opened the door, another person walked in outside the house.

The light outside the house shone in as the door opened. The figures of the crowd in the house appeared. One of these people was wearing a dragon's Prince Heshuo suit with front and back chests and shoulders. This person was Prince Ke Miankai. What was even more amazing was that among the others, Prince Huai Mianxin, Prince Duan Mianyu, Prince Zheng Urgonga, Prince Su Jingmin, Prince Yu Yuquan, and Prince Yi Zaiyuan.

As the people who came in closed the door, the light in the room dimmed again.

The man lowered his voice and said in panic: "The assassination of the emperor failed."

Another person said, "What Minning is not dead."

The people in the room suddenly became confused and started talking to each other.

Prince Ke said loudly: "What are we afraid of? Take people to kill them."

At this time, someone stood up from the corner of the room and said, "Is there any news from the Empress Dowager?"

The crowd who heard the Queen Mother's discussion seemed to have some support. Everyone's eyes were attracted to the person who was talking. The man was wearing the military officer uniform of a first-class official. When he looked closely, he turned out to be Wen Fu, the Minister of the Inner Guards of Zhenghuang Banner.

Someone replied: "Minning, who was killed this day, has sent someone to surround the Shoukang Palace, and the news of the Empress Dowager can no longer be spread."

Prince Ke shouted impatiently: "What else do you say? We have the imperial edict from the Empress Dowager. Everyone will follow me to kill into the palace immediately, deposed Minning and establish a new king."

Wenfu walked up to the front and said, "Prince, don't worry, as we agreed in advance, and wait until the people from the Shenji Camp and the Firearms Camp start to attack Minning's new army, we will lead the people from the Frontier Camp and the Guard Camp to attack the palace."

Speaking of this, Wenfu turned to the head of Zhenghongqi, the Minister of Guards, Alin, and asked: "Have all the opposing people in the army settled?"

Wenfu was relieved by Alin's affirmative answer in the dim light.

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The gloomy weather enveloped the sky above Beijing, and the dark clouds were so low that it made people breathless. The people in the capital were knowledgeable but they had never seen the situation today. There were elderly people who had experienced the arrest of Heshen by Jiaqing. At that time, the nine gates of Beijing were blocked, and the streets and alleys were covered with soldiers. However, compared with the rumbling guns and cannons coming from Fucheng Gate today, it was a terrible witch. Although there were no Qing soldiers who were showing off in the past in the capital today, sensitive people had already had a premonition that there would be a bloody storm in Beijing. There were even rumors that people from the imperial city center had gathered there.

At this time, outside the Long Sect of the Forbidden City, Liu Ji was holding his hands behind his back to see a group of military aircraft and the five ministers of the commander and the inner ministers of the commander and the inner ministers of the commander and guards. Liu Ji secretly counted the remaining seven ministers of the commander and guards. At this time, there were only Yulin with the yellow flag, Yinghe with the Zhengbai flag, Shanqing with the Zhenglan flag, and Bo Lin with the blue flag. It seemed that the other two would not come. Just as Liu Ji was thinking about countermeasures in his heart, he saw an imperial guard running like flying, and he was still shouting loudly on the way: "Your Majesty, the commander of the vanguard camp felt that Luo Baoxing had rebelled."

Liu Ji was shocked. He held the hard wooden handle of the short musket tightly and said with hatred: "Let's go out to meet, the officers and soldiers of the vanguard battalion, see if they don't know me anymore."

Yinghe glared and said to Liu Ji, "The Lord asks the slave to take someone to capture that guy!"

Liu Ji frowned slightly, and he waved his hands to several military aircraft and the ministers of the commander and guards to signal everyone to follow and take the lead in walking towards the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

There are only a few Qing soldiers gathered in the grand square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. They are flag soldiers summoned by the guards and ministers of each banner. These people were arranged loosely and scattered in the square, and the whispering sounds buzzed, like the sound of a group of flying flies. Seeing the emperor coming out, these Eight Banners soldiers wanted to squeeze in front of watching the emperor, causing a riot in the crowd.

The chaos in the square made a flash of disappointment in Liu Ji's eyes. He asked Cheng Tinghua, the chief guard beside him, and said, "Have the new army entered the city?"

"The emperor just reported that the new army had already fought with the Firearms Camp outside the city, and the Shenji Camp started."

Liu Ji turned his head impatiently and shouted, "Why just report it now?"

Cheng Tinghua quickly lowered his head and replied, "The news I just received is about to be reported. In addition, I heard that the Eight Banners Forward Battalion and the Eight Banners Guards have rebelled. Wenfu and Alin secretly sent people to kill the opposing officers in the two battalions and controlled the two battalions. Now they have reached Xizhimen."

"Didn't the Nine Gate Admiral close the city gate as I told me?"

"I don't know this."

"Send someone to investigate immediately and see what Cheng'an is doing."

While talking, there were violent sounds coming from outside the direction of the throne, and gunfire and shouts of killing sounds were heard.

Liu Ji said to Yinghe who was gathering the team: "Announce to everyone that those who have made contributions in protecting the emperor today will be rewarded twice as much."
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