"Remember, close the door tightly tonight. No matter who comes, don't let them in."
Although Zhou Chen was fully prepared, he still told Hua Lan with a serious face just in case.
Hua Lan's face suddenly changed. She couldn't help but think of the same night of the palace coup a few years ago. At that time, it was not the Duke of Jingguo's mansion, but the Marquis of Zhongjing's mansion. That night, the Hou's mansion was filled with blood and there were countless deaths and injuries.
Will the tragedy of that night happen again?
"Guanren, then you..."
Zhou Chen gently caressed Hua Lan's cheek and said softly: "Don't worry about me, I have already experienced such things. I said that I will grow old with you and I will never break my promise."
Hua Lan, who had hidden herself from Zhou Chen for several months and was still dissatisfied, suddenly felt red in her eyes when she heard Zhou Chen's words. She no longer felt dissatisfied, but became even more worried.
"Officer, no matter what happens, you must protect yourself."
"There are only a few people in the world who can hurt you and me."
Zhou Chen gave Hua Lan a few more instructions, and then quickly left the Duke's Mansion and headed straight out of the city.
It was still daytime, and the palace coup had not yet begun, but manpower had already been deployed inside and outside the palace. However, Zhou Chen did not enter the palace, but left the city, so the journey out of the city was relatively smooth.
Today is a nice day, and the sunset is exceptionally beautiful, but for the people in the palace, they are not in such a beautiful mood.
Just when it was getting dark and the palace city was closed, a shocking sound of fighting broke out inside the palace again.
This palace of the Song Dynasty has really suffered a lot of changes in the past few years. A few years ago, there was a palace change that changed the world. And today, another rebellion happened that could change the world.
In the Funing Hall, official Zhao Zongquan and Queen Shen were sitting with serious faces. Although everything was going according to their planned steps, at this most critical moment, they were still unavoidably nervous.
This time they can be said to be gambling with their lives. If they fail, they will really be doomed.
But if they don't do this, it's impossible for all the Queen Mother's Party to emerge, and it's also difficult for them to destroy the Queen Mother's Party in one fell swoop.
Just when they were anxious, King Huan Zhao Ceying walked into the palace wearing armor and carrying a sword.
"Father, my mother and my queen are not afraid. I am here and will definitely protect the safety of my father and my queen. As long as we persist for a while longer, reinforcements will arrive."
The officials' eyes swept over the surrounding officials calmly, with a look of panic on their faces.
"King Huan, the safety of Funing Palace is left to you."
Zhao Ceying cooperated with her father's acting and said in a deep voice: "Father, don't worry, my father is the son of the emperor, and he is blessed by God. How can these rebels hurt my father? As long as my son is still alive, he will not let anyone
It hurts my father even half a cent."
After cooperating with his father and mother in acting, he immediately walked out of Funing Hall and released the fireworks that had been prepared long ago.
Suddenly, a firework shot into the sky, very clear and conspicuous in the dark sky.
Not far outside the capital, an army was ambushing in the dark night. When they saw the fireworks soaring into the sky, they immediately started taking action and headed towards the city of Bianjing.
At the same time, on the other side outside the city, Zhou Chen also saw the fireworks rising into the sky, a smile appeared on his lips, and he waved to the soldiers behind him.
He served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ma Army Sidu for several years, and as the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Palace Sidu for several years. There was almost nothing about the Forbidden Army inside and outside the capital that he did not know, although at this critical moment, it was impossible for him to mobilize all the Forbidden Army.
, but as long as he can mobilize a part of it, it will be enough for him to calm down the chaos in Bianjing City.
This time, taking over the Imperial Army was not as smooth as the last palace coup. It was only after killing two generals who were unwilling to obey him that he successfully took over the Dragon Guard Army and the Tianwu Army.
There are a total of 30,000 troops. Even if the government retains backup, having 30,000 troops is enough to succeed.
"Set off!"
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Tonight, the city of Bianjing has been no longer peaceful since nightfall. The streets are full of forbidden troops, and they keep knocking on the mansions of powerful officials, making a lot of noise.
The Duke of Jingguo!
Hua Lan was sitting in the main hall of the front yard, surrounded by the guards of Duke Jingguo's palace. The Zhou family members in each courtyard stayed in their own courtyards and could not move around without permission.
"Madam, it's already chaos outside. Many soldiers are killing people and setting fires everywhere."
The guards who went outside to inquire about the situation returned to the Duke's Mansion and immediately reported the situation outside to Hua Lan.
Hua Lan looked calm because Zhou Chen had already vaccinated her.
"Let me tell you, everyone who has worked hard tonight, don't rest. Guard all the doors of the Duke's Mansion and don't let anyone enter. Anyone who dares to break in will be shot to death on the spot."
Upon hearing Hua Lan's order, the guards Yuan Cai and Cao Er, who had already been prepared, responded loudly.
"yes."
In the imperial palace and Funing Hall, the official faces looked very ugly.
"Have the reinforcements not arrived yet?"
Zhao Ceying's face also showed sweat and fear. According to the agreement, after he set off the fireworks, the reinforcements should quickly enter the city and attack the palace under the leadership of Shen Congxing, General Geng and Xiao Duan.
But so much time has passed, and reinforcements have not yet appeared. I am afraid that unexpected troubles have arisen halfway.
"Father, reinforcements should be arriving soon. Let's wait a little longer."
At this time, Guan Jia obviously couldn't hold on any longer. Originally, he had enough confidence, but time passed little by little, and the reinforcements still didn't show up. Naturally, he felt very panicked.
You have to know that he had been planning for this day for a long time, and he was about to reap the results, but he dropped the ball at the most critical moment. How could he not be in a hurry.
Empress Shen was also anxious and frightened, but at this time she could only suppress the tension in her heart and speak out to comfort the officials.
"Your Majesty, wait a little longer, it should be here soon. Your Majesty is the son of destiny, and he will definitely turn danger into good fortune."
Just as the officials were about to speak, suddenly there were loud shouts of killing outside, and then there seemed to be thousands of troops appearing, and the sounds of fighting and screams were endless.
The official's face instantly showed great joy: "It's coming, it's coming, it must be Uncle Guo and the others."
Queen Shen, King Huan and others also showed joy. As long as Uncle Shen and his troops appeared with their troops, all the rebellions would be put to rest.
However, none of them noticed that an internal official in the crowd had a disdainful sneer on his lips and looked at the officials and others who were inexplicably excited.
The sound of fighting did not last long, and the shouting outside soon ended. But after the shouting stopped, there was suddenly no sound outside, and it suddenly became unusually quiet, so quiet that it made people feel scary.
"There is no sound. The fighting is over. Uncle Guo, why don't General Geng and the others come in?"
The officials listened carefully and heard that there was no movement, but no one reported or came in for a long time, which made them suspicious.
Zhao Ceying said with a serious face: "Father and Queen, please wait for a moment while I go out to see what's going on."
He walked towards the gate of Funing Palace, but before he could take a few steps, the door of Funing Palace was suddenly knocked open, and then he saw a group of soldiers rushing into the palace.
After these soldiers rushed in, they quickly surrounded everyone in the Funing Hall, and then stood there, motionless, watching everyone in the hall with stern expressions.
"Tianwu Army!"
King Huan himself was also a military commander, and he often trained troops in the western suburbs camp. He was quite familiar with all the imperial troops around the capital, so after seeing the armor and appearance of these soldiers, he quickly recognized their identities.
But it was because of this that his expression changed drastically, because his uncle Shen Congxing and others were not leading the Tianwu Army.
Thinking of this, his expression suddenly changed, he quickly retreated to the officials and the queen, and shouted: "Protect Your Majesty."
The only few soldiers and internal officials hurriedly surrounded the officials and the queen to protect them.
The official also realized that something was wrong, and he asked Zhao Ceying nervously: "King Huan, what's going on?"
Zhao Ceying said in a deep voice: "Father, this is the Tianwu Army, not ours."
"What? The Tianwu Army, shouldn't the Tianwu Army be camped in the western suburbs? Without my order, who dares to mobilize them, who can mobilize them?"
The official's face suddenly changed, and he was full of panic. He had already started planning to consolidate military power, so he was familiar with the Forbidden Army and troops inside and outside Bianjing City. The Tianwu Army was one of the most elite Forbidden Army troops in the Song Dynasty. Without his will With the Tiger Talisman, no one should be able to mobilize it.
But the Tianwu Army happened to appear here, and he was completely unaware of it, which meant that the Tianwu Army had completely lost control.
"Could it be the Queen Mother? But how could she mobilize the Tianwu Army?"
He knew very well that his purpose this time was to eradicate the Queen Mother's party. Since the Tianwu Army was not transferred by him, it must have something to do with the Queen Mother. But the Queen Mother had no military power at all, how could she mobilize the army in the western suburbs camp?
Also, where have the troops like Shen Congxing and others he arranged gone? Why haven't they shown up yet?
Just when he was puzzled, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps, as if many people were approaching and walked into Funing Hall.
When the official saw the graceful and majestic woman walking in the front, his face became extremely ugly.
Sure enough, his guess was right. These people were arranged by the Queen Mother. While he was plotting against the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was also plotting against him. But what made him despair was that now it seemed that his plan had failed. The Queen Mother was highly skilled. One chip.
When the Queen Mother approached, more than ten steps away from the officials and others, she stopped.
From the team of internal officials behind the official family, a person suddenly walked out. It was Li Naiguan who was beside the official family and was also an internal official beside the late emperor.
He quickly walked to the Queen Mother, knelt down and said, "My dearest lady, I'm so lucky that I have lived up to my command."
To be continued...