Before dawn, a group of civil and military nobles, riding in cars or sedans, hurried to the Chengtian Gate to wait.
As the door slowly opened, people lined up in two rows and began to file in in order.
Pass through Duanmen and Meridian Gate all the way, enter the palace city, and stop for a while until the Huangji Gate. When the auspicious time is approaching, continue to move towards the Huangji Palace.
When they came to the main hall, they saw Zhu Cihong already sitting on the dragon chair. There was no one else around him. Everyone looked at each other silently, with serious expressions on their faces.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
"Everyone is safe!"
Zhu Cixiang spoke calmly, and glanced at the ministers in the palace. His face twitched involuntarily, and there were literally ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping in his heart.
Who is it? Who leaked the news?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone seemed to feel the surprise and anger in Zhu Cixiang's heart. After standing up, they all had a faintly smug smile on their faces.
That way seems to be saying: Your Majesty, ginger is still hot when he is old!
"Why are Chen Yan, Wei Chaode, Zhang Jinyan and others not here?"
"Your Majesty, Mr. Wei Ge, Zhang Shangshu and others suddenly fell ill last night and are still in bed. I hope your Majesty will be angry and punish you!" Chen Yan hurriedly came out and replied.
"Oh? What a coincidence that more than a dozen ministers and ministers suddenly fell ill?" Zhu Cixiang stared at him.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed strange. I think the plague may have recurred last year."
"That's right!"
"Dong Guo, Wei Zaode and the others may have contracted the plague and were bedridden, so they didn't come. Could it be that the British Duke and others also contracted the plague?"
Zhu Cixiang ignored Chen Yan and looked at Duke Dingguo and others on the other side, because the honorable nobles were only halfway there.
"Your majesty is wise, the British public servants indeed suffered from a serious illness and were bedridden. Presumably they must have been infected with the plague. I hope your majesty will forgive me!"
Duke Dingguo also hurriedly came out of the queue and said without blushing or heartbeat.
After Duke Dingguo finished speaking, the palace fell silent. Everyone did not dare to look at His Majesty's cannibalistic face, and all lowered their heads.
After a long while, the Minister of Rites came out and said carefully: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come. I wonder if the Supreme Emperor...?"
"Haha, what a coincidence, the Supreme Emperor also suffered from a serious illness last night. The cause of the disease cannot be found. Now it seems that he is probably infected with the epidemic. Since all the ministers and the Supreme Emperor are sick, the ceremony can only be held on another day."
"Dismiss the dynasty!"
Zhu Cixiang's expression suddenly changed, he suddenly laughed, and after speaking, he stood up and left.
He has woken up. In terms of conspiracy and conspiracy, he is not at the same level as these ancient scholars.
To put it bluntly, these old guys would probably be able to figure out if his buttocks were lifted up or if he wanted to poop or urinate.
With his level, he might be able to bully Li Zicheng and the others.
"His Majesty…"
But everyone was unwilling to give in. After finally seeing His Majesty, they naturally wanted to have a good talk.
But at this moment, the side doors on both sides were opened, and hundreds of Han generals in uniform rushed in.
Everyone looked at each other, secretly thinking that the little emperor had indeed bad intentions and had tricked them all into trying to catch them all. Fortunately, they had been prepared, otherwise they might not have all ended up here today.
Liu Xi smiled sideways: "Didn't you hear that His Majesty just said that the court was dismissed? Do we still want our family to invite you to Dongchang for tea?"
"snort!"
Everyone walked away one after another, their expressions extremely ugly.
at the same time.
In the Kunning Palace, the two queen mothers also looked livid with anger, and Chongzhen was even more angry and shaking all over.
Wang Chengen on the side screamed: "Li Ruolian, you are so presumptuous, what do you want to do?"
Li Ruolian paid no attention to Wang Cheng'en, and raised his fist at Chongzhen: "Back to the Supreme Emperor, the two Queen Mothers, I have entrusted your Majesty's decree to ask that the Supreme Emperor rest in Kunning Palace today and not to take a single step out."
"Bold, are you planning to rebel?"
"Get out of my way!"
When Chongzhen saw him blocking the door with his royal guards, he immediately shouted loudly and tried to force his way out.
"Your Majesty, please don't embarrass me!" Li Ruolian quickly pulled out his sword, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"stop!"
"Fifth brother, you'd better go back first, and then my sister-in-law and sister Wan'er can go and try to persuade Xun'er."
Zhang Yan hurriedly shouted, taking a step forward to grab the already furious Chongzhen.
"snort!"
The sound of "Fifth Brother" made Chongzhen calm down instantly. He stared at Li Ruolian, then turned around and went back.
Both women breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
They could naturally see that Li Ruolian had now become a die-hard loyalist to Xun'er, and would most likely make the decision without permission and kill Chongzhen at all costs.
"Li Ruolian, Your Majesty didn't say that we would also be imprisoned in Kunning Palace!"
Zhang Yan said coldly, her pretty face covered with frost.
Empress Zhou was more sad that she was deceived by her son.
"Back to the Queen Mother, this is not the case."
Li Ruolian stepped aside and stepped aside.
If the rumor that His Majesty had committed regicide and his father had not spread, he would have really wanted to kill the Supreme Emperor and then commit suicide just now in order to repay His Majesty's great kindness.
"Sister, let's go."
Thinking that they had been worried about Zhu Cixiang's safety and future for the past few days, but he had coaxed the two of them around, Zhang Yan was also angry for a while, and then she supported the lost Empress Zhou and rushed towards Qianqing Palace.
The two women fought all the way to Qianqing Palace, but were stopped by Fan Xian and the eunuchs.
"The two Queen Mothers, Your Majesty has decreed that neither of you will see them today."
"Get out of the way of the Ai family."
Zhang Yan shouted angrily, and then she and Empress Zhou rushed in. Apparently they thought Zhu Cixiang was hiding and did not dare to see them.
Fan Xian and the eunuchs were also complaining terribly. They wanted to stop him, but they didn't dare to do anything, so they had no choice but to let the two of them break in.
"Fan Xian, where is your Majesty? Where have you gone?"
The two women searched all over Qianqing Palace but could not find it. They suddenly became angry and stared at Fan Xian.
"Queen Mother, please spare this slave!" Fan Xian knelt on the ground and was about to cry without tears.
"Speak quickly! Otherwise the Aijia will kill you right now!"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has left the palace."
After all, Fan Xian was just a nineteen-year-old eunuch. How could he withstand Zhang Yan's coercion and intimidation? He finally whispered in a trembling voice.
"What?"
Both women were so shocked that they couldn't care less about being angry. Queen Zhou immediately started asking questions.
At this time, Zhu Cixiang had already dressed up as a royal guard, and quietly left the city under the protection of more than a dozen royal guards, heading towards Changping County.
Obviously he wanted to give it a try and make a final struggle.
Zhu Cixiang was led by a royal guard with superb riding skills. He galloped all the way and reached the city gates in more than an hour.
"Go shout!"
Zhu Cixiang was stunned and rested for a long time before regaining his breath.
"It's your Majesty!"
A Jin Yiwei replied.
Then he shouted loudly at the wall.
"Listen to the rebels inside. His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has arrived. Quickly ask Li Yan and the red lady to come out and kneel to greet the emperor!"
"What?"
Listening to the ghost screams outside, the rebels on the wall immediately exploded.
After a while, the city gate was opened, and more than a dozen horses galloped out, led by the Red Lady.
When Zhu Cihong saw the red lady's filial piety, he was so frightened that he almost turned around and ran away.
I thought to myself, it's over.
Whatever he is afraid of, he will come to him. The reason why he did not personally come to surrender at the beginning but sent Fan Xian instead was because he was worried that it would be self-defeating.
Although he was extremely nervous, he also knew that it was too late to say anything now, so he had to calm down.