"I am the emperor, people above listen, I order you to open the palace door immediately!"
"Your Majesty, please don't embarrass the slaves. The slaves are also under the orders of the Supreme Emperor and cannot open it."
"Bullshit, I am the emperor, open the door immediately, otherwise I will skin you, cramp you, and cut you into pieces!"
Zhu Cixiang roared, feeling anxious in his heart.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me, I really can't open it!"
The eunuch on the wall was obviously Chongzhen's confidant. Although he was disturbed by Zhu Cixi's threats, he still refused to open the door.
"Okay, okay!"
"General Li, have your troops attack me immediately!"
Zhu Cixiang was so angry that he had no choice but to retreat and ordered the red lady beside him.
It would definitely be too late for Zhou Yuji to lead his troops at this time.
What's more, after those nobles know the news, they may lead troops to stop it.
The red lady was extremely helpless when she looked at the furious Zhu Cixi.
They agreed not to help him fight the war, but now the little emperor couldn't even enter the palace, let alone cash the promised money and food. In the end, he could only nod his head angrily.
"Lei Ben, Wang Lang, and you are temporarily at your Majesty's disposal."
"yes!"
Two burly men came out of the queue and answered.
"Two generals, attack the gate immediately and tell your men that after breaking through the gate, each of them will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
Zhu Cixi gritted his teeth and said, he vowed to peel off a layer of skin from those eunuchs after they entered.
The two of them didn't waste any time, and immediately led their men to demolish a house nearby. Hundreds of people carried a huge log and smashed it towards the door.
Others held up shields for cover or fired arrows at the wall.
The eunuch on the wall was obviously unprepared, and there was no bricks behind the door. In his anxiety, he had to use people to block the back of the door.
boom!
Hundreds of big men, working together, knocked down the palace door only a dozen times, causing it to collapse.
"Kill me!"
Zhu Cixiang also found a knife and went in with the Jin Yiwei.
The Red Lady and the rest of the army stayed outside and did not follow them.
………
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, it's not good, His Highness the Crown Prince came in with his men!"
A young eunuch rushed to the front of Huangji Palace in a panic.
At this time, the squares on both sides were filled with imperial guards, and the surrounding areas were surrounded by pure troops. The two sides were confronting each other. Obviously, Chongzhen had not yet subdued these imperial troops.
"What?"
Chongzhen, Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua who were standing beside him all changed their expressions. They did not expect that Zhu Cixiang would come back so quickly and break through the palace gate.
"Father, you are so brave, you rebelled while the child was not around!"
A loud shout startled everyone, but the imperial guards in the square knelt down in great joy.
"See Your Majesty!"
"The traitor!"
"Thank you for having the nerve to accuse me of rebelling. Who is rebelling?"
"You little beast who forced your father into prison, why don't you kneel down to me."
Chongzhen was equally furious when he saw Zhu Cixiang walking towards him, and shouted sternly.
"Father, don't talk about that. I just want to ask you, did you personally issue the edict to pass the throne to me?"
"The prince, father-in-law, and mother-in-law were nearby at the time and heard clearly. Do you still want to deny it? Now that I am the emperor, are you rebelling?"
Chongzhen was not as shameless as Zhu Cixiang. Faced with his questioning, he blushed and was speechless.
After a long while, he said sternly again: "Sir, you don't have to make any excuses. I have completely controlled the inner court, all the 20,000 soldiers are loyal to me, and all the civil servants and nobles are on my side.
If you obediently abdicate today, I will forgive your sins because you are young and ignorant, and let you go to Shandong. You will still be my good son. If you continue to be stubborn, don’t blame me for not thinking about the love between father and son!"
"Ha ha!"
"Father, I'm afraid you don't know that my son has just surrendered 30,000 tiger warriors and is waiting outside the palace at the moment.
If the father is willing to obediently return to Kunning Palace to continue recuperating, the child can pretend that nothing happened. If not, there will probably be a river of blood in this palace today!"
When Zhu Cixiang said it at the end, his eyes also became cold and stern.
"Sir, I am giving you one last chance. Do you really want to go all the way to the dark side and refuse to repent?" Chongzhen's face turned purple with anger.
"The same goes for my child. Does your father really not want to go back?"
"Daban, take down this traitor for me!"
Chongzhen stared at Zhu Cixiang, and then shouted at Wang Dehua.
"All generals obey the order. Except for the Supreme Emperor, anyone who dares to resist will be killed!"
"kill!"
Zhu Cixiang also shouted loudly.
The two thousand thieves who followed him immediately drew their swords and pounced on him.
The Royal Forest Army in the square also rushed towards the surrounding Pure Army.
For a moment, the shouts of killing shook the sky.
The two sides fought in the square.
Chongzhen and Zhu Cixiang were also protected by their men and retreated to Huangjimen and Huangji Hall respectively.
…
"Commander, I heard the fighting there was pretty fierce. Why don't we go and help, otherwise what if the little emperor is killed by his father..."
Outside the palace, all the generals beside the Red Lady were extremely anxious.
Although the red lady was also anxious, she thought about it and waved her hand: "If the little emperor fails to win, he will send someone to ask for help, so tell the brothers to be prepared first!"
………
There was such a big noise in the palace, and the nobles naturally received the news. Although they guessed what was going on, they could only wait for the news. No nobles dared to support Chongzhen.
After all, a petition is a petition. Although everyone knows it, it is still covered with a piece of cloth. However, if you directly lead troops to participate, it will be fine if you stand on the right side. If you stand on the wrong side, it will definitely lead to the destruction of the nine tribes.
If there were not those 30,000 thieves, there might still be people who would take the risk, but at this time they all chose neutrality.
In fact, it was also to blame that Chongzhen was too conceited and did not contact the nobles at all. At noon, Wang Dehua noticed that Zhu Cixiang was not in the palace, so he handed the news to Chongzhen.
As a result, after some coaxing from Chongzhen, the two empress dowagers honestly revealed the information they had learned from Liu Xi's interrogation.
When Chongzhen learned that Zhu Cihong had left the city, he was overjoyed and immediately asked Wang Dehua to control the Jing army first and arrest all the people promoted by Zhu Cihong.
Wang Dehua also worked hard, and in three strokes, five divided by two, he eliminated Zhu Cixi's confidants, then rescued Chongzhen, took control of the Qianqing Palace, and deceived the commanders of the imperial guards to capture them all. Then he sealed off the imperial city and summoned all the imperial guards to the Huangji Palace.
Prepare to conquer beforehand.
From Chongzhen's point of view, he thought it would be a matter of course, but he never expected that those ordinary imperial guards were loyal to Zhu Cixiang.
No matter how much he threatened and promised, he just refused to lay down his weapons and submit, and he did not dare to use force rashly. As a result, a stalemate led to Zhu Cihong rushing back.
At this moment, the fighting in the square is coming to an end.
Although there are 20,000 Jing troops, they are eunuchs after all, and they can easily be dealt with by just 8,000 imperial troops, not to mention the 2,000 battle-hardened thieves.
Therefore, after two to three thousand people were killed, the remaining pure troops surrendered one after another. This is what they had seen when they were defending the city a while ago, otherwise it would have been even worse.
Of course, it also depends on who the opponent is. If someone else conspires to rebel, there must be many talented people who fight for Chongzhen.
But now, there were only a dozen or so eunuchs left to protect Chongzhen, who was surrounded by the Royal Forest Legion in the palace.
"Father, the outcome has been decided, the world has been decided, let's go back to Kunning Palace!"
"You traitor, don't even think about it. I will kill myself here today to see how you face the world in the future!"
As Chongzhen spoke, he grabbed a sword and put it on his neck.
"Fifth brother, don't..."
"His Majesty…"
Zhu Cixiang was startled, really afraid that Chongzhen would put a bit of shit on his head, and Zhang Yan and Queen Zhou rushed in from nowhere and screamed.
"Fifth brother, what are you doing?"
"We are all a family. We can't talk about anything openly. Do we have to kill you to death and let outsiders laugh?"
"Hong'er, do you really want to be infamous for all eternity?"
Both women burst into tears. One held Chongzhen while the other held Zhu Xunci and begged.
Perhaps he felt that it was too shameful to commit suicide like this, and he would not have the face to see his ancestors after his death. Finally, under the persuasion of the two women, Chongzhen threw away the sword and followed Zhang Yan and Queen Zhou back to Kunning Palace to recuperate.
(Change the update time. It will be changed to 7 a.m. and 12 noon in the future.)