Li Chengzhi’s thoughts were confused: The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Hu Chonghua was suspicious?
Even he himself knew the emperor's decision to wait for Hu Chonghua to give birth to his son and recognize Gao Ying as his legitimate mother. There was no guarantee that Hu Chonghua had not heard about it.
When the time comes, Gao Ying will definitely settle old and new grudges together. Based on this, Hu Chonghua hopes that the emperor will die soon so that she can take him to power!
In this way, many doubts seem to have reasonable explanations: It was not the assassin who had foresight at all, but Hu Chonghua's deliberate arrangement that allowed the assassin to sneak into the palace?
It wasn't that the woman wanted to humiliate herself that day and wanted her to cook bean curd soup for the emperor. Instead, she was afraid that she would get in the way, so she intentionally moved herself away to create opportunities for the assassin?
Even Hu Xianrong, Yuan Yi's wife, was so frightened that she stood in the way, blocking her. Is it possible that she did it intentionally?
If you think so, Hu Chonghua's suspicion is very high. But Li Chengzhi never forgot it. The assassin suddenly attacked and stabbed the sharp thorn in Hu Chonghua's lower abdomen.
He could guarantee that it was definitely not an act. If he hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, Hu Chonghua would definitely have killed two people.
Recalling the scene at that time again, Li Chengzhi always felt that the assassin seemed to be heading towards Hu Chonghua, but failed to assassinate Hu Chonghua, so he retreated to the next best thing and assassinated the emperor instead?
Thinking about it the other way around, if the emperor dies and Hu Chonghua dies too, who will benefit?
It doesn’t even need the emperor and Hu Chonghua to die, as long as the fetus in Hu Chonghua’s belly dies...
Just as I was getting suspicious, there was a faint noise coming from the door, as if someone was running towards me in a hurry, getting closer and closer, and the beetles trembled and rustled.
All of them were frightened by the sudden change, and they couldn't bear to hear any surprise. No matter it was Yuan Jia, Gao Zhao, Yuan Yong, Yuan Yi, or even Li Chengzhi, their hearts jumped: it was almost the time to be ugly.
,If there is no emergency, who would dare to run wildly in the palace?
Li Chengzhi shook his head slightly, and Yuan Chen quickly left the palace. After a while, he led an armored general into the palace.
He looked familiar, and he should be a brigade general from the Hu Ben Guards. After thinking for a moment, Li Chengzhi remembered that this person was the captain of Duanmen (Taiji City Palace Gate) temporarily arranged by Yuan Yuan.
As soon as he stepped into the threshold, Yuan Jian stopped the school captain. The school captain immediately understood and held his fists from a distance: "Bingzhu Gong, your highness, Li Shilang: the Sima (city gate officer) on night duty at Changhemen has sent someone to report urgently.
"Half a moment ago, a fire broke out in the south of Jingle Temple in Guozixue. Within ten seconds, the fire burned into the sky..."
Why did it suddenly catch fire?
Several people looked at each other and glanced at each other, but found that most of their expressions were similar, as if they all suspected that the fire was not an accident, and was most likely the work of a thief...
But south of Guozixue and Jingle Temple, there are only Taimiao Temple and Zongzheng Temple. What's the point of burning them there? It's not as big a noise as setting a fire under the palace wall.
Suspicious in his heart, Yuan Jia shouted loudly: "Send an order to the Sima of all sects: guard the palace gates. Without His Majesty's order, even if the sky falls, no sects are allowed to move..."
The captain said he had received the order, but he stood still and kept glancing behind Yuan Jia.
Glancing back following the captain's eyes, Yuan Jia was suddenly shocked to realize: The emperor has now entrusted Li Chengzhi with full authority over the palace confinement.
Li Chengzhi showed no problem and gently chinned his head, which meant that he wanted the captain to follow Yuan Jia's instructions and pass on the order.
When the captain resigned, he turned around again, as if he couldn't figure it out: "What's the use of burning the Ancestral Temple and Zongzheng Temple? Could it be that they are trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain?"
To make a sound in the east and attack in the west, to divert the tiger away from the mountain?
Li Chengzhi refers to... the palace?
Yuan Yi's eyes were as wide as walnuts: "How is it possible in the palace?"
How is it impossible?
Why do you think Yuanjia ordered that "if the sky falls, all the sects are not allowed to move without permission"?
This is obviously because we are afraid that thieves will cooperate inside and outside.
Why do you think I have to remind Liu Teng, Yuan Hui, and Yuan Yuan to be on guard in case someone jumps over the wall?
Ignoring the rest, let's just look at the number of prisoners in the palace who were implicated by their fathers and ancestors, such as Yang Biao and Zhao Suiniang. Isn't there thousands of them?
Especially eunuchs, nine out of ten have this origin. In addition to eunuchs, there are also many female pickers who serve in various palaces. People like Zhao Suiniang were dismissed simply because they were too old and not suitable to enter the palace.
After picking out the rest, Yuan Yong accidentally bought it back.
The mastermind behind the scenes can contact Yang Biao and Zhao Suiniang, and can arrange their appropriate identities and enter the palace at the right time to assassinate them. Naturally, they can also contact palace officials with such identities and backgrounds...
It wasn’t just Li Chengzhi who thought this way, the emperor had already recognized it this way. Otherwise, why would he ask Li Chengzhi “who is it” after driving Liu Teng and Yuan Hui away?
Even the old eunuch and Yuan Hui suspected this...
Li Chengzhi was too lazy to explain, but replied uncertainly: "Maybe the subordinate is suspicious!"
It is true that there are some evil spirits, and all the trees and plants are soldiers, but what if it happens?
Although Yuan Yi reacted slower, he was still able to at least look at faces and could already see that Li Chengzhi was perfunctory with him. He was about to ask Yuan Jia for advice, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't ask.
Yuan Jia, Gao Zhao, and even Yuan Yong all looked like they were deeply convinced?
It turns out that...the inside should be in harmony with the outside?
Who can do it?
There is absolutely no chance of the nine people Yuan Jia mentioned...
Yuan Yi moved his lips, as if there was a handful of chaff in his mouth, as astringent as clay...
"Tang Teng Teng... clatter, clatter..."
Just like before, there was a rush of sound, and several people's hearts were in doubt: What happened?
The man who came in was still a fierce general, but he was replaced by Yuan Yan's subordinates. Li Chengzhi's heart skipped a beat: Yuan Yan's recruiter guard is responsible for the inner imperial city. Is there something wrong with the harem again?
"Report: There was a sudden cry of killing in Hualin Garden. It should be a disturbance in the palace. The general of the guard sent his subordinates to ask if he could mobilize his troops to calm it down?"
Yuan Yi's pupils shrank into needle eyes, and he looked at Li Chengzhi as if he had seen a ghost.
Is this really an attack in the east and in the west?
Li Chengzhi didn’t know whether to breathe a sigh of relief first or scold Yuan Yan’s mother?
Why did he suddenly reach this point? It seems that the more he is afraid of something, the more likely it will happen?
If someone sets a fire in the palace, it can still be regarded as a scabies disease. At most, as feared before, there are people like Yang Biao and Zhao Suiniang causing chaos.
But there are already calls for killing, and there are clearly a lot of people making trouble... The problem is, this is the palace, where do so many people come from, and who can do it?
No wonder the emperor was so frightened that no one could believe it. Perhaps he had a premonition or even expected this?
Fortunately, it is only Hualin Garden, not Qingquan Palace...
On the day of the sudden change, the emperor transferred all 10,000 tiger warriors into the palace and exchanged them with Yulin. He also used the east and west Yemen as the boundary: the third battalion of Zhengchao was responsible for the southern half of the palace, including Taiji Palace, Shidian Palace, and Duanmen.
, stop the car door, close the door.
Gaoche Sanying is responsible for the northern half of the city, which is the harem where the concubines live, and the palace gardens including Xiyou Garden, Jingyang Mountain, Hualin Garden, and Guangfeng Garden.
Yuan Yan's third battalion of recruits, and the first battalion directly under Yuan Yuan, are only responsible for guarding Qingquan Palace. To put it bluntly, as long as you protect the emperor, it will have nothing to do with you if the sky falls...
He couldn't help but think of the scene on the day of the assassination, when the assassin suddenly launched his attack and killed Hu Chonghua, and the emperor had to ask Yuan Xi to rescue him. Li Chengzhi had a premonition in his heart for no reason: Isn't the same trick going to happen again?<
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"Warning Yuan Yan: If you dare to mobilize half of the soldiers, Grandpa will kill him... Even His Majesty's oral instructions will not work, unless he enters the main hall of Qingquan Palace and sees Your Majesty giving him the order with his own eyes..."
It sounds like he is afraid that someone will falsely convey the imperial edict, but in fact Li Chengzhi is delaying it deliberately to prevent the emperor from suddenly becoming confused like that day.
In shock, Li Chengzhi seemed to have unleashed all his potential and stood up without anyone's support. He seemed to be stumbling on garlic under his feet. He pulled his legs and ran out while turning his head and shouting back: "Hualin Garden."
What's in it?"
What else could there be?
Calm as Yuan Jia and Gao Zhao, they were all trembling in shock.
"The palace servants and chamberlains below the eighth rank all stay in Hualin Garden..."
Yuan Jia's beard couldn't stop trembling, "In addition, nearly half of the 30,000 Yulin camp is stationed at the foot of Jingyang Mountain..."
Yulin Army?
It shouldn't be this.
Although the leader Yu Zhong, the left guard general Yu Wenfu, and the military guard general Yuan Xi were all imprisoned, there was still the right guard general Sun Zhi who was in charge of Jinyong City.
This time there was such a big mistake in Yulin, and the emperor still dared to display these 30,000 soldiers in the palace, there must be someone to rely on, maybe it was Changsun Zhi.
If Yu Lin really wanted to rebel, that would be a total of 30,000 people, which would have already sealed the siege in the palace. How could he let Yuan Yan and Yuan Gong's men pass the emergency report to Shiqian Palace?
I've also seen a ghost. Why did the situation suddenly take a turn for the worse, causing chaos in the palace?
In comparison, the emperor's assassination was not even one-tenth of what happened at this time: nine times out of ten, it was just as he had expected, and the thief was desperate to jump over the wall.
Who has such great ability?
It's too late to ask, let's protect the emperor first...
With doubts in his heart, Li Chengzhi wished he could grow wings and fly to Qingquan Palace. As soon as he was supported by Yuan Chen and stepped out of the threshold, there was another "crash". When he looked up, he saw two generals one after the other, looking like crazy. Rushing towards Shiqian Hall.
The first one is the general who was on duty at Changhemen shortly after leaving: "Brigade Commander Bingli, Youzhi Jinwu (the city guard of the Northern Wei Dynasty, whose duties are analogous to the military police, police, riot police, and fire fighters)" Emergency report outside the palace:
A fire broke out in Zongzheng Temple, burning eleven couches and houses. Under Yuanbao Yue, the deposed son of the former King Jingzhao, all four sons and one daughter were spared... The guards in the temple killed seventeen thieves with Jinwu and captured four alive. Escorted to the palace..."
Before the brigade general had even finished reporting, an exclamation of "Ah!" came from behind him. He turned his head and saw Yuan Yi's eyes bulging wildly, and his face like gold paper. He fell back diagonally and bumped into Yuan Yong. in my arms.
Li Chengzhi was so frightened that his brain seemed to be numb, and his brain cells were running out: The fire was certainly not set off for no reason, but why did the thief who set the fire burn all of Yuan Yu's descendants first?
Isn’t this self-defeating?
But I can’t care about that much. Even if the sky falls, it’s important to protect the emperor first.
"Don't open the city gates and hang the prisoners up in hanging baskets, and tie them carefully. If I have any flaws, I will send people to find you again..."
Li Chengzhi replied and asked the second general anxiously: "What is your urgent report?"
"Commander Binglu: Your Majesty has sent an order to General Yuanwei to lead troops into Hualin Garden to quell the chaos. In accordance with your order, General Yuanwei will enter the palace to request orders from Your Majesty in person. As soon as he entered the main hall of Qingquan Palace, Gao Chaowei came to report. :
The chambermaids and maids in the Hualin Villa suddenly went into trouble. Princess Guangping, the second son Yuan Hui and others were unfortunately killed. Prince Guangping was stabbed twice, and his life and death were uncertain. The youngest son Yuan Xiu had a broken limb, and he was losing blood and was already in a coma... His Majesty ordered you to go to Qingquan Palace for treatment immediately..."
King Guangping?
How could we forget that Yuan Ke’s half-brother Yuan Huai was imprisoned in Hualin Garden?
The chaos in the palace was not directed at Yuan Huai instead of trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
Yuan Huai only had three sons, and two of them have been killed. It is still unknown whether the remaining one will survive. And of Yuan Yu's four sons, none of them have been killed?
A flash of light flashed through Li Chengzhi's mind, and he couldn't help but think of the knife the assassin stabbed Hu Chonghua in the lower abdomen on the day of the assassination...
He almost used all his strength to control his neck and not look back.
"Apart from Zongzhengji Temple, are there any mutations outside the palace?"
"Not ever!"
"Have Gao Chewei, who is responsible for guarding Jinyong City, reported anything? Did he see or hear anything going on in Shouchiuli (commonly known as Wangzifang, dedicated to the Yuan clan's residence)?"
"Never!"
Even Yuan Yu's son, who was imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple, and Yuan Huai, who was imprisoned in the palace, were killed. Yuan Yi, who lived in the outer city, was safe at home?
Does it mean that the only direct relatives of Yuan Ke are Yuan Yi and his sons?
I was still thinking before, who would benefit most if the fetus in Hu Chonghua's belly died. What if it happens again?
When he looked up in a panic, he felt as if there was a magnet on Yuan Yi's face, sucking his gaze tightly, making him inseparable even if he was alive or dead.
As if he was being targeted by a snake, most of the grief and anger in Yuan Yi's heart was immediately frightened away, and he hissed: "You... what do you think I'm going to do?"
Not to mention Li Chengzhi, even Yuan Jia, Gao Zhao, and Yuan Yong's expressions were all uncertain, their eyes were dark and unclear, and their eyes were like arrows, as if they were nailed to Yuan Yi's face.
They are all dead, how come you are the only one safe and sound?
Yuan Yi shouted anxiously: "It's not Gu..."
"When did I say it was His Highness?"
Li Chengzhi replied angrily, as if there was a snake biting him under his butt: "The lower official is going to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be a holy edict coming later. Please wait for a moment..."
Screaming urgently, Li Chengzhi had no explanation and ran out of the hall as if running away. He then shouted to Huben outside the hall: "Leave three teams here to protect Sangong and His Highness Prince Yingchuan...
Remember: Without my order, you are not allowed to leave even half a step. His Highness King Qinghe is not allowed to leave even half a step, including Taiwei, Sikong, and His Highness King Yingchuan. The same is true... Before I come here, no matter who,
No matter who you are seeking to see or who you want to take away, you will be treated as a traitor and will not be killed without mercy..."
Everyone's expressions changed: Li Chengzhi not only imprisoned Yuan Yi, but also Yuan Jia, Yuan Yong, and Gao Zhao?
Looking at Yuan Yan and others filing in, Yuan Yi's face turned pale with anger and his lips trembled: "Li Chengzhi, how dare you frame Yu Gu?"
Did I frame you?
You idiot, at most grandpa is suspicious of you. On the other hand, isn’t he protecting you?
Li Chengzhi cursed secretly in his heart and shouted urgently: "Go to Qingquan Palace!"
The sound of rolling wheels was like muffled thunder, resounding throughout the palace.