The next day, in the middle of the night, a little Huangmen wandered to the imperial dining room, with saliva on the tip of her mouth, muttering to herself: "This bitch, she really thinks that she is still the aloof Queen Mother in the past. She is so late and still eats midnight snacks. It's so embarrassing. I still have to run around, but the fish, ginseng and lotus seed porridge is really enjoyable, and our family should take the opportunity to enjoy a bowl."
He covered his face and secretly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and his steps suddenly became faster.
In the imperial dining room, an imperial cook stayed behind every night to prepare supper for the emperor, queen and other guests in the palace.
The royal chef, who had an old relationship with Wang's Trading Company, was surnamed Shen. He was nearly fifty years old. Unfortunately, his son was addicted to gambling and owed a lot of debt. He took risks and stole ingredients from the palace and sold them in Wang's Trading Company. The steward found out. Wang Qian happened to be passing by and asked about it. After everything happened, he returned the ingredients and lent him money to repay his son's debt without interest, and he repaid the loan in installments. Unfortunately, his son failed to live up to expectations, and the money he owed became more and more."
Wang Qian had never cared about it, and now it was finally put to use. Although his son failed to live up to expectations, Shen Yuchu was a man who knew how to repay his kindness, and he also rescued the young emperor. After some consideration, he decided to do this.
After the little eunuch entered the royal dining room, Ying Gu shouted angrily. Not only did he order a double portion of fish, ginseng and lotus seed porridge, he also ordered several portions of royal pastries.
Shen Yuchu bent down and laughed. Even though the Shi Changshi had fallen, for the imperial chef, the power of the eunuchs was still far higher than that of the eunuchs.
However, the cooking speed in the imperial kitchen was obviously nearly a hundred times faster today. The little eunuch turned around and walked out of the door. After taking a breath, he heard the shout that the dishes were ready. He was a little surprised, turned around and entered, and sure enough, there were dishes on the table one by one. Leave it on with the lid on.
Just as he was about to step forward and open it, he suddenly noticed that there were four more people in the room. He stared and asked, "Who are these people?"
Shen Yuchu looked coldly and said nothing. In fact, these dishes had been prepared and prepared long ago, waiting for the Queen Mother He to send the eunuch to lead the way.
Just as the little eunuch was asking, four people quickly surrounded him from all directions. Before he could shout, Dahu stepped forward, grabbed his chin, and restrained him easily. Then Xiaohu quickly took a pill in his hand. Throw it into his mouth.
There are only four people who can enter the palace, namely Big and Little Tigers, Zhu Kui and Du Hong. In fact, the fewer people there are, the easier it is to succeed. This is Zhu Kui's own decision.
The little eunuch kept coughing but could not spit out the pills. He shouted in fear: "Who are you and what did you give me?"
Du Hong stepped forward, lifted him up, and pointed at the back of his head: "Be honest, what you just vomited was the Three Corpses Brain Pill. If there is no antidote in two days, you will bleed to death from the seven holes."
"Ah!" The little eunuch was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and begged: "Hero, spare your life, spare your life!"
"Get up!" Zhu Kui looked back and said with a soft smile: "Don't worry, I don't want your life, just take me into the Yongle Palace, and when it's done, I'll give you the antidote. Of course you should also watch Report it and see if you can save your life."
"I obey the order, don't dare to resist!" Upon hearing this, the little eunuch looked for the fallen queen mother, muttering in his heart, but did not dare to say, "Could it be a remnant of the He family?"
"Okay, everyone, get ready." Zhu Kui looked around and ordered. Among them, the clothes had long been changed to eunuch clothes. The beard on the chin was shaved clean yesterday, and the face was also washed white. From the appearance, Go, look like a handsome eunuch.
"Master Shen, you will be back in a little while, about an hour."
Then, the little eunuch took the lead, and Zhu Kui each held a dish, walked step by step, and returned to Yongle Palace in a short while.
There are two gates in front and back of Yongle Palace, one side gate and one main gate. Each has a team of five guards on the handle. There is also a team patrolling around the palace wall. Not far away, there is a large group of night patrol guards. If there are any
Unexpectedly, with a shout, the entire palace's imperial army will quickly assemble...
"Stop! Who are you?" At the main palace gate, a guard shouted with a gun in his hand.
The leading young eunuch turned around and wanted to ask. Zhu Kui saw the opportunity and quickly raised his hand secretly. A dagger in his sleeve pierced the eunuch's uniform. The young eunuch was shocked and did not dare to look back. He tried his best to calm down as he had said before.
Back to: "Two eldest brothers, this is my little stool. This is to deliver supper to the queen."
Then he stepped back and opened the lid slightly, allowing them to inspect it at will.
The leading forbidden soldier stretched his head and looked at them one by one, and found that there was nothing strange. He nodded to his colleagues behind him and said, "Go in!"
In fact, this batch of forbidden soldiers in the palace were all newly replaced by Dong Zhuo. They had not been around for a long time and they did not know most of the eunuchs in the palace. The leading eunuch only knew his name because he was responsible for serving the Queen Mother He.
In the Yongle Palace, Young Emperor Liu Bian and Queen Mother He sat on the bedside together. He Jie came out and opened the door, and several people filed in.
Putting the supper on the table one by one, he knelt down and bowed: "I, Zhu Kui, have seen your majesty, long live, long live, long live!"
"The Queen Mother is a thousand years old!"
Only then did the young eunuch know that the young man who was holding him hostage was called Zhu Kui. After thinking deeply, he found out that it was the Marquis of Jinling and the Grand Administrator of Jiangxia.
"Ping Sheng!" Queen Mother He said on behalf of her son.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Queen Mother." After getting up, Zhu Kui motioned to Du Hong to take out a set of eunuch clothes from his arms, and said respectfully: "To Queen Mother, time is running out. Please let Your Majesty change your clothes as soon as possible and escape with me."
"Woo!" Queen Mother He sobbed slightly and suddenly hugged her son tightly. He Jie had already conveyed Zhu Kui's words. She understood as soon as she heard that this was expected. The only person who could buy time for her son to escape was other than her.
Outside, no one can do it.
"Mother, if the child doesn't leave, he will live and die with his mother!" The young emperor was already fourteen years old, and he was a little slower in his old age, but he naturally understood Dong Zhuo's intention to harm the mother and son.
"The prince is talking nonsense. You are the destined emperor and cannot die here. Now General Zhu will escort you away. In the future, you can govern the country well and return to Luoyang to avenge your mother." Empress Dowager He lectured.
"Mother, my child can't bear to leave you!" Liu Bian begged with the same sobs.
Seeing that her son was nagging, Empress Dowager He slapped Liu Bian in the face and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? Change your clothes immediately and leave the palace with General Zhu." She was born into a butcher's family, so she naturally had a fierce style. Liu Bian
Bensheng was not beaten less by her now. After such a slap, he choked and nodded, slowly took off his royal robe and put on the eunuch uniform.
"Your Majesty, please wipe away your tears and don't let the soldiers at the door see through." Zhu Kui asked.
Queen Mother He reluctantly arranged Liu Bian's facial features, turned to Zhu Kui and said: "I have entrusted your majesty to the general. I hope that the general will live up to my expectations and at the very least ensure that he lives a safe life."
This remark was a pun, as Queen Mother He seemed to have seen through the future, as if to remind her that she hoped Zhu Kui could sincerely serve the country, or if not, she also hoped that he could make his son live a hundred years safely.
Regarding Queen Mother He's last sharp look, Zhu Kui responded calmly and replied righteously: "Please rest assured, Queen Mother, I will risk my life to keep Your Majesty safe."
Seeing Zhu Kui's solemn promise, Queen Mother He sighed. This was the only person she could trust. She got up and took the dressing cabinet. When she moved the cabinet, there was a hidden compartment behind it. She carefully took it out and opened it in front of everyone. A jade
Colorful light flashed.
"This is...the imperial seal." Zhu Kui said in surprise.
"Yes, this is the Heshi Bi that has been passed down from the First Emperor. Dong Zhuo has been looking for it from me, but I hid it." Empress Dowager He explained, then stuffed it into her son's hand and said, "My son, I have been hiding it since.
Your stepmother is no longer with you, so you have to grow up as soon as possible, everything is on your own."
Liu Bian hid the jade seal in his arms and nodded.
Among the six emperor's seals, only the national seal is passed down from generation to generation, while the other letter seals are different from generation to generation...
After everything was explained, Zhu Kui turned back to He Jie and gave final instructions: "Miss Jie, after I leave, you should leave as soon as possible. I will leave at Wang's Trading Company at Yinshi time. Come as soon as possible."
Then, he glared at the little stool, asked him to take the lead again, and left through the side palace door.
Outside the side palace gate, the same interrogation was repeated, and six eunuchs came out. The guards were naturally surprised. They entered the main palace gate and exited the side palace gate. The guards at the side palace gate did not know how many people had just delivered the supper.
"The Queen Mother only ate a little, but it didn't satisfy her appetite. She ordered the slave to go back and get a new one, and asked a few people to let her go." After an experience, Little Stool was obviously much calmer the second time.
A soldier glanced at Liu Bian, who was lowering his head. The opponent's feet trembled slightly when he was stared at, and he seemed a little scared. He seemed to want to raise his head. Little Stool saw the opportunity quickly and lightly kicked the opponent's heel, and then gently
He slapped the back of his head, lowered his head, and cursed: "Things are not stable, they are useless."
Reflexively, he explained in a nonchalant manner: "I'm sorry, this new guy is unskilled and just making a fool of himself."
The guard on guard lazily looked away, shook his head, indicating that he was not interested, and quickly let him pass.
Returning to the imperial dining room, Shen Yuchu had already prepared the tools for leaving the palace, including a bucket of swill and a wheelbarrow.
"Hero, Your Majesty has been rescued now. You can give me the antidote." Little Stool cried and begged.
"Haha!" Zhu Kui laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "Actually, those are just ordinary pills, not poison. Otherwise, how could you be willing to serve? You performed very well just now. From now on, you will follow me and serve His Majesty well.
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"What?" Xiao Shizi exclaimed, unwillingly. The young emperor will be deposed. There is no future for following such an emperor.
"Why, don't you want to?" Zhu Kui's eyes grew cold.
Little Stool was so frightened that his whole body shivered, and then he remembered that he had already boarded the pirate ship, and had watched everything during the rescue of the Young Emperor. The Marquis of Jinling in front of him was a murderous general who led troops without blinking an eye, and he would not let go if he had bloody hands.
My only way out is to follow all the way to the dark side.
"No, no, it is my honor to serve His Majesty." The little stool smiled flatteringly.
The wooden barrel for holding swill is specially made. It has a partition in the middle and a space on the lower level with ventilation holes. It is really easy to hide people. It was used to hide the young emperor.
Then Shen Yuchu took the lead, and Zhu Kui and several others pushed the swill cart together and left the palace through the upper west gate.
The most difficult aspect was to sneak in and out of Yongle Palace. Now that it has passed, it is much safer to leave the palace.
On weekdays, the swill cart also leaves the palace late at night. The guards on the west gate have become accustomed to this routine in the past few days. The smell of swill is so offensive that the guards let it go without even looking at it.
As soon as the swill cart left the palace, he pushed it into an alley. Zhu Kui helped Liu Bian out. Everyone quickly took off their eunuch clothes, put on civilian clothes, found a place to cover up the swill cart, and walked around.
After walking two streets, we finally arrived at Wang's Trading Company.
At this time, Xi Zhicai and Chen Gong had been waiting for a long time. Hua Xin, who was invited by Xi Zhicai, was also here. Dong Zhuo was in power, and a large number of officials were dissatisfied and resigned. The two of them were preparing to defect to Zhu Kui and return to Jiangxia.
An hour later, He Jie arrived at the meeting carrying a package containing a large amount of jade jewelry presented by the Queen Mother.
In fact, most of the property of Wang's Trading Company has been transferred out, leaving only some core personnel. With this departure, both Wang Qian and Du Hong withdrew from Luoyang, leaving only peripheral personnel behind.