Why did the emperor rebel?

Looking at the detailed performance handed over by Shu Liang in front of him, Zhu Qiyu's face turned ugly.

Not surprisingly, someone was behind the collapse of the underground palace. However, even Zhu Qiyu did not expect that the other party would be so bold and bury gunpowder directly in the underground palace.

"... After investigation, it was found that the gunpowder was buried in the path originally dug in the underground palace. Because Chen Jing dug this path privately, he did not dare to let others know about it, and secretly found the unworked path. The craftsmen registered and verified by the ministry took advantage of their authority and were placed in the imperial mausoleum to repair the underground palace for him."

"But I never thought that these craftsmen secretly brought gunpowder in, and took advantage of the opportunity to bury the trail to mix the gunpowder into the fill. Although they didn't bring much every time, after bringing it in, they would mix the original fill. The soil was dug out again and replaced with gunpowder, until the day the underground palace collapsed, a craftsman named Li secretly lit the fuse, causing the underground palace to collapse."

"After the slave arrived at the imperial mausoleum, he immediately sealed the scene and detained all the people. However, the craftsman was obviously well prepared. After detonating the underground palace, he sneaked away along a secret path in the back mountain. , then, the servant led people to search around, and found the body of the craftsman five miles northwest of Tianshou Mountain..."

The whole thing was not complicated, but after hearing what happened, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but slam the memorial on the imperial case in front of him.

First blowing up the underground palace, and then destroying the corpses and exterminating traces. Such an act can no longer be described as simply bold. This is simply a provocation!

Moreover, it is an unabashed provocation. You must know that if such a big thing happened, it is impossible for Jinyiwei and Dongchang not to investigate in detail. As long as they investigate, they will inevitably find out those craftsmen, and the person behind the scenes chose to destroy the corpses and eliminate the traces. He even threw his body around Tianshou Mountain, making it clear that he had no intention of covering up what he had done.

This is clearly telling Zhu Qiyu that the bombing of the underground palace is a carefully planned conspiracy, and they are not afraid of Zhu Qiyu continuing to investigate, or in other words, they are confident that Zhu Qiyu will not be able to find anything in the end.

There was silence in the Qianqing Palace, and all the surrounding waiters were as silent as a cicada. None of them, including Shu Liang, dared to make the slightest move, or even dare to express their anger.

It should be said that Zhu Qiyu has not been so angry for a long time. Ever since he woke up from Prince Xi's Mansion, he has looked down upon many things in his life. However, what happened now is tantamount to embarrassment to him. How can you keep him from getting angry by stepping on the ground?

There was a sudden feeling of dizziness on his forehead, and Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but stretched out his hands to support himself. Seeing this situation, Shu Liang on the side couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body. Do you want to call the imperial doctor?"

However, what made him feel reassured was that after just a moment, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said.

"Shu Liang, I have an errand to entrust you with. Now you are going to the imperial mausoleum with my edict. You must..."

…………

In Nangong, heavy snow was flying outside the window. It was almost late at night, but in the Chonghua Hall, a lone lamp was still burning.

Zhu Qizhen was sitting on the throne, with an ancient book spread out in front of him, but his eyes fell on Jiang An, who was kneeling underneath, and he asked.

"Is the news true?"

Jiang An kowtowed and said.

"Back to the Emperor, indeed, the news came from a relative of my slave who works in the Taiyuan Hospital. He said that after the Emperor was shocked to hear that the underground palace was bombed, he was so angry that his energy and blood were uneven. Now he is bedridden and his consciousness is also intermittent. I don’t know, but according to the results of the imperial doctor’s diagnosis and treatment, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get up for at least two months.”

"There is also news from Eunuch Wu, saying that as soon as the emperor regained consciousness, he sent Eunuch Shu from Dongchang to bring a large number of people to Tianshou Mountain. It seems that he did not investigate the matter clearly. I will never give up!"

"it is good!"

Faced with such news, Zhu Qizhen, as his brother, couldn't help but feel a hint of excitement on his face.

"I didn't expect the emperor to be so angry. What an unexpected surprise!"

With a hint of news in his eyes, Zhu Qizhen stood up and walked back and forth in the hall. After walking a few times, he seemed to have suddenly made up his mind and spoke.

"Go now and summon Zhu Yi, Chen Mao and Zhang Mian into the palace. Remember, let them come in secretly and don't alert others."

Hearing this, Jiang An was stunned for a moment. Then, he seemed to realize something and immediately nodded and said.

"Slaves, let's do it now..."

However, just when he was about to retreat, Zhu Qizhen suddenly seemed to remember something and said.

"If you go out at night, you may be in danger. Ask Qimuge to send a few people to go with you."

"According to the order."

When Jiang An heard this, he became more convinced of his premonition, so he didn't dare to say anything and hurried down to do things.

After Jiang An left, Zhu Qizhen turned his eyes to Qi Muge and said.

"The time has come..."

Seeing this situation, Qi Muge, who was dressed as a female official, took a deep breath, bowed deeply and said.

"Your Majesty, please give me your orders. Qi Muge will always be your most loyal servant."

"it is good!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded. Then, he turned around and took out a long scroll of drawings from the desk behind him. After unfolding it, it was a map of the entire palace. Spreading out the drawings, Zhu Qizhen pointed at the map. Somewhere, he spoke.

"Half a year ago, the palace in the northwest of the palace was in disrepair and was renovated once. At that time, Wang Dingtong was in charge of the renovation. He followed my instructions and left a small hole during the renovation, which was covered with trees. It's very secret. If you go in here and have a cup of tea, you can go to Wu Yu's residence. I want you to go there in person and give him my secret message!"

After that, Zhu Qizhen took out an envelope, wrote a few lines of small words with his pen, put it in the envelope, handed it to Qimuge carefully, and continued.

"This matter is a matter of success or failure. Apart from you, there is no one I can trust!"

Standing in the palace, looking sharply at the imperial city under the dark night, Zhu Qizhen's eyes flashed with a rare hint of eagerness to try.

Heavy snow fell slowly. At the side entrance of the Nangong Palace, Zhu Yi, wearing a dark red cloak, came face to face with Chen Mao, Zhang Shi and others.The first time he saw each other, Zhu Yi's eyes fell on the two followers who were obviously Mongolian in appearance.

As a result, the premonition in his heart became stronger. The eyes of the three people collided in the air, and they seemed to realize something. A depressing and tense atmosphere appeared among them, and everyone remained silent in tacit agreement. Following Meng Jian, the commander of Nangong who had been guarding outside the small side door for a long time, he quietly entered Nangong.

Soon, they came to the Chonghua Hall. Different from the usual brightly lit Chonghua Hall, which was full of singing and dancing birds, this time, there were only a few lights lit in the hall. So, when they first entered the hall, they felt dim for a while. Go forward, and when you reach the imperial steps, it becomes brighter.

When they came to the imperial steps, taking advantage of the gap before saluting, the three of them glanced at the Supreme Emperor on the throne. However, they saw that the other person was not wearing the same Yanju robe as usual, but instead was wearing a suit of armor. On the imperial desk, there is a helmet on the left and a sword on the right.

Everyone was shocked, but they still suppressed their doubts and knelt down and kowtowed.

"The minister waits to kowtow to the Supreme Emperor!"

"Flat body."

The first voice was lowered, slightly indifferent, with a trace of undetectable excitement and arrogance.

Immediately, the three people stood up carefully and exchanged looks with each other. At this time, the voice of the Supreme Emperor sounded again, saying.

"I think you've heard about what happened today, right?"

After looking at each other, Zhang Mian cautiously stepped forward and said.

"Going back to the Supreme Emperor, I heard about it. It is said that after the news of the collapse of the underground palace came back, the emperor was so frightened and angry that he ordered Eunuch Shu to bring a large number of people to the imperial mausoleum to thoroughly investigate the case..."

The collapse of the underground palace is no small matter.

Therefore, although it happened not long ago, everyone in the capital got the news. What's more, Shu Liang led a large number of people out of the city. The noise was huge and it was impossible not to attract people's attention. Naturally, they all knew it, but...

"The emperor is sick!"

Among everyone's shocked eyes, Zhu Qizhen said calmly.

"I just received the news that the emperor was furious because of the collapse of the underground palace. He fell into coma twice in half a day... That's why I called you here late at night!"

There seemed to be some confusion between the words before and after, but it was obvious that everyone present could not understand the meaning of the words.

Although they had been vaguely aware of it when they came over, when they really heard the words of the Supreme Emperor, they could not help but feel extremely shocked.

However, what shocked them even more was what was happening behind them. As they watched, the three of them were stunned in place. Zhu Qizhen stood up with his hands on the table, holding the sword just placed on the table in his right hand, staring at the three people below. humane.

"My lords, now Shu Liang is not in the capital, Huai'en is also imprisoned in the harem, the emperor is in a coma and is unable to control the dynasty. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, what awaits you and me will be death. Come on, gentlemen, would you like to join me in a fight to bring order to the chaos and regain your position?"

With a clang sound, the sword was unsheathed, and with a cold light, Zhu Qizhen rarely became murderous. He held the sword and looked down at the three people below.

With this look, even Zhu Yi felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.

At this moment, it can be said that his mood is extremely bad!

Because, from Zhu Qizhen's words just now, he suddenly realized that Zhang Shi's real purpose in planning the imperial mausoleum was not the so-called internal official prison at all.

His purpose was to destroy Shu Liang and Hua En, the two great men in the palace. If the underground palace was bombed, the eunuch in charge must be held accountable. Chen Jing, as the eunuch promoted by Hua En, did something like this Hua En will be implicated for his fault, even if it is only a short period of imprisonment, it is enough for Nangong.

At the same time, if such a major incident occurred, the emperor would definitely send his most trusted eunuch to investigate in person as soon as possible. This candidate must be Shu Liang.

Tianshou Mountain is not far from the imperial city, but it is not close either. The fastest round trip takes half a day. Therefore, the period of Shu Liang's absence is enough for Nangong to raise troops to seize the throne.

However, what Zhu Yi couldn't understand was that even if the bombing of the underground palace could implicate Huaien and divert Shu Liang away, how could Zhu Qizhen be sure that the emperor would become ill or even comatose as a result?
You know, as long as the emperor is awake, then there is no possibility that the entire palace city will be breached. It is definitely not possible. Is Zhu Qizhen really doing it on the spur of the moment?
At this thought, even when facing Zhu Qi's compelling gaze, Zhu Yi took a deep breath, knelt down and spoke.

"The Supreme Emperor clearly knows that I am willing to die for the Supreme Emperor. However, we must not be careless in such a big matter. I risk my life to speak out. This matter is sudden. It is not yet known what the situation in the palace will be. If we take action directly, if the emperor mobilizes the imperial army, then we and others will No chance of winning."

"Even though the emperor is in a coma now, there are still guards in royal robes on duty in front of the palace. If the guards in robes are dispatched and the commotion becomes too big, we may not be able to escape safely. I have received the great kindness of the Supreme Emperor and I should devote myself to it. However, if the Supreme Emperor is slightly affected by this, If there is a mistake, the minister will die and it will be difficult to redeem him!"

When he said these words, Zhu Yi's palms were soaked with sweat for some time, because this might arouse the other party's suspicion, but no matter what, he couldn't just let it go.

Because this was so sudden. Although Zhu Yi had known for a long time that Zhu Qizhen had put a lot of thought into this matter, even close friends like him and Zhang Xi were unwilling to tell them all the inside story. .

However, he still didn't expect that this day would come so quickly, without giving him any time to prepare...

The hall fell silent, and Zhu Yi could feel the cold eyes of his superior, Zhu Qizhen, looking him up and down.

It can be said that Zhu Yi has never been as nervous as he is now, because it is obvious that the Supreme Emperor is still planning to rebel. If this is the case, then all the rules are no longer valid for him.

Regardless of whether he is a prince or anyone else, anyone who blocks the opponent's path will be eliminated without hesitation.

And, more importantly, when Zhu Yi entered the hall, he had already discovered that the surrounding areas of the hall were covered with Mongolians that he had brought with him before. Expanding outwards, there were many Mongolians that Meng Jian had brought in these days. The most confidant of the Imperial Guards whom he bribed.

These signs all indicate that the Supreme Emperor has completely made up his mind. Under such circumstances, when they enter this palace, they actually have only two choices, either to die or to rebel!

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that at this moment, Zhu Yi, who raised objections, was likely to face fatal danger.

Fortunately, his words also raised doubts in the minds of Chen Mao and others, so after a moment's hesitation, Chen Mao also spoke.

"Your Majesty, I think what Duke Cheng Guo said is reasonable. We must be cautious about such a big matter. Do we want to further ascertain the news before..."