Step on a branch

Chapter 406
It was near the beginning of the morning.

The dense night gradually melted away, and the sky in the capital dawned.

The fog did not dissipate, but the field of vision was much better than before, enough to see the situation of more than a hundred steps in front of him clearly.

And the common people in the capital suddenly understood when they saw the large number of soldiers appearing in the city.

The sound of drums and horns before dawn was not false.

Following those movements, the emperor's grandson entered the city with his soldiers.

Some people were puzzled and looked in the direction of the city wall in doubt.

How could such a tall and strong city wall be so vulnerable?
At the beginning of the fight, the winner was decided.

He thought so, and muttered so.

Beside him, there was a hawker who got up early to set up a noodle stall for business. Hearing these few mutterings, he couldn't help saying: "Could it be that this guest wants the two armies to be in a stalemate for several months?"

The man was taken aback.

The peddler said again: "The one who is going to enter the city today is the orphan of the prince, not some Xiliang Tartar or Southern Shu barbarian, after all, it is still the Zhao family's country.

If one's own people beat one's own people very hard, it would be meaningless.

At the end of the siege, isn't it us ordinary people who are unlucky?
After being trapped for a month, customers still come to the street to buy me a bowl of noodles?

Customers dare not come, and I dare not leave the stall, because I have to be hungry.

It's better to make a quick decision. I set up a stall today, and I will open a stall tomorrow, without affecting my livelihood. "

After hearing this, the guest scratched his head and couldn't help laughing.

Isn't that the reason?
"Here's a bowl of noodles," he said, "add more chili, it's cold, eat some spicy, warm."

Like this noodle stall, everywhere in central Beijing, as the city defenses were quickly taken over and the army passed through the market, it did not have much impact on the people.

Today is the court meeting, Liu Xian'an and the two accomplices all went to the court.

In the Jingzhao yamen, according to Liu Xian'an's instructions, the master worked with a group of officials to stabilize the order in Beijing.

As a confidant, the master knows Master Liu's thoughts too well.

The army has already entered the city, how can the servants of the Jingzhao Yamen stop it?
From the perspective of the situation, the stability of the capital is the most important thing. As for who will sit on the dragon chair, wait until the emperor's grandson breaks into the imperial city.

Thanks to the cooperation of all parties, Qin Luan and the others went very smoothly along the way.

It wasn't until he reached the gate of the West Palace that he was stopped by the Imperial Forest Army and guards.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the Compassion Ning Palace was tense.

In the inner hall, the empress dowager's jaw was strained, her eyes were full of anger.

In front of her, Guard Li knelt on the ground, stuck his neck, and repeated: "That night, it happened to be the shift change, and when the subordinates arrived, Mrs. Qin's wife was in a stalemate with the guards from the previous shift.

The guard said that the time had passed, and the gate of the palace could not be opened without instructions from above.

The old lady said that the Changning Palace was flooded, and the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had to be busy dealing with it, how could it be possible to cause trouble for leaving the palace.

If she didn't open the door, she could only sleep on the palace road at night.

She is getting old, and she is Mrs. Hou, and she is under orders, so how could a little guard like your subordinates be able to offend her?

Seeing that she really looked like she was sleeping in the palace, the subordinate discussed with others and opened the palace door for convenience.

At that time, the subordinates didn't know that the Qin family was going to rebel.

Later, when they found out what was going on, they came to ask everywhere. The subordinates and others were afraid of being punished and extorting confessions, so they said that the city gate was not closed at that time, and one thing more is worse than one thing less.

The subordinates knew that the empress dowager punished the subordinates for breaking the rules because of the violation of the rules, and the subordinates had nothing to say, but if they were ordered by someone to deliberately let people out of the palace, the subordinates would not admit it, there was absolutely no such thing ! "

The empress dowager took a few shots, but she didn't believe a word.

However, the guard's words are still tenable, not in accordance with the rules, but in line with the idea.

To be reasonable, the emperor insisted on going his own way, and was instigated by Deng Guoshi and Na Xu Liu to act recklessly, keeping her in the dark.

So much so that she didn't even know that she was slipped away by Qin Dushi, and there was nothing she could do.

Of course, it didn't take much evidence to deal with a guard.

The reasons are all ready-made, just send it off directly, how heavy the punishment is, it’s not just a matter of one sentence, if you chop it off directly, it can also be used as an example to kill chickens and monkeys, telling the guards that it is not so easy to guard the palace gate.

But what is a guard?
The empress dowager's real target is the empress.

Empress Cheng is the mother of a country, without conclusive evidence, it is impossible to deal with her.

Raising her eyelids, the Empress Dowager looked gloomyly at Empress Cheng.

"Aijia suspected you earlier, but didn't think deeply about you," the empress dowager gritted her teeth, and said, "The one sitting on the dragon chair is your husband! He sits there, and you are the queen. If he loses What about you? You are nothing!
You are so stupid to plot your own husband for Zhao Lin's son!

Although Aijia doesn't like you, in Aijia's eyes, you are not that kind of idiot, so Aijia didn't suspect you to the end.

Now it seems that Aijia was wrong.

You are so stupid! "

Empress Cheng lowered her eyes.

Every word the empress dowager said, she had countless words to refute.

Said that she didn't want to be a queen at all, and she didn't want to be a queen. The status of a queen was a burden to her, and it was also a burden to her Cheng family.

Just because she became a queen, so many capable and talented children of the Cheng family could not show their ambitions in the officialdom and serve the Great Zhou. .

It's not that those places are not good, small places also need good officials and development, but they could have done more for the big Zhou.

It's just because I don't want one day to be pushed up by my relatives and forget the fundamentals of being a person and doing things.

Just like the Yan family in Qiyang, seeking wealth and power as a foreign relative, collaborating with the Qiyang Yamen.

That's a dead end.

The Cheng family is too big, even if it is the main family, it is also prosperous.

When there are too many people, the elders are not watching, and it is easy to make mistakes.

The Cheng family has the pride and self-conceit of the Cheng family, so they would rather cut off their own future and tie themselves up.

From the beginning to the end, the Cheng family didn't bother to imitate the Qiyang Yan family.

She would rather not be the queen, so that the children of the Cheng family can gain a foothold in the officialdom by virtue of their ability.

She helped the empress dowager not because she was stupid, but because of her pursuit and her thoughts, people like the empress dowager could not understand at all.

If you don't understand, you can't figure it out, and you are arrogant and smart, you will think that others are fools.

However, Empress Cheng didn't say a single word of these words.

The empress dowager uttered wild words because she lacked evidence.

Just want to scold her a few words?
no.

The empress dowager was irritating her and provoking her. Whatever she said to belittle her or despise her, the empress dowager would say whatever.

If she couldn't hold her breath and was provoked to retaliate, then she would give the "testimonies" to the empress dowager plainly.

That's the real idiot.

"What the empress mother said, I have never done." The queen pursed her lower lip, "Did the empress listen to someone's slander, and came here to wrong my son for no reason?"

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