After wearing the book, the Buddhist imperial concubine has spoiled again

Chapter 308 Prince Mu's Decisive Battle
At this time, Jiang Shishi didn't have time to think about it.

She reached under the pillow and touched the dagger she had hidden under the pillow.

And secretly took the dagger out of the scabbard, ready to fight with the opponent at any time.

In the dark night, Jiang Shishi saw that figure coming in with a bag on her back, tiptoed into the room, bypassed Chun Xing who was laying on the floor, and walked towards her.

When the black shadow walked to the bed and was about to get close to Jiang Shishi, Jiang Shishi directly hooked the other party's neck with his wrist, and put the dagger horizontally on the other party's neck.

"Say, who told you to come?" The dagger in Jiang Shishi's hand got closer to the opponent's neck.

Then, she felt that the other party had no Adam's apple, and seemed to be wearing a eunuch costume.

There was more movement in the room, which woke Chun Xing up.

Chun Xing rubbed her eyes. Under the night light, she was slightly startled when she saw the situation in the room, "Xiao Quanzi, why are you here?"

Xiao Quanzi turned his back to Jiang Shishi, if Chun Xing hadn't said so, Jiang Shishi would not have known that the other party was Xiao Quanzi.

"Concubine Jiang Jiang, I'm Xiao Quanzi, if we have something to say, please put down the knife first." Xiao Quanzi's voice trembled slightly in fright.

"Xiao Quanzi?" Hearing that he is the prince, Jiang Shishi let go of the dagger and asked in surprise, "It's late at night, why did you come to me in the dark?"

"Concubine Jiang, something is wrong. The Mu Wang Party wants to kidnap you, so hurry up and leave with your servant!" Xiao Quanzi said the reason directly in a hurry.

Recently, the palace is really a bit chaotic, even though Xiao Quanzi belongs to the crown prince, Jiang Shishi still asked cautiously: "How do you know that the Mu royal party wants to tie me up?"

"It was Xiang Changdong who told me. He said that in the evening this evening, he overheard the discussion of Mu Wang's party. Because His Royal Highness is about to return to the capital, Mu Wang's party is despicable. They want to tie you to the city gate to humiliate you. Threatening His Royal Highness, disrupting the morale of the army!"

"The prince is going back to Beijing?" Jiang Shishi had heard the news of the prince for so long, "Then how is he?"

"Your Highness is very good." Xiao Quanzi said with a smile: "Speaking of which, thanks to the edict you gave to the servant last time, the servant sent the letter to His Highness in time, and His Highness was able to return to Beijing without any hindrance. Side concubine, you will have great luck in the future!"

"That thing belongs to him." Hearing Xiao Quanzi's tone, the prince is very good, Jiang Shishi felt relieved.

It seems that she does not need to be buried, and her life is temporarily saved.

As for the will, it was given to her by her aunt An Fei.

"Time is urgent, let's not talk about anything else, you quickly change into the eunuch uniform and go with the slave." Xiao Quanzi found a set of eunuch uniform from the bag and handed it to Jiang Shishi, "The slave is going to wait for you outside."

Xiao Quanzi belonged to the prince, Xiang Changdong and Jiang Shishi were friends, and what Xiao Quanzi said did not seem to be a lie, so Jiang Shishi believed Xiao Quanzi.

After Xiaoquanzi went out, Chunxing quickly waited on Jiang Shishi to change into the eunuch uniform.

Without further ado, after changing clothes, Jiang Shishi opened the door, and quietly followed Xiao Quanzi out of Shiyue Pavilion.

Jiang Shishi followed Xiao Quanzi all the way to the front yard, she saw Xiao Quanzi opened the door of the prince's study room with the key, then walked to a painting and calligraphy, took it down, and a gossip-shaped mechanism appeared on the wall .

Xiao Quanzi turned the switch lightly, and the south wall of the study opened.

"Concubine Jiang, come with me." Xiao Quanzi held a lamp in his hand, and handed Jiang Shishi a lantern.

After receiving the lantern, Jiang Shishi followed Xiao Quanzi into the secret room.

At first, Jiang Shishi thought that there was a secret room in the prince's study.

After walking for a while after entering, I realized that this is not a secret room, it is clearly a long secret passage.

"Where does this secret road lead to?" Jiang Shishi asked after Xiao Quanzi.

"Leading to the outskirts of the capital." Xiao Quanzi led the way by lighting the lamp.

The secret passage was narrow and pitch-black inside, even though both Jiang Shishi and Xiao Quanzi were lighting lamps, it was still dark inside.

Especially the road ahead was pitch black, with no end in sight, and even breathing was dull and depressing.

I don't know how long she walked, Jiang Shishi was sweating all over, but she saw a thick brass door at the end, and the door was locked.

At this time, Xiao Quanzi took out two sets of men's clothes from the bag, "Chan Concubine Jiang, after going out this door, you will be on the outskirts of the capital city, which is quite eye-catching, we have to change into ordinary men's clothes."

After speaking, Xiao Quanzi turned his back, took off his eunuch uniform, and began to change clothes.

Jiang Shishi turned sideways and began to change clothes.

Anyway, both of them are wearing long clothes and trousers, so it doesn't matter if they change clothes face to face.

After changing his clothes, Xiao Quanzi stuffed the eunuch uniform into his bag, fumbled for a golden key from his sleeve pocket, opened the door, and led Jiang Shishi out of the secret passage.

After the two walked out of the secret passage, Jiang Shishi thought she could breathe fresh air, but found that she was indoors.

Looking back, I saw Xiao Quanzi re-locked the door from the outside, and then took Jiang Shishi to the main room, opened the door of the main room familiarly, and then gently closed the door.

Until this moment, Jiang Shishi breathed fresh air.

She looked around, it was a small farmyard, and clothes were still drying in the yard, it seemed that there were people living there.

"Concubine Jiang, the place where you will live next is on the top of the mountain, let's go up the mountain." Xiao Quanzi took Jiang Shishi out of the yard, and the two went all the way to the west of the mountain.

The night was very quiet, with few stars and no life.

Even though the night was chilly, when Jiang Shishi and Xiao Quanzi climbed to the top of the mountain, they were already sweating profusely.

"Concubine Jiang, we are here." Xiao Quanzi suddenly squatted down and began to pick up thatch and fallen leaves on the ground.

Suddenly, a round stone cover appeared on the ground.

There was an iron handle on the stone cover, Xiao Quanzi gritted his teeth, and moved the stone cover ferociously.

Seeing this, Jiang Shishi stepped forward to give her a hand, and the two of them worked together to open the stone cover.

Jiang Shishi squatted down, put her hands on the ground and looked down.

However, it was pitch black underneath, and she tried to illuminate the bottom with a lamp, but the light could not see what was going on underneath at all.

"There is a wooden ladder here, the servant will go down first, and you will go down later." Xiao Quanzi on the side tied the lamp to his waistband, then touched the cave wall, found the wooden ladder, and went down along the wooden ladder.

After Xiao Quanzi went down, he lit the lamp in the cave, and Jiang Shishi saw clearly that this was a cellar.

Then, following Xiao Quanzi's example, she tied the lamp around her waist and slowly went down the wooden ladder.

After arriving in the cellar, Jiang Shishi realized that there was everything in the cellar.

There is a wooden bed with a brocade quilt on the bed, and a simple wooden table and small bench beside it.

The table is full of her favorite pastries, dried meat, and fruits.

Several leather water bags and towels were hung on nails on the wall.

Even a small water tank was placed in the corner, and a copper basin was placed on the water tank cover.

It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. It can be seen that someone has carefully arranged it.

If you want to take refuge, you can hide here for a long time.

"Did the crown prince ask you to buy these?" Jiang Shishi asked, staring at the cakes on the table.

Except for the prince, she couldn't think of anyone in the front yard who knew what she liked to eat.

Xiao Quanzi nodded and answered "Yes".

Jiang Shishi walked slowly in the cellar, constantly looking at the situation in the cellar, "When did he ask you to buy it?"

"Early before His Highness left the palace, he ordered the servant to arrange this well, saying that if the Mu Wang Party wants to target you, he will settle you here."

Now there are members of Mu Wang's party patrolling everywhere in the capital.

If Concubine Jiang was hidden in the capital, she might be arrested by Mu Wang's party.

Only this hill is still hidden, allowing Concubine Jiang to avoid it for a while.

Jiang Shishi: "." In this way, even if the crown prince arrived a few months ago, she might be made things difficult by the concubines of the Eastern Palace, so the decree was prepared in advance.

It was also calculated that Mu Wang's party might target her, and asked Xiao Quanzi to take her to this cellar for refuge.

No wonder people in the world say that the crown prince is both civil and military, courageous and resourceful, so cunning and strategizing, before things happen, he predicted the enemy's plan step by step.

Then what is she spoiling?
"Jiang Concubine, it's getting late, the servant has to rush back to the palace before dawn, I'm sorry for you to suffer here for a few days, and when His Highness finishes the battle with the Mu Wang Party, he will come to pick you up. "

Xiao Quanzi put the burden on his shoulders, ready to leave.

"What if we can't wait for him?" Jiang Shishi turned her head and looked at Xiao Quanzi.

"." Xiao Quanzi was silent for a few breaths before he said seriously: "As long as His Highness wins this battle, he will definitely take you back to the palace! If you don't wait for His Highness, you can't stay in this cellar for long , otherwise it will be bad for your health, then the servant will find a time to pick you up."

Jiang Shishi: "Is this what he told you in advance?"

Xiao Quanzi nodded, agreeing with Jiang Shishi's words.

Jiang Shishi: "Then what else did he say?"

"His Royal Highness also said that at the end of the world, you can go wherever you want."

After Jiang Shishi heard this, for some reason, her chest suddenly throbbed a few times.

Therefore, the prince has prepared for the worst.

If it is said that life is a game of chess, but that man has already calculated every move in the future for her step by step, but he has calculated the last move for himself
After Xiao Quanzi settled Jiang Shishi, he climbed up the wooden ladder and left.

Jiang Shishi was tired all night, she poured some water to scrub her body, fell into bed and fell asleep.

For the next two days, Jiang Shishi would read books and do exercises in the cellar to pass the boring days.

Because the stone cover of the cellar was too heavy, Jiang Shishi couldn't push the stone cover off by herself.

She can only be rescued by outsiders opening the stone cover.

Therefore, at first, Jiang Shishi felt a kind of uneasiness and fear of "not being able to get out", and was even a little anxious.

But thinking about what Xiao Quanzi said, as long as the prince wins this battle, he will take her out.

Even if the crown prince loses, Xiao Quanzi will take her out.

Somehow, that negativity is soothed by something called "trust".

Yes, I don't know when she began to trust the prince and that man inexplicably.

In the early morning of the third day, Jiang Shishi was sleeping in the cellar when she suddenly heard a deafening sound of horseshoes and neatly treading around her.

This sound lasted for nearly a stick of incense before the cellar gradually returned to silence.

Jiang Shishi had simply washed up, and was sitting at the wooden table eating snacks.

She was thinking. With such a big battle, the crown prince must have led the troops back to Beijing.

**
Just as Jiang Shishi guessed, the prince brought nearly 25 soldiers to the gate of the imperial city in the early morning of the 20th.

King Mu had already summoned more than [-] soldiers from the capital and waited for a long time at the gate of the city.

At this moment, King Mu and King Huai led troops to stand on the city gate, looking down at the prince.

King Huai held the spear in one hand, stood the spear upright on the ground, and looked at the prince with a smirk on his face, "Third brother, long time no see, I didn't expect us brothers to meet in such a way."

"Is the third one you can call?" Kang Wang, who was beside the prince at the gate of the city, questioned Huai Wang angrily.

At the end of last year, the Mu Wang Party not only wooed most of the officials under him, but also killed some officials who were loyal to him, and even made the ninth brother enter the clan mansion.

Therefore, he has no power under him, and obviously has no advantage in fighting for the reserve, and can only survive by relying on the princelings or the Muwang Party.

Otherwise, based on what he did when he was fighting for the reserve, once one of them ascends the throne, his death will come.

As for the despicable methods of the Mu Wang Party, he wished he could solve the Mu Wang Party with his own hands, how could he submit to them?

But in order to gain a deeper understanding of the conspiracy of the Mu Wang Party, he pretended to join the Mu Wang Party, but in fact he had already surrendered to the prince.

His gaze fell on King Kang, and King Huai pretended to be surprised and said, "Ah, second child, when did you become the prince's running dog, hahahaha?"

King Huai's actions were mean, as if "I will not only call the crown prince the third child, but also call you the second child, and call you a running dog".

Kang Wang was about to quarrel with Huai Wang, but was stopped by the prince with a look.

"Fourth, you said you didn't expect our brothers to confront each other in such a way, but Gu had thought that such a day would come when you framed me and assassinated me again and again."

Wearing armor, Pei Xuanling looked sharply at the top of the city gate, "This time, you not only sent people to chase and kill Gu, but also wanted Gu, and I heard that you even forged the will?"

"Whoever said that we forged the will, the will in our hand is the real one!" King Huai pointed his spear at the prince under the city gate angrily, "It's you, my king heard that you were bluffing and deceiving with a fake will on the way. Why do you care?!"

"The only one is the crown prince, the crown prince of our Eastern Liang Kingdom, and the imperial edict issued by his father. Why do you forge the edict?" Facing King Huai's slander, Pei Xuanling sat upright on his horse, calm and composed.

King Huai: "Because you colluded with each other and planned to rebel."

"Then again, the father and the emperor handed over the power of supervising the country and the military to Gu, why did Gu want to rebel?"

King Huai choked slightly, and stood his spear on the ground loudly, "Okay! You said that your father made the imperial edict, but when the imperial father passed away, you were in Xixia Kingdom, how did you get the edict? Who gave you the will?"

"Before the father died, he handed over the edict to Concubine An, and Concubine An handed it over to the East Palace, and Feiying sent the edict to Gu." The prince replied with a clear voice.

At the city gate, King Mu and King Huai's expressions changed slightly after hearing this.

Especially King Huai, secretly clenched the spear in his hand.

It seems that the father really made a will. At the beginning, they searched many officials, and also searched every palace and every corner of the father, but they couldn't find the will.

No matter what they said, they didn't expect that the father would give such an important thing to that woman Anfei.

If he had known that the imperial edict was in the hands of Concubine An, he should not have listened to his elder brother. He should have directly killed Concubine An, avenged his mother and concubine, and then destroyed the imperial edict.

This is all right, the edict was handed over to the crown prince by Concubine An.

There is also that concubine Jiang, who searched the entire palace and the capital but could not find anyone, and did not know where she died!

The women in this family are all very cunning!
Even though King Huai believed that the edict in the crown prince's hand was true, he sneered with disdain on his face.

"Third son, you are not joking with this king, are you? As we all know, the imperial harem is not allowed to interfere in the government affairs, so the emperor father will give such important things to a woman? Besides, Concubine An is the aunt of Concubine Jiang of the Eastern Palace. Who Do you know if she tampered with the will?"

"As for the edict in the hands of eldest brother, it has been witnessed by the four important officials in the court. They saw the edict made by the emperor with their own eyes. They are much more trustworthy than that Concubine An."

"Fourth, don't you bastard fart here!" Kang Wang yelled while riding on horseback.

"Father met Concubine An before his death. This is something everyone knows, but the four important ministers you pulled out to testify, Father obviously didn't summon them before his death. You are the same, and you don't know how to forge a will draft."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the soldiers present were different, and some of them had already disregarded military discipline and started whispering.

Seeing this, King Huai angered King Kang, "Whoever said that the will must be made before the father's death. As early as when the father's condition worsened, he summoned the four important ministers and made the will in advance."

King Kang: "Since that's the case, do you dare to call out those four ministers and confront them in front of 40 soldiers?"

King Huai: "The one who cleans himself will be cleared, there is no need to confront him!"

"The one who pays off the debt is self-defense. I think you are guilty of guilt and afraid of confrontation!" King Kang sneered, "Since you dare not call them over to confront them, then we have no choice but to help you."

Speaking of this, Kang Wang waved the flag in his hand, "Bring people up!"

With an order, a group of soldiers led four people to kneel in front of the city gate.

And those four people are exactly the four officials who forged the edict for Mu Wang's party.

Among them are the important ministers of the Imperial Academy, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Officials, and Xue Mao, the most trusted admonisher of Emperor Daxing during his lifetime.

Seeing this scene, the expression of Mu Wangdang on the city gate suddenly changed.

Under the city gate, King Kang said to the four ministers: "The prince is generous, as long as you four tell the truth, the prince will not care about you!"

"The truth is that Emperor Daxing called the four of us to the hospital bed when he was seriously ill, saying that the prince colluded with the side generals to rebel and changed King Mu to be the prince." The person who said this was an important minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

King Kang: "The crown prince is here, you dare to lie, I can warn you, the Emperor Daxing summoned any officials, there are records in the palace, we have checked it a long time ago, the Emperor Daxing never summoned you at the same time Four."

Hearing this, the important official of the Imperial Academy defended, "Emperor Daxing summoned officials into the palace and would indeed record it, but Emperor Daxing did it in secret, such as making a will, and there is no record in the palace. If it is recorded, Don't everyone know about it?"

Although he knew that the imperial edict in the hands of the crown prince was true, since they helped the Mu Wang party to forge the edict, everyone was on the same path, and he could only keep going wrong on this path!

"How about it, second child? You should believe it now, right?" On the gate of the city, King Huai couldn't mention how proud he was.

A total of only four officials testified, and two of them have already spoken for Mu Wangdang.

The remaining two officials, even if they don't face them, can draw a tie with the prince.

Besides, the official from the Ministry of Officials is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has long since surrendered to King Mu's party.

There is also that Xue Mao, who looks upright on weekdays, but is very afraid of death at critical moments.

Therefore, King Huai was particularly confident about this, and he felt that the remaining two officials must also be towards them.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the official minister kneeling in front of the city gate tremblingly, "Since Emperor Daxing was seriously ill, he has never summoned me alone, nor has he summoned me in front of the hospital bed with the other three colleagues." , not to mention any will."

"That's right, the Mu Wang Party came to me and said that I can speak in the court. Let me cooperate with them in forging a will. If I refuse to cooperate with him, they will kill my wife and children and destroy my whole family."

Speaking of this, he turned his head and kowtowed to the prince, "His Royal Highness, the Xiaguan family is really desperate, so this is the forged edict, but the Xiaguan's heart has always been loyal to Dongliang Kingdom."

Pei Xuanling's thin lips were tightly pursed, and his brows were furrowed. Even if he didn't say anything, it made people feel awe from the bottom of his heart.

King Kang at the side comforted the official, "Just now, this king said, as long as you tell the truth, the prince will let the past go!"

Although Pei Xuanling didn't say anything, it was considered a tacit consent.

Seeing this, the official from the Ministry of Officials kowtowed gratefully, "His Royal Highness Xie is magnanimous, and I will never forget it."

King Huai didn't expect this cowardly official to turn his back temporarily, so he couldn't help clenching his teeth secretly.

After defeating the crown prince this time, his entire family must be destroyed!
Xue Mao, who was left at the end, knelt in front of the city gate, and said honestly: "My situation is the same as that colleague just now. Although I am not a high-ranking official, I am fortunate to be appreciated by Emperor Daxing. After Emperor Daxing passed away, King Mu and his party approached me, saying that I am an upright person, if I forge the will, I will be more convincing in the court."

"At first I refused, but they threatened and lured them. If I don't cooperate with them, they will hurt my family. I have no choice but to compromise."

Although he has a tough temper, he is also afraid of hurting his family because of his words and deeds, so he has no choice but to endure the humiliation and submit to Mu Wang's party, and then find a chance to be himself.

Now, his chance has come!
Speaking of this, Xue Mao stood up with his hands behind his back, and said righteously: "As the prince, King Mu disrespected the prince, murdered the prince, and forged the will of Emperor Daxing in an attempt to usurp the throne. This is for disloyalty and disfilial piety!"

"Facing the officials ordered by the imperial court, it's fine if he doesn't treat them leniently. It is inhumane and unrighteous to threaten officials to use them for him and to join him in evil!"

"For his own selfish desires, King Mu colluded with officials to seize the heir with him, and now he is fighting with the crown prince to the point where the two armies are at war, where brothers kill each other, and soldiers kill each other. This is out of courtesy and disrespect!"

Xue Mao circled around the ground, "Such an unfaithful, unfilial, benevolent, righteous, courteous, and disrespectful person, not to mention that his throne came from a dishonorable name, he has no right to be the emperor of our Dongliang country at all!"

Xue Mao spoke impassionedly, and the soldiers present applauded after hearing it.

"Okay!" Deafening echoes sounded one after another at the gate of the city.

Among these people, there are not only the prince's people, but also the soldiers of Mu Wang's party.

Taking advantage of this time, Pei Xuanling said in a deep voice: "Soldiers on the opposite side, just like the soldiers behind Gu, you are the pillars of the country cultivated by the Dongliang Kingdom. I hope you will not be blinded by traitors. As long as you When you join our army with weapons on your shoulders, you can let the past go!"

The man looked majestic, and his words were accurate, his words were deafening, directly hitting people's hearts, and his gestures and gestures revealed a natural imperial arrogance.

The next moment, the soldiers on the opposite side began to commotion.

Not long after, the closed door was opened directly to the princelings.

Moreover, soldiers on the opposite side continued to join the prince's camp.

Seeing this scene, Mu Wangdang on the city gate panicked.

The always gentle and calm King Mu stared at the crown prince under the city gate with scarlet eyes, roaring like roaring: "Soldiers, I am the real successor emperor, as long as I take the head of the third prince, I will reward you a lot!"

Although King Mu did not ascend the throne, he, as the quasi-emperor, called himself "Zhen" after he ascended the throne.

King Huai also said, "Yes, take the prince's head, plow his back, cut off his limbs, and hang them on the city gate for public display!"

"It's time to kill your mother's head, and you're still instigating the soldiers to kill each other. Let's see how I take your head!" Under the city gate, King Kang rushed into the city gate with his soldiers, "Brothers! , Fuck him to death!!!"

For a time, the battle between the two armies was on the verge of breaking out!
After all, the prince is the prince. After the prince clarified the true edict in his hand, nearly [-]% of the soldiers on the opposite side joined the prince's camp.

However, even so, there are nearly [-] troops left by Mu Wang's party dying there.

Among those people, there was the loyal Mu Wang Party. They had helped Mu Wang do all kinds of bad things and murdered the crown prince. They were afraid that after the crown prince ascended the throne, they would end up ruining their families.

There are also some who can't turn their minds around, and don't believe that the prince will let the past go.

Due to the timely mutiny of the soldiers of Mu Wang's party, the originally complicated and protracted battle became much simpler.

But in the end it was a duel of tens of thousands of people, and the battle lasted until the evening of that day.

During this period, many soldiers surrendered one after another.

At dusk, the twilight was dim, and the setting sun was like blood, making it hard to tell whether it was the setting sun or the blood that stained the earth red.

The setting sun in the west seemed to be inlaid with gold, and the pale golden light shrouded the entire capital, dazzling the eyes, like a dream, so unreal.

The air was filled with the smell of blood, rivers of blood flowed from top to bottom of the city gate, and corpses littered the ground.

Pei Xuanling held a spear in his hand, his body was covered in blood, the blood belonged to the enemy and also to himself.
Even though he was injured, he still endured the pain and went up to the city gate, overlooking the entire capital.

At this moment, Jiang Yongjie, who was also covered in blood, limped to Pei Xuanling's side.

In his hand, he held a bloody head, "Your Highness, King Mu has been beheaded by His Highness King Kang, and this is his head."

Pei Xuanling turned his head and glanced at the head in Jiang Yongjie's hand.

The bones and flesh under the chin were smooth, and one could tell that Kang Wang's strikes were crisp and quick.

Looking at the face on the head again, even though the face was dripping with blood, Pei Xuanling still recognized that it was King Mu.

"I just hung it on the city gate to show the public, so as to imitate others!" Looking away, Pei Xuanling asked calmly, "Where is that King Huai?"

"Returning to Your Highness, we haven't found King Huai's body yet, and it is said that he fled with someone."

"Run away?" A stern smile curled up on the corner of his mouth, and Pei Xuanling ordered decisively, "The order continues. Even if King Huai escapes, he must be brought back and executed on the spot!"

Jiang Yongjie: "Yes!"

Since King Mu had already died in battle, there was no need for Pei Xuanling to stay here any longer.

Because he still has important things to do.

Immediately afterwards, he first asked Jiang Yongjie to go back to recuperate his wounds, and then ordered the generals to stay and deal with the corpses at the gate of the city, and arrange for the wounded soldiers.

Then, he called hundreds of soldiers to go with him to the mountain top in the west to pick her up and go home
(End of this chapter)