Gel makeup

Chapter 163

There was still a silver needle left by the medical officer on Tang Peng's body. Seeing Siqing moving the acupuncture point of the silver needle, Tang Peng's heavy breathing eased.

Siqing pulled out a needle and inserted it into Tang Peng's man, and said: "You have died twice in the Jinwu Guard Prison, why, you haven't died enough, do you want to die again?"

Tang Peng seemed to have a reaction, and Siqing hurriedly asked: "Who else is a traitor? What's wrong with their people? You really want to kill me, why didn't you take the opportunity to kill me when Han Shoushen was holding Eleven hostage? Are you sure? If you want to save me, why did you reveal the secrets in advance? Are you willing to die if you are so procrastinating?"

Tang Peng opened his mouth hard, but couldn't make a sound.At this time, Siqing heard something, she hurriedly "shushed", then turned her head and said sharply: "Who is sneaking around?!"

As soon as the imperial guards opened the window, there were indeed people under the window. The long swords pierced the throats of the two imperial guards chaotically, and slashed at Si Qing.

Siqing was shocked, but luckily she still had her sword on her body.She backhanded the long hairpin on her sideburns and hit the opponent's weapon, making a sound.

At this time, the imperial guards who followed Siqing outside rushed up to round up the mysterious black-clothed assassin. After a while, the assassin hit the sword to the end. Seeing that she was wet, Siqing yelled, "Oops!"

She stepped forward and stepped on the assassin's shin, and said fiercely: "How many of you are here? Tell me!"

The assassin grinned grinningly, Si Qing realized what was going on and stomped on the opponent's face again, but it was half a step too late, the assassin bit the poison sac in his mouth and committed suicide.

Prince Duan's son ran in after hearing the news, and shouted anxiously: "Empress Empress!"

Siqing said, "Yuhe."

Prince Duan said, "What?"

Siqing said: "They captured the Jinwu Guard, they should have broken through the gate of the Yuhe River in the southeast corner, and came in through the Yuhe River." Just now I was thinking about going to Xiyuan through the waterway, but I forgot that others can also enter the palace city through the waterway .

Prince Duan was startled.

At the same time, the rebel soldiers who broke through the blockade climbed out of the Yuhe River, as if someone guided them, they quickly abandoned the East Palace, approached the Yining Palace and the Qingduan Gate respectively, and fought against the forbidden army.The imperial guards circled around to protect the wing where Si Qing was staying airtight, Prince Duan wanted to send a signal to call more imperial guards, Si Qing said: "Your mother is still in Yining Palace."

As soon as the words were finished, the second round of fighting began. Prince Duan dragged Tang Peng to the ground before the dead soldiers attacked. Si Qing thought he was going to kill Tang Peng to vent his anger, and was startled.She hasn't asked the question yet.

Siqing knelt down and was about to ask, but found that Prince Duan's delay made Tang Peng faint again.Siqing watched helplessly as Prince Duan hid Tang Peng under the couch, and then signaled Yiqing to hide in the cupboard over there, "I'll go and lure them away."

Siqing couldn't help but look at Prince Duan's son again, thinking that he was afraid that Prince Duan's son would be far behind her.She twirled the sword in her hand and shook her head at Prince Duan.

The circle of imperial guards outside kept shrinking, Siqing said: "The dead soldiers of the old thief of Dingfan are really powerful." At this time, Prince Duan suddenly opened a window and raised a crossbow.

Siqing realized that she didn't have crossbow arrows, but there were pebbles in the flower pots in the guard room, so the two opened a line of windows and prepared to sneak attack the dead man.However, after opening the window, Siqing shouted, "Close the window! No!"

Prince Duan was startled, Siqing said: "They put poison!"

There is a lot of poisonous miasma in Lingnan, and the rebels didn't know how to melt the miasma poison into the powder, and it scattered with the bows and crossbows they shot.

Duan Wang Shizi said: "The sluice under the southeast corner building must be closed as soon as possible."

Siqing nodded, Prince Duan said again: "I rush out."

But Siqing shook her head, "No, you can't get under the sluice if you rush out, and you lost your life in vain."

Just as Prince Duan was about to speak, a long sword was nailed outside the window. Prince Duan said again: "They sent dead men in to cooperate with the inside and outside, open the Chengtian Gate, and attack Miyagi. If you hesitate a little longer, Miyagi will fall more dangerous."

Siqing said: "I have an adventurous idea. Our pigeons can also send messages to the Fujunwei and Habayashiwei, and the pigeons are not easy to be found at night..." Before she finished speaking, the sound of fighting outside stopped.

Siqing and Prince Duan were startled, Prince Duan opened the door, Siqing subconsciously covered her nose with a handkerchief, the miasma had dissipated.Outside the circle of the forbidden army, someone was wearing a middle-ranking officer's uniform, holding a person hostage in his hand.

Prince Duan's son was shocked, "Miss He...Miss Fang!"

Siqing finally forced herself to calm down, "He'an, very good, good means."

The person who came here was Ning Huadian who had followed Siqing for many years to promote Zhongguan He'an.

When Siqing entered the palace as a concubine, Wang He'an was the chief servant next to Siqing.Later, he and Ling Zhen got on bad terms, Si Qing trusted Chong Ling Zhen more, and rarely lived in Ninghua Palace, this chief servant rarely appeared in front of Si Qing, never thought that he was also an insider of Ding Fan.

At this moment, blood was dripping on one side of his robe, but he held the pale beauty He Meiren in his hand.He Meiren's golden crown is crooked, her hair is disturbed, and she can't speak.On one side, He An's accomplices are holding Fang Huipin, who is already unconscious.

He An smiled and said: "Chen, He An, I have seen the Queen, I hope the Queen will be happy forever."

"Changle Promise? I'm afraid it's early access to bliss." It was Siqing who said, "This blood...isn't your own?" His thigh was not injured at all, so I don't know whose blood he used to pretend to be injured and deceive the imperial army.

He An didn't answer, "I heard that the empress was disturbed, so I came here to send troops to the empress."

Siqing said: "You have a heart, and I have nothing to reward you, so I can only reward you with the extermination of the nine clans and the destruction of your bones and ashes."

He An grinned grimly, "Empress Empress, I always feel that..."

Siqing said impatiently: "Let Fang and He go, let's make a condition."

He An said: "Why should the Empress be hypocritical, they are dead, wouldn't you be happy?"

Si Qing thought about it five years ago if you held Concubine He Ning hostage, I would have been happy, but what is holding these two hostages?So he said: "You Ninghua Palace official rebelled, didn't you just want to implicate me? If Fang Huipin and He Meiren die again, even if I have ten mouths, I can't tell."

He An giggled and said: "Empress, you do have the style of a heroine, it's a pity. You treat the female officials very well, but you don't treat the inner eunuch as a human being. In the past, the inner eunuchs of the country were able to raise soldiers and horses." , but now in the palace, we are not as good as a dog, so today is thanks to you, and I hope His Highness will be happy."

Siqing said: "Either put forward conditions or release him directly. There are still Jingwei and Wucheng Bingmasi in the city. Don't get too complacent." But I was glad that I only told the maid about Fu Linchuan. If he didn't know anything, otherwise he would find out that his adoptive father was the one who slipped through the net of Lord Yasukuni, Yu Yun and the rebellious case, and he would be the one who would be ashamed today.

Although He Meiren couldn't speak, she shook her head desperately and struggled, and He An knocked He Meiren unconscious, "The condition is very simple, as long as the Queen orders to open the Chengtian Gate."

When Si Qing heard the eye contact with Prince Duan, she was relieved at the same time. The other party asked to open the Chengtian Gate, which meant that the sluice at the southeast corner was blocked by the imperial army again, and the rebels could no longer enter or exit through the sluice.

Siqing casually asked, "How did you act in advance?"

He An said: "Then it's to blame..." He realized that something was wrong, and Siqing was saying something, so he said, "Shut up! Open the door quickly, or tomorrow the whole court will know that the queen colluded with the Marquis of Wuding to plot rebellion, causing Sun Chengfu to kill Jinshang , Sun Pingfu's army rebelled!"

Duan Wang Shizi said: "Even if the queen opens Chengtian Gate, I'm afraid you will put all the blame on Zhonggong."

Siqing smiled and said: "Tang Peng is dead." After speaking, she smiled mischievously, "I gave him a sword, and his blood flowed out bit by bit in the pond next to Duanben Hall. He died a miserable death."

Prince Duan's son was startled, thinking that the queen was so stimulated that she lost her mind.

Siqing went on to say: "The reason why I knew you were going to do something is because I found traces of your contacts in your residence. Your plan was exposed in advance, which led to the failure of the linkage—you said that the rebels from the Fu Junwei and Habayashi Guards Why can't we make it through? Someone will be responsible at that time, Tang Peng is dead, you—" Siqing's graceful voice tapped the other's eardrum little by little, "Will you survive?"

"Nonsense, if you knew earlier, why didn't you take me in advance?"

"Who isn't afraid to scare the snake? You can take a bet. Listen, you don't use miasma poison anymore, release the He family and the Fang family, we will open the Chengtian gate and return you the evidence of your loss of wind."

Prince Duan couldn't help but said: "Your Highness..."

Siqing explained: "It's not that I cherish the lives of Fang Huipin and He Meiren. I don't know how much miasma poison they have. If they use the miasma poison, we have no chance of winning." She deliberately said to He'an: "We need to discuss it. .” His tone softened a lot.

Siqing and Prince Duan retreated into the room, and Siqing said: "Listen, Eleventh, the little lady and the elder brother are both safe and not in the palace. The other party is going to attack. Actually, I knew a little in advance. There are nearly a thousand forbidden troops, most of them are in the south of the Jianji Hall. When the forbidden troops were mobilized to come in, we tried our best not to startle the snake. Just now the East Palace was on fire, and not many forbidden troops came out. The odds are good, don't panic."

Duan Wang Shizi immediately understood, "Your Highness means to wipe out the remaining evils in the palace, and open the Chengtian Gate to bring in the rest to encircle and wipe them out?"

"This is the most risky way, but it is the fastest way. The rebels came to garrison outside the mouth, and there are also three battalions outside the city. Cheng Yingzhou is outside the city tonight. I don't know if he can handle it properly. You can't be regarded as a general of the Beijing camp, what you can do when you go out of the city is to assist in the defense, so we can't put our hopes on the Beijing camp. If we can't solve it tonight, the imperial capital will probably be even more chaotic in the daytime tomorrow. If the imperial capital is in chaos, the consequences will be disastrous."

After Si Qing finished speaking, she herself felt a little guilty. The biggest flaw in this plan was to bet whether she had been known by the rebels when she mobilized the imperial army.If the rebels knew that there were many forbidden troops hidden in the palace, they might not easily submit.

Duan Wangshizi obviously thought of this episode, Siqing blamed herself, "It's my fault, I didn't find out that the inner eunuch in the palace had a different heart as soon as possible."

Duan Wang Shizi said: "Then there are two things to do now, the first thing is to confirm whether the southeast gate has been restored, and the second thing is to eliminate all the rebels who entered the palace, including the inner prison and the dead soldiers of Dingfan."

Si Qing said: "There are more than [-] people around He'an, I don't know how many people from the other party came in through the river. Try to use the forbidden troops around the East Palace who have already fought, and move away from the bows and crossbows to attack from a high place."

Duan Wang Shizi said: "I have a question, will He An let the minister leave? If the minister leaves, will he hurt Fang Hui and He Meiren?" After speaking, he was eager to try, "Why don't you try first."

When the two came out of the inner room, Siqing deliberately said: "Open the Chengtian Gate, no way. I can return the evidence you exposed, but you must hand over all the miasma poison. As for the beauty of Concubine Fang Hui"... She glanced at the unconscious Fang Huibin and He Meiren, "Their lives have nothing to do with me."

He An smirked, "Queen Empress, don't talk nonsense. Even if I expose you in advance, there are only a few words and no evidence. Do you really want the lives of the two empresses? It's really cruel..."

At this time Prince Duan was anxious, and asked Si Qing in a low voice, "Why can't the nearby forbidden army come to respond?"

Before Siqing could speak, the sounds of fighting came from all around again.A rebel eunuch rushed over with a long arrow stuck in his shoulder, and said something to He An quietly, and He An's expression changed.

Siqing answered Prince Duan in a low voice, "It's Bai Luchu beside me."

Before Siqing reorganized the government's army and guards, the reason why she took a fancy to Bai Luchu, who had no power to restrain a chicken, was because Bai Luchu was alert and meticulous.Just now in the chaos, Bai Luchu and Siqing got separated, and when she came to Yining Palace, Siqing had already gone to see Tang Peng, and only Fan Ziran and Princess Duan remained in Yining Palace.

At this time, the dead men who came in from the Yuhe waterway also tried to get close to the Yining Palace, but the Yining Palace was different from the Qingduan Gate, since the nobles entered one after another, the surrounding forces of the Forbidden Army had increased.Therefore, even if the dead soldiers released poisonous smoke, they were quickly defeated.

After the troubles in Yining Palace were resolved, Fan Ziran immediately asked the imperial army to protect the queen, but Bai Luchu vetoed it.As the only person present who knew the inside story, she went up to the Huifeng Tower of Yining Palace and observed the scene around Qingduanmen with a diorama.

Although He An's back was facing Yining Palace, Bai Lu couldn't see his face clearly at the beginning, but his servant color and the dazzling golden crown worn by the hostage woman clearly appeared in the glass of the binoculars.

Bai Luchu called a crossbowman of the imperial army and asked him if he could shoot the assassin from a high place. The crossbowmen compared each other with their bows, and stood on tiptoes to look around the Qingduan Gate to see if there was anyone who could shoot the bow. High point, then shook his head to Bai Luchu.

He An is similar in stature to Fang Huibin and He Meiren he is holding hostage. If he shoots from the back, once He An is shot, there is no guarantee that Fang Huibin and He Meiren will not be hurt after the arrow penetrates He An.If they were shot from the front, then Fang Huibin and He Meiren would definitely lose their lives.Shooting from the side does not guarantee a one-hit kill.But shooting from an elevated angle, there was no place to set up a bow near Qingduanmen.

Bai Luchu saw Siqing and Duan Wangshizi confronting them. There were some unidentified people in black around the opponent, but there were no more imperial guards to rescue Zhonggong around the queen.Bai Luchu suddenly understood, she had a brief conversation with Fan Ziran upstairs, and Fan Ziran immediately ordered someone to go to the southeast corner building to check the situation of the sluice gate.

(End of this chapter)