Gel makeup

Chapter 165
Through He An's eyes, Si Qing knew that it was right for Yuan Lingbo to hold this person hostage, and He An looked into the distance sullenly, but it was a pity that the eldest son of Prince Kang, Xiao Xu, could not speak.

Siqing recalled that when they were outside the city, both sides held a hostage and refused to give in to each other, and the other party was still the son of Dingfan.Now the situation is almost exactly the same, and the other party is replaced by King Kang's son, Siqing can't help feeling a little dazed.

Yuan Lingbo said loudly: "If you want your lord to live, you release him first!"

But at this moment, He An couldn't release him even more, because if he released him, both he and Xiao Xu would die.He quickly put forward two conditions, one is to send four people around to check for the presence of forbidden troops, and the other is to quickly open the Chengtian Gate and let him go at the gate of the capital city.Siqing suddenly understood that He An only wanted to survive, and he didn't care about Xiao Xu's life or death.

Siqing understands that the plan to bring the rebels into Chengtianmen Square has come to nothing. Once the Chengtianmen is opened and the rebels pour in, she may still have a way out. stack.

If a bow and crossbow were erected inside Chengtianmen, the opponent would not enter the palace again after being alarmed.Although the Forbidden Army on the outskirts of He'an also had bows and crossbows, He'an used He Meiren as a human shield. Once he opened his bow, He Meiren would undoubtedly die.For the current plan, the rebel army can only be surrounded in the Qianbu corridor south of Chengtianmen.

But this requires the cooperation of Habayashi Wei, Fu Junwei and Wucheng Bingma Si.The situation of Habayashi Wei and Fu Junwei is unknown, and the risk of doing so is too great.

The killings in the south of Chengtianmen shook the sky, and He An immediately made another request, asking Siqing and Prince Duan to accompany them out of the palace.Siqing thought to herself that you don't care about your master's life, do you think I will take care of Fang Huibin and He Meiren?Do I usually behave so philanthropic?
At this moment, about [-] imperial guards gathered in the square inside Chengtianmen, Prince Duan was also moved for a moment to allow An He to kill Fang Huibin and He Meiren, and lead the queen to fight to the death.He glanced at Si Qing, and Si Qing said: "I can agree to your three conditions, but you have to let go of one person first. Why do you have two bargaining chips and we have none."

Without even thinking about it, He An asked his subordinates to push Fang Huibin to the imperial guards in the outer circle.What's the use of a concubine who has no power and background?It was a waste of a dead man's efforts to hold her hostage.He Meiren is a daughter of the He family, but her worth is different.

With Siqing's acquiescence, the four dead men went to the four corners of Chengtianmen Square to look around.Except for the fire in the East Palace tonight, the palace is pitch-black, and it doesn't look like the imperial army is hiding.The most important thing is that there are only two guards patrolling the night at Chengtian Gate and the four city walls, neither of them wearing bows and crossbows. It seems that the guards in the palace really gathered in the square.

After He An confirmed his safety, he held He Meiren close to Chengtian Gate. At this moment, a dead man on the city gate shouted, "Who is it!" Then he polished the fire, and a woman's face appeared in front of him.

Siqing's face suddenly changed, both Siqing and He An at the city gate recognized that the woman was Liang Lingzhen, the female servant next to Siqing.

Knowing that Ling Zhen doesn't know martial arts, He An secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Si Qing exclaim, "Why are you here?"

It seems that Siqing didn't know that Lingzhen was on the tower, and Lingzhen was held hostage by the dead soldiers of Dingfan and cried, claiming that she was held hostage by unknown people.Siqing was about to speak, and An saw that Siqing was worried about ghosts, so he signaled that the dead man from Dingfan who was holding Lingzhen wanted to kill Lingzhen and throw him off the wall.

Siqing shouted loudly, but luckily the imperial guards in the outermost circle gathered below quickly, the moment the dead man swung his sword, some imperial guards shot down the murder weapon with a hard bow from below, but Ling Zhen was thrown off the tower.

Unexpectedly, at the moment Ling Zhen left the battlement, a crossbow arrow suddenly shot through He An's forehead.

It turns out that Lingzhen and He Meiren were overheard gossip about rebelling against the eunuch, and were executed by the eunuch.He Meiren said to Ling Zhen: "I'll lure them away, and you go report."

Ling Zhen shook her head, "I'll lure them away, and you report the letter."

He Mei said humanely: "You are so confused, will the Queen believe me or you?" After speaking, she carried her skirt and ran to the depths of the alleyway.After Lingzhen was out of danger, the East Palace was already on fire within two steps, and the servants were driven away by the imperial army, so some servants wanted to hold her hostage.Lingzhen walked all the way to the back wall of the East Palace along the dark place, but Siqing and his party had already gone to Chengtianmen Square.

Lingzhen learned that Fang Huipin and He Meiren were being held hostage, but she didn't see the Forbidden Army on the high ground, so she quietly climbed up the Chengtian Gate, but she was discovered by the dead soldiers of the Forbidden Army.Fortunately, she was hiding a small crossbow, which was dropped by the inner prison just now when she was running around.At this time, Siqing remembered that when Xining returned to Beijing in 13, she accompanied Shen Huanhua to Xishan to meet an assassin. Lingzhen saw her shooting a crossbow, so she clamored to learn. Siqing hung a target in front of the Fuqing Pavilion in Yefu Professor, Ye Xiufeng found out about the swearing.

At the moment when Siqing was in a trance, Lingzhen was caught by the forbidden army and He Meiren was pulled over by Prince Duan at the same time.

He An fell to the ground with a bang, and the dead man suddenly realized that he was about to hold Siqing hostage.

At this time, Prince Duan, who was closest to Siqing, was unable to swing his sword because he supported He Meiren. Seeing that Siqing was about to be kidnapped, the dead man stopped. The sword in Siqing's sleeve was inserted into his belly at some point, and blood spattered everywhere. .

The guards in the front row quickly bent their bows and set up arrows to shoot at the dead soldiers beside Siqing. Siqing shouted: "There are four more!" The rain of arrows shot to the high place again.

Chengtianmen Square fell silent, Fan Ziran strode forward, "Your Highness, go!"

Siqing nodded knowingly, pulled Lingzhen back to the north.Yuan Lingbo touched left and right on the assassin's body, took out a firework, and breathed a sigh of relief.When Siqing retreated to Qingduanmen, countless imperial guards hiding in the inner palace to the north flocked to Chengtianmen.Yuan Lingbo ignited the fireworks he took out of the dead man.

The rebels south of Chengtian Gate were trying to climb up the city wall. When they saw their own signal and the Chengtian Gate opened, they rushed in one after another.After nearly a thousand people entered the north and south squares of Chengtianmen, the forbidden army ambushing in the forbidden palace also received a signal. Inside Chengtianmen, swords and swords were facing each other. Siqing and his party retreated northward into Yongan Palace, and then westward into Xiyuan Cheng Ming Pavilion.

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Bai Luchu anxiously stood next to the pigeon house in the Zhanyun Building of Ninghua Palace, because there was no news from outside the city, so it could be said that it was cut off from inside and outside.Because there was no news that Siqing was in a bad mood, Prince Kang and Tang Peng were both in danger, and Yunchu, who was fished up from the Yuyuan River ditch, was also unconscious.And the dead dog that Yuan Lingbo dragged here just now—Xiao Xu, the eldest son of King Kang, knelt down and kowtowed to His Majesty Chengming Guan Dan, saying that he was staying in the mansion well, but was dragged in unconscious, and he didn't know it at all. what happened.Moreover, He'an was not threatened by him at all, he didn't know that Dingnan Fan was causing trouble in Beijing tonight.

No one at the scene dared to speak, because the one who identified him was his younger brother, Prince Kang's son Xiao Shao. His younger brother's life and death were uncertain, and there was insufficient evidence.

At this moment, Siqing understood why Tang Peng refused to say more, because Tang Peng had no evidence, and the conflict between Siqing and the clan was extremely sharp.Once the rebels pretended to be Sun Pingfu's men, Siqing would definitely die without a place to bury her.

The more than a thousand Dingfan private soldiers disguised as "Beikou Aid Beijing Garrison" were divided into two teams, one team entered Beijing, and the other team camped outside the city.The rebels who entered Beijing rioted at night, and the Beijing camp outside the city rioted at the same time.They played a big Sun Ziqi designation, which made Cheng Yingzhou, who was outside the city, dizzy with anger.

The Beijing camp was also in chaos all night. At dawn, Cheng Yingzhou received a signal from Jigu Pavilion, and only then did he know that a catastrophe was about to happen in the city.After the situation in the outskirts of the city was controlled by the Beijing camp, Fan Ziran came forward to ask the Jingwei imperial army to take Kang Wang's eldest son Xiao Xu out of the city as a test.

As Fan Ziran expected, the private soldiers hiding in the north of Beijing were secretly trained by Xiao Xu and Ding Fan. The rebel army was different from An He. Seeing Xiao Xu being executed, the rebel army quickly lost their chance and was completely wiped out by the Beijing camp within a day.

After the capital was stabilized, Siqing claimed to be ill, and Xiao continued to seek rebellion in Prince Kang's mansion. Fan Ziran and others strongly advocated discussing it after returning to Beijing today.In addition to King Kang's Mansion, the chaos pointed to Tang Peng, the commander of Habayashi Guards.No one except Siqing and Concubine Ding'an knew that Tang Peng was really Ding Nanfan's idle move.

Tang Peng was stabbed and fell into a coma. Siqing felt that he was still a useful pawn, so she threw him into Jingwei's secret prison privately—it would be better to throw him in Jingwei's prison for him to return home to recover from his injuries. Safety.When Cheng Yingzhou learned that Tang Peng was really a spy of Dingfan, he was horrified and speechless for a long time.

It didn't take long for Sun Pingfu to lead the army. It didn't take long for the news to spread in the capital, and the city was full of wind and rain.Wu Zhenying didn't go to Tonghe due to business, but stayed in the imperial capital, and he was quite surprised when he heard that.Immediately after the great turmoil in the imperial capital, Wu Zhenying saw many fires, although he stayed behind closed doors, he was very worried.

Three days later, the city returned to calm, rumors spread everywhere, Siqing sent someone to write a letter to Wu Zhenying's place to report safety, Wu Zhenying was relieved.Not long after, Wu Zhenying received an urgent delivery from Jiang Feng from Jinling, expressing extreme concern about Siqing's situation.

The day before, the military situation on the front line was once again in a state of panic, and Wu Zhenying received an invitation from an old friend. He had no intention of going to the banquet, but because of his feelings, he had to go.

It was Ri Siqing who also received Jiang Feng's urgent letter, but he laughed it off and replied to let Jiang Feng contact Cheng Yingzhou more recently.

After the turmoil in the capital, it was announced that it was the rebellion of Dingfan's old department in Beijing, but rumors spread everywhere, which was not good for Siqing.

Siqing felt that she had nothing to say, and it was not worth wasting words, so she decided to scold you whatever you want, and continued to wait for news from Xiao Yi.

Jingwei sent a large number of secret sentries to inquire about Xiao Yi's whereabouts. Siqing knew very well that if Xiao Yi did not come back, she and Yining Palace would not last long.

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Before Jiang Feng was about to leave for Beijing from Jinling, he received two letters from Si Qing in succession, asking her to postpone her return to Beijing, and felt a little uneasy.Her reply to Siqing was like a stone sinking into the sea, which made her feel even more uneasy.

When Sun Pingfu left Beijing, the enemy occupied Guangyuan in northern Sichuan, and dozens of counties in Guanzhong were in danger.On the eastern front, due to the estrangement between the two kings of Anping and Yonghe, the rebels again captured southern Zhejiang and western Jiangxi.It was the month when the King of Anping County scolded Shen Jiangdong for his incompetence, and sent his generals to Quzhou to take over Jiangzuo's military equipment.

Shen Jiangdong knew that although he had the right purpose, if he had a head-on confrontation with the King of Anping, the consequences for Jiangzuo would be disastrous.Since he suffered a big loss once, he did not dare to stand out rashly this time. Therefore, before the king of Anping County sent people to Quzhou, he first dispatched some generals to lead the army west to support the enemy who is currently in the west of Jiangxi. The absolute King of Yonghe County.

When the envoy of Anping County King arrived in Quzhou, Shen Jiangdong handed over the military affairs and returned to Yuhang.The king of Anping County was preparing to march south at this time. Hearing that Shen Jiangdong had privately sent troops to the west of Jiangxi, he put pressure on him again.Shen Jiangdong was exhausted this time, and he bluntly said that he was an imperial envoy with a decree, and the King of Anping County had no right to detain him.But he had already handed over Jiangzuo's military equipment, and wrote a letter to punish him, so he persuaded the king of Anping County not to ask.

Not long after, King Yonghe County sent a letter to rescue Shen Jiangdong, saying that he ordered Shen Jiangdong to reinforce West Jiangxi. King Anping County ignored the matter and decided to go south to pacify Fujian and Guangdong.

This is obviously inconsistent with the previous strategy of "Ping Fujian first and Zhejiang first". After Shen Jiangdong returned to Yuhang, Zhejiang governor Yao Yuan said in a picture, "The rebels rebelled and invaded Zhejiang. With Zhejiang as a fence, so if you want to pacify Fujian, you must first pacify Zhejiang. It is the safest way to break the Xianxia Pass, so that the thieves will lose their danger and drive into Fujian."

Shen Jiangdong then wrote to Jin again, and got a reply letter from the cabinet that indeed condemned him to leave Quzhou without authorization.

The situation in the DPRK is always affecting the front. It is obvious that the queen has angered the clan by openly fighting with the clan, so the aftermath has affected Shen Jiangdong, Cheng Guogong, Yingying Gong and others.

After Shen Jiangdong learned that the Queen's uncharacteristically "fancy pre-government with a shady plot" had enabled Sun Pingfu to go to Guanzhong, he realized that the country was facing the biggest crisis since it succeeded to the throne.Facing the long and lengthy battle front, the ambiguous present and the imminent situation between the DPRK and China, everyone is struggling.

Shen Jiangdong and Jiang Feng helped Sun Pingfu originally to repay Sun Pingfu's kindness in rescuing Shen Jiangdong at the Chuanhu defense line. The original plan was for Sun Pingfu to return to Beijing to meet Jinshang.Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi lost contact, and Sun Pingfu only saw Siqing.

Shen Jiangdong returned to Yuhang and wrote to Jiang Feng: the empress is in danger, the emperor's capital is in danger.In fact, there is a subtext: Your Majesty is in danger.

Both of them knew that unless it was absolutely necessary, it was impossible for Si Qing, a fox who had suffered a lot, to jump out and directly intervene in political affairs.Since Siqing came forward to put pressure on the clan, it means that something happened today and he can't speak out. This is a dangerous signal.

Shen Jiangdong understood why his recent memorials had been muddled, and he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.After returning to Yuhang for his "leisure residence", he tried to inquire about the situation in the imperial capital through his wife Jiang Feng, but at this time, Siqing was extremely cautious, knowing that if he made a wrong step, there would be no redemption, so Siqing's reply to Jiang Feng was always ambiguous.After the feudal feudal conquest of Fujian, people in the south of the Yangtze River were panicked. Siqing only told Jiang Feng the recent actions of Ningshou Mansion, and told Jiang Feng not to worry about himself, and asked about Shen Jiangdong's recent situation in Yuhang.

Jiang Feng had already delivered an errand with Jiangnan Secretary Xu Huaimin in Jinling. Since Siqing refused to let her return to Beijing, she took Siqing's urgent letter to Yuhang.When she came to Yuhang in the rain, Shen Jiangdong was invited to have the wedding wine given by Yao Yuantu Fubiao Zhongjun.

Jiang Feng waited quietly for the banquet to end, and followed Shen Jiangdong into the Xuezheng Yamen.

(End of this chapter)