Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 1026: Not Wrong

Leng Zhongyan could understand what Gu Qingjue said.

He learned from the many ancient books he had read that anyone who wanted to stir up trouble would use some celestial phenomena to create momentum.

Even if there is no such thing, they will artificially create noise so that public opinion will lean towards their side.

Zhao Rui: "So, the fire in the palace was not an accident, but someone did it on purpose?"

Zeng Shengji: "I will check it out immediately."

After Zeng Shengji left, Gu Qingjue asked, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the matter of the beauty pills that I told you about a few days ago?"

Zhao Rui: "Of course I remember."

I even took out 100,000 taels from my private treasury and gave it to him, how could he forget so quickly?

"What's wrong? Not enough money?"

Gu Qingjue: "..., that's enough. I think this may be one of their reasons. According to the time, the person who takes the beauty pill first tomorrow should be the first to suffer from the disease."

There was a snowstorm, a fire in the palace, and several people suddenly became weak with no known cause. Each of these events would not be a big deal, but if these events happened together, the people of the capital might really believe that your majesty's recent actions were against the will of heaven.

What has your majesty done recently?

The most outrageous thing that made the ministers unhappy was that all the concubines in the harem were punished by being sent to Taoist temples.

This move is simply unprecedented and will never be repeated.

They then exaggerated the incident and said that it was the emperor's fault, thus leading the people to make trouble in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple tomorrow. Those with mild symptoms would be taken as hostages by them, so that they could be safely escorted out of the city in case of failure.

Zhao Rui: "They are so sinister and vicious. When I catch them, I will tear them into pieces."

These people were all his subjects, but they were treated like this by the Liao spies. How could he not be angry? This was a challenge to his bottom line as an emperor.

New Year’s Day, Mao hour.

It's still dark.

The princes and ministers all came to the Taimiao, waiting for His Majesty and the Queen Mother.

4:15 am is an auspicious time for sacrifice.

Zhao Rui, the empress dowager and others arrived at the Taimiao at 3:15 am, and completed the sacrifice under the guidance of the Minister of Rites Fan Bojing.

Just when the ceremony was halfway through, there was a sudden explosion in the northwest direction of the Taimiao.

Even though Zhao Rui was prepared, he was still frightened by the loud noise, and the minister, who was unaware of the situation, almost squatted on the ground.

"Is it the ground bull turning over?"

"No, with such a loud noise, could it be that the gun room exploded?"

It's no wonder they suspected that the artillery room had been blown up; the noise was so loud that even the ground was shaking for a while.

"Look, it seems like the sound is coming from the Imperial City."

The ministers, who had experienced several major chaos in the capital, were already feeling nervous, fearing that this time it would be another disaster caused by someone who had nothing to do and had enough food to eat.

Why do you always think about rebellion?
Can't we just live a good life?

Gu Qingjue glanced in the direction of the imperial city and saw that the other party had taken action.

After half a year of preparation, it was naturally not a small-scale operation, but an attempt to catch all the spies of the Liao Dynasty buried in the capital, just like the spies of the Western Xia were eliminated thirty years ago.

He looked at Zhao Rui and left quickly.

Except for Fu Bi and a few others, everyone else was still in shock and did not notice that Gu Qingjue was missing.

Wang Gui: "Your Majesty, it's dangerous, we should get out of the way first."

Zhao Rui glanced in the direction of the imperial city and said to Wang Gui: "Escape? You have also seen that they are causing trouble in the imperial city. According to your suggestion, where should I hide?" Fu Bi: "Your Majesty, they are all traitors. The capital has always been guarded by the imperial guards. Even if there is some trouble, there is no need to worry too much."

"Master Fu, it's not as easy as you said. It has caused such a big commotion."

"Yes, there was such a big commotion, but why didn't anyone come rushing over to kill your Majesty?"

Wang Gui was frightened by Lord Fu's words and said, "Lord Fu, don't say such treasonous words casually."

"Your Majesty is wise, how could you not understand that I have no intention of disrespecting Your Majesty with these words?" Fu Bi said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is no big deal. The New Year's Day sacrifice is a big event, and we cannot delay such an important matter because of a few scoundrels."

Zhao Rui smiled and said to Fan Bojing: "The ceremony continues."

However, when Zhao Rui just lowered his head and prepared to worship heaven and earth, shouts of killing were finally heard outside the Taimiao, followed by the sound of swords clashing.

The frightened ministers retreated towards the altar.

However, a group of military generals led by Han Qi stepped forward at this time and blocked the way for His Majesty and the ministers. Not only that, several civil officials also stepped forward, fearless of life and death, like a wall, protecting them in the middle.

The outermost ones are the guards who protect the Taimiao.

This move made Zhao Rui very pleased.

He knew that Gu Qingjue and others were plotting outside, and that these people could not possibly attack the Imperial Ancestral Temple, but Han Qi and the others did not know that.

No weapons can be brought into the Taimiao when offering sacrifices. If they fight with them, these generals will have to fight with bare hands. This is when the generals' responsibility is demonstrated.

The sound of swords colliding lasted for about half a minute before gradually fading away.

However, one could vaguely hear a small number of people running away, followed by the sound of armor running.

Soon, the area in front of the Taimiao gate became quiet, as if nothing had happened.

A leader of the imperial guards ordered a soldier to go and check, and only opened the door of the Temple of Heaven after making sure that everyone had evacuated.

What came into view was a sea of ​​corpses.

Most of them were dressed in black, and corpses in armor were scattered among them.

"Oh my god."

In just half a minute, so many people died and the ground was stained red with blood.

However, it was not yet daylight, and from a distance all you could see was the pitch-black ground.

Without Zhao Rui's orders, the guards automatically went to clean up the corpses in front of the Taimiao gate. Another team brought water over without anyone noticing and started flushing and scrubbing.

Half an hour later, a yellow halo appeared in the sun. The light was enough to clearly see the ground in front of the Taimiao gate. It was clean without a trace of blood, and there was no smell of blood in the air.

It seemed that the shouting and screaming just now was just an illusion.

Some of the people living nearby had already begun to gather in front of the gate of the Imperial Ancestral Temple to watch. Fan Bojing received instructions from His Majesty and shouted, "The ceremony continues."

On the other hand, Gu Qingjue and his men split up into several groups and began to clear out the spies running around in the alleys.

Gu Qingjue’s target is Yunxiao Pavilion.

He and Fang Mengfu surrounded Yunxiao Pavilion from the front and the back.

Su Yixin rushed over at this time: "Yunxiao Pavilion has a formation blessing."

She and Fang Mengfu worked together and broke the formation in about a quarter of an hour. The dragon guards in front and behind, one on the left and one on the right, rushed in at the same time.

In the lobby on the first floor of Yunxiao Pavilion, a person was sitting with his back to them.

"coming."

As soon as this person spoke, Gu Qingjue knew that he was right.