Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 418 5.100 I will still clear out all the people.

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5.100 I will still clear out all the people.

When the morning light shone on the earth again, almost everyone in the entire palace breathed a sigh of relief. After a night of chaos and busyness, the chaos was finally completely settled, leaving only messy wreckage and smoking ashes. It tells the story of a night of cruelty and bloodshed, as well as the joy of everyone's survival after the disaster.

"Brother-in-law, how dare you last night?" Zhao Yanling reprimanded helplessly in the Chinese army's tent. As soon as someone came back last night, she smelled the smell of powder. Naturally, Zhou Yang couldn't tell the Queen directly. He shied away without answering, but this is the palace, and any such thing that happens is a capital offense. "Why are you so careless? My little sister is not--"

"Okay, don't worry, the matter is over." Zhou Yang could only try to change the direction, "I was also tricked. The eunuch who led the way last night was the secret agent of Concubine Wu of Chuxiu Palace. There was no big deal at all. "The prince is discussing something," he said inadvertently; in fact, I was too anxious, otherwise I would have been so easily plotted.

Now thinking about the assassination of the eldest prince, I originally thought it was the forces left behind by Prince Yoshitaka, but after so many years, there may be a few hidden elements, such as Xiao Fengzi, the eunuch who took action in the end; such a large-scale betrayal by the guards Impossible, but the eunuch of Chuxiugong who plotted against me last night is more suitable. "

"It's good that my brother-in-law knows." Zhao Yanling finally breathed a sigh of relief, but soon showed a look of disbelief, "It's just that I heard that Concubine Wu is the eldest daughter of Wu Ying, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the second prince is among the scholars. She has long been praised as a 'young talent', how can she cultivate any secrets in the palace, to be honest, isn't it?"

"Okay, just know. There's nothing surprising." Zhou Yang interrupted him with a smile. This was also the result of his discussion with the queen during their break after exercise last night.

Although Prince Uizhong started the incident this time, he was actually not considered the "lead actor" from beginning to end, but could only be considered a "co-starrer". Most of the largest forces in the court, including Wu Xun, chose to "spectate" , but it does not mean that other forces are also watching, such as the troops controlled by the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Yonghe respectively, such as Princess Yongchang and the Queen who took the opportunity to cause trouble, and such as the civil servants.

The biggest "camp" in the entire court is naturally the "difference between civil and military affairs". Although the two sides can be subdivided internally, they can still be "unanimous to the outside world" on the whole; the eldest prince has always been close to Wu Xun, and the civil servants want to solve his problem. It's strange that only they together can pull out such power among the Ouchi guards and even the Dragon forbidden lieutenant.

The first wave of ambushes that Guo Kai encountered could be basically considered to be the work of civilian officials. They and the forces of Yizhong County Prince should be considered to have limited cooperation. It is normal for both parties to take action in this incident for their own interests. If Guo Kai did not After a wave of deaths, Xiao Fengzi, who was the "guaranteed weapon", didn't have to move. Unfortunately, it was all destroyed by someone in the end.

As for the eunuch who finally plotted against Zhou Yang, he was regarded as Wu Guifei's pawn in the palace, but in essence, he should be a secret son of the civil servants, otherwise he would not have taken action even though he knew that Chu Xiu Palace was finished. As long as the queen was deposed, or in other words A queen who creates "unclean" is completely equivalent to deposing the eldest prince.

Moreover, this eunuch is not the only chess piece. Any "dirty" issues in the harem cannot be brought to the table at all. The matter must be made big and made known to everyone before it can work. Therefore, when the eunuch led Zhou Yang into Soon after, five or six people of various statuses tried to enter the Daming Palace, including eunuchs, palace maids, guards, etc.

Fortunately, Zhou Yang strictly ordered everyone not to put anything that moved in just as a precaution. Anyone who dared to break in would be killed on the spot. To this end, he killed one eunuch and one palace maid, and wounded and drove away one guard. , which gave someone enough time to have an in-depth chat with the Queen, otherwise he would have been exposed.

"Brother-in-law, now that the prince is in trouble, shouldn't we fight against the enemy together?" Zhao Yanling, who was born in the martial arts world, obviously can't understand the chaos in the court. "If they continue to fight like this, aren't they afraid of being taken advantage of? What if the prince is taken advantage of? superior"

"Understood?" Zhou Yang said with a smile when he saw the girl suddenly stuck, "They don't care who sits in that position at all, the interests are the fundamental, anyway, no matter who goes up, they must be used; in fact, the royal family is not , At the beginning, the Supreme Emperor thought of handing over the things in his hands to the eldest prince, but now he has the same plan?
What happened this time is not even a turmoil, it can only be regarded as a palace coup. The internal struggle for that position within the royal family is completely different from civil unrest or a change of dynasty. It is more like a fight between large private households for family property, because most officials do not care about how the royal family is inherited, or even To put it bluntly, they may not even care about the change of dynasty, as long as they safeguard their own interests.

Prince Yizhong's strategy is very simple. There is an ambush at Tanzhe Temple outside and a raid on the palace inside. As long as he completes one task, whether he kills His Majesty outside or captures the palace inside, he can get the Supreme Emperor's endorsement for his victory. After ascending to the throne, most civil and military officials will not care about it, they only need to do what they need to do. "

This is like the "Battle of Jingnan" of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. In the early stage, Zhu Di regarded seizing the throne as a battle, taking one step at a time. He could not continue the fight just as far as Jinan Prefecture in Lu Province; in the later stage, he accepted the advice of counselors and bypassed the strong city. , march straight into the fortress, directly capture Jinling and deal with Emperor Jianwen. He will naturally ascend the throne without having to capture all the territory.

"Can it still be like this?" Zhao Yanling stupidly let her husband hold her, completely unable to understand. "Why do I think this matter is such a child's play?" "Okay, don't worry about it if you can't figure it out. We just need to wait until His Majesty completes the blessing ceremony and returns to the palace. , the remaining problem is to wait for the promotion and reward." Zhou Yang smiled and kissed his lover, and then went out to inspect the defense of his subordinates. He even saw that the imperial study room was manned as usual, and even had the nerve to borrow two military books, pretending Read it to relieve your boredom.

However, the situation did not go as smoothly as planned, because until the afternoon of that day, the city still did not send any news of Emperor Yonghe's return to the capital.
"I have met the Queen. I have met." Before Zhou Yang could finish his dinner, he received a summons notice from the eldest prince, and hurriedly took Zhao Yanling with him to the imperial study. This time, there was no plan. There was not only the eldest prince in the study but The prince and even the queen were there, so he could only send Zhao Yanling back first, because the girl was not qualified to attend.

"Okay, Brother Zhou, it's better not to worry about these troubles." Guo Kai interrupted him impatiently, "The situation is urgent now, what can you do?"

"Your Highness, please wait and see." What can Zhou Yang do at this time?Because he hadn't seen Dongfang Bing, he didn't even know the news inside. Furthermore, after what happened last night, he always had a strange feeling when looking at Guo Kai, "Has there been any message conveyed outside for the whole day?"

"That's not true." Guo Kai walked around irritably, "What's going on with my father? The people at the top of the city reported that except for the detailed work that came back in the morning, there was no news. I don't know. Over there at Tanzhe Temple."

"Kai'er, sit down and talk." The queen reprimanded calmly, and only said softly after Guo Kai had no choice but to sit down, "General Zhou, with the complicated business affairs in the city, you are the most trusted by Kai'er's side. I hope the general can put the overall situation first and protect His Majesty and this palace."

"Don't worry, Madam, the general will never have any distracting thoughts. Anyway, it's just a matter of 'bowing down and dying'." Zhou Yang stood up and bowed without hesitation, "But, the news and routes outside the city must be opened as soon as possible. The general said yesterday I also saw Dongfang Qianhu, why didn't I see her today? If possible, why not recruit her over."

"Brother Zhou, how come you are still thinking about the love between your children at this time?" Guo Kai interrupted him impatiently, "If you have time to think about this, why not send a few detectives to Tanzhe Temple now?"

"Kaier, if you are tired, go back and rest first." The queen glared at the eldest prince seriously, and did not continue until he left the imperial study room with an impatient expression, "Rong'er has not told Kai everything. Son, General Zhou, don't mind; Dongfang Qianhu left last night, but didn't leave a message when he would come back."

"But for..." Seeing that there was no one else in the study, Zhou Yang naturally didn't have so many scruples about what he said. Princess Yongchang and Dongfang Bing planned to clean up not only Wu Guifei and Guo Yu, but also the hardcore people behind them. Anyway, after all, Just blame it on the "military rebellion". He pointed to the Chuxiu Palace that had been burnt to white ground and asked, "Where is it?"

"If there is no accident, it should be like this." The queen nodded, "That bitch had the courage to think about it, so he naturally took advantage of his family's influence. The situation is urgent now, and the city's defense manpower is insufficient. It is not surprising that some places cannot be taken care of; Yes, Kai'er had a near-accident last night, and Dongfang also discovered a lot of things, and they should be dealt with together now."

"What the empress said is absolutely true. Of course, we should not keep these thieves. If we deal with them as soon as possible, we can save ourselves trouble earlier." Zhou Yang nodded, "But why does your Majesty not even have any news about Tanzhe Temple?" Can the message not come back? Is it possible that Prince Yi Zhong can really block the road? Even if Tang Guan Zhao can't do anything, Manager Dai is right next to His Majesty, so there is no news? "

"The situation is urgent now. It's not a bad thing if there is no news." The queen sighed softly and could only comfort her, "That's all. General Zhou doesn't need to worry too much. I believe that your majesty will have his own destiny; it happens to be late. I have already sent a few dishes to you, don’t think it’s too shabby, just put some food on your stomach first.”

"Thank you for your grace!" Zhou Yang stood up and bowed before exiting the royal study.

"General Zhou, the situation is critical now, and we have to work hard." But before leaving, the queen suddenly said, "After all, the Daming Palace has many things to do. Just in case, I will clear out all the people. The back door is guarded by a dedicated person, but the front door is troublesome for the general."

"Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely live up to my destiny!" Zhou Yang looked stunned and nodded naturally.

(End of this chapter)