After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 912 Message
What great things did Jin Jiashu do?
Haitang immediately recalled her previous guess. In front of her brother Haijiao, she had no reason to be shy, so she asked directly, "Did he secretly send a letter to General Zhou Si and Marquis Yingchuan, allowing them to arrive at the palace in time to resolve the unrest?"

Haijiao was surprised when he heard this: "How did you know? This matter is not known to everyone in the palace!"

So she guessed right?
Haitang laughed out loud, "Of course I guessed it. Brother, you don't know that just after you left home that day, Qiu Baisheng from our family and Wang Defa from our cousin's family came back a few hours later. They said that Brother Jin sent someone to send a letter to Chunyu and Eunuch Pu, asking them to take over the follow-up matters of the Jin family's coffin. They were afraid that our family would be short of manpower, so they sent them back."

She told her brother what happened that day, especially detailing the unreasonable aspects.

Hai Jiao understood immediately: "So that's it! It was just a cover. I didn't expect them to be able to put on such a good show. Even if someone noticed something was wrong, they wouldn't react so quickly to stop Yingchuan Hou from getting the letter and entering the palace."

Haijiao actually heard about what happened that day from the Jinyiwei afterwards, but unfortunately he didn't have the chance to meet Jin Jiashu, so some details couldn't be confirmed. Jin Jiashu has been staying by the new emperor's side these days, never leaving his side. Haijiao wanted to meet him, but unfortunately he didn't get to do so. But this didn't prevent him from learning about Jin Jiashu's achievements from other insiders.

It is said that when the emperor passed away, the empress dowager and the new emperor urgently summoned Tu Rong, the commander of the imperial guards, and the cabinet ministers to the palace to discuss matters. When everyone gathered, it was already dawn, and they only then discovered that the two old princes were missing. Then the old princes led several princes from the royal family and asked to participate in the discussion of national mourning affairs. Then a general in the imperial guards suddenly attacked and subdued Tu Rong, the commander of the imperial guards, from behind.

Prince Ji originally wanted to kill Tu Rong on the spot to eliminate the leader of the army on the side of the new emperor. After all, Yingchuan Marquis was outside the city at that time and could not reach him. As long as Tu Rong was dealt with, the imperial guards would fall into their hands. However, the chief minister of the cabinet, Tao Ge, stepped forward to stop him, on the grounds that the imperial guards on the side of Prince Ji's mansion were only a minority after all. If the life of the leader was taken easily, it would probably cause chaos. The power of Prince Ji's mansion could not control the situation, and there would be too many casualties in the chaos, which would be detrimental to the stability of the imperial power.

Prince Ji originally didn't take it seriously, but Prince Ji thought that when he became the emperor, he would also need the protection of the imperial guards. It was impossible for such a large palace to not have enough guards, and the guards could not have ulterior motives, so the imperial guards could not cause chaos. If Tu Rong's life was kept, they could threaten him to stabilize the situation and order all the imperial guards to obey their orders when necessary. If he was really stubborn, they would kill him then.

At this time, Tu Rong was very cooperative and did not show any resolute resistance. Therefore, Prince Ji gave in and let the generals on his side escort him back to the Imperial Guard office outside the palace, using him as a cover to seize control of the Imperial Guard.

After Tu Rong was taken away, Prince Ji thought of the new emperor and the seventh prince. When this group of close relatives came to the palace, Tao sent them away first, using the excuse that the new emperor was young and the seventh prince was weak, and there was no need for them to participate in the discussion of national mourning. Queen Mother Zhou was originally against it, but everyone in the cabinet agreed, and the generals of the imperial guards who were biased towards Prince Ji had not arrived yet, so Prince Ji and his son acquiesced to it. In fact, they did not take the brothers seriously, and only thought that they were two half-grown children, the younger one was small, the younger one was sick, and they would not be able to achieve anything. When they were in control of the overall situation, they could send people to the East Palace at any time to eradicate the problem. Who knew that when Prince Ji, despite the curses of the Queen Mother and everyone in the cabinet, really sent people to the East Palace to commit crimes, he found that the East Palace had been heavily guarded, and they could not rush in and kill people without paying a heavy price.

Prince Ji thought that the two younger brothers were insignificant. As long as he established his new identity and ascended the throne in front of the late emperor, he could deal with the crown prince and the seventh prince at any time. There was no need to sacrifice his own people to attack the East Palace before the matter was settled. If it attracted the attention of the outside world and attracted the army, everything would be over! So he recalled his people and continued to force the Queen Mother and the cabinet to recognize his right of succession. In this process, there were also farces such as the dispute between Prince Ji and Prince Ji's successor father and son for the throne, and Prince Ji's successor brothers. Tao Ge Lao led the cabinet ministers to deal with it, trying to delay the opportunity. Hai Jiao was not clear about the details.

He only knew that Jin Jiashu, who had always been with the Crown Prince, had disappeared long before the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince were sent back to the East Palace.

Seeing that the royal family members were coming in with a threatening force, Jin Jiashu was afraid that there was some conspiracy, so he asked the crown prince for instructions in private. Then, under the crown prince's secret order, he quietly left and got to the Donghua Gate first, where he found a familiar soldier of the imperial guards.

At this time, people outside the palace had not yet heard the news and were unaware that a turmoil was taking place in the Qianqing Palace in which the royal family was forcing the royal family to take over. Jin Jiashu took advantage of the time difference and found the soldier who had just finished a night's shift and was about to leave the palace to go home. He entrusted him with a large sum of money and asked him to help deliver a letter to an acquaintance outside the palace.

He had helped the soldier before, and he kept silent about the chaos in the palace. He only said that the national mourning had begun, and he was ordered to stay with the new emperor, so he had no time to leave the palace to handle personal matters. However, the coffins of his parents and relatives had just been transported to the capital, and he couldn't just leave them alone, right? He had to choose a quiet and auspicious place to temporarily store the coffins, and then invite monks and Taoists to perform a ritual to help his family members pass away. He couldn't get away by himself, so he wanted to send a letter to his acquaintances, asking them to help him take care of something. When he successfully asked for leave from the new emperor, he would leave the palace to deal with it.

His words were sincere, his reasons were very sufficient, and he even offered a large sum of money. The soldier didn't know that something big had happened in the palace. He just thought it was just a piece of cake. Not only could he please the new nobles, but he could also make some extra money. So why not? So he took Jin Jiashu's letter, quickly left the palace, and went to Ma Shangyi's residence to deliver the letter.

After arriving in the capital, Ma Shangyi did not live in the Cheng'en Marquis's mansion, but stayed temporarily at the home of an old friend in the Cining Palace. The house was not far from Jin Jiashu's residence in the capital, and the soldier quickly delivered the letter. After reading the letter, Ma Shangyi knew that the matter was of great importance. She first rewarded the soldier without making a fuss, and then ordered Chunyu to deliver the letter to Eunuch Pu, who lived near the temple and was convenient for taking over the matter.

After the soldiers left, Ma Shangyi quickly sent someone to deliver a letter to the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion. General Zhou Si sent people out of the city to look for Yingchuan Marquis while taking his son into the imperial city. He originally just wanted to go back to the Imperial Guards Office to find out the situation, but he didn't expect to hear the news that Tu Rong was under house arrest, so he just happened to rescue him...

Hai Jiao sighed as he spoke of this: "Xiao Jin acted decisively, but it was also thanks to God's will that he was on the side of the new emperor. If he had not gone ahead and sent the soldier out of the palace in time, he would have been stopped. The new emperor left the Qianqing Palace only a cup of tea later than Xiao Jin, and Prince Ji sent soldiers to the East Palace, which was another cup of tea later. At that time, Xiao Jin Gang returned to the East Palace and did not run into the people sent by Prince Ji, so he escaped. Moreover, when the soldier who delivered the message left the palace, the news had not yet reached Donghua Gate and Dong'an Gate. After the imperial guards at the gate changed, no one noticed that Xiao Jin had appeared there and asked someone to send a message out of the palace. Otherwise, if Prince Ji sent someone to intercept immediately, I'm afraid the letter would not be delivered to Ma Shangyi smoothly, and Ma Shangyi would not be able to deliver the message to Cheng'en Marquis Mansion so smoothly..."