Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 134 The Secret

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Bai Xianyun, one of the 36 remnants of the White Lotus Sect, and Xing Na, one of the eight guardians, were in Xiaohe Township, outside Guiyang City. The rebels revolted, and then led the troops to rush to Guiyang City. The traitors in the city responded and opened the city gate. The next day, Guiyang City was broken.

Bai Xianyun plundered the city, burned countless good houses and buildings, and Guiyang City fell into ruins. When the news spread, the world was shocked.

"Has the Ming Dynasty really come to an end?" Zhang Yan sat alone in the empty hall with a low voice that echoed throughout the hall, exhausted.

Empress Zhou was dressed in plain clothes, wearing a wooden hairpin, looking simple and pure, like plum blossoms, embellished in a practical way, walked into the empty hall, and said softly: "Sister-in-law, there is no earth dragon burning in this hall. It's getting cold, let's get out of here earlier."

Zhang Yan raised her head, her pretty face was full of tears, she made no secret of her fragility, her crying made people sad and heartbroken, she was just a weak woman, wandering among various forces, She will also be tired, and she will also be sad. The hibiscus comes out of the clear water, and it is naturally carved. Her beauty does not need any decoration.

She is weak and can attract people's eyes even more, but it's a pity that this beauty is hidden in the deep palace, so there is no chance to recognize her.

"Queen, Aijia's heart is so tired, so tired, can I let Aijia rest."

The two women were in the prime of their youth, quietly in the deep palace, tightly shrunk up by the layers of security and the palace gate, so that they could not see a ray of dawn and warmth, and could only support them hard. Empress Zhou Sorrow came from it, and he endured the discomfort, his voice choked up, but he tried his best to make himself strong.

Lianbu lightly moved, came slowly, hugged and sat with Zhang Yan, patted Zhang Yan's back lightly, and said comfortingly: "Sister-in-law, cry! My sister can't share with you in important matters, but my sister has One shoulder allows us to rely on each other, and after crying, we have to act well for the people below."

One person is willing to be scolded by the world, and all he wants is a place to settle down, and the other person is more willing to give up everything. If you fight, you don't fight. If you don't fight, you fight. If you don't fight, you don't fight.

After crying, Zhang Yan became stronger again, and her expression was even firmer at this time: "Where did His Majesty go, why is there no news, even Wang Chengen, a slave, fell into the sea like a mud cow, without a sound."

"Cao Huachun has been sending people to inquire about the news for no reason, but this just explains the problem. With Jinyi Weidong Factory's power among the people, why there is no news. Could it be that His Majesty is really a real dragon, able to fly into the sky and escape from the sky?" Empress Zhou's voice was low, and her words were a bit rebellious, which also showed the anger in her heart at this time.

Zhang Yan sighed quietly: "Queen, could it be that you think that the thief in red..."

"Taizu's Red Scarf Army rose up and swept the world with red flags." Queen Zhou's voice was very soft, as if whispering.

"This must never be mentioned in front of outsiders." Zhang Yan quickly stopped, and changed the subject: "Nowadays, the world is in chaos and wars, the country is in ruins, and the Ai family can't support it. It's better to let the prince succeed."

Empress Zhou looked at Zhang Yan with burning eyes. As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day. Zhu Youjian has been missing for so long, and the news has already leaked out. It flew all over the sky.If this title is not settled early, I'm afraid things will change!

"Is it because of the red army?" Empress Zhou sighed, she didn't know, but once the throne is settled, if Zhu Youjian returns, I'm afraid this matter will be turned upside down!

Zhang Yan's eyes were deep, and her words sounded like whispers in a dream: "If he strives to find another way out for Daming, then it's okay if Aijia helps him."

Looking at Zhang Yan's thin back, Queen Zhou's eyes became more determined, and she said in a deep voice: "The prince will recognize the queen as his mother, and he will definitely be filial to the queen in the future."

Whether it was inside or outside the palace, no one knew what a shocking thing these two women would do after they made up their minds, and the bloody storm that followed caused the entire capital to smell bloody.

Immediately after Laba, on the 15th Lantern Festival, the peasant army broke through Fengyang City, surrounded the officers and soldiers stationed here, killed Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying, destroyed and burned the imperial tomb and the ancestral tomb of Zhu's family that were not destroyed by the red army. Once the Ming court was shaken, Fengyang City in the central capital was breached for the second time.

It was tantamount to slapping the imperial court once again. The first time was luck, but the second time completely meant the stupidity of the Ming court. There were various voices mocking the imperial court from all over the place.

When the news spread to the capital, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian heard the news from his sickbed. He was furious and scolded the governor and governor of Fengyang for being incompetent. Then he vomited blood and died.

"The emperor is dead." There was a shrill howl, as unpleasant as a drake's voice, but as soon as the sound came out, the faces of all the court ladies and eunuchs changed, and they knelt down and cried bitterly.

The faces of the big Han generals guarding the palace gates changed drastically, and they were terrified. Emperor Chongzhen ruled the world for seven years, and he loved those close to him very much. With this bad news, everyone felt that the day suddenly collapsed.

The news of the death of the emperor in the palace spread, the capital mourned, and many scholars and common people took to the streets crying and running to tell each other.

At this time, Zhu Gan, who was in Chongqing Mansion and kept an eye on the news of the world, also learned about this matter. Compared with the arrival of the Peasant Army and the Lantern Festival, which was almost the same time as history, Zhu Gan was concerned about the arrival of Fengyang City. The more important thing is the death of Chongzhen. My own Momin died miraculously, and I feel very uncomfortable!

"Your Majesty, the queen and the others are struggling in the palace, there is nothing to do." Wang Chengen comforted softly. Obviously at this time, the calm Zhu Gan is even more difficult to see through, but it is conceivable that at this time his heart must have been He was furious.

But Zhu Gan smiled slightly, as if he had let go of a certain burden in his heart, making him look more relaxed, only to hear Zhu Gan happily laughing and saying: "Okay! I can't go back, I don't have this thought anymore , My heart is also relaxed, let go of the burden, so that I can concentrate on doing things more, since they have already done it, then I will take this opportunity to win the land of Bashu."

Compared to the sudden display of power by the red-clothed army, which seized several cities in Sichuan, the whole way was like a broken bamboo.

No matter how much the red-clothed army stirred up wind and rain in the land of Sichuan, and how big waves they turned up, for the Ming court at this time, there was no new emperor to succeed to the throne, and the emperor's funeral was important.

The prince logically inherited the great rule from Jian Guo and sat on the throne of the emperor, but the prince was still young, so he still had to have two queens as regents.

The day was chosen, and the time for the emperor's burial was getting closer and closer. Although the throne had been decided long ago, rumors spread everywhere in the city. It was said that in order to seize power, the empresses of the two palaces conspired to kill the emperor who was lying on the sick bed. He died a long time ago, but the emperor's body was moldy and smelly. After all, there were so many people in the palace that he couldn't hide his whereabouts, so he had to find an excuse, saying that the emperor vomited blood and died.

As for the reason for wanting, there are too many little eunuchs serving the emperor in the palace, and they were sent out of the emperor's bedroom a long time ago, and the emperor did not go to court for half a year, even some of the imperial physicians in the palace , and it is impossible to tell what strange disease the emperor suffered from, and he looked so taboo.

There were changes in the palace, and the Donglin Party, who were unwilling to fail outside the court, also became active, plotting how to drive Empress Yi'an down and let someone they can easily control come to power.

"Do you know how high the risk of doing this is? You can't say that this is a serious crime of ransacking your family and destroying your ancestors. If it is true, no one in the court can stop it."

"But if this is feasible, once Zhang Yan's crimes are exposed, then his name will be remembered forever in history and will be remembered by future generations!"

"This dangerous strategy is absolutely unacceptable. Let's discuss it later. The most urgent thing is to snatch the prince out, so that he can't fall into the hands of Zhang Yan and other thieves."

"But this needs someone in the palace to respond! Those big eunuchs, these days are not in the Wanli Apocalypse period, these eunuchs in the court, those who are close to us can't control much!"

Suddenly there was a light cough outside the courtyard, and everyone in the room who was discussing matters quietly pricked up their ears vigilantly, only to hear a familiar voice say: "Everyone! Hurry up and open the door."

I saw a figure outside the door wearing a black cloak covering his whole body. Under the darkness, a familiar face loomed, and everyone saluted in amazement. This man was Qian Qianyi who was at home. Such a major event happened in the middle of the day, and the leader of the Donglin Party couldn't sit still and ran to the capital.

After some deliberation, everyone made a rough plan.

Empress Zhou is wearing plain onyx, her eyes are neither sad nor happy, she knows that today is by no means an easy time, there must be murderous opportunities everywhere, but she is still not afraid, a dozing tiger is a tiger after all, her resignation from politics does not mean she is not decisive Today, she wants to join forces with Zhang Yan to let the world see the ability of their women.