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Chapter 1076 Yan Qing
According to the agreement between Wang Xian and Zhang Min, after controlling Jin Yiwei and Fujun Youwei, they attacked Xiyuan by water and land respectively.

Zhang Xuan knew very well that he would be blocked by Zhao Wang's army with all his strength along the way, and it was for Wang Xian to attract firepower as a cover.But Zhang Xiang couldn't wish for such an arrangement. Although he chose to gamble heavily on the side of the prince and grandson, he still didn't dare to go deep into Xiyuan and get involved in the death struggle between father, son, grandson and grandson of the Tian family.

Because the situation is too complicated, any excessive force will lead to a very different result.

Even after defeating King Zhao, Zhang Yu still couldn't determine whether Zhu Di would continue to reign, or whether the prince would take over the throne, or whether the grandson would bypass the prince and ascend the throne directly.Either situation is possible, so he can't make a judgment at all.After thinking about it, I can only avoid right and wrong as much as possible, do my part, and wait for the dust to settle. No matter who becomes the final winner, he will be indispensable.Temporarily suing the two parties will not hold grudges against him.

So Zhang Xiang's instructions to his subordinates were to attack the Xiyuan Gate with all their strength and attract as many enemy soldiers as possible, but no matter what happened in the palace, they would never cross the threshold until the dust settled.

The right guard of the government army faithfully carried out Zhang Min's order. After smashing open the Xiyuan gate with a siege vehicle, he started a lingering and fierce battle with the Zhao Wang army who came to stop him.Even if the enemy soldiers were repelled all the way and a gap was opened, they would never move forward. They just stabilized the line of defense and waited for the enemy soldiers to counterattack.But because they were fighting so hard, Zhao Wangjun didn't realize their small calculations in this dark rainstorm night, and they still drove to Xiyuan Gate in a steady stream, desperately preventing the attack of the right guard of the government army.

Attracted by the right guard of the government army, almost all of King Zhao's troops were attracted to the south side of Xiyuan.This is also one of the reasons why the South China Sea is surrounded by enemy troops, and His Highness Taisun has nowhere to escape... Correspondingly, the Zhonghai area to the north of Xiyuan is naturally very empty. It's just guarding.

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Xiyuan is located on the west side of the Imperial Palace and Jingshan Mountain. It was first built in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. After the South China Sea was opened up in this dynasty, a bag-shaped water area was formed in the garden, which was named Beihai, Zhonghai, Nanhai, and Ether. The two stone bridges on the liquid pool divide the boundary. The North Sea is to the north of the Jinaoyu Hong Bridge, the South Sea is to the south of the Centipede Bridge, and the Zhonghai is between the two bridges.Among them, Zhonghai and Nanhai are the most important for the defense of the imperial garden because they are full of palaces and halls.

Although Beihai is also within the scope of Xiyuan, it is far away from the activity area of ​​the emperor and concubines, especially after Zhu Di is old, he will basically not set foot in it, so the defense will inevitably be much lax.If King Zhao can wait until tomorrow, when his two guards outside the city enter Beijing before making a move, he will naturally deploy troops in Beihai to avoid accidents.

However, Yan Qing and others detonated the news in advance through Huang He, forcing King Zhao to act hastily tonight. The only troops that King Zhao could use and trust were the two guards of Changshan Zhongwei and Yulin Qianwei.In the case of insufficient troops, they can only take care of the two areas of Zhonghai and Nanhai separately, so as to be safe from the actions of the emperor and Taisun.As for Beihai, I can't care so much...

In the eyes of Zhao Wang, Zhao Ying and others, this is not too risky, because the capital is already in their hands. The situation!
But obviously, they underestimated Wang Xian.Although he has dealt with Wang Xian for many years, neither Zhao Wang nor Zhao Ying had ever fought Wang Xian head-on.From those innocuous fights, they couldn't appreciate Wang Xian's horror at all, but instead had the illusion that he was nothing more than that.

Wei Wuque knew very well that Wang Xianzhi was terrible, but his cautious reminders were all regarded as cowardly words after being frightened by Zhao Wang, and he ignored them all.That's right, everyone surnamed Wang has already been reduced to a prisoner in Dongchang Prison. What else is there to be afraid of?
As everyone knows, Wang Xian took the initiative to walk into the prison, but retreated to advance after breaking the game!As Yang Shiqi analyzed, after Wang Xian suffered a stroke from the emperor, if he was still playing around outside, he would inevitably become the target of public criticism.Taking the initiative to be imprisoned by Dongchang will give everyone the illusion that he is no longer a threat and can be eliminated at any time.At this time, everyone's attention was easily shifted by Wang Xian to the emperor's affairs - the battle for the heir apparent became the most intense conflict in the Ming Dynasty!

Under the condition that he thought he had the absolute initiative, King Zhao naturally didn't want to take the risk of chaos in the world and kill a person who could be killed at any time.Once this kind of thinking arises, the vigilance against Wang Xian will decrease infinitely. As the day of the showdown gets closer, Wang Xian even fades out of people's conversations, as if this person is no longer important.Everyone even forgot that it was this person who forced the mighty Emperor Yongle to bow his head and admit defeat, and even suffered a stroke...

Yan Qing!Wu Wei and others took advantage of the convenience that no one paid attention to, secretly bribed the eunuchs in Beihai, and secretly hid twenty or thirty fast boats in Beihai Garden.It was through a group of Jinyiwei officers who were loyal to Wang Xian that they planned the mutiny tonight.

When Wang Xian completely controlled Jin Yiwei and led his army to the north gate of Xiyuan, the eunuch Wu Wei had bribed was already there, quietly opened the north gate, and let Jin Yiwei enter Xiyuan.But at this time, there was not a single soldier of King Zhao's army in the area around the north gate, and even the guards who guarded the north gate hurried to the south to defend the emperor, so that all the penetration methods prepared by Wu Wei were useless...

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After Jin Yiwei sneaked into Xiyuan, he quickly carried the fast boat hidden in the garden to Beihai Lake. Although it was covered by heavy rain, no one noticed the whole process, which is really strange.This made Dai Hua shake his head and lament that King Zhao is not as numerous as King Han. If King Han is in a coup today, whoever wants to take advantage of this opportunity will have to pay a heavy price...

"You can't say that. The King of Han is leading the army to fight, and the King of Zhao is planning the layout." Wang Xian stood in the pavilion by the lake, waiting for the fast boat to arrive. "If you change the King of Han, you can't create such a good situation."

"King Zhao's situation is really good, the capital is under his control, the grandson and the emperor are both vulnerable." Dai Hua said with a smile: "Unfortunately, he has counted thousands of times, but he missed your lord."

Wang Xian looked deeply at the lake where the silver snake danced, and said leisurely: "My opponent has never been King Zhao."

"Indeed, Zhu Laosan is not qualified to be the opponent of a grown-up." Dai Hua said with deep conviction.

"Xiao Dai, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are good at flattering." Amid the sound of Zaza's wheelchair, Yan Qing appeared in the pavilion.Xian Yun, who was pushing the wheelchair for him, looked at Dai Hua amusedly and said, "If you didn't grow a beard, you would be just like the eunuch in the palace."

"Hey..." Dai Hua smiled embarrassedly: "We are just expressing our feelings, and we don't mean to exaggerate."

Seeing his embarrassment, everyone burst into laughter.After laughing, Wang Xian glanced at Yan Qing and said, "Why are you here, sir?"

Yan Qing's legs and feet are inconvenient, so naturally he should sit in the back.

"My lord," Yan Qing looked at Wang Xian and said in a deep voice, "You should know what your subordinates are going to say."

"..." Wang Xian was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "You also know that I won't agree."

"It's up to your lord to answer or not, but as a counselor, you have to plan for your lord," Yan Qing said, his expression was obviously darkened, and he couldn't help but make the last effort: "My lord, you must stop being disturbed by it." , Now I miss the old love for a while, but in the future, my family will be ruined!"

Wang Xian was silent for a long time again, his eyes were obviously struggling, but he finally shook his head resolutely: "I know, but it won't be that bad, there will always be a way..."

"My lord!" Yan Qing was in a hurry, holding the armrests of the wheelchair with both hands, and said excitedly: "You have risked the world's disgrace, and you are no different from those who bullied the emperor in the past dynasties. Don't you understand what their final outcome is? Now that he has embarked on this road, there is absolutely no possibility of retreating in one piece!" As he spoke, he stood up all of a sudden, and said hoarsely: "There is only one way to survive at the top of the Forbidden City! There is no other way!"

'Ka', a bolt of lightning struck the small pavilion by the lake, and everyone in the pavilion was so dazzled that they couldn't open their eyes.

After the lightning had passed, the surroundings returned to darkness, and everyone regained their vision, they saw Yan Qing leaning over the ground, breathless, still staring at Wang Xian with wide-open eyes.

"Mr. Yan!" Wang Xian was stunned, and quickly leaned over to help Yan Qing, only to see black blood from his mouth and nose.Wang Xian raised his head suddenly, stared at Xianyun who pushed Yan Qing in, and roared angrily: "What's going on?!"

Xian Yun was also shocked, and after being yelled at by Wang Xian, he suddenly came to his senses and said, "Before Mr. came in, he took a bottle of medicinal powder and said it was 'Qingjing San'. Who would have thought it would be..." Xian Yun's voice hoarse all of a sudden, "Poison..."

"Why did you take poison, sir, or is someone trying to kill him?" Dai Hua lost his voice in shock.

Wang Xian looked extremely gloomy, touched Yan Qing's body, and took out a letter from his arms.With the light of another flash of lightning, he saw the four meticulous italic characters of "My Lord's kinship" written on the top of the cover, which was Yan Qing's own handwriting.

Wang Xian looked at the envelope, his expression changed for a long time, but he still didn't intend to open it.At this time, Wu Wei came in, saw the scene in the pavilion, his expression darkened, and he said to Wang Xian in a low voice: "My lord, the ship is ready, and the soldiers have boarded the ship."

Wang Xian nodded, put Yan Qing's letter in his arms, got up and left the kiosk, and boarded the boat without looking back.

Looking at Wang Xian's back and Yan Qing's corpse, both Dai Hua and Xian Yun fell into extreme confusion. They never expected that such an accident would happen to an operation under their control.

Wu Wei looked at Yan Qing, sighed insignificantly, and said to the two: "Follow up quickly."

Only then did the two come back to their senses, and hurriedly followed Wang Xian to board the boat.

(End of this chapter)