Horse on the World

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The outer city and the inner city of the Dachu Imperial Palace are also decorated with lanterns and festoons, a joyous scene. Although Tianqi is frugal, the annual festival, such as the annual festival, cannot be ignored. It means that they can get a double share of regular money, even the rewards of each master will be extraordinarily increased.

Tianqi set up a family banquet in Xihe Hall, the harem concubines, princes and princesses gathered together to celebrate the festive season. It is rare to have such a time to gather in a year. Tianqi is in a good mood. After the apocalypse saluted, they were seated one by one according to their positions.Tianqi is very strict with female sex, and it is more difficult to have children. Except for a prince and two princesses, there is nothing to do. Except for the queen and the more favored concubine Lu, the concubines in the harem are also in front of Tianqi. Trembling and trembling, not daring to overstep a little.

All kinds of dishes in the imperial dining room were served at a high price. Tian Qi picked up the silver chopsticks, tasted it, and then said with a smile: "Everyone can do whatever you want!"

The crown prince is sitting on the right side of Tianqi. Although he is only in his early ten years old, he already behaves like a little adult, keeping his eyes on and eating slowly. The table was full of delicacies, but he couldn't hold back and devoured them. Obviously, he seldom eats these things at ordinary times. Tian Qi couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw it.

"Eat slowly, eat slowly, there are many more!" Tian Qi gave the two little princesses a loving look, lifted the silver bag for the first time, and gave the two little princesses some food.

The two little princesses also knew etiquette very well, so they stood up quickly, and said in a childlike voice: "Thank you, Father!" Tian Qi smiled and nodded, "Sit, sit."

It was already the time when the lights came on, and the eunuchs filed in one after another, the Xihe Hall was illuminated brightly by huge candles, and the entire imperial city outside was also lit up at this instant, making the walls brilliant.

The family banquet was over, Tian Qi and his concubines were sitting in the hall, chatting and laughing casually, in a year, there was such a rare time of family happiness, the crown prince sat beside Tian Qi, listening attentively to the conversation between the emperor father, the empress mother and others, But the two little princesses are still childish, running around in the palace, laughing and playing games.

There was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, Tian Qi was slightly surprised, and in the middle of the surprise, King Lu, who succeeded Qingcheng as the commander of the palace guards, appeared at the door of the hall with a face of panic. Behind him, the eunuch Wang Bao rushed Come.

Tian Qi's heart sank, something happened, why King Lu couldn't even wait for the eunuch to report, so he rushed in.

"Your Majesty!" King Lu walked in quickly, bowed to Tianqi and all the concubines, and didn't care that it would be too much to break into the palace like this, so he asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, the imperial forest army in the outer city has suddenly been mobilized on a large scale. , I wonder if His Majesty has an order?"

Tianqi suddenly stood up: "What did you say?"

"The imperial forest army in the outer city was suddenly mobilized on a large scale. I didn't receive the decree. I don't know if it is..." At this point, the king of Lu saw Tian Qi's face, and he knew that the emperor didn't know it. become pale.

"Wang Bao, pass on Xiao Yuanshan!" Tian Qi said sharply.

Although the concubines in the palace were ignorant of political affairs, they, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, knew what such a change meant. There was a deathly silence in the palace, and everyone had a look of panic on their faces.

"Queen, you and all the concubines go to the Hall of Zhonghe and wait!" Tianqi ordered: "King Lu, call the palace guards to guard the inner city."

"Your Majesty, if it is the Imperial Forest Army that caused the disturbance, then it must be Xiao Yuanshan. The Palace Guards just recruited 500 people, all of whom were selected from the Imperial Forest Army!" King Lu said tremblingly.

Tian Qi took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his mood, "Then call 500 people from the original line to guard... guard the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe, King Lu, and immediately order people to ring the alarm bell, Report to the left and right guards outside the city and tell them to enter the city to escort them."

King Lu left in a hurry. At this time, Wang Bao rushed all the way, "Your Majesty, Commander Xiao Yuanshan cannot be found, and Commander Xiao Tong is not in the palace. Outer city, outer city, slaves can't get out."

Tian Qi already understood what happened, "Traitor!" He cursed bitterly, "Let's go, let's go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony!"

Anguogong's mansion, the banquet is in full swing, everyone is already slightly drunk, most of the people who can come to Anguogong's mansion are old friends of Anguogong for decades, a group of people are drinking, recalling the past years, the hall From time to time, bursts of laughter or sighs burst out.

When, when, when!The dull bell rang in everyone's ears suddenly, and the hall froze instantly. Qiu Zhi said in astonishment, "Duke, did I drink too much? Why did I hear the Jingli bell?"

Everyone's faces were filled with shock. They were all high-ranking and powerful people, so of course they knew what it meant to hear the bell ringing.Seeing everyone's expressions, Qiu Zhi immediately knew that he hadn't listened in vain.

He jumped up all of a sudden, "Someone is making trouble in the capital, Duke, we..."

"Sit down!" Li Huaiyuan slammed his wine glass on the table and shouted.

Everyone stared at An Guogong with dumbfounded eyes. The action of the Duke of An was obviously because he knew about the conspiracy. Qiu Zhi pointed at An Guogong, "Guo Gong, could it be you, you..."

With a gloomy face, Li Huaiyuan said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? I, Li Huaiyuan, have been living in such a life of rebellion? The Xiao family, let's do it."

"It's Xiao Haoran!" Qiu Zhi said in shock.

Li Huaiyuan closed his eyes and said, "1000 imperial guards, more than [-] palace guards, Qiu Zhi, do you think the imperial palace is still in the hands of the emperor at this time? Outside Luoyang, the Xiao family, the Xiang family, and the Fang family are nearly ten thousand. Tens of thousands of troops are gathered, this rebellion has been planned for a long time, although I got the news, but I can't do anything about it. The reason why I brought you all here today is because I'm afraid that you will lose your life in vain because of impulsiveness."

Qiu Zhi said in a loud voice: "Duke, all of us present here can get thousands of tigers and tigers to rush to the imperial city. Maybe we can even enter the palace and rescue the emperor. As long as the emperor is here, tomorrow will be bright." , Ascend the heights and shout, the rebels will definitely disappear in smoke."

Li Huaiyuan sneered: "Idiots are talking about dreams. Qiu Zhi, if you don't believe me, you can go out of my house to have a look at this time. Juxiang Street is already crowded with soldiers. We have all our servants, and we may not even be able to leave Juxiang Street." Go, talk about the rescue of King He Qin, everyone, don't act rashly, stay here with me, and wait for the situation to change!
Outside the city of Luoyang, the left and right guard camps guarding Gyeonggi heard the shocking sound of the bell in the palace almost at the same time, and the calm camp suddenly boiled up. The men and horses rushed towards Luoyang, almost at the same time, Guan Xinggui, the general of the right guard camp, also came out with swords, and the two guards came to the city of Luoyang two hours later.But at this time, the gates of Luoyang City were closed tightly, and they were greeted by tens of thousands of imperial guards on the city.

At this time, the majestic Luoyang City Wall also became the natural moat that blocked Apocalypse's life-saving straw.Feng Wanhua and Guan Xinggui understood that it was the Yulin army who made the disturbance, they joined forces in shock and anger, but they could only look at the city and sigh.

In the imperial palace, the outer city has completely fallen into the hands of the Imperial Forest Army, and half of the palace guards have given up the defense of the inner city. All 500 people have shrunk to the outside of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Hall of Central Harmony, layer upon layer. Surrounded to death, King Lu held a spear and stood on the high steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Behind him was Emperor Tianqi, and this place was their last reliance.

The horse's hooves sounded urgently, knocking on the stone slab outside, making a crisp sound, but at this moment, it became the life-destroying talisman for everyone here. Soon, groups of soldiers appeared in everyone's field of vision, densely packed, The innumerable Royal Forest Army has surrounded this place to the brim, driving eight oxen crossbows, the strong crossbows are pushed up, even if these more than a thousand palace guards are all brave soldiers, facing such a situation, it is also a face-to-face challenge. Show panic.

The two sides of the rebel army separated, Xiao Haoran, the Patriarch of the Xiao Family, Xiang Dingsong, the Patriarch of the Xiang Family, Fang Kuiran, the Patriarch of the Fang Clan, and Xiao Yuanshan appeared outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Xiao Haoran came out more and more, looked at King Lu on the steps, paused every word, and said slowly: "Lord Lu, put down your weapon, or go to death, you choose?"

Xiao Haoran's hand was raised high, the eight-ox crossbow, the strong crossbow began to tighten with a tooth-piercing sound, big drops of sweat fell from King Lu's forehead, he knew that when Xiao Haoran's hand fell , that is when the arrows of the eight-ox crossbow are shot.Looking back at the closed gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, King Lu let out a long sigh, and the spear in his hand fell to the ground with a bang. As the spear fell to the ground in King Lu's hand, the will of the palace guards to fight was completely disintegrated.

Xiao Haoran smiled proudly, and strode forward toward the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Following his steps, the palace guards dispersed one after another.The hall door was wide open, Xiao Haoran was standing at the door, inside, Emperor Tianqi was pale, holding the Crown Prince in one hand, standing in the center of the hall.

In the early hours of the morning, an eunuch carrying an imperial decree went outside Luoyang City, ordering the left and right guard generals Feng Wanhua and Guan Xinggui to immediately withdraw their troops and return to the camp, and the two generals returned to Beijing to face the saint.Immediately, the two generals who returned to Beijing were imprisoned for treason.

Three days later, Emperor Tianqi died suddenly.Qi Guogong Xiao Haoran, Lu Wang and others supported the crown prince to ascend the throne, and the country name was Zhaoqing.Order the whole country to mourn and hold a funeral for Apocalypse.On the same day, Emperor Zhaoqing conferred the titles of Xiao Haoran, King Lu as Assistant Minister, Xiao Tianci as Commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Xiao Yuanshan as General of Jingzuo Guard, and Fang Jing as General of Jingyou Guard.The former chief assistant, Chen Xiyan, was sent to prison pending trial because he was suspected of being related to the case of rebellion between Feng Wanhua and Guan Xinggui, the former left and right generals.All of a sudden, the situation in Luoyang changed, and the people in Kyoto who had just finished celebrating the New Year with lanterns and festoons hung white lanterns in every household, and began to show filial piety to His Majesty the Emperor Tianqi.

Countless secret agents came from the capital to all directions of the empire with all kinds of information. Great Chu ushered in a year of violent shock.

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There is something wrong at work, everything is not going well, I am in an extremely bad mood, and I am in an extremely bad state. There may only be one chapter tomorrow, sorry, I will add it later.

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