The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 229 Tranquility of Tianxing Mansion

By the time the first twilight appeared in the sky, the four gates of Tianxing Mansion had all been controlled by the Dragon Guards.

The north gate of the city was even "captured" by Zheng Chenggong and hundreds of rebels under him.In fact, he yelled "Chen Wang's soldiers are here, those who descend will not die" several times near the city gate, and before he could move a knife or an arrow, the gatekeeper sergeant had fled without a trace.

It was all because the [-] army was wiped out in half a day the day before yesterday, and the psychological shock was too great.Who is willing to fight recklessly with Chen Wang's men, is it too long to die?
Su Guansheng was the only one who led troops to stop the Dragon Guards.But helplessly, his heart is better than Han Xin and Wei Qing, but his ability is far inferior to Zhao Kuo, especially he has a bad habit of shrinking before battle.

Therefore, the last nearly [-] recalcitrant troops all shrank in the alley with their commander, Su Ge.Half an hour later, [-] Dragon Guard soldiers blocked each other and fired a few empty cannons. These people were so frightened that they all surrendered.

The only fierce confrontation in the city took place in the Tang Palace.

Relying on the walls of the palace courtyard, nearly [-] royal guards fought stubbornly, firing bows and blunderbuss non-stop.

In order to avoid casualties of the Dragon Guards, Zhu Linmi only ordered soldiers to surround the palace.Therefore, the sound of gunfire continued until the sky gradually brightened.

In the end, Chen Xiongfei dispatched a nine-pound cannon and knocked down all the walls on one side of the courtyard.Yu Xin was about to order the whole army to attack from the breach, but the palace fell silent without warning.

Only then did Yu Xin vaguely hear a woman in the mansion screaming in a high voice: "Your Highness is dead!"

He led the team to hand over the weapons of the palace guards, and went all the way to the back house, only to see Zhu Yu'ao sitting on a chair in a dragon robe, with a black and red sword mark on his neck, and blood sprayed half the room. .

The family members of the royal family knelt outside the house, but they didn't dare to cry, they all sobbed softly.

Yu Xin summoned Tang Wang's personal eunuch to inquire and found out that Zhu Yu'ao had been sitting in the study since Su Guansheng asked Ying to lead his troops to defend against the enemy.Later, when he heard the roar of the cannons outside the palace, he sighed three times, "Heaven will not bless Yuao", drew his sword and killed himself.

Yu Xin ordered the soldiers to pack up Zhu Yu'ao's body and report to Zhu Linmi himself.

It was early in the morning when Zhu Linmi rushed to the palace with the infantry.Zhao Shichao led the army to guard outside the Meridian Gate. When he saw King Chen approaching, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "My lord, the palace ban is under the control of our army." He turned and gestured to an old man, "Thanks to Mr. The door, the recalcitrants are gone."

Zhu Linmi looked behind Zhao Shichao, and after less than two months, when she saw Pang Tianshou again, she saw that his face was a little more vicissitudes.

When he saw Pang Tianshou, he was about to kneel down and hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's fortunate that Eunuch Pang contacted Dudu Zheng so that he could break through the city gate quickly."

Pang Tianshou shook his head and sighed: "When His Royal Highness King Chen's army arrived, there was a slight shake in the city, and no one dared to fight. There are no old slaves, and this city wall can't stop His Highness for a few days."

Zhu Linming's purpose here is the emperor and the empress dowager, he immediately asked: "Have you found the emperor and empress dowager?"

Zhao Shichao hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, the Empress Dowager is in Jingxi Palace, but there are guards from the Tang Palace blocking the palace gate. As for the Emperor..." He glanced at the palace behind him, "I haven't found it yet."

Zhu Linmi frowned, and told Zhao Shichao: "Send more people to find the Holy One as soon as possible. By the way, I will also look for Tang Wangfu."

"Yes!"

He said to Shi Lin again: "Let's go to Jingxi Palace first."

"Jingxi Palace?"

Pang Tianshou said: "Let the old slave lead the way for His Highness."

Zhu Linmi took the soldiers and followed the old eunuch to the west end of the palace, and saw a dilapidated building with a signboard "Jingxi Palace" hanging on it.

Zhu Linmi pushed aside the soldiers of the Dragon Guards who surrounded the palace, and at the gate of the palace, a dozen or so soldiers were looking out with guns.

"How's the situation?" He asked Liu Changdao beside him.

"My lord, there are about 50 or [-] people inside. Whenever they get close to them, they will shoot with guns. It has been a stalemate for more than an hour."

Zhu Linmei was thinking about whether to storm Jingxi Palace, Yu Xin galloped to the side, reined in his horse and saluted, "My lord, Tang Ni committed suicide in fear of crime in the mansion."

Zhu Linmei was a little surprised, then nodded slowly and said: "That's fine, the source of the chaos will be lost, and Tianxing Mansion will soon return to calm." He then ordered Liu Chang: "Call this news to the outside of Jingxi Palace. those who know."

Liu Chang immediately found a few soldiers with loud voices and shouted: "Tang Ni has committed suicide, throw away your weapons and surrender!"

The guards of the Tang Palace who were ordered to guard the Jingxi Palace did not believe it at first, until Zhu Yu'ao's personal eunuch was brought to confirm the death of the Tang King to the sergeants, and they all left the palace with their heads down and surrendered.

The soldiers of the Dragon Guard quickly took control of Jingxi Palace, and Zhu Linmi quickly pushed the door open, and saw Empress Dowager Zeng sitting in the room, looking extremely tired.

Zhu Linmi stepped forward a few steps, and was about to pay her respects, when suddenly there was a bang, the Empress Dowager Zeng was forcefully pushed aside, and a figure jumped out from under the table behind her, calling out: "Chen Ni, for my lord Sacrifice!" The dagger in his hand pierced Zhu Linmi's neck.

In the nick of time, the person behind Zhu Linmi moved faster and arrived first. For some reason, he stretched out his hand to block him. It was Wang Laixian.

The assassin's reaction was not slow, he twisted his body and turned to attack Zhu Linmi's left side.

Wang Laixian sneered, turned his body slightly, turned his wrists, his left palm seemed to be magnetically attracted to the dagger, and his right palm followed closely behind.

There was a click sound, and the assassin was sent flying backwards by a seemingly slow palm, obviously several bones were broken.But the dagger was already in Wang Laixian's hands.

Shi Lin turned pale with shock, and commanded his own soldiers to protect Zhu Linmi, and went to look at the assassin again, he was breathing less and exhaling more.

"It's Tang Ni's confidant guard, named Ji Cheng." Someone soon identified the assassin.

Zhu Linmi asked the Empress Dowager Zeng to be lifted up, and was about to salute, but the Empress Dowager pounced on him, grabbed him, and said anxiously: "Chen Wang, can you find Yuan'er?!"

Pang Tianshou supported Empress Dowager Zeng's arm, and said in a low voice, "I haven't seen His Majesty yet, His Highness is searching in the palace."

After a while, Zhao Shichao led dozens of soldiers, surrounded by a young eunuch, and hurried over, entered the gate of Jingxi Palace, saw that the guards had been removed, and hurriedly shouted: "My lord, the emperor has been found!"

Empress Dowager Zeng's eyes immediately brightened, she threw off Pang Tianshou, swept her eyes, and immediately fixed her eyes on the little eunuch.

Immediately she pounced forward, and with extremely gentle movements took off the swaddle from the little eunuch's arms, looking at the pink and tender Emperor Tai Zheng, she couldn't help crying, "Yuan'er! My Yuan'er..."

She cried for a while, then suddenly seemed to remember something, pinched Zhu Linyuan's face hard, "Yuan'er, Yuan'er!"

She called for a while, but she didn't see the baby responding, so she hurriedly raised her head to look at the little eunuch, "Your Majesty...how are you?"

The little eunuch hurriedly knelt down and said tremblingly: "Going back to the empress dowager, since the emperor fell to the ground that day, he, has been in a coma..."

The look in Empress Dowager Zeng's eyes faded immediately, she hugged her son tightly, sat down on the chair, and muttered incessantly: "Mother is wrong, I knew this earlier... Mother shouldn't let you sit on the throne!"

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