Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1011 Mutiny
A school lieutenant next to him said gloomyly: "Mr. Lu, what is the most important thing, you have to enter the palace overnight? The officials have already gone to bed now, we are just some small school guarding the gate, disturbing Your Majesty, but we can't take the blame."

Under the light, Lu Yuqing suddenly felt that the little schoolboy who was speaking looked familiar. Thinking about it carefully, he had seen him in Zhao Pu's mansion before, and he seemed to be a guard in Zhao Pu's mansion.

Lu Yuqing squinted his eyes, and asked deeply: "The officials are sleepy all night, and they often deal with official business until late at night. When you guard the small school, how do you know that the officials are asleep?" Lu Yuqing scolded with a sullen face. It exploded in an instant.

The lieutenant trembled involuntarily, but at this moment, a group of imperial guards came out from the side, came to Lu Yuqing, and said loudly: "Master Lu, the general has received an order. There are thieves entering the capital tonight, and they want to do something wrong. Shangfeng is afraid that it will be disadvantageous to the adults, so please don't leave the house for the time being."

Lu Yuqing sneered, "Traitors? Just a joke, how can I frighten a few thieves from going out when I am a dignified political adviser in the Song Dynasty? Go away, I have urgent business, and I have delayed my important affairs. Be careful with your head !"

The school lieutenant shrank his head, obviously forced by the opponent's momentum, took a step back, but still said: "Sorry, Mr. Lu, the order received by the general is to protect Mr. Lu, and never let Mr. Lu go out! So please My lord will go back to the manor at the end of the day!"

"What do you want to do?" Lu Yuqing was furious, "Protect me, or imprison me? Who is your boss, please Your Majesty, let him go!"

The officer stood up straight, sneered, ignored Lu Yuqing, but said to both sides: "Please return to the mansion, Mr. Lu!" With a wave of his hand, a group of soldiers from the imperial army rushed forward and surrounded the carriage tightly.

Lu Yuqing closed his eyes heavily, and two lines of old tears flowed down.

Lu Yuqing staggered into the carriage, and the officer forced Lu Yuqing back to the mansion without looking inside the carriage.And it was surrounded layer by layer outside the house.

Back in the study, Lu Yuqing wrote several letters in succession without saying a word, and wrote them one by one.Handed it to the confidant butler Lu Chengming, said: "Lu Chengming, find an opportunity to send these letters. I have written the recipient on the envelope. I am afraid it will be difficult for us to leave the house."

After receiving the letter, Lu Chengming asked carefully: "Master, what happened? How dare those forbidden soldiers come to block our door?"

Lu Yuqing leaned weakly on the back of the chair, and spit out two words: "Mutiny!"

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Because Li Siyan entered the palace, the life of the eunuchs, maids, guards, and even the empress dowager in the palace of the Song Dynasty became easier, so the lifeless look in the palace seemed to be a little angry now, especially Zhao Dezhao after Li Siyan's persuasion Now, I have treated the maids and eunuchs around me a lot better. Instead of being killed or cruelly punished for no reason, there are some rewards instead.

Zhao Dezhao held a family banquet in the Long Live Hall today. The harem concubines, princes and princesses gathered together. Since becoming emperor, it is rare to have such a gathering time. Zhao Dezhao seemed to be in a good mood. With such a change, these harem concubines couldn't help but wonder if the person in front of them was His Majesty the Emperor.

In the harem, from the queen down, dozens of concubines took their seats one by one after saluting to Zhao Dezhao.Zhao Dezhao's violence for more than a year made everyone, including the queen and concubines, a little afraid of Zhao Dezhao, and Zhao Dezhao's sudden organization of this family banquet did not bring them much joy, but made them tremble more in front of Zhao Dezhao. Dare to overstep a little.Zhao Dezhao already had a five-year-old son before he became the emperor, but now he is seven years old, but the son's mother died not long after giving birth to the child.Then there were two more princes and a princess, the oldest was three years old, and the youngest was only half a year old.

All kinds of dishes in the imperial dining room were served at a high price. Zhao Dezhao picked up the silver chopsticks, tasted them, and said with a stiff smile, "You can do whatever you want!"

The crown prince was sitting on the right side of Zhao Dezhao. Although he was only in his early seven years old, he already behaved like a little adult. The table was full of delicacies, but he couldn't help but gobbled them up. Obviously, he seldom eats these things at ordinary times. Zhao Dezhao couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw it.Since he became the emperor, one of the reasons why Zhao Pu has been able to exert power in the court is that Zhao Pu controls the financial power. It was good that he and Zhao Pu didn't break up with each other before, but these few months ago, he came to fight with Zhao Pu completely. The expenses in the palace were reduced by more than [-]% by Zhao Pu.So life in the palace has not been easy these past few months.

"Eat slowly, eat slowly, there's a lot more!" Zhao Dezhao lost his usual rage, looked at the two little princesses lovingly, lifted the silver chopsticks for the first time, and gave the two little princesses some food.

The two little princesses also understood etiquette, so they stood up quickly, and said in a childlike voice, "Thank you, Father!" Zhao Dezhao 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, and Zhao Dezhao and his concubines were sitting in the hall, chatting and laughing casually. For more than a year, Zhao Dezhao had never enjoyed this kind of family happiness. Talking, 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, and Zhao Dezhao was slightly surprised. In the middle of the surprise, Wang Haijiang, the commander of the inner guards, appeared at the gate of the hall with a face of panic. Behind him, Gao Dezhi, the chief eunuch of the inner guard, rushed over.

Zhao Dezhao's heart sank, what happened, the two couldn't wait to report, so they rushed in.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Haijiang walked in quickly and saluted Zhao Dezhao and his concubines. He didn't care that it would be too much to break into the palace like this. , I wonder if His Majesty has obtained the will?"

Zhao Dezhao stood up abruptly: "What did you say?"

"The imperial city's imperial army was suddenly mobilized on a large scale. I didn't receive the decree. I don't know if it is..." At this point, Wang Haijiang saw Zhao Dezhao's face, and he understood that the emperor didn't know about it. Looking at Zhao Dezhao, his face changed. It was completely white.

"Gao Dezhi, pass on Zhang Fenghu!" Zhao Dezhao sternly said.

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.

"Take your children and wait in the Empress Dowager's Palace!" Zhao Dezhao ordered: "Wang Haijiang, you call the guards from the palace to guard the palace."

"Your Majesty, if it is the imperial city imperial army that caused the chaos, it must be Zhang Fenghu, and Zhang Fenghu was the commander of the imperial guards before he became the commander of the imperial city imperial army." Wang Haijiang said tremblingly.

Zhao Dezhao took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions forcibly, and said, "Then call all the inner guards to guard the Chongzheng Hall, the Long Live Hall, and the Empress Dowager's Palace, and immediately order people to ring the beacon bell to report to the city defense army and the capital outside the city. The imperial army called the police and ordered them to enter the city to escort them."

Not long after Wang Haijiang left in a hurry, Gao Dezhi came rushing all the way again and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Fenghu can't be found. He is not in the palace. The servants outside the palace can't get out."

Zhao Dezhao already understood what happened, "Traitor!" He cursed bitterly, "Let's go, let's go to Chongzheng Palace!"

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In Longguo Mansion, Li Jixun also organized a family banquet today, and drank some wine. The Li family is loyal and loyal, and they all serve in the army. This year Li Jixun will call his two sons and four grandsons who served in the Imperial Army When they came back, all the adult men of the Li family were slightly drunk.

When, when, when!The dull bell rang in everyone's ears suddenly, and the hall froze in an instant. Li Shuzhi, the third son of Li Jixun, said in astonishment: "Father, did you drink too much, why did you hear the beacon bell?"

Everyone's faces were filled with shock. The lowest rank among them was Li Jixun's youngest grandson, who was now a battalion commander. Of course, they knew what the ringing of the beacon bell meant.Seeing everyone's expressions, Li Shuzhi immediately knew that he hadn't listened in vain.

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

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

Everyone looked at Li Jixun dumbfounded. Their father or grandfather obviously knew about the conspiracy. The reckless Li Shuzhi pointed at his father and said, "Father, could it be you, you..."

Li Jixun slapped him with a slap and cursed angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about, you bastard? Did you and I spend our lives committing crimes? It was Zhao Pu who made the move."

"It's Zhao Pu, so why don't you hurry up and mobilize troops to rescue him?" Li Shuzhi said in shock after being slapped, he didn't have a long memory yet.

Li Jixun sneered: "Rescue me at this time, you can come out of my mansion to have a look, our Li mansion is already crowded with soldiers. We may not even be able to leave our house now, let's talk about King He Qin's rescue."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, closed his eyes, and when he opened them, his face was full of solemnity, and he said, "Listen to everything I say now..."

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In a secret room of an inconspicuous mansion.Li Mingxuan, who was regarded by Song Emperor Zhao Dezhao as a minister of Honggu, sat on the main seat, and Li Siyan stood in front of him with a respectful expression.

"Uncle! Sure enough, Zhao Pu mutinied and rebelled, and now everything in the capital is developing according to our plan." Li Siyan asked Li Mingxuan some tea in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)