Slave to Queen: One Night Bride

Chapter 259 Outside the City Gate

"You should be dealt with Wanwan immediately, without leaving any trace."

She looked at the fourth prince's warrant, overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Yes."

"And we can't leave any clues to let Hua Rong know that I've been here. Otherwise, they will easily suspect you."

She hesitated: "Wouldn't it be easy to kill Hua Rong?"

He said sharply: "Easier said than done? How many times have you killed, and which one succeeded? Since you can't succeed, don't worry about it!"

Wang Junhua didn't dare to say any more: "I will follow the arrangements of the young master, and I will never dare to act alone again."

Only then did he soften his tone a little: "This time, I have arranged an excellent opportunity for you. You have to do it without anyone noticing, and you are not allowed to show up again, and stay at home honestly. The long-term plan lies in the long-term. For a while, if you succeed this time, your husband and wife will guarantee prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life, and Qin Hui can also be an extremely human minister..."

Wang Junhua was very confused. He originally thought that the son was going to use this position to attend the grand ceremony, but why is this plan completely different from what he imagined?

Although she was puzzled, she never dared to disobey the young master's foresight, and she heard that her husband and wife could become rich and powerful, so she happily asked: "Is it really like this?"

He nodded: "As long as you follow my orders completely, you will be rich."

Taking advantage of the darkness, Ma Su came to Miao Fu's mansion under the leadership of his old acquaintance Ma Rouji.

Miao and Liu, because they didn't get the order from the mysterious master this time, they were all downcast when they returned home.The two of them were not superior in their talents, and the success of the mutiny was also due to the planning of the people behind them.Now, without instructions, it is simply impossible to act independently.

The two were sitting opposite each other drinking, worried, Miao Fu said: "My lord has been canonized as the sub-emperor. My family wanted to follow suit, but they couldn't..."

"Your Majesty has the support of the Great Jin Kingdom, especially the support of the eldest prince Zong Han. In addition to occupying favorable terrain at the beginning, there were [-] troops to protect him. Our family suffers from insufficient troops and insufficient backing. Besides, I know Yue Pengju is the most Dare to fight, now that the four generals are raising troops together, what should we do?"

"The lord will not send troops to support..."

"There is no news from the envoy of the Great Jin Kingdom..."

The two were frowning and panicked, so they had to report Ma Su's visit.

Ma Su sang a promise to the two: "Meet the two Taiweis."

Miao and Liu were very surprised to see Ma Su, so Miao Fu asked, "Who sent you here?"

"Lu Shuxiang added the next official as Cheng Zhilang."

Miao Fu said: "He has been dismissed, how can he be given another task?"

Ma Su said: "Master Lu Shu has already ordered that all post boxes sent from Lin'an be thrown into the water, so the outside world is cut off from the imperial court." Yue Pengju did this, but Ma Su considered that his son Lu Wenlong was in the palace. As a hostage, Lu Yihao's family members were all outside the capital, so the responsibility was shifted to Lu Yihao.

Miao Fu was furious. It turned out that many orders issued by himself and others were blocked by Lu Yihao, and he put his hand on the hilt of his sword: "Since Lu Yihao didn't obey the order, why are you here?"

Ma Su had already noticed his movement of drawing his sword, but when he saw that he did not pull it out, he had confidence in his heart and said calmly: "Lv Shu knows that the two captains are loyal, so he sent me to discuss and work together to help the state. .”

Miao and Liu planned to be tough, but if necessary, they also needed steps and retreats, so they asked, "I don't know what Lu Shuxiang's idea is?"

Hearing their inquiries, Ma Su felt even more confident, and said: "Now the country is in a difficult situation. When Yuan Sheng (Song Qinzong, who was abandoned and imprisoned by the Jin people) was the ruler of the world, the queen mother was in charge of the government. Although the young master is the emperor's blood , but after all, you are young, so it is better to be called the emperor's nephew, and the emperor will be the emperor's younger brother, the generalissimo, and he will be in charge of the government with the queen mother."

The two heard that they didn't want Zhao Deji to be restored, but Yao respected the imprisoned Song Qinzong as the lord of the world. They were reluctantly relieved and said, "We will talk about it after reporting to the Empress Dowager tomorrow. It's just to prevent the restoration of the Empress Dowager and hold them accountable."

Ma Su immediately took out something: "The two captains are loyal, and the queen mother has already prepared the iron coupon pill for you." The iron coupon system in the Song Dynasty has a long history. The iron coupons are shaped like half a small steamer with four There is a small hole in the silk sash, and the inscription on it is gold.The Queen Mother and Zhao Deji wrote the inscriptions in their own handwriting.The contents are as follows:
To promulgate the great letter, to serve as an honorary minister of the country, to guide the rivers and mountains, and to remain unchanged forever.

The ruler and ministers are as before, the mountains and the rivers are cut, the heart of heaven and the people are as strong as gold.

For these two iron coupons, Miao and Liu each have one piece.The Song Dynasty’s iron coupon book began with Song Taizu. After Song Taizu ascended the throne, he made three secret agreements: one is not to kill the descendants of the Chai family, and to preserve wealth (because Song Taizu won the country from the orphans and widows of the Chai family in the later Zhou Dynasty, and the yellow robe was added to his body) ; The second is not to kill ministers and those who write suggestions and words; the third is not to increase taxes.These several secret treaties were originally seen only after the emperor came to the throne and visited the ancestral temple.After the Jingkang catastrophe, the city of Kaifeng was destroyed, and the ancestral temple was opened, and the people in the world were able to know these three secret agreements.In the Song Dynasty, there was almost no precedent for killing ministers, and at most they would be exiled. Therefore, the iron coupon that Ma Su took out undoubtedly gave the two of them a reassurance.

Ma Su retired, went out lightly, walked a long way, and broke out in a cold sweat.I know that today's words, a little careless, will be blood spattered five steps.

As soon as Ma Su left, the two of Miao and Liu became more and more wrong. When they were hesitating, they saw an envoy approaching and said in a low voice, "Hurry up and lead the army into the city to replace the emperor's guards."

The two were ordered, hesitated for a moment, and the messenger immediately said: "If there is a slight mistake, I'm afraid that Zhao Deji will be restored, and you two will die without a place to die..."

Miao Fu said: "The two of us have the Iron Coupon Dan Book..."

"Zhao Deji has no faith or righteousness, he is not trustworthy."

The two of them seemed to have been splashed with cold water, and immediately led the army to the city gate.

In the past few days, the Empress Dowager, Tianwei, and the little emperor all slept in their clothes, and even the little emperor wore thin steel armor, making it very difficult for the child to walk.

When it was reported that Miao Liu led the army to the city gate, they were all panicked.

Tian Wei rushed out and saw Concubine Pan Xian hurried out with the little emperor. Behind her, the trusted little eunuch hugged Lu Wenlong.The children didn't know the danger, but seeing the adults so flustered and afraid to speak, Lu Wenlong just kept asking, "Where's my mother? Where's my mother? Why hasn't she come back?"

Tian Wei was also very scared, but patted the child's face: "I will see my mother soon."

Everyone led the children out, Tianwei went to see the queen mother, but the queen mother refused to run away, she just looked at the three-foot white silk that had been fastened in front of her, and said sadly: "When the thief comes, I will only have my own integrity, see you at the Nine Springs." The ancestors, the ancestors, will not be beaten by the Taizu officials."

Tianwei shed tears: "Auntie won't leave, and neither will I."

The two were leaving sadly, but they saw a little eunuch leading a "little eunuch" rushing over.

Seeing that the eunuch looked so familiar, Tianwei felt strange, and was about to speak when she heard a soft voice: "Princess..."

Tianwei was overjoyed, it was Hua Rong who came.

At this time, Lu Wenlong had just been carried to the door by an eunuch, and he was still muttering, "Where is my mother, why hasn't she come..."

Hua Rong's heart felt sore, she wished she could run over and hug her son immediately, but fortunately seeing that he was safe and sound, she felt a little comforted, and immediately said: "Quickly call Mr. Feng, and I'll go to the city gate with him, beware of Wu Zhan opening the door and cheating with thieves."

Feng Yi rushed over in a panic, the queen mother nodded, and the two of them, ignoring the imperial confinement, rode horses and galloped through the palace, passed through the "double gates" that only the emperor could use when leaving the city, and took a shortcut to the city gate.

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At this time, Zhao Deji and a group of court ladies were also in military uniform.Restoration was imminent, Zhang Yingying and Wu Jinnu put him in a pale yellow gauze robe lined with thin steel armor and a sword hanging from his waist. The guards prepared horses and guns and were ready to escape at any time.

Every half of the incense burning time, the little eunuch will come in to report to see if it is safe inside and outside.

Holding the sword hilt in his hand, Zhao Deji kept walking back and forth, and finally came to the gate, looking at the road leading to the palace.If you cross this point, you will make a comeback. If you fail to jump, the Zhao family's royal family will be destroyed.The blood bubbles on his mouth were obviously getting bigger and bigger, and the strands of prematurely gray hair seemed to be expanding rapidly one by one.

All the court ladies were also terrified, and even they had scabbards on their waists and changed into military uniforms.

Zhao Deji was panicking, but he saw Eunuch Kang leading a young eunuch in.

He was surprised, but seeing the little eunuch salute, he didn't even have time to kowtow: "Officials, quickly enter the palace, one of Miao Fu's troops is about to hold Xianzhong Temple hostage..."

This "official" really made Zhao Deji have mixed feelings, and immediately helped Hua Rong up with his own hands, his voice choked up: "Rong'er, thank you for your hard work."

"The officials should hurry back to the palace. Lord Lu is personally supervising the army. All the generals have raised their troops to serve the king."

Zhao Deji had no time to say more, a group of guards immediately escorted everyone to the palace.

Hua Rong led a group of guards who stopped temporarily behind the palace, Zhao Deji and others had just entered the imperial city, when dozens of cavalry rushed towards the side door like a whirlwind.

He shouted: "Rong'er..."

Seeing the emperor entering the city, the guards guarding the city no longer cared about others, and immediately closed the imperial city, Hua Rong and others were stopped outside.

"Rong'er, quickly open the door and let Rong'er in..."

"The officials don't need to care about me, but please look at my child..."

Wu Jinnu and Zhang Yingying hurriedly supported him: "The government, the rebellion is coming, once the city gate is opened, the consequences will be disastrous."

Zhao Deji had no choice but to rush back to the palace.

When everyone saw the emperor, they greeted the emperor immediately, but Zhao Deji rushed over and knelt in front of the queen mother, weeping uncontrollably: "I am ashamed of the queen mother..."

The Empress Dowager felt a little pity for this haggard nephew, and helped him up: "Ninth brother needs to get ready, Yue Xuanfu and others have rushed back, I hope the ancestors will bless you and avoid this catastrophe..."

The little emperor also stepped forward and knelt down: "My son kowtows to my father."

Zhao Deji hugged him, tears streaming down his face.Tian Wei didn't see Hua Rong returning, so she hurriedly asked, "Where's Mrs. Yue?"

"The empress Rong'er was blocked outside the city gate."

Tian Wei was in a hurry, Zhao Deji immediately asked: "Where is little Lu Wenlong?"

"In the harem, guarded by people."

"Take it out immediately."

Tian Wei replied, a court lady was about to go out, but she saw a court lady stumbled in and knelt down: "The two father-in-laws who guarded the young master are missing..."

The two of them were like a bolt from the blue, especially Tian Wei, who personally confessed that Lu Wenlong was handed over to two trusted eunuchs to take care of them, and was with a group of court ladies. Now, all the court ladies are here, why is the child not there?

Both Zhao Deji and the queen mother became anxious, knowing that there must be a traitor, but since the child disappeared, there was really nothing they could do.I don't even know what traitors are still ambushing around me at this time.

(End of this chapter)