Empress please be more ruthless

Chapter 116: Palace Transformation (2)
After Song Qingtong left, Cheng Guan ordered the eunuch to turn off the lights, lay on the bed with his eyes wide open, his hand under the quilt tightly grasped the token that had just passed from Song Qingtong's waist, in the middle of the night, slowly Sit up slowly, land lightly on the ground, put on the cassock, ran out of the bedroom in the dark, and rushed all the way to the gate of the palace, showing the golden token, the guard quickly let it go, this is the emperor's personal token, see Ling Ru Meet the Emperor himself!
Cheng Guan went out of the palace and went straight to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. He showed his token all the way and walked unimpeded. When he reached the gate of the prison, the guard at the gate took a look at the token, frowned and said, "Lin Xiangwan is a key criminal of the court, and he can't do it without the emperor's decree." Mention."

Cheng Guan waved the token in front of the cell boss, and stared: "Your Majesty's token is not enough? My palace just followed the emperor's orders to come here to pick up someone, and take it to worship the heavens tomorrow morning, which delayed the ceremony. Ten of your heads are not enough to cut off!"

The head of the cell trembled in fright, and a jailer whispered in his ear: "This monk seems to be a Chengliang who is served by the emperor. We can't afford to offend him."

Hearing this, the prison chief looked at Cheng Guan carefully, and saw that he was indeed like the man next to the emperor, and he was holding a badge in his hand, no doubt it was fake, so he nodded and bowed his head and said, "You are Chengliang, little one? Here's to pick someone up."

Cheng Guan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeing the prison head walk into the depths of the dungeon, and when he came out, there was a slender and petite figure beside him, Cheng Guan's heart almost stopped beating!
October 26th, the second year of Fengyuan, was the winter solstice, and as usual, it was the annual ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven in the Northern Qin Dynasty.

Before dawn, Song Qingtong got up to clean his face and rinse his mouth. After eating porridge and rice, Yuer Chengying and other four court ladies brought gowns and crowns and accessories. He brought the dark black coat of Tuanlong Twelve Chapters embroidered with silk and gold thread, put it on for Song Qingtong, and wrapped it around his knees with a beautiful and intricately embroidered ribbon, and fastened the jade leather belt.Song Qingtong's body turned around, and everyone was in a hurry. It took half an hour to put on this gown. At this time, a ray of dawn appeared in the sky.

Song Qingtong glanced at Shangguan Lianyue. Shangguan Lianyue had already put on the dark blue queen's dress. The dress was embroidered with golden pheasant and Zhai patterns with gold and red silk threads. There was also a knee-high belt embroidered with complicated dragon patterns around her waist. A set of jade pendants hung on each side, holding Yugugui in his hands, Shangguan Lianyue's face was always tense, and with this outfit, he looked more solemn and dignified.

Here, Yu'er Chengying put on Song Qingtong's twelve crowns that hung down to her shoulders. When she turned around and moved around, the jade beads collided and made clinking sounds.The palace servants held the bronze mirror and looked back and forth again. Song Qingtong's jaw was on her head. Wearing this suit, she was as sacred and solemn as if the emperor had descended to earth.

Together with Shangguan Lianyue, they walked out of Jingde Palace one after the other, boarded the dragon chariot and sat side by side. The dragon chariot got up, followed by a long line of palace people, and the silver-clad palaces fell behind.A group of people left the inner court, and the ministers of the sixth rank and above were already lined up in the open space outside the Jinluan Hall. Song Qingtong took a look, but the leader of the team did not see Lin Kuang. It seems that he is likely to act today. Chu Tianmo has already arranged appropriate.After all the officials kowtowed and saluted, they followed the dragon chariot out of the imperial palace in a mighty manner. The sacrificial platform was set up in the southeast of the capital, not far from the imperial palace.

Song Qingtong stepped down from the dragon chariot, and the platform for offering sacrifices to the sky was built on a wide open space. Not far from the south of the space, there was a lush forest. The stone platform is spacious and open, and there is a majestic building with cornices in the middle of the stone platform, which is probably a place for the emperor to rest and change clothes.

Song Qingtong and Shangguan Lianyue walked up the white marble steps hand in hand, boarded the sacrificial platform, and stood facing the southeast. Bronze vessels and various large tripods for holding sacrifices had been placed in front of them. Arranged according to grade, Fuquan read the sacrificial text, and the sacred and solemn ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven kicked off...

At this time, on the avenue in front of the palace gate, a group of troops came up aggressively, led by two military officers, they arrived in front of the palace gate, and without a word, they showed their weapons and slashed at the guards guarding the gate. There were so many visitors, the guards quickly recruited Unable to hold back, they withdrew into the palace while fighting. The rebels broke into the palace, and one of the military officers shouted: "The capital is under our control. If we capture the palace, we're done!" Li rampantly slashed at anyone he saw, and the palace servants were so frightened that they ran for their lives with their heads in their arms.

The military officer led the team to the inner court, and at this moment, a tall horse galloped out of the inner court, and immediately sat a person, and came to the military officer in a blink of an eye, the military officer was stunned, "Chu, Chu Tianmo? You didn't go to sacrifice sky?"

Chu Tianmo yelled: "The salary of the king of food does not want to share the worries for the king, but he wants to betray the country and seek glory. He will die!" The wind slashed at the military officer's neck horizontally, and with a click, the military officer's head fell to the ground, and the whole set of movements was lightning fast.

The rebels were suppressed and did not dare to go forward, Chu Tianmo glanced at the person sitting on the horse at the end of the team, a look of pain flashed in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Zi Fu, you and I have known each other for nearly ten years, why are you now seeking refuge in Li Palace? ?”

Lin Kuang pulled his horse over and stood still five meters away from Chutianmo. A mocking smile flashed across his upright face, and his face looked a bit ferocious: "Back when the students went to the prime minister's house to beg you in a low voice, your mouth He promised, but failed to save A Jue from the sea of ​​suffering." When Chu Tianmo stood by and watched him, their teacher-student relationship was gone!

Chu Tianmo slightly shook his head, "Brother Ling, the teacher has secretly sent someone to take care of him. You should know that it's because of Lin Xiangwan?"

Hearing Lin Xiangwan's name, a gleam flashed across Lin Kuang's face, and his voice trembled slightly: "So what? The emperor is fatuous. Xiangwan's hometown was plagued by the plague. The government was afraid that the villagers would flee out and affect their political achievements, so they surrounded the whole village." After waking up for a whole month, none of the adults or children in the village survived, only Xiang Wan escaped when he happened to go to a neighboring village."

A look of pain flashed across Chu Tianmo's face: "Master has already handled the case back then, and all the masters of Fu Yin were executed on the spot. A few days ago, Master specially sent people to Lin Xiangwan's hometown to investigate. Lin Xiangwan She's already dead, that woman is an impostor from Li Palace, you must not be fooled!"

(End of this chapter)