Empress, you don't want to be thrown into limbo by your father, do you?

Outside the imperial palace, there were countless murderous figures densely packed, as if telling the world that a major event that would affect the situation of the entire world would definitely happen today.

Early in the morning, many people were still asleep.

However, those civil and military ministers who were preparing to go to court found that there had been changes in the palace.

"Duke Zhen, why are you doing this?!"

Seeing so many soldiers and horses coming outside, and each of them was full of murderous looks, a group of civil and military ministers were frightened.

Someone boldly stepped forward to ask, but did not get any answer.

"Guo Peng! How dare you lead troops into the palace! Do you know what crime you should be guilty of?!"

It's not that the palace is empty. As the most important checkpoint to protect the emperor's safety, how can the Imperial Forest Army sit idly by?
Hundreds of imperial guards were waiting in formation. The leader was dressed in armor and pulled out his saber. He was scolding but couldn't hide the solemn expression on his face.

Yes, because it came too suddenly.

The imperial palace was unprepared. Even the Imperial Forest Army only had a few hundred people who were on duty last night, and there was no time to notify the others.

But look what they are up against?
There was a lot of darkness, they knew those people, they were soldiers and horses who followed Guo Peng, the Shannan Jiedu envoy, to Beijing.

These people were originally out of tune with the capital, and these days they committed many heinous crimes in the capital, burning, killing and looting.

officers and soldiers?

Here are officers and soldiers!
It's no different from bandits and bandits!

Now you still want to enter the palace?

How could they be allowed to do so!
"Guo was appointed by His Majesty to be the commander of the Imperial Forest Army. Now that His Majesty is bewitched by traitors, how can a courtier sit idly by?!"

Guo Peng was riding on a tall horse in armor, with a catchy voice and full of air, and waved his hands at the same time.

"Come here! Follow me into the palace to protect His Majesty, and kill the traitors!"

"promise!"

Several trusted generals behind them showed hideous expressions, and they couldn't hold back for a long time.

It was Guo Peng who suppressed them before, so they couldn't do anything recklessly.

Now that even the lord Guo Peng has already ordered, why are they hesitating?
"Guo Peng! How dare you!"

Seeing that Guo Peng was really going to lead the troops into the palace, the Yulin army was startled and angrily scolded, but it was of no avail at all. Facing the soldiers and horses brought by Guo Peng, they seemed helpless.

In just a short moment, hundreds of imperial forest troops retreated steadily, causing heavy casualties!
"Quick! Go and inform His Majesty!"

"Guo Peng seeks rebellion! Rebellion!"

The palace is actually easy to defend and difficult to attack, but unfortunately, no one thought that Guo Peng, the important minister on the way to Li Cheng's ascension to the throne, would reveal his intentions of treason so quickly.

In less than half an hour under the premise of mental arithmetic and unintentional, the palace completely fell!

The speed is so fast that it is rare to see it in all dynasties.

Less than an hour!
The entire imperial palace was completely controlled by Guo Peng's people, even the Imperial Forest Army had no time to react, and when everyone woke up from their sleep, they were already helpless and powerless.

In the palace, except for the corpses and blood, all the maids and eunuchs were driven away like livestock.

In the main hall where the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty were to go to court every day, the atmosphere is even more explosive!
Those civil and military ministers all turned pale with trepidation.

As an emperor, Li Cheng watched Guo Peng lead his troops into the palace with a livid face. He never expected Guo Peng to rebel so quickly.

They sent someone to assassinate them last night, and they stormed into the palace just after dawn.

"Guo Peng! Are you plotting against me!"

"Your Majesty, I didn't seek rebellion, but I got the news that there are treacherous and villainous people around Your Majesty, who are afraid of bewitching His Majesty and disregarding the country and society. That's why I led the troops into the palace, Qingjun side!"

Being able to talk about treason in such a high-sounding manner shows how thick-skinned Guo Peng is.

At the same time, it also proved that there are almost no people in the current court who can compete with it.

Most of the old prime ministers of the three dynasties Zhang and those important ministers of the Qing School stayed at home, and those who dared to oppose Guo Peng were either imprisoned or beheaded.

Now, it has completely become his words.

"you!"

Li Cheng is not a fool, can he believe that Guo Peng is talking nonsense?
However, he found sadly and horrified that no one in the civil and military dynasties dared to speak out in the face of Guo Peng's rebellious act of leading troops into the palace.

Those people, either keep their heads down and keep silent.

Otherwise, it's Guo Peng's henchmen, helping the evildoers!

Looking around, Li Cheng realized that he was completely alone!
"A traitor? Why don't I know who is a traitor?!"

In the court hall, most of the people lowered their heads and were unwilling to make a sound. Even the eunuchs and maids were worried about causing murder, but Guo Peng was dressed in armor and full of hostility.

"I was assassinated by a black-clothed dead man last night. Obviously, some people don't want to see me assisting His Majesty wholeheartedly. They want to kill me, so that the chaotic court can fish in troubled waters!"

"To protect His Majesty's safety, and for the sake of the country, today I have the courage to lead troops into the palace!"

Guo Pengyi spoke impassionedly, and waved his hand after speaking, "Come here, escort His Majesty back to the palace, and His Majesty is not allowed to leave the palace even half a step without my order!"

"Guo Peng! You are presumptuous!"

Li Cheng was furious, and now anyone with a discerning eye can see that Guo Peng is trying to tear his face.

What does it mean to escort him back to the palace?

Still not allowed to leave the palace half a step?
What's the difference between that and putting him under house arrest?
There are not many precedents for dignified emperors to be under house arrest by their courtiers. He knows better than anyone else what the ultimate fate of those emperors who are under house arrest by their courtiers is.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for being rude, all this is for your majesty's safety!"

Guo Peng was unmoved at all, sneered and waved his hands on the spot, "Send Your Majesty back to the palace, anyone who dares to stop him will be shot to death!"

"I am the Son of Heaven! How dare you!"

Seeing that Guo Peng's subordinates were about to approach, Li Cheng shouted angrily, "Come on! Come on!"

It's a pity that no matter how he roared and shouted, no one in the palace dared to stand up. Looking around, it was a dead end, and it was even more impossible for those eunuchs and maids to fight to the death.

"What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you send His Majesty back to the palace soon?!"

Guo Peng sneered again and again. Originally, he didn't think of doing such a terrific thing. After all, it would give people a handle and be discussed by people all over the world.

So he wanted to step by step, support Li Cheng to ascend the throne, and then use Li Cheng to control the court and the world step by step.

Unexpectedly, since Li Cheng sent someone to assassinate him, and with what Eunuch Cao said, Guo Peng was also an ambitious hero, so he decisively chose to lead the army into the palace to control the overall situation.

"Bold! If any of you dare to touch a hair on me, I will punish you nine clans!"

However, such reprimands and threats no longer have the slightest deterrent effect. The civil and military officials of the whole dynasty have already seen that the situation is completely out of control. Li Cheng, the emperor, is already meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered!
After all, there are still people who can't stand it anymore. Even though most of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty have been replaced by Guo Peng's henchmen, there are still some ministers among them, and their hearts are tied to the Dagan Dynasty.

"Guo Peng, as a subject, you dare to put His Majesty under house arrest. If you spread the word, you will be cast aside by the world!"

"Rebellious ministers and thieves! Even if I risk my old life today, I will never let this country fall into the hands of rebellious ministers!"

"Duke Zhen think twice!"

All of a sudden, several court ministers came out, and someone scolded them harshly.

There were also people who tried their best to persuade them.

But how can Guo Peng listen to it now?

Now that he has taken this step, it is impossible for him to turn back.

Not talking nonsense at all, he directly pulled out his saber and stabbed it into the chest of one of the veterans, laughing wildly under the other's disbelieving gaze, "Anyone else want to speak out?"

"Guo Peng! You!"

Openly killing important ministers in the court, and sending people to put the emperor under house arrest, this situation has never happened in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Dagan Dynasty, including the usurpation of the throne by Emperor Wu of Zhou at the end of the Ersheng Dynasty a hundred years ago.

Such chaos has never happened before...

"Come on! Escort! Escort!"

Li Cheng turned pale with fright, and shouted desperately, but unfortunately no one around could lend a helping hand, even if someone wanted to escort them, they would be powerless.

Seeing that Guo Peng's subordinates were about to take down Li Cheng, suddenly there was a commotion outside the hall, which turned out to be a deafening fighting sound. It was obvious that some accidents had happened to Guo Peng's generals and soldiers who stayed outside the hall.

No one in the hall expected that something would happen, including Guo Peng himself.

Hearing the movement, before he could reprimand and inquire angrily, he saw someone stumbling in, knelt on one knee and said nervously, "My lord! It's not good!"

"Why are you in such a panic!? What happened outside?!"

Seeing that it was his general, Guo Peng had a gloomy face. Today he led the troops into the palace and was ready to wear a yellow robe.

Of course he wouldn't kill the current emperor directly, anyway, that is also his blood, but he is going to put him under house arrest first, and then abolish Emperor Xinli step by step!

But I didn't expect that things hadn't started yet, and an accident happened.

"My lord! Thousands of soldiers suddenly appeared in the palace!"

"what?!"

Hearing the news, Guo Peng couldn't believe it. He knew what was going on in the palace a long time ago. Today, he led troops into the palace with a thunderous force and easily controlled the situation. He thought it was safe.

Didn't expect that?

"Where did the soldiers and horses come from?"

Yes, where did the soldiers and horses come from?

In addition to the more than 3 soldiers and horses brought by Guo Peng, there are only [-] forbidden troops and [-] imperial forest troops left in the capital.

But the [-] forbidden troops had already been watched by him, and he promised high-ranking officials and rich salary to win over a few generals, and he also got a lot of people from the Imperial Forest Army.

How could anyone dare to rise up against him?

"Yes Yes……"

"What?!"

"It's Your Majesty!"

"what?"

Guo Peng mistakenly thought that there was something wrong with his ears, and the civil and military ministers in the hall didn't react for a while, but they didn't need to react at all, because the sound of fighting outside was approaching, and Guo Peng's subordinates quickly retreated in.

"Guo Peng! You have committed treason! Hurry up and get caught!"

The angry reprimand was full of anger and spread throughout the entire palace, and everyone in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay, and Guo Peng raised his knife with a gloomy face, but when he saw the people outside, his entire expression changed instantly.

Not only him, but the civil and military ministers in the hall also saw clearly who were killed outside, and even Li Cheng, who was wearing a dragon robe, had an expression of disbelief...

"Father... Royal Father..."

Who would have thought that Emperor Qianming, who should have been dead for a long time, would show up at this critical moment? !

And the ones who entered the palace at this moment belonged to some of the Imperial Army and Imperial Forest Army in the capital!
……

Ten miles outside the capital, tens of thousands of troops are approaching!

It was Jiang Dongqin Wang's division who finally came to the capital after meeting up with Ling Wei's [-] Pioneer Battalion.

Ling Wei was about to take the initiative to ask for a fight, but he didn't expect that the originally closed city gate would be opened from the inside so easily.

"Ling Wei!"

"The end is here!"

"Suigu, enter the city!"