Bright Spring

Chapter 138

"Wow..." Zhu Wengui, who was less than one year old, also seemed to feel the danger, and kicked and cried in the arms of eunuch Wu Zhong.

Empress Ma was worried when she heard this, and turned her head to look at Wen Gui several times.If Wengui fell into the hands of the enemy soldiers, it would probably be a disaster, but Mrs. Ma couldn't bear to take his little life herself. After all, she was her own flesh and blood. She could only resign herself to fate and see Wengui's own good fortune.

"Empress!" Eunuch Wu Zhong hugged the little prince and knelt in the hall, "Please think twice..."

Ma said: "The mother of this palace is honored to the world, and the queen's respect, how can she be humiliated by the rebels?"

Wu Zhong cried: "This servant is willing to follow the empress."

Pointing to the baby in his arms, Mrs. Ma said, "Take care of Wengui."

Wu Zhong knelt there for a long time.

Mashi gritted her teeth and walked out of Kunning Palace without looking back.The spring snow outside had stopped, the sun pierced through the clouds and shone on the earth, and the bright light was reflected by the snow, making it even more dazzling.Ma Shi squinted his eyes and looked up, sighed lightly, and walked into the big sedan chair.

Surrounded by eunuchs and maids of honor, the sedan chair was carried outside Fengtian Hall.When Mrs. Ma entered the hall, firewood and straw were already piled up around her.

A group of people outside the hall knelt on the ground, Madam Ma helped his crown, suddenly stopped, and said to the eunuch next to him: "The little goblin is someone whom the Holy Majesty likes. Keep your chastity. You go to Jiming Temple and let that little goblin be buried together."

The eunuch bowed and said, "Your maidservant respectfully obeys Yi's order."

Then she walked into Fengtian Hall and sat down on the emperor's throne.Then a group of tied concubines and maids were pressed on the firewood by the eunuchs, and there was a loud cry in the hall, and a young woman cried while crying: "My lord, please forgive me, I don't want to die..." Madam Ma said angrily : "Your Majesty is well-clothed and well-fed. Can't you be chaste for His Majesty at the time of national mourning?" So the eunuchs gagged the mouths of the women with things, and there was a muffled cry of "woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" Those women are still struggling.

Gently smoothing the dress robe on his body, Ma Shi gently pursed his vermilion lips, put his hands on both sides, and looked down at the empty hall with his chest up, but his hands were trembling slightly.

She was still very young and very scared, but she still clenched her teeth and said, "Go out and light the fire!"

The eunuchs knelt down and worshiped, crying: "Slaves and maids are waiting to send you off to your mother!"

After a while, the firewood outside ignited and gradually spread to the firewood piled in the hall, and a choking smell rushed over.Mashi watched the fire gradually spread, tears streaming down his face, but he didn't know if it was smoked.

"Ahem..." She could no longer maintain the dignified sitting posture just now, and coughed forcefully.After a while, her cough became weaker and weaker, and her eyes felt heavy.

In the daze, she seemed to see a tall figure appearing in the firelight.

The figure rushed to the front after a while, and said in a muffled voice, "Where is the emperor?"

Mashi was already speechless.So the man hugged her by the waist, and rushed out with big strides.

After an unknown amount of time, Ma felt her lips were kissed, and someone was blowing air into her mouth!When she opened her eyes, she saw the face of a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.Ma Shi suddenly struggled, pushing him with the last of his strength.

The man finally let her go and said, "Sister-in-law is awake?"

Ma Shi waved his sleeves and slapped her across the face. Unexpectedly, the man reacted very quickly and reached out to grab her hand.The man said again: "Sister-in-law, calm down, I am Zhu Gaoxu, I have no intention of being frivolous, I just want to save you! If you don't let you breathe unobstructed immediately, my sister-in-law's life will be in danger."

It turned out to be that notorious bastard!Ma Shi burst into tears immediately, crying and cursing: "Why don't you let me die!"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't answer, and asked again: "Is that maid named Yao Ji in Jiming Temple or the palace?"

Madam Ma was ashamed and angry, and cursed: "I have sent people to Jiming Temple to let her be buried!"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately left her behind and said, "Chen Dachui, watch out for the queen! The whole army puts out the fire!" He ran away as soon as he finished speaking, and the heavy armor on his body made a "ding, ding, bang, bang" sound, but he seemed as light as a swallow.

... King Yan led his army into the main gate of the imperial city.There are many yamen of the central government office lined up on both sides of the thousand-step corridor, and there are countless civil servants standing on both sides.

At this moment, a civil official approached the banner of King Yan, and the military generals of the Yan division stopped him one after another. After the king of Yan waved, the generals let the civil official go.

The civil servant said: "My lord, do you go to the Taimiao first to offer sacrifices, or to inherit the throne first?"

Everyone was stunned.

King Yan didn't answer, but asked, "What's your name?"

The man replied clearly: "Young official Yang Rong. At that time, the imperial court was treacherous and sycophant, killing Zhongliang and the clan. The lower officials and others opposed the cutting of the vassal. They were all suppressed and could not turn over. If it were not for the side of the prince Qingjun, our Ming court would be covered in haze! "

King Yan nodded and said: "I remember you. You go and find out who has been suppressed, and write them down as a list and hand them over. I will immediately ask the Ministry of Officials to give you promotions!"

"Thank you, my lord, for your kindness!" Yang Rong blushed.

Zhu Neng next to him opened his bloody mouth and said with a big smile: "You are an official who knows how to praise, those who don't know how to praise, all his mothers will not be able to survive!"

Qiu Fu's voice laughed and scolded: "Shut up, Brother Zhu, what do you know? This official surnamed Yang must have no power in the court, and he has no chance to climb up. He simply wrote a letter against the reduction of the feudal clan, and beat the prince." Win. Yang Rong, do you think my guess is correct?"

Yang Rong was embarrassed and just shook his head.

"It's just you who are full of knowledge!" King Yan cursed, patted his horse and went to the Meridian Gate.

The gates of the imperial city have been controlled by Zhu Gaoxu's forward.King Yan led the crowd into the palace. Outside the Fengtian Gate, he saw smoke lingering inside. A general with a round face greeted him and said, "The Queen set herself on fire in the Fengtian Palace. The last general has put out the fire."

King Yan asked, "Gao Xu?"

The round-faced general said: "At the end of last year, I went to the capital with King Gaoyang. There was a little nun who rescued King Gaoyang. King Gaoyang rescued her."

King Yan didn't blame him, nodded and said: "Gao Xu is indeed a kind person."

At this moment, Yao Guangxiao, who had only arrived in the army last month, patted his horse forward, went to the side of King Yan, and said in his ear, "This general only said that the queen set herself on fire. We must first confirm that the emperor died..."

King Yan understood and nodded: "I understand."

Before the army came to the city of the capital, the King of Yan had mobilized troops to besiege the city.Then he entered the Jinchuan gate. He first sent Zhu Gaoxu to go straight to the palace, and then dispatched troops to seize all the gates of the capital.These dispatches are mainly to prevent the emperor from escaping!

So all the troops entered Fengtianmen, and they saw a mess in front of them.The fire has been extinguished, and there are large tanks full of water ready to fight the fire in the palace at any time, and the fire was quickly put out; but the inside and outside of the main hall are still smoky, the wood on the double eaves was burnt, and many places collapsed.

King Yan rode his horse to stand in front of a large vat, and Jin Zhong, who was next to him, immediately took a cloth towel, bent down into the vat to wet it, and handed it to King Yan with both hands.

"Dao Yan, Jin Zhong, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng, and Zhang Fu followed me into Fengtian Palace." King Yan said calmly.

Yao Guangxiao said again: "You can order Zhang Wu to lead the army to search the palace."

King Yan nodded, and rode his horse to the stone steps of Fengtian Hall. Several people got off their horses and walked towards the hall together.King Yan covered his mouth and nose with a cloth towel, and walked into the smoky hall.

They walked in, and soon saw that the emperor's throne was empty.There were some charred corpses on both sides, and King Yan stepped forward to examine them one by one carefully. The hands of those people were all pushed back, obviously they were tied before they died.And judging from the bones and stature, it is easy to find that almost all of them are the corpses of women.

The emperor has probably run away!Otherwise, he neither commits suicide, nor comes to surrender, nor is anyone seen, so what do he want to do? !Didn't the emperor really think that King Yan came to the side of the Qing emperor?

King Yan straightened up, frowned and looked at Yao Guangxiao in dismay.

Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice: "Except for the servants in the palace, there are not many civil and military people who know the emperor. Many officials go up to court and worship from a distance below, but they dare not look up. They don't know what the emperor looks like at all."

King Yan remained silent.

Yao Guangxiao said again: "As long as the 'emperor' in the palace dies, the emperor outside must be a fake!"

King Yan stood for a while, looked around and said, "There are five of us."

Everyone clasped their fists and bent down.