break the way [comprehension]

In the National Teacher's Mansion, Tong Qing was already used to Liu Yelan's busy schedule of going out early and returning late. In the clear sky, when he suddenly heard a servant report that Liu Yelan had returned to the mansion, he couldn't help being a little surprised: "That's good, why did you come back suddenly? But something happened in the palace?"

As Tong Qing thought about it, a smile appeared on his face. There was never any concealment between Liu Yelan and him, but Liu Yelan saw that he was sleepy, so he didn't tell him all the trivial and tortured things in the palace. Tong Qing only vaguely knew that there was some trouble in the palace, and suddenly seeing Liu Yelan returning to the mansion during the day, Tong Qing just thought that the trouble was over, and immediately burst into a smile.

But Liu Yelan just smiled, not knowing how to reply to himself, this is a naive lover, what's wrong?Now things are getting bigger and bigger, and the faint omen has now turned into the most ominous omen, and it has fallen on the head of the king of a country. It is still uncertain what kind of storm will be in the future... But such a thing, Seeing the cheerful smile on Tong Qing's brows, and listening to him happily ordering his servants to prepare the food and drinks, Liu Yelan couldn't bear to put those troubles and worries in front of his eyes for a moment.

That's all, anyway, with him, it's rare for Tong Qing to be so happy, let him be happy for a while.

Liu Yelan, however, took his arm and ordered his servants to fetch the 30-year-old lover, and hurriedly stopped him and said, "I just want to have a good meal with you, so why bother mobilizing so many people..."

But Tong Qing looked at him with a smile and said angrily: "It is because you love this wine that I ordered someone to buy it early and bury it at home. I wanted to be happy. You have worked hard these days. If I can make you relax, What is a jar of wine worth?"

Liu Yelan was a little dumbfounded. At this time, he could see that his lover was indeed from a family of Zhongming Dingshi, otherwise he wouldn't have the courage to treat 30-year-old wine as white water, but faintly, he felt like saying His family Ah Qing has always been like this, as long as he wants it, as long as the family has it, he will never begrudge it, and he will not even frown.

Liu Yelan thought for a while but said: "Don't rush to open the altar yet, but I have some good news to tell you."

Tong Qing turned around and raised her eyebrows, Liu Yelan pulled him into the inner room, and said to him in a low voice: "Do you still remember the wife of Marshal Shen's family?... It's the one I met once."

Tong Qing was startled: "You mean back then..." He saw Liu Yelan's expression, and immediately realized that the other party's identity is not what it used to be, so it might be inconvenient to mention what happened back then.

So he also nodded tacitly: "It's been more than ten years since I saw her. I heard that she has been in the northwest. Why?"

Liu Yelan said: "She has already entered the capital, and I'm afraid she will come to our residence soon."

Tong Qing's brows were full of doubts, but Liu Yelan only said: "Just say to the outside world that your distant cousin came to Beijing, don't mention the rest."

Although Tong Qing didn't get involved in court disputes in person in recent years, Liu Yelan never kept secrets from him, and it was indispensable to give advice and advice behind the scenes. At this time, when he heard what Liu Yelan said, and thought of Shen Tianyun's identity at this time, Liu Yelan couldn't help it. With the busyness of Yelan, the subtle timing of Mrs. Shen's entry to Beijing at this time... I knew that Mrs. Shen's entry to Beijing might be related to the confidentiality of the palace, so I tacitly stopped asking more questions, and only instructed my servants Arranging the daily affairs, he and Liu Yelan are both men after all, so they should be more cautious in arranging Mrs. Shen in the National Teacher's Mansion.

Firstly, Liu Yelan was afraid that Tong Qing would be overworked, secondly, he was looking at Tong Qing's recent state, and didn't want him to worry too much, thirdly, it was because the timing was not right, so he didn't explain it clearly, but Tong Qing was born there, and at this time his eyebrows and eyes were clear, showing He had already figured out some joints, so he didn't need to explain more, which made Liu Yelan feel more relieved.

Not long after, the southwest corner door of the National Teacher's Mansion opened quietly, and an embroidered sedan chair quietly entered the mansion, while Liu Yelan and Tong Qing were waiting for each other in the flower hall early on.

When a young maidservant in Tsing Yi opened the sedan chair curtain, Tong Qing opened her eyes wide, and looked in surprise at the pale-faced Mrs. Shen struggling to get out of the sedan chair while holding her belly. It seems that the other party already knew about Mrs. Shen's pregnancy, but Tong Qing was full of doubts. Mrs. Shen has such a big belly... I am afraid that she is about to give birth, why would she travel thousands of miles to Beijing? What if there is an emergency?

But Liu Yelan cupped his hands: "It's been hard work Madam Shen, the journey has been so hard, this is Dr. Feng from the palace, I'm afraid I'll ask him to do a medical examination for you first."

Even the doctor is ready... Tong Qing was thinking, her gaze calmly glanced at the simple-dressed bearers and the silent maidservant in Tsing Yi, her heart became more and more certain that nothing but The royal family, I'm afraid there is no other place that can casually recruit such a team to escort Mrs. Shen?But even if the emperor's order is hard to violate, thinking about the man who loved his wife like his life in the past, it is really hard to imagine that Shen Tianyun would allow his wife to be brought into the capital under such circumstances...

Dr. Feng was sent to the National Teacher's Mansion by Eunuch Deng. When he saw Mrs. Shen, he didn't dare to be careless. He stepped forward and said, "I've offended you." Then he felt his pulse and heaved a sigh of relief: "Madam is tired from the journey, stay for the next few posts." Take Antai Pill for one or two..."

Tong Qing nodded and said: "At first I wanted to meet Xichen for Madam, if that's the case, then there is no need to stick to the custom, Madam Shen, please rest at ease."

Mrs. Shen's face was a little haggard, and she couldn't help smiling when she heard the doctor Se Tongqing say so. Even though she knew that this lady was not young, she could vaguely see the brilliance of the past: "There is Mrs. Lao Guoshi."

I don't know if it was Tong Qing's delusion, but I always felt that the voice of Mrs. Guoshi was meant to be ridiculed by the old man. He glanced at Mrs. Shen's swollen belly, his eyes turned around, and with a reddish face, he ordered his servants to arrange Mrs. Shen. One should matter.

At this time, a follower hurried in, and he didn't know what he said in Liu Yelan's ear. His expression changed, and he said to Mrs. Shen: "My wife is with me, I have urgent matters... I'm really rude, I will talk to Shen at another time." Marshal apologizes."

Mrs. Shen didn't care about it, she nodded slightly, and in Tong Qing's apologetic eyes, she followed the little maidservant in Tsing Yi down to rest. They are all old acquaintances, under the relaxed trust, exhaustion came like a tide, and she couldn't hold on anymore.

Liu Yelan plunged headlong into the palace, because the news from eunuch Deng was really bad, and the empress ordered that the emperor's body had changed again, so eunuch Deng had no choice but to quickly ask Liu Yelan to enter the palace for a check. I was taken aback: "How could this be!"

I saw that the emperor, who was just flushed and short of breath, turned black now, with long fangs growing on both sides of his lips, which made him look a bit out of shape. In this weird situation, the imperial doctor is completely helpless, otherwise the queen It would not be so urgent to ask Liu Yelan to enter the palace.

Liu Yelan anxiously asked Eunuch Deng: "Is everything ready?"

Eunuch Deng gritted his teeth and said, "There are still a few things that are not so easy to obtain..."

Of course Liu Yelan knew that some of the things he asked for were very demanding and it would not be easy to find them for a while, but he still said decisively: "If there is less, there will be less. Now the ceremony must start immediately, and there is no longer any delay!"

This is clearly a sign that he is about to become a demon. Even if the preparations are not allowed, he must immediately curb the transformation of the emperor's body by the evil spirit, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!

Eunuch Deng and the Empress were guarding outside the bedroom, and Liu Yelan quickly used those cinnabar yellow papers to draw many talismans in the bedroom, and used red thread and copper coins to wrap a lot of formations on the lintel. It seemed that the cold and fishy smell emanating from the dormitory had faded a bit, and for some reason, he had a little more expectation of the national teacher's ability.

In the scent of incense candles, at some point, the sky suddenly became gloomy, and a gust of wind blew up from nowhere in the bedroom, and the red-threaded copper coins slammed against the window lattices of the bedroom, making a crisp sound, as if even the pillars of the entire bedroom were under the wind She was trembling before, the palace people around the queen screamed and rushed to protect her, the eunuch Deng also looked pale, and his legs were trembling. If he had doubts about Liu Yelan's judgment of the emperor's infatuation, now At that time, he no longer dared to doubt...but the blue sky and white sun suddenly appeared such a vision of heaven and earth, and it was still when Liu Yelan performed the emperor's exorcism ceremony, if it was not for angering the evil spirits, he would never believe it.

I just don't know if this master national teacher can defeat such an arrogant demon that even the emperor dares to fight...

The smell of incense candles in the closed door of the bedroom became more and more intense, and at this moment, the strong wind in the gloomy world suddenly stopped, as if even the air was suddenly stagnant, and then, for some reason, a thick fog suddenly rose around the bedroom.

The mist came out of nowhere, as if a big fire had started somewhere, suddenly appearing from the sky and the earth. This kind of strange scene made the Queen, Eunuch Deng and others feel more and more anxious.

The fog came quickly and densely, but in the blink of an eye, it was so thick that you can't stretch your fingers. Eunuch Deng's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He retreated calmly, not daring to touch the strange thick fog until his back touched the wall of the bedroom. , He smelled the aroma of the candle again before he felt at ease, and then, he suddenly widened his eyes, and saw the wisps of white mist seem to be alive, stretching and entangled towards the gap between the window lattice and the door Stretch it, as if wanting to enter the bedroom through those gaps...

There was a soft "chi" sound, and Eunuch Deng hurriedly turned his head, only to see that the red thread that was originally hanging on the window lattice touched the white mist, and it spontaneously ignited without fire, emitting an unbearable scorched smell, obviously it was just a It's just a red thread, I don't know where the stench comes from!

The white mist shrank rapidly as if in pain, as if it was really hurt by the burning just now, and for a while it didn't dare to go forward easily.

Eunuch Deng had never seen such a treacherous scene in his entire life, and at this moment he didn't even dare to vent his breath. He just stared at the thick white mist around him, and found that the entire palace courtyard had already disappeared in the white mist. His clothes were wet, but he didn't even dare to move. He found the white mist cruising around him, as if he was afraid of the red line behind him and dared not go forward easily.

But the red thread that was burning before suddenly broke, and the copper coin fell to the ground with a crisp sound. Where it fell to the ground, the white mist retreated suddenly as if frightened, leaving an open space.

Seeing the prestige of the copper coins, and feeling the presence of the body in several places behind him, Eunuch Deng suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of security.

But in the next moment, as if the crisp sound touched some mechanism, the white mist spit out a message like a poisonous snake with its head raised, and suddenly counterattacked. Falling to the ground like a violent storm, Eunuch Deng's face turned pale—it's impossible for these copper coins to hold on for a while!

As if knowing Eunuch Deng's fear, the crisp sound stopped suddenly, the world was quiet, Eunuch Deng's mind went blank, is it coming?The demon in the thick fog broke through the formation left by the national teacher, is it about to show up?

Sweat drenched the ground under his feet, and he stared at the white mist with widened eyes, fearing that a monster would appear at an unknown time. Suddenly, a strong force came from the window lattice behind him, and Eunuch Deng was thrown aside, and then a long, shrill, inhuman howl was heard, and the wind blew violently.

When he got up in a hurry, the wind stopped early, and he saw the courtyard full of eunuchs and maids lying around, and there was no white mist there.

The door of the bedroom opened with a creak, and the tired Liu Yelan stepped out calmly, but his eyes were radiant, and he only saluted the queen who hadn't recovered from the fright: "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life. "

The queen didn't care about those people on the ground, and hurried into the bedroom with eunuch Deng, only to see the emperor regained his ruddy complexion and deep breathing. In the normal deep sleep, there is no such evil feeling anymore, which is obviously good, why don't the two of them like it?

The queen even thanked Liu Yelan endlessly, and then she hesitated and said: "Since the national teacher can restore His Majesty to this point, I wonder if it will be possible..."

But Liu Yelan shook his head and smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, if you can do it, I will definitely do my best without your orders. Your Majesty's evil spirit has penetrated deeply into your body, so I just used the power of the formation to lure the Lord of the evil spirit to suppress it a little bit. At the same time, suppress the evil energy of His Majesty so that it does not become inflamed, if you want to completely eliminate the evil energy, you must either completely cut off the source of the evil energy, or exterminate the master of the evil energy... Both of these are extremely difficult to do at the moment."

At present, this evil spirit is only suspected to be related to Concubine Ming, but it has not been found out, how to cut it off?As for extinction...

The guards outside the door reported in panic, "Your Majesty, what should we do in the courtyard?"

The queen was taken aback: "What should I do?"

The guard looked horrified: "The eunuchs and maids are all dead..."

The queen's face was pale: "What?!"

Liu Yelan asked solemnly: "The faces of those who died were horrified, but there were no injuries on their bodies... Like, like they were scared to death?"

The guard nodded in horror.

Both the queen and eunuch Deng looked at Liu Yelan with unconcealed fear, but Liu Yelan only smiled wryly in his heart. These people only regarded him as the last straw, but they didn't know that he was also terrified of the power of this demon— ——Obviously, the opponent's power has risen to a new level during the ten years of extinction, far exceeding Liu Yelan's cognition back then, otherwise he wouldn't have left so many people in the courtyard.

He only said to the queen: "It's all because I didn't think well, so please punish me."

The queen managed to calm down: "It's nothing too bad that the national teacher can restore His Majesty to this point, but what should these people do..."

Liu Yelan knew that the Empress was afraid that the dead eunuchs would also have evil spirits, so he just shook his head and said, "Recite the Sutra of Crossing the Dead a few more times, and bury it normally."

His own palace staff went down to deal with it, but the weather outside the emperor's palace was abnormal and so many people died suddenly and abnormally, the news could not be concealed.

The empress stabilized her mind and thought hard about how to announce the news, but a guard suddenly broke in, and the palace servants around the empress scolded: "Who entered, why didn't you report it?!"

A delicate voice pretended to be worried and raised her voice: "Your Majesty, my concubine heard that His Majesty's situation is not good, and I am worried that His Majesty is rude, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Seeing the dazzling red gown, the queen felt her forehead throbbing. If the other party wasn't pregnant, she would definitely send this lowly servant girl to hell!

Concubine Ming didn't seem to have seen the empress's ugly face, her face was full of "worries" and she couldn't hide her sweet smile: "Your Majesty, the situation outside the door just now frightened the concubine, so many lives, if others know Such a situation has happened in His Majesty's bedroom...what should we do?"

The queen only reprimanded: "You don't stay in Zhuyan Palace well, what trouble do you come out to cause trouble! Someone, bring her back for me..."

Concubine Ming interrupted her words: "Your Majesty, what you said is not right. The dragon heir on my body is worried about His Majesty's safety, and told my concubine to sit and lie in the Zhuyan Palace. That's why I came here. What's more, empress, His Majesty is in poor health, and any situation in the palace will affect the world, but you conceal it and don't report it, it's too..."

The female officer next to the empress had already turned pale. This Ming concubine is too presumptuous. The empress is the lord of the six palaces. If His Majesty is ill, the empress can make the decision. How dare she, a little concubine, interrupt the empress!

But the queen just said indifferently: "Oh? Concubine Lao Ming is worried, but you are pregnant, so you should take care of the pregnancy, you don't need to worry about it here..."

Concubine Ming refused to listen to the queen's words, she just smiled coquettishly and said: "So that the empress can know that just now, Divine doctor Xue has given the concubine a pulse for peace." Then she glanced at the queen's almond eyes and said proudly: "Concubine This pregnancy...is a prince."

This seemingly casual declaration was as shocking as earth-shattering, and it made the empress suddenly change color, Divine doctor Xue?But that miracle doctor who is famous all over the world for "breaking Yin and Yang with one finger"?There is no difference between yin and yang as determined by the genius doctor!

This smug maidservant is really pregnant with a dragon son!

This concubine Ming was so aggressive before when she was pregnant, but now that she has confirmed the identity of the prince, how can she leave a little room for the queen to maneuver?

If something unexpected happened to the emperor, the fetus in the concubine Ming's arms might be the emperor's only heir, and the child would not be able to rule directly... Maybe the concubine Ming would listen to the government behind the curtain... At that time, how could there be a queen? The foothold of the three mother and daughter?

The female officials behind the empress were so shocked that their brains went blank, but the empress took a deep breath and said: "Since this is the case, the concubine Ming should put her mind at ease, how can she easily set foot in an unpredictable place and put your majesty's dragon descendant in In a crisis? If there is an emergency, you may be guilty of harming the dragonborn?!"

Not to mention anything else, the empress's righteous and stern aura at this time is indeed worthy of the responsibility of the mother of the country, unlike those female officials below who were shocked by the news revealed by the concubine Ming.

Concubine Ming only smiled slightly: "Dragonborn is the most important thing, but His Majesty is the lord of a country. He is the one who is most concerned about the safety of the country. His Majesty was originally well-behaved, but now he is suddenly in trouble." In a dangerous place, how can the ministers and concubines enjoy peace alone and ignore His Majesty?"

Just when the Empress felt that Concubine Ming's words were inexplicable and seemed to have deep meaning, and she just felt wrong but couldn't detect any problems, there was a sudden noise outside the door: "That's right! Concubine Ming's words are good! Your Majesty It was in the prime of life, but when he was in the prime of his life, he suddenly suffered such misfortune. How could it happen for no reason? Now that such a horrific murder has occurred in the palace above the dragon veins, how can His Majesty be safe? It is impossible to come to the harem Interfering in politics, isn't this what attracts evil spirits!"

"That's a good point! It's only when the majestic Son of Heaven is on the side that the sky is in danger of being unclear, and it's clearly the presence of evil and sycophants that brings ominous weather! I have the trust of Your Majesty, and since I'm on the side of the Qing Emperor, I will give Your Majesty a bright and clear sky!"

This accusation of turning black and white was clearly pushed on the Queen. If it was just so, it would not make the Queen think so much, but now she suddenly changed color. The voices were clearly two important cabinet ministers who had never been at odds!Doesn't this mean that a consensus has been reached in the cabinet?Want to push all the ominous things that are happening now on her?

After the two ministers came in, she saw all the cabinet ministers stepping in at the same time. In a flash, the queen suddenly had a clear idea: How can a concubine Ming invite such a famous doctor who is famous among the people?Obviously someone will help!

Thinking about the male fetus in Concubine Ming's womb, and looking at the upright and dignified faces of these ministers, what else does she not understand!

These people obviously saw that His Majesty was unable to wake up, so they injected the unborn fetus in Concubine Ming's womb early!If it succeeds, then the concubine Ming will listen to the government behind the curtain, and these ministers will be able to firmly control the government because of the new emperor's young age... and the biggest obstacle to all this is her, who should be a rightful aunt.

What a "Qingjun side"!

But when the queen saw the last general who entered, her complexion was pale, and the sneer that was about to leave her mouth turned into a depressed sigh. She just looked at the general and said, "General Su, don't expect your future to be like today's!" Such a betrayal of His Majesty's trust."

This General Su is the head of the palace guards, and now even he is with this group of ministers... Presumably, the civil and military officials in the court have already reached a consensus. Hearing what the queen said, he just remained silent. In this way, if His Majesty is safe and sound, he will never dare to act rashly, but now, he also has to think about the family's future.

The queen only smiled sadly when she saw this scene, knowing that the general situation was over: "Since all the ministers think that the emperor is evil, the concubine has nothing to say, but if you think that you can easily manipulate the fate of the country, you are idiots--" - delusional - thinking!!!"

This woman who has always been known for her gentleness and virtuousness is now so frowning that people dare not look at her brows like a scorching fire. Then she smiled proudly. Following the scream of the female officer beside her, the queen's yellow clothes flashed, and only the pillars of the porch flickered. There was a loud "bang" sound, and the group of officials who "forced the palace" were shocked, but they saw that the empress had already fallen to the ground, and that beautiful face was disfigured due to the deformation of the skull. Incomparably twisted and hideous.

Even the leading cabinet ministers' chests were pounding. They never expected that this empress empress would be so staunch. They only hoped to force her to retreat, make her hand over the empress's seal, and control the court inside and outside, for the success of the young emperor and others. However, she did not expect that she would make such a decisive choice after seeing the situation clearly—after all, it is not a good reputation to force the mother of the country to death.

A delicate voice snorted softly when all the ministers were still in shock: "Okay, why are you all staring blankly, why don't you hurry up and find out where Fengjian is? I will use the seal later."

These men are actually not as cruel and ruthless as a concubine Ming.

But none of them said much, Concubine Ming just supported her round belly, stepping on the bloodstained ground step by step, walked to the seat in the middle where the warmth was still there, and smiled slightly at all the ministers: "Okay, My lords, is the imperial edict that was originally agreed upon prepared? I will definitely not let you guys take care of today's matter."

With that appearance, she has already made promises to many heroes like the mother of a country.

Seeing that beautiful smile, all the ministers felt a kind of shudder in their hearts, but Concubine Ming smiled very firmly. She believed that soon, the edict of abolishing the old and establishing the new would be spread throughout the court under the guidance of all the cabinet ministers Up and down, this world has always been like this, winners and losers, isn't it?

But General Su suddenly said "Hey": "Where is Master Liu? Where is Eunuch Deng?"

Liu Yelan and Eunuch Deng who were also on the spot had already disappeared without knowing when.

Concubine Ming suddenly widened her originally delicate almond eyes, which were covered with bloodshot redness that made one's hair stand on end, as if they were not human eyes, but animal eyes, she immediately screamed: "Where's the emperor?! Give it to me quickly!" Go and see!"

As her anger exploded, her bulging belly seemed to be wriggling unwillingly, and it didn't seem to be the movement that a human fetus of this month should have.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is gone." The little eunuch replied with a pale face.

Only after a scream that made people's hairs stand on their backs and didn't sound like a human voice, Concubine Ming panted, scanned all the ministers with bloody eyes, and said viciously: "Look for it! Find it for me! Digging three feet into the ground will also kill him!" Find it for me!"

This is what all ministers should do. After all, Concubine Ming's child has not yet been born. No matter how bad His Majesty's physical condition is, he is the rightful ruler of a country. Essential.

However, Concubine Ming's performance really frightened these ministers. It seems that the flowery concubine has only a skin left, and the monster under the skin has long been unknown. They were full of unspeakable violence and cruelty.

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"National Teacher, this way, hurry up!" Eunuch Deng pointed to the road, and Liu Yelan followed closely beside him. Neither of them were strong and strong, so they could only support the emperor to move forward with difficulty. With a rotten air that has not circulated for a long time, Liu Yelan never imagined that in his lifetime, he would have the opportunity to see the legendary royal family's secret way. Regarding the queen's ending, he could only flash it in his mind at this time, and recalled Thinking of the ominous crashing sound, he didn't dare to think about it.

Eunuch Deng and he both knew that now that the situation was reversed, keeping the emperor was the biggest guarantee to cleanse the empress of her stigma.Now Concubine Ming is pregnant with a prince, colluding with the court and cabinet ministers, and General Su is helping, the three of them must escape as quickly as possible!

After leaving the secret passage, Liu Yelan was surprised to find that this place was very familiar to him when he heard a faint human voice. He couldn't help but look at Eunuch Deng, who only whispered: "You must bring Mrs. Shen with you!"

The two looked at each other, knowing that they had thought of a place.

Concubine Ming is now very powerful, no matter which minister in the entire capital they can't easily believe, they all thought of one person at the same time - Shen Tianyun, the Northwest general who is thousands of miles away!At least, Shen Tianyun didn't know the situation in the capital, so it was absolutely impossible for him to collude with Concubine Ming. Although Concubine Ming kept calling Shen Tianyun "brother", if there was a collusion, how could Shen Tianyun honestly send his cherished wife and children back to the imperial capital?At least Liu Yelan had personally confirmed that Sheng Qing was indeed the real Sheng Qing in his National Teacher's Mansion.

To put it even more despicably, as long as Sheng Qing is with them, why would they worry that Shen Tianyun would not stand by them.

Although this kind of behavior is despicable, Liu Yelan smiled wryly in his heart when he thought of the faces of Concubine Ming and those ministers just now, if those people were allowed to control the government, it would be a real disaster for the common people.

What's more, Liu Yelan lowered his head and saw the faint black energy that had been suppressed on the emperor's face resurfaced again, as if the evil spirit had been bewitched and guided by something to activate again, the faint ominous guess in his heart became more and more clear stand up.If the bad speculation in his mind is true, then he must use all available power to prevent Concubine Ming from being punished!

The two stopped talking, Eunuch Deng looked at the emperor, Liu Yelan slightly covered his figure, everything around was still lively, and all the people were still ignorant of the drastic changes in the palace, but Liu Yelan knew that all this would not last like a dream It's been too long, they came straight through the royal secret road, which is the fastest speed, but Concubine Ming is now firmly in control of the palace, and the reaction will never be slow, I'm afraid it won't be long, then General Su Then he will lead his troops to besiege the National Teacher's Mansion.

Liu Yelan quickly mingled into the crowd and knocked on the side door where the servants usually go shopping. Under the surprised eyes of the servants, he quickly found Tong Qing and said in a few words: "Pack up your things and leave the capital within a quarter of an hour."

Although Tong Qing was equally astonished, she didn't waste time asking one more word. Instead, she quickly sent orders to prepare gold and silver, and even medicine and dry food. However, Liu Yelan breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly found the young maidservant in Tsing Yi who was waiting beside Mrs. Shen, and showed a token to the other party: "Protect Mrs. Shen, and leave with us."

When General Su led his army to find the National Teacher's Mansion, the old butler inside was dismissing the last servant under the order of his master. Facing this old man who was deaf and blind and asked questions, General Su was so angry that he threw his horsewhip.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to order his soldiers to disperse among the surrounding people to inquire about the news. When he heard that a carriage had left for the east gate a quarter of an hour ago, he hurriedly led his troops to chase after it. , but the nine admirals are the emperor's confidantes. Time is running out and the city gates are not yet under their control. They must first control the national division and the party, and then take the emperor. According to the current situation, Everything is in their pocket sooner or later!

But just as General Su set off, he was chased down by his out of breath subordinates: "General, another carriage also left from the National Teacher's Mansion to the west gate!"

General Su was taken aback for a moment, and then he said angrily: "How dare you make such a noise and divide my troops!"

"General! The National Teacher's Mansion also has a carriage heading towards the south gate!"

"There is also the North Gate!"

General Su's lips trembled with anger: "Divide the troops! Divide the troops! Let me scatter and chase! I must take it down!"

If it is true that the emperor escaped from the capital and finds a large army to return to the king...the consequences are unimaginable!

However, half a day later, General Su caught up with the carriage by himself. The carriage was empty, except for a bewildered groom who said that he was ordered to drive out of the east gate, but found nothing. The furious General Su turned around and joined his other two groups of men one after another. There was no harvest, so I couldn't help pinning my hope on the fourth group of people, but until it was dark, there was no news at all, General Su's heart sank, he already knew at this time, I am afraid that the eunuch Deng and the national teacher are protecting the emperor , there were experts beside them, and the imperial guards who were divided into four places were not their opponents, but were eaten up by the opponents directly and neatly, and there was not even a single person left to send back the news.

These news were transmitted back to the court one after another, facing the anxious ministers, Concubine Ming said in a sullen voice: "Don't worry, they will never escape this time."

That kind of gloomy self-confidence did not make the officials feel half relieved, on the contrary, they only felt that the chill was even worse.

General Su had a bad start, so he went back to the palace to plead guilty to Concubine Ming in person. When he saw General Yuan, the admiral of the nine gates standing beside him, he was surprised and understood, as if he had easily persuaded himself at that time, this Concubine Ming Sure enough, he succeeded in taking down the opponent.Looking back, General Su didn't even know why he was easily persuaded by this concubine. At that time, he had already made up his mind that he would never surrender to any side easily in such a crisis, and would only be loyal to the emperor wholeheartedly. In Concubine Ming's few words, he seemed to feel that what the other party said was the truth, and for the sake of the family, he had to make the right decision; now it seems that this upright General Yuan is also convinced in this way.

It just so happens that the entire capital city is now under her control, but it's a pity that it's still a little late, otherwise the Guoshi and his party will never be able to leave the city!

Regarding General Su's apology, Concubine Ming didn't say a word.

When General Su's heart was dripping with cold sweat, he only heard General Yuan cup his hands towards Concubine Ming and said: "The last general is willing to go out of the city with General Su to pursue him, and he will definitely bring him back to present to the empress!"

That's right, with the rapid issuance of the edict, what they have in front of them now is the empress of the Ming Dynasty who is the mother of the world.

But she sneered and said: "Alright, I will go with you."

All the ministers looked at her in astonishment. Isn't the newly-promoted empress's greatest reliance now and in the future is her protruding belly?How could he be so ignorant of the importance of pursuing something?If there is an emergency in the wilderness, wouldn't the greatest hope of this group of people be dashed?

Several ministers in the cabinet obviously wanted to forcibly stop them, but when they looked at the pretty face with a gloomy air one by one, none of them could say a word.

Even the general Yuan who had just surrendered was also staring at the newly promoted empress. The general's intuition was as frightened as if he was being stared at by some ferocious beast. After the empress looked away, he felt The back shirt was wet with cold sweat, and the chill continued to spread, as if he had escaped from death just now, and the trembling of the rest of his life was showing from all over his body.

In such a strange and cold atmosphere, the newly promoted mother of the country led the team in a chariot, followed by the city defense army and the imperial guards. This strange pursuit army took advantage of the darkness to crush the tranquility of the imperial capital Night left the city.

What made Yuan and Su even more weird was that the empress, who looked so fragile, was not afraid of the cold and windy night at all. Her timid and delicate body was sitting like that on a hard chariot that was ventilated on all sides, with no light above her head. , as if the moon and stars were completely swallowed by an unknown force, outside the capital city was pitch black.

But what was even more strange was that the chariot that Empress Ming was on seemed to be able to see in the dark, bypassing all obstacles, and went straight in one direction, as if she had seen the Guo Shi and the others in the dark.

Because of the inexplicable fear, neither of Yuan and Su dared to ask the queen how she knew the direction of the emperor's carriage escape, but when they faintly heard the faint sound of chariots and horses rushing in the darkness ahead, and the At the sound of driving in a Kyoto accent, the two looked at each other. Instead of seeing the slightest bit of relief in each other's eyes, they both felt the same fear and trembling from the darkness and the other's vague expression——

Generals like them couldn't see anything in such darkness. How did this empress, who never left the court, clearly know the escape route of the national teacher and his party in the darkness?

In other words, the darkness in front of me...is it really just darkness?Is there something lurking in it, telling the newly promoted empress everything it saw?How else to explain her insight in the dark as the day?