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Song Ru was startled, and hurried out of the camp to ask, "What's wrong?"

When the visitor saw Song Yi, he hurriedly handed over a letter, and said in a hurry: "This is sent by Zhao Qing risking his life. Your Highness, please have a look."

Song Ju took the letter and scanned it hastily. After reading it, he couldn't help being shocked, and couldn't recover for a while.

Chaos in Beijing.

After the death of Emperor Hongyou, Empress Wei pretended to be self-reliant, abolished the crown prince of Song Yu, and made Song Ke the crown prince. Three days after Emperor Hongyou passed away, Song Ke was put on the throne, and the dynasty was changed, and a new one was established. Lord, reign name Fuqing.

Today's Dongli has changed the world.The new emperor succeeded to the throne, and the year name was changed from the 28th year of Hongyou to the first year of Fuqing.Before the old emperor was buried, the new emperor couldn't wait to ascend the throne.Shu Shangshu and others plotted in every possible way, but they didn't guard against Queen Wei being so bold that she dared to push Song Ke to the throne when Song Ren went south to suppress the rebellion and had more than [-] soldiers and horses in hand.

Empress Wei suddenly announced the decree in the court hall, and took out the imperial edict of Emperor Hongyou, which clearly stated: Song Ren is benevolent and righteous, contemptuous of hearing, intimate and small, does not suit my heart, abolishes the crown prince, and replaces the tenth prince Song Ke For the prince.

The year of inscription was exactly the end of the year after Song Fu sent troops to quell the rebellion, that is to say, as early as two years ago, Emperor Hongyou changed the crown prince and wrote a will to let Song Ke succeed him once he died.This imperial edict has been kept secret and kept hidden. I am afraid that except for Queen Wei and Emperor Hongyou, no one knows that there is such an edict.

The two of them, the emperor and the empress, teamed up and used Song Ren to fight bloody battles in front of them to ensure that they could enjoy peace in the capital. When he returns from the battlefield in the future, will he still have a place to hide in Beijing?

It is rare in ancient times for a parent to be so unfeeling to his own son.But at this time, the civil and military officials didn't bother to criticize Emperor Hongyou. At this time, they were still in danger, so what to do with those useless things.

How this edict was written, the officials have no way of knowing, but Emperor Hongyou died strangely, half a month ago he was still red, and he was alive and kicking to ask the Ministry of Households for money, saying that he wanted to build some other courtyard for Qin Ji, why? Only half a month later, the emperor suddenly became seriously ill, and after less than a day, he drove west and died?At that time, only Empress Wei and Qin Ji were present, and the rest of the concubines only got the news when Emperor Hongyou stopped at Lingxi Palace.

When Song Ke ascended the throne, more than half of the officials disagreed.There are old ministries raised by Liu Tong in the past. They used to look forward to Liu Tong's leadership. Later, when Liu Tong became an official and the position of prime minister was vacant, all six ministries were controlled by Shu Shangshu alone. Suppressed by Shu Shangshu, except for a few seniors, the rest of the people may be dismissed by him for questioning, or left aside by him, but as long as they can still stay in the court at this time, it will be difficult. Even Shu Shangshu couldn't do anything to them for a while.These people follow Song Ren wholeheartedly, so naturally they don't want to let their persistence for many years be ruined.

Among the other people who opposed, Shu Shangshu and his party needless to say, they have always supported the eldest prince Song Xuan, the emperor died, and Song Ru was not in the capital, it was a good time for them to elect Song Xuan to the top, and they didn't want to fight out halfway When Cheng Yaojin came, Empress Wei suddenly launched an attack in the court hall, holding Emperor Hongyou's last edict in her hand, she really gave Shu Shangshu and others a blow, they were stunned on the spot, unable to recover for a long time.

How could they let Empress Wei succeed? Song Ke added a yellow robe, and when he went to the Golden Palace, Shu Shangshu and others were clever in their hearts, and they stood up without kneeling. Resolutely stand, refusing to kneel down and worship the new lord.

In fact, the objections of these two groups of people were within Empress Wei's expectations. What she least expected was that her father, the supervisory censor Wei Zhan, also openly opposed in the Golden Palace, saying that Emperor Hongyou's death was sudden. There is something strange, this imperial edict must be fake.

Empress Wei gritted her silver teeth secretly, her heart ached with anger, if it wasn't for this foolish and honest father, how could she have come to this point today?

Wei Zhan has always been like this. When encountering injustice, he must deal with it to the end. He will not pay attention to who is behind the incident. Strive for reason and fight to the end.

The atmosphere in the Golden Palace was on the verge of breaking out, the two sides were at war with each other, and the situation was very serious.The confrontation between the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and Queen Wei threatened to pull Song Ke off the Dragon Chair and the Golden Palace.

Empress Wei had already prepared for it. Since she dared to do it, she had already calculated all possible changes.Countless golden armored warriors had already ambushed outside the Golden Palace. Empress Wei gave an order, and the warriors rushed in, closed the gate of the palace, turned around, each with their sharp knives, and went straight to the noisy civil servants.

In the blink of an eye, the solemn and solemn Golden Palace in the past turned into a bloody murderous place.He chopped down more than a dozen ministers who opposed him one after another, and then invited Wei Zhan to go to the Golden Palace and put him in the prison.Empress Wei sat behind Song Ke, looking coldly at the swordsmen below, raised the knife and dropped it, knocking down the ministers who were just shouting and clamoring righteously to the ground one by one.

Blood flowed all over the ground, and the screams were endless, until Queen Wei said lightly on the phoenix seat, "That's all!" The golden armored warriors withdrew their swords and retreated to the two sides of the golden hall.

Empress Wei smiled and asked the officials if they had any objections.

The hundreds of officials were so bluffed, their faces turned pale, most of them were civil servants, and they were powerless.Even if there are military officers, in front of so many well-trained warriors holding sharp knives, they can't take advantage of it at all.

They have never seen such a scene.The bloody corpse fell at the feet, and the severed limbs rolled all over the ground. The strong smell of blood permeated the air. Whoever screamed the most just now will die the worst.Empress Wei was ruthless and merciless, she changed from her previous virtuous and generous demeanor, she just sat quietly with no expression on her face, the coldness in her brows made people shudder from the bottom of their hearts.

At this time, who dares to say half of the word "no".Empress Wei even dared to lock up her own father, so what are the rest in her eyes?

One by one stood shaking their clothes, stiff for a while, and it was Shu Shangshu who took the lead and knelt down to worship the new lord. Seeing Song Ke sitting firmly on the high platform, a eunuch announced the decree loudly, and the Ministry of Rites prepared to sacrifice to heaven. The new emperor ascended the throne.

All the ministers seemed to have gall in their mouths.But in the face of the despotic power, they dared not disobey, accepted the order aggrievedly, thanked the emperor for his kindness, and showed their loyalty. Only then was Queen Wei satisfied, gave them a warning, and let them leave the imperial city.

After coming down to court, the first thing Empress Wei did was to drive all the concubines of Emperor Hongyou out of the palace where they used to live, and order them all to move to the residence of the concubines in Ci'an Palace.

All the concubines mourned all over the place, and those who did not obey were all thrown into the cold palace in public, and never saw the light of day.

Empress Wei seemed to have changed in the past, the person who treated them peacefully and politely was gone, replaced by a lunatic who seemed to have accumulated resentment for several lifetimes, just waiting for this moment to erupt.

Even Song Ke scared Empress Wei enough.He had never seen such a mother before, and he didn't know that the gentle and dignified woman had such a cruel side.Empress Wei's methods were cruel, whether it was the rebellious ministers in the court or the concubines in the harem, they all killed them without blinking an eye.

The reason why Song Ke was obedient and obedient, replacing Song Ren, and taking over the throne was all because he believed what his mother said and thought she would never lie to him.Song Yan was not in the capital, so the distant water could not solve the near fire. Emperor Hongyou was newly mourned, and Shu Shangshu and Song Xuan were eyeing the throne again. He took the throne for his elder brother first, and returned it to him when he came back later.

Song Ke was simple-minded, and after being coaxed by Queen Wei with a few words, he believed it to be true.Since he was a child, he has always respected his elder brother Song Yi, and he has never had any unreasonable thoughts about the throne.In Song Ke's heart, Song Ren is the most suitable person to be an emperor. This is deeply rooted, and no one can change it.

At this moment, Song Ke felt that something was wrong.What Empress Wei did was completely different from what she said at the beginning. He became suspicious and couldn't help but speak out to dissuade him. Empress Wei raised her eyebrows, scolded him bloody on the spot, and ordered Song Ke to be brought back to Kanggan In the palace, no one is allowed to release him without her will.

The emperor was also locked up, and the harem suddenly became Queen Wei's world.The next day after that, she issued an imperial decree in the name of Emperor Hongyou, saying that Emperor Hongyou had left an oral order before his death: Concubine Shu is a virtuous and dignified concubine, and she is a model in the Six Palaces. He is reluctant to part with Concubine Shu, so he wants her After his banquet, he was buried with himself.

As soon as this decree came out, Concubine Shu Gui was frightened out of her wits.

How could she be willing to bury her obediently? As soon as the decree came, Concubine Shu gave the eunuch who passed the decree two big ears, kicked him out, and then shouted in the room: "It would be hard for the honorable one not to go to the burial." Me? You guys are so brave! Go back and tell Wei Jiang, don’t think that now that the emperor is dead, she can be lawless! The prince is still alive! She is not afraid that the prince will come back and kill her!”

These words were so outrageous that everyone who heard them was terrified, and the servants even knelt down and trembled.Concubine Shu Gui also went all out. She scolded Empress Wei, pointed in the direction of Likun Palace, and shouted sharply: "Wei Jiang! Others don't know your details, so I still don't know? You dare to kill me? Be careful, I will kill you!" Let’s expose all the old stories and see who dies in the end!”

Concubine Shu Gui cursed and hurriedly ordered someone to call the eldest prince into the palace.Unexpectedly, Empress Wei had sealed off the Sixth Palace long ago, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. The news inside the palace could not be spread, and people outside the palace did not know what happened in the imperial city.I'm afraid that by the time the news spreads, the corpse at Concubine Shu's place will be cold.

Concubine Shu Gui was so anxious that she couldn't help it, so Yao Zhu suggested that Zhao Qing, the little eunuch in front of her, had some old friends with Qi Lianzui, the eunuch on duty in the imperial horse prison, and she could secretly ask him to send a message, so that the eldest prince can hurry up. Mobilize the soldiers and horses of the five cities to rush into the imperial city and come to rescue them.