Wandering the Heavens

When the group of people arrived at Donghuamen, they discovered an oversight, or a problem that was deliberately overlooked, that is, the palace gate was also locked at this time.

How to get in? A strong attack would alert the surrounding garrisons, and they would be doomed as soon as they showed up. In desperation, the three began to think of ways to negotiate with the guards of Donghua Gate.

It was almost dawn and there was still no result. While Xu Youzhen and the other two were arguing, Zhu Qizhen could no longer suppress his anger and stood up and shouted.

"Open the door! I am the emperor!"

After he was captured by Yesen in the 14th year of Zhengtong, he was taken by the Oirat army to knock on doors everywhere, but was rejected countless times. In the end, he developed the skills of this business.

The soldiers guarding the palace gate were shocked by this shout full of mixed emotions and opened the palace gate. The last obstacle to Zhu Qizhen's supreme position disappeared, and he entered the Forbidden City, which he once dominated, surrounded by Xu Youzhen and the other two.

As long as he enters the Fengtian Hall and rings the bells and drums to summon the ministers, the entire empire will be back in his hands.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Zhu Qizhen and his entourage entered the Forbidden City from Donghua Gate and hurriedly entered Chengtian Gate via Jinshui Bridge. The tall outline of Fengtian Hall appeared in front of everyone. At this moment, the sky was slightly bright, when people's vision was the weakest. They only saw Fengtian Hall, but did not see that the entire square in front of Fengtian Hall had been controlled.

When Zhu Qizhen, Xu Youzhen and others arrived in front of the Danbi, panting, they found that someone was already waiting there.

"The emperor has returned to the throne, why don't you kneel down and welcome him!"

Before Zhu Qizhen could say anything, Cao Jixiang could not wait to scold the person who was standing in front of the Danbi and blocking their way.

"Your servant Yu Qian pays homage to the Supreme Emperor!" Yu Qian bowed respectfully to Zhu Qizhen.

Seeing this, Xu Youzhen secretly clenched his fists. Is this man who made him suffer so much ridicule eight years ago going to take away his share of the credit today? If the emperor didn't kill him for this, how would he avenge himself?

"Why are you here?" Zhu Qizhen was still calm.

"Stop the villain from holding the retired emperor hostage and plotting to seize the throne!" Yu Qian said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"This is what I want, I was not forced by my ministers. Eight years ago, I went into exile in the north for some reason, and it was Yu Qing and other ministers who abandoned me and established another monarch. Now, I want to come back. Will Yu Qing make things difficult for me again?" Zhu Qizhen asked after shaking his head to deny the motives of Xu Youzhen and the other two.

"It was not the ministers who betrayed the emperor, but the emperor himself who abandoned the Ming Dynasty. The throne was not something the emperor could have just because he wanted it."

After hearing this, Xu Youzhen trembled all over. He thought that he would never be able to take revenge in this life. Who would have thought that Yu Qian was not here to welcome the emperor at all? Judging from what he just said, he would be dead when the emperor was restored to the throne.

"Are you really not afraid of death?" Zhu Qizhen was broken by Yu Qian's words.

"This is a memorial drafted by me and Grand Secretary Wang Zhi. The content of it is to reinstate Prince Yi. At that time, the Supreme Emperor can act as regent in the name of the emperor and father, and all the ministers will submit to him. But now it is no longer possible." Yu Qian raised a memorial in his hand and spoke disappointedly.

The reason for saying this is nothing more than putting on a show for others to see. Zhu Qizhen's regency does not meet the requirements of the current Ming Dynasty. Because after Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty would undergo an unprecedented radical reform, which Zhu Qizhen, who grew up with traditional education, could not tolerate.

"What did you say!"

Zhu Qizhen was broken before, but now he was angry. He rushed forward and snatched the memorial from Yu Qian without caring about his own safety. The text inside and the private seal of the cabinet minister confirmed that what Yu Qian said was true.

"Why do I need Zhu Qiyu's pity and charity for what I want!" Zhu Qizhen threw the memorial to the ground.

"Your Majesty, Yu Qian should not be in the Fengtian Hall at this time!" Xu Youzhen finally figured it out.

"I am on duty in the cabinet today." Yu Qian lied without hesitation.

The cabinet has arranged for people to be on duty, but in such a cold day, you are on duty and instead of sleeping in the small room of the cabinet, you are standing here in the Fengtian Hall. Even sleepwalking is not so outrageous.

No matter how outrageous it is, it is a fact that Yu Qian stood in front of them.

"Come here, capture Yu Qian!"

Cao Jixiang finally showed his wit. He turned around and gave orders to the eunuchs following behind him that as long as Yu Qian was under control, the entire restoration plan could still be implemented.

When several eunuchs heard the order and rolled up their sleeves to catch the troublesome person, a large group of soldiers armed with muskets rushed in from the left and right doors and surrounded the group.

Even if Zhu Qizhen was blind, he could see that the clothes these people were wearing were not those of the palace guards.

"Yu Qian, who are these people? Why are they in the Forbidden Palace?"

Compared with Zhu Qizhen's anger, Xu Youzhen and the other two had fear in their eyes. No wonder Yu Qian was so fearless; it turned out that it was the Earl of Xuanwu who intervened.

Just as Yu Qian was about to speak, a burst of hurried footsteps came from the steps of the Fengtian Hall, and the sound of bells and drums summoning ministers to court also sounded.

When they got there, Zhu Qizhen and the others could see clearly that the person walking in front was a child, followed by two white-haired old men and a eunuch.

"Greetings, father!" No matter how much Zhu Jianshen disliked his biological father, he had to put in enough effort to show his respect.

"Greetings to the Supreme Emperor." Yu Xian, Xiao Bisi and others also saluted Zhu Qizhen.

"No need to be so polite!" Zhu Qizhen threw away the long sword in his hand. At this moment, he realized that he was powerless to turn the situation around.

"Your Majesty, you can't just give up like this!"

Xu Youzhen had thought about failure, but he didn't expect that when he really lost, he still couldn't accept it. Seeing that Zhu Qizhen had given up struggling, he didn't know where he got the courage from, but he rushed forward and planned to take Zhu Qizhen hostage and bring him into the Fengtian Hall. As long as Zhu Qizhen went in and sat in that position waiting for the ministers to arrive, that would be enough.

However, before Xu Youzhen could get close to Zhu Qizhen, he was slapped away by the white-haired old eunuch behind Zhu Jianshen.

"The emperor was frightened."

Everyone was shocked when they saw this. Where was he standing just now?

"Come here, arrest the traitors who are threatening the Emperor!"

Jinyiwei appeared at this time and arrested Xu Youzhen and others, but they only detained them at the scene and did not take them away. Zhu Qizhen was led into Fengtian Hall like a puppet, and the soldiers holding muskets also left the square in front of the hall through the door they came from.

The sky finally brightened. Under the organization of the Ministry of Rites and the Censorate, civil and military officials entered through Chengtian Gate in an orderly manner and finally entered the Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Qiyu did not sit on the dragon throne as usual. Instead, several unexpected people appeared beside the dragon throne, namely Prince Yi Zhu Jianshen, Emperor Retired Zhu Qizhen, the emperor's personal eunuch Xing'an, the eunuch beside the empress dowager Jinying, and an old eunuch with hair as white as snow.

Many people were already standing below, including Yu Xian, the Earl of Xuanwu, Yu Qian, the Minister of Personnel and Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and Xu Youzhen, who was escorted by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

While everyone was full of questions, Xing'an went through the entire process according to the etiquette of the grand court meeting, and finally opened the imperial edict that he had been holding in his hand and read it out. After Xing'an finished reading, Jinying also stood up and read out the Queen Mother Sun's edict.

The ministers were all kneeling on the ground listening, but some of them looked uglier the more they listened.

Although the imperial edict and the imperial decree both talked about the same thing, that is, Prince Yi Zhu Jianshen was restored to the throne and presided over state affairs, and Yu Xian, the Earl of Xuanwu, the Prince's Junior Tutor, and Yu Qian, the Prince's Junior Guardian, Cabinet Grand Secretary and Minister of Personnel, assisted in the administration.

After Jinying finished reading the Queen Mother's decree, Xing'an asked everyone to stand up.

After Yu Xian and Yu Qian saluted Zhu Jianshen, they turned around and looked at the frightened civil and military officials in the hall.

"Come here, arrest Chen Xun, Wang Wen, Wang Ji, Xu Bin, Xue Xuan, and Jiang Yuan!"

Yu Xian didn't waste any words and ordered the arrest of several people in the hall on the spot. Among these people were Xu Youzhen's accomplices and those who had been secretly stirring up trouble since the tenth year of Xuande.