Long Xiao wipes Qingfeng

The news of Zhong Shuo's rescue reached Zichen Palace, Xiao Gong and Emperor Longde both heaved a sigh of relief, and Songyan in the corner lowered his head, his eyes dimmed.

Without further ado, Shen Yu was attacking the Qianqing Gate in front, and he couldn't spare to block Zhong Shuo. Zhong Shuo's encirclement circle became smaller and smaller, and when the Qianqing Gate opened, Zhong Shuo happened to kill Shen Yu.

Both sides were damaged, Shen Yu didn't care about Zhong Shuo's pursuit, and drove straight in after the Qianqing Gate was broken. Zhong Shuo didn't think much, and directly ordered the encirclement to be narrowed, but he didn't approach the inner circle where Shen Yu was, but forced him to go all the way in. Walking, like a pack of wolves on the grassland chasing their prey and shrinking the battle circle step by step, calmly.

Zhong Shuo was waiting for someone.

The little eunuchs in the Zichen Palace kept coming to report the new battle situation, the maids and eunuchs inside were all kneeling, and there were broken porcelain cups on the ground.

After learning that the Qianqing Gate was broken, Emperor Longde suddenly stood up, and Zhong Hanjiang knelt down to plead guilty, but Emperor Longde didn't bother to say anything to him. The queen mother sat on the phoenix chair and said: "Emperor, the country must have no queen, Make a will first."

There was a pen and paper in hand, and Xiao Gong had bowed his head and knelt by the side. Emperor Longde glanced at Xiao Gong and said, "It's not yet time, just wait."

The Empress Dowager raised her hand, helped the maid's arm to stand up, and said: "The country cannot be without a king. If Shen Yuzhen invades, both the Ai family and you must be loyal to the country. You have made a will to let Zhong Qing take Gong'er first, or you can save it." The royal family surnamed Xiao, the emperor, start writing."

Emperor Longde clenched his palms tightly, gritted his teeth and said, "Shen Yu hasn't attacked yet! Empress Do not mess yourself up!"

"It will be too late for him to attack!" The Queen Mother took the cloth that the emperor used to write handwritten letters and handed it to him, "You have been in power for ten years, and the Ai family has never interfered with you. You dote on Concubine Shen and treat Queen Jiang poorly , reuse Shen Yu, the Ai family never said anything, now that my Changhua country is about to end, and the Ai family recognizes it, the emperor, you should also understand! This is your own crime!"

The Empress Dowager has not cared about foreign affairs for many years, and the relationship with Emperor Longde's mother and child is also weak. These words are true, and they are also said to be in the pain of Emperor Longde.

Xiao Gong knelt in front of Emperor Longde all the time, without saying a word.

Emperor Longde recalled his many years of karma, he was speechless, he was a tiger, he had to swallow the bitter fruit, but... he hesitated and said: "Mother, let's go together, Gong'er is young, I still have to come here For management, there must be a mother who presides over the overall situation."

Greedy for life and afraid of death, the queen mother closed her eyes, and said: "If the Ai family stays, you have to stay too. If Shen Yu attacks and fails to see the emperor and queen mother, will he let us go? Emperor, this is your country, How did the late emperor teach you? I completely forgot!"

Emperor Longde was still waiting to say something, but the sound of soldiers came from outside, as if Shen Yu led the troops over, and the queen mother forced him, so Emperor Longde gritted his teeth and wrote the imperial edict, sealed it with a jade seal, and handed it over to the queen mother for perfunctory— —As long as he doesn't die, it won't be Xiao Gong's turn to be emperor.

The queen mother handed over the edict to Xiao Gong, and repeatedly entrusted Zhong Hanjiang to protect Xiao Gong. Zhong Hanjiang accepted it, and the queen mother opened the secret passage in the Zichen Palace to let them out of the palace. Concubine Chang and Song Yan also stayed.

Outside the gate, Zhong Shuo followed Shen Yu all the way through Qianqing Gate, until the gate of Zichen Palace, Xiao Jiu came along the palace road alone.

Seeing that no one else was following him, Zhong Shuo frowned imperceptibly, but Xiao Jiu didn't see it. He directly stepped onto the bay red horse that Zhong Shuo had been carrying all along, and said, "Waiting for a long time? I've taken care of it." private matter."

Zhong Shuo shook his head, "His Royal Highness came just in time, there was no delay."

Xiao Jiu smiled, stooped to pick up the horse's bow, put an arrow on it, aimed at Shen Yu's direction from a distance, and said, "Go, I'll be here waiting for you."

Zhong Shuo lost his scruples, and rushed forward with his sword in hand, grabbing Shen Yu directly.

At this time, Shen Yu had already walked up the steps, separated from Emperor Longde by a door, and separated from the emperor's throne by a door.

Behind Shen Yu are all dead men who defended him from arrows, Zhong Shuo didn't hesitate, held his sword, and killed the dead men.

The east is slowly lighting up, Xiao Jiu not far away draws his bow to full strength, and the tip of his arrow is always chasing Zhong Shuo's back, watching him neatly cut off all obstacles for him in the shadow of swords, lights and swords, watching his young and handsome face inspire him. Drenched in blood, watch him raise his sword and meet Shen Yu's weapon.

How could he not love such a person?

Zhong Shuo looked back at him suddenly, Xiao Jiu's eyes froze, he let go of his tense fingers, and the white feather arrow flew away.

The tip of the arrow grazed Zhong Shuo's ears, leaving a chill, and then all of them sank into the chests of the people behind him.

Shen Yu fell to the ground in response, and pushed open the door of Zichen Hall with the last of his strength. Inside was the submissive emperor and the queen mother holding a sharp knife.

Once Shen Yu died, the rest of the people had nothing to fear, Zhong Shuo didn't enter the door to bow down, Xiao Jiu entered first.

Xiao Jiu held a bow in his hand, his makeup and hair were not messed up, and he behaved dignifiedly, but he didn't salute, he just said: "My son and minister came late to save me, don't blame my father, emperor, and grandmother."

The Empress Dowager threw the dagger in her hand and supported Xiao Jiu tremblingly. Emperor Longde sat on the dragon chair in a panic, letting Mr. Fu behind him take care of him.

Xiao Jiu comforted the Empress Dowager and sent someone to send the Empress Dowager and Concubine Chang back to the bedroom before letting Emperor Longde go to rest. As for Song Yan, Song Yan was taken away by Song Zhu during the chaos, no one would pay attention She is alone, and her merits and virtues have been completed this time.

Emperor Longde turned around in one breath, and said: "No need, the palace is still in chaos, I can't rest, you just go and find the third prince."

Xiao Jiu walked to the table with a smile, and looked at the wet ink on the inkstone, his smile deepened, "Father, you don't have to be polite with Yong Mu. My son said to go to rest. Father, you should go and have a good rest. As for the third brother, son I will find it myself, come and help His Majesty back to the sleeping hall."

Two people dressed as military generals came over behind him, restrained Chief Fu, ignored the emperor's struggle, and sent Emperor Longde back to the bedroom.

After being busy outside for a while, Zhong Shuo let his subordinates do what they were doing so that they could gain some military exploits, and then went into the Zichen Palace to look for Xiao Jiu. Xiao Jiu had just met Xiao Gong who hadn't gone far at all. Behind the large desk, there was no palace person in the hall, and the faint morning light sprinkled on him one after another, feeling lonely and lonely.

Feeling sad for no reason, Zhong Shuo stepped forward to hold his hand, and said softly, "Is Your Highness hungry?"

Xiao Jiu let out a "puchi" laugh, and said, "How can you talk like that, asking me if I'm hungry and why?"

"Your Highness ran all night and didn't eat. You must be hungry. I brought cakes for Your Highness, eat it while it's hot?" As he spoke, he took out a small bag of horseshoe cakes from his pocket.

Xiao Jiu picked it up dumbfounded, and held it in his hand, it was still warm as expected, but it didn't taste like the usual Zhong Ji.

Zhong Shuo rubbed the pastry crumbs on the corner of his mouth for him, "I brought it out of Zhuangzi while His Highness was not paying attention, and kept it in my arms."

So Zhong Shuo has been fighting with a bag of horseshoe cakes?It was still well protected, and it didn't disperse at all.

The corners of Xiao Jiu's pale mouth curled up, and he said, "Shen Yu is dead, and Shen Xian is also dead. Bei Ning, you can wait for two more days until I sort out the affairs in the palace, okay?"

Zhong Shuo put down the oil-paper bag and hugged Xiao Jiu in his arms, "I have been with Your Highness all this time."

"Beining." Xiao Jiu's tone was difficult.

"Ok?"

"The horseshoe cake is choking, it's uncomfortable."

Zhong Shuo quickly let go of Xiao Jiu, took a new cup and poured him a cup of cold tea to comfort him. After a while, Xiao Jiu stroked his chest and said, "It's dangerous."

Zhong Shuo next to him didn't know what to say, he couldn't say that he choked on eating too fast...

"It's about time. It's time for morning court. You go back to the mansion to change clothes and go to court. I'll be there later." Xiao Jiu said.

Zhong Shuo was dressed in armor, many places were blood-stained, he described it as a bit of a mess, he really had to go back to his residence to change clothes, while Xiao Jiu was dressed neatly and gorgeously, ready to go to court at any time.

Beijing is full of rich and powerful families, and they all keep a close eye on the movement in the palace. After tossing all night, they learned that the rebellious party has been wiped out. Then he received the news that the morning court was suspended, but he didn't want to wait for it, so he had to go to the court.

Zhong Shuo arrived quite late, the officials waiting outside the Changqing Hall had already gathered in a group, chattering about what happened tonight, they all shut up when they saw him coming.

Zhong Hanjiang and Jiang Yanzhao were standing together talking, Zhong Shuo went over to meet Li respectfully, Jiang Yanzhao nodded slightly, and the relationship between the three became cold.

It wasn't until the opening of the dynasty was announced and all the officials entered the palace that it was discovered that the chief eunuch in the palace was not Chief Fu.

Two side seats were set up next to the throne. After all the officials stood still, Xiao Gong came over from the rear of the hall following Prince Dagon. Behind him was Xiao Jiu, who was half a head taller than him.

Xiao Gong led Xiao Jiu to the side seat with a bead curtain hanging in front, and sat on the other side seat. As soon as he raised his hand, the eunuch next to him took out the imperial decree and said loudly: "By heaven, The emperor's edict said that the rebellious minister Shen Yu committed rebellion and changed the destiny, so that the dragon's body violated the peace, and it is difficult to eliminate the affairs of the court. Therefore, the third prince Xiao Gong supervised the country, and the power of rebellion was entrusted to him. The eldest princess Yong Mu Diji supported the left and right, and Jingming will announce it to the world, and the salty envoys will hear about it, and admire this."

The imperial decree said that Emperor Longde was sick, the third prince supervised the country, and the eldest princess supported him until Emperor Longde recovered, and Shen Yu's rebellion was also entrusted to Xiao Gong.

Naturally, Emperor Longde couldn't have written this decree himself, Xiao Jiu urgently asked Jiang Huai to copy it, and then stamped it with a jade seal, which is no different from the real one.

Emperor Longde has been in very bad health since he took the wrong medicine, and sometimes Xiao Gong handled some government affairs on his behalf, but this time he directly became the supervisor of the country, and Emperor Yongmu was watching, and the officials did not know Longde What did Emperor De mean, let alone what happened in the palace, each speculated in their hearts.

It was the first time for Xiao Gong to go to court, and he looked quite calm. He did a good job in punishing and rewarding each of them. Shen Yu's rebellion and family members were punished according to the law. After appointing Zhong Shuo as General Zuo, the emperor and ministers in the court were harmonious, and many veteran officials secretly nodded in admiration: It has been many years since I have been in such a court.

Xiao Jiu sat behind the curtain and didn't say a word until he retreated, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhong Shuo watched, he seemed to be sleepy.