This was the first time Zhu Youxiao walked out of the Forbidden City after coming to the Ming Dynasty. To be precise, he sat in a dragon chariot and left the Forbidden City.

Zhu Youxiao thought it was a bit sad. As the master of this dynasty, he was like a prisoner, and he only had the opportunity to come out and let go.

But he didn't want to let the news out this time, because he is now like a puppet, bound by various etiquettes without any freedom. The streets are covered with thick loess, and the shops on both sides are forced to close. The people are kneeling on both sides as stupid as a wooden chicken, without any ordinary atmosphere.

Zhu Youxiao himself couldn't go on and just catch a commoner asking him if he could eat enough or not and whether he could wear warm clothes.

Because, if he had an indecent move now, after the ceremony, a large group of censors who had nothing to do would impeach him as the king.

This is what makes the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty different from the chief of the Great Qing Kingdom. The censors of the Ming Dynasty like to find fault with the emperor, while the censors of the Great Qing Kingdom dare not find fault with the emperor unless he doesn't want a head.

He didn't eat a grain of rice or a piece of meat. He has been hungry since the early morning to the present, for this ceremony of sacrifice to heaven. Zhu Youxiao understood why Emperor Zhengde hated these civil servants back then.

Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, every feudal dynasty has had a ceremony to worship the sky, and the Ming Dynasty, which repeats the Chinese clothes, is even more persistent in this.

As the master of this country, Zhu Youxiao did not dare to disobey the imperial power. Although he was empty, he could only endure it.

Lu Xiangsheng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, were next to Zhu Youxiao's dragon chariot, and between them and Zhu Youxiao there were 50 soldiers in Beijing. However, these 100 soldiers in Beijing were different from the soldiers selected by Wang Jimo, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, yesterday.

Wang Jimo also saw this and hurriedly walked to Lu Xiangsheng: "Brother Jiandou, what's going on? Why did the troops guarding His Majesty have added a hundred more people for no reason?"

"Brother Roude, don't worry, this is all the tricks of the prince. He insisted that His Majesty's safety is important last night. As long as one hundred households are not enough, he insists on adding another hundred households. The subordinate just performed his duties in the Beijing camp and everything is not easy. He must only listen to him. Therefore, he asked His Majesty to allow him to send an additional one hundred soldiers, which is more safe, don't you think?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said with apologies.

Wang Jimo smiled awkwardly, looked at Wang Chengen behind him with malicious intentions, and cursed: "No one of these damn eunuchs is good!"

No matter how much he scolded, Wang Jimo was now in a difficult situation. He was not easy to run to Zhu Youxiao and said what he wanted to do, nor could he transfer the Eighteen Batulu of the Later Jin Dynasty to Zhu Youxiao, and could only walk silently.

Zhang Yong, who followed Zhu Youxiao out of the city with all the officials, did not know the arrangement above, except for some minor mistakes. Seeing that Ajige and other Tartars were mixed in this long queue, he thought that there was no suspense in his heart that the matter was successful, so he couldn't help but laugh secretly. He looked at Zhu Youxiao in front of him in an unkind manner and whispered to be the dog emperor.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneeze, but in a blink of an eye he happened to see Ajige's pigtail, copper coins, braids, which were accidentally blown by the wind.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel nervous. He naturally knew who was wearing such ugly braids. Looking at the murderous aura on those people's faces, he felt even more confident that this ceremony of sacrifice to heaven seemed to be not that simple.

However, what Zhu Youxiao did not expect was that even if there was a conspiracy in this ceremony of sacrifice to heaven, there would be Tartars. Doesn’t this mean that the Donglin Party had already started to collude with the Qing nobles since this time, and these literati who were spoiled by the Ming Dynasty really had no sense of shame!

Because the streets are now narrow, Zhu Youxiao knew very well that he had exposed these Tartars at this time, but he was afraid that once these Tartars had a stir, the troops and horses in front and behind would not have time to protect him.

What's more, Zhu Youxiao couldn't determine how many Tartars were mixed among these Beijing camps. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but glar at Wang Jimo.

"I must be calm now and pretend that nothing has happened." Zhu Youxiao secretly said to himself, and then continued to walk forward like nothing happened.

Zhu Youxiao was not sure how many of these Tartars were, and where they were taking action, nor did he know how strong the Beijing soldiers and the Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei were, who were hidden in his own hands, but he had to take measures, preferably to take the initiative and catch these Tartars off guard.

Seeing that the Tartars had passed the Chengtian Gate, and his dragon chariot had just arrived at Chengtian Gate, he pretended to be impatient and ordered a small yellow gate:

"Go and call Lu Aiqing to me!"

Not long after, Lu Xiangsheng rushed to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, what are you asking for?"

"There are Tartars!"

Zhu Youxiao whispered, then pointed at the back of a Tartar in front. Lu Xiangsheng immediately pulled out his knife and shouted: "Protect the car!"

In an instant, the Jinyi Captain who was carrying Zhu Youxiao’s dragon chariot directly placed Zhu Youxiao’s dragon chariot on the ground, and then pulled out his sword to protect him. His movements were truly flowing.

"Is this?" Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment. If even the Jinyi Captain who was carrying the dragon chariot for him reacted so quickly, he wouldn't seem to have to be so nervous.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng came over and explained: "Please forgive me. After the secret discussion between me and Eunuch Wang last night, Eunuch Wang promised to let my servants pretend to be the captain of the Jinyi to protect His Majesty's safety!"

Only then did Zhu Youxiao realize that his Jinyi Captain was indeed dropped, but when he thought that these two people were out of loyalty, he had no intention of blame.

At this time, Ajige, who was about to leave Chengtian Gate, also shouted: "The dog emperor discovered us. The warriors, kill us directly and kill Zhu Youxiao!"

At the same time, with Lu Xiangsheng's loud shout, the Dongchang man who was dressed as a military officer in the Beijing camp had already surrounded Zhu Youxiao.

In this way, Lu Xiangsheng and his servants protected Zhu Youzhai. The outer layer was the Dongchang man and the outside were other Beijing soldiers. The entire defensive formation was like an iron barrel.

But Ajige and his eighteen Batulu were also extremely brave. They suddenly drew their swords and slashed at the Beijing camp soldiers in front. The Beijing camp officers and soldiers were unable to react and were killed immediately. While Ajige was brave enough to kill, he also shot three feather arrows directly at Zhu Youxiao.

Lu Xiangsheng had quick eyes and quick hands. He immediately waved his sword and cut off the three feather arrows, and personally drove the horse to command the soldiers of the Beijing camp: "An archers suppress them, the Shenji camp retreated and pressed the formation, don't let the Tartars approach His Majesty!"

Lu Xiangsheng shouted loudly, and the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp barely restored some order, but were soon dispersed by the Tartars, and some officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp fled directly behind.
Chapter completed!