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Chapter Twenty-Three

Next to the stone pond outside Huiyou Hall, Duan Niang sat on a strange rock located in the flowers and stared at the clear water. The little mouth was pouting, holding a handful of freshly picked wild flowers in his hand. After pulling the flowers and leaves one by one, he threw them into the water in anger, letting the pool in front of him continue to ripples.

Empress Dowager Liu was walking by a maid, and she didn't want to stay in the house anymore. When a pregnant slut was sent to the harem by His Majesty the Emperor last night, she didn't want to stay. She always felt that such unclean women were not worthy of staying with her. If she hadn't known that His Majesty had something big to do today, she would have wanted to order someone to pull the slut out to hang her to serve as a warning. Now, just after leaving the palace with the maids, she met Duan Niang.

"Duan Niang, why are you back?"

She remembered that she had sent Duan Niang to His Majesty. Even if she could not hold a grand ceremony at present, she should stay in her own palace to show the demeanor of the lord of the harem.

Duan Niang turned around and looked at Empress Dowager Liu, tears flowing out in a bad mood, and said in great grievance: "Empress Dowager, don't want me. Your Majesty the Emperor doesn't want me anymore. If you don't want me, no one will want Duan Niang." As he said that, he wiped the tears with his sleeves. His whole body twitched and thrust. As he was about to cry out loudly, Empress Dowager Liu hurried over.

"Oh, this is pitiful, tell my mother, what's going on?"

Duan Niang said in a slight manner: "Your Majesty doesn't like me, and he would rather summon the daughter than let me serve the bed..."

"Did you offend him? Dong'er is a stubborn child and is silent on weekdays, but if you offend him, you will definitely remember it in your heart."

"I don't." Duan Niang continued, "I have seen you twice and I have even told him about how to please men before leaving the Shangshu Mansion, but..."

"I pay homage to the Queen Mother."

The two of them were chatting, and the aunt appeared outside the door. This time, Empress Dowager Liu didn't understand even more: "Aunt, didn't you ask you to take care of Your Majesty?"

"Report to the Empress Dowager, today His Majesty has someone to take care of him. It was His Majesty who ordered the old slave to return to the palace to protect the safety of the Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Liu nodded, her son was still thinking about her own mother. Then she reached out and pointed at her mother: "What's going on?"

A Gu pondered: "I don't know the specifics. I only know that after His Majesty met Duan Niang last time, he said, "It's too young, I have to be raised." He never mentioned it and was immersed in the duel with Wang Shichong all day long."

"Small?"

Empress Domain grabbed Duan Niang's arm and turned her body over. Her eyes were staring at her chest, as if she was about to see the essence through the surface, and she said, "It's a little smaller." Then she said with a 'tsk': "I blame me. Dong'er was a child who was a child and was weaned late. As she grew older, she had to find a wet nurse with enough milk, which made her quirk."

"A Gu, go and tell Shang Shijian, to prepare some things to replenish the shape for Duan Niang and be a wet nurse for Dong'er. I was so furious when I saw those two things. After passing by Yourong's hand, it would be strange if this child could look at Duan Niang." Seeing A Gu take the order to go to Shang Shijian, Empress Dowager Liu scolded Duan Niang, "Don't cry." Then he pulled it up from the strange rock with heartache: "Listen, if you still want your Majesty's favor, you have to pinch your nose and eat whatever you want when you eat. Do you know? There are no cats in this world that don't eat fishy food, but if you want the cat to open your mouth, at least it must be a fish."

Duan Niang nodded vigorously as if she understood it, wiped tears on her cuffs again and said, "I'll eat!"

As the mother and the mother were talking, they heard a thunderous explosion like a bolt from the blue, saying, "This is the place where the palace gate is important. Those who dare to take a step forward - die!"

Empress Dowager Liu immediately looked up and looked in the direction of Xuanwu Gate. Then a woman in Huiyou Hall ran out and looked at Xuanwu Gate with a worried look on her face. She said worriedly: "Ba Ye, you have to survive..." Then she completely turned into petrification and looked at that direction without moving.

...

At noon, the sun shone dazzling sword lights in the sky. Yang Wang sat upright and looked up. Behind him were ten thousand people in the palace. These people were fully equipped with weapons, and the brand new standard armor shone brightly in the sun. The weapons in his hands were even shining in the light. Even his shoes were Hu shoes and long boots, which were many levels stronger than local warlord armed forces. Now, the army was about to advance towards the palace.

生,生,生.

The footsteps slowly came from behind Daoguangfang. The people on the street looked sideways when they heard the sound. When they saw the general in charge of armor, with a horse spear in his hand, he led his army to the palace walls. They had just experienced the bloody slaughter of Wang Shi's palace a few months ago, they immediately ran away with their heads and did not even dare to shout. In this year, when the people were suffering, if they were cut off by the soldiers, they would have nowhere to go to the wrongs.

In the blink of an eye, there was no one on the entire street in front of Daoguangfang. Even the people who didn't have time to run would find a bamboo basket on the street to buckle themselves, regardless of whether the thing could block their bodies. Anyway, they were huddling in the corner of the wall and trembling.

Yang Wang turned a blind eye to this. He had only one task today, which was to open the palace gate and lead the army into the palace and control the emperor in his hands, because he still did not see the general order of the Zheng Gong Mansion at noon, which shows that Duan Da and Wang Shiyun were not doing well in the court.

The army bypassed the palace wall and headed straight for Xuanwu Gate. Yang Wang didn't think anything about this. Anyway, Baye was the Taiwei's man, and he could rush into the imperial city after just a few simple sentences. Therefore, he even felt that it would be unnecessary to bring ten thousand people to him, and he just led a few hundred people. Who dared to stop the people from the Zheng Gong Mansion in this year?

"I'll stop here!"

Suddenly, a feather arrow penetrated directly in front of Yang Wang's horse. The horse immediately raised its front hooves and screamed in a frightened manner. He tried hard to squeeze his legs and did not fall off the horse. When the horse hooves fell, Yang Wang looked forward angrily. It was at least twenty feet away from Xuanwu Gate, and the guard at the city was like a bell, clearly sending every word into his ears.

Who is this person?

Is it a silence?

Yang Wang couldn't see clearly, and the man's face was hidden in the shadow under his helmet. He could only shout: "Where is General Baye? Who is the guardian? Why is the palace gate closed in the blue sky and white sun?"

"Come on, are you supposed to ask these words?"

Baye stood on the city tower, and the cloak behind him swayed in the wind. The April wind should have represented the high spirit of vitality, but now the wind is full of blood.

Yang Wang was choking. He, a general of the Zheng Gong Mansion, was indeed not qualified to ask about Ba Ye's whereabouts. He was from the sect and his whereabouts were naturally kept secret. In addition, the palace gate was closed, even if it was chopped into pieces and chopped into firewood, it was the matter of the emperor's family. What did it have to do with you?

Guo Shiheng urged him to take a few steps forward. He felt that Yang Wang was too stupid, so he simply stood up and shouted: "We are ordered by the General of the Zheng Gong Mansion to go to the Imperial City to guard His Majesty Zhouquan, and ask the general to open the palace gate and let us in."

"Don't say too much. There has been no chaos in the palace. Your Majesty is coming to the court. What the court discusses is a major national affairs. How can you let others go wild?" Ba Ye was majestic: "Where is the crossbowman! Whoever dares to take another step forward will shoot and kill!"

At that moment, Yang Wang and Er Guo looked at each other. The three of them saw a crossbow on the city tower, and they didn't know where to go.

At this time, a messenger carrying five-colored order flags urged the horse to rush to control it. The man turned over and got off the horse and ran a few steps with the inertia of the horses rushing forward, then knelt down in front of Yang Wang horses and said, "The Lord Zheng's Mansion, Duan Da Chen, Duke Duan Da, and the Inner Historian Wang Shiyun have all been killed. Pei Renji proclaimed himself Duke Zheng in court. The young master said that now the old thief Pei Renji imprisoned His Majesty in the palace and hoped that the general would lead his army to rescue him. He then opened the armory and ordered people to send siege equipment." Behind him, a group of prepared soldiers appeared at the intersection of the street carrying more than 20 siege ladders. Later, there were five crossbows that required nearly a hundred people to slowly push!

Yang Wang was confused when he saw these siege equipment. He understood the orders of the Zheng Gong Mansion. Pei Renji could not proclaim himself Duke Zheng. Even if he wanted to proclaim himself civil and military officials, he would not agree. In other words, this could only be a title, and Pei Renji, who was also a surrendered general, was named Duke Zheng and wanted to replace him. The reason why he wanted to retake the government for the young emperor was to retake the government for the young emperor. The Zheng Gong Mansion had reached a critical moment of life and death, otherwise it would not be possible to open the armory. No matter what, if this battle was not fought, the entire Zheng Gong Mansion would be ruined, after all, there would be no end to the collapse of the nest.

When Yang Wang heard this, he quickly looked up at the city tower. The messenger turned around immediately and galloped on the horse regardless of the imminent battle. It seemed that this battle must be fought!

Yang Wang looked at the city tower and asked loudly: "Ba Ye, have you betrayed the Taiwei too?"

Ba Ye took a step forward, exposing all his body to the sun, and said with a sneer: "I am loyal to Your Majesty and guarding the palace city for the country. How can I betray you? But you, while your Majesty is in charge of the court, what do you want to do?"

It's broken, it's completely broken, and Yang Wang and Er Guo have no way out.

Yang Wang swallowed hard. At this moment, he had to make a choice, but even though the little emperor controlled the palace ban, he still didn't believe that Yang Tong could win.

Yang Wang held a horse spear and pointed at the palace tower from a distance and shouted: "Ba Ye falsely passed the imperial edict and imprisoned Your Majesty in the palace. My sons, break through the palace gate and rescue Your Majesty!"

This was the last time Wang Shichong entered the palace. Yuan Wen died under this set of rhetoric. Now Yang Wang has brought it over again and is preparing to wash the palace with blood.

"kill!"

The spear pointed at, and when Yang Wang rushed towards the palace gate with his horse spear, Ba Ye said two coldly: "Shoot the arrow!"

...

The inner courtyard of the palace, the Qiqi Garden, is a place where the emperor raises rare beasts. The red-crowned cranes and peacocks are rarely seen on weekdays. They are all elegantly walking here. When it comes to courting, the peacock will open its tail to participate in the competition, which is so beautiful.

The old eunuch who guarded Qizhen Garden has been in the palace for some years. When he built his godson into a eunuch who was standing by his majesty, he chose to retreat behind the scenes and come to Qizhen Garden to enjoy his old age. Now, when the life-and-death game is being played in the court, the old eunuch is preparing the next meal for the rare beasts, just like the one who is fine. If this thing is not well maintained, it will be a great sin to wipe out the nature of the nobles in the harem to have fun.

Ah Gu is here.

He stood at the door and watched him stir the leftovers delivered to Shangshijian in the palace for the strange beast little by little. When he turned around, he saw A Gu as if he hadn't seen it, he said casually: "What happened, is it leaked?" Then he straightened his waist as if he was tired.

A Gu replied, "You didn't want to hide it either. You are the only one who can release pigeons to report the news in this palace."

"That's right." The old eunuch nodded: "So, is Your Majesty going to win?"

"It's almost done."

"Okay, wait a little bit, I'll finish this meal for the treasures in the garden."

"I don't have enough time, so I have to go to Huiyou Palace to serve the Empress Dowager."

"Then let's go here."

After saying that, the old eunuch found a chair to sit down, carefully sorted out his appearance, straightened his robe, put his hat on his face, and glanced at A Gu. That second, A Gu rushed forward and stabbed the dagger into the eunuch's chest and abdomen.

"pain……"

"soon."
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