Forced into the Palace

In the Yangxin Hall, the prince knelt in front of his father's bed and cried bitterly.

The emperor looked at his eldest son's fat face, which was no longer young, and sighed.

He was about to leave, and many things seemed to suddenly become clear to him at this time. He finally saw it. The thing he regretted most in his life was probably deposing the prince.

At that time, he was trapped in the horns of suspicion and could not extricate himself. He also felt that no son was qualified to sit on the throne under his buttocks, and no one even wanted to give it to him. Now he has figured out the ins and outs of it, but it is too late.

In the past, he thought that he had used the emperor's checks and balances very well, but now it seems that he was just appeasing the traitor and trapping himself. Those ministers, as well as his good sons, even took advantage of his suspicion and asked him to depose the prince, so that

It has developed to this point of no return.

"Chi'er, dad has no strength anymore...you, take Ah Sheng and run away."

The emperor, who was no longer in glory, closed his eyes tiredly.

"Dad! Dad!"

Li Chi couldn't believe that his father gave up on him just like that!

The emperor coughed for a while, and pointed tremblingly at a memorial from the Ministry of War for Li Chi to read. Li Chi took a few steps on his knees, crawled over to open the memorial, and quickly browsed through it. The sweat on his head trickled down his forehead.

"The Tatars are gathering troops near Chahar to go south? Why is there no news from the DPRK?"

The emperor took a few breaths and said, "I just received the report this morning."

"Then let's..."

"The 150,000 frontier troops of the Chahar Guard and the Daning Guard cannot be moved. I secretly summoned Duke Xu to bring 50,000 troops back to the capital to garrison three months ago, but he didn't come." The emperor looked at Li Chi's sweaty face and only thought in his heart.

Infinite sadness and regret, "Chi'er, I'm sorry, I can't think of any other way to save you. I'm sorry for your mother, I'm sorry... the people of Zhou. You... you... you...

Take Sheng'er and go to Nanjing."

He then motioned to Eunuch Yin to take out the things: "I have drafted an imperial edict and passed it on to you. Whether you use it or not, you... have to decide. With your fourth brother here, you and your family can be saved."

My little life. Also, in the future, if it can come true, if... you still think of me as your father, pass the position to Sheng'er. The third child in your family is neither your direct descendant nor your eldest son, you must not, never...

…Broken the rules!”

After saying this, the emperor seemed to have exhausted all his strength, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Li Chi hugged the imperial edict and lay on the ground crying until he couldn't make a sound.

Scenes of his father personally teaching him to read and practice martial arts when he was a child flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern. Eunuch Wei, the admiral of Dongchang, came in, helped Li Chi up, and said softly: "Prince, Your Majesty has arranged everything."

Okay, I will send you and His Highness Changsun to Nanjing now!"

In the second half of the night, King Xin, who was wearing a half-silver mask, was beheaded on his horse by General Tian, ​​the commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.

However, Eunuch Liu Jin, the eunuch and eunuch of the inner palace who had colluded with Duke Jing early on, took advantage of the imperial army's unpreparedness and led his men to open the palace gate of the imperial city.

Duke Jing led his men to attack.

The Ninth Prince Yu Wang was trembling, and his grandfather carried him by his collar and entered the palace.

At this time, Admiral Dongchang and Little Eunuch Deng had already escaped for a long time with the emperor's edict of succession, as well as the prince and Li Sheng.

Eunuch Yin stood outside the Yangxin Hall and saw Duke Jing pulling Yu Wang Li Lao over. He smiled and bowed and saluted: "My lord, Your Majesty the Ninth Prince, Your Majesty has been waiting for you inside for a long time."

Duke Jing snorted, holding a knife in one hand and holding on to Prince Yu's sleeve with the other as he strode into the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.

As soon as he saw the emperor lying on the dragon bed, the Ninth Prince Yu Wang kneeled down with a conditioned reflex and kowtowed to his father: "Father...Father..." He was trembling all over.

The emperor half opened his eyes, looked at him for a long time, and said with a smile: "Are you here? Come here."

"Father! Father! I am not a son, I don't have that intention!" King Yu cried, kneeling and crawling to the edge of the dragon bed.

The emperor sighed, touched the child's face, and said, "How can you be an emperor in the future if you are like this?"

"Father, father!" King Yu cried with snot and tears on his face, shaking his head desperately, "My son, my son, I don't, I don't want to be the emperor! Father, you, you... wu wu wu..."

King Yu spoke nervously and incoherently, and his mind was in a state of confusion. Unlike his brothers, he had never been to a battlefield or seen a dead person. He was just taken out of his home by his grandfather's people, and there were things everywhere along the way.

Dead man, he would be scared to death.

Although he had previously thought that he would be very happy if his father passed the position to him, but when he really found out that his grandfather led troops into the capital, he just wanted to crawl under the bed.

This is rebellion!

What a rebellion!

He couldn't even think about it!

He has an older brother from the same mother. Since childhood, he has always been the younger son who only needs to eat, drink and have fun.

Ever since his brother was disfigured, all the family's expectations and preferences were suddenly transferred to his head.

At first, he lived happily for a while, but ever since he heard that his grandfather had launched an army, he was in a state of panic.

Seeing that his little grandson was so cowardly, Duke Jing, who was standing aside, finally became impatient and raised his voice: "Your Majesty, my family has followed you through life and death, and they have nothing to do with you for so many years. Stop talking nonsense.

Hurry up and write the edict of succession! Let's all be decent and don't make it too ugly."

The emperor turned his attention to Duke Jing. His brother-in-law, who was once a brother in life and death, had actually reached this stage.

He burst into laughter, sighed in his heart, looked at Eunuch Yin, and said, "Write it, do you want to watch me die?"

Eunuch Yin looked reluctant as he bowed and said, "Old slave, I have a low status and I don't dare to write for you, so I'd better ask Yan Shoufu to come and write for you."

The emperor looked at Duke Jing with a smile and asked, "What do you say? You can ask this old eunuch to write it for you."

Duke Jing spat on the ground impatiently, glanced at the deputy general behind him, frowned and waved his hand, saying: "Go and invite Yan Shoufu."

Eunuch Yin breathed a sigh of relief, but not for long. Duke Jing pointed the knife at him again and said, "Go and write down the move. If Yan Shoufu can't come, I'll use yours."

Eunuch Yin looked back towards the dragon bed. King Yu was still kneeling beside the bed and sobbing. The emperor closed his eyes and did not make any statement. He wiped his face and lowered his head to prepare pen and ink and write the edict of succession.

Colorful silk.

Just as he was slowly getting ready, the sound of firecrackers suddenly sounded outside!

Snapped!

Snapped!

Snapped!

What followed was a series of intensive gunshots.

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap!

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap!

It looks like it was played by a well-trained team.

The emperor closed his eyes and lay on the bed, slightly raising the corners of his wrinkled lips. The third son, the rebellious son, had finally arrived.

Every time a series of intensive gunshots are fired, there will be an interval of five or six breaths in between, like poorly made firecrackers in the New Year, one after another with great effort.

Then there was another sound of chaos and chaos.

Crack, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle...

Finally, after a burst of intensive firecrackers, the sounds outside calmed down.

The old emperor was lying on the bright yellow dragon bed and listened to King Su shouting outside: "Father! My son is here to save you! Old thief Chen, you dare to lead troops into the palace! I will be here today."

I will kill you on behalf of my father!"

"Old thief Chen, come out quickly, let's fight to the death here!"

"Ninth brother, come out quickly! The imperial concubine is here. Why don't you come out to see her? Get out quickly, you unfilial thing!"

"Ninth brother, if you don't come out, your mother and concubine will not see the sun tomorrow!"

King Yu, who was still kneeling on the ground and crying, immediately stopped crying when he heard his mother's concubine. He got up in a panic and was about to stumble out when he was stopped by Duke Jing, who was wearing heavy armor.

"They have firearms in their hands, I'll go." Duke Jing said, straightened his chainmail, put on his steel helmet, held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other. He just walked around the screen and only reached out

It was only half of the body, and the other foot hadn't stepped out yet, and there was only a "pop——!"

The fine iron helmet of the old prince suddenly flew back!

Old Duke Chen, who had been shrewd and mighty all his life, stared blankly ahead, maintaining this posture. Before he could even lift the shield in his hand, his body suddenly stopped moving.

The eunuch standing outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation was so frightened that his face turned pale. From his angle, he could see the blood splattered everywhere, and half of the old prince's head was blown open!

This... what on earth is this?!

Plasma poured out of the exposed brain and soon flowed everywhere!

The green dragon sword weighing more than twenty kilograms fell to the ground with a clang.

The old man just fell down straight.

He tilted his head, and the remaining half of his face showed a blank expression, as if he was looking at King Yu.

King Yu screamed and fell to the ground, shouting in horror: "Ah! Ah! Ah——!"

He was too frightened to say a word, he just screamed and screamed.

After King Su saw the old guy surnamed Chen fall down through the scope, he smiled and showed his big white teeth, blew in the white smoke from the muzzle, personally carried his precious sniper rifle, and ran towards the door of Yangxin Hall.
To be continued...