Red palace lanterns lit up in the palace, one after another, like thick blood mist, floating above the palace.
The Zhang family's private soldiers, which have been hidden in Kyoto for a long time, are operating under this strange red light.
They accepted the generous support from King Yan and Zhang Xutang, and at the same time sold their lives to the Zhang family. Without Zhang Xutang, Zhang Xuling could command them. Without Zhang Xuling, King Yan could also lead them. Even King Yan would be gone.
At that time, as long as Concubine Zhang could continue to supply money, they would also obey Concubine Zhang's orders.
They are killing weapons with huge appetites raised by millions of taels of silver.
To them, tonight's palace change has already been planned, but it's just that it happened much earlier.
At the end of the Youshi period, all the palace gates were checking the keys, and the last person to leave the palace had disappeared into the night. Su Ting took the list, checked the door keys one last time, and then led two of his confidants to retreat behind the palace gate:
"close the door!"
Immediately, two Imperial Guards came forward. One person held up the heavy door on one side and slowly closed the palace door. It would not be opened until the fourth watch on the following day.
The sound of each palace door closing resounded throughout the imperial city, and soon the palace became eerily silent, isolated between heaven and earth.
Su Ting's harsh face showed a smile under the light - until this moment, his heart truly fell. Once the palace door is unlocked, even if the fire burns Jinshang to ashes, no one from outside the palace can enter.
Come.
He was very afraid of the serious crime of rebellion, which would be beheading. If he had not been forced to do so, he would not have rebelled.
Fortunately, they have a good chance of winning - most of the Imperial Guards that are trusted today are members of the Zhang family. With the few people that Yin Xiao brings with him, it will be difficult to make a comeback.
He rubbed his palms on his clothes to wipe away the sweat on his palms. He suppressed his smile and led people on a patrol. When they arrived outside the Wende Hall, they saw brightly lit lights outside the Wende Hall, illuminating the people praying for their mother.
King Yan.
King Yan got up with the support of his chamberlain and slowly walked out of Wende Palace. His legs were shaking because he had been kneeling for too long. It took him a long time to calm down.
When he came to Su Ting, he stopped and said, "Why doesn't Su Zhi go to protect His Majesty's safety, but is he here to watch my jokes?"
Su Ting took a step back, lowered his head and said, "I don't dare. I thought His Majesty was here and came here specially."
King Yan sneered and said: "Your Majesty hates me, why would you stay here? Now that you have gone to Yanfu Palace, can you give me the key to the palace gate?"
Su Ting nodded.
"It is not convenient for me to go to the harem at such a late hour. I also went to wait for His Majesty's message outside Yanfu Palace. Su Zhi should hurry up and lead people to protect him."
Su Ting nodded in agreement and respectfully sent King Yan off. He walked a few steps and saw no one around, so he said to the people around him: "I am in Yanfu Palace today. Go tell everyone to surround Yanfu Palace."
"yes."
Just as Su Ting was about to take a step forward, he heard Li Changfeng shouting from behind him: "Deputy Su, wait for me."
Su Ting's heart suddenly rose to his throat, he stopped stiffly, turned around, and looked at Li Changfeng.
Li Changfeng ran over in a flash: "Is the roster with you? You need to return it to the duty room."
Su Ting nodded, a little sweat appeared on his forehead, took out the roster from his arms and handed it to Li Changfeng: "I was busy and forgot."
Li Changfeng took it in his hand and said with a smile: "He who can do more work, I'll leave first."
He left just as quickly as he came, and soon he disappeared.
Su Ting frowned and continued walking towards Yanfu Palace. Halfway there, he saw a private soldier of the Zhang family coming out. He looked around, obviously not knowing where Yanfu Palace was.
Just as he was about to step forward, a chamberlain came hurriedly with a lantern. He quickly stepped back and hid his figure.
The chamberlain yelled at the private soldier: "Which team are you from? Why are you wandering here alone?"
The private soldier immediately stopped and said, "I feel uncomfortable in my stomach and I want something convenient."
The chamberlain pointed behind him: "You're going in the wrong direction. You're running around blindly. If you break into the harem, you'll be in big trouble. Not even the imperial army can enter the harem."
"Oh, okay." The private soldier took two steps back.
The chamberlain muttered and walked for a few steps. As he walked, he felt something was wrong. He suddenly stopped and turned around with a lantern in hand, heading towards the position of the forbidden army just now, but he didn't see anyone. Before he could go up to look for him, he
Suddenly a hand stretched out from behind, covering his mouth and nose firmly, putting him down to the ground, and dragged him backwards into the flowers.
After a while, the chamberlain stopped struggling, and two private soldiers carried the body out from the flowers. Under Su Ting's silent command, they threw it into the well without even a splash of water.
Su Ting continued to direct people to report the news, and according to Zhang Xutang's arrangement, four people were left to guard outside each palace.
Once there is a mutiny, the huge number of servants in the palace will gather together and they will become a force that cannot be underestimated. As long as any servants leave the palace, they will kill them directly.
After making arrangements, he strode outside Yanfu Palace.
Yanfu Palace is a temporary palace. When the palace was small, Yanfu Palace was outside the palace. Later, when the palace was expanded, Yanfu Palace was included.
Therefore, Yanfu Palace itself has two gates, east gate Chenhui and west gate Lize.
We only go through the east gate today, so the guards guarding the palace, the chamberlains, and others are all at the east gate. There are only four guards and two chamberlains here at the west gate.
As soon as Su Ting arrived, he immediately controlled these people and locked them together in Ximen Asi's room, replacing them with private soldiers of the Zhang family guarding the door.
The six people looked at King Yan, then at Su Ting, and then at the people Su Ting brought. They were all a little confused. One of the forbidden soldiers reacted and realized that it was a palace coup. Just as he was about to issue a warning, he asked Su
He grabbed his neck and died on the spot.
The rest of the people couldn't help but tremble.
Su Ting did not want to see blood at this time, so he ordered his men to deal with these people patiently, and then turned to look at King Yan: "Is King Jin also in Yanfu Palace?"
King Yan nodded. King Jin should have left the palace. In the name of asking King Jin to intercede for him, he forcibly blocked the palace door and pulled King Jin's trouser legs to make him stay.
Only if King Jin stays, they will have a scapegoat - after the fourth watch, the palace door will be opened, and the courtiers will see that it was King Jin who caused rebellion and killed Jin Shang, and King Yan, against all odds, killed King Jin, a rebellious minister.
Thief.
Everything went well, but King Yan was not at peace.
Ever since Zhang Xutang came back from the main store in Zhouqiao, he has been in chaos. The so-called truth was like a violent storm, beating him into a mess.
King Yan couldn't sit still, so he stood up and walked around: "Why don't you take action?"
Su Ting replied: "Zi Shi takes action."
At this time, lights were still on everywhere in Yanfu Palace, and they would be a living target if they entered now.
King Yan could not hold back his anger: "There are so many of us, what are we afraid of?"
"No matter how many we have, we can't have more than thousands of troops." Su Ting had to admit Yin Xiao's combat effectiveness. "We can only act in secret and move Yin Xiao away from Jin Shang first."
If there is one missing Yinxiao, now I and the King of Jin are the turtles in the urn.