When Zhao Xingde heard the assassin relent, he was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "As long as you release the queen, I will keep my word and agree to all your requests."
The guards present all secretly said that Zhao Xingde is really an idiot. He tried so hard to kidnap the queen. With such a big card in his hand, how could the demands he made be met by a little captain like you? Everyone remained silent.
, just waiting to see Zhao Xingde deflated.
The assassin tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Well, I want to eat..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly stopped and retracted his head behind the queen without saying anything. The queen said calmly: "The assassin wants the emperor to let the eldest princess and the young prince go, otherwise he will be mourned."
My family’s life, General, please tell the Emperor.”
Zhao Xingde was dumbfounded. He had gone to great lengths to catch the eldest princess and Liu Kangyang. Qiu Wu had risked his life in it. Sun Gang was also half-dead. Besides, Liu Ziguang hadn't been caught yet. He wanted to let Zeng Cheng and his son go now.
Regardless of whether the emperor agreed or not, he himself felt that it was impossible to let him go. However, the knife hanging on the queen's neck was not fake. If the assassin was unhappy and killed the queen, it would still be his own responsibility.
Zhao Xingde didn't dare to make the decision, nor did he dare to refuse on the spot. He could only shout with a stern expression: "Assassin, if you dare to touch a hair of the queen's hair, you will be shattered to pieces." After saying that, he rushed to Qianqing Palace to report back to the emperor.
Zhao Xingde left, and the other guards only dared to stand around at a distance and did not dare to step forward. The queen turned her head slightly, as if she was trying to persuade the assassin to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, but her voice was too low for everyone to hear.
The queen said: "Liu Xiaomao, what did you want to say just now? If I didn't pinch you, I'm afraid you would have asked for abalone from the imperial dining room, right?"
The assassin behind her was none other than Liu Mao Mao. She stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and said, "Mi You, I just want to follow your arrangement."
The Queen snorted: "That's weird. You won't be able to speak for a while. The Ai family will negotiate with them on everything."
Liu Maomao nodded to show that he understood, but when he turned his head, he saw a bird falling on the eaves of Qianqing Palace. His eyes suddenly became straight again. The queen quickly reminded: "What are you thinking about again? Raise the knife higher.
Otherwise, people will see it."
Liu Maomao yelled and quickly raised the knife that was placed on the Queen's neck. The guards in the distance thought that the Queen and the assassin had broken down. They couldn't help but exclaimed and ordered the assassin not to hurt the Queen. If they have anything to say, please speak slowly.
Said. Seeing this effect, Liu Maomao couldn't help being happy, and Jie Jie snickered twice.
In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhao Xingde's report. His face turned blue and white. He looked very angry. Needless to say, the assassin was sent by Liu Ziguang. This guy actually dared to kidnap the queen to threaten me. It looked like he was really angry.
It's lawless, and you have already rebelled against it.
Seeing the emperor's uncertain expression, Wei Zhongxian quickly stepped forward to remind him: "Your Majesty, your Majesty is still in the hands of the assassins."
Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "How dare you negotiate conditions with me? I want to see how brave they are to commit murder in the deep palace."
Wei Zhongxian had been serving the emperor, and he knew that Zhu Youxiao had not stayed at Kunning Palace for two years, which meant that the relationship between the emperor and the empress was not harmonious. When he heard the emperor say this, he suddenly felt worried.
He said to Zhao Xingde: "It takes a thousand days to raise an army but only a moment. How did you losers work so hard that you allowed assassins to kidnap the queen? Why didn't you hurry up to rescue the queen and bring the assassin to justice?"
Zhao Xingde was immediately dumbfounded. What kind of order was this? Did the emperor not care about the life of the queen? He stayed on the spot and was at a loss. Fortunately, Huang Zongxi said next to him: "Your Majesty, Duke Wei is still in Beijing monitoring the Beiyang Navy.
."
One sentence reminded Zhu Youxiao that he could not care about his wife, but he could not care about his uncle. At present, the whole north was relying on his uncle Xu Zengshou to compete with Li Yan's red shirt army. If he accidentally killed the queen, it would be tantamount to
Released a political signal to force Xu Zengshou and the remnants of Liu Ziguang to cooperate. This kind of thing could never happen, so he hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, the condition I agree to them is, please come and send the eldest princess and my nephew."
past."
What Zhu Youxiao was afraid of was nothing more than Liu Kangang's destiny as emperor. Now that the children were dead, there was nothing to fear. As for the imperial sister, she had no value at all. It was better to change to the queen and preserve the dignity of the royal family.
When Zeng Cheng and the child's cold corpse were brought to the assassin, Liu Maomao's eyes widened and he was about to speak. Suddenly he remembered the Queen's instructions, so he quickly stopped and quietly scratched the Queen's lower back and said: "Queen
Sister, that sleeping child is not a wolf."
Although Queen Xu Yuanhui was originally a more reckless girl than Peng Jingwei, after five years of living in the palace, she has been tempered into a mature woman who is meticulous and patient. When Liu Maomao said that it was not a wolf, Zeng Cheng was dumbfounded again.
With a dull look in her eyes, she seemed to understand something, and whispered: "Don't make any noise, just assume that it is Kuang Kuang, who wants to take us out of the palace in a sedan chair."
Liu Maomao was clumsy and couldn't explain clearly, so the negotiation was left to the queen. She was thoughtful and asked for a sedan that she often used, and she also used the eunuchs from Kunning Palace to carry the sedan chair. This prevented the guards from tampering with her.
The sedan was carried to the Qianqing Palace. Three people and a corpse got into the sedan, and the thick curtain was lowered. It was impossible to see what was going on inside the sedan from the outside. It was expected that the archers and gunmen did not dare to shoot rashly.
With such a commotion, Zhu Youxiao's good mood suddenly disappeared. He waved the guards surrounding him to retreat. He sat on the dragon chair angrily and said: "The traitors are so rampant because they are bullying me into being soft-hearted. Come on.
People, according to my decree, all the rebels will be beheaded on the spot without leaving any trace. In addition, people will be sent to search the Zhenguo Duke's mansion, and not a single stitch will be spared. Well, this important task will be left to Xiao Weizi.
"
Confiscation of a home is a big deal, let alone Liu Ziguang's house, which is a big deal. After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed and quickly knelt down to receive the order to thank him.
After a while, a call came from the Meridian Gate, saying that the rebel students from Jiangwu Hall had been defeated by the officers and soldiers and retreated towards Zhenjiang. Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed and ordered the Imperial Army to pursue them quickly and not let anyone go.
Passed. So far, the rebellion in the capital has been basically eliminated, and all Liu Ziguang's forces have been eliminated.
After putting down the phone, Yuan Chengzhi breathed a sigh of relief. Just now he cleverly used the art of language to say that the rebels were defeated and fled Zhenjiang. In fact, this was not the case. It was that the officers and soldiers simply could not withstand the rebel attack. The corpses of those who were killed lay everywhere.
All over the country, the rebels once reached Dong'anmen. Later, they relied on tens of thousands of reinforcements to defend the city wall. Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, the rebels calmly retreated, but tens of thousands of forbidden troops did not dare to pursue them. Yuan Chengzhi sent out a supervising team to no avail.
These Beijing Camp Imperial Guards are all veteran soldiers who have been professional soldiers for more than ten or twenty years. How can they be submissive at the mercy of a little kid like him? Anyway, they can fight, but they can't work hard. Yuan Chengzhi has no choice, and he can't do it himself, so he has to give
The emperor was careless. Fortunately, the emperor was also a young man and did not delve into the meaning of his words.
In the evening, the troops on mission outside the city all returned. The three brothers of the Huang family said that they had wiped out a large number of rebels, but they accidentally let Liu Ziguang's family escape by boat. As for the generals who were chasing the Jiangwutang rebels, they were full of talk.
Hu Chai also said that he had beheaded countless people, and that the enemy was too cunning, so a few of them escaped in the end. Zhu Youxiao finally came to his senses, but now he needed to rely on these soldiers, so it was inconvenient to have an attack, and he had to reward everyone.
Except for the first few emperors of the Zhu Ming Dynasty, especially in the later period, the emperor was controlled by the cabinet. Ministers did not have to be summoned, and they could return the imperial edict. Anyway, they were very powerful. The same was true for Zhu Youxiao, but today
The military operation of the Communist Party of China changed this situation. In the coup five years ago, Zhu Youxiao relied on the Jinyiwei system of the Donglin Party and the mercenaries of Liu Ziguang's Red Shirt Regiment. In the end, they were not his direct descendants. This time it was completely different.
Well, the Eight Captains of Xiyuan are an armed force completely loyal to Zhu Youxiao, and among them Sun Gang, Qiu Wu, and Xu Sanpi are the leading figures in Nanchang and Jinyiwei. Mastering them is equivalent to controlling the Donglin Clan.
Separating the power from Liu Ziguang's system, this move was really clever. The emperor's waist finally became hardened, and the court could become his official voice.
The arrest and search work in the city is still continuing. Song Yingxing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, has been imprisoned. The Royal Academy of Sciences and the Beijing Normal University, as well as the key personnel of Liu Ziguang in many industries in Nanjing have been arrested. The emperor also wants to secretly arrest those who worked with Liu Ziguang.
Hu Yimin, the great shopkeeper of Rishengchang, was very close, but when Jin Yiwei passed by, he found that the building was empty.
The atmosphere in the capital is tense. Soldiers are standing all over the streets. Martial law has been imposed. No one is allowed to go out. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed. The dignitaries in the capital don't know what is going on. There are servants lying at the door of each house.
Look and see whose soldiers and horses are on duty in the streets, and who the officers and soldiers have captured, so as to determine what is going on.
The queen had returned to the palace half an hour ago. It was said that the kidnapper was missing. After hearing the report, Zhu Youxiao just pressed the button and didn't even mention to comfort his queen. He just sat in Qianqing Palace with great satisfaction.