The night was getting darker, and the house of the old man of the Zhang family turned on the lights.
Seeing Mr. Zhang walking out wearing only his obscene clothes, the maid on night duty hurriedly got up.
"Old Master?" she asked in surprise.
Mr. Zhang looked outside.
"Is it going to be daylight?" he asked.
"It's still early." The maid replied.
Mrs. Zhang hummed.
"It sounds very lively outside, with the sound of horse hooves running around," he said.
The maid was a little surprised.
Is there any?
Zhang's house is located in a busy city, but the night market is closed at this time, will it still be noisy?
The maid looked at Mr. Zhang standing in front of the window, silently looking at the night outside the house.
"Old Master, please go and let people keep an eye on you, and keep the carriages and horses in front of the door away." the maid said.
Although this is a bit overbearing, considering Zhang Chun's identity, it is not bad.
Old Mrs. Zhang shook his head.
"No, no need." He said, "It's okay, it's okay."
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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
The urgent calls of the imperial doctors came from the inner room.
The Queen Mother, who was leaning against the drowsy palace maid, suddenly stood up, but someone was faster than her, and Chen Shao entered the inner room first.
"What's wrong?" Chen Shao asked anxiously.
The imperial doctor pointed to the prince on the couch.
"I'm about to die." A trembling voice said.
Chen Shao pushed him away and quickly stood beside the couch. Looking at the prince on the couch, whose breathing was gradually slowing down, the prince's mouth and nose began to bleed again.
Chen Shao felt heartbroken.
"Your Highness, Your Highness," he shouted.
The Queen Mother stood in the back and began to cry.
Gao Lingbo looked indifferent. The result was already known, so he had to accept it. There was no use in being sad. What needed to be considered was the next arrangement.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." A voice called from outside the door, "The Princess of Jin'an County has arrived."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room looked shocked.
The princess of Jin'an County has arrived?
"How is that possible!" the Queen Mother shouted.
How long has it been? It takes half a day to walk from here to Qingyuanyi without stopping, and the fastest round trip takes a day. It has only been half an hour and there is no one here?
Did a god really fly here?
No, even the messengers sent by the gods are not so fast.
"Where did you meet Mrs. Cheng?" the Queen Mother asked anxiously.
"Just outside the city gate." A chamberlain replied.
Outside the city gate!
The people in the room were startled again, and their expressions suddenly changed.
"Okay." Gao Lingbo sneered, "It seems that the princess of Jin'an County has been prepared for a long time."
If not, this would be too coincidental.
But how did she prepare? It was tonight that something happened to His Royal Highness. People in the capital might have more or less guessed it as the palace gates opened and closed, but all the news certainly did not leak outside the capital.
How could she suddenly come when she was far away in Qingyuanyi?
"Lord Yama!" the Queen Mother suddenly shouted, with a panicked expression, "She knows Lord Yama, that's why she knows!"
Chen Shao and Gao Lingbo looked stunned.
"Don't let her in, let her go quickly." The Queen Mother lost control and shouted while waving her hands, "She is here to take our lives! She is here to take our lives!"
"Empress, this is the imperial palace." Gao Lingbo said, raising his voice, "This is where the True Dragon Emperor is. Even if the King of Hell comes, he will still be three points shorter."
After saying that, he looked out the door.
"If she comes today, she won't be able to leave."
Chen Shao's expression changed.
"It's important to save His Highness the Crown Prince first." He said, raising his hand to the chamberlain, "Please quickly."
Cheng Jiaoniang stood on the corridor outside the Queen Mother's palace. The people around her stood in silence, with swords, guns and axes in their hands, and there was no sound.
But there are many prying eyes peeking around.
Hearing an invitation from inside, Cheng Jiaoniang stepped in.
A black shadow in the distance ran away as if it were flying.
Cheng Jiaoniang walked into the palace and saw Chen Shao for the first time. Chen Shao also looked at her. The two looked at each other and Cheng Jiaoniang lowered her eyes and saluted.
"Princess, please come this way."
Gao Lingbo said from the side.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess must have already known that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has suffered a sudden illness."
Cheng Jiaoniang ignored him and went straight in.
The doctors in the inner room stepped aside and revealed the prince on the couch in front of her.
Cheng Jiaoniang only glanced at it and stopped.
"Get hot water and heat the pot with golden needles..." She listed out many utensils in one breath.
The doctors looked at each other, did they really want to save him? But His Highness the Crown Prince had just...
Chen Shao looked overjoyed.
"Quick, quick, do as Her Royal Highness the Princess says." He said urgently.
A trace of hesitation flashed across Gao Lingbo's face.
Can it really be cured?
Of course he hopes to be cured, but can this woman be trusted?
He raised his head and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang.
What is untrustworthy? He was mistaken. The key is not this. The key is that no matter whether she is cured well or not, she will die. Since she is a dying person, what else can be believable or not.
"Go get it quickly." Gao Lingbo raised his hand and said.
The prince's palace suddenly became busy.
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"Ms. Cheng has entered the palace?"
The queen stood up in surprise when she heard the news.
"How could it be so fast?"
"I don't know. I only saw Mrs. Cheng from a distance and didn't dare to get close. The security in the Empress Dowager's Palace is too tight," the servant said.
"Madam, if Madam Cheng is here, is Prince Jin'an also here?" Concubine An said, with a bit of excitement.
The queen paced back and forth, frowning.
"Then since she is here, things will be easier to handle. No matter how Gao Lingbo and the Queen Mother defend themselves, there will be witnesses." She whispered to herself, "But the most critical step, how to do it?"
"Empress, what do you want to do?" Concubine An listened and asked hurriedly.
The queen looked at her.
"You can only say what you want to do when you have done it. How can you say it when you haven't done it?" she said.
An Fei stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.
The queen looked inside the house, and saw that the hourglass was walking steadily. The night was gradually fading, and day was about to break.
If daybreak comes and the courtiers go to court normally, there will be no room for change.
The room fell into silence.
Suddenly there was the sound of chaotic footsteps outside the door.
"who?"
"Xiao Deng."
Xiao Deng!
That is the person arranged in the Queen Mother's Palace, the last one is also the closest one.
The queen only felt her heartbeat speeding up, and a vague thought lingering in her heart, as if she understood something.
"Your Majesty." A little chamberlain stumbled in from outside, and rushed towards the Queen with his hands raised.
The maid next to the queen suddenly changed her expression and rushed over to block her.
The waiter still stretched out his hand, opened his palm, and revealed a piece of paper.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The little chamberlain looked excited, chattering her teeth and speaking stumblingly, "Ms. Cheng... This servant has seen Mrs. Cheng... Mrs. Cheng wants some good things to treat the prince's illness... There is a lot of excitement in the Queen Mother's Palace.
Busy... The slave was finally driven in to deliver the pot... Then the slave boldly looked at Mrs. Cheng... Mrs. Cheng stretched out her hand to take the pot from the slave, and then stuffed it into the slave..."
The queen looked overjoyed, stretched out her hand to grab it, and unfolded it to take a look.
"Fireworks," she read.
fireworks?
What's the meaning?
What does this mean?
Everyone in the room looked at Cheng Jiaoniang, watching her wipe the prince's face and body with water, then light incense, close her eyes and meditate in front of the prince's couch.
It is said that Mrs. Cheng did not allow anyone to be present when she was treating the illness. At this time, it seemed that her treatment was really weird.
"…. Surpassing the difficulties of the three realms, he ascended to the First Heaven of the Yuan Dynasty, whereupon the flying god king and countless others…"
The imperial doctor who was standing close heard these chants clearly, and his expression became increasingly weird.
"I think I heard it somewhere." He couldn't help but whisper.
The other imperial doctor also nodded.
"It seems to be a wonderful sutra for salvation and salvation," he said.
As soon as these words came out, their expressions changed.
Could it be that...
"Bring some clean clothes," Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Chen Shao and Gao Lingbo were stunned for a moment.
"Get some clothes?" they asked.
"His Royal Highness is now clean and can be dressed for burial." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
As soon as these words came out, Chen Shao and Gao Lingbo looked stunned.
"What do you mean by this?" Chen Shao asked.
What does it mean to be clean? What does it mean to be ready for burial?
"Aren't you treating a disease?"
Cheng Jiaoniang looked up at him.
"Of course not. When I came in, His Highness was already dead." She said, then looked at the imperial doctor in the room, "Don't you know?"
The imperial doctors were stunned.
Of course we know, but aren't you the one who must die to rule?
You've been doing this for a long time, are you just doing something extravagant?
What a joke!
"Your Highness is innocent, ignorant, soulless, and is no longer a human being. In order to cure someone who must die, he must first be a human being." Cheng Jiaoniang said, looking at the prince who was lying quietly.
I don't know if it's because she has been washed and combed, but she looks rosy and has a peaceful expression. The delicate outline of her youth can be vaguely seen.
Forgive all kinds of sins and mistakes, and be liberated from them. Forgive the long night, and all will be exalted.
She lowered her eyes.
The room was quiet, Gao Lingbo looked at her, suddenly enlightened.
"No!" he said.
Wrong!
He was still wrong!
What is unbelievable? The key is not this. The key is that no matter whether she is cured well or not, she will die. Since she is a dying person, what else can be believable or unbelievable?
No, you’re wrong, it’s not a question of whether you believe it or not, but an opportunity!
This woman is clearly delaying time to create opportunities!
An opportunity to get the word out!
"Come here! Capture everyone who has just entered and exited the Queen Mother's Palace."
Gao Lingbo turned around and shouted.
Then he turned around and pointed at Cheng Jiaoniang.
"Take down the woman who murdered the prince!"
No, no, the most important thing is...
Queen!
"Someone, take down the queen!"
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The night wind blew, and the sound of rapid footsteps broke the silence in the palace.
"Who?"
The banzhi on duty in the front palace shouted and raised bright torches this way.
A well-dressed woman surrounded by more than a dozen palace maids and chamberlains appeared in sight. The woman held a box in her arms and held something in her hand.
This is... the Queen!
Although the queen has been ill in the palace for a long time and does not appear in person, she can still be easily identified from the makeup on her phoenix crown.
"The queen has arrived, please open the palace gate."
one of the chamberlains screamed.
The class members looked hesitant.
"The Queen Mother has decreed that no one can enter or leave the palace without a written order," the leader said.
There were rapid footsteps behind him, accompanied by bright torches.
"Stop, stop, catch the queen."
There were shouts at the same time.
"Empress!"
The maids and maids looked determined.
"The slaves will protect you!"
They said, then rushed toward the door with the queen in their arms.
"Queen, if you dare to come forward again, we will shoot arrows." Ban Zhi, the leader, shouted.
As he spoke, the imperial guards behind him aimed their bows and arrows at the queen.
The chambermaids and maids, however, showed no fear at all and rushed straight over.
"You dare to kill the queen, this is a serious crime of treason!" they shouted sharply.
Some of the Imperial Guards looked hesitant.
Yes, that is the queen.
"What are you doing? She is a queen, but there is also a queen mother." The leader of the imperial army shouted, with a bit of cruelty in his eyes.
Ever since the Queen Mother announced that the palace doors were closed, he knew something was going on inside the palace.
At this moment, it depends on which side to choose.
Although the Queen Mother is old, the Gao family has deep and luxuriant roots, and now with Chen Shao's help, the Queen is still incomparable.
What's more, whatever happens inside the palace gate will be annihilated by those in the palace.
The previous emperor was nearly killed by a group of eunuchs at night, but in the end the main messenger was not found out and the matter was settled.
As long as he is inside the palace gate, even if he kills the queen, there is enough reason to cover it up.
Done!
"Fire the arrow!" he shouted loudly, and he took the lead in drawing the bow and shooting an arrow.
The waiter at the front fell to the ground.
More arrows flew over, but the maids and maids who were tightly gathered in a group did not stop at all. People around them continued to fall, and they continued to pounce on them like moths not afraid of fire.
"Your Majesty, the distance is enough." A chambermaid shouted.
At this time, there were only seven or eight people surrounding the queen, and the palace gate was just a few steps away.
With this shout, the queen handed the box she was holding tightly in her arms to the chamberlain.
With a squeaking sound, a fire twister was ignited and quickly thrown into the box.
"Escort!"
The chamberlain holding the box shouted loudly and slammed the box in his hand against the imperial guards blocking the palace gate.
With a loud bang, the box fell to the ground and exploded. Accompanied by a violent whooshing sound, countless fireworks flew up and down, left and right, and exploded into dazzling and gorgeous flowers on the ground and in the sky.
There was chaos in front of the palace gate. Those fireworks flew straight and randomly, got under the armor of the imperial guards, and ignited their clothes. The fire on their bodies burned instantly. The oncoming team suddenly screamed and rolled all over the ground.
.
Ignoring the fireworks that were still exploding and the clothes on their bodies being set on fire, seven or eight chambermaids surrounded the queen and took the opportunity to rush towards the palace door and push it open with all their strength.
"Guard you, escort you."
The queen held up the seal in her hand, rushed out surrounded by the remaining chamberlains and maids who were burning with fire, and shouted loudly.
"Gao Lingbo and Chen Shao plotted to kill the prince!"
The explosion was as violent as a stone bomb, and the brilliant fireworks jumped as high as a nine-story pagoda, instantly igniting the entire capital.
The maid standing by the window let out a scream.
"Old man, look, what is that?"
Mrs. Zhang looked at the fireworks in the distant sky and exhaled heavily.
