For decades, the palace has been deserted, and this desertion has become even more serious since the emperor became seriously ill.
It's not that there aren't many people in the palace, but looking at those servants who are always the same, they always look submissive, and they look no different from the flowers and plants in the palace.
The queen was assassinated and injured. Although it was unknown, it was the most dangerous moment she had encountered since she became queen.
Earlier, with Chunjiao accompanying her, she was resting peacefully in the palace.
Two hours ago, when night fell, Chunjiao hurried away, leaving her lying weakly on the bed, unable to move.
There were many maids and eunuchs guarding her, and the guards outside never slackened off at all, but the queen did not take these people into her heart.
In the past, I didn't feel anything special when I was busy, but now I was suddenly injured and couldn't move in bed, and I felt a lot of loneliness and isolation for no reason.
It was still raining outside, and from the window far away, I could only see half of the guard and the continuous drops of water.
The queen opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but made no sound.
The little eunuch accompanying him had sharp eyes and noticed the queen's details. He lowered his head and asked, "Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"
The queen wanted to have Simu brought over to stay with her, but she didn't want her children to see her in such a weak state.
"Ask the guard at the window to move away and not block my view."
"yes."
The little eunuch left, and soon, half of the guard standing at the window disappeared.
But the queen did not see more scenery because of this, but instead felt a little more upset.
After the little eunuch came back, the queen said urgently: "Prepare a bed by the window, where will I go to rest?"
"Your Majesty, the imperial doctor ordered you not to see the wind."
"If you are asked to do it, you will do it!"
The queen suddenly became a little excited. The young eunuch didn't dare to say anything more and hurriedly went over to tell others to prepare.
After another quarter of an hour, the queen finally moved to the window and lay down.
I thought this would make me feel better, but it actually didn't help at all.
It was raining heavily outside and it was pitch dark, so there really wasn't much to see.
The little eunuch beside him looked at the queen looking out the window in a daze, feeling a little curious. After hesitating for a long time, he dared to ask: "My queen, what are you looking forward to?"
"Little Shangzi, do you think the night outside the palace is as quiet as inside the palace? I really want to see it..."
"Ah? Are you still going? Madam, the sky outside is not very beautiful. Madam, it's better not to go out."
The queen took a deep breath and narrowed her eyes against the night wind.
The rain showed no sign of stopping, and there were even more lightning flashes in the sky.
After the lightning, there was a muffled thunder, which seemed to cover up some sound coming from outside the palace.
When the second lightning struck, a figure suddenly appeared in the heavy rain outside the palace.
In an instant, the surrounding guards all pulled out their knives, and when they were about to rush forward and stop the man, they saw the man kneeling in the rain and shouting loudly: "My queen, help me! My queen, help me!"
When the queen heard the shouting, she opened her eyes, and her previous sentimental feelings disappeared instantly. She winked at the little eunuch beside her: "Go and see what's going on?"
The young eunuch took the order and returned in a flash, saying in a low voice: "It's General Li, the deputy envoy of the imperial army guarding the Qingxuan Gate of the palace."
"If you are no longer stationed at Qingxuanmen, why are you here making noise?"
"Said he was assassinated."
"Assassination?!"
This word is a bit too sensitive now. The queen said solemnly, "How dare someone assassinate someone in the palace?!"
While the Queen was thinking, the general outside had already shouted: "To report to the Queen, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has openly conspired to rebel and has launched a killing spree in the city. It is said that the staff of various departments of the Metropolitan Procuratorate suddenly acted tonight and targeted all officials in the city.
They conducted compulsory searches and immediately killed anyone who encountered any obstruction. Not only the residences of various officials were searched, but also the yamen and treasury of each of the six ministries, the inner and outer courtyard temples of the Hanlin Academy, the inner prison of Dali Temple, the patrol camp, the outer city garrison, and the city
The gate was guarded, and all the government officials in the capital were spared. Now they have openly come to the palace!"
"Have you come to the palace?" The queen frowned slightly, thought for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Since you have come to the palace, as the deputy general of the palace guard, why don't you fight to the death in your own position to defend the enemy, but in front of this palace?
Hustle?”
"Your Highness, there are many experts from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they came so suddenly. We are no match for them."
"You come here to beg me if you are not your opponent? Do you mean that I am the opponent of those people?"
"Empress..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden loud thunder outside, completely drowning out the deputy general's voice.
However, after the thunder, the general who had been crying in the rain could no longer speak.
In the hazy moment, the man's body had fallen into the rain, but his head was still floating in the air.
When the guards outside saw this scene, their hearts trembled. In such a cold night, these people suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
It turned out that outside the queen's palace, where the deputy general was kneeling just now, there were more than a dozen people silently appearing.
A flash of lightning illuminated the rabbit faces of the people in front of the palace, and the petite leader took two steps forward holding the deputy general's head.
"Who is here? How dare you act so recklessly in the palace!" the guard general outside shouted.
But the rabbit face in the rain ignored it, held the head in his hand, and slowly knelt down facing the main entrance of the palace.
As the leader knelt down, the rabbit faces behind him also knelt down.
"Lingxiu Division of the Metropolitan Procuratorate pays homage to the Queen on the 3rd."
When she heard the name of the Imperial Procuratorate, the queen did not panic like other officials. Instead, her eyes flashed with excitement and she sat up hard, but her tone was still so cold: "Tell me, why are you disturbing me and why are you in the palace?"
Killing someone inside?"
"The lower official was ordered by the Chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to thoroughly investigate today's assassination. The Empress left the palace from Qingxuanmen today. This person was on duty, so he was suspected of leaking information. Facing the investigation, this person refused to cooperate.
On the contrary, if you escape in private, you must have something evil in your heart. In accordance with the order of the leader, anyone who does not cooperate with the investigation may be killed immediately."
The little eunuch inside was in an uproar when he heard this, and whispered: "This is totally outrageous. No matter what their background is, now in front of the Queen, they say that they follow the order of the chief minister. This is not putting you at all.
In my eyes!"
The little eunuch didn't want to encourage anything, but just listened to what was said outside and found it unbelievable.
The queen didn't take it seriously and didn't find the other party's words offensive.
"Since it is an investigation into an assassination, is there any result now?"
"No results yet."
"Who gave this order? If it is true as that person said just now, you and the procuratorate are attacking the imperial court tonight. Chunjiao is very courageous!"
"The Chief of Chun is only the Chief of Chunfang Division, and he definitely doesn't have such great power."
"It's not Chunjiao?! It's him!" The queen cried out in surprise. She didn't want to affect her injury and fell down on the bed in pain.