As for the ministers in the imperial court, many of them had already been bribed. King Ji claimed that he had put down the rebellion of the three major camps, and the top priority was to welcome the Holy Emperor back to the court as soon as possible. Many ministers below immediately began to praise King Ji and tried their best to insist on King Ji.
He has done a great job in rescuing the emperor. During the absence of the Holy Emperor, he should temporarily take charge of the affairs of the court.
King Ji pretended to decline for a few times before readily accepting the offer, and said that he would return the power to the Holy One as soon as he returned.
The queen committed suicide by hanging from a beam when she heard that King Ji had entered the palace. This miserable woman had hardly lived a happy life in her life. Ever since she entered the palace, she had grown old lonely in the palace. At this time, she chose a
He ended his life in the most decisive way.
Emperor Chongzhen's princes had already been killed by Chongzhen when Li Zicheng came to Beijing. There was originally only one concubine and one queen in the harem. Now the concubine has gone away with her sweetheart, and the only queen committed suicide by hanging from a beam at this time.
, the huge harem and sleeping quarters were so empty, it was shocking.
The senior ministers in the court were quite disdainful of King Ji's remarks and ridiculed him openly in the court hall. They often told stories about thieves who stole the country to everyone.
King Ji heard this and was very harsh. Soon, Ren Zanhua, the deputy envoy to the left of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Huang Xin, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Feng Ying, the minister of the Ministry of Punishments, were temporarily suspended from their official positions and confined to the palace for self-examination.
Ling Yiqu, the minister of Dali Temple, did not openly oppose him in the court, because this gentleman had never come to court at all. He asked for leave for various reasons every day, which seemed to mean that he could not afford to be ill.
in.
The strangest thing is Liu Shishi. Not only did she not receive any punishment, she was also rewarded with many jewels and jade for her role in quelling the chaos. It seems that King Ji wanted to use her to fill the harem.
When someone asked how the Beida camp would be dealt with, King Ji only said a few perfunctory official words that he would be severely punished without mercy. Of course, the most important thing was that all this had to wait until His Majesty the Emperor came back to deal with it.
So all the power in the capital was mobilized to search for the emperor. Lin Chong knew that if he was caught, he would probably never return. The most important thing now was that he had to seek refuge with a feudal king and rely on the power of the feudal king to check and balance each other.
Come and regain the throne. However, although there are many princes in the Ming Dynasty, not many have the strength and brains. Besides, if you find such a person, Lin Chong cannot guarantee whether this person will become the second Ji after regaining the throne.
king.
He is powerless now. He only has the status of an emperor and has no bargaining chips with others. More and more people are looking for him, some of them have bad intentions, and some are like Jinyiwei and Dong.
People from Changxi Factory. These people have a greater chance of finding me, but once I return to the palace with them, I should soon abdicate and let Xian become the Supreme Emperor.
Now he must find a way to leave the capital, but with the city's strict restrictions, it is not easy for a bird to fly out, let alone a big living person with so many followers.
Moreover, he has not yet joined up with Mu Mu and Jonathan. He doesn't know what their situation is now. At that time, the civil strife in the palace had not spread to the back mountain. He hoped that Mu Mu would arrive in time and they could evacuate from the back mountain safely.
That trail should lead to the nearby city. If they can evacuate in time, they should be waiting for them there. They need to find a way to join them first, and then find a way to leave the capital.
Because she couldn't attract too much attention, Lin Chong almost always hid in the inn and dared not go out. She didn't know the situation outside clearly, but based on what Mu Xi told him when she came back, he could also guess that the intensity of the search for him was
It keeps getting bigger.
They began to change places of residence frequently, and even so, they were still on tenterhooks every day. One night, Lin Chong was sleeping soundly, and he felt someone shaking him hard. He opened his eyes and muttered unhappily.
One sentence: "Who?"
Mu Xi didn't bother to explain to him, and threw the clothes to him and asked him to put them on quickly and leave. Before Lin Chong fully woke up, he heard the sound of banging things coming from downstairs, and he immediately woke up completely.
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No need to ask any more questions, he hurriedly put on his clothes. He could already hear the soldiers downstairs cursing and going upstairs. Just when Lin Chong was looking around and thinking about whether to take the risk and try jumping out of the second floor window,
Mu Xi had pointed to the bottom of the bed and told him to hide.
As soon as Lin Chong hid under the bed, someone knocked on the door roughly. Then he heard the sound of the door opening and a soft voice asking: "Excuse me, my lords, what can I do for you?" Lin Chong heard the sound of papers being turned.
, then the few people seemed to have roughly scanned the room, said a few words in a rough voice and left.
Lin Chong got out from under the bed with lingering fear. When he saw the scene in front of him, he was stunned. Standing in front of him at this moment was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. It seemed that she had just been woken up and was frightened. There was still a look in her eyes.
He was frightened and tearful like a deer. He was wearing a pink shirt, but the only flaw was that he had a dark face.
Lin Chong looked at Bai Jiu's arms and legs that didn't match that face. He didn't know what to say to express his mood at the moment. "Mu Xi? You are actually a girl, right?"
Mu Xi rolled her eyes at him, changed out of the pink shirt she was wearing, poured a basin of water and wiped her face clean. Lin Chong thought to himself that it is really difficult for children of this age to distinguish gender.
Especially for a boy like Mu Xi, who is fair, thin and delicate, he could just paint and change clothes and look like a gentle and lovely lady! If it weren't for the fact that gender reassignment surgery didn't exist in ancient times.
Speaking of which, Lin Chong couldn't help but doubt this boy's true gender.
No matter what, I finally dodged a disaster, but there will be more and more days like this in the future. I got through it this time, but what about next time? It’s impossible to have such good luck every time. It seems that leaving
We need to find a solution as soon as possible.
After waiting in the inn for a few days, Lin Chong finally couldn't bear it anymore and slipped out on an evening when the weather was not very bright. He found the roasted pig's feet restaurant in the west of the city where he often ordered Jin Yiwei to go.
In order not to expose his position, Lin Chong ate very simply every day. He couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well. Lin Chong's treatment was really uncomfortable. Only when he smelled the aroma of roasted pig's feet did Lin Chong feel that he was
Finally coming back to life, he made sure that his current attire was not eye-catching at all, and there was less dust on his face. He looked as gray as a small citizen struggling at the bottom.
He went to ask the boss for a roasted pig's trotter and was about to leave, but his conscience made him think of Mu Xi's children's shoes, who had been thinking so hard for him these past few days, so he turned back.