Chapter 57 Deadlock
The most calm people in the room were Luo Huanzhang and the Empress Dowager. When they heard the noise outside, they were the two most surprised. The Empress Dowager quickly got up, looked towards the door, then sat down slowly and turned to Han Ruzi, because she could hear it. Clearly, the people outside were shouting "help".
Luo Huanzhang turned around and walked to the door. The people outside had not rushed into the inner courtyard, but the sound of weapons crashing was clearly audible, as well as the shrill screams of the eunuchs.
He turned to the dazed Bu Hengru and asked, "What's going on? Isn't there someone guarding the gates of the inner palace?"
"Yes, everyone is guarding... I'll go out to see." Bu Hengru hurried out of the room and returned soon, with obvious panic on his face, "A group of eunuchs and palace maids who came from nowhere, more than fifty people , holding... wooden sticks and bamboo poles, and surrounded the Cishun Palace."
"Eunuch and maid?" Luo Huanzhang was puzzled.
The angry and shocked Donghai King couldn't help but sneer: "Can't so many martial arts masters stop fifty or so eunuchs and palace maids?"
Bu Hengru shook his head, "Everyone outside has gone to the Qinzheng Palace with the imperial concubine, and only four people are left to guard the gate. I thought... let the three of them go out and kill a few people to stand up..."
The three short swordsmen at the door were about to go out, when Luo Huanzhang snorted, "Stay. Our plan is to hold the Queen Mother and the Emperor hostage, and if we hold on to these two, it's not a failure."
The East Sea King lowered his head and his face turned blue, because he was not among the "two people".
Luo Huanzhang walked in front of the Queen Mother and cupped his hands: "I admire it. The Queen Mother suppressed the court and the ministers became more loyal. The blood stained the inner palace and the servants served. I really admire it."
Without raising her eyes, the queen mother said coldly: "The court is in my hands, and the inner palace is managed by the imperial concubine. ? They are the emperor's people."
Of course Luo Huanzhang heard it, but from the palace to the court, everyone shouted "Your Majesty", but each had his own thoughts, so he didn't think of the emperor at all, and after hearing the Queen Mother's words, he looked at the man sitting by the window. juvenile.
Han Ruzi was very excited, Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e did it after all, the emperor was no longer a bystander in this palace coup, but he still remained calm and met Luo Huanzhang's gaze.
"Your Majesty can actually make a group of eunuchs and palace maids allegiance to you?" Luo Huanzhang still didn't quite believe it.
"Follow the trend. The queen mother arrests and kills people, so that I can win people's trust." Han Ruzi's attention was mostly on the noise outside. There were only four guards at the gate of Cishun Palace, but dozens of eunuchs and palace maids kept going. It didn't come in, which means that things were not going very smoothly.
"This is the benefit of the way of benevolence and righteousness. Power and righteousness can make meritorious deeds, benevolence and righteousness can be defended, power and righteousness can be advanced, and benevolence and righteousness can be broken." Luo Huanzhang turned to the queen mother again, "We also followed the trend. Emperor Wu, Emperor Huan, and Emperor Si died one after another, and the queen mother With the female protagonist in power, the Cui family has exclusive power, and the foundations of Da Chu have rotted, so they gave Jianghu people a chance."
"Your Excellency is still such a good teacher." The Queen Mother smiled briefly, "It's hard to say how the foundation of Da Chu is, your current situation is not good."
Three swordsmen ran in from outside the door, all of them were shy people, holding knives in their hands, their clothes were covered with egg whites, vegetable leaves, etc. When you enter the house, turn around and close the door.
Several bamboo poles followed from outside the door, poking at random.
Bu Heng was astonished, and the three original men in the room stepped forward to help. The seven people crowded into a group, and finally managed to barely hold the door. There were still a few bamboo poles sticking out from the crack of the door. With a cry of "help".
"Where's Yan Mingfeng?" Bu Heng was horrified, but he hadn't forgotten his subordinates.
"He was stabbed by a dark gun, and I don't know if he is alive or dead." One person replied by leaning on the door, a little exasperated, and added: "You said that this matter was a near miss, and there would be no resistance, why..."
"You also said that you are all one against a hundred, how come you can't even beat the eunuchs and palace maids?" As the situation changed, Bu Hengru couldn't protect his composure, and he was even more unwilling to take responsibility in vain.
"Shut up." Luo Huanzhang shouted. Now is not the time for internal fights. He stared at the emperor for a while and said to Bu Hengru and the others, "Open the door."
"Can't drive." Another swordsman who was covered in dirty objects loudly objected. They had played against the eunuchs and palace maids outside and knew that these people were not easy to deal with.
"Idiot, what are you fighting with a group of slaves? Defend the emperor, the queen mother... and the King of the East Sea, who would dare to come in?" Luo Huanzhang did not admit defeat.
The King of the East Sea whispered: "I think of me now."
Luo Huanzhang only mentioned him a few words. He walked to the emperor a few steps before bowing and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me."
Bu Hengru finally reacted, gritted his teeth and said: "Stop guarding the gate, listen to my order: Xiaolong, look at the King of the East Sea, Dalong, Lord Deng and I will guard the queen mother, you three guard the emperor. One, two, three... withdraw. !"
The seven people who blocked the door scattered in a hurry and rushed to their own targets.
Han Ruzi and Donghai Wang were only thirteen-year-olds. The queen mother and Wang Meiren were women, and they all accepted the hostage calmly. No one resisted, but Donghai Wang had a cold face because he was treated differently.
The door was slammed open, first seven or eight bamboo poles stretched out to explore the way, and then a small figure stepped over the threshold and knelt on the ground, sweating profusely, and said to the emperor with excitement: "Your Majesty, the hard-fought man is here... ...are you sending a secret message to us at Cining Palace?"
"That's right, you guys came just in time." Han Ruzi said, the three swordsmen surrounded him, only flashing their knives, not on his neck, the emperor's calm performance even made them take a small step back.
No one knew how excited Han Ruzi was. He couldn't even stand up, so he could only sit on the round stool and try to keep his body as straight as possible.
Zhang Youcai wiped the sweat on his forehead, turned his head and said to the people outside: "Look, I said this is His Majesty's secret order, we are here." Maybe someone hinted to him, Zhang Youcai hurriedly turned around and kowtowed to the Queen Mother. , "The slave waits for the rescue to arrive late, the Queen Mother forgives her sins."
The queen mother was reluctant to talk to the palace servants, she turned her head to Wang Meiren who was standing beside her and said, "You have raised a good son."
"He is the son of the queen mother." Wang Meiren said.
The queen mother snorted softly and said nothing.
Han Ruzi knew that his mother had to do it, but he still felt a little sour in his heart, and at the same time, he had some doubts. His mother was obviously forced to enter the palace, why is he more loyal than the maids next to the queen mother?
Luo Huanzhang also had the same doubts, but he had to solve the immediate crisis first, "Your Majesty please order the irrelevant people to leave the palace."
Han Ruzi looked at the three short knives beside him, and said to Zhang Youcai, who was kneeling at the door: "You all retreat to the court and wait for orders. I want to talk to Master Luo."
Zhang Youcai read Luo Huanzhang and the seven swordsmen all over before answering, "Follow the order." Just as he got up and was about to exit, Wang Meiren reminded, "Close the gate of Cishun Palace, and don't let anyone come in again."
"Yes." Zhang Youcai exited, and many bamboo poles also exited, but the door was not closed.
Wang Meiren bowed to the Empress Dowager and said, "My concubine ordered me first without asking, and ask the Empress Dowager to punish me."
"Well, no hurry." The queen mother was a little tired, looking at the sunlight pouring in from the door, turning a blind eye to the blade a few feet away.
Bu Hengru and the others became more and more nervous, and all looked at Luo Huanzhang.
Luo Huanzhang thought for a moment, and felt that the Queen Mother was more important. He walked up to her, motioned Bu Hengru and the other three to put down the knife, and said, "It's a pity, it seems that things have stalled."
"I only regret that I believed in the wrong person." The queen mother still did not look back.
"These people around me are all heroes and heroes on the rivers and lakes. They don't understand the royal rules. Please forgive the Queen Mother."
The queen mother finally retracted her gaze and looked at Luo Huanzhang, "Someone once said to me that the emperor's power is only ten steps away and within a thousand miles. Let people, the result is today's situation. Within ten steps, it is indeed the territory of Jianghu people."
Han Ruzi was surprised. It turned out that Yang Feng had said similar things to the queen mother. Whose side did he stand on?
Luo Huanzhang nodded in praise and said, "The person who said this to the Queen Mother is very knowledgeable. Chunyu Xiao also said that the farther you are from the emperor, the stronger the majesty you feel, so the emperor is always on the top and stays away from his subjects. When you come to the emperor, the majesty becomes nothing to be feared, and the so-called 'willing to be cut, dare to pull the emperor off the horse' in the rivers and lakes is what it means."
"So you made this plan?"
"Half a stratagem, and half a gift from heaven. Chunyu Xiao encouraged King Qi to revolt in Qi, and I was in the capital to prepare for cooperation, but after staying in the Cui family for a long time, I found that I had the opportunity to rush in front of the emperor, no, in front of the empress dowager. So I made an agreement with Chunyu Xiao that if King Qi can break through Hangu Pass, I will implement the original plan, abolish the emperor and the empress dowager, and welcome a new monarch. If King Qi is defeated, I will implement the new plan and have a palace change."
The queen mother nodded, "I must capture Chunyu Xiao alive to see what kind of character he is."
Luo Huanzhang smiled, "The minister can prevent the imperial concubine from entering the Palace of Diligence, but he cannot stop the emperor's decree. At this moment, the generals in the palace are being replaced, and all the guards are for my use. The Sima is an empty official, and he should have been stripped of his seal, and the soldiers of the Southern Army will enter the city again.
The Empress Dowager also smiled slightly, "Every day after noon, several minions of the DPRK meet me at Guanghua Pavilion. If they don't see me, they will go to Qinzheng Hall to put the minister under house arrest, and the empress will not be able to come back. As for I am afraid it will not be easy to win the seal of the Great Sima of the Southern Army."
Luo Huanzhang turned to look, the sunlight at the door indicated that noon had passed long ago.
Luo Huanzhang and the Queen Mother looked at each other, trying to figure out each other's bottom line.
Bu Hengru, who was standing beside him, suddenly said, "There is no need to talk about it, Master Chunyu gave me a secret order: If the big thing fails, I will kill the queen mother, the emperor, and the king of the East Sea. At that time, the ministers will have no leader, and the princes will fight together. Master Chunyu still has a chance!"
Bu Heng was waving a knife in his hand, and his eyes were full of madness.
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