Chapter 367: 367 game decided

Chapter 367: 367 game decided

Chapter 367 Chapter 367 Decision

Looking at the fainted emperor, Eunuch Ni's face turned pale and his lips trembled like chaff.

Everyone else below seemed to be frozen, standing frozen on the spot.

The emperor just leaned on the dragon chair, lifeless and motionless. The blood at the corners of his mouth and on his body was so red, so dazzling and shocking.

Prince Li was the first to react and shouted quickly: "Quick, call the imperial doctor!"

Since the emperor became seriously ill in the first month of the year, three imperial doctors have been on standby in the palace every day.

At this moment, the Jinyi Guards and Huben Guards guarding outside the Yangxin Hall did not dare to stop him anymore. The Crown Prince was already dead. If the Emperor also died here, none of them would be able to escape.

Moreover, Prince Li is the Zongling, and Zhang Shouxu is also here. Now that the country has no king, the two of them can also make the decision.

A small chamberlain summoned the imperial doctor as quickly as possible.

There was a dead silence in the main hall, except for the occasional muffled thunder outside the hall, which made people panic.

After a while, the three imperial doctors arrived panting together, each of them looking anxious and frightened.

They also knew a lot about the emperor's condition. When the young chamberlain said that the emperor had vomited blood and fainted, they knew that the situation was not going to be good.

Also arriving with the imperial doctors were Lu Siji, the commander of the Imperial Guards, and Dai Hua, the commander of the Tiger Guards. They came because of the emperor's summons. Now that the emperor has fainted, their presence has become embarrassing, and they have been left alone. On the side.

The three imperial doctors quickly split up. Two went to check on the emperor lying on the dragon chair, while the other went to check on Gu Nanjin lying on the ground.

The imperial physician personally took the emperor's pulse and then opened the emperor's eyelids to take a look. The wrinkles between his brows were deeper and his face was as sinking as water.

After the two imperial doctors whispered a few words to each other, the imperial doctor quickly walked over to Prince Li, Zhang Shoufu and others. After clasping their hands, they said: "Prince Li, Zhang Shoufu... Your Majesty has erysipelas attacking your heart, causing wind and fire to disturb you. Cerebral pulse blockage…”

The imperial doctor swallowed hesitantly, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for the emperor to wake up."

In other words, the emperor is equivalent to a living dead who cannot wake up!

“…”

“…”

“…”

Prince Li, Zhang Shoufu and others were all speechless for a long time. Eunuch Ni also heard it, his feet became weak for a while, and he suddenly became more than ten years older.

Soon, the middle-aged imperial doctor who was checking on Gu Nanjin called out: "Order from the imperial physician!"

The imperial doctor hurriedly walked over and saw two people checking Gu Nanjin's pulse and checking his wounds. Then they opened the medicine box and gave Gu Nanjin a few injections.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope again, their hearts beating faster, and they all gathered around Gu Nanjin.

Could it be that the prince is not dead? !

After the imperial doctor ordered Gu Nanjin to perform the injection, Prince Li asked excitedly: "The imperial physician ordered, the prince..." is he still alive?

The imperial doctor stood up with some difficulty and replied with sweating profusely: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still has a breath, but..."

A "but" made Prince Li and others' hearts sink again.

The imperial doctor was also in a heavy heart, but he could only tell the truth: "However, the prince was injured in the chest, and his heart pulse was damaged, and it is almost broken..."

He carefully considered his words. His Highness the Crown Prince's life was hanging by a thread and he could die at any time!

As a result, the faint glimmer of hope that had just been ignited in everyone's hearts was ruthlessly extinguished by a bucket of cold water.

Prince Li closed his eyes, a feeling of exhaustion from his heart emerged from his bones, and his back became a lot more stooped. He quickly ordered the palace people to carry the emperor, the prince and his son in first.

Naturally, the three imperial doctors also followed to take care of the emperor and his son.

The main hall suddenly felt a lot empty.

At this time, a burst of messy and rapid footsteps came from outside the palace, and a Tiger Guards officer hurried in and said: "The Queen is coming from the Rijing Gate." The Queen came from the harem, so it was Rijing who left. Door.

Prince Li rubbed his eyebrows with a headache. After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Stop the queen first."

"This matter... I can't make the decision, so I have to bring the Queen Mother back."

When he said this, Zhang Shoufu, King Shun and others woke up from a dream, and then thought dully: Yes, there is still a queen mother in the palace. Now that the emperor and the prince are both in danger, it is time for Queen Mother Yin to return to the palace to take charge of the overall situation!

Everyone agreed.

The Huben Guards officer who came to report looked at Dai Hua with questioning eyes. Seeing Dai Hua nodding, he hurriedly went out again. It can be expected that the Queen and the Crown Princess would not give in easily.

Prince Li was in a confused mood and asked Little Eunuch Wen again: "What time is it now?"

"My lord, it's almost the second watch!" Little Eunuch Wen replied tremblingly.

Young Eunuch Wen and other palace attendants in Yangxin Hall are all self-aware and know that their lives are all hanging on a thread, and their life and death depend on Prince Li's words.

Prince Li's heart became even more confused, confused and anxious.

An hour.

Gu Jue only gave himself an hour, and now the deadline given by Gu Jue is almost up.

Prince Li composed himself and said to Zhang Shoufu and others: "My lords, please wait here for a moment. Be sure to stop the Queen, Crown Princess and other people who are wandering around. I will leave the palace to see the Queen Mother and King Chen."

Zhang Shoufu and others looked at each other with different thoughts, but they all knew that the initiative was now in the hands of the Queen Mother and Gu Jue's mother and son.

At this time, since no one speaks out, it means support.

Prince Li hurried out of the palace again, and his destination was Prince Chen's Mansion again.

When he arrived at Prince Chen's Mansion, it was already the second watch, but tonight the whole city was guarded by the Xuanjia Army, so there was no one to watch. There were only groups of patrolling Xuanjia Army soldiers on the streets of the city, which was far quieter than usual. .

The news brought by Prince Li made the Queen Mother Yin, Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen speechless.

Especially Shen Qianchen. Before Prince Li came, she was happily discussing with the Queen Mother Yin about packing her luggage. However, in less than an hour, things took a turn for the worse!

What is the emperor playing at? ?

She had not checked the emperor's pulse, but after listening to the Queen Mother Yin mentioning the emperor's symptoms of vomiting blood in the palace that day, and reading the pulse report from the imperial hospital, she already knew that the emperor's time was running out.

It can be as short as three or four months, or as long as one year.

To her, it didn't matter whether the emperor lived or died, so she never paid too much attention to it. However, she didn't expect that the emperor suddenly became critically ill!

Prince Li, who had been tossing all day, was so exhausted that he wished he could just fall asleep and ignore these troublesome things.

However, he had to take care of it!

"Queen Mother, Ah Jue, now you can only enter the palace to take charge of the overall situation." Prince Li said seriously.

His attitude was tantamount to indicating that Da Qi's future would be left to their mother and son.

To be honest, Gu Jue was surprised.

Many things that happened that day were what he expected, including Prince Li coming to Prince Chen's Mansion to look for him for the first time, but he didn't expect that the emperor actually killed the prince...

Also, what a madman will do is not something ordinary people can predict.

Prince Li carefully observed every expression change on Gu Jue's face. Although nominally, he asked the Queen Mother and Gu Jue to take action, everyone knew that the Queen Mother must listen to Gu Jue.

Prince Li had no choice. Now the court was in chaos. The second prince, Gu Nanzhao, had always been weak and could not handle major events. The prince's life and death were now uncertain. Apart from Gu Jue, he could not think of anyone else who could stabilize the court.

To put it bluntly, even if Prince Li can really recommend another person, it will depend on whether Gu Jue agrees.

"Ajue, if you are worried, you can bring the Xuanjia Army into the palace with you." Prince Li took the initiative, fearing that Gu Jue would not agree.

He just wanted Gu Jue to believe that this was not a trap, and that he was definitely not helping the emperor lure him into the palace to catch everyone.

Gu Jue moved his eyebrows but remained silent.

Prince Li was really anxious. The one-hour time limit was about to come, and he was afraid that Gu Jue would regard the previous agreement as a failure, and then order the Xuanjia army to force the palace and wash away the palace with blood.

There are so many people in this huge palace. Once Gu Jue leads his army to force the palace, it will inevitably lead to a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

By then, not only the emperor's descendants will die, but also the in-laws and maternal families of the princes and princesses may be implicated...

Prince Li gritted his teeth, took another step back, and said, "I can agree to the Xuanjia Army outside the city entering the city."

In fact, the entire capital, except for the imperial palace, has been controlled by the Xuanjia Army in the city. The fact that the west gate cannot be opened is just a matter of Gu Jue's words. Even without him, the Xuanjia Army outside the city can also break in.

However, if the Xuanjia Army really did this, they would inevitably be criticized by future generations and denounce Gu Jue as a traitor and traitor.

Now it's up to you to speak, then what the Xuanjia Army did today will be regarded as a famous one.

This is the best way!

Prince Li's eyes were firm and he bowed solemnly to Gu Jue and Queen Mother Yin. He did not straighten his body for a long time.

Queen Mother Yin only drank tea. She did not hate Prince Li, but the experience of living in the harem for more than 20 years had already taught her to harden her heart.

Anyway, for her, she is where her son and daughter-in-law are.

The candlelight in the room was blown by a gust of night wind and flickered twice quickly, sometimes bright and sometimes dark.

"Okay." Gu Jue finally spoke and agreed, "I will go into the palace to have a look, but the queen mother does not need to enter the palace."

Seeing that Gu Jue was willing to give in, Prince Li agreed without saying a word and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Gu Jue said again: "Uncle Emperor, let's go to the West City Gate first."

Of course, Gu Jue would not be stupid enough to refuse the "benefits" offered by Prince Li.

After a while, in the late night of this spring day, the door of Prince Chen's Mansion opened again.

This time, Prince Li rode out of the palace with Gu Jue, accompanied by dozens of palace guards, all holding burning torches in their hands.

As the horses galloped, the torches swayed in the evening wind and sparks flew everywhere.

At the west city gate, the atmosphere was tense.

The city gate guards were facing each other with a group of Xuanjia troops led by Tang Yuchu. This confrontation had lasted for at least an hour and a half.

Because he hadn't received Gu Jue's order, Tang Yuchu hadn't done anything yet. However, Tang Yuchu had always been a person who enjoyed things. He knew that there would be a lot of trouble tonight, so he had already prepared peanuts, melon seeds and other snacks, so he couldn't eat them. Very happy.

"Definitely..."

Seeing another group of people heading towards the west city gate, the gate guards were about to break like a fully-stretched bowstring.

Of course they hoped that the people coming were reinforcements sent by the emperor or Kang Hongda, but by hearing the sound of horse hooves, they could roughly judge that the number of people coming was not more than fifty, and they were definitely not reinforcements.

The hearts of these city gate guards were all in their throats.

At this moment, 30,000 Xuanjia troops arrived outside the west city gate one after another. They were all waiting outside the city. Just waiting for Gu Jue's order, the Xuanjia troops would attack the city. They only had a few dozen people but they couldn't defend the city. door.

The rumble of horse hooves is approaching like a black and white soul-locking chain.

Tang Yuchu saw Gu Jue coming from a distance and was a little surprised. He didn't care about eating anymore and stood up to dust his clothes.

When Gu Jue and his party stopped a few feet away on horseback, Tang Yuchu cupped his fists and saluted Gu Jue: "Your Highness."

He looked at Prince Li on the other horse with some surprise, and also cupped his hands: "Prince Li." When the city gate guards behind him heard this, they were all shocked.

No one expected that Prince Li would come with Chen Wang Gu Jue. The old man in front of him was indeed Prince Li!

Under everyone's surprised gazes, Prince Li took out a golden token engraved with a five-clawed golden dragon pattern from his arms and said loudly: "This is the five-dragon golden token left by Emperor Taizu. The emperor is critically ill and the country is in crisis." , seeing that the order is like an imperial edict, open the city gate quickly!"

This Five Dragons Golden Order is a token left by Emperor Taizu to each generation of the Gu family. It can serve as an imperial edict when the country is in crisis.

Of course, Zongling in the past dynasties rarely used the Five Dragons Golden Order. After all, the prerequisite for using this order was the national crisis. If the current emperor did not admit that the country was in crisis, then the Zongling would be the next person to be angered and punished.

In the history of Daqi for more than a hundred years, only two Zonglings had used this Five Dragons Golden Order to preside over the overall situation.

The city gate guards headed by Shouzheng were simply relieved when they heard Prince Li's words.

Now, it was justifiable for them to open the city gate.

Na Shouzheng quickly bowed to Prince Li: "I obey your orders!"

His feet had long been empty. He had been in a highly tense mood all day. Until now, the power to support his body suddenly leaked.

A group of city gate guards quickly put away their weapons and went to open the city gate.

"rumble…"

The rumble made when the heavy city gate opened was especially loud in this quiet night. Almost everyone nearby heard the sound. The people were still on tenterhooks. No one dared to sleep or look towards the city gate.

The west city gate opened with a bang.

A group of Xuanjia troops led by Su Mubai were on the other side of the city gate. Many soldiers held torches in their hands, and those torches spread far to the rear.

Su Mubai also saw Gu Jue and Prince Li on the other side of the city gate, and was equally surprised.

According to their plan, Gu Jue didn't need to come here to greet them in person, but Gu Jue showed up with Prince Li beside him.

This meant a change in their plans that they had not anticipated.

For the moment, maybe this change is good?

In this subtle mood, Su Mubai led several generals to ride into the city first, and then they all clasped their fists at Gu Jue in greeting:

"See you, Your Majesty!"

At the same time, tens of thousands of Xuanjia troops outside the city gate knelt down in unison, and their uniform shouts seemed to echo through the sky.

When tens of thousands of people are shortened at the same time, the scene is very spectacular.

Gu Jue first asked everyone to stand up, and then explained the affairs of the emperor and the prince to Su Mubai, Tang Yuchu and others.

Even Su Mubai was a little dumbfounded.

For today's battle, he and the prince have been preparing for a long time. The plan has been adjusted as the situation changes. They have also imagined various situations, but the ultimate goal has never changed.

Gu Jue's goal was just to take the Queen Mother and the Princess back to the North, and then unite with the northwest to separate one side.

Whether the emperor is willing to become the crown prince is not within the scope of their consideration. Anyway, as long as the prince ascends the throne, it doesn't matter whether Gu Lang, the supreme emperor, lives for a day or a year.

They really didn't expect that the emperor would commit suicide himself!

After a brief moment of surprise, Su Mubai adjusted his mood and immediately ordered to control the four city gates and strengthen the defense of the capital.

Several generals responded immediately.

Gu Jue handed these trivial matters to Su Mubai, and stretched out his hand to Prince Li to make a petition: "Uncle, it's time for us to enter the palace."

So, Prince Li followed Gu Jue towards the palace.

Behind them were tens of thousands of Xuanjia troops, a mass of darkness, and the torches in their hands were like stars on the ground, meandering away.

As they advanced, teams were constantly separated from the army, each performing their own duties. Among them, three teams of more than a thousand people rushed to the east, south, and north city gates respectively.

These officers and soldiers of the Xuanjia Army are all well-trained and follow orders and prohibitions. They have an aura that is "as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, and as motionless as a mountain."

Watching this scene, Prince Li was also a little shocked. It is no wonder that the Xuanjia Army has such a prestigious reputation. Not only did it defeat Chi Di, but it also defeated 50,000 forbidden troops in one fell swoop.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, there were only 5,000 people left in the Xuanjia army following Gu Jue and Su Mubai.

There were obviously sounds of horse hooves and footsteps all around, but Prince Li felt that the surroundings were exceptionally peaceful.

Yes, so peaceful!

Similar transfers of power have occurred countless times in the past dynasties, and this may be the fastest and least **** one.

If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes here, I'm afraid he wouldn't have believed it if anyone told him!

This is the third time Prince Li has come to the gate of the palace today.

Every time his mood was completely different from the last time, and his heart seemed to have been thrown up and down again several times.

Prince Li is surprisingly calm now. This is a kind of calm that sees through the world and has a bright mind.

On the contrary, the Imperial Guards guarding in front of the Meridian Gate stood ready, each one pulling out their swords and raising their spears.

Until Prince Li took out the Five Dragons Golden Order again.

These imperial troops and the city gate guards all had the same idea. In history, when they forced the palace, the gatekeepers were the first to die. It was simply a miracle that the handover could be peaceful and without bloodshed like this!

Next, the Forbidden Army soldiers guarding the palace gate put down their weapons one after another, silently stepped aside to both sides, and silently handed over the guarding rights of the palace to the Xuanjia Army, and Su Mubai temporarily took over the imperial city.

Gu Jue and Prince Li did not dismount, and continued to ride their horses, heading north from the Meridian Gate, passing through heavily guarded palace gates, until they arrived outside the Yangxin Hall, where they dismounted.

Even Jin Yiwei and Hu Benwei didn't dare to stop Gu Jue. What they had to worry about now was their fate.

As the emperor and his courtiers, the Jinyi Guards made countless enemies in the court, and the Tiger Guards were also inescapable from the responsibility for the emperor's murder of the prince!

Under the complicated gazes of everyone, Gu Jue followed Prince Li through the main hall of Yangxin Palace and arrived at Dongnuan Pavilion.

Dongnuan Pavilion is filled with an indescribable strange smell.

The emperor was lying on a couch in the blue gauze cabinet, with a lot of silver threads in his loose hair. His shirt was open, revealing shocking red sores on his chest, head and chest. There were several golden needles stuck into them.

He was still unconscious, his eyes were closed tightly, his pale face was pale and blue, his lips were dark purple, and his whole person exuded a strong aura of death, and his life was hanging by a thread.

Gu Jue stopped four or five steps away from the dragon couch and looked down at the dying emperor on the couch.

He had known that the emperor would be killed by himself, but seeing this scene now, he still felt a little ironic in his heart.

He was the ninth son of the late emperor, and he was eighteen years older than Gu Lang. When he was born, Gu Lang was already the prince, so he had never coveted the throne.

He went to the Northland at the age of fifteen, not only to help the late emperor relieve his worries, but also to avoid Gu Lang's suspicion. In addition, he also wanted to rely on his own abilities to make contributions.

He considers himself worthy of the late emperor, worthy of the world, and worthy of his Gu Lang!

However, Gu Lang's suspicion and desire for immortality day after day made him become like this.

Throughout history, there have been many suspicious and jealous monarchs, as well as those who pursued immortality and were superstitious about elixirs.

Gu Lang is not the first, nor will he be the last.

Beside the couch, two imperial doctors were guarding the emperor with all their attention. They checked the emperor's condition almost every time he had a cup of tea. They were afraid that the emperor would die before King Chen and the Queen Mother, which would make it difficult for them to explain.

Gu Jue stared at the emperor for a moment and asked aloud: "Is it possible for the imperial doctor to wake him up?"

His cold voice echoed in the Bisha cupboard, calm, so calm, so cold, without the pride of a winner at all.

The imperial doctor bowed to Gu Jue tremblingly, and replied respectfully: "Go back to your highness, King Chen, of course."

Everyone has a clue. The capital and the palace have been controlled by Gu Jue. The emperor and the prince are both dying. It is obvious who will be the master of the palace in the future.

After all, the emperor's eldest grandson is still too young to defend this country!

The imperial doctor swallowed his saliva.

The emperor's life was suspended by the imperial physician with a golden needle. As long as the golden needle was pulled out, the emperor would gradually weaken until death. The whole process did not take more than half a month; if the emperor was forcibly awakened, the emperor would only die faster.

However, the imperial doctor's order did not say anything, and the other imperial doctor also did not say anything, and there was a tacit understanding.

The imperial physician immediately ordered another imperial physician to prepare silver needles, and then began to administer acupuncture to the emperor.

The first one, the second one, the third one...

Nine golden needles were inserted into several large acupuncture points on the human body. When the last golden needle stabbed steadily into the Baihui point on the top of his head, the emperor's eyelashes trembled slightly.

The imperial doctor knew that the emperor would not be awake for long, so he quickly called: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

The emperor's withered lips moved, and he finally opened his eyes with difficulty. His cloudy eyes were a little dazed and confused.

He moved his head, hearing the sounds coming and going, but saw Gu Jue standing a few steps away. He couldn't help being startled, and asked: "Gu Jue, why are you here?"

His voice was hoarse, weak, weak.

After saying just a few simple words, he couldn't stop breathing, and his body began to tremble, like a giant worm squirming on the couch, which was disgusting.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Prince Li standing side by side with Gu Jue. He frowned and said: "Uncle, please quickly pass on my instructions to capture Gu Jue. I didn't summon him. Gu Jue dared to break into the Yangxin Palace without permission." , this is a capital crime!”

"Get him quickly and kill him without mercy!"

When the emperor said the last three words, he didn't know where the strength came from, and he said these three words loudly.

Gu Jue smiled softly. This smile made it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. It seemed like a smile but not a smile, and it seemed like a mockery but not a mockery.

"Did you say the same thing to the prince?" His voice was neither gentle nor serious, neither urgent nor slow, "Kill without mercy?"

When he said the same three words, it seemed extremely mocking.

emperor:"!!"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then seemed to recall a lot of things. An abnormal blush appeared on his face. He breathed quickly and said angrily: "The prince deserves to die. It's the prince who has no father!"

"Gu Jue, you deserve to die too, I'm going to cut you into pieces! Someone, take him down quickly!"

The emperor yelled and roared, but the answer to him was silence. No one responded or moved at all.

He felt something was wrong, so he took a closer look and found that the chamberlains who usually took care of him were gone. The people following Gu Jue and Prince Li were not Jin Yiwei or Tiger Guards, but several soldiers in black armor. .

This is a member of the Xuanjia Army!

The emperor gasped.

It was only at this moment that the emperor saw that Gu Jue had controlled everything around him, which meant that the Yangxin Palace had fallen into Gu Jue's control.

Someone asked why Gu Jue Qianchen was so indifferent when he allowed the prince to be killed.

My answer is that no one can predict the future, and no one can be responsible for other people's lives.

I don’t think my answer is taunting people. Do I need to add a few more kisses? If anyone has the same question, I say the same thing. It is impossible for Gu Jue to tie the prince to his body and watch him all the time. It is even more impossible to know that the prince will be tortured by the crazy emperor while he is already in charge of the country. Killed (oh, not dead yet), Gu Juebu's situation was originally to find a chance to survive on the tip of the knife. He needed to take care of his own side, Qian Chen, the Queen Mother, and the soldiers under his command.

By the way, I haven’t asked for a monthly pass a few times since I joined V. It’s been more than half a month, and I think I’ve only mentioned it once. I’m already like this, and they tease me for always asking for a monthly pass. It’s really boring.

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