"Bang", "Bang", "Bang", amid the continuous sound of hitting the door, the imperial guards fought hard to push the palace gate, preventing the thief who bumped the door from outside from breaking into the door.

There were also many soldiers, guards, panicked palace maids and eunuchs, who brought all kinds of miscellaneous items behind the palace gate.

The eunuch Yan Mengji brought a large amount of lamp oil, candles and various flammable objects and threw them on the pile of debris. Seeing that the palace gate was about to be knocked open, he immediately ignited the fire.

The raging fire blocked the entire palace gate, making it impossible for the thief who broke into the gate to go further.

The opponent shot arrows outside the door, and the arrows shot. The imperial guards guarding the palace blocked them with shields and shot against each other.

The scattered arrow flew across the board, Yan Mengji was almost shot, and was pulled into the shield and hid.

He looked back at the panicked eunuchs, palace maids, and the not-so-man-army guards around him, and was anxious.

The traitor who attacked the palace claimed that King Xunyang and King Yidu received the order of the Empress Dowager, entered the palace to rescue the emperor and killed the traitor who broke into the palace.

However, His Majesty and the Empress Dowager had no intention, and these people were rebels who broke into the palace.

Because the other party came very quickly and had a large number of people, he broke through the outer periphery of the palace city, but was temporarily blocked outside the palace gate.

As an old friend of the Eastern Palace, Yan Mengji grew up with the late emperor Xiao Daqi (Xiao Daqi was posthumously named emperor). He was loyal to the Empress Dowager and the Young Emperor, so he had to defend here no matter what, and buy time for reinforcements.

In the palace, soldiers kept whistling the horns and drums, alerting the troops in the city to ask for help, so as long as they persist for a while, the thief would be defeated.

But at the palace gate, someone swayed after the fire. The thief pushed the vehicle and rushed over, trying to break the fire and clear the obstacles.

The command of the imperial guard general responded, and Yan Mengji quickly sent someone to distribute the weapons he transported to the palace maids and eunuchs.

He knew that these people were useless, but now it would be fine if it was just a few.

The palace maids and eunuchs were holding knives, spears, and shields. They listened to the shouts at the palace gate, and their faces were as white as paper, their bodies were trembling, and they couldn't even hold their weapons.

Many palace maids couldn't even stand, their legs were weak and they sat on the ground.

Yan Mengji ordered people to bring a large amount of money and whisper to the imperial guards, guards, palace maids, and eunuchs: "The Queen Mother has orders, and those who kill thieves will be rewarded!"

"Those who kill thieves and make meritorious contributions will be awarded the title of the emperor according to their merits!"

"If you die in battle, your pension will be doubled!"

This was Yan Mengji's idea, and he had to agree with the Empress Dowager and implemented it immediately.

He felt that the most urgent task was to guard the palace, such as gold, silver and jewelry, official positions, and the ones that should be given, and the ones that should be given.

He asked someone to distribute gold, silver, jewelry and other property to the imperial guards, guards, and the trembling palace maids and eunuchs. The effect was good. At least, the soldiers' eyes were firm.

After all, after the thief attacked, the targets were the Empress Dowager and the Young Emperor. If others did not resist and were honest and obedient, they would not be unlucky.

Now, with money in your pocket, the Empress Dowager promised a heavy reward. With the heavy reward, there will inevitably be a brave man.

There were many troops stationed in the city. King Xunyang and King Yidu were back to Beijing. It was impossible for thousands of troops to gather to attack the palace. As long as they held on for a while, reinforcements would arrive.

The shouts started, and the thief pushed the fire away and broke in. The imperial guards shouted to fight. The two sides fought together, and the scene was bloody.

The palace maids who had just plucked up their courage lost their weapons one by one, turned around and ran away.

The eunuchs were not scared away, and many people came forward to help, but the thieves were very good at fighting with the imperial guards. The untrained eunuchs were no match for them at all.

More and more thieves rushed in, and soon broke through the imperial guards to intercept them, chased and chopped the dispersed eunuchs, and rushed towards the palace.

While rushing, he shouted "Protect your Majesty, protect your Majesty, protect the Queen Mother!!"

Yan Mengji heard such a shameless cry, and felt sad and angry. He wanted to kill the enemy, but was unable to turn the world back. He could only carry a knife to run into the hall, protecting the queen mother, and the emperor retreated elsewhere.

After all, he was not a warrior. He was out of breath as he ran. He climbed up the steps and almost couldn't breathe. He even wanted to call on the guards guarding the palace to protect the empress dowager, and the emperor left first.

As soon as I arrived at the hall gate, I didn’t even breathe a few times, and my back hurt, and it hurts like a heart-wrenching pain.

Next to him, several guards saw Yan Mengji get an arrow in the back, and the arrow shot through his chest, and he pounced forward on the threshold and rushed to help him.

Yan Mengji was helped up and felt uncomfortable in his chest. When he looked up, he saw that the queen mother was protecting the emperor and looking at him in the hall.

"Empress Dowager, go quickly, hurry up..." Yan Mengji didn't finish his words, vomiting blood in his mouth, coughing, and he couldn't speak anymore.

The palace maid and eunuch who served the empress dowager, the emperor, were frightened and panicked when he saw Yan Mengji vomiting blood.

Then, many soldiers rushed over from outside the hall, shouting "protective", chopping over the intercepted guards, and crashing into the hall.

The general in the lead was carrying a bloody knife, burly figure, and his armor was stained with blood, and the soldiers on both sides were the same.

A smell of blood on their bodies stimulated the noses of the people in the hall. The pale-faced empress dowager held the frightened emperor in her arms and asked tremblingly:

"What do you want to do!"

"Empress Dowager? Your Majesty?" the general asked blankly with a knife.

"What do you want to do when you go into the palace?!" The empress dowager asked again, and she found that something seemed wrong with these people, and it seemed that they were not ferocious.

"Empress Dowager! Your Majesty! The last general Hou Andu, under the order of King Xunyang, enter the palace to protect the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty!"

Hou Andu held his sword and bowed and bowed, "Please don't worry, Your Majesty, I will never let the rebels succeed!"

When the Empress Dowager heard Hou An say this, she was stunned: You have killed so many people all the way, and they still said they are protecting the enemy?

She wanted to say something, but said it was unscrupulous: "You, you, you..."

"Empress Dowager, where are the traitors? Finally, we will retreat to a safe place to protect the Empress Dowager and His Majesty."

Nothing happened in the palace, and Your Majesty and I were not threatened by any traitor..." The empress dowager regained her rationality a little, and Hou An pretended to be confused:

"What? The Queen Mother and Your Majesty are safe?"

"It's okay, we're okay!" The Empress Dowager became anxious. Judging from the situation, it seemed that the Taicheng Imperial Guard General Hou Andu, who had just taken office, and his subordinates and some of the imperial guards guarding Taicheng, were deceived?

I thought something happened in the palace, so I went to the palace regardless of everything?

"Let me go, let me go!!!"

The shouts came from outside, but several soldiers were escorting an official into the hall. When the Empress Dowager looked closely, it was Zhu Maichen, a soldier outside the Shangshu Province.

"Hou Andu! You are so brave that you dare to rebel and fight against the emperor!"

Zhu Maichen shouted, "The official hat was gone for a long time, his hair was scattered and looked embarrassed, but his voice was loud and full of momentum."

"The King of Xiangdong is blind. He will support you and entrust you with important tasks to guard Taicheng, but you will do such a traitor!"

Hou Andu was scolded by Zhu Maichen, with a puzzled look on his face: "No, no, the last one is, yes... It is King Xunyang who said that something happened in the palace and the empress dowager's will, let us come quickly..."

"The King Xunyang is a rebel. The Queen Mother and Your Majesty are good at it, so how can there be any trouble!"

Zhu Maichen scolded at the top of his lungs: "You are entering the palace to be an accomplice to King Xunyang!"

"Ah?" Hou An tried his best to pretend to be surprised, looked at Zhu Maichen, and then at the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

With a "clang", the knife in his hand fell to the ground, as if he was stunned.

Seeing this, the empress dowager only felt that she was escaping from death: "General Hou, General Hou! Your Majesty and I are safe, and we have not let King Xunyang save him... He is the traitor!!"

Hou An looked confused, looked at the Empress Dowager and then looked at Zhu Maichen.

‘Good acting!’ Zhu Maichen applauded in his heart, but his face was serious: “General Hou! Hurry up and let your subordinates stop! Immediately guard the palace gate and protect Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!!”

The meaning of stopping is to kill everyone on the list.

Hou Andu nodded, but in a panic, knelt down to the emperor and the empress dowager and accused him of crime: "I have caused a great disaster and committed suicide. I am willing to be punished by Your Majesty!"

Zhu Maichen pulled Hou An up and pushed hard: "You should take people to guard the palace gate first, block King Xunyang, and redeem your sins!"

Hou Andu rushed out with his left and right. After walking a few steps, Zhu Maichen shouted again: "Send someone to guard the hall immediately and protect His Majesty and the Queen Mother, don't let the idle people approach!"

Hou Andu turned around and saw Zhu Maichen winking at him, nodding: "I will understand!"

The meaning of not letting idle people approach is to surround the palace and prevent unauthorized people from approaching the emperor and the queen mother.

As for who will allow it, haha.

When the empress dowager saw these burly men leaving, she felt that all her strength was about to be taken away: it turned out to be a misunderstanding?

Thinking about it, otherwise Hou An could have arrested her and the emperor directly, so how could he withdraw?

Zhu Maichen quickly asked the eunuch to help the empress dowager and the emperor sit down, and asked, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, it seems that King Xunyang and King Yidu have indeed rebelled. Please immediately transfer troops from various battalions into the palace to protect the emperor."

The emperor didn't know anything. Looking at his mother, the empress dowager was still shocked: "He, they, among them, will anyone be the king of Xunyang and the king of Yidu?"

Zhu Maichen pondered: "...I don't know, but I know that the King of Xiangdong is definitely not. If the King of Xiangdong comes, he will definitely be able to turn the tide."

That's right, the empress dowager with a messed-headed head caught a floating board like a drowning man: "Yes, let the King of Xiangdong enter the palace quickly..."

She suddenly remembered that the King of Xiangdong was seriously ill. Seeing that the time was running out, she might not even be able to walk. How could she turn the tide?

Zhu Maichen quickly replied: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, even if the King of Xiangdong only has one breath, he will crawl in!"

"That..."

"Empress Dowager, please give orders to the King of Xiangdong to lead troops into the palace to protect the lords, and take down the crazy King Xunyang and King Yidu!"

The Empress Dowager did not hesitate. At the moment, King Xunyang and King Yidu were in trouble. In desperation, she could only let the King of Xiangdong come to suppress the scene and nodded: "Okay, okay!"

But she seemed to think something was wrong, but her mind was very confused and she was frightened by the blood, so she couldn't figure it out for a while.

Suddenly I thought that there were also ministers of the regent, and I had to come up with advice.

Zhu Maichen heard the Empress Dowager ask about several auxiliary ministers and showed sadness: "Empress Dowager! Today, several prime ministers came to the Shangshu Province to congratulate the Shangshu King Xunyang. I am afraid that there will be more and more disasters!"

"Ah?" After hearing this, the empress dowager felt dizzy.

She remembered what people said that at the beginning of last year, several emperors from Qi first killed the ministers of the regent, and then broke into the palace to seize power, undermining the empress dowager and the young emperor.

In the end, the uncle took the throne.

Now, it’s our mother and son’s turn!
Chapter completed!