Chapter 652: The First Ruler
The emperor's imperial chariot rushed straight along the Bian River to the Royal Street Pier. The imperial guards who were rushing in front used their whips to drive away the idlers on both sides of the Royal Street. The infantry were inside and the cavalry were outside, with their swords and guns unsheathed.
In front of the Yu Jia who was running wildly, they spread out with murderous intent far away. Behind the Yu Jia, pairs of people gathered behind them to guard them, and rushed into the Xuande Building and towards the Wende Hall.
In the royal chariot, the fourth prince threw away the emperor who was being pushed into his arms by the guards. He stared straight at the emperor who had gradually become cold and stiff, and subconsciously pushed him, as if he wanted to push him out of his sight.
His face was as gloomy as the emperor's.
The fifth prince sat opposite the fourth prince, with the dead emperor in between, staring blankly at the fourth prince who looked like another dead man.
Li Xia stood in the shadows on the side of Youjia Sumen, watching Yu Jia rush past him, looking at King Qin and Jin Zhuoyan who were running around him, as well as everyone else whose shoes fell off and their hair fell apart as they ran.
The Xianggong and the six ministers stepped back and breathed a sigh of relief.
Her big event has come to an end.
As Li Xia turned around and closed the door on the right, she looked at Hu Ying, who was following her with a pale face, and his eyes fell on her arm, "How is the injury?"
"Hanguang said the flesh wound is not serious. He has already been given medicine." Hu Ying tried her best to smile, but she was too nervous to laugh. She was really scared just now.
"That's good. Can you hold on?" Li Xia breathed a sigh of relief and then asked.
"Yes, it hurt a little just now, but it doesn't hurt anymore. It's okay, Princess, don't worry." Hu Ying said repeatedly.
She had been waiting for the princess since yesterday evening. She knew better than anyone how serious and terrible what happened today was. Her heart was so tense and agitated that she actually didn't feel any pain when she was injured just now.
"Yeah." Li Xia hummed and stopped talking. He walked forward very quickly, but within a few words, he was not far from the Youye Gate. Li Xia saw that the Youye Gate had been closed, so he turned around and went to Xuande Gate.
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When Chang Gui and Jin Gui saw Li Xia turning around, they rushed out from the corner not far from Youye Gate and trotted after them. One after another, they followed Li Xia and hurried towards Xuande Gate.
Xuandemen was guarded by Cheng Ying and others. When he saw Li Xia coming, he bowed slightly and signaled the guards to let him go.
When Li Xia saw Cheng Ying, he didn't look around anymore. He walked straight out without slowing down at all, got in the car, and ordered to go back to Prince Qin's Mansion.
The car stopped at the second gate of Prince Qin's Mansion. Li Xia got out of the car, entered the second gate, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Chang Gui was okay, Jin Gui almost wanted to raise his hand to wipe away the cold sweat. The boss left the princess's safety to him. Who knew that the princess would suddenly leave the palace and enter the imperial city... Fortunately, okay, she went out safely and came back safely.
Jin Gui stayed outside the second gate, and Chang Gui followed Li Xia closely, reporting as he walked: "The inner guards haven't gone to Cao Shan yet, so they can't separate the men. Privy Bai passed through Lize Gate two quarters of an hour ago and said
The horse is very fast, and I estimate that we will reach the Gyeonggi camp in about two quarters of an hour."
"Well, I'll rest for a while, maybe two-quarters of an hour. If there's nothing unusual, wait two-quarters of an hour before coming in and report." Li Xia ordered as he walked.
Changgui lowered his hand in response, stood still, watched Li Xia arrive at the door of Nuange, then took a few steps back and trotted towards the second door.
He had to quickly gather information from everywhere. In two quarters of an hour, he had to have information on the situation of Jinmingchi, the capital, the capital camp, and the rest of the imperial city in the palace.
Li Xia stood at the door of Nuan Pavilion and ordered the girls who either followed them up the steps or stopped at the bottom of the steps, "Hu Ying, go wash up and change into clean clothes. Let the doctor take a look at the wound. Come over if you can."
If you can't hold it any longer, rest. Don't hold on. We'll be busy for a while. Cheng Xin checked everywhere and told the kitchen to pay attention to the food. Don't run out of ginseng soup and bird's nest porridge. Send more to all parts of the house. These days
The weather is unusual, and everyone is working extremely hard. Xin'an is guarding Nuange, and I need to rest for two-quarters of an hour."
Everyone agreed and went about their business. Xin'an took Tianqing and Jinxing to wait on Li Xia, put on his clothes and slept on the couch in the corner of the Nuan Pavilion.
Two quarters of an hour later, Li Xia got up, washed and changed clothes. While eating slowly, he listened to Chang Gui's report: "Just now in Jinmingchi, Eunuch Cui died, Zheng Shangshu died, most of the internal guards were killed and injured, and General Bai Xiao
The injury is minor, Gu Shangshu was stabbed on the arm, the flesh wound is not serious, the other ministers are fine."
Chang Gui paused slightly and looked up at Li Xia.
"Zhu Quan, the chief minister next to the Fifth Master, is dead. In addition, more detailed information is needed."
Seeing Li Xia slowly drinking a bowl of soup without any expression, Chang Gui secretly breathed a sigh of relief and spoke faster again: "When the imperial driver passed by Yu Street, the imperial guards had already surrounded the Tai Palace, Jiang Mansion, Zheng Mansion, and Wei Mansion.
There are also the three princes' houses, the Su family and the Hou family. A decree was just sent out from the palace. The emperor was seriously injured and the whole city was under martial law. The decree was sent to the Gyeonggi camp. Privy Bai was ordered to temporarily take charge of the Gyeonggi camp and obey orders at any time. There is no decree.
No tampering is allowed."
Li Xia ate tastelessly and listened intently.
"Concubine Yao sent a message in the palace, and it's ready. General Lu sent an order, ordering the Yamen of the capital to assist in searching for Cao Shan. Zhu Xi passed the message, saying that there was a lot of discussion everywhere, and it was true that everything was said.
Some people swore that they saw a black dragon falling from the sky and two dragons fighting."
Even in front of Li Xia, Chang Gui couldn't hold back and curled his lips, "It's pretty much what the princess expected. Please rest assured, princess."
"Well, ask Grandma Seventh Aunt to go to the Wei Mansion immediately. I'm worried about scaring the old lady and all the women, so let her come over and take a look." After listening to Changgui's report, Li Xia ordered: "Please ask Grandma Eighth Gui.
Go to the third prince's house and stay with the third prince's concubine until the imperial guards outside the house withdraw, and ask her to tell the third prince's concubine that she just needs to be at ease. Ask her uncle to go to the Hou's house and have a chat.
Let’s drink tea and have dinner before going back. Be quick.”
Changgui agreed and trotted out.
Li Xia finished her meal, drank a cup of tea slowly, stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the red flowers and green trees outside the window. Soon, she had spent time thinking about the decoration and repairs of this house, and discussed it with the prince in detail.
The house you come out of is the Qidian Mansion.
The emperor's chariot rushed straight to the Wende Hall. The chariot could no longer move forward. The King of Qin ordered people to dismantle the front half of the chariot, lift the emperor and the cushions from the car, and rush all the way into the Qinzheng Hall where the emperor lived daily.
The fourth prince and the fifth prince were pushed by several guards, followed closely behind the emperor, and stumbled into the Qinzheng Palace.
The doctors at Mantai Hospital were all running without losing their shoes or hats. They only held the medicine box in their arms tightly. At this moment, the medicine box was their life. A group of doctors rushed into the Qinzheng Hall.
. He stopped at the entrance of the palace, stood in a tight group, and looked around in horror, wanting to look around but not daring to look around.
Qinzheng Hall was packed with people, filled with unprecedented panic and tension.
Outside the Qinzheng Hall, Jin Xiangquan was slumped on the ground without any image, his shoes were gone, his hair was all scattered, his clothes were stained with blood, his face was pale, and he was breathing heavily.
Wei Xiang was no better than Jin Xiang. His disheveled hair, face, and upper body were all covered with specks of bright red blood. His pale face was full of fear and anxiety. He grabbed his chest hard and gasped slowly.
gas.
Yan Xiang is a little younger, but at this moment, he shows no signs of his age at all. Blood stains and stains are piled up on his body, and there are two or three extremely obvious bloody footprints on his back. He is lying on a brocade stool.
On top, there was a tight wheezing and coughing sound.
Half of Gu Hansheng's body was covered in blood, and he raised one arm high. There was a bunch of unknown things wrapped around his arm, and it was twisted into a spindle. He didn't know whether he was squatting or sitting on the ground, and he was shivering one after another.
Luo Zhongsheng panted heavily and hurriedly tugged on Gu Hansheng's clothes, not knowing what to do. Wang Funian was slightly better, but just a little better, and his breathing was not so urgent. Luo Zhongsheng tugged on Gu Hansheng's clothes.
He pulled Luo Zhongsheng's clothes, and the two of them pulled hard one after another, which made several imperial doctors dizzy. These two were probably frightened and went crazy.
Zhou Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment simply lay straight on the ground, and a whistling sound came out with a gasp. The breath was rapid, and the whistling was even more rapid, and the listeners could hardly breathe.
The long sword of Mingjian was unsheathed and stood with its legs crossed, blocking the door of the dormitory. Jin Zhuoyan held the long sword still stained with blood and guarded the door of Qinzheng Hall. No matter who he looked at, he looked murderous.
The young servant Ming Jing and others, as well as the guards of Prince Qin's Mansion who had already arrived, were heading out from the entrance of the main hall, down the steps, and around, one by one.
"Everyone in this palace needs diagnosis and treatment." King Qin came out of the East Chamber and looked at Tao Xinglin, the imperial physician, and ordered: "The emperor is seriously injured, so you need to be careful. Several ministers and ministers are also very important. They need to be diagnosed and treated quickly. You
Assignment.”
"Yes, yes." Tao Xinglin agreed repeatedly and dispatched the orders very quickly, "Mr. Sun, you guys go visit some of your husbands and ministers. Lao Hu is coming with me."
The panic in the palace and the fact that everyone was covered in blood made it very easy for Tao Xinglin to judge that this was an assassination. If the emperor was injured, it must be from a gunshot wound. Doctor Hu was the best at this.
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Tao Xinglin and Dr. Hu followed King Qin and entered the palace with their hearts held high. Across from King Qin, Tao Xinglin only glanced at the emperor who was lying upright on the bed. His legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.
The ashen face on the bed and the stiff and twitching hands told him very clearly that the emperor was not seriously injured, but that he was already dead.
Tao Xinglin didn't want to look but was attracted by something. He glanced at the emperor's gray profile face again. In nervousness, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and made a loud gulp sound.
Dr. Hu was best at bruises. He had experienced the fact that the emperor was a dead emperor when he was on the battlefield. He could even see it faster and more clearly than Tao Xinglin. When he heard Tao Xinglin's loud swallowing sound, he felt his throat...
It was so tight that I couldn't breathe.
He and Dr. Tao were afraid that they would not survive this time.
Doctor Hu was extremely confused. There might be some way out, but he could only bite the bullet and keep his eyes on Tao Xinglin. He would not be even half a step ahead of Tao Xinglin. He was only willing to stay half a step behind Tao Xinglin and walked to the bed.
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"Take a good look at the wound to see where it is and whether it is fatal." Looking at Tao Xinglin and Dr. Hu, who were facing the emperor on the bed, pricking their four hands and not knowing where to start, King Qin said slowly.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Both Tao Xinglin and Dr. Hu were granted amnesty. This meant that they were asked to check the cause of the emperor's death. This would make things easier. It seemed that there was still hope...
The two men carefully turned the emperor over, staring dumbfounded at the knife behind the emperor's back that was almost pierced to the handle, and the hand that was still holding the handle tightly.
The fourth prince, who was standing next to the fifth prince and standing on the bedside of the emperor, looked straight at the severed hand holding the knife. He made a few noises in his throat and fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, "It's not me!"
Not me!"
All the way back, the emperor was lying on his back, lying in his arms. He pushed the emperor down. He was afraid, it wasn't him, he really wasn't...
Tao Xinglin's neck seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. He turned to the fourth prince little by little and looked at him with dull eyes. Doctor Hu was much calmer. When he saw Tao Xinglin looking straight at the fourth prince, he looked like a fool and hurriedly
Tao Xinglin stomped on Tao Xinglin's foot. Tao Xinglin jumped in pain and hurriedly turned around to look at the severed hand and the knife.
The fifth prince shook his legs, not daring to look at King Qin, but also not daring not to look at King Qin. Seeing that King Qin didn't seem to hear or see the frightened fourth prince and him, he felt a little more at ease. He bent down and pulled the fourth prince with all his strength.
"Fourth brother, get up. It's not you. Fourth brother, get up. Fourth brother."
"Take good diagnosis and treatment. If you need anything, just ask someone to bring it in. The emperor will not be able to leave you until he recovers." King Qin ordered Tao Xinglin and Dr. Hu in a cold voice. Then he looked at the fifth prince who was looking at him and said, "Lao Wu and
Your fourth brother is here to watch and serve the emperor well."
Chapter completed!