Chapter 313 You owe me!
The Dragon Guards hesitated even more.
They also questioned Emperor Jiaxing in their hearts, but Wang He’s actions were not something they could accept. Where should this situation go?
Emperor Jiaxing said with difficulty: "Everyone retreated."
He didn't want to bewitch the morale of the army by Wang He.
He also believed in Wang He. Since he said he would not kill him, he would not go back on his word. Besides, it would not be a big deal to continue like this. It would be better to delay for a moment. Perhaps the situation would turn around, and the people who guarded the king and protected him from all sides should come.
The Dragon Guards had to retreat.
Wang He and others took the Jiaxing Emperor to the central hall (i.e. the bedroom hall). The central hall was a bedroom that worshiped the tablets of the previous emperors of all dynasties, with nine rooms in one hall, and they were divided into Zhaomu. The central room was worshipped by the Taizu of Dajing, and the rest of the ancestors were worshipped in each room.
At this point, everyone was holding their breath and solemn.
Wang He ordered the soldiers from both sides to stay outside the hall. He and Zhao Chaozong led people to escort Emperor Jiaxing in to the room where the tablets of the former emperor were enshrined.
When he got there, he signaled Zhao Chaozong to let go of Emperor Jiaxing. He also cleansed his clothes and calmed down and respected the shrine.
This was a very contradictory mood: he was grateful and respectful to the late emperor. For the sake of the late emperor, he should have been more open-minded. Even if he hated Emperor Jiaxing, he should not rebel, nor should he attack the imperial city.
But he couldn't bear it anymore!
So, he came to apologize.
It's also coming to settle the grudges.
At this point, Emperor Jiaxing reached its peak of hatred and shame, and he could not wash away all the shame: Dajing never had any emperor, who was not even fame by his ministers, no, Wang He had no fame, but was not a minister, but Bai Ding, escorted him here, completely overturning the rules and regulations of the king and his subjects.
The room was equipped with a magic chair, incense table, bedding, mattress pillow, etc., and the tablet of the former emperor was placed on the mattress; Emperor Jiaxing was pressed by Zhao Chaozong to kneel in front of the tablet, and cried at the tablet, "Father, this is the auxiliary minister you left for your ministers! He plotted against his ministers' country and his life..."
He is not wrong!
It’s all Liang Xinming!
They are all Wang Heng!
It's Wang He, it's Wang Family...
Wang He lit a bundle of huge incense silently and inserted it into the three-legged white jade dragon-patterned incense burner. As soon as his subordinate exerted force, the incense burner turned over with a "clang" sound.
Wang He was stunned, what's going on?
When Emperor Jiaxing heard the sound, he looked up and was immediately excited - the late emperor showed his spirit! Show it, kill and burn the traitor or kill the traitor in the dark!
"What qualifications are there to worship the late emperor!"
"Is that true? The leg of the incense burner is broken."
"That's the father's furious!"
"Are you sure it's not your sin?"
"It's not the fragrance I respect."
The two of them were verbally accusing each other.
This is the Taimiao, a bedroom that worships the tablets of the late emperors of all dynasties. All the things used are carefully selected. How can the incense burner be broken?
Zhao Chaozong suddenly said, "Brother, what is this?"
Wang He looked in the direction of his finger and saw a corner of paper folding under the incense burner that was falling, and he hurriedly pulled it out.
It is a memorial with a letter:
Liang Xinming played.
Wang He suddenly calmed down, and a wonderful feeling appeared in his heart: Is this what my mother suggested to see? Or is it the guidance of the late emperor?
He hurriedly expanded to take a look.
Emperor Jiaxing also saw it and wanted to reach out to take it. He is the emperor, shouldn't he be allowed to see this memorial? Wang He was so bold! However, he was unstable even when he was kneeling, let alone stealing things, so he had to watch it. His anger towards Liang Xinming became even deeper: What's the matter like to pretend to be a ghost? He didn't give a comment to the late emperor, but he clearly didn't take him seriously.
Wang He opened the memorial and recited silently.
This was on August 1st. Before Liang Xinming went to the northwest border, he specially asked Emperor Jiaxing for an imperial edict, saying that he might cause war in the northwest, so he wanted to go to Taimiao to pay sacrifice. This memorial was written that day, and apologizing to the late emperor, which was also a farewell.
Liang Xinming said in the memorial:
She failed the late emperor's dying instructions. Now, the rift between her and the new emperor and his ministers is getting deeper and deeper, and she is already at the end of her journey, but she cannot break the situation.
To advance, you cannot advance; to retreat, you cannot retreat.
She was grateful to the grace of the late emperor for knowing her, and even though she was torn to pieces, she had no regrets. However, she reflected on her life, and was ashamed of the sky and the earth. She was not worthy of death, but she could not watch the Wang family being confiscated and exterminated.
Since ancient times, a monarch had to die, but a minister had to die.
After thinking about it, I can only serve the country with my own heart.
So, she is going to die on the battlefield!
This is the only way to preserve the friendship between her and the emperor and his ministers of Jiaxing. If the death of her husband and wife can allow the emperor to relieve the knot and protect the Wang family, it will be considered a matter of death; she will live up to the late emperor's responsibilities and loyalty and righteousness.
As for her death—
People die like lamps extinguishing.
I forgive her for being powerless.
Here, she was full of apology to the late emperor, indicating that she was unwilling to act, but could not do it. - It seemed that she had a premonition that after her death, the court might not be stable, and the world might not be peaceful, but she had to let go.
When a child grows up, he always has to let go.
From now on, it depends on God’s will!
...
As the familiar handwriting moved in front of his eyes, Wang He felt a heart sinking into the boundless abyss. He did not cry or choke, as if he was still laughing, but the tears rolled down and fell on the gold brick floor.
Zhao Chaozong was frightened, "Brother?"
Wang He ignored him, and after watching it, he turned his face and stared at Emperor Jiaxing.
Emperor Jiaxing stared back without showing any weakness.
Wang He suddenly gave him the memorial, "Your Majesty, look carefully!"
Emperor Jiaxing was ruthless and couldn't catch it.
The memorial fell to the ground.
Zhao Chaozong picked it up and put it in his hand.
Wang He raised his head, his back straightened, stared at the tablet of the late emperor, and said sadly and angrily: "You don't owe him, you owe me!"
"You don't owe the late emperor, you owe me!"
"You don't owe the new emperor, you owe me!"
"You don't owe the world, you owe me!"
"You owe me a mother!"
This memorial took away his last hope.
Emperor Jiaxing had already read it, and he didn't dare to believe it, he refused to believe it, and he didn't want to believe it. He was also excited like Wang He and said: "This is a conspiracy! It is a conspiracy!"
No wonder the incense burner collapses.
This is Liang Xinming’s conspiracy!
Wang He suddenly turned around, grabbed his neck with his right hand, pinched it tightly, and gritted his teeth and said, "What did you say? The foolish lord!"
Emperor Jiaxing was unable to struggle and asked with his eyes: "Do you dare to kill the regict?!"
Seeing his eyes rolling up, Zhao Chaozong became panicked and stuttered: "Brother, don't you say you won't kill him? This is the place..."
He glanced at the tablet of the late emperor with guilt.
He heard his father talk about many things about the late emperor, and he respected them very much. Putting aside the rule of the monarch and ministers, he ignored this point. Just because of the friendship between his fathers, it seemed a bit unkind to kill his son in front of someone else's tablet.
At this moment, a loud shout came from outside: "The Queen Mother is here-"
Empress Dowager Chen heard the explosion in the palace and was anxious to check the truth. When she learned that Qianyuan Palace was bombed, she hurriedly summoned the Dragon Imperial Guards in the palace to rescue him. When she arrived at Taiji Gate, she met the retreating Dragon Imperial Guards. She saw Tang Ji severely injured by the thunder bomb and was unconscious. However, the rebels did not take advantage of the victory to pursue him. The Empress Dowager was alert. When she asked Emperor Ming to take refuge in Taimiao, she was uneasy and hurriedly rectified the remaining Dragon Imperial Guards, and joined the troops of Yuchi Chen who came from the West Gate and rushed to Taimiao for rescue.
On the way, she issued two more imperial edicts: one was to hold her hand and send an edict to the Prince Suzaku Mansion to rescue the emperor; the other was to hold her Feng order and leave the city to Huo Feidian, the western camp of the suburbs of Beijing, so she had no right to mobilize troops. In desperation, she was deceased to be a living horse. When she saw the emperor, she asked for the imperial edict and mobilized troops with military talismans.
As soon as we arrived at Taimiao, we saw the two armies confronting each other.
Dragon Monkey guards the road, and Wang He takes the emperor hostage.
The Empress Dowager no longer cared about it and rushed into the bedroom with the Dragon Guard.
Hu Qiya picked up the water gun and pointed it at the empress dowager, and said murderously: "Stop! Otherwise, my subordinates will be merciless! Take another step forward and kill the foolish lord!"
Chapter completed!