It turned out that Fan Fucui felt that he was unable to save his life and wanted to spend the rest of his life in Huang County.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Sizhi suddenly visited, claiming that Chongzhen was in danger and invited him to rescue him.
Fan Fucui knew that Zhang Sizhi was a man who was greedy for power, so he didn't want to pay attention to it. However, he unexpectedly received a letter from Zhou Hou.
The letter said that the Ming Dynasty was in danger and advised him to go to Beijing immediately to assist Zhu Cihong out of Chongzhen's affection.
Fan Fucui was shocked when he saw the letter. While perfunctory with Zhang Sizhi, he took the opportunity to inquire about the news, contacted his old friends and made an appointment to go to Beijing.
When he arrived in the capital, he wanted to see Empress Zhou, but was told that Empress Zhou was seriously ill and could not see the guests.
In desperation, he had to ask his old acquaintance in the palace to send a message, but he never got a reply.
Soon afterwards, he heard about someone pretending to be Chongzhen.
When he first heard about this, he thought it was very ridiculous.
But then he thought about Zhou Hou's secret message and the fact that the other party had not responded to him for a long time, and he couldn't help but believe it.
Later, when he saw that rumors were rife in Beijing and Zhou Hou did not show up, he suspected that the other party had been placed under house arrest. Read the book
So when Zhang Sizhi invited him to the palace today, he readily agreed and strongly advocated that Zhu Cihong ascend the throne.
At first, when he saw Zhu Cixiang trying to refuse, he thought that the other party was worried about Zhou Hou's safety, so he didn't dare to agree.
At this moment, when I saw Zhou Hou appearing on the city wall and still calling Zhu Yuanzhang "Your Majesty", I was a little confused for a moment.
Just when he was confused, he suddenly heard Liu Chang's voice saying: "Queen, there is no need to worry!"
"Master Zhang (Zhang Xin) and Governor Wang (Wang Dehua) have taken control of the Beijing army. Now all the gates in the capital are under our control. Even if this thief has wings, he cannot fly out of the capital..."
As soon as Liu Chang said this, Fan Fucui and others looked surprised.
Zhu Cixiang, in particular, looked at Wu Laoliu who was guarding Zhu Yuanzhang with a suspicious look on his face and said, "What's going on? If I didn't ask you to guard the Anding Gate, how could you let Liu Chang and the others capture it?"
When Wu Laoliu heard this, he frowned and said, "Impossible. There are five hundred elite soldiers from the Anding Sect. They..."
"They're already dead!"
Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Wu Laoliu and said solemnly: "Five hundred versus three thousand, they are considered brave!"
Wu Laoliu's body trembled, and then he knelt down and apologized: "General, I was negligent. Please punish me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "I can't blame you for this. You only have more than 2,000 men. You have to guard the city gate and set up an ambush at the Meridian Gate. It's really difficult for you!"
After he finished speaking, he signaled Wu Laoliu to stand up, then looked at Zhu Cihong and said, "Prince, how are you going to deal with today's situation?"
When Zhu Cixiang asked, he said resolutely: "Father, don't worry, I still have hundreds of personal guards in my hands, plus the guards in the palace, there are about two thousand people."
"The total number of troops in the capital is only about 20,000. They are currently guarding various gates, each with no more than a thousand men. When the time comes, I will lead the troops to break through and send my father out of the capital."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help feeling guilty when he saw him looking at death.
After he covered it up with a cold snort, he pretended to be dissatisfied and shouted: "If we want to leave the capital, why should we come in?"
Zhu Cixiang was stunned when he heard this, then turned to look at Liu Chang and said, "Then we will capture the thief and capture the king, and my son will lead his men to capture Liu Chang..."
"Confused!"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't wait for him to finish his words, and scolded him: "What is his identity, and what is your identity? How can you take action against him? You don't love yourself so much, how can you afford it in the future..."
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's words were quite fierce, they were very comfortable to Zhu Cixiang's ears.
Because he heard fatherly love from this scolding and knew that his father did not doubt him.
"Bring this to your mother!"
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang got off his horse, took out a folded brocade handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Zhu Cihong.
When Zhu Cihong saw the jasmine pattern looming on the brocade handkerchief, he knew it was from the Queen of Zhou Dynasty. After being slightly stunned, he took it respectfully.
Run quickly towards the Meridian Gate.
Wu Laoliu on the side saw Liu Chang and others staring at him with eager eyes. He wanted to send someone to protect him, but he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice saying: "It doesn't matter, they won't take action at the moment!"
"And if you send someone to accompany you, it will make..."
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he suddenly stopped and looked towards Queen Zhou on the city wall.
When Wu Laoliu saw this, he couldn't help but look at Empress Zhou.
Zhou Houben had been watching Zhu Yuanzhang and others. Now when he saw Zhu Cihong running towards the Meridian Gate, and Zhu Yuanzhang looked at her again, he couldn't help but feel a little hesitation in his heart, and he also had some doubts about his previous judgment.
At this time, Zhu Yuluo suddenly broke away from her arms and ran forward quickly.
Zhu Aelao only ran a few steps before she was caught by Fei Zhen'e and others.
When Empress Zhou saw Zhu Erluo crying and struggling desperately, her heart trembled again, and then she said softly: "Duan'er, what are you going to do?"
Hearing this, Zhu Ainao stopped struggling, looked back at Empress Zhou, and choked with sobs: "My lord...my lord..."
"Mother...Father...I don't want to see you..."
Before Zhu Ainao finished speaking, she started crying again.
When Zhou Hou saw this, he was also extremely sad.
"Queen, please issue an order that I will kill this person who is pretending to be Your Majesty immediately!"
At this time, Liu Chang below shouted loudly again.
As Liu Chang's words sounded, many people also shouted.
Empress Zhou endured her grief and glanced at the besieged Zhu Yuanzhang and his entourage again. A ray of anger flashed in her eyes. Just when she was about to speak, she heard Zhu Cixi's anxious voice: "Mother!"
Zhou Hou looked for the reputation and saw Zhu Cihong running quickly with a jade belt in one hand and a brocade handkerchief held high in the other.
Hou Zhou had also seen Zhu Yuanzhang handing something to Zhu Cixiang before, and she was a little curious in her heart. Now she saw Zhu Cixiang running over in a hurry, and said with a gentle face: "Lang'er, please slow down!"
"Mother, this... this is what my father... asked me to give it to you, please take a look!"
Zhu Cixiang ran to Queen Zhou panting and couldn't wait to hand over the brocade handkerchief.
Zhou Hou only glanced at it and recognized it as something close to her, and her heart trembled.
She held her breath, took the brocade handkerchief with some trembling, and slowly unfolded it.
I saw a jasmine flower embroidered on each corner of the white as snow brocade handkerchief, and in the middle of the brocade handkerchief it was written neatly: "The courtyard is deeply fragrant with jasmine, and my eyebrows are dressed lazily with bare hands."
When Hou Zhou saw this poem, her body trembled, and then she held the brocade handkerchief tightly and covered it on her chest, while she choked uncontrollably: "It's him!"
"Yes, that's him, he didn't..."
It turns out that the poem on the brocade handkerchief was about an intimate affair between Chongzhen and Zhou Hou.
It was the eighth day of June, and the jasmine flowers in Kunning Palace were in full bloom.
Wearing a pearl summer shirt embellished with plum blossoms, Queen Zhou was washing herself in front of the mirror. Unexpectedly, Chongzhen suddenly arrived and was attracted by her lazy and charming manner. After quietly dismissing the palace people, he walked behind her to flirt and play with her.
Out of shyness, Zhou Hou slapped Chongzhen with a backhand, almost hitting Chongzhen's face.
However, Chongzhen didn't care and his behavior became more and more inappropriate.
Just when she was overwhelmed with shame, Wang Chengen came to report military affairs and encountered this scene, which made her very embarrassed.
Chongzhen seemed to like her shy and annoyed look. For the first time, he ignored military affairs. After dismissing Wang Chengen casually, he loved her well.
Afterwards, Chongzhen wanted to write a poem with her to commemorate the incident, but she refused, but Chongzhen recited the poem "The courtyard is deeply fragrant with jasmine, and my eyebrows are bare and my hands are lazy in dressing up"...
"Mother, are you okay?"
Seeing that Queen Zhou had a different look on her face, Zhu Cihong hurriedly supported her with a worried look on her face.
After Zhou Hou heard this, he immediately calmed down and said calmly: "It's okay, your father..."
"Da da da!"
Before Queen Zhou finished speaking, there was another rapid sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance, and then Wang Dehua, Zhang Xin and others were seen riding horses to the Meridian Gate.
