Upon hearing this, Cao Bin nodded directly and said:
"Okay, I agree, let's open the city."
Yang Liuniang said:
"You order the soldiers to retreat five miles..."
Cao Bin complained speechlessly, Ma De, do you need to be so guarded against me? I also have a good reputation, okay?
He hesitated for a moment, waved his hand and said:
"Back off."
Upon hearing this, the bodyguard turned the horse's head directly without any hesitation, and receded like the tide with a roar.
Wu Song saw this and said quickly:
"Master Hou, be careful of their deception."
Cao Bin shook his head and said:
"No defense, I believe that the Yang family will not use this method to harm me."
Not to mention what he had not done yet, there was no reason for the imperial court to deliberately ambush him.
Even if someone is deliberately targeting them, there are still hundreds of Yanzi spies lurking in Bianjing City, so there is still a chance of escaping from the capital with their lives saved.
The most important thing now is to stop King Duan from succeeding and awaken the emperor.
If you want to compare the gains, it is worth taking some risks.
With this in mind, he hugged Zhao Fujin tightly and ordered:
"Sedan, please help Mr. Bao, he is horse-sick."
With that said, he kicked his war horse and rushed towards the city gate that had opened a gap.
The sedan agreed, and hurriedly chased after Wu Song and others.
Yang Liuniang looked at their retreating figures and said worriedly:
"Why do I feel that we have been deceived by Cao Bin? It would be bad if it affects important matters of the court."
Qiniang said indifferently:
"Don't worry, he has no soldiers. What can happen if he goes into the city alone?"
"It is indeed disadvantageous for King Duan to ascend the throne. If you can help him, please help him."
As he said this, he said with some envy:
"He has many connections, and I don't know how he got connected with Princess Kangfu. Duan has great magical powers."
"Maybe he will be trusted by Sijun more than us in the future."
Liu Niang said with some melancholy:
"Who asked us to pass on the family with loyalty? State affairs are more important than personal relationships, otherwise I would like to be like Cao Bin..."
At this time, Bao Zheng felt that he had been deeply hurt.
He had already seen that Cao Bin was treating himself as a hostage.
It's just that I'm just an ordinary minister. Except for some specific people, who would care about my life or death?
This is clearly using his reputation to deal with an almost impossible ambush and using himself as a shield.
With Princess Kangfu, I have to make plans for myself.
How afraid of death is this?
Cao Bin had no time to pay attention to him. Soon after entering the city, a swallow chased him.
Cao Bin directly ordered:
"Inform Di Qing, Yang Zhi and others to prepare to kill the rebels, and also ask Shi Qian to take back his men and prepare for my retreat at any time..."
After giving the order, Cao Bin hardly stopped his horse and rushed to the palace with several subordinates.
The most important thing now is to determine whether the successor's position is confirmed.
If it has been determined, it is too late.
If it is not confirmed, there is still a chance...
At this time, Zhao Fujin also calmed down. Seeing Cao Bin walking in a hurry, he hugged himself in his arms and said a little shyly:
"Brother Cao, don't worry, Kangfu will intercede for you."
"Actually, my father likes your talent very much. He will forgive you..."
Cao Bin didn't want to talk. He was here to prevent Zhao Ji from ascending to the throne. Damn it if you can forgive him.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Cao Bin had already seen the Xuande Gate of the imperial city.
Seeing the two groups of guards confronting each other inside the gate, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly urged his horses again.
It seems that Kou Zhun and others are very confident in the military strength in the city, and plan to seal the city first to cut off possible accidents from the outside, and then suppress Pan Renmei's men in one fell swoop.
It seems that it has not reached the final stage yet.
In front of the imperial city gate.
A battalion of forbidden army generals had surrounded the guards guarding the gate. A general said with a fierce look in his eyes:
"Commander Li, Marquis of Zhongwu, has an order for us to take over the city gate."
"Put down your weapons and return to camp to wait for orders. If you dare to resist, you will be killed without mercy."
The besieged guards were about to put down their weapons when they saw that the opponent had a large number of people, when the chaotic sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the imperial street.
The leader turned to look, his face suddenly changed, and he shouted:
"Close the city gate quickly!"
Before he could react, Cao Bin had already arrived on horseback, whipped him to the ground with a whip, and cursed:
"Mad, you dare to close my door and use force in the imperial city. Do you want to rebel?"
The general was beaten until he was rolling on the ground and shouted repeatedly:
"This is an order from Commander Zhongwu Li, Lord Zhongjing, spare your life!"
Cao Bin whipped him in the face and said angrily:
"Fart, what qualifications does Li Zhaoming have to change the imperial guard order?"
"Come here, take him down for me."
Some of the soldiers under the general wanted to come forward to rescue him, but when they heard Cao Bin's name, they immediately shrank back and did not dare to come forward.
The guard who was surrounded was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to get someone.
Cao Bin put away his riding whip, looked at the bewildered soldiers and said:
"All return to the camp. No one is allowed to leave the camp without His Majesty's personal order!"
After giving the instructions, Cao Bin didn't even get off his horse and ran directly to Chui Gong Hall.
This was his first time riding a horse in the imperial city. Although it was inappropriate, time was tight and he could no longer care about that much.
When he arrived in front of the palace, he handed Zhao Fujin to the sedan chair. Just as he was about to enter the palace with Bao Zheng, several guards quickly stopped him and said:
"Honor Zhongjing, it is forbidden to carry weapons in the court. Please remove your sword."
The sedan stepped forward with a big cock in his pocket and shouted:
"Shit, my young master has been granted a royal title and can wear a sword in front of His Majesty. Are you new here?"
Cao Bin ignored them and walked inside.
At this time, the hall was in full swing, but Pan Renmei was extremely anxious.
His plan was to have a pre-arranged general lead his troops into the palace at the moment of Chen Zheng, and in the name of loyalty to the emperor, force the ministers to agree to make the young prince his heir.
I will mediate from the perspective of an outsider, and I am not afraid that those ministers will disagree.
In this way, his reputation was not damaged and the struggle for succession was resolved, which was perfect.
But it's already time, more than half an hour later, and the person I arranged has not shown up yet, something must have happened.
Seeing his daughter winking at him frequently, Pan Renmei didn't know how to respond because he didn't know what was going on.
"Your Majesty, the ministers and I have already decided on the successor, please give the order!"
Seeing Concubine Pan looking at Pan Renmei, Cai Jing couldn't help but smile, and stepped forward to urge her.
Seeing that her father didn't respond, Pan Guifei didn't know that something was wrong again, and she felt cold in her heart. Her son could not become the emperor, and she would have to stay in the cold palace from now on.
When Prince Duan became emperor, he would not let her listen to politics from behind the curtain, and she was not his wife.
Having been tricked by her father again, Pan Guifei felt that her heart was already filled with resentment. When she heard Cai Jing urging her, she had no choice but to find excuses and said:
"Xianggong Cai, must we decide on the successor today? Maybe your Majesty will wake up soon..."
Before Cai Jing could speak, Kou Zhun had already left work and interrupted, saying categorically:
"It must be agreed today. If the concubine is inconvenienced, we will ask the queen mother to come out..."
