When the emperor passed away, all civil and military officials in the dynasty would wear plain clothes to watch over the deceased emperor and pray for blessings.
Prince Murong Huai, his wives, concubines, and brothers knelt in the inner hall together for seven days, until seven days later, the holy emperor's body left the imperial mausoleum.
At this time, things seemed to be calm, and they probably wanted to wait until the late emperor's body was placed in the imperial mausoleum before they took action.
This is good, because the emperor has already left, and he still has to watch his sons kill each other, right?
Everyone does a good job on the surface, but how many of them really have feelings?
As the next few days passed, Jiang Yu became more and more nervous about Su Wan. He had already arranged a place for her to take shelter temporarily.
She insisted on staying in Kyoto in the first place to confuse them. Otherwise, if she disappeared, wouldn't it be easy to see that the Su family had all evacuated?
Jiang Yu and Murong Huai had already confirmed that Murong Sheng was going to take action after the late emperor's body was placed in the mausoleum.
That's the eighth day.
After the first seven days, early in the morning on the second day, Murong Huai led a team to send the late emperor's body to the imperial mausoleum. When he returned, it was already dusk.
Just after nightfall, Jiang Yu was summoned into the palace by the new emperor. When he went out, only Anan was with him, and Su Wan was not with him.
The person who was watching in the dark brought the news back almost immediately.
The late emperor has entered the imperial mausoleum, and the feudal princes will leave the capital soon. There will be a simple dinner tonight. The prince will send off the princes. Kyoto officials will go, but they do not need to bring their families.
Su Jing also went out and went directly to the palace.
In Kyoto today, among the officials' mansions, there are only a handful of helpless family members left.
Su Wan had been hiding in the carriage early in the morning. When every household went out to harness the carriage, they would lead the carriage from the backyard to the front yard. Su Wan sat inside quietly first, wearing a boy's clothes.
On the carriage, Jiang Yu hugged her, pressed her against the carriage and kissed her forcefully. He knew that there would be a fierce battle tonight, and he might not be able to come back well, so he was most worried about nothing more than Su. Wan, his wife.
Su Wan almost suffocated, but she let him kiss her and responded to her enthusiastically.
When the carriage arrived at its destination, Jiang Yu reluctantly hugged her for a while:
"Wait for me to come back!"
Su Wan nodded, feeling mixed in his heart.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of an alley. Feng Ying had been waiting here for a long time. Jiang Yu handed Su Wan to his protection and then went to the palace alone.
Feng Ying led her up and down the alley for a long time before taking her to a small courtyard. Qiu Niang was waiting there with her four-year-old son. When she saw Su Wan coming, she came towards She waved.
Once the rebels enter the city, they will go straight to the mansions of various officials, take hostages and force them into the palace.
He wouldn't bother searching these small places just to find her.
People should not kill indiscriminately, which is particularly important for an emperor to win the hearts of the people.
In the palace, the banquet had already begun. After Su Chen inspected the streets, he also went to the palace to attend the banquet.
There was a curfew in Kyoto, and the late emperor passed away. For one month in a row, the curfew was advanced by an hour.
So early in the morning, not long after nightfall, there were already very few pedestrians on the streets of Kyoto, and some shops were planning to close.
The palace banquet was still being held, but everyone was still wearing white mourning clothes, and there were no smiles on their faces, and few words were said to each other.
There was no singing or dancing, only the sound of chopsticks accidentally touching the plate was left in silence.
There is a strange atmosphere in the main hall.
As soon as the curfew time came, Su Chen asked Emperor Murong Huai to patrol the streets, but he retreated first.
Murong Huai waved his hand and held his forehead, looking like he had drunk too much.
After Su Chen walked out of the hall, his expression turned serious for a moment and he quickly left the palace.
There is an insider in the city defense camp. At this moment, the two southeast gates of Kyoto have been opened, and tens of thousands of rebels have poured into Kyoto. Their purpose is clear, and they are divided into several groups and go directly to the official residences.
The gates of those houses were kicked open, and the rebels in armor barged in with swords. If they were blocked by the servants and guards, they were killed directly. They had lists in their hands with the names and number of the family members of each official. They wanted one. Many of them are under control.
For a moment, the residential area was filled with the frightened shouts of women and the cries of children. If some children from aristocratic families dared to resist, they would be beaten directly, not to death, but until they were honest.
After Su Chen left the palace, there was chaos outside. He released a cloud of fireworks. The soldiers in the city defense camp took advantage of the situation and drew their swords to kill some of the rebels in the city defense camp and the rebel leader.
This traitor was none other than his colleague who was the general of the city defense battalion with him. At that time, one of them was in charge of the northwest gate and the other in charge of the southeast gate.
The deputy general has been in this position for ten years, while Su Chen has only been in this position for more than a year, but because of his relationship with the prince, he directly became the general.
He was naturally unconvinced and had always had resentment. The Marquis of Shunde had always been in contact with Murong Sheng. It was the Marquis of Shunde who contacted him to instigate rebellion and asked him to open the city gates and let the rebels enter the capital.
He has been in this position for ten years, and many of his subordinates are very loyal to him. He deliberately replaced the southeast gate with his own people to allow the rebels to enter the city. However, he did not know that this was all intentional by Su Chen. Rebels, no one can escape.
Almost as soon as the fireworks were released, the deputy general looked at tens of thousands of rebels entering the city with great pride, imagining his future glory and wealth.
The next second, a long sword was placed on his neck, and he was slashed across the neck without mercy.
If he is a mole, then Su Chen will also plant a mole. The deputy staff officer turned around and looked at the loyal dogleg who usually followed him, covering the blood marks on his neck, with a look of disbelief on his face, and fell into a pool of blood unwillingly.
He was seen holding a blood-stained sword, and the soldiers from the city defense camp who rebelled with the deputy general all raised their swords to chop at him.
Immediately, Su Chen's men drew their bows and surrounded them.
"Zhu Liang is dead. Those who don't want to die, and those who want to be punished and meritorious service, please join me and follow the general to kill the rebels!"
At this time, only fools will continue to avenge a dead person. They can only kneel down and obey the arrangements.
The rebels have arrived at the gate of the palace, numbering thirty thousand.
As for Xishan Camp, a hundred miles away from Kyoto, no letters were sent out. Even if they came to support, they would have to wait until tomorrow morning.
The imperial army in the palace plus the imperial guards only numbered 5,000 people, and the city defense camp had 8,000 people, but they had already controlled less than half of them.
There are still some people who are capturing hostages. In terms of numbers, the rebels have the upper hand.
Su Chen led two thousand city defense battalion soldiers to guard the Suzaku Gate, another two thousand at the Qinglong Gate, and two thousand at the White Tiger Gate.
The remaining two thousand people are some of the people controlled by Zhu Liang, and some of the people he dares to support are now on their way.
As for the Xuanwu Gate, the commander of the Forbidden Army and his men were guarding it.
