Gu Xingzu was asked and sweated like rain.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Marquis Zhenyuan, relax, don't be so nervous. I'm not judging you. Just tell me the truth about what you have experienced and what you have seen."
I don't want to do anything to the people involved, I just want to know the real situation ahead.
It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, I won't do anything to you. But I have no control over how the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will treat you. Just ask for your own blessings. "
Gu Xingzu was really anxious when he heard this. He was joking. Now all the civil and military ministers are writing to impeach him, demanding that he, the criminal who escaped from the master, be executed immediately and the punishment be given. Now that Zhu Qiyu is done with it, he can really prepare for his funeral.
So Gu Xingzu had to cry and shout to have a heart-to-heart relationship with Zhu Qiyu. The two talked secretly for more than an hour before Zhu Qiyu finally nodded with satisfaction: "Oh, that's it. I'm going back. Marquis Zhenyuan, please rest early."
After that, Zhu Qiyu raised his feet and was about to go home. Gu Xingzu quickly pulled Zhu Qiyu back.
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "The national crisis is a big one, so it's no use. Marquis Zhenyuan doesn't have to worry about the food. I can just go home and eat."
Gu Xingzu replied with an embarrassed look on his face: "No, no, Wei Chen does not want to stay with His Highness for dinner."
Zhu Qiyu was also embarrassed when he heard this: "Huh? You don't want to invite me to dinner, then I'm just being sentimental."
"No, no, I have some small toys to offer to His Highness."
After saying that, Gu Xingzu clapped his hands, and three women walked in.
Zhu Qiyu raised his eyes and saw that all of them were exquisite and beautiful. He couldn't help but praise: "The Marquis of Zhenyuan is so interesting. Is this what your family has raised since childhood?"
Gu Xingzu said with a smile: "Your Highness will laugh at me. I hope your Highness will accept your little care."
Zhu Qiyu smiled helplessly and said: "It's only been a few days, but my lustful habits have become so famous? These girls are beautiful, but Zhenyuan Marquis should keep them for himself, and I won't take away from others.
I haven’t even understood the women in my family yet. Besides, we have to avoid suspicion, otherwise people should say that I took bribes from you to protect you. "
Zhu Qiyu patted Gu Xingzu on the shoulder: "Okay, I'm leaving. There's no need to send him off."
Zhu Qiyu and his party left the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion and just walked outside the gate of their home. Before they were happy, Xing'an, who was waiting at the door, hurriedly greeted them.
Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to cry and asked, "Xing'an, what's the matter?"
Xing'an replied: "Your Highness, the military report from the front, the Queen Mother invites Your Highness to go to Bunren Hall immediately to discuss matters."
Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to drag his tired body into the palace and come to Bunren Hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, he found that the atmosphere was particularly cold. The Empress Dowager said nothing with a cold face, the cabinet also did not speak, and the ministers also looked at each other in silence.
Zhu Qiyu stepped forward and saluted the Queen Mother, and then asked Chen Xun, "Mr. Chen Ge, what's going on?"
Chen Xun replied: "Your Highness, Datong's chief military officer, Guangning Bo Liu An, has returned to Beijing."
Zhu Qiyu turned to Yu Qian and asked, pretending to be confused: "Who issued the edict to let Uncle Guangning return to the capital?"
Yu Qian replied: "Your Highness, Uncle Guang Ning returned to the capital without authorization. He said that he came to report the enemy's situation on His Majesty's orders, and also said that His Majesty had promised to promote him to the title of Marquis."
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he replied: "Since your Majesty has the order, let Liu An be promoted to the Marquis of Guangning. How is the enemy situation ahead?"
The ministers were first stunned by what Zhu Qiyu said. No one expected that His Highness would agree to the title of Marquis so easily, and then they objected fiercely.
Originally, a group of ministers had nowhere to vent their anger, but Zhu Qiyu's flamboyant words of title of marquis completely stung the hornet's nest.
Zhu Qiyu didn't speak or refute, he just sat in a chair in a daze. It wasn't until the ministers were too embarrassed to spray any more that Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "Putting aside the title of marquis for now, state affairs are important. Instead, you can tell us what the military report from the front was that Liu An sent back."
Yu Qian then replied with a bitter face: "A few days ago, your majesty was once again kidnapped by the bandits and brought to Datong City. His majesty ordered Yuan Bin to enter the city and collect the property of Song Ying, the Marquis of Xining, Bo Zhu Mian of Wu Jin, and Guo Jing, the internal official. He took out the python dragon clothes and other items of the three people and gave them to Ye Xian and others.
He also ordered the guard general Guo Deng to prepare enough wine and meat to reward the troops in advance. "
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he put his hand on his forehead and felt a headache: "That's all. He had just been crying and swearing and bragging at the Marquis Mansion in Xining in the morning." As a result, you told me this afternoon that even the Marquis of Xining's family income in Datong was taken away and given to him first.
How will I behave like you do in the future? How will the people of Xininghou Mansion see me in the future?
Seeing this, Yu Qian continued: "That night, His Majesty was stationed twenty miles west of the city. Guo Deng sent people to inform Yuan Bin that he wanted to sneak into the prison camp at night while it was dark, and welcome His Majesty to the Shifo Temple on the outskirts of the city. Find another opportunity to enter the city.
Yuan Bin relayed the news to His Majesty, but His Majesty said: My destiny is in heaven. If I do this now, if nothing happens, I will take it on my own.
His Majesty was afraid of an accident, so he rejected Guo Deng's proposal. "
Zhu Qiyu understood what he was saying and didn't keep the emperor's guard tightly at first. However, the emperor didn't dare to try to escape, so he could only follow him and wander around between Xuanfu and Datong.
But Yexian neither dared to attack Datong, Xuanfu nor Juyongguan.
Then the Ministry of War also told me that there would be 100,000 cavalry first, and the troops would be unstoppable.
Isn’t this all inconsistent?
But Zhu Qiyu didn't dare to say or ask.
Since the Ministry of War dares to say that it will capture the capital immediately and destroy the Ming Dynasty, then I dare to believe it.
Whether you believe it or not, not only did I believe it first, but I also want to persuade the Queen Mother to believe it quickly.
However, before Zhu Qiyu could speak, Empress Dowager Sun spoke first: "King Qi, Chen Xun just proposed to me that it is difficult to welcome the emperor back for a while, and the country cannot be without a king for a day. So I hope you will respect the emperor as your king." The Supreme Emperor, I will appoint you as the emperor to calm the world. What do you think, King Qi?"
Zhu Qiyu was stunned when he heard this: So that's it. No wonder the atmosphere was so tense when he first entered the palace.
There was no room for thinking about this matter, so Zhu Qiyu immediately knelt down and angrily said: "This is a mistake for the country. Even if a new king is appointed, the crown prince Zhu Jianshen should be made emperor.
I would like to temporarily supervise the country for the Crown Prince. Once I welcome my brother back, I will immediately return to the vassal territory to join the vassal. I would like to ask the Queen Mother for advice. "
When Chen Xun, Yu Qian, Gao Gu, Wang Wen and others heard this, they all knelt down and shouted: "The country depends on the eldest king. If the crown prince is established as the emperor, and the young master is suspicious of the country, our Ming Dynasty will be in danger. I firmly request that the king of Qi be established as the emperor." Emperor, please give me a clear warning from the Queen Mother."
Only a few people, including Wang Zhi and Hu Hui, stood there, noncommittal.
Zhu Qiyu stood up and scolded the ministers, but the ministers ignored him and only asked to make Zhu Qiyu emperor.
Empress Dowager Sun was also very confused. Jin Yiwei Ma Shun had been beaten to death by the ministers. Now even if she gave Jin Yiwei an order to suppress all officials, could Jin Yiwei still respect Yi's order?
Jin Yiwei is not a fool. When his chief officer was beaten to death by the ministers, the Queen Mother did not even say a word. Now the Jin Yiwei is asked to go up and fight with the minister, so a fool rushes forward.
Now the only one who dares to confront the ministers is Zhu Qiyu, who is being recommended by the ministers.
Besides, even if Jin Yiwei goes crazy and really dares to suppress the ministers, so what, we can't kill all the officials, right? If you really dare to kill hundreds of officials, you don't have to attack first. The imperial court will just disperse by itself.
Yu Qian saw that the Queen Mother Sun was silent, and then said: "Queen Mother Qi, now all the people in the capital who can run are running to Nanjing. Even those who have official positions and cannot run away themselves are trying their best to move their families to Nanjing. Delivered to Nanjing.
If the Queen Mother does not make up her mind to appoint a new king and calm people's hearts, the ministers will soon start running away. Then what's the point of you and the prince guarding an empty Beijing city? "
Queen Mother Sun was threatened by the minister, and she was a little shaken. She had to ask Zhu Qiyu: "King Qi, what do you think, is it really serious to this extent?"
Zhu Qiyu replied: "The matter is far from that. There are still 100,000 soldiers and horses in the capital, and King Qin's army has also arrived one after another. After making the emperor's eldest son the emperor, he rewarded the soldiers generously and accumulated grain and grass, so the capital can be protected without worries.
I would like to personally lead the main force of the Ming army to fight against the Wala army outside the city. With Yang Hong and other fierce generals around, I will be able to take Ye's head first and present it to the Queen Mother. "
Empress Dowager Sun shook her head when she heard this. Zhu Qiyu's bragging was all over the place, and now even a woman in the palace like Empress Dowager Sun couldn't believe it.
After another long silence, Queen Mother Sun replied: "I am exhausted, let's discuss it tomorrow."
After saying that, Queen Mother Sun stood up and left.
Zhu Qiyu hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, please stay. I have something else to report."
