The place where Yan

Qing was hiding was actually no stranger to Zhao Yuan.

Ningxuan Temple.

Ten years ago, Beiqi troops came to the city. Although Jiang Weiren at the time insisted that the Holy Emperor should not leave the capital, he had secretly made the worst plan and asked Emperor Zhao Yuan and the two queen mothers to leave the palace incognito and hide in Ningxuan Temple. Here, if the city is really broken, you can go out through the adjacent Wansheng Gate.

It's just that Yan Qing didn't go with him at the beginning, but went directly to Nanxunmen to fight against the enemy with Jiang Weiren. Zhao Yuan naturally didn't expect that now she was hiding in Ningxuan Temple.

But if you think about it carefully, you can understand Zhang Fang's intention. Zhao Yuan ordered the nine gates to be sealed. Yan Qing could not get out at all, and leaving the city rashly would only expose his whereabouts. It was better to hide in secret. And this Wansheng Gate is the most remote among the nine gates of the Imperial Capital. If Beiqi really attacks and has the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to escape from the city, it would be best to go here.

It was also because of these many considerations that Jiang Weiren hid the emperor and the two queen mothers in Lingxuan Temple so that they could escape from Wansheng Gate during the chaos.

Zhao Yuan summoned the commander of the Nanya Forbidden Army and asked him to lead his troops to surround Ningxuan Temple and wait for him to go.

"Has everything in the palace been taken care of?" he asked the eunuch beside him.

"Everything has been prepared. As you ordered, the carriage will be light and easy. However, the imperial concubine is eight months old now. If she travels by carriage and horse at this moment, I am afraid that the imperial concubine's body will be overwhelmed."

Zhao Yuan frowned. Since Zhang Fang's death, He never saw Xue Shiying again, and he didn't even care about the child in her belly. In fact, it was not the child that he cared about. All he ever wanted was her.

In the past, he loved to deceive himself, and deceiving himself for a long time would always win her some sincerity. Now that he has seen her feelings for Jiang Weiren clearly, he has completely awakened.

"Just bring a few more imperial doctors." He said indifferently, "Even if she dies, she can only die by my side."

Seeing his expression, the eunuch did not dare to ask any more questions about this matter. He just said: "Your Majesty, Beiqi has now occupied Zhuozhou and is about to send troops to declare the city. Time is tight. Since everything is ready, when will we leave the capital?"

"When I finish this last thing... ..." His eyes were cold, "Prepare the carriage and horses, I want to go to Ningxuan Temple in person."

The eunuch left in response. Zhao Yuan got up and walked to the window. The heavy snow in the middle of winter was still white outside.

It's winter again...

His father died in winter ten years ago, and Beiqi also broke through in that winter. He ascended the throne as emperor ten years ago in the frosty weather, and now he has to leave on such a winter day. Imperial Capital.

Perhaps, he really was not an emperor in this life.

Now looking back on the turmoil of the past year, Zhao Yuan knew that he had made too many wrong steps. He should not have rashly attacked Jiang Weiren when his foundation was not stable, and he should not have fought for power with the chief minister when he was facing internal and external troubles. The state affairs were delayed because of personal hatred.

He is too impulsive and swayed by his emotions.

But until now, it has been of no use, and now there is only this last thing left.

He laughed softly and said slowly: "If it is wrong, then be wrong to the end..."

Xue Shiying was right at the beginning. Although he heard everything Wen Ying said, he was unwilling to accept that fact from the bottom of his heart.

He could be ruthless towards Jiang Weiren and personally arrange Xiuling's killing move, but he really couldn't do anything about her. He ordered her to be placed under house arrest. He also kept using her affair with Jiang Weiren and using her against her. His father's betrayal came to convince him.

Zhao Yuan knew in his heart that he had never thought of killing her from beginning to end.

Being bound by emotions has always been his biggest shortcoming. The emperor's art has always been cold-hearted and unfeeling.

Then just be a real loner and these things will eventually come to an end.

The departing eunuch hurriedly entered the palace again. Zhao Yuan had already prepared his carriage and horses and was about to set off. The eunuch had already reported hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Ji Changshu, the commander of the Beiya Shenwei Battalion, is leading the five thousand Shenwei Battalion." The imperial army surrounded Ningxuan Temple, claiming that Queen Mother Shengyi Fengjia was inside and no one was allowed to approach. "

"What!" Zhao Yuan exclaimed, and after thinking for a moment, he ordered in a deep voice, "Then send the order to Nanya. , saying that the person inside was not the Queen Mother Shengyi at all, but the murderer who murdered the Queen Mother Ciyi. Ji Changshu was treasonous and colluded with the murderer. He should be punished for his crime, so that the people of Nanya did not have to worry and attacked directly. "

Zhao Yuan . He said that the person in Ningxuan Temple was not Yan Qing, but the eunuch knew in his heart that Queen Mother Shengyi was hiding in the temple at this moment, but His Majesty ordered a strong attack at this moment, which was clearly to disregard the Queen Mother's life and death, and even... what he said This last thing was basically to kill Queen Mother Shengyi.

Seeing the panic in the inner prison, Zhao Yuan said coldly: "Go quickly!"

Just when Zhang Fang was sending Yan Qing out of the palace, he had already sent a letter to Ji Changshu, asking him to send someone to secretly guard Ningxuan. It would be best if Zhao Yuan could not find Yan Qing among the dead. If he found him, let the Shenwei Battalion come from the secret passage.

Fortunately, he had such a plan before his death, and Yan Qing's hiding place was actually found by Zhao Yuan.

Ji Changshu personally led people there, using the name of Queen Mother Shengyi. At first, the people in Nanya did not dare to collide, but after half an hour, those people directly drew their swords and rushed in.

Not only that, troops were constantly increasing outside. Fortunately, although Ningxuan Temple was not comparable to Daxiangguo Temple, the terrain inside the temple was open. All the 5,000 people led by Ji Changshu retreated into the temple to resist the attack outside.

Ji Changshu personally stood by Yan Qing's side, and the sound of swords outside became more and more intense.

"Look at this formation, Your Majesty is about to go on a killing spree." He said worriedly.

Yan Qing looked haggard, looking at the torches lighting up the night sky and listening to the noisy shouts of death outside, his eyes dim and his expression sad, "The love between mother and son for so many years has finally come to an end..."

"Empress." Ji Changshu stepped forward and said, "The five thousand men under Weichen can resist for a while, but although the people of the three major battalions have been transferred to Xuancheng, the Nanya and Bingma Division in the center of Beijing plus the forty to fifty thousand from each guard station There are people. If your Majesty continues to mobilize troops, he will definitely attack. At that time, I will lead the elite troops to escort you to break out."

Yan Qing's expression did not change and he just nodded lightly.

It was not until dawn that Zhao Yuan received news that people from Nanya had invaded the temple.

"It took us a whole night to get into the temple. They are all rubbish!" he roared angrily.

"Your Majesty, the North Yamen is different from the South Yamen. The North Yamen are all elite soldiers, especially the Shenwei Battalion, all of which can fight one against a hundred. Ningxuan Temple is next to the market square, and the streets are crisscrossed. The South Yamen Imperial Guards can win despite their numbers. But it's difficult to line up behind the streets, and you can't take advantage of the large number of people, so it's easy to defend but difficult to attack, so it's natural to waste some strength..."

"Then send more people!" Zhao Yuan ordered, "I'm here now. It’s time to leave Beijing, so the Soldiers and Horses Division no longer needs to guard the city gate and can be transferred directly.

By the way, although most of the Shenji Battalion has been transferred to Xuancheng, some of them have been left in the capital to let the Shenji Battalion pass by! The eunuch hurriedly rushed to deliver the order. Zhao Yuan was restless and paced back and forth in the hall. Finally he couldn't help but call out: "Here comes someone! Prepare your carriage and horses. I want to go to Ningxuan Temple in person!"

Just as he walked out of the hall. At that time, I saw Xue Shiying coming through the wind and snow. She was walking up the steps. Now her belly was as big as a basket, and it was very difficult to move. It was still very laborious to be supported by the palace people.

She walked to the hall and heard what he just said, so she stared at him and said, "What are you going to do?"

"Help the concubine back!" he shouted angrily.

Zhao Yuanben issued an order to confine her to the Qionghua Palace. Without his oral instructions, she could not be released. But because he decided to flee the capital in the past two days, except for the queen, he had to take her with him. The Qionghua Palace had to prepare the accompanying things, and they were all busy, so that she could escape in the chaos.

She ran out with Aluan, but could not spread the word, so she walked with difficulty from the Qionghua Palace to the outside of the Manna Palace.

"I won't leave, Zhao Yuan, I won't leave the capital with you!"

"It's not up to you." He said coldly, and after speaking, he walked around her and wanted to rush to Ningxuan Temple.

Her voice came from behind, "Stop!"

Zhao Yuan turned around and saw that she was holding a hairpin, and the sharp end was pressed against his neck.

His heart skipped a beat and he almost screamed out. The fists in his sleeves were clenched, but his face was still cold, "Do you think you can threaten me like this? Xue Shiying, it seems that I was I'm so kind to you, that's why I let you treat my feelings like my own shoes..."

Her hands were trembling, and she could only try to calm herself down, but the tip of the hairpin pierced her skin, and bright red blood beads kept escaping. It was shocking to see her coming out, but she didn't realize it. She just smiled sadly. Her facial features were already beautiful, and her eyes had a desperate smile, like a flower that was extremely bright, as if it was about to wither, but at this moment The most thrilling.

"Although it is difficult to let go of the persistence of youth, Zhao Yuan, I also understand that I cannot force it." Her voice was hoarse and extremely sad, "Whether you believe it or not, I once thought about living a good life with you..."

But he just sneered, "Don't even think about lying to me again..."

Zhao Yuan thought, she was just relying on his love for her, which was her bargaining chip and also his weakness.

"If you want to kill yourself, I won't stop you." He turned his back, not wanting to look at her again, "Don't think that I will compromise if you are pregnant with my child. There are so many women in the world, even Gong. I don’t know how many people are waiting for me to take a look, and you are not the only one who can bear children for me, Xue Shiying..."

Hearing the sound of a ding behind him, which was the sound of a hairpin falling to the ground, he thought that she was just bluffing him. .

In the distance, an internal prison officer came hurriedly, and when he was at the foot of the stone steps, he shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not good!"

He was about to ask, when he heard the exclamation behind him, and turned around to find that she was being held captive. Aluan was holding on, her face was pale, and she was holding her abdomen, frowning in pain, "Child, child..."

Aluan saw that her skirt was wet, and his face turned pale with fear, and said to Zhao Yuan: "Your Majesty , I'm afraid she's going to give birth!"

"Come here, call the imperial doctor!" He called in panic, "Hurry up and help the concubine into Nuan Pavilion, hurry up!"

The eunuch had already arrived in front of Zhao Yuan. He fell to his knees and said, "Your Majesty! A group of people came straight from Nanxunmen to the palace. They said they were entering the palace to serve the king on the order of the chief minister. The imperial guards in the palace tried to stop them, but they just killed them. Come in."

"Chief Assistant? What Chief Assistant!" He kicked the prisoner on the shoulder and said, "The Chief Assistant is dead in Xiuling!"

The man fell to the ground after he kicked him. He stood up and said: "Your Majesty, those people said they wanted to be diligent in the king, but please be kind to them. They are rushing in like this, I'm afraid... I'm afraid they are going to be treasonous!"

That group of people came from propaganda, and there were 20,000 people. On the left and right, the leader of the 12th Battalion was Admiral Wei Xu. Although he had the slogan of being a diligent king, when he came he thought that he would be resisted by the soldiers and horses guarding the city gate and the Nanya Imperial Army in the palace. I thought there was going to be a fierce battle.

Naturally, he didn't know that under Zhao Yuan's order, the Nanyamen of the Bingma Division had transferred their troops to Ningxuan Temple, allowing him to break into the capital effortlessly.

There were thousands of Imperial Guards on duty in the palace, but this was nothing compared to the combat effectiveness of the 12th Battalion. Wei Xu led thousands of elite soldiers in the lead and rushed directly to the front of the Manna Palace.

He didn't expect that Zhao Yuan was standing on the white jade stone steps, as if waiting for him.

The 12th Battalion was the main force of the three major battalions. When Zhao Yuan first mobilized the military department and mobilized generals, he had also seen Wei Xu. At that time, he was not obviously Jiang Weiren's man, so Zhao Yuan did not touch him.

"Wei Xu, you keep claiming to be King Qin, when did I have a decree to call you, and you broke into the palace without permission. Do you know what your crime is?"

"At such a time of national crisis, His Majesty insisted on leaving Beijing. This move shook the morale of the army and endangered the country. I must have been slandered by the traitor, and I came here to protect the Qing Emperor." Wei Xu ordered to the soldiers beside him, "Come, surround the Ganlu Palace and protect your majesty!"

"Wei Xu, you are so brave. "Is it the order given to you?"

Wei Xu replied calmly: "Of course it's Lord Chief Assistant."

"Jiang Weiren?" Zhao Yuan shook his head and murmured, "No way, he can't be alive..."

Wei Xu smiled. He smiled and said, "Don't you know, Your Majesty? Mr. Jiang is in Xuancheng at the moment, leading his army to the army of Zhenbei Qi. As expected, the safety of my great Yu must be carried on one shoulder by the Chief Assistant. Your Majesty asked the minister to protect your Majesty's safety." , I will be in the capital with Your Majesty, waiting for the good news that your Excellency will completely drive out the foreign enemies."