Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 5 Please call me Your Majesty!

Zhu Youtang sat in the Qianqing Palace, looking out calmly.

The air was becoming increasingly stuffy and the rain was slow to fall, making people feel annoyed.

At this moment, a few muffled thunders suddenly sounded in the sky, indicating that rain was about to fall.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager Zhou has ordered that Your Majesty go to the Cining Palace to pay respects."

Huai En walked quickly forward and whispered in Zhu Youtang's ear.

"No, let her come to see me in the Qianqing Palace."

"Here."

Soon, the news that Zhu Youtang refused to pay his respects to the Cining Palace spread back to the Cining Palace.

After hearing Zhu Youtang's reply, Empress Dowager Zhou was so angry that she smashed the teacup beside her.

"Bastard thing!"

"How can an unfilial person govern the world?"

"Has he completely forgotten all the principles I taught him before?"

"Unfilial descendants! Unfilial descendants!"

Empress Dowager Zhou was both angry and anxious, pacing back and forth in the Cining Palace.

The air pressure in the Cining Palace seemed to have dropped, and the palace maids and eunuchs all around knelt on the ground, trembling.

Wei Xing, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, ran in anxiously, leaned close to Empress Dowager Zhou's ear and whispered a report.

"My queen, the palace has been under martial law for some reason, and my men can't get out."

"But I have already released the Jinyiwei pigeon, and the news was successfully transmitted."

"But the wind in the palace seems to be blowing in a wrong direction. Your Majesty should be careful."

Empress Dowager Zhou sneered: "Why? In this palace, I still act according to Tang'er's mood?"

"Tian'er was raised by me, how dare he rebel against me?"

No one dared to answer Empress Dowager Zhou's words. She hesitated for a moment and asked Wei Xing, "Are the people from the East Factory ready?"

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 300 Dongchang guards in the palace, and they are all near the Cining Palace."

Empress Dowager Zhou gradually felt at ease and immediately walked out of the palace.

"Okay, doesn't Tang'er want me to go see him?"

"Then I'll go see him!"

"Someone, come and drive to the Qianqing Palace!"

"Here!"

……

Qianqing Palace.

The eunuch's singing was heard outside the palace: "The Empress Dowager has arrived!"

finally come!

Zhu Youtang put down the memorial in his hand and walked out of the palace slowly.

Before he could leave the palace, he met the angry Empress Dowager Zhou at the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

Without waiting for Zhu Youtang to salute, Empress Dowager Zhou questioned him harshly.

"Tian'er, you must give me an explanation for this matter!"

"Why did you keep the memorial I sent you earlier?"

Zhu Youtang said in a cold tone: "I think that although the Kaizhong method has many inconveniences, the Zhese method is even more inappropriate. I will not allow the ancestral system to be changed."

"Besides, approving and stamping documents is my power. The Empress Dowager bypassed me and communicated with the cabinet privately, which is a big taboo of the harem interfering in government affairs!"

A trace of panic flashed across Empress Dowager Zhou's face, but she quickly calmed down.

"Tian'er, you are still young and don't understand politics."

"I am only handling government affairs on your behalf. If you are willing to rule the country yourself, then just follow my lead and learn from me."

"But why did you kill Liang Fang without authorization?!"

Outside the palace, there was a flash of lightning, followed by several muffled thunders.

Zhu Youtang had a blank expression on his face: "I can't kill a eunuch?"

"It would be fine if he was just an ordinary eunuch, but you clearly know that Liang Fang is my person."

Zhu Youtang glared at Empress Dowager Zhou: "What do you mean, your people?"

"I only know that all the eunuchs, officials, and people under heaven are my people!"

Empress Dowager Zhou was speechless for a moment, then her face darkened: "Tian'er, are you going to disobey my order?!"

"The world belongs to me! I am the ruler of a country! My orders are the imperial decrees! How can you disobey my orders?"

Empress Dowager Zhou exclaimed: "Tian'er..."

Zhu Youtang roared: "Please address me as Your Majesty!" "Crack!"

A loud thunderclap sounded, and the heavy rain that had been brewing for a long time finally fell!

The face of Empress Dowager Zhou looked even paler under the reflection of the lightning.

When he looked at Zhu Youtang in front of him, he actually felt a sense of fear.

It is the fear of losing power.

Queen Mother Zhou trembled slightly: "Disrespectful and unfilial, disrespectful and unfilial! This is a heinous act!"

"From today on, I will confine you to your house. Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity!"

"Someone, come! Guard the Qianqing Palace for me!"

After Empress Dowager Zhou gave the order, the surroundings remained quiet and no one rushed in.

Zhu Youtang stood where he was, sneering.

"Where are the people? Where are my people?"

Seeing no one coming, Empress Dowager Zhou also felt a little panicked.

Wei Xing was also sweating profusely: "Big boss! Hurry up and bring your men out. Do you dare not listen to the queen's words?"

In the heavy rain outside the palace, someone finally walked out slowly.

But the person who came was Huai En, and there seemed to be some blood smell on his body.

Huai En bowed respectfully to Zhu Youtang and said, "Your Majesty, all the people have been eliminated, a total of 300 people."

Huai En waved his hand behind him, and hundreds of Dongchang soldiers walked out of the rainy night with cold knives in their hands and covered in blood.

Around everyone's waist, there were one or two human heads, still dripping with blood.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Among the people brought by Empress Dowager Zhou, some were so frightened that they fell to the ground and trembled.

The Empress Dowager Zhou and Wei Xing also looked pale.

He didn't understand when Zhu Youtang had cultivated such a huge force in the palace?

But he still has hope, and he still has the Royal Guards...

"Your Majesty, Jinyiwei Commander Mou Bin requests to see you!"

"Xuan."

Mou Bin strode over with a tray in his hand, which was also covered with a white cloth.

"Your Majesty, I, Mou Bin, pay my respects to you!"

Zhu Youtang waved his hand and said, "Give the gift to the Empress Dowager."

"Yes!"

Mou Bin walked forward and placed the tray in front of Empress Dowager Zhou.

Zhu Youtang smiled: "Grand Empress Dowager, are you waiting for this?"

"Open it and take a look."

Empress Dowager Zhou stretched out her hand tremblingly and lifted the bloodstained white cloth.

Under the white cloth, Wantong, Zhou Ping and Zhou Yi’s heads were staring at her!
"Crack!"

There was another muffled thunder, and the lightning illuminated the bloody head, shattering the psychological defenses of Empress Dowager Zhou.

"Wantong, Ping'er, Yi'er..."

Empress Dowager Zhou staggered two steps and finally fell to the ground, staring at the three heads in front of her with a blank face.

As soon as Wan Tong died, Empress Dowager Zhou realized that all the confidants he had placed in the Jinyiwei had been uprooted by Zhu Youtang.

Having lost the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, she completely lost control of the harem.

Moreover, Zhou Ping and Zhou Yi were also executed by Zhu Youtang. Then what will happen next?

Empress Dowager Zhou didn't dare to think about it too much, fear spread deep in her heart.

Wei Xing had already knelt on the ground, kowtowing like crazy: "Your Majesty, please calm down, please calm down!"

Zhu Youtang looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, and said indifferently: "I will obey your order."

Huai En, the director of the Eastern Depot, and Mou Bin, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, both looked serious and knelt down quickly to listen to the order.

"The old servant Huai En and the subject Mou Bin will listen to the emperor's order."

"Grand Empress Dowager Zhou violated the ancestral teachings, colluded with the cabinet, and disrupted government affairs. Now she is stripped of her title and demoted to a commoner!"

"Enter Qingning Palace immediately. No one is allowed to enter or leave Qingning Palace without my permission!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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