school flower genius

Chapter 1212 The Bad News Comes

The imperial guards present can be regarded as veterans. In the palace, how many political struggles have they seen that make people talk about it?How many once invincible families perished on the land of the capital?Striking, palace fighting, official fighting, coup d'etat, rebellion...the Imperial Forest Army has more or less been in contact with all kinds of major events.

However, to this day, none of the well-informed imperial guards present could have imagined that Emperor Huangji would have a day when he would be assassinated by others!
Judging from the height and wearable appearance of the corpse on the ground, the person on the ground is definitely Emperor Huangji. Who is Emperor Huangji?The real dragon emperor who rules hundreds of millions of people!The supreme figure in all levels of the Kingdom of Absolute Beginning!
Such a character would be assassinated!And it was a success, there was no sign before, and it happened so suddenly that no one was mentally prepared, and no one expected that Emperor Huangji would eventually die in the hands of the assassin.

"What to do, you ask me, who am I asking?!" Gu Changyi on the side only felt that one head and two big ones. He, the Imperial Forest Army General, has always been appointed recently, and he spent a whole 20 taels of snowflakes in silver. It was accumulated after searching for more than ten years of people's fat and people's anointing,

Originally, I hoped that after I served as the imperial forest army, I would not seek meritorious deeds but seek no faults. I would spend two or three years in peace and stability, and then I would be transferred to a civil servant to be a county magistrate. Before he could secure the seat under his buttocks, the emperor was killed.

It is impossible to say how loyal Gu Changyi is to the royal family, he just wants to make a fortune by relying on the big tree of the Huangji clan, but who knows, if the windfall has not been made, he may still suffer Prison disaster.

Shangguan Jiecheng was dismissed by Mingsheng just because his concubine was kidnapped, and he was almost dismissed. What he met now was the emperor who was killed, and the most important person in Taichu Kingdom. Even if his own father died suddenly, he would not die. , and now he is dead!

How could the court let him go for such a big matter?

Thinking of this, Gu Changyi's face was covered with cold sweat, he was so distracted that he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Master Gu, what should we do now?" The young man who asked the question asked again, and he was quite frightened when he saw the corpse in the upper study room. He recovered from the shock and fear.

"Wipe off the blood at the door, and lock up the upper study first. You all stay here. I'll inform the queen to make the decision." Gu Changyi said.

This is also an unavoidable way. The emperor died suddenly, and the country's decision-making would naturally be handed over to the queen or the prince, but now the prince is still hostage to the enemy country, and there is only the queen in the palace. It's time to let her know.

Seeing Gu Changyi leaving in a hurry, the Imperial Forest Army present did not dare to neglect, and immediately followed Gu Changyi's instructions to wipe off the blood on the ground, and then closed the door tightly, temporarily blocking the news of the emperor's death .

For a while, Han Qing, who was meditating at Mo's house, suddenly heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he found several court ladies and eunuchs.

"What are you looking for me for?" Han Qing said.

It is already night now, and of course he would not be happy to come to him in the middle of the night, even though he knew that these court ladies and eunuchs were likely to belong to the Emperor Huangji, but because the Emperor Huangji opened the Qingyang Gate without asking why, he would not be happy. The fact that he was in control made Han Qing very unhappy, so he didn't look very good when facing his people.

"The queen has a decree. Master Xuan Han will see you when he enters the palace." The eunuch at the door said in a high-pitched voice.

Queen?Han Qing was taken aback, and thought to himself, how could it be the queen looking for me?This lady has already lost power in the palace, and her status is not as good as that of Concubine Yi, and I heard that Emperor Huangji has long planned to abolish the empress, this woman summons me now, if Emperor Huangji becomes suspicious, I will How to go the way?
Thinking of this, Han Qing planned to refuse.

Who knew that the eunuch added another sentence at this time, saying: "The Empress said, if Mr. Han refuses to obey the edict, the prime minister will drive Mr. Han out of Wangjing City."

"Dare to ask eunuch, why did the queen summon me?" Han Qing hesitated, stuffed a bank note into the sleeve of eunuch in front of him, and then said in a low voice.

"Lord Han, it's a big deal." The father-in-law said in Han Qing's ear with great interest: "Prime Minister Mo and King Sima Xiaojun have already entered the palace, and we will wait for you, Lord Han."

Han Qing was taken aback, and thought to himself, what is the big deal, you want to come to me in the middle of the night?And even Sima Kou and Prime Minister Mo have gone, presumably the matter must be serious, if I don't go, I will not give the queen face, the queen will definitely deal with me afterwards, although this woman has lost power, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse , the arm is still unable to twist the thigh, if this woman intends to retaliate against me, I will be in a very difficult situation in the future.

Thinking of this, Han Qing nodded and said, "Okay, since the queen is looking for me, it must be a big deal. I'll go with my father-in-law now."

Soon, Han Qing went to the palace with a few eunuchs and court ladies, and then, to Han Qing's surprise, these people did not take him to the queen's bedroom, but went to the emperor's bedroom, feeling a little nervous Han Qing, who was suspicious, couldn't help but have a playful look on his face.

"Master Han, go in, the queen is waiting for you inside." When he walked outside the emperor's bedroom, he saw the eunuch suddenly stop, turned his head and said to Han Qing.

Han Qing froze for a moment, glanced at the brightly lit, but closed door of the emperor's bedroom, hesitated for a moment, and without asking why, he pushed the door and walked in.

"This?" Unexpectedly, Han Qing, who was originally calm, suddenly became surprised when he entered the bedroom.

There was a covered person lying on the dragon bed, and the queen was sitting on the side, weeping in a low voice. Prime Minister Mo and Sima Kou were kneeling in front of the dragon bed at this time, and the faces of several people looked very ugly, especially Prime Minister Mo. , the worry between the brows is stronger than that of anyone present.

"What happened?" Han Qing stood at the door. The door was closed. When he entered the room, he scanned the person lying on the bed with his consciousness, and found that it was a corpse, even his head was covered. The person was chopped off, and after all, he had only just come to Taichu Kingdom not long ago, so it was naturally impossible to recognize that the person lying on the bed was Emperor Huangji just from his body shape.

"Your Majesty has passed away!" Prime Minister Mo turned his head and said in a very disappointed mood.

"Dead?" Han Qing was taken aback for a moment, how could he have thought of this result, Emperor Huangji was actually dead!Moreover, he died so suddenly that he was not mentally prepared at all.

"How did Your Majesty die?" Han Qing said solemnly. The emperor died, but all the people of the Taichu Kingdom should leave some horse urine. However, because Han Qing is not from the Taichu Kingdom, the Emperor Huangji My impression of him was not very good, even though I knew he was dead, I didn't feel the slightest bit of grief, but there was a sense of crisis that was about to come.

You know, although Emperor Huangji passed away, the Kingdom of Taichu is still there, and the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are still there. Emperor Huangji is dead, but the various struggles surrounding power have not yet ended. These struggles will not be caused by Emperor Huangji. After all, when Emperor Huangji was alive, these struggles could be balanced a little bit, but now that Emperor Huangji is dead, how can these people who participated in the struggle be able to fight? suppress?
And once the emperor dies, all kinds of careerists will appear in an instant. In this case, civil strife is very likely to occur in Taichu Kingdom, although in this process, Han Qing can be a speculator and consolidate I have the status of the Taichu Kingdom, but because my backer is Emperor Huangji, now that the backer is dead, without the backer, let alone being a speculator, I am afraid that there is no possibility of even settling down.

Realizing this, how could Han Qing not have the slightest crisis in his heart?

However, even if his heart is full of crisis now, in the case of Huangji Emperor has passed away, no matter how big the crisis is, it will not help at all. He can only accept the scene in front of him honestly, because it is impossible for him to let Huangji Emperor die. back to life.

"Assassinated." At this time, the queen who was sitting on the side crying, said in a hoarse voice.

Regardless of whether she has a husband and wife relationship with Emperor Huangji or not, as a queen, if she did not even shed a tear when the emperor died, she would definitely be ridiculed by the subjects of the world. Out of consideration for her own reputation, even if she and Huangji now The relationship between the emperor is already like strangers, and even the situation is like fire and water, so he has to cry a little bit to set an example for the subjects of the world.

"Assassination?" Han Qing was stunned, and said: "The gate of the palace is heavily guarded, with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and various restrictions. How could it be possible for an assassin to sneak in? How could it be possible not to be noticed after entering the palace? "

"The Ai family has already arrested Gu Changyi who was in charge of patrolling the upper study room. According to his account, before His Majesty passed away, the last generation of the upper study room was peaceful, and they didn't find anything abnormal," said the queen.

"So the imperial forest army doesn't know the identity of the assassin at all?" Han Qing asked.

"That's right." The Queen nodded and said, "Han Qing, Your Majesty valued you the most during his lifetime. He actually wanted to promote you by letting you join the Imperial Forest Army. I can also know a thing or two, now that His Majesty is dead, Ai's family passed you into the palace, just want to ask you, what do you think about this matter?"

"What do you think?" Han Qing was stunned, not knowing how to answer the queen, secretly said, want to ask me what do you think?Simple, mourn first, then go home to sleep, in the middle of the night, you still want me to wake him up?This matter should be done by members of your royal family, it's none of my business!
"General Hai is about to enter the capital. The Ai family would like to ask you, what do you plan to do with him?" the queen asked.

The sea general who won the battle on the battlefield was originally in a triumphant posture, waiting for the welcome of the Emperor Huangji, but now that the Emperor Huangji has passed away, let alone the reception, the reward may still be in vain. Not the worst of it.

The most serious thing is that General Hai is now serving as the commander of the squadron, and his men have brought hundreds of thousands of troops into Beijing. Now that Emperor Huangji has passed away, hundreds of thousands of troops have fallen into the hands of General Hai. Any evil thought is enough to wipe out the members of the royal family. At that time, the members of the royal family can be said to be unable to escape.

It was precisely because of this thought that the empress hurriedly summoned Han Qing, intending to hear his opinion. After all, Emperor Huangji had shown his appreciation for the latter in front of her more than once before his death, and the empress just took this opportunity to investigate Take a look to see if Han Qing really has the extraordinary talent that Emperor Huangji admired so much.

(End of this chapter)