In Fengtian Hall, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty was sitting on the throne, with many ministers on both sides.

Zhu Cilang entered the hall, but did not attract attention for a while, because everyone's eyes were focused on the center of the hall.

There, two men dressed in eunuchs stood proudly, one of whom had thin eyebrows, small eyes, and sleeves, and had a gloomy face. He spoke in a duck voice: "Du Xun said so much, please think carefully. The King of Chuang is now besieging the city and will conquer the capital soon. If that time comes, I am afraid that your Majesty will not be able to leave a whole body!"

"Du Xun? It turned out to be him." This person's information suddenly appeared in Zhu Cixuan's mind.

Du Xun, the former governor of the Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty, monitored eunuchs.

A eunuch sounds inconspicuous, but it is not.

The system of the Ming Dynasty was quite strange, and the emperor naturally controlled everything, but in terms of specific political affairs, there were the "inner dynasty" mainly composed of the ritual supervisors and the "outer dynasty" mainly composed of cabinet civil officials. For example, the eunuchs such as Liu Jin and the nine thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian were the leaders of the inner dynasty.

Before leaving Xuanfu, Du Xun was a high eunuch in the inner court, second only to Cao Huachun, Wang Huamin, Wang Chengen and others. The Xuanfu was the throat of the capital. Emperor Chongzhen asked Du Xun as the Xuanfu supervisor, and obviously trusted Du Xun very much.

But what I never expected was that as soon as the bandits arrived at Xuanfu, Du Xun went out to accept the surrender thirty miles away.

After the fall of Xuanfu, the thieves entered the capital without any obstacles!

Unexpectedly, after doing such a thing, Du Xun dared to return to the capital as a thief envoy and come to Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhu Cixuan took a deep breath, pressed the pistol safety, and walked slowly forward.

After Du Xun finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen on the throne looked extremely ugly.

This Chongzhen Emperor, who was reigned for 17 years, was frugal and wanted to work hard to govern, but he did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would become more and more chaotic. Now he was under the city by Li Chuang's troops, and even the capital could not be saved!

Emperor Chongzhen coughed and said slowly: "I have certainly understood what Li... King Chuang means. But this matter is very important, and I still need to discuss it with the ministers to reach a conclusion."

Du Xun couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Discussion? Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you really can't see the situation clearly! Do Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty have any capital to bargain with the King of Chuang? Du Xun said bluntly that if Your Majesty and the people here still want to survive, open the city and surrender quickly! If it's too late, I'm afraid that the King of Chuang will be angry. This is the Queen of Zhou and other concubines, princes, and princesses, it will be difficult to deal with!"

While speaking, Du Xun showed a proud expression on his face.

As a eunuch, he is destined to be a cattle and a horse for the royal family for the rest of his life.

But now, seeing that the once lofty emperor, His Majesty, was at a loss and forced to retreat by Du Xun's few words, Du Xun also had a strange pleasure in his heart!

At this moment, Zhu Cilang spoke calmly.

"The survival or death of the Zhu royal family is also something that you can question if you are a mere eunuch who has no bird egg and has no son or grandson?"

When Du Xun heard this, he was immediately angry and turned around and happened to meet Zhu Cilang's gaze.

Although Zhu Cilang is only fifteen years old, he is even half a head taller than Du Xun, which feels quite condescending.

Of course, Du Xun recognized Zhu Cilang. After a moment of silence, he suddenly laughed out loud: "I said who it is, it turns out to be the crown prince. Now that the Ming Dynasty is about to perish, it's a pity that His Royal Highness, although his prince is only a few steps away from the throne, he will never ascend to the end of his life!"

Du Xun's retort was also quite fierce. He now doesn't even take Chongzhen, the Ming Emperor, seriously. Prince? What is that?

Most importantly, Du Xun needs to use these actions to prove to all the ministers who are swaying in the hall that the royal family of the Ming Dynasty is just a group of waste, and the real new master of the Ming Dynasty has arrived outside the city at this moment, waiting for everyone to surrender!

Is Du Xun afraid? He is not afraid.

Because behind him is Li Zicheng, the King of Chuang, because the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the King of Chuang have now surrounded the entire city of Beijing.

In Du Xun's view, he is the incarnation of Li Zicheng, the King of Breaking!

What should be afraid of is not him, but the wise ruler and minister in this hall, including the Crown Prince Zhu Ciying!

But is this really the case?

After hearing Du Xun's words, Zhu Cilang was not angry, but smiled slightly and said, "The Ming Dynasty has not yet perished, but I can guarantee that you will not be able to walk out of this hall alive today."

After saying that, Zhu Cilang's hand holding the pistol in his sleeve began to tremble a little.

He has never killed anyone in his two lives, and he is a little excited to think about it.

When Du Xun heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "It's interesting. I didn't expect that in the Ming Dynasty, the prince who has not even grown all the birds. Prince, if you could ascend the throne seventeen years ago, you might be able to make a difference. Unfortunately, the King of Chuang is coming with great momentum, and all the best in the world are in the hands of the King of Chuang. You are just a young man. Do you still want to go against the will of heaven?"

After saying that, Du Xun stepped forward two steps, came to Zhu Cixuan, and sneered: "Crown Prince, I'm standing here, do you want to see how you kill me?"

As he said that, Du Xun stretched out his head and shook it twice in front of Zhu Cilang, his backing hairline was quite conspicuous.

As soon as Du Xun finished speaking, Zhu Ciyang poked his hand out of his sleeve and pressed his pistol on Du Xun's forehead, and his tone was calm: "Do you really think I can't kill you?"

As soon as Zhu Cilang's action came out, everyone in the palace was startled.

Although the shape of this sand eagle pistol seems quite strange to these wise rulers and ministers, everyone is knowledgeable and immediately thinks of another thing - a short musket.

In the Ming Dynasty, muskets were not a rare weapon. They were used on the battlefield as early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also famous muskets such as "Hongwu Muskets" and "Yongle Muskets".

When Du Xun saw the pistol, his face suddenly changed.

Is Du Xun afraid of death? Of course he is afraid, otherwise he would not have surrendered to Li Zicheng.

The reason why he dared to enter the city on his own initiative and to show off his power in front of Chongzhen was because he had served Chongzhen for so many years and knew that the emperor was indecisive and no matter how much he humiliated Chongzhen, he would have no worries about his life.

But now, Zhu Cilang's gun was pressing against his forehead, and Du Xun's life and death were really only in Zhu Cilang's thoughts.

Du Xun was frightened and his voice began to tremble: "You, Prince, I... Prince, you can't kill me, otherwise you will not let you go after the King of Bing entered the city! Your Majesty, your Majesty, speak quickly!"
Chapter completed!