Chapter 60: Palace Fire
In Yongle Palace, there was chaos at this time, with crying and shouting sounds.
Chen Shou called the princes and their respective eunuchs, one by one, were depressed and frightened.
They have grown up in the deep palace since childhood. When have they seen such a scene? The bloody storm outside and the corpses everywhere were like nightmares.
Chen Shou was a little disappointed. These princes were not as good as the prince. He clasped his fists slightly and said aloud: "Your Highness, the prince has rebelled and detained Your Majesty. It is the critical moment for my life and death. We are fighting in blood, but we have no choice but to have a low status and need a prince to come out to take charge of the overall situation. I wonder who is willing to take responsibility?"
At this time, we must be prepared for both actions, that is, the old Gengyuan Emperor may not be able to survive this palace transformation.
Once the emperor dies, there must be an heir and ascend the throne immediately.
Otherwise, the prince would naturally succeed to the throne, and his group of people would be traitors and would be morally untenable.
The bastard who came to Beijing immediately did things by observing morality, etiquette and law. His identity as a double brother-in-law is probably far less convincing than the orthodox royal family he saw.
After Chen Shou finished speaking, the hall suddenly became quiet. The three princes looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all eager to try, but none of them dared to stand up.
Beside Concubine Zhao, King Bing Zhao Cai was wise and he was about to step out, go to the front, and take charge of the overall situation.
His heart was surging, as if he was about to become the emperor who was highly anticipated and ended the palace transformation that happened in an instant.
Concubine Zhao grabbed him tightly, and Zhao Cai turned around and saw the helplessness and prayer in his mother's eyes, and his eyes turned dark.
Chen Shou was anxious and looked around. There was no one who stood up for such a good opportunity.
When Li Xin comes, the prince will definitely not be able to survive. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
He winked and nodded to Zhao Hong in the crowd.
Zhao Hong looked around and it seemed that Zhao Cai was the only one in front of the person. He slowly went over and kicked Zhao Cai out.
"Bold, which dog..."
Before Chen Shou could finish his scolding, he rushed over and held Zhao Cai's shoulder with both hands, "Your Highness Bin is extremely brave, and I am willing to serve the best of all the time!"
After saying that, he hugged Zhao Cai and walked to a high place. Concubine Zhao's eyes turned black and almost fell down, and was supported by Miao De.
She looked at Miao De, and wanted to speak but stopped. Miao De shook his head and said softly: "There is no way out..."
Chen Shou raised his arms and shouted, and everyone bent down and shouted loudly: "We are willing to go through fire and water for King Bing, and we will die! We will kill the rebels for the Great Qi to correct the world."
It seemed like a fire was burning in Zhao Cai's heart, and the fire outside shone on his face, and the young prince suddenly felt infinite passion.
The other two princes did not dare to stand up, but when they saw Zhao Cai appearing in the limelight, they gritted their teeth with hatred.
The snow outside the hall was getting denser and denser, without any intention of stopping. The surrounding palaces, pavilions, streets, markets, deep houses and courtyards of powerful families, and thatched huts of ordinary people... were all covered with heavy snow. However, the fire in the West Palace did not weaken, but became increasingly larger, but was blocked by high walls and did not spread. The fire was flashing on the snow, as if blood was flowing.
The prince Zhao Zhe outside has not slept for two days, but he is not sleepy at all. He is wearing a crown plaque, a prince's python robe, and a sword in one hand. His cheeks turn red due to excitement.
Behind him was a group of short, thick guards with indifferent expressions. They were all real dead soldiers and would block any danger for their master without hesitation.
On the snow outside the Danbu in front of them, hundreds of soldiers formed an arrow formation, facing the palace gate ready to go.
This is no longer an imperial guard. Cao Wu could not fight for two consecutive days. He used the excuse to go outside to compete for the treasury and withdrew most of the remaining imperial guards. He was afraid of going forward, but was ordered by the prince to kill him, but he still did not dare to go forward.
In terms of combat effectiveness alone, perhaps these imperial guards are not as good as those of Hedong's sect bandits.
The people in front of him were temporarily pieced together by the prince. They had many things to do with the imperial guards, and even some eunuchs.
The weapons in their hands were even varied, and even ceremonial guards holding golden gourds, silver halberds, and yellow yue were staring at the gate of the West Palace.
The huge wooden stake that was removed from somewhere was held by a group of people, ran forward and crashed into the West Palace Gate.
The vermilion palace gate kept coming from dull collisions, and the dust in the door hole rustled down, as if a beast was hitting the city gate, and it could break into the gate at any time.
Chen Shou led Zhao Cai who had just been helped up and rushed to the door. The sound of the collision was dull and thunderous, and he shouted: "The Prince of Cong is going to fight to the death."
While the palace gate hit the quilt, dozens of ropes were thrown over the palace wall, and a group of people wearing black armor passed by. They jumped onto the wall, controlled the strings and shot hard, and their arms were wrapped with an amazingly lethal crossbow.
Li Bohao's eyes were about to break, staring at the group of people who suddenly appeared, and said word by word: "The one who killed the eldest son is this group of birds."
Without waiting for Chen Shou and Zhao Cai to give orders, he and the guards of the East Palace behind him pulled out the Park sword and rushed over.
The two sides quickly collided with each other. The two groups of soldiers, armor, weapons, and origins were different, but one thing was the same, and none of them retreated and feared.
At this time, Zhao Cai's face was covered with a morbid blood red. He stood under the banner of King Bing that had just been made. He drew his sword and shouted, "Kill! Kill all these thieves! Kill! Kill the prince! Kill all the rebels..."
Zhao Cai shouted at the top of his lungs, and white foam even burst out from the corner of his mouth. Chen Shou watched coldly, and the crazy King of Bing made him feel a little uneasy.
He suddenly thought that this was a close relative. Although Emperor Gengyuan ignored the fact that Prince Fufeng was his biological brother, Concubine Zhao was his real niece. Such a child was probably flawed, not to be a little crazy and inspired by him, right?
The people of the Jinyu Guard were still fighting at the door, and a strange movement suddenly sounded behind him. When Chen Shou looked back, it turned out to be Huang Zhen, Liu Shangying and others, and came with a group of bloody yamen runners.
"Sir, there are too many imperial guards..." Huang Zhenyu said guiltily: "The treasury and checkpoints outside the city have been occupied by them almost all, and we are retreating step by step."
Chen Shou nodded and said, "Take a few adults to rest, guard the palace gate, and wait for reinforcements."
"Reinforcements?" Huang Zhen and Liu Shangying looked at each other and saw the ecstasy in each other's eyes.
They followed Chen Shou and made a big bet, and if they lost, they would be all over.
Unexpectedly, when the mountains and rivers were over, Chen Shou had reinforcements. They immediately thought that the young man in front of him came from Xiliang.
If Xiliang Malaysia enters the Central Plains, who in the world can compete with it?
"That's Your Highness, King Bing?" The two of them were even more excited. It turned out that Zhongyong had even found a candidate for the emperor, so what worries do you have?
Chen Shou's status has risen to another level in their hearts. Only with such a person can he have the value of fighting to the death.
Chen Shou deliberately did not say it out loud, allowing his subordinates to gather confidence, and he returned to Zhao Cai.
Although he was crazy, his identity was there, and only those who were below had hope of continuing to fight.
As long as you support the prince in front of you, you will follow the Dragon's merit. Otherwise, only Chen Shou will be in charge of the overall situation, and no matter how you look at it, they will end up being cleansed.
Chapter completed!