The lights were bright outside the gate, and soldiers covered with helmets and armor were standing on the road, leaving only an extremely narrow passage. Even the King of Donghai, who was used to the big scene, was stunned. He stopped and refused to cross the threshold. He grabbed Han Ruzi's arm and said tremblingly: "This is not the guard in the palace."

Han Ruzi was also a little hesitant. When he ascended the throne yesterday, he had seen a large number of ritual guards. They were far apart and only saw countless brightly colored flags, helmets, armor and weapons connected together, like lanterns piled up into mountains, with more majesticity and less courage.

The group of soldiers standing outside the door at this moment were different. The armor pieces on their bodies rubbed against each other and made extremely threatening sounds. The swords and guns in their hands shone brightly under the lights. They were clearly a dozen steps away, and it felt like they were pressing on their chests. There were only a hundred people, which were even more ferocious than the thousands of neatly arranged guards.

"They are here to protect His Majesty." Yang Feng whispered, hugging the emperor and walking out of the door.

King Donghai hurriedly followed. At this time, he didn't want to be alone, but he was still worried. Regardless of whether Yang Feng could hear it, he said to Han Ruzi: "They all came from the camp outside the city. I don't know if it was the Northern Army or the Southern Army-ah, it must be the Southern Army. The Queen Mother transferred her brother's army! I'll say..."

There were more than one hundred foreign soldiers, and the entire palace seemed to have become a military camp, with groups of soldiers garrisoning everywhere, and the eunuchs and palace maids who could be seen everywhere were missing at this time.

King Donghai was so scared that he almost collapsed. He wanted to be supported by two eunuchs to move forward. Han Ruzi was a little scared at first and quickly regained his calmness. No matter what Yang Feng meant by the so-called "time is here", he didn't care. Along the way, he only focused on various gazes. The soldiers were different from the people in the palace. His eyes clearly revealed his thoughts, including doubts and curiosity, awe and excitement.

Among this group of soldiers from the Southern Army, there may be loyal ministers like Liu Jie, but they just didn't have the chance to show it. With such hope, Han Ruzi's every step was stable and he refused the eunuch's help.

The group soon arrived at the Tai'an Palace where the Empress Dowager lived. There were more soldiers gathered here, three layers inside and three layers outside, surrounding the entire palace. Han Ruzi felt that he was rushing in from the crowd.

There were soldiers in the courtyard. Under the corridor at the door of the main room, a general stood, covered with armor and an embroidered brocade robe. When he saw the emperor appear, he knelt clumsyly with the help of the guards, "I am late to save the emperor, I beg your Majesty to forgive me."

Han Ruzi knew it was not his turn to speak. Sure enough, Yang Feng, who was following him, shouted: "The general is flat and the general is armored, so he can act with military salute."

The general thanked him and stood up with the help of the guards.

When Han Ruzi passed by him, he recognized that this was the queen mother's brother. The Grand Marshal of the Southern Army, Shangguan Xu, was right. The King of Donghai guessed that this was indeed an army transferred from Nandaying.

There were also many people in the room, but there were no soldiers. On the chair in the middle was the imperial concubine. Han Ruzi was also sent to the chair and sat on it, separated from the imperial concubine with a small number of cases. Zuo Ji led six eunuchs to guard the door of the East Nuan Pavilion, but the empress dowager refused to show up. Jing Yao and more than ten eunuchs in charge were scattered everywhere, and Liu Jie, the Zhongzhangxi, were also among them, and each of them looked solemn.

In addition, there were two eunuchs and two palace maids guarding the corner, which was extremely unattracting. When Han Ruzi saw them, she felt that they were probably Meng E’s kind of people. Her common characteristic was that she rarely looked at people and always stared at a place where she had nothing. She seemed respectful, but in fact she was guarding against accidents.

Meng E didn't know where she was.

King Donghai stood beside the emperor, his face pale and he dared not say a word.

Yang Feng was standing in front of the emperor and didn't speak. In fact, although there were many people in the room, they were extremely quiet. Shangguan Xu, outside the door, had at least kneeled down to the emperor, but these people even saved the seemingly politeness. The emperor came in quietly and sat down quietly, and no one looked at him more.

The sky outside the house was getting brighter and the candles in the house burned out. The quiet atmosphere was finally broken. The Southern Army Grand Marshal Shangguan Xu walked in and tried to kneel down to the emperor and the imperial concubine. Jing Yao and another eunuch hurriedly supported him.

The imperial concubine said to her brother: "General Shangguan doesn't have to be too polite."

Shangguan Xu stood still and said with his fists: "Prime Minister Yin Wuhei, Grand Tutor Cui Hong, Grand Commander Han Xing, Right Censor Shen Mingzhi and others entered the palace by the order, and they have arrived."

The King of Donghai couldn't suppress his excitement and shouted excitedly, saying that as long as his uncle Cui Hong was there, he would be afraid of nothing.

The imperial concubine nodded, Jing Yao walked to the door and loudly announced the minister to enter the palace.

Prime Minister Yin Wuhui was the first to come in. His steps were staggering and sweating profusely. As soon as he entered the room, he knelt down and kowtowed several times in the direction of the chair and the East Nuan Pavilion, and said tremblingly: "I deserve to die for ten thousand times, and I deserve to die for ten thousand times!"

Several other ministers followed behind and knelt down to apologize.

The imperial concubine changed her usual gentleness, with a cold expression, and she said nothing. The eunuchs did not ask the ministers to calm down. The prime minister and the four others could only kneel down and could not even raise their heads.

Less than a day apart, Shangguan Xu was no longer the upstart who was trembling in unexpected situations, but the first general to enter the palace to protect his lord. He stood at the door with a cold face and held a sword, like the escort of four ministers.

Not only these ministers who received the imperial edict to enter the palace. Not long after, ten ministers entered the palace, all kneeling behind the prime minister. Feng Ju, the Minister of Personnel, was one step behind other ministers for various reasons. The man in his fifties actually cried in public, took off the hat on his head, and asked for a heavy punishment.

There were two other ministers who didn't know why, but they felt that they were guilty and kowtowed with bangs and bleeding from their foreheads.

Han Ruzi looked at this scene in surprise. This was different from the pillars of the court he imagined. Even if the ministers could not die like Liu Jie, they should maintain their minimum dignity. But looking around, he could only see trembling backs and sweating foreheads.

The imperial concubine nodded gently, Jing Yao understood and waved her hand to order her eunuchs to help the ministers all over the ground, and then said, "Sir, don't be busy apologizing for the first time. Someone went to the palace to assassinate the first day of His Majesty's ascension to the throne. The empress dowager was worried. After hearing the news, she immediately summoned the Grand Sima of the Southern Army to the palace for searching overnight. Now three hundred have been arrested..."

Jing Yao looked at a manager eunuch, who immediately reminded in a low voice: "Three hundred and eighty-four people."

"Well, 384 people have been arrested now. According to the current situation, the assassination is not accidental. The palace needs to investigate, and the outside of the palace must investigate thoroughly. It is necessary to find out the behind-the-scenes envoy. The so-called raising troops for a thousand days will use troops for a while. Your Majesty is in danger and the country is in danger. Can you have any good plans?"

Whether it was true or false, all the ministers present showed incredibly surprised expressions. Prime Minister Yin Wuhui took the lead and denounced the assassins one by one according to their official position.

Han Ruzi's shock was real. The strange incident happened last night for only more than three hours, and he didn't even see the shadow of the assassin. It caused such a big disturbance. Not only did the army outside the city quickly enter the palace, but nearly 400 people were also arrested.

King Donghai said that the Queen Mother had a big plan, but the wide range of this plan was beyond Han Ruzi's imagination.

The ministers' rebukes came to an end, and Prime Minister Yin Wuhe said the first useful sentence, "Fortunately, thanks to the ancestors of the Great Chu, your Majesty is in danger. What is the situation at that time? Can you briefly describe it?"

"I...I..." Han Ruzi was not afraid of being unable to speak, but thought that he should be more cautious at this time. The less he said, the better. This is Yang Feng's reminder to him all the time.

The King of Donghai next to him jumped out. Since he saw his uncle Cui Hong, he became bolder. "Your Majesty was too frightened, let me tell you. The incident happened around the second update last night. Your Majesty was talking about the royal family and princes. Suddenly, all the three candles illuminated were wiped out, and the wind blew, and the figures were everywhere..."

Everyone's eyes were gathered on King Donghai, even Han Ruzi was no exception. King Donghai's story was vivid, and there seemed to be more than one assassin, but many. The emperor was so scared that he was at a loss. He relied on King Donghai's fearlessness in the face of danger and ordered his command. He called the personal bodyguard and finally drove the assassin away, which shocked the ministers to shout "Long live" repeatedly.

After the King of Donghai talked, Jing Yao came on stage without much exaggeration, he said bluntly: "The Empress Dowager made a quick decision and ordered everyone in the palace to stand on time. He must explain the whereabouts of the incident one by one, less than two people who testified, and they are all suspected. At the same time, Xuan summoned the Southern Army to enter the palace and investigated all the guards. He was interrogating the relevant prisoners at this moment and could soon have a confession."

As soon as Jing Yao finished speaking, there was a loud noise outside. Shangguan Xu immediately went out to check, came back soon, and said seriously: "A friend of the assassin confessed."

"So quickly?" Grand Tutor Cui Hong blurted out, immediately realized that he had made a big mistake, and hurriedly added: "The Empress Dowager is wise, General Shangguan acts quickly, and the assassin... This must have been caught off guard..."

"It's a pity that the assassin himself was not able to catch him, and only several accomplices were captured. Two of them committed suicide on the spot, three of them were arrested, and one of them had confessed." Shangguan Xu was not surprised.

Cui Hong became more and more frightened and kept nodding to say yes.

"Have you found out the identity of the assassin?" asked Concubine Shangguan.

Shangguan Xu nodded and did not answer immediately, but said: "The assassin has been hiding in the palace for many years and has been implicated. Please allow my Majesty and the Queen Mother to allow me to engage in it cheaply to uproot him."

The only thing Han Ruzi could say was to say no, and the Empress Dowager Shangguan made a decision on behalf of the Empress Dowager: "General, just let it go."

Shangguan Xu glanced at the dozen eunuchs in the room, and everyone was shocked by the viewers, even Jing Yao, the chief minister of the Central Secretariat, and Zuo Ji, the empress dowager's confidant.

Shangguan Xu did not accuse anyone of the charges. He waved his hand and two heavy armored officers came in. Without saying a word, he squeezed through the ministers, grabbed Liu Jie's arms of Zhongzhang Seal, and dragged them outward.

"I made a mistake, you made a mistake! I have nothing to do with the assassin. I don't even know who the assassin is!" Liu Jie reacted when he was dragged to the door and shouted loudly.

Han Ruzi could no longer bear it, so she stood up and said, "Wait, I have something to say."

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