Empress Zhou seemed to know something and had been waiting for Zhu Youjian in the main hall early today.
"Welcome, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Youjian was obviously stunned. He looked at Empress Zhou, who was dressed in a phoenix coronet and ceremonial robes, and said,"What do you mean?"
Empress Zhou bowed respectfully to Zhu Youjian: "ChenQie knows that this is an unforgivable crime, but ChenQie has never done anything to let down the emperor or the Zhu family since entering the palace."
"But it still can't cover up the fact that ChenQie isn't a good daughter. It disgraces the emperor's reputation and smears the Tian family's reputation!”
Empress Zhou kowtowed heavily and said,"This concubine deserves death!"”
"But the children are all innocent. They are also the emperor's blood. I hope the emperor won't vent his anger on them!”
Zhu Youjian suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Wait, what are you doing?"
Empress Zhou raised her head and smiled sadly at Zhu Youjian. Blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.
"Emperor, ChenQie is still willing to marry you in my next life."
Empress Zhou's body slowly fell in front of Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian was stunned for a long time. His lips trembled slightly, and his face was expressionless.
Without even looking at the lifeless Empress Zhou on the ground, he walked towards the door.
After taking a few steps, she stumbled and almost fell. Then, she stood up and continued walking.
Zhu Youjian was only in his early thirties. His back looked a little hunched. In an instant, he seemed to have aged a lot. His shadow slowly began to lengthen.
He slowly disappeared from the hall!
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Palace of Heavenly Purity!
Zhu Zhanji was holding the file that Chen Nan had sent over. He sighed as he listened to what happened at Zhu Youjian's house."This is the greatest hardship in life!”
"Your Highness, how should we deal with this matter?" Chen Nan lowered his head.”
Zhu Zhanji shook his head lightly." It's not the time yet. Zhu Youjian has arrested so many people today. Tomorrow will be the most exciting time."
"This subordinate understands."
Zhu Zhanji slowly closed his eyes and said,"Although Madam Zhou was arranged to come in, her background is still considered innocent. She is also sincere to Zhu Youjian. Let's give them all the love they have as husband and wife."
"Pass down my order, Ming WangFei Zhou has passed away from illness, and we can allow them to be buried together in the Kun Tomb after a hundred years!”
"Your Highness is merciful!" Chen Nan hurriedly bowed.”
Zhu Zhanji shook his head." I asked you to check the situation outside the city. Is there any unusual activity recently?"”
"Your Highness, the Guanning Iron Cavalry have left their encampment and are heading towards the capital. They are here under the imperial decree!”
"Anything else?"
"The aristocratic families in Shanxi and Hebei have also begun to move. They have recruited tens of thousands of raiders and are also going to enter the capital under the banner of Ning Yuan Wei."
"Moreover, the capital is not peaceful. The aristocratic families and civil officials are moving around crazily, and their private soldiers are slowly consolidating!”
Zhu Zhanji nodded lightly and said,"It seems that they can't sit still anymore."
"Where are the cavalry of the 3,000 Battalion?"
"We are still three hundred miles away from the capital!"
Zhu Zhanji slowly closed his eyes and said,"That means that the capital only has ten thousand soldiers from the Five Cities 'Military Department and ten thousand soldiers from the Five Barracks, right?”
"That's right!"
Zhu Zhanji nodded." Continue to investigate. Pay close attention to the movements of the various aristocratic families in the capital!"”
"This subordinate will obey."
"Summon Fan Zhong and Zhang Fu."
"This servant will obey."
Before Zhu Zhanji could rest, Yang Shiqi came in.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
"Yes, Lord Yang, what's the matter?"
Yang Shiqi looked at Zhu Zhanji helplessly and said,""Your Highness, the fire is about to burn your eyebrows, and Your Highness is still in the mood to rest?”
Zhu Zhanji smiled. When did this happen?"
Yang Shiqi hurriedly said," It looks like they are ready. This time, they are going to meet their end. The Guanning Iron Cavalry, the Ningyuan Guards, and all sorts of other things add up to an army of no less than 150,000."
"Those rebel soldiers are about to arrive at the city. How can Your Highness still be in the mood to joke?”
Zhu Zhanji sighed." Lord Yang, Grandfather's battle situation is very tense now. It's impossible for any army to come and help us. Our 50,000 men are still on the way. Although we're not far from here, it'll still take a few days."
"Right now, there are only 20,000 people in the city, and there are also some flashy capital camps!”
"If Your Highness knew, why didn't you make plans earlier?”
Zhu Zhanji stood up and looked at Yang Shiqi seriously.""Prepare early? Lord Yang, tell me how to prepare? Abandon the capital to escape?"
Yang Shiqi sighed,"A wise man doesn't know when to lose."
Zhu Zhanji shook his head." Now that the rebel army is here, it's impossible for me, the imperial grandson, to leave this place. I only have one thing to tell Lord Yang. I won't prepare, and I don't need to prepare."
"We can only form a strong stronghold and kill Zhang!"
"We can only fight to the death!"
"Great Ming doesn't have an imperial grandson who can escape, and the Zhu family also doesn't have descendants who can escape!”
"Your Highness…"
"Alright, I have made up my mind. Lord Yang can stay in the capital camp temporarily. As long as the city gate is broken, Lord Yang will bring my letter back to my father for decision!”
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