Chapter 3438 Chapter 3440 [The incident of seizing the door]
Xiang Nan lurked in Nangong for a month, secretly observing Zhu Qizhen's every move, word and deed, and laying the foundation for his replacement.
When he was fully prepared, he smuggled Zhu Qizhen out of the palace late at night and handed him over to Qiu Moyan to be imprisoned. He was fed, drank and entertained, but he could not be released.
Then Xiang Nan returned to Nangong, used his powers, and rubbed his face. When he finished rubbing it, when he put his hands down again, he had completely transformed into Zhu Qizhen.
The reason why there is no need to change the disguise is because no matter how good the disguise is, there will always be flaws to be found. Moreover, the face after the disguise cannot be touched, otherwise everything will be revealed.
And in the Nangong, Zhu Qizhen also had some concubines, maids, children, etc., so it was impossible to completely eliminate physical contact, so disguise was not appropriate.
Fortunately, Xiang Nan has special abilities. Since you can rub cards and lottery tickets, you can naturally rub your face as well. It is not difficult to change one's appearance to another one.
It's just that rubbing faces consumes more abilities than rubbing cards, so Xiang Nan has been listless for the next few days.
This is exactly in line with Zhu Qizhen’s situation. After all, although he was the Supreme Emperor in name, he was actually a prisoner under house arrest. He also lacked food and clothing and would be killed at some point, so it was normal for him to feel listless.
In addition, he has spent a month studying Zhu Qizhen's behavior, habits, habits, etc., so it is not too difficult to disguise him.
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It was already November, and outside the palace, the power struggle between the courtiers and the eunuchs was still going on.
Chang Yanxiao and other eunuchs are already on the verge of collapse.
First of all, his ability is really not good, and his martial arts, literary talent, and strategy are all inferior to Cao Shaoqin. Among the four major stalls in Dongchang, he can only rank fourth, which shows that his ability is inferior to that of Jia Ting and Lu Xiaochuan. What's more, he is now alone and unable to cope with the officials.
Secondly, the courtiers have been suffering from eunuchs for a long time. Even first-class officials like the Minister of War, they dared to kill, confiscate their homes, and exterminate their clans at will, not to mention other court officials, who were ridden by the eunuchs all day long. Now that they finally have a chance to counterattack, they naturally want to stand up.
So the two sides were going back and forth, fighting fiercely. Under the crazy counterattacks of the courtiers, the **** faction has been losing ground step by step.
Seeing that his side was about to lose, Chang Yanxiao couldn't help but think of Cao Shaoqin's idea.
He planned to get rid of Emperor Jingtai and install Prince Zhu Jianshen as emperor. In this way, with his support, he can naturally take over the power.
So he sent someone to deliver a bowl of soup to Emperor Jingtai.
After Emperor Jingtai took it, he became seriously ill that night.
Although he was often sick before and had constant headaches and fever, he was still alive at least. Although he has been on the bed for a long time and is mentally depressed, it is not fatal.
But this time it was different. After examination by the imperial doctor, Emperor Jingtai was seriously ill and might not be able to live for a few days.
Seeing this, Chang Yanxiao immediately wanted to abolish the throne and put the prince Zhu Jianshen on the throne to gain support.
The courtiers are naturally not idiots. They know that once Chang Yanxiao is successfully established, the new emperor will still be young by then, and the great power will be controlled by Chang Yanxiao again.
So they fought back. Since it was often said that they wanted to establish the crown prince Zhu Jianshen, they might as well support the restoration of the crown prince Zhu Qizhen. When the time comes, they will also have the merit to support it.
And Zhu Qizhen must not be angry with Chang Yan's eunuchs. Because when he was imprisoned in Nangong, the people responsible for guarding him were Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and they made it difficult for him, the Supreme Emperor.
So in the early morning of the 16th day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Jingtai, a group of courtiers broke open the big wall of the Nangong Palace, knelt in front of Xiang Nan, and chanted "Long live". Xiang Nan had expected that they were coming, so he got up immediately, got on the sedan chair, and headed to the Forbidden City surrounded by them.
A group of people came to Donghua Gate, but the guards guarding the gate tried to stop them.
Xiang Nan got off the sedan chair and showed his identity, "I am the Supreme Emperor!"
When the guards saw this, they did not dare to stop him and stepped aside one after another.
The ministers gathered around Xiang Nan to the Fengtian Gate where the court meeting was held, and helped Xiang Nan onto the throne of Fengtian Hall.
The soldiers guarding the palace were holding golden melons and wanted to beat the ministers. Xiang Nan immediately stopped him and said, "Now that I have returned to the throne, all the ministers have contributed to supporting me. You must not be presumptuous and retreat quickly."
The soldiers saw this and had to retreat.
Then the courtiers knelt down one after another and shouted long live the mountain.
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Chang Yanxiao learned that the ministers had supported Zhu Qizhen's restoration, and he couldn't help but be furious and stunned.
He did not dare to tie his hands, so he immediately ordered his troops and horses to rush into the palace, hoping to kill the officials on the charge of "treason".
Dongchang has long secretly trained a group of black flag troops and recruited many killers. Therefore, a large-scale attack now is really no small matter.
The palace guards did not dare to stop him.
So Chang Yanxiao quickly broke through Donghua Gate, entered Fengtian Gate, and came to the ministers.
When the ministers saw how murderous they were, they could not help but tremble with fear and tremble with fear.
They originally wanted to support the establishment, but they did not expect that as the saying goes, the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry. What's more, he didn't expect that he actually secretly trained a group of killers. Now he has invaded the Forbidden City and wants to assassinate the king. He is really crazy.
Some people began to regret why they got involved in such a big event. Now their lives were at stake, so many people were so scared that they peed their pants.
Xiang Nan was able to hold on, sitting on the dragon chair, shouting loudly, "Chang Yanxiao, you brought so many people into the palace without my notification. Do you mean to assassinate the king?"
Chang Yanxiao sneered and was about to order his subordinates to kill Xiang Nan and his officials in the name of treason. But unexpectedly, for some reason, his hands and feet were out of control, and he knelt down with a bang, saying, "How dare you, old slave? I brought people here to protect you."
"In this case, you are still loyal." Xiang Nan nodded, "I am fine now, please let them all retreat."
“Hey.” Chang Yanxiao immediately agreed, and then ordered his subordinates to withdraw from the imperial city.
The subordinates were all confused. It was originally agreed that he would rush into the palace, kill the emperor, and establish the crown prince. But now Chang Yanxiao kneels down when he sees the emperor, but he can't stop them.
"Why, you guys haven't retreated yet, do you all want to rebel?" Xiang Nan yelled, his voice like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring, making them dizzy, their ears buzzing, and they were all frightened for a moment. cracked and retreated one after another.
Chang Yanxiao kept kowtowing on the ground, "I am guilty, please forgive me. I am guilty, please forgive me~"
"That's all, you get up first." Xiang Nan said, making Chang Yan laugh, and then ordered the courtiers, "Immediately announce the Jinyi Guard Commander Menda, the Shuntian Prefecture Yin Cai Shaoping, and the Beijing Camp Commander Xu Huairen to lead the army to protect the king."
(End of this chapter)