Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

"Escort!"

Liu Jin, who was accompanying him, shouted in panic. At this moment when death was extremely close, he seemed to use his body to protect Zhu Youtang without hesitation.

In fact, it was not only Liu Jin, but also the personal eunuchs and maids around the emperor. They also immediately and brazenly protected Zhu Youtang with their bodies.

Although it is a big problem that the emperor has no heirs, there are always absolutely loyal eunuchs around the emperors of all dynasties, and these people are willing to block the emperor's arrows.

What's more, Hongzhi is indeed a kind and good emperor, and they are also very firm in their position as slaves.

Zhu Youtang was very pleased to see the reactions of the people around him, but the blood was flowing out, and his arms and chest were instantly stained red. The situation seemed precarious.

Northern Concubine Yi Kexi originally wanted to fire a follow-up shot, but Zhu Youtang was already tightly surrounded, and someone from behind had already rushed up to arrest her, so she turned the arrow and shot.

At this moment, she was no longer the beautiful and generous Northern Concubine of the Ming Dynasty, but she was clearly a female assassin who was decisive in killing Mongols.

"Imperial Physician, tell the Imperial Physician quickly!"

Liu Jin saw that Chang Feng and Jinwu Guards had rushed over to escort him. After checking Zhu Youtang's injury, he shouted loudly.

Song Cheng had suffered from urinary fainting since he was a child. He thought he had successfully overcome it, but when he saw Zhu Youtang covered in blood, he fell to the ground.

As the sun sets, the sky in Beijing is dyed blood-red.

Shuntian government office, back house.

When Song Cheng opened his eyes, he immediately sat up from the bed and looked around in confusion, realizing that he was already at home.

However, he knew very clearly that the assassination of the emperor was definitely not a dream, and the assassin of the emperor was the incredible Northern Concubine Iksi.

It's just that his last memory stayed on Zhu Youtang, who was covered in blood. As for Zhu Youtang's body being later swallowed by a massive amount of blood, this memory should be confused.

"Ms. sir, what's wrong with you?" Yun Niang had been staying at the bedside to take care of her. When she saw Song Cheng suddenly woke up and sat up, she asked worriedly.

Song Cheng turned to look at the real wife in front of him and asked with confusion: "My husband went to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit today, why are you here?"

"You have hemorrhage. Eunuch Liu personally sent you back just now, and he said so!" Yun Niang gently helped Song Cheng wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Song Cheng didn't care why he was suffering from haemorrhage again, and asked eagerly: "What did you say?"

"He said... Your Majesty is fine, so you don't have to worry!" Yun Niang knew that this matter was not trivial, so she relayed it carefully.

Her husband-in-law came to the palace and saw blood, and now Liu Jin specifically emphasized that the emperor was fine. No matter how incredible she felt, she would still think of the emperor.

Fortunately, she understood her husband. Although her husband was fearless as an official, it was absolutely impossible for him to assassinate the emperor and kill the nine tribes.

Exactly like this, the most likely possibility is that the emperor was assassinated in the palace, and fortunately, my husband was around to see this scene and suffered from haemorrhage.

Just be fine!

Song Cheng's heart dropped, but it rose again the next moment.

He could see very clearly at that time that Concubine Bei's arrow was shot very accurately, and the blood almost stained Zhu Youtang's chest red. If the emperor was really fine, why would Liu Jin stress?

Even if the emperor had a chance to escape this time, he was already seriously injured, and the real situation was not optimistic.

As for why Liu Jin emphasized that the emperor was fine, it was probably because the emperor wanted to protect Concubine Bei, or he was trying his best to maintain the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Bei Yuan.

He couldn't help but feel even more worried when he thought that the late emperor had just contracted a cold, and then suddenly and inexplicably died despite treatment.

I thought that by uncovering Wang Zeng, the mastermind behind the scenes, the emperor could lead everyone to focus on their careers, but things did not develop in a beautiful direction.

"Ms. sir, was the emperor assassinated?" Yun Niang kept observing the changes in Song Cheng's expression after he woke up, and finally couldn't help but ask directly.

Song Cheng was in a state of confusion at the moment, but he said somewhat unhappily: "This is a man's business. Why are you, a woman, asking about this matter?"

"I know I shouldn't ask, but today I am a wise king who is rare to see in a hundred years, and how many people are living a good life because of him! As one of his subjects, I have already guessed that the emperor may be assassinated, so how can I not Are you concerned about the emperor?" Yun Niang retorted matter-of-factly.

Song Cheng knew that Hongzhi's life and death did affect the destiny of the country, so he sighed heavily and said: "The emperor was indeed assassinated, but the extent of his injuries is unknown because my husband suffered from coma and hemorrhage at the time!"

"Husband, how could anyone in the palace be able to assassinate the emperor? Even if he is not afraid of being killed by the nine clans, just getting weapons is probably not easy, right?" Yun Niang didn't expect that her guess would come true, but she asked in confusion road.

Song Cheng saw Yun Niang's shock and looked out the window bitterly: "Others really don't have a chance, but the one who assassinated the emperor is Concubine Bei!"

After all, Beifei's identity is quite special. She was originally a princess of Beiyuan, and she liked riding horses and archery since she was a child. After entering the palace, the emperor not only allowed her to go to the horse farm in Xiyuan to ride horses at any time, but also gave her a bow and arrow.

In fact, this matter was stopped by the censor, but Wan'an, the chief minister who was still alive at the time, did not adopt it. Instead, he believed that this would be conducive to the emperor's diligence in riding and shooting, and it was in line with the country's policy of strengthening the army and the country.

But who would have thought that the imperial censor was right to worry, and Concubine Bei actually took advantage of the emperor's favor to assassinate the emperor.

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When Yun Niang learned that Concubine Bei had crossed paths with her, she was so shocked that she opened her mouth.

She had imagined countless ferocious appearances of the assassin in her mind, but she never thought that this person would be the princess of the Ming Dynasty, the former Princess of Bei Yuan, Bei Concubine Ikesi.

If this was said by someone else, she would never believe it, but she knew that her husband could not lie or spread rumors, and there was no reason to deceive herself.

As night falls, the city of Beijing lights up with thousands of lights.

Normally, Concubine Bei's assassination of the emperor would be enough to cause a sensation throughout the country, but now it is as quiet as if the assassination did not exist.

"Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion is really over this time!"

"Not only is it over, all nine tribes will be destroyed!"

"Fortunately, Song Qingtian discovered the tunnel, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!"

…

The assassination incident that the capital is talking about is not Concubine Bei's successful assassination of the emperor, but the illegal act of Prince Consort Wang Zeng by digging tunnels and sending death warriors from the Jianghu.

However, everyone did not have the slightest sympathy for Wang Zeng, the consort who was about to be executed by the Nine Clan, but they hated this conspirator who actually wanted to support King Xing to ascend to power.

Early the next morning, Song Cheng received a secret order from the emperor ordering him not to tell anyone about Concubine Bei's assassination.

At this moment, he also knew why there was no news about Concubine Bei's assassination of the emperor in the capital. The emperor did not know for what purpose he blocked this major event that shocked the whole country.

In the next few days, no one saw the emperor himself again.

The emperor who used to be able to live in all weathers, but now even in sunny weather, the emperor has never been seen, but he no longer appears in the Yangxin Hall in Xiyuan.

At the eighth morning court, all civil and military officials thought they could finally see the emperor, but the morning court was actually cancelled.

"Your Majesty has always been diligent in his duties, why is he so like this?"

"It seems something big has happened in the palace, and people in the palace are now forbidden to spread rumors!"

"According to very reliable information, Concubine Bei assassinated the emperor and the emperor was seriously injured!"

…

There is no airtight wall in the world, and such a major event cannot be hidden after all. News about Bei Fei's assassination of the emperor spread widely among the upper circles of the capital.

Under the leadership of Chief Assistant Liu Ji, six important ministers including Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, came to the outside of the Forbidden City to seek an audience, but they were sent back by the emperor.

At this point, many people realized that the emperor's current situation was not optimistic, and some people suddenly thought of the secret that Dongfang Wudao had revealed earlier - beauty.

"This time it should be a beauty disaster!"

"Earlier I thought it was waterproof, but I didn't expect it to be really waterproof!"

"So, that Dongfang Wudao really has some Taoism, and he can really see through the secrets of heaven!"

…

As the matter continues to ferment, many people think of Dongfang Wudao's earlier prophecy, which has given Dongfang Wudao, who is still imprisoned in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a surge in popularity.

In addition, some people's minds became active again, but they suddenly thought of another secret of Dongfang Wudao - "Yin rises and Yang declines, and the main force rises on the side."

As for why Bei Fei assassinated the emperor, many people were not too shocked, because the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Bei Yuan had actually been deteriorating recently.

While the undercurrent in the capital is surging, Mongolia is also facing a storm.

A group of Mongolian cavalry left the Khan Court, but headed towards a dense forest to the east, and their mission was to find a very thick nanmu.

At this time, the Khan Court was also filled with a depressed mood.

Since the break between the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the trade between the two parties has been directly suspended, resulting in many people being unable to exchange horses, cattle and sheep for the various exquisite products of the Ming Dynasty.

The negative impact of this cut off of trade did not explode immediately, but many Mongolians saw the relationship between the two countries break up and were full of worries about the future.

Cough cough cough...

A coughing sound came from the sweat tent, as if the lungs had been coughed out.

At this time, the young man lying in the tent coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the blood was actually black. His entire face was colorless, and his body was wrapped in a bandage leaking blood.

Bang!

Dayan Khan used his last strength to knock the medicine bowl in the servant's hand to the ground, and said with grief and anger: "Get out!"

In other words, Dayan Khan went back on his word in conquering the Alchuka tribe. Breaking with the Ming Dynasty was only a choice. More importantly, he swallowed two batches of supplies from the Ming Dynasty without spending a single soldier.

Due to some accidents in his plan to annex the second batch, in order to intercept the second batch of Ming Dynasty's most valuable supplies, he only led a thousand Qingqi to rush back to the outside of Datong Pass.

Dayan Khan came back very timely, so he successfully intercepted the second batch of supplies from the Ming Dynasty. So far, his plan can be said to be very successful.

While waiting for the main force in place, he was suddenly ambushed by the Datong cavalry. Because they wanted to protect the second batch of supplies, they did not retreat immediately, but chose to fight head-on. As a result, they were surrounded by Datong's army.

At this point, he vaguely smelled a conspiracy. Fortunately, the Qingqi he led were the most loyal elite troops, and they successfully broke through under their desperate cover.

I thought he was just being tricked by Da Ming, but when he led the last few dozen people to return to the Khan Court, he was suddenly attacked from behind by his own military advisor.

Although he seemed to have the aura of God and managed to save his life, his lungs were pierced by a stabbing weapon, and the weapon was highly poisonous.

"Conspiracy! All this must be a conspiracy of the Ming Emperor!"

Dayan Khan felt that his life force was draining away, especially since he couldn't eat now, so he couldn't help but clenched his fists and said angrily.

From the deployment of troops in Datong, and the fact that he had members of the Ministry of War and Night Department hidden around him, it all proved that this matter was a conspiracy against him from the beginning.

I'm afraid that a long time ago, the Ming Emperor's real goal in forming the Ministry of War and Night Department was to get rid of himself and kill himself, the only hope of revitalization of the Golden Family.

Wow……

The sound of a baby crying suddenly sounded, and a middle-aged woman walked in from outside.

Manduhai had just given birth three months ago and her body has recovered as before, but the freckles on her face have increased significantly. But every time she saw the swaddled baby, she felt a sense of satisfaction.

In fact, when the baby was born, her desire for power had already decreased, so she handed over the military and political power of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to Dayan Khan.

After seeing Dayan Khan who had returned from a serious injury this time, she also poured out her anger on the Yebu of the Ministry of War, and searched all over Mongolia just to eradicate all the members of the Yebu.

When Dayan Khan saw Man Duhai coming in, he immediately asked eagerly: "Hadun, how is the war ahead? Will Datong be baptized with blood after removing Huo Chi?"

After returning from the serious injury, he could not swallow this breath no matter what, and also promoted Bei Yuan's war to conquer the Ming Dynasty. With the support of Manduhai, Tuo Huochi led an army of 100,000 to Datong.

"But you ordered Yixi to assassinate the Ming Emperor?" Manduhai looked at his seriously injured husband and asked with anger that could not be concealed in his eyes.

Dayan Khan's heart immediately thumped when he saw Manduhai raising troops to investigate.

Although he is the only descendant of the Golden Family, everything about him is actually given by Mandu Hai, so he has been extremely afraid of Mandu Hai since he was a child.

Now that he heard it was about Ixi, he shook his head and denied it without even thinking: "No... nothing, this must be slander!"

"You also said that you stopped the expedition against the Alchuka Tribe because you discovered the trap jointly set by the Ming Dynasty and the Alchukha Tribe, but there is no such military information at all!" Manduhai looked at this young man who was full of lies, but he directly exposed it road.

Although he completely handed over the army to Dayan Khan during the production period, the army still bears his own brand, and even the vast majority of the people in this army are still loyal to him.

This break with the Ming Dynasty was of great importance, but this little man violated the agreement by killing Ming officials without his permission.

Dayan Khan secretly hated those traitors, but he rolled his eyes and said: "Hadun, do you know that you can doubt me? This is the result of the investigation from my personal guards. The Ming army has joined forces with the Haixi Jurchens. They are just waiting. Let’s go and wipe out our army!”

"I'm afraid you don't know something! The Ming Dynasty fought with the Alchuka tribe, and now the three tribes of Alchukha, Emu and Huifa have been occupied by the Ming army. The casualties in the war exceeded 20,000!" Manduhai finally saw it. After seeing this man who was full of lies, he looked very disappointed. (End of chapter)