Wang Chengen sneered repeatedly: "Zhang Baihu, you can't control whether the emperor is visiting Nanjing. If you take people to guard Zhengyang Gate and wait until the thief army is killed, our family will naturally be bound to ask for merit. Don't think about other things!"

Zhang Shuheng didn't care about etiquette anymore and shouted anxiously: "It's a big deal! All civil officials have opened the city to surrender, this is just the beginning! More people will soon open the city to surrender. There are only a few hundred brothers from Jinyiwei here, plus less than a thousand brothers from Jingying. How can I guard it? The most urgent task is to quickly advise Your Majesty to hunt Nanshou!"

This was the first time that Wang Chengen was yelled by a small Jinyiwei Baihu, but for Zhang Shuheng's loyalty, he suppressed his anger and bowed to Zhang Shuheng: "Zhang Baihu, don't be rude! Just guard the inner city! Our family will go back to the palace first!"

In the Forbidden City, in Changchun Palace, Princess Kunxing sat alone in her boudoir, her eyes were red, and tears were still dripping down.

"Wuwei Bo, you have promised me that if your father is in trouble, you will definitely come to save him? Why haven't you come yet? Where are you?" Princess Kunxing murmured to himself with tears. She had heard Wang Chengen say that Wuwei Bo was going to Beijing to serve the king, but the journey was not smooth and he was intercepted. After all, Wuwei Bo is currently charged with the crime of traitor, and the ministers in the court regarded him as a thief. But Princess Kunxing believed that Wuwei Bo would not betray his father and the Ming Dynasty.

Although Princess Kunxing has not seen Li Guodong many times, and this person is about the same age as her father, he looks much younger than his father. Last time he saw Li Guodong, who was thirty years old, was still young and handsome, and his father, who was also thirty years old, had half his hair.

Wang Chengen had returned to the Forbidden City. He ran back to the Xihun Pavilion. Emperor Chongzhen, who had not been sleeping all night, was wearing a blue dragon robe, and sat on the chair with a dejected look.

"Emperor, some officials have opened the gate of the outer city, and the outer city has been lost." Wang Chengen knelt down and reported.

"I understand." Emperor Chongzhen responded weakly.

"Emperor! Before the thieves broke through the outer city, it was still too late for you to leave quickly! I just saw Zhang Baihu. He led the three hundred Jinyiwei and more than a thousand Beijing soldiers to fight against the bandits for a day and a night, killing countless enemies. Seeing that he was shot without any slight arrows, I shot at at least a hundred thieves. He also promised me that if His Majesty wanted to leave, he would escort His Majesty to patrol Nanjing to the death." Wang Chengen knelt on the ground, begging with tears in his eyes.

"I won't leave! My ambition is settled, and the country is dead!" Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were blood red, and he roared with his teeth and claws, and suddenly calmed down. "That Zhang Baihu is a loyal and righteous person. If I can escape this disaster, I will definitely be rewarded."

"Emperor, Zhang Baihu can't stop it anymore. There are few defenders in the city and officials surrender to the thief. How to defend it?"

Chongzhen suddenly remembered someone: "Parent Wang, can you tell where is Guang (Shi Heng)'s beloved minister?"

"I don't know. I have never seen Han Wan when I went to the city to inspect." Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Chongzhen suddenly laughed: "This man is righteous and looks at death as if he is homeless. He also claims to be Yu Taibao. The thieves attack the city, but they are gone! And Chen Yan, Wei Dezao, and Zhang Jinyan, these are my good ministers!"

"Emperor, even if you don't leave, you have to find a way to send His Highness the Crown Prince away." Wang Chengen begged.

"I am an edict, and I ordered the Duke of Chengguo to send the crown prince out of the capital." Emperor Chongzhen turned around and wrote the edict.

"Parent of the king!" Chongzhen handed over the finished edict to Wang Chengen, "You can take the prince out of the palace and go to find Duke Cheng, so that he must escort the prince to inspect Nanjing."

"I obey the order!" Wang Chengen took the edict with tears in his eyes.

Emperor Chongzhen said again: "Parent Wang, call the little Russian here, I have something to tell you."

Wang Chengen left under the imperial edict. Soon after, he handed over the crown prince Zhu Cilang to Zhu Chunchen, Duke Chengguo, and handed over the imperial edict to Zhu Chunchen, so that he must lead the troops in the capital camp and escort the crown prince south.

A little eunuch named Xiao Maozi met Chongzhen, and Chongzhen handed over the other three princes to the little eunuch and asked him to escape with the prince in disguise.

Emperor Chongzhen felt relieved after arranging the prince and the prince. He thought that Zhu Chunchen would definitely escort the prince south. But he never dreamed that soon, Zhu Chunchen surrendered to the army and gave the prince out to the army. He used this to seek credit and regarded the prince as a letter of fame in order to gain the trust of the new master. The sky had eyes, but Li Zicheng hated such unfaithful and unrighteous people, and Zhu Chunchen was later killed.

Afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen summoned British Duke Zhang Shize and Luo Yangxing, the left governor of the Jinyiwei.

To be honest, at the critical moment, the emperor still believed in the noble group, and the noble group was also a guarantee of imperial power. The reason why Emperor Chongzhen could easily get rid of Wei Zhongxian was ultimately because Wei Zhongxian could not take away the Jingying and Jinyiwei from the nobles.

Wei Zhongxian could promote Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun controlled the Jinyiwei, but the real controller of the Jinyiwei was Luo Yangxing. Luo Yangxing's father Luo Sigong even controlled the Jinyiwei for forty-two years with his hereditary identity from his ancestors.

Although Wu Mengming took over the position of commander of the Jinyiwei some time ago, the real control of the Jinyiwei was still controlled by Luo Yangxing. Supervising important officials and relatives was Luo Yangxing's responsibility. Wu Mengming pulled Zhang Shuheng into the Jinyiwei. Luo Yangxing knew that he had also secretly sent someone to investigate Zhang Shuheng, but no problems were found. In the past few days, Zhang Shuheng has shown loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, leaving the Jinyiwei without any pickiness.

Wu Xiang's family also had Luo Yangxing's eyeliner, but this time he was taken over by Zhang Shuheng.

It is precisely because of the support of the emperor that Li Guodong did not enter Beijing earlier, but deliberately let Li Zicheng break through the capital and use Li Zicheng's hands to eradicate the honorary group, so that he could become the only relying on Emperor Chongzhen's imperial power, and the knife that fell on the heads of gentry and civil servants in the future can be sharpened faster.

In the early morning of March 19, the Minister of War Zhang Jinyan opened the Zhengyang Gate. The capital was lost and Liu Zongmin's army attacked the capital.

"Download fireworks quickly and tell Boye that the capital is lost." Zhang Shuheng asked a confidant to release a firework signal.

"Bang bang bang" Three gorgeous fireworks rose up. Li Guodong, who had arrived outside Chaoyang Gate, saw the firework signal and ordered six thousand soldiers to prepare to pick up Zhang Shuheng and others in the city.

"Let's go to the palace to protect the palace!" Zhang Shuheng shouted.

Zhang Shuheng led the Three Hundred Jinyiwei and Six Hundred Personal Guards who disguised as soldiers in the Beijing camp, rushed into the Meridian Gate as fast as possible.

The Forbidden City was already in chaos, and the eunuchs and palace maids fled in all directions. The Han general who was usually majestic had already run away. Most of the personal troops of the palace, Jingwei and Yulinwei, were outside to fight the enemy, but most of them had surrendered, so Zhang Shuheng and the others rushed to the front of Huangji Gate, and no one stopped them.

"Don't trespass in the important area of ​​the palace!" About a hundred eunuchs holding bird guns stopped Zhang Shuheng and the others in front of Huangji Gate.

These more than a hundred armed eunuchs were probably the last loyalty of Emperor Chongzhen. Zhang Shuheng showed the Jinyiwei’s Hundred Houses Label: “The thief has broken through Zhengyang Gate, and the Jinyiwei returns to the palace to rescue the enemy. Those who block it will be killed without any hesitation!”

The eunuch in the leader recognized Zhang Shuheng and recognized him as the Jinyiwei who advised Chongzhen to visit Nanjing that day. He was at a loss and rushed into the Huangji Sect by Zhang Shuheng and the others.

"Come on!" the eunuch shouted.

More than a hundred armed eunuchs holding bird guns followed Zhang Shuheng and the others, rushed into the Huangji Sect, and headed straight for the harem.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was talking to Empress Zhou in Kunning Palace: "The situation is now over and cannot be restored. You are the mother of a country and must not be humiliated. Please commit suicide as soon as possible."

Queen Zhou knelt on the ground and cried, "I have been to Your Majesty for eighteen years, and I have never listened to a word. Until today, the big thing has passed."
Chapter completed!