Emperor Chongzhen stood in the main hall of Ganqing Palace. After thinking about a lot of things, he was no longer confused.
The steps and eyes have become firm and unshakable again, even though the Ming Dynasty is about to break
Emperor Chongzhen slowly lowered his head and looked at the Longquan sword lying in a pool of blood on the ground. It was covered with the blood of Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan, reflecting the candlelight swaying on the candlesticks around the Ganqing Palace.
The eyes slowly extended along the bloodstains and turned to Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan. Emperor Chongzhen only looked at it and couldn't bear to look at it again, so he turned his head aside
Taking firm steps, he slowly walked to Longquan Sword, bent down and picked up Longquan Sword and sword cover. He was about to wipe the bright red blood on it with his cuffs, but suddenly he thought that it was the blood of Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan, so he gave up
The sword body of the Longquan sword, covered with blood, slowly inserted into the holy sword cover, and the sword body and blood on it were hidden.
Emperor Chongzhen looked down at the Longquan sword in his hand, pondered for a moment, and looked at the Ganqing Palace Gate.
Suddenly, the strong palace gate was blown open, and the cold wind kept pouring into Emperor Chongzhen, who was wearing a desolate robe, and his long black and white hair was also scattered on his face.
Emperor Chongzhen saw two rows of palace maids and eunuchs kneeling neatly outside the Ganqing palace gate. The palace maids were in front and eunuchs were behind. This order was the rule in the palace, because the palace maids were perfect, but the eunuchs were no longer perfect.
When the country was in danger in the Forbidden City, the people in the palace did not escape but remained in the palace. They followed the palace rules, followed the ancestral system, and still respected the masters of the world.
The blood of the Chinese nation flows even more in their bodies
The emperor's words resounded in the strong wind. Although it was not loud, it was in the hearts of the servants of the Ganqing Palace.
Legend, Wang Chengen, come to the palace to see the emperor
After receiving the order, an eunuch lowered his head and stood up at Emperor Chongzhen, slowly took three steps back, turned around and ran towards Ganqing Gate.
The eunuch walked to the Ganqing Palace, and someone immediately opened the thick door inside the Ganqing Gate.
I saw three floors of guard walls standing outside the Ganqing Gate. The number of these large inner guards was four or five hundred, and they were all carefully selected soldiers.
The emperor, the emperor, Wang Chengen, returned to the palace to see the emperor
Among the three dense and neat walls, the guards slowly gave up the middle road, and the eunuch quickly ran towards the three halls and the Meridian Gate.
The eunuch who was running away had a firm look, a loyal look, and a gaze that would never betrayal.
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Emperor Chongzhen looked at the eunuch who ran out of the Ganqing Palace with some emotion. These eunuchs came to the palace from various environments at the age of ten, and then studied in the palace, served in the palace, and grew up in the palace.
In the palace, it is their home, the home of their master. Most of them have no other home outside the palace.
Emperor Chongzhen turned around and walked towards the left warm pavilion of the Ganqing Palace with firm steps. The emperor's words resounded in the hearts of the servants who were serving outside the Ganqing Palace in the cold wind.
Garment and clothing
Follow the order
Two slim palace maids in white palace costumes stood up and followed Emperor Chongzhen into the Zuohun Pavilion.
The warm cabinet is decorated with royal style, but Emperor Chongzhen is not in the mood to watch it now
The two palace maids first helped Emperor Chongzhen take off his blood-stained robe. Outside the warm pavilion, there were also palace maids who had brought warm water basins. At this time, there were three palace maids who changed clothes for Emperor Chongzhen.
The palace maids were already the old men of the Ganqing Palace who were used to serving Emperor Chongzhen. They were dignified and elegant in their postures, skillful and gentle in their movements.
Hurry up, Emperor Chongzhen urged
The two palace maids began to soak the warm water in the basin with a white towel, then wrung it dry, and gently wiped Emperor Chongzhen's weak body.
The warm cabinet is warm and not as cold as the Ganqing Palace Hall, so it is called the warm cabinet.
The palace maid's jade hand gently twisted the hot towel, wiping the blood on Emperor Chongzhen's chest bit by bit, and there were also on his arms and thighs.
But in the skillful movements of the palace maids, Emperor Chongzhen's body was quickly wiped clean
Another palace maid opened the high sandalwood cabinet with the emperor's robe. Emperor Chongzhen looked inside the cabinet with a few thoughts.
The one in the middle, blue robe
The elegant and pleasant voice of the palace maid
The voice of the palace maid sounds very similar to usual, but it is different. There is a feeling of vicissitudes inside. Although the sound of this feeling is nice, it sounds a little sad.
This blue robe was worn by me in the year of the throne. I still remember that year in Chongzhen...
The slim palace maids took out this blue robe carefully. Emperor Chongzhen stretched his arms left and right, and the palace maids slowly changed into this blue robe for the emperor.
The palace maid would like to be able to wear this blue robe forever. How great it would be. If the robe is worn, the world will be peaceful. How great it would be.
When the palace maids helped Emperor Chongzhen change into blue robes, they were about to help Emperor Chongzhen comb their hair, they were banned by Emperor Chongzhen.
Seeing this, the palace maids had to take a step back and stand in the warm cabinet, waiting for the dispatch below Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen, who had changed into blue robe, did not look in the mirror or look down at the robe on his body, but looked at the three palace ladies with relief and firmness.
Summon the palace ladies that can be seen in the palace and immediately gather at the Ganqing Gate.
What about the Empress and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager?
Urge them to hang themselves immediately...
Follow the order...
After receiving the imperial edict, the three palace maids slowly left the warm pavilion, walked out of the palace gate of the Ganqing Palace, and confessed the emperor's imperial edict, the eunuchs and palace maids in the Ganqing Palace went separately.
There are as many as 20 or 30 people in this group, and they are all slaves who are the most loyal Emperor Chongzhen.
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Emperor Chongzhen finally looked around at the things in the warm cabinet. This was the place where the state affairs were handled in the past. Many things that were nostalgic in this warm cabinet have happened.
Emperor Chongzhen walked out of the warm pavilion and saw that the gate of the Ganqing Palace had been closed by his servants, blocking the cold wind outside.
Emperor Chongzhen turned around and closed the door of the warm pavilion for the first time with his hands.
In the past, these things were done by my servants. Today is the first and last time I personally closed the door of the warm-house by myself.
Emperor Chongzhen walked to the ground in the center of the Ganqing Palace and saw that the Longquan sword that was lying on the ground had been placed on the dining table by one of the three palace maids just now, and was bathed in the candlelight around the Ganqing Palace.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the candlesticks in the Ganqing Palace again in a blink of an eye, all the candles had been lit on them. Emperor Chongzhen remembered that when the strong wind blew open the hall door just now, many of the candles had been extinguished by the strong wind.
If my ministers were as reliable and trustworthy as the palace people, how could the Ming Dynasty have reached this point...
Emperor Chongzhen shook his head twice in disappointment, picked up the Longquan sword on the table with his left hand, and walked towards the door leading to Jiaotai Hall with firm steps.
At the last moment of walking out of the Ganqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen turned around and took a last look at the bodies of Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan lying on the smooth ground of the Ganqing Palace.
When he closed his eyelids with a deep reproach, he turned around and pushed open the door of the back hall of the Ganqing Palace.
As soon as I walked out of the back door of the Ganqing Palace, under the gray sky, Jiaotai Palace was sealed in front of me. The cold wind eased slightly, but Emperor Chongzhen's already fragile body felt even colder.
The Jiaotai Hall is square in shape, with a wide surface and three rooms in depth. The yellow glazed tiles are pointed and gold-plated treasure roofs.
There is a throne in the hall, with four screens behind the throne, and the middle of the roof of the hall is the Bayasha Well
Single-eaves and four-corner spire, copper-plated gold-plated treasure roof, yellow glazed tiles, double-five stomps, beams and rafters and dragons and phoenixes and seals
The doors are opened on all sides, three and six bowls of diamond flowers, four partition doors of dragon and phoenix skirt panels, the second doors on the south side are sill windows, and the other three rooms on the other side are walls.
The top of the hall is a Panlong-Headed Beaded Cauldron, with gold bricks on the ground, and a throne is set in the bright side of the hall.
The Ming Dynasty has always been held here for the birth ceremony of the canonization of the queen and the queen. The queen accepted the worship of concubines in the harem to show the queen's noble status.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about this love and scene and passed by Jiaotai Hall. Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to see more of these scenes, because he would think about it after seeing it, and if he didn't look at it, he would think less.
After walking out of Jiaotai Hall, Kunning Gate appeared again. Emperor Chongzhen's steps were actually quite firm, but he began to tremble a little.
Kunning Palace is the queen's bedroom
Nine rooms wide and three rooms deep, yellow glazed tiles with double-eaved hip roof, front door opens in the middle, and east-west warm pavilion
The name of Kunning Palace comes from the original text of the "Tao Te Ching": In the past, if one gets one, the heaven is clear, the earth is calm, the god is spiritual, the valley is full, all things are full, and all things are born, and the marquis and kings are one and think that the world is upright.
Emperor Chongzhen walked to Kunning Gate and looked up at the Kunning Palace sign hanging under the eaves. He felt a strong sense of self-blame and inferiority complex in his heart.
Emperor Chongzhen blamed himself in his heart for not being able to manage the Ming Dynasty passed down by the emperor's brother. Now it is time for the country to be destroyed and the family is destroyed. The queen has not enjoyed a few days of good times with her, and now she is going to hang herself...
Emperor Chongzhen stood near Kunning Gate and coughed hard a few times. The palace servants who were serving in Kunning Palace immediately heard the emperor's voice and immediately opened Kunning Gate.
As soon as Kunning Gate was opened, the palace maids and eunuchs came out to gather on both sides of Kunning Gate and knelt down.
Emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live!
Where is the queen?
After hearing the emperor's words, cries spread immediately, one after another.
Emperor Chongzhen had a premonition and put the Longquan sword in his hand on the ground with force, and ran to Kunning Palace anxiously.
The Longquan sword was immediately picked up by a purple-clothed palace maid from Kunning Palace, wiped it carefully, and finally held it in her arms.
As soon as I entered the Kunning Palace Hall, I hurried to the right warm pavilion of the queen's bedroom, but I was close to the door and Emperor Chongzhen could no longer walk.
Emperor Chongzhen wanted to enter the warm room to see the queen quickly, but his legs were not in control and remained motionless.
Emperor Chongzhen could no longer hold back his tears, tears filled his eyes, his fragile body pressed against the door of the warm cabinet, and he said some self-blame words, looking so heart-wrenching but still crying silently
Finally, Emperor Chongzhen finally plucked up the courage to push open the door of the right warm pavilion. At a glance, he saw that on the phoenix couch not far away, behind the translucent and gorgeous bed curtain, Empress Zhou, wearing a golden phoenix robe, was lying on it, motionless and restless.
Emperor Chongzhen shed tears and shook his fragile dragon body slowly approaching the edge of the phoenix couch. Queen Zhou's body finally showed up.
I saw that there was a circle of ropes between Queen Zhou's neck, which caused the blood marks. It should have just passed away.
In order to cover up the death, the palace maids of Kunning Palace put on heavy makeup for Queen Zhou, exactly the same as when Queen Zhou usually accepted worship from concubines.
Queen Zhou has a delicate face, a tall and straight nose, and beautiful eyebrows like distant mountains.
Although the closed slanted phoenix eyes were closed, they were still full of the majesty of the queen, making people dare not have an overbearing thought in their hearts.
The precious body of the queen belongs to the Emperor Daming alone
Emperor Chongzhen reached out to touch the blood marks on the neck of Queen Zhou who strangled her to death. He found that her body was still hot, and tears flowed down her eyes.
Can't you wait for me? I said I'm coming to see the queen for the last time...
Emperor Chongzhen touched the jade hands that Empress Zhou had put together on her lower abdomen last year. The jade hands were also warm, but it was getting colder.
The phoenix robe on Queen Zhou was neatly made by the palace maids. She wore a nine-colored four-phoenix crown on her bun, and a pair of long cloud shoulders were decorated on her shoulders. The slightly loose style of the phoenix robe could not conceal the top-notch tall figure of Queen Zhou.
The palace maids followed the last instructions in front of Queen Zhou and wore all their favorite ornaments on their bodies, including hair accessories, earrings, stairs, hairpins, necklaces and exquisite armor covers.
I saw that the ring finger and little finger on the left hand were covered with a long purple gold glazed armor cover, which made the already slender jade finger look more slender and charming.
I saw that the armor cover on the right finger was different from the one on the left hand. The armor cover was placed on the longest middle and ring fingers among the five fingers.
This way of setting up a different visual impression when seeing the left or right hand, reflecting a different aesthetic
Queen Zhou likes to spend time on the armor cover. Every time she performs singing and dancing to Emperor Chongzhen, her skinny and slender left and right hand wears an armor cover, and her Qianqian’s ten fingers are dancing every moment.
However, Emperor Chongzhen will never see it again when he knows it!
Emperor Chongzhen's hand then extended from Queen Zhou's thighs to her calves. Her legs were still warm, and tears flowed down from her eyes again.
I saw that three-inch high-heeled bow shoes were exposed under the hem of Queen Zhou's phoenix skirt. It was a pair of red embroidered phoenix bow shoes. Emperor Chongzhen remembered that when he took Queen Zhou, Concubine Tian and other concubines into the Forbidden City for the first time, Queen Zhou wore these three-inch high-heeled bow shoes and was with him.
Emperor Chongzhen stood up in tears and stopped looking at Empress Zhou because he knew that he was sorry for Empress Zhou.
Emperor Chongzhen knew that Empress Zhou must have hanged herself with the help of the palace maids, and then the palace maids placed it on the phoenix bed, and the palace maids helped Empress Zhou take care of her makeup.
Maybe you can see Queen Zhou as long as you come a quarter of an hour earlier
Alas, Queen, I have to lose to the Ming Dynasty, to the Queen, to everyone in the palace...
Emperor Chongzhen walked out of Kunning Palace in great pain. The palace maids and eunuchs knelt in the palace courtyard, waiting for the dispatch.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Let two people take care of the queen, and all the others go to the Qing Palace courtyard to order the order
The palace people said: Follow the order
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Emperor Chongzhen led the way with two purple-clothed palace maids from Kunning Palace, carrying two round palace lanterns, and walked on the way to Ciqing Palace.
The gray sky and heavy fog make the sky darker
The two purple-clothed palace maids in Kunning Palace were the last words of Queen Zhou in front of him. They asked the emperor to take them to serve him. They were both eighteen or nineteen years old, and they both entered the palace at the age of seven or eight. They were already considered old people in the palace.
The young palace maid who just entered the palace is different from the eunuch who just entered the palace. The eunuch starts doing everything when he comes in, and has to do any heavy and tiring work.
However, young palace maids who have just entered the palace are different. They will be educated first and then trained. After passing the qualification, they will be sent to the palaces of the Empresses of each palace to serve in the palace.
Those unqualified palace maids will only be sent to some of the most basic places to do hard and tiring things.
If you can enter Kunning Palace to serve the Empress, you have already chosen one of the thousands of palace maids. And those who can become the lord of the palace maids in the end can become the lord of the palace and become the position of the empress, which is rare.
In the past, under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen would inevitably look at the beautiful backs of the palace maids, but now Emperor Chongzhen is completely unable to raise that interest
No matter how beautiful the two purple-clothed palace maids were carrying palace lanterns and how they appeared and disappeared in the mist, Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about the things in Ciqing Palace in his heart.
After walking for a while, you can already see the tiled roof of Ciqing Palace
At this time, an eunuch hurriedly ran over, knelt beside Emperor Chongzhen, and spoke with a stuttering in his mouth.
Report, the emperor, the prince has arrived at the court of the Ganqing Palace and said there is an emergency military report.
Emergency military information?
Emperor Chongzhen fantasized whether there were variables in the war to develop in a positive direction?
Is Wu Sangui already arrived at the periphery of the capital?
Or did Zuo Liangyu lead his troops to rescue the car?
Or is the veteran general Qin Liangyu from Sichuan leading the white-rod soldiers?
Or did the soldiers of the capital repel Li Zicheng?
Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts changed rapidly, and he immediately decided not to go to Ciqing Palace and go back to the Ganqing Palace to find out the general situation.
So Emperor Chongzhen sent this eunuch who came to spread the news to Ciqing Palace to urge Empress Yi'an to hang herself. If she had already hanged herself, she would go to the Ganqing Palace to report.
This eunuch who also grew up in the palace immediately set off for Ciqing Palace after receiving the imperial edict. Before leaving, Emperor Chongzhen praised his loyalty
The eunuch was moved and cried bitterly
So Emperor Chongzhen and two purple-clothed Kunning Palace palace maids turned their heads and returned to the Ganqing Palace. This time, Emperor Chongzhen walked in front of the two purple-clothed palace maids.
Emperor Chongzhen was eager to know how the general trend was developing, and he no longer cared about other things.
At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen himself had issued an order to abolish the habit of sitting in the dragon chariot, saying that this would no longer be the case in the face of national crisis.
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At this time, the courtyard of the Ganqing Palace was already crowded with people from the palace and had already lined up outside the Ganqing Gate.
Wang Chengen was anxiously rushing back and forth in the courtyard, and suddenly saw the emperor coming out of the side door of the Ganqing Palace. He immediately waved his hand and led everyone to kneel down to meet the emperor.
Everyone said in unison: Long live, long live, long live, long live, long live
Emperor Chongzhen said: What is the situation? Come on quickly?
Emperor Chongzhen hoped that Wang Chengen would say good things, but he did not want to hear worse and worse news. However, when he saw Wang Chengen, who was covered in dirty clothes, raised his head and looked at him, Emperor Chongzhen knew that there was no hope.
Wang Chengen knelt on the ground of the Ganqing Palace compound, slowly raised his head and looked at the emperor softly. He couldn't bear it and firmly told the truth, and his eyes were filled with tears.
Wang Chengen said: Zhang Jinyan, Minister of War, took the initiative to open the Zhengyang Gate and welcomed Liu Zongmin's army into the inner city, and the inner city was destroyed.
Emperor Chongzhen shouted: Ah?
Emperor Chongzhen squirted his head up and spewed out a mouthful of blood, and was about to fall down. Wang Chengen and the purple-clothed palace maid hurried forward to support his fragile body.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Why, why, there are always treacherous ministers who defeated my country, why!!!
Wang Chengen said: The emperor calms down, the emperor calms down
Emperor Chongzhen said: What else is there?
Wang Chengen said: Li Zicheng personally led his troops and also broke through the Zhangyi Sect
Emperor Chongzhen said: What, Zhangyimen is?
Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he vomited blood again. Two purple-clothed palace maids held Emperor Chongzhen's crumbling body on the back and forth, losing the emperor's face to prevent the emperor from falling to the ground.
The purple-clothed palace maid on the side quickly wiped the corners of Emperor Chongzhen's mouth and robe with her cloud sleeves. The purple-clothed palace maid on the back supported Emperor Chongzhen's back and waist. Wang Chengen supported Emperor Chongzhen's arm on the other side
Wang Chengen said: Help the emperor to enter the Ganqing Palace quickly. This is not a place for deep discussion. All the others are in the court of the Ganqing Palace.
Everyone said: Obey the order!
The three of them helped Emperor Chongzhen toward the Ganqing Palace, and they were struggling
People in the palaces and palaces in the Ganqing Palace heard the bad news brought by Wang Chengen, and their crying gradually spread in the Ganqing Palace.
On the one hand, the palace servants are worried about the emperor's fate and on the other hand, they are also worried about how their fate will be.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Where are the other gates in the inner city?
Wang Chengen said: All the gates guarded by the great guards are still in our hands for the time being. The gates guarded by other soldiers and generals are unreliable.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Didn’t the Ming Dynasty have no loyal ministers? It’s really a group of wine bags, useless
Wang Chengen said: It's too late for the emperor to say this now
Wang Chengen knew that the emperor would be unhappy to tell the truth, but if he didn't tell the truth, that would be a serious crime to deceive the emperor.
Wang Chengen knew that the key point now is not to let the emperor be captured by Li Zicheng alive, otherwise life is worse than death.
Emperor Chongzhen said: If I had Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers and Qi Jiguang's Guangxi wolf soldiers, I would not be afraid of the attacks between Tatars and the thieves.
Wang Chengen said: The emperor is right, but now it is different. Qi Jiguang is no longer here. General Qin Liangyu is seventy years old this year.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Why didn’t Qin Liangyu bring white pole soldiers to rescue him?
Wang Chengen said: Qin Liangyu's family has basically died for the Ming Dynasty. Now, not to mention that Li Zicheng's soldiers are blocking the passage in the middle. Zhang Xianzhong is also attacking Sichuan, hoping to turn Sichuan into his own chassis, because Zhang Xianzhong is also afraid that Li Zicheng will bite him.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Why are there endless rebels in the world? The veteran general Qin Liangyu has died of suffering.
Wang Chengen said: In the 17th year of Chongzhen, General Qin Liangyu was already seventy years old, but he still led the Baigang soldiers to resist Zhang Xianzhong's invasion in Sichuan. She couldn't come to save him.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Oh my God, God will destroy my Ming Dynasty!
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Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne of the Ganqing Palace, and two palace maids in purple-robed clothes stood on the left and right beside him. Wang Chengen knelt down under the three-story white marble steps in front of the throne.
Emperor Chongzhen said: What is the situation with Wu Sangui? What about Wu Xiang?
Wang Chengen said: Wu Sangui will definitely not come to rescue the car. There is a letter saying that Wu Sangui had already communicated with the Tatars and the thieves.
Emperor Chongzhen said: What about Wu Xiang?
Wang Chengen said: It turns out that when I was in Zhengyang Gate, Wu Xiang was quite honest. When I heard Xuan returned to the Forbidden City, he and Zhang Jinyan and some other generals sold Zhengyang Gate and sent the thieves to attack the inner city.
Emperor Chongzhen said: This family is unreliable. When Zu Dashou surrendered to the Tatars, I should have killed all their family. It was because I was ruthless.
Wang Chengen said: It's already like this, it's useless to think about the past, the emperor... let's think about the future
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen with understanding. He was already covered in white hair and was in his early sixties this year.
Since when he was in the palace of King Xin, and before Emperor Chongzhen was born, Wang Chengen was a loyal servant in the family
Emperor Chongzhen said: I heard that I often say that I killed loyal ministers and good generals in vain. These people either disrespect me or have a rebellious intention. I sent you and my servants to supervise the army. The original intention was to preserve the strength of my Ming Dynasty. I knew that I had used some military servants wrongly, but the slaves who went out of the palace who did my business for me were better than those defeated generals. If I don’t believe that, who else could they trust?
Wang Chengen said: Your Majesty, it is useless to talk about these past things now.
Emperor Chongzhen said: I know, I know, I only said this in front of you, I have already planned everything
Wang Chengen said: I am a man from the palace of Xinwang, and death is a ghost from the palace of Xinwang
Emperor Chongzhen said: The huge country will be destroyed in the hands of the scum of his own nation. The future suffering of the Ming people is hard to imagine. It is all my sins. I have not fulfilled the expectations given to me by the nation...
Emperor Chongzhen blew out another mouthful of blood, his eyes gradually lost their luster and became dim. Everything began to become darker in Emperor Chongzhen's eyes and no longer had any color.
Wang Chengen said: Emperor
The maid in purple clothes said: Emperor
Emperor Chongzhen lowered his head, gritted his teeth and smiled, and grabbed the armrests on both sides of the throne with his hands tightly.
Emperor Chongzhen said: It’s all my fault. Everything that could have been avoided was because of my fault. I ascended the throne at the age of seventeen. Three months later, and almost wiped out the thieves and Tatars several times. I became proud and arrogant and made many soldiers and generals that were beneficial to the thieves. God will punish me! Come on!
Emperor Chongzhen said: I am a sinner of the Ming Dynasty. I have no face to see my ancestors and ancestors. I have no face to see my concubines again. What I owe the most is the people of the Ming Dynasty. They are unarmed and will become the meat of the thieves in the future...
Emperor Chongzhen sprayed another mouthful of blood. I don’t know how many times it was today, so I immediately fainted.
Emperor Chongzhen fell asleep on his throne on his back. Wang Chengen, who was over 60 years old, was quite versatile in medical theory and hurriedly treated the emperor.
I also asked the purple-clothed palace maid to bring hot water to help the emperor organize his appearance
A quarter of an hour later
Emperor Chongzhen woke up. In his short dream, he had already thought about everything and his emotions recovered a little.
Looking at Wang Chengen and two purple-clothed palace maids standing beside him, he heard the sound of crying in the courtyard outside the Ganqing Palace.
When I think of this moment, only I am the one who should make up the most. I must be strong and firm. No matter how difficult the road ahead is, I can only go all the way.
There are so many people who are still waiting to arrange their fates. I can't give up first, that's what I mean is to abandon them.
Emperor Chongzhen touched the corners of his mouth and face with his hands, and saw that the purple-clothed palace maid had already been cleaned with a towel. Emperor Chongzhen looked at the two purple-clothed palace maids with gratitude and nodded.
Two purple-clothed palace maids bowed dignifiedly to the emperor for their etiquette, and Wang Chengen saw it in his eyes
After sighing that after leaving the Forbidden City, the people outside are so selfish and so bad!
No wonder many palace maids are older than they want to leave the palace, and would rather die in the palace.
Maybe they decided that the palace was their world, and the world outside the palace did not belong to them.
After Emperor Chongzhen woke up, Wang Chengen reported some things to him, including the harem concubines and concubines hang themselves, how many great guards and soldiers could be dispatched, how many palace servants in the palace arrange the arrangements, how the thief's offensives, etc.
The remains of Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan have been ordered to be disposed of, and Chen Yuanyuan was buried in the imperial tomb according to her status as a concubine.
Empress Zhou and some other concubines also had their own arrangements to be buried in the imperial tomb.
Emperor Chongzhen knew that the biggest thing now was how to arrange the fate of these people. Once they were arranged, it was time to leave by themselves.
As for how to go, Emperor Chongzhen was still unsure of his mind. Maybe everyone knew they were going to die.
However, Emperor Chongzhen finally realized that Wu Sangui and Zuo Liangyu would not come. Emperor Chongzhen had given up on them.
Emperor Chongzhen is now thinking about how to hide the prince among the people and sneak back to Jiangnan in the future, where half of the Ming Dynasty will be left.
Emperor Chongzhen saw through those royal relatives, and none of them was reliable. The two of them were just using their daughters as money trees.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng, originally wanted him to lead the soldiers and serve the country and fight bravely to fight the enemy, but he could not help him, and finally locked himself in the mansion and didn't even meet me again.
At that moment, Emperor Chongzhen really gave up on this Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Chongzhen said: I can’t let go of the people of the Ming Dynasty and the palace people in the Forbidden City. I feel ashamed of the nation’s expectations for me...
The steps and eyes have become firm and unshakable again, even though the Ming Dynasty is about to break
Emperor Chongzhen slowly lowered his head and looked at the Longquan sword lying in a pool of blood on the ground. It was covered with the blood of Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan, reflecting the candlelight swaying on the candlesticks around the Ganqing Palace.
The eyes slowly extended along the bloodstains and turned to Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan. Emperor Chongzhen only looked at it and couldn't bear to look at it again, so he turned his head aside
Taking firm steps, he slowly walked to Longquan Sword, bent down and picked up Longquan Sword and sword cover. He was about to wipe the bright red blood on it with his cuffs, but suddenly he thought that it was the blood of Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan, so he gave up
The sword body of the Longquan sword, covered with blood, slowly inserted into the holy sword cover, and the sword body and blood on it were hidden.
Emperor Chongzhen looked down at the Longquan sword in his hand, pondered for a moment, and looked at the Ganqing Palace Gate.
Suddenly, the strong palace gate was blown open, and the cold wind kept pouring into Emperor Chongzhen, who was wearing a desolate robe, and his long black and white hair was also scattered on his face.
Emperor Chongzhen saw two rows of palace maids and eunuchs kneeling neatly outside the Ganqing palace gate. The palace maids were in front and eunuchs were behind. This order was the rule in the palace, because the palace maids were perfect, but the eunuchs were no longer perfect.
When the country was in danger in the Forbidden City, the people in the palace did not escape but remained in the palace. They followed the palace rules, followed the ancestral system, and still respected the masters of the world.
The blood of the Chinese nation flows even more in their bodies
The emperor's words resounded in the strong wind. Although it was not loud, it was in the hearts of the servants of the Ganqing Palace.
Legend, Wang Chengen, come to the palace to see the emperor
After receiving the order, an eunuch lowered his head and stood up at Emperor Chongzhen, slowly took three steps back, turned around and ran towards Ganqing Gate.
The eunuch walked to the Ganqing Palace, and someone immediately opened the thick door inside the Ganqing Gate.
I saw three floors of guard walls standing outside the Ganqing Gate. The number of these large inner guards was four or five hundred, and they were all carefully selected soldiers.
The emperor, the emperor, Wang Chengen, returned to the palace to see the emperor
Among the three dense and neat walls, the guards slowly gave up the middle road, and the eunuch quickly ran towards the three halls and the Meridian Gate.
The eunuch who was running away had a firm look, a loyal look, and a gaze that would never betrayal.
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Emperor Chongzhen looked at the eunuch who ran out of the Ganqing Palace with some emotion. These eunuchs came to the palace from various environments at the age of ten, and then studied in the palace, served in the palace, and grew up in the palace.
In the palace, it is their home, the home of their master. Most of them have no other home outside the palace.
Emperor Chongzhen turned around and walked towards the left warm pavilion of the Ganqing Palace with firm steps. The emperor's words resounded in the hearts of the servants who were serving outside the Ganqing Palace in the cold wind.
Garment and clothing
Follow the order
Two slim palace maids in white palace costumes stood up and followed Emperor Chongzhen into the Zuohun Pavilion.
The warm cabinet is decorated with royal style, but Emperor Chongzhen is not in the mood to watch it now
The two palace maids first helped Emperor Chongzhen take off his blood-stained robe. Outside the warm pavilion, there were also palace maids who had brought warm water basins. At this time, there were three palace maids who changed clothes for Emperor Chongzhen.
The palace maids were already the old men of the Ganqing Palace who were used to serving Emperor Chongzhen. They were dignified and elegant in their postures, skillful and gentle in their movements.
Hurry up, Emperor Chongzhen urged
The two palace maids began to soak the warm water in the basin with a white towel, then wrung it dry, and gently wiped Emperor Chongzhen's weak body.
The warm cabinet is warm and not as cold as the Ganqing Palace Hall, so it is called the warm cabinet.
The palace maid's jade hand gently twisted the hot towel, wiping the blood on Emperor Chongzhen's chest bit by bit, and there were also on his arms and thighs.
But in the skillful movements of the palace maids, Emperor Chongzhen's body was quickly wiped clean
Another palace maid opened the high sandalwood cabinet with the emperor's robe. Emperor Chongzhen looked inside the cabinet with a few thoughts.
The one in the middle, blue robe
The elegant and pleasant voice of the palace maid
The voice of the palace maid sounds very similar to usual, but it is different. There is a feeling of vicissitudes inside. Although the sound of this feeling is nice, it sounds a little sad.
This blue robe was worn by me in the year of the throne. I still remember that year in Chongzhen...
The slim palace maids took out this blue robe carefully. Emperor Chongzhen stretched his arms left and right, and the palace maids slowly changed into this blue robe for the emperor.
The palace maid would like to be able to wear this blue robe forever. How great it would be. If the robe is worn, the world will be peaceful. How great it would be.
When the palace maids helped Emperor Chongzhen change into blue robes, they were about to help Emperor Chongzhen comb their hair, they were banned by Emperor Chongzhen.
Seeing this, the palace maids had to take a step back and stand in the warm cabinet, waiting for the dispatch below Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen, who had changed into blue robe, did not look in the mirror or look down at the robe on his body, but looked at the three palace ladies with relief and firmness.
Summon the palace ladies that can be seen in the palace and immediately gather at the Ganqing Gate.
What about the Empress and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager?
Urge them to hang themselves immediately...
Follow the order...
After receiving the imperial edict, the three palace maids slowly left the warm pavilion, walked out of the palace gate of the Ganqing Palace, and confessed the emperor's imperial edict, the eunuchs and palace maids in the Ganqing Palace went separately.
There are as many as 20 or 30 people in this group, and they are all slaves who are the most loyal Emperor Chongzhen.
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Emperor Chongzhen finally looked around at the things in the warm cabinet. This was the place where the state affairs were handled in the past. Many things that were nostalgic in this warm cabinet have happened.
Emperor Chongzhen walked out of the warm pavilion and saw that the gate of the Ganqing Palace had been closed by his servants, blocking the cold wind outside.
Emperor Chongzhen turned around and closed the door of the warm pavilion for the first time with his hands.
In the past, these things were done by my servants. Today is the first and last time I personally closed the door of the warm-house by myself.
Emperor Chongzhen walked to the ground in the center of the Ganqing Palace and saw that the Longquan sword that was lying on the ground had been placed on the dining table by one of the three palace maids just now, and was bathed in the candlelight around the Ganqing Palace.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the candlesticks in the Ganqing Palace again in a blink of an eye, all the candles had been lit on them. Emperor Chongzhen remembered that when the strong wind blew open the hall door just now, many of the candles had been extinguished by the strong wind.
If my ministers were as reliable and trustworthy as the palace people, how could the Ming Dynasty have reached this point...
Emperor Chongzhen shook his head twice in disappointment, picked up the Longquan sword on the table with his left hand, and walked towards the door leading to Jiaotai Hall with firm steps.
At the last moment of walking out of the Ganqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen turned around and took a last look at the bodies of Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan lying on the smooth ground of the Ganqing Palace.
When he closed his eyelids with a deep reproach, he turned around and pushed open the door of the back hall of the Ganqing Palace.
As soon as I walked out of the back door of the Ganqing Palace, under the gray sky, Jiaotai Palace was sealed in front of me. The cold wind eased slightly, but Emperor Chongzhen's already fragile body felt even colder.
The Jiaotai Hall is square in shape, with a wide surface and three rooms in depth. The yellow glazed tiles are pointed and gold-plated treasure roofs.
There is a throne in the hall, with four screens behind the throne, and the middle of the roof of the hall is the Bayasha Well
Single-eaves and four-corner spire, copper-plated gold-plated treasure roof, yellow glazed tiles, double-five stomps, beams and rafters and dragons and phoenixes and seals
The doors are opened on all sides, three and six bowls of diamond flowers, four partition doors of dragon and phoenix skirt panels, the second doors on the south side are sill windows, and the other three rooms on the other side are walls.
The top of the hall is a Panlong-Headed Beaded Cauldron, with gold bricks on the ground, and a throne is set in the bright side of the hall.
The Ming Dynasty has always been held here for the birth ceremony of the canonization of the queen and the queen. The queen accepted the worship of concubines in the harem to show the queen's noble status.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about this love and scene and passed by Jiaotai Hall. Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to see more of these scenes, because he would think about it after seeing it, and if he didn't look at it, he would think less.
After walking out of Jiaotai Hall, Kunning Gate appeared again. Emperor Chongzhen's steps were actually quite firm, but he began to tremble a little.
Kunning Palace is the queen's bedroom
Nine rooms wide and three rooms deep, yellow glazed tiles with double-eaved hip roof, front door opens in the middle, and east-west warm pavilion
The name of Kunning Palace comes from the original text of the "Tao Te Ching": In the past, if one gets one, the heaven is clear, the earth is calm, the god is spiritual, the valley is full, all things are full, and all things are born, and the marquis and kings are one and think that the world is upright.
Emperor Chongzhen walked to Kunning Gate and looked up at the Kunning Palace sign hanging under the eaves. He felt a strong sense of self-blame and inferiority complex in his heart.
Emperor Chongzhen blamed himself in his heart for not being able to manage the Ming Dynasty passed down by the emperor's brother. Now it is time for the country to be destroyed and the family is destroyed. The queen has not enjoyed a few days of good times with her, and now she is going to hang herself...
Emperor Chongzhen stood near Kunning Gate and coughed hard a few times. The palace servants who were serving in Kunning Palace immediately heard the emperor's voice and immediately opened Kunning Gate.
As soon as Kunning Gate was opened, the palace maids and eunuchs came out to gather on both sides of Kunning Gate and knelt down.
Emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live!
Where is the queen?
After hearing the emperor's words, cries spread immediately, one after another.
Emperor Chongzhen had a premonition and put the Longquan sword in his hand on the ground with force, and ran to Kunning Palace anxiously.
The Longquan sword was immediately picked up by a purple-clothed palace maid from Kunning Palace, wiped it carefully, and finally held it in her arms.
As soon as I entered the Kunning Palace Hall, I hurried to the right warm pavilion of the queen's bedroom, but I was close to the door and Emperor Chongzhen could no longer walk.
Emperor Chongzhen wanted to enter the warm room to see the queen quickly, but his legs were not in control and remained motionless.
Emperor Chongzhen could no longer hold back his tears, tears filled his eyes, his fragile body pressed against the door of the warm cabinet, and he said some self-blame words, looking so heart-wrenching but still crying silently
Finally, Emperor Chongzhen finally plucked up the courage to push open the door of the right warm pavilion. At a glance, he saw that on the phoenix couch not far away, behind the translucent and gorgeous bed curtain, Empress Zhou, wearing a golden phoenix robe, was lying on it, motionless and restless.
Emperor Chongzhen shed tears and shook his fragile dragon body slowly approaching the edge of the phoenix couch. Queen Zhou's body finally showed up.
I saw that there was a circle of ropes between Queen Zhou's neck, which caused the blood marks. It should have just passed away.
In order to cover up the death, the palace maids of Kunning Palace put on heavy makeup for Queen Zhou, exactly the same as when Queen Zhou usually accepted worship from concubines.
Queen Zhou has a delicate face, a tall and straight nose, and beautiful eyebrows like distant mountains.
Although the closed slanted phoenix eyes were closed, they were still full of the majesty of the queen, making people dare not have an overbearing thought in their hearts.
The precious body of the queen belongs to the Emperor Daming alone
Emperor Chongzhen reached out to touch the blood marks on the neck of Queen Zhou who strangled her to death. He found that her body was still hot, and tears flowed down her eyes.
Can't you wait for me? I said I'm coming to see the queen for the last time...
Emperor Chongzhen touched the jade hands that Empress Zhou had put together on her lower abdomen last year. The jade hands were also warm, but it was getting colder.
The phoenix robe on Queen Zhou was neatly made by the palace maids. She wore a nine-colored four-phoenix crown on her bun, and a pair of long cloud shoulders were decorated on her shoulders. The slightly loose style of the phoenix robe could not conceal the top-notch tall figure of Queen Zhou.
The palace maids followed the last instructions in front of Queen Zhou and wore all their favorite ornaments on their bodies, including hair accessories, earrings, stairs, hairpins, necklaces and exquisite armor covers.
I saw that the ring finger and little finger on the left hand were covered with a long purple gold glazed armor cover, which made the already slender jade finger look more slender and charming.
I saw that the armor cover on the right finger was different from the one on the left hand. The armor cover was placed on the longest middle and ring fingers among the five fingers.
This way of setting up a different visual impression when seeing the left or right hand, reflecting a different aesthetic
Queen Zhou likes to spend time on the armor cover. Every time she performs singing and dancing to Emperor Chongzhen, her skinny and slender left and right hand wears an armor cover, and her Qianqian’s ten fingers are dancing every moment.
However, Emperor Chongzhen will never see it again when he knows it!
Emperor Chongzhen's hand then extended from Queen Zhou's thighs to her calves. Her legs were still warm, and tears flowed down from her eyes again.
I saw that three-inch high-heeled bow shoes were exposed under the hem of Queen Zhou's phoenix skirt. It was a pair of red embroidered phoenix bow shoes. Emperor Chongzhen remembered that when he took Queen Zhou, Concubine Tian and other concubines into the Forbidden City for the first time, Queen Zhou wore these three-inch high-heeled bow shoes and was with him.
Emperor Chongzhen stood up in tears and stopped looking at Empress Zhou because he knew that he was sorry for Empress Zhou.
Emperor Chongzhen knew that Empress Zhou must have hanged herself with the help of the palace maids, and then the palace maids placed it on the phoenix bed, and the palace maids helped Empress Zhou take care of her makeup.
Maybe you can see Queen Zhou as long as you come a quarter of an hour earlier
Alas, Queen, I have to lose to the Ming Dynasty, to the Queen, to everyone in the palace...
Emperor Chongzhen walked out of Kunning Palace in great pain. The palace maids and eunuchs knelt in the palace courtyard, waiting for the dispatch.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Let two people take care of the queen, and all the others go to the Qing Palace courtyard to order the order
The palace people said: Follow the order
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Emperor Chongzhen led the way with two purple-clothed palace maids from Kunning Palace, carrying two round palace lanterns, and walked on the way to Ciqing Palace.
The gray sky and heavy fog make the sky darker
The two purple-clothed palace maids in Kunning Palace were the last words of Queen Zhou in front of him. They asked the emperor to take them to serve him. They were both eighteen or nineteen years old, and they both entered the palace at the age of seven or eight. They were already considered old people in the palace.
The young palace maid who just entered the palace is different from the eunuch who just entered the palace. The eunuch starts doing everything when he comes in, and has to do any heavy and tiring work.
However, young palace maids who have just entered the palace are different. They will be educated first and then trained. After passing the qualification, they will be sent to the palaces of the Empresses of each palace to serve in the palace.
Those unqualified palace maids will only be sent to some of the most basic places to do hard and tiring things.
If you can enter Kunning Palace to serve the Empress, you have already chosen one of the thousands of palace maids. And those who can become the lord of the palace maids in the end can become the lord of the palace and become the position of the empress, which is rare.
In the past, under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen would inevitably look at the beautiful backs of the palace maids, but now Emperor Chongzhen is completely unable to raise that interest
No matter how beautiful the two purple-clothed palace maids were carrying palace lanterns and how they appeared and disappeared in the mist, Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about the things in Ciqing Palace in his heart.
After walking for a while, you can already see the tiled roof of Ciqing Palace
At this time, an eunuch hurriedly ran over, knelt beside Emperor Chongzhen, and spoke with a stuttering in his mouth.
Report, the emperor, the prince has arrived at the court of the Ganqing Palace and said there is an emergency military report.
Emergency military information?
Emperor Chongzhen fantasized whether there were variables in the war to develop in a positive direction?
Is Wu Sangui already arrived at the periphery of the capital?
Or did Zuo Liangyu lead his troops to rescue the car?
Or is the veteran general Qin Liangyu from Sichuan leading the white-rod soldiers?
Or did the soldiers of the capital repel Li Zicheng?
Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts changed rapidly, and he immediately decided not to go to Ciqing Palace and go back to the Ganqing Palace to find out the general situation.
So Emperor Chongzhen sent this eunuch who came to spread the news to Ciqing Palace to urge Empress Yi'an to hang herself. If she had already hanged herself, she would go to the Ganqing Palace to report.
This eunuch who also grew up in the palace immediately set off for Ciqing Palace after receiving the imperial edict. Before leaving, Emperor Chongzhen praised his loyalty
The eunuch was moved and cried bitterly
So Emperor Chongzhen and two purple-clothed Kunning Palace palace maids turned their heads and returned to the Ganqing Palace. This time, Emperor Chongzhen walked in front of the two purple-clothed palace maids.
Emperor Chongzhen was eager to know how the general trend was developing, and he no longer cared about other things.
At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen himself had issued an order to abolish the habit of sitting in the dragon chariot, saying that this would no longer be the case in the face of national crisis.
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At this time, the courtyard of the Ganqing Palace was already crowded with people from the palace and had already lined up outside the Ganqing Gate.
Wang Chengen was anxiously rushing back and forth in the courtyard, and suddenly saw the emperor coming out of the side door of the Ganqing Palace. He immediately waved his hand and led everyone to kneel down to meet the emperor.
Everyone said in unison: Long live, long live, long live, long live, long live
Emperor Chongzhen said: What is the situation? Come on quickly?
Emperor Chongzhen hoped that Wang Chengen would say good things, but he did not want to hear worse and worse news. However, when he saw Wang Chengen, who was covered in dirty clothes, raised his head and looked at him, Emperor Chongzhen knew that there was no hope.
Wang Chengen knelt on the ground of the Ganqing Palace compound, slowly raised his head and looked at the emperor softly. He couldn't bear it and firmly told the truth, and his eyes were filled with tears.
Wang Chengen said: Zhang Jinyan, Minister of War, took the initiative to open the Zhengyang Gate and welcomed Liu Zongmin's army into the inner city, and the inner city was destroyed.
Emperor Chongzhen shouted: Ah?
Emperor Chongzhen squirted his head up and spewed out a mouthful of blood, and was about to fall down. Wang Chengen and the purple-clothed palace maid hurried forward to support his fragile body.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Why, why, there are always treacherous ministers who defeated my country, why!!!
Wang Chengen said: The emperor calms down, the emperor calms down
Emperor Chongzhen said: What else is there?
Wang Chengen said: Li Zicheng personally led his troops and also broke through the Zhangyi Sect
Emperor Chongzhen said: What, Zhangyimen is?
Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he vomited blood again. Two purple-clothed palace maids held Emperor Chongzhen's crumbling body on the back and forth, losing the emperor's face to prevent the emperor from falling to the ground.
The purple-clothed palace maid on the side quickly wiped the corners of Emperor Chongzhen's mouth and robe with her cloud sleeves. The purple-clothed palace maid on the back supported Emperor Chongzhen's back and waist. Wang Chengen supported Emperor Chongzhen's arm on the other side
Wang Chengen said: Help the emperor to enter the Ganqing Palace quickly. This is not a place for deep discussion. All the others are in the court of the Ganqing Palace.
Everyone said: Obey the order!
The three of them helped Emperor Chongzhen toward the Ganqing Palace, and they were struggling
People in the palaces and palaces in the Ganqing Palace heard the bad news brought by Wang Chengen, and their crying gradually spread in the Ganqing Palace.
On the one hand, the palace servants are worried about the emperor's fate and on the other hand, they are also worried about how their fate will be.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Where are the other gates in the inner city?
Wang Chengen said: All the gates guarded by the great guards are still in our hands for the time being. The gates guarded by other soldiers and generals are unreliable.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Didn’t the Ming Dynasty have no loyal ministers? It’s really a group of wine bags, useless
Wang Chengen said: It's too late for the emperor to say this now
Wang Chengen knew that the emperor would be unhappy to tell the truth, but if he didn't tell the truth, that would be a serious crime to deceive the emperor.
Wang Chengen knew that the key point now is not to let the emperor be captured by Li Zicheng alive, otherwise life is worse than death.
Emperor Chongzhen said: If I had Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers and Qi Jiguang's Guangxi wolf soldiers, I would not be afraid of the attacks between Tatars and the thieves.
Wang Chengen said: The emperor is right, but now it is different. Qi Jiguang is no longer here. General Qin Liangyu is seventy years old this year.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Why didn’t Qin Liangyu bring white pole soldiers to rescue him?
Wang Chengen said: Qin Liangyu's family has basically died for the Ming Dynasty. Now, not to mention that Li Zicheng's soldiers are blocking the passage in the middle. Zhang Xianzhong is also attacking Sichuan, hoping to turn Sichuan into his own chassis, because Zhang Xianzhong is also afraid that Li Zicheng will bite him.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Why are there endless rebels in the world? The veteran general Qin Liangyu has died of suffering.
Wang Chengen said: In the 17th year of Chongzhen, General Qin Liangyu was already seventy years old, but he still led the Baigang soldiers to resist Zhang Xianzhong's invasion in Sichuan. She couldn't come to save him.
Emperor Chongzhen said: Oh my God, God will destroy my Ming Dynasty!
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Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne of the Ganqing Palace, and two palace maids in purple-robed clothes stood on the left and right beside him. Wang Chengen knelt down under the three-story white marble steps in front of the throne.
Emperor Chongzhen said: What is the situation with Wu Sangui? What about Wu Xiang?
Wang Chengen said: Wu Sangui will definitely not come to rescue the car. There is a letter saying that Wu Sangui had already communicated with the Tatars and the thieves.
Emperor Chongzhen said: What about Wu Xiang?
Wang Chengen said: It turns out that when I was in Zhengyang Gate, Wu Xiang was quite honest. When I heard Xuan returned to the Forbidden City, he and Zhang Jinyan and some other generals sold Zhengyang Gate and sent the thieves to attack the inner city.
Emperor Chongzhen said: This family is unreliable. When Zu Dashou surrendered to the Tatars, I should have killed all their family. It was because I was ruthless.
Wang Chengen said: It's already like this, it's useless to think about the past, the emperor... let's think about the future
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen with understanding. He was already covered in white hair and was in his early sixties this year.
Since when he was in the palace of King Xin, and before Emperor Chongzhen was born, Wang Chengen was a loyal servant in the family
Emperor Chongzhen said: I heard that I often say that I killed loyal ministers and good generals in vain. These people either disrespect me or have a rebellious intention. I sent you and my servants to supervise the army. The original intention was to preserve the strength of my Ming Dynasty. I knew that I had used some military servants wrongly, but the slaves who went out of the palace who did my business for me were better than those defeated generals. If I don’t believe that, who else could they trust?
Wang Chengen said: Your Majesty, it is useless to talk about these past things now.
Emperor Chongzhen said: I know, I know, I only said this in front of you, I have already planned everything
Wang Chengen said: I am a man from the palace of Xinwang, and death is a ghost from the palace of Xinwang
Emperor Chongzhen said: The huge country will be destroyed in the hands of the scum of his own nation. The future suffering of the Ming people is hard to imagine. It is all my sins. I have not fulfilled the expectations given to me by the nation...
Emperor Chongzhen blew out another mouthful of blood, his eyes gradually lost their luster and became dim. Everything began to become darker in Emperor Chongzhen's eyes and no longer had any color.
Wang Chengen said: Emperor
The maid in purple clothes said: Emperor
Emperor Chongzhen lowered his head, gritted his teeth and smiled, and grabbed the armrests on both sides of the throne with his hands tightly.
Emperor Chongzhen said: It’s all my fault. Everything that could have been avoided was because of my fault. I ascended the throne at the age of seventeen. Three months later, and almost wiped out the thieves and Tatars several times. I became proud and arrogant and made many soldiers and generals that were beneficial to the thieves. God will punish me! Come on!
Emperor Chongzhen said: I am a sinner of the Ming Dynasty. I have no face to see my ancestors and ancestors. I have no face to see my concubines again. What I owe the most is the people of the Ming Dynasty. They are unarmed and will become the meat of the thieves in the future...
Emperor Chongzhen sprayed another mouthful of blood. I don’t know how many times it was today, so I immediately fainted.
Emperor Chongzhen fell asleep on his throne on his back. Wang Chengen, who was over 60 years old, was quite versatile in medical theory and hurriedly treated the emperor.
I also asked the purple-clothed palace maid to bring hot water to help the emperor organize his appearance
A quarter of an hour later
Emperor Chongzhen woke up. In his short dream, he had already thought about everything and his emotions recovered a little.
Looking at Wang Chengen and two purple-clothed palace maids standing beside him, he heard the sound of crying in the courtyard outside the Ganqing Palace.
When I think of this moment, only I am the one who should make up the most. I must be strong and firm. No matter how difficult the road ahead is, I can only go all the way.
There are so many people who are still waiting to arrange their fates. I can't give up first, that's what I mean is to abandon them.
Emperor Chongzhen touched the corners of his mouth and face with his hands, and saw that the purple-clothed palace maid had already been cleaned with a towel. Emperor Chongzhen looked at the two purple-clothed palace maids with gratitude and nodded.
Two purple-clothed palace maids bowed dignifiedly to the emperor for their etiquette, and Wang Chengen saw it in his eyes
After sighing that after leaving the Forbidden City, the people outside are so selfish and so bad!
No wonder many palace maids are older than they want to leave the palace, and would rather die in the palace.
Maybe they decided that the palace was their world, and the world outside the palace did not belong to them.
After Emperor Chongzhen woke up, Wang Chengen reported some things to him, including the harem concubines and concubines hang themselves, how many great guards and soldiers could be dispatched, how many palace servants in the palace arrange the arrangements, how the thief's offensives, etc.
The remains of Princess Kunxing and Chen Yuanyuan have been ordered to be disposed of, and Chen Yuanyuan was buried in the imperial tomb according to her status as a concubine.
Empress Zhou and some other concubines also had their own arrangements to be buried in the imperial tomb.
Emperor Chongzhen knew that the biggest thing now was how to arrange the fate of these people. Once they were arranged, it was time to leave by themselves.
As for how to go, Emperor Chongzhen was still unsure of his mind. Maybe everyone knew they were going to die.
However, Emperor Chongzhen finally realized that Wu Sangui and Zuo Liangyu would not come. Emperor Chongzhen had given up on them.
Emperor Chongzhen is now thinking about how to hide the prince among the people and sneak back to Jiangnan in the future, where half of the Ming Dynasty will be left.
Emperor Chongzhen saw through those royal relatives, and none of them was reliable. The two of them were just using their daughters as money trees.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng, originally wanted him to lead the soldiers and serve the country and fight bravely to fight the enemy, but he could not help him, and finally locked himself in the mansion and didn't even meet me again.
At that moment, Emperor Chongzhen really gave up on this Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Chongzhen said: I can’t let go of the people of the Ming Dynasty and the palace people in the Forbidden City. I feel ashamed of the nation’s expectations for me...
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