Chapter 27 Wake Up
When Zhao Xu saw Meng Yuan not speaking, he was calculating quickly.
‘Calm down! Calm down! There must be a way!’
Zhao Xu inhaled and exhale secretly, his brain was running rapidly, looking for a solution to the current dilemma.
Chu You stood beside Zhao Xu, holding a knife in his hand, and his palm was full of sweat. Although he had been in the imperial guards for more than ten years, he had never fought a war. Faced with such a situation, he was also panicked.
The surrounding imperial guards were almost the same. They had never been to the battlefield and had never seen any bigger scenes. Seeing that they were really going to fight, I don’t know how many people looked frightened and their legs were trembling.
Meng Yuan, who was kneeling on one knee under the palace wall, lowered his head and frowned, and was also thinking about how to enter the palace.
The person in front of him is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the Palace of the Song Dynasty is under his feet. It is impossible for him to really send troops to attack. It is now the limit.
But if he delayed, it would not only confirm his "rebellion and rebellion", but it would also attract interference from major figures.
He was just Du Yuhou of the Guard Infantry Division, and there were commanders and deputy commanders on it. Moreover, the system of the Song Dynasty was to check and balance it layer by layer, and the Guard Infantry Division was just one of them. The "Three Ya" also had the Palace Front Office, the Guard Horse Office, the Privy Council, the Jungshu, the San Si, etc., so many people could suppress him!
If this is dragged on and observe the direction of the wind secretly, there will definitely be people who can't sit still and come out to intervene, maybe it's not just one person or two!
At that time, the situation will definitely be one-sided to the emperor.
In front of everyone, there is no sufficient reason, who dares to "respect the king"?
No one spoke up and down the Xuande Gate Palace wall, quiet and silent, and fell into a heart-pounding stalemate.
At this moment, two hanging baskets were suddenly thrown off the city wall.
Zhao Xu looked at it and his mouth twitched.
Zhao Hao, who was under the city wall, turned pale and retreated again. Meng Yuan frowned and reached out to hold the hilt with a hesitant expression.
As the two hanging baskets fell, they almost gave Meng Yuan and Zhao Hao an ultimatum - should they enter or not?
Once you enter, life and death are entrusted to Zhao Xu, and there is no room for anything else; if you don’t enter, you will be planning a rebellion and a war is about to begin!
The atmosphere seemed to be frozen, and even both sides on the wall forgot to breathe. Everyone stared at each other, and as long as the other party moved a little, they would immediately fight back.
Zhao Xu held the knife in both hands, gritted his teeth, and forced himself to suppress the panic and fear in his heart.
He didn't expect that the situation would develop to such a dangerous level. Since he wanted to fight, he would beat him, and he would not believe it, and he would die like this!
In the extreme danger, Zhao Xu's arrogance and determination were aroused.
"The Empress Dowager is here!"
At this moment, Chenpi ran over from Daqing Gate and shouted.
"The Empress Dowager is here!"
"The Empress Dowager is here!"
He shouted desperately, he was really afraid that the palace gate would hurt Zhao Xu and ran desperately.
Zhao Xu heard the sound and turned his head to look.
In the dark night, Chenpi ran hard, panting and continued to shout.
"The Empress Dowager is here!"
"The Empress Dowager is here!"
Zhao Xu didn't know whether it was true or not, and did not move around, worried about causing a transitional reaction under the city wall.
Zhao Hao and Meng Yuan also heard it, and looked up at the city wall with a hesitant expression.
Chenpi ran up quickly, pressing her chest that was about to explode, and looked down at the palace wall with both hands and shouted: "The Empress Dowager is here, everyone will put down their weapons!"
Meng Yuan stood up slowly, looked up at the palace wall, his face firm.
Seeing that the lower body was not moving, Chenpi breathed hard, came to Zhao Xu and said, "The official family, the Empress Dowager is here."
Zhao Xu looked below and whispered, "Is it true or false?"
Chenpi almost fainted and said hard: "Really, it's coming soon."
When Zhao Xu heard this, he was still calm and did not move.
The motives of the group below were unknown. He was worried that if he moved, it would trigger an overreaction below. He still held the hilt of the knife and stared at the palace wall.
Not long after, dense footsteps sounded behind Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu turned his head and saw not far away, in the torch light, a group of yellow doors carrying a chair, Empress Dowager Gao sat in a blanket, shaking over - she opened her eyes!
Zhao Xu still didn't dare to be careless and turned around and stared at Meng Yuan and others below.
Empress Dowager Gao was carried up, and almost no one saluted. The atmosphere was too stalemate and no one dared to be careless!
Empress Dowager Gao was carried to Zhao Xu. She looked tired and had a pale face. She looked at Zhao Xu with a smile and slowly stood up and said to Zhao Xu: "It's okay, the Ai family is still alive."
For some reason, when Zhao Xu's heart strings, which had been tense for some time, suddenly relaxed, and he was no longer as scared as before.
After saying that, Empress Dowager Gao turned to the city wall, glanced over, and said in a low voice: "Zhao Hao, Meng Yuan, come in, everyone else has dispersed."
When Zhao Hao saw Empress Gao, he was stunned and stunned. He suddenly ran to the city wall, knelt down with a thud, and cried loudly, "My mother, you are still here, but I thought I could not see you..."
Meng Yuan did not react so much and raised his hand and said, "My minister, respect the imperial edict."
Empress Dowager Gao did not respond to the actions of the two, turned around and looked at Zhao Xu, nodded slightly, reached out to pull him, and said, "The official family is here too."
Zhao Xu woke up and quickly put down his knife and reached out to support Empress Dowager Gao. His brain was still tense. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only reach out to support Empress Dowager Gao's arm.
Chu You did not relax. Zhao Hao couldn't wait to climb up the hanging basket under the city wall, and felt a little relieved.
He didn't dare to open the city gate without authorization. Zhao Hao and Meng Yuan were much safer from the hanging basket.
Meng Yuan was about to call for the door to open, but seeing Zhao Hao's appearance, he had to go up the hanging basket.
As soon as Zhao Hao came up, he chased Empress Dowager Gao who was slowly going downstairs. He was about to kneel down and hug Empress Dowager Gao's legs with tears on his face. Empress Dowager Gao seemed to know him too much, and snorted coldly, saying, "Shut up."
Zhao Hao was like a mouse seeing a cat, immediately retracted his movements, bent his waist, and followed honestly behind him.
Meng Yuan came over and said politely: "Empress."
Empress Dowager Gao looked back at him, and after a moment, she said, "Go back to the palace."
So, a large group of people followed Empress Dowager Gao and turned back to the Cining Hall.
The big guys left, and only Chu You were left on the palace wall.
One of Chu You's more than ten brothers, Zhang Tongyi, who often cju with Zhao Xu, looked at Zhao Xu's back and whispered: "Brother, what should I do?"
This sentence "What to do" contains too many meanings.
Since we talked about what to do now, the confrontation between the walls and the walls has not yet been lifted.
They also said how they should deal with it now, whether to leave or stay.
Also, what should I do afterwards? The Empress Dowager has woken up. After dawn, will they be beaten back to their original form?
Chu You heard what he meant and looked at Zhao Xu's back. Although he followed Zhao Xu for a short time, he felt the strong desire for power emitting from Zhao Xu. He glanced around and whispered: "We are the imperial family's destiny. Even tomorrow, the empress has no reason to bring us back to its original form. What we have to do now is to guard the palace according to the will of the official family. Call everyone over, and we must act immediately, and take all the imperial guards in our hands before dawn!"
Chapter completed!