Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 492 Entering Beijing
"Grand Secretary Yang!" After watching Yu Qian leave the palace, Empress Dowager Sun turned her gaze to Yang Shiqi. At this moment, she anxiously wanted to understand what had happened! Why had Yu Qian changed his attitude after that strange sound?

"Your Majesty, this is the trump card left by the three former emperors of our Great Ming Dynasty! An unparalleled trump card!"

The abdication of the emperor by Kenryu is by no means an empty promise!

In fact, if the other party is willing, no one can stop it! Not even reinforcements!
The old minister also tried to dissuade the Empress.

But now that things have come to this, everything depends on the other party's attitude!
"Your Majesty, now we can only go and fetch them first!" Yang Shiqi said softly, glancing at Empress Dowager Sun with a sigh and pity in his eyes. Yang Shiqi knew very well that, given Emperor Longwu's attitude, even if the other party did not inherit the throne of the Ming Dynasty, he would absolutely not allow a legitimate emperor to succeed to the throne!
However, if Emperor Longwu were to abdicate the throne of the Ming Dynasty, the most likely outcome would be that Prince Cheng would succeed him!
Besides, even if Emperor Longwu couldn't ascend the throne in the Ming Dynasty himself, he had so many sons! Didn't you see that each of Emperor Longwu's sons was granted a fiefdom? In that case, it was possible that Emperor Longwu could send one of his sons to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

After all, that imperial edict was the greatest legal basis that three generations of Ming emperors had given to Emperor Longwu! There was no doubt about it!

"Thump!" After hearing Yang Shiqi's vague yet meaningful words and seeing his strange gaze, Empress Dowager Sun finally realized that something was wrong. Feeling dizzy, she almost fell over, but fortunately, the palace maid behind her caught her.

"Go to the city wall!" After calming her trembling heart, Empress Dowager Sun gritted her teeth and decided to go see what was happening outside!

At this moment, the ministers standing together in the palace all looked dazed!

The court officials were completely unaware of what had happened! They only knew that the situation seemed quite delicate! However, they couldn't explain the current situation, so they could only follow Empress Dowager Sun and continue towards the city wall!

On the other side, Yu Qian arrived at the city gate first. But before he could climb the city wall, Yu Qian noticed something was wrong.

"What's going on?"

"Where are the guards at Yongding Gate?!" Upon discovering the anomaly, Yu Qian immediately asked the patrolling soldiers around him anxiously.

"Minister Yu, a roar has apparently occurred at the Oirat camp!"

"The garrison commander of Yongding Gate has led his troops to launch a counterattack!" After hearing Yu Qian's almost roaring question, a panicked voice came over.

"What?!" Yu Qian was stunned upon hearing this! The Oirat camp had roared? In broad daylight? Impossible! But then, Yu Qian realized something was amiss. The person who answered him wasn't one of the soldiers in front of him. Turning around, he saw that the person who had answered him was Shi Heng, whom he had sent out to request reinforcements!
"Minister Yu!"

"Reinforcements have arrived! There was a sudden incident at the Oirat camp just now; the garrison commander of Yongding Gate led his troops out to fight their way out!" Shi Heng reported to Yu Qian, looking exhausted and weary. At the same time, he took out a tiger tally from his robes and showed it to Yu Qian.
"Okay, okay!"

"Where are the reinforcements located?!" Upon hearing Shi Heng's words and seeing the tiger tally, Yu Qian immediately asked Shi Heng anxiously.

"Be on guard!" But before Shi Heng could reply, Yu Qian heard the mournful roars of the soldiers guarding the city wall.

Immediately, Yu Qian and Shi Heng exchanged a glance, and then the two of them climbed up the city wall. Once on the wall, Yu Qian saw countless soldiers staring down below with terrified eyes, their expressions filled with panic!

Yu Qian stared intently, and for a moment, he was stunned. He even seemed to smell a strong stench of blood in the air!
It was all because, below the city wall, there was a blood-red figure sitting on horseback! A pure blood-red figure! A figure entirely composed of blood! "Ugh~~" Some of the soldiers guarding the city wall even vomited because of the blood-red figure below.

"Minister Yu!"

"Won't you open the city gates and invite me in for a seat?!" Just as everyone was staring blankly at the blood-red figure below the city wall, the figure, seated on horseback, spoke. And, upon opening his mouth, his voice, like thunder, resounded throughout the entire Yongding Gate!

Furthermore, because the other party referred to himself as "朕" (the imperial "I")! Such a shocking statement immediately drew everyone's attention to Yu Qian, the Minister of Rites!

"How dare you! Who dares to overstep their bounds like this!" Before Qian could even speak, an urgent voice rang out again from the city wall.

The soldiers turned around and saw that Empress Dowager Sun had already led a group of officials to the top of the city wall! The person who spoke was Xu Youzhen, who was following behind Empress Dowager Sun!

"Lord Xu! Be careful what you say!" To everyone's surprise, before anyone else could speak, Yang Shiqi from the cabinet stepped forward and sternly reprimanded Xu Youzhen, stopping him from speaking.

When everyone saw how serious Yang was, they were all terrified!

Even the court officials behind Empress Dowager Sun were gaping in terror, but not a single one of them uttered a word! Clearly, no one present was a fool!
For a moment, the city wall of Yongding Gate was completely silent!
In this eerie atmosphere, Empress Dowager Sun, her phoenix brows furrowed, strode to the city wall and silently watched the blood-red figure seated on horseback below. Suddenly, her pupils seemed to tremble as if her body were in an earthquake! The maidservants who had been attending to Empress Dowager Sun quickly supported her swaying figure.

"Grand Secretary Yang, Minister Yu!"

If you don't open the city gates, I'm leaving!

"I've already come, so you two can't say I'm untrustworthy anymore!" Looking at the silent scene on the city wall, the blood-red Dragon Emperor sat astride his horse, seemingly shrugging helplessly, before speaking again. This thunderous voice, echoing across the city wall, clearly told everyone that he could leave at any moment!

However, at this moment, many officials also noticed that the terrifying figure below the city wall had a very familiar voice! They just couldn't remember who it was for a moment! But some astute people had already vaguely guessed who that towering figure below was!

"Your Majesty~!" Looking at the figure sitting upright on horseback below, with an indifferent attitude and ready to leave at any moment, Yu Qian couldn't help but turn around and look at the figure dressed in luxurious clothes by the city wall!
"Open the city gates!" At this moment, Empress Dowager Sun stood up straight, leaning against the city wall, as if she had exhausted all her strength, and said with her eyes full of fear.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Sun had already guessed who the terrifying figure below the city was! She also finally understood why Yang Shiqi was unwilling to invoke the imperial edict! But it was all too late!

As Empress Dowager Sun's voice rang out, the closed city gate beneath the city wall creaked open!

Then, amidst the horrified gazes of countless soldiers at the city gate, a towering figure, covered in blood and whose clothes and even face were obscured, sat upright on horseback and rode into the city gate with unbridled abandon!

"Ugh!" Along the way, even soldiers who had experienced great battles couldn't stop vomiting at the sight of this blood-covered figure! But even more soldiers looked on with admiration!

In Beijing, within the Qianqing Palace of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Palace, a hall originally reserved for the emperor's residence and office, was now occupied by Empress Dowager Sun, Prince Zhu Qiyu of Cheng, Grand Secretary Yang Shiqi, Yu Qian, and others. Judging from their uneasy expressions, it was clear they were waiting for someone!
(End of this chapter)