Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow fell like goose feathers and covered the entire capital.

In the emperor's palace, Emperor Jingfeng, who was getting thinner day by day, had difficulty taking medicine. After finally finishing a bowl of medicinal soup, he was so upset that he bent over and vomited completely.During a violent cough, dots of bright red splashed out, and the blood on his face faded away in an instant.

The palace attendant was shocked when he saw this: "Your Majesty!"

Not long after, Li Jinche, Cheng Yan and other important cabinet ministers gathered together. The imperial doctor trotted over, put his hands on Emperor Jingfeng's pulse, and said with horror in his eyes and a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid... something bad is going to happen... "

Unexpectedly, this day would come so quickly. Li Rui tried his best to suppress his sadness and cried while trying to help Emperor Jingfeng up: "Brother Emperor..."

Emperor Jingfeng's face turned gray. He used up the last bit of strength to avoid Li Rui's movements and said weakly: "Ahem, cough, cough... don't worry about me, Ah Rui, go... summon all the officials into the palace immediately..."

It seems that this is about to explain the funeral arrangements.

Li Rui held back the tears in his eyes: "Brother, don't worry, brother, I will go right away."

Emperor Jingfeng asked again: "...Where is Gu Yunji?"

Gu Yunji immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I am here, just give me your orders."

Emperor Jingfeng took a few hard breaths, ordered someone to bring him the token, and said: "You go to the prison now, bring the prince out, and bring him to me quickly... Do you understand?"

Hearing this, everyone present had different expressions, and a dark color suddenly flashed in Li Jinche's eyes.

Gu Yunji was a little surprised when he heard this, but at the same time he felt relieved and said firmly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will definitely bring His Royal Highness to you."

Emperor Jingfeng felt a little more at ease and nodded: "...Go."

While everyone's attention was on Emperor Jingfeng, Li Jinche and Fang Zigui exchanged glances, and then the two of them left the palace one after another and came to a quiet place where no one was.

Li Jinche's face was gloomy, and he subconsciously looked back at where Emperor Jingfeng was, and gritted his teeth and said: "Father really wants to pass the throne to Li Jinze, otherwise he would not have released him from prison and summoned him at this time. in front of."

Fang Zigui lowered his gaze, with dark eyes surging, and his voice was like a devil that deceives people's hearts. He said softly: "Your Majesty will most likely not survive tonight... Your Highness, there is chaos inside and outside the palace. People are panicked. This opportunity cannot be missed." What you lose will never come back..."

Li Jinche's eyes darkened, and his fingers subconsciously tightened. He paced a few steps anxiously, and finally made up his mind: "...Okay, let's do it!"

-

In the ice and snow, there were few pedestrians on the streets, and there were not many people even on the roads in the palace.At Donghua Gate, several guards guarding the gate were drowsy and dozed off in the corner.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind stirred, and the guard shivered from the cold, and he suddenly woke up: "Who is it!"

A group of solemn Feiyu guards appeared in front of them. The leader showed his identity token with a cold look on his face: "There is an order from above that all palace gates are closed and no one is allowed to enter or exit at will. The guards at each palace gate are temporarily handed over to The Flying Fish Guards take over.”

"Seal the palace gate?" The city gate guard looked surprised when he heard this, "How could the palace gate be closed suddenly in broad daylight? There has been no such precedent before, not to mention that I have not received any request to temporarily hand over the city gate guards to Feiyu Guards. instruction."

He looked at Feiyuwei for a few times, and doubts gradually arose in his heart: "I wonder which commander this lord received the order from? Can you tell me clearly so that I can confirm and verify it?"

"Whose order do you think I received?" Feiyuwei sneered and tugged at his uniform, "Did you see it? I am Feiyuwei. Feiyuwei is not restricted by officials in its affairs and only listens to His Majesty's orders. ." "It is naturally His Majesty's wish to seal the palace gate. Why, you still want to go to His Majesty for confirmation? Why don't you step back quickly? From now on, the palace gate will be under our control."

Knowing that it was Emperor Jingfeng's intention, Guard subconsciously backed down, but his inner sense of responsibility still did not allow him to back down: "Since it is His Majesty's order, can you take the imperial edict to the next person for review?"

Feiyuwei looked impatient and said in a more serious tone: "What we are following is His Majesty's oral order, there is no imperial edict! Do you want me to invite His Majesty over and let him personally give the order in front of you?"

"I don't dare to lower my rank."

The guard immediately lowered his head, but still refused to give in at all: "Just closing the palace gate is of great importance. Even though I am just a small official at the city gate, I dare not neglect my duty. Just in case, my lord, I'd better go back and ask for a visit from His Majesty." The imperial edict, or the military order directly subordinate to the superior officer, will be used to ask the inferior officer to hand over the power of guarding the city gate, and then the inferior officer will have nothing to say."

Feiyuwei didn't expect him to be so stubborn, and said angrily: "How dare you! We are here to take over the palace gate according to His Majesty's decree, but you dare to resist and disobey the decree! You have delayed His Majesty's important affairs, and even ten of your heads are not enough to chop off!"

The guard insisted: "My lord, I'll forgive you. It's the official's job to guard the palace gates. I really don't dare..."

"what--"

Before the guard could finish speaking, a human head rolled down with a flash of sword light. The soldier next to him screamed in fright, and his face instantly turned pale.

Feiyuwei put away his long knife, wiped the blood that was spattered on his face, and said to the soldier gloomily: "What, can you hand over the palace gate to us now?"

Looking at the Feiyu Guards in front of them who were looking at them eagerly, it seemed that if they dared to say "no", they would become the second person to be killed.

The soldier was so frightened that his legs could not stop trembling, and he stammered: "Yes, yes... Sir, please..."

-

On the other side, Gu Yunji was rushing to the palace with Li Jinze, who had just come out of prison.

"Your Highness, watch your step."

Li Jinze stayed in a dark and damp cell for more than three months. He only washed himself briefly and managed to look like a normal person.When he learned that Emperor Jingfeng might be in trouble, he was so anxious that he staggered when he walked and almost tripped himself.

Li Jinze ran in a hurry and was panting. While waving his hands to indicate that he was okay, he pulled Gu Yunji and continued to walk forward: "I, I'm fine... Mr. Gu, let's go quickly... Don't keep father waiting for too long. …”

The two of them arrived at the palace gate all the way, but saw that the gate was closed tightly and there was not a single soldier guarding the gate.

Gu Yunji frowned when he saw this: "What's going on? Why is the palace door closed in broad daylight?"

He was deeply confused and simply shouted to the tower: "Hey - is there anyone there? Open the door -"

A long time passed, but still no one answered. Just as Gu Yunji was about to call out again, a Feiyu guard stuck his head out: "Who is making such a noise!"

Gu Yunji's face was filled with joy and he said hurriedly: "I am Gu Yunji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue. I have been ordered by Your Majesty to handle important matters. Now I need to enter the palace to report. Please open the palace door and let us in."

The main body of this book is almost finished, probably in just a few days.