Lingquan after kitchen

Chapter 125: The Palace Transformation and the Fall of the Emperor (2)
In just ten days, seven riots broke out in various parts of the Dahua Dynasty, causing great panic among the people. Food was looted wildly, gold prices rose sharply, and even Chang'an was in turmoil.

Elder Xuantian asked Dongfang Xuanyi to write a letter to Murong Yangxiao imitating Murong Yangli's handwriting. On the way back to Tanzhou, he encountered rebels and was unable to advance, so he asked him to send another army to wipe out Murong Yangzhou.

When Murong Yangxiao received the letter, he realized that he had been tricked, and he was very angry, but now that the war is raging, Murong Yangzhou can't deal with it alone, how can he have the time to deal with Murong Yangli? Under the proposal, Murong Qing was conferred the title of Grand Marshal a few years ago, leading [-] troops to attack Murong Yangzhou, and three generals were conferred, each leading [-] troops, to wipe out the rebels from all walks of life.

The New Year in Chang'an was not a bit of a New Year's flavor. From the palace to the houses, everyone lived a life of trembling.

Leng Ningshuang, the mistress of the Ouyang Mansion in Chang'an, had an accident on the way to pay New Year's greetings to her father, Taifu Leng, and fell from a horse and broke her right leg.

In order to take care of Leng Ningshuang, Ouyang Yue submitted a memorial to resign, and Murong Yangxiao readily approved it, but sent a message from the imperial physician, mocking the two for their incompatibility, and an accident occurred within half a year of their wedding.

Upon learning of this, Taifu Leng passed out. After waking up, half of his body was paralyzed, and he couldn't even speak, let alone go to the morning court to discuss politics.

The people from the Leng residence handed over the booklet to Master Leng.Murong Yangxiao agreed with Mr. Leng to resign and return to his hometown.

Leng Taifu's father and daughter were escorted by their families to leave Chang'an and live in Zhuangzi at the foot of Lishan Mountain.

Immediately afterwards, several old ministers resigned from their official posts on the grounds of physical discomfort, and left Chang'an with their families.

Murong Yangxiao has been in power for ten years, and there is not a day when he does not want to make these old ministers who always have different political views from him disappear and become the real emperor who monopolizes power.

Now that he finally got his wish, he was very happy. While the soldiers in front were still fighting, he held a palace banquet to reward his concubines.

Concubine Zhang Shu was finally conferred the title of empress, but the conferring ceremony had to wait for the return of the army.

Wang Jieyu was promoted to the second rank of Wang Zhaoyi.

The rest of the concubines, including Kong Meiren, who had been suppressed by Concubine Xu Gui and had fallen out of favor for many days, were also promoted to the third rank, Jieyu.

With so many concubines, everyone has been promoted in rank, but Concubine Xu only got a box of pearls that Empress Zhang looked down upon.

The freshly released Kong Jieyu sarcastically said: "Concubine Xu Gui will be the queen if she is promoted again. She comes from a humble background, so how can she be a queen?"

Empress Zhang received the congratulations from all the concubines, she was extremely happy, but she didn't relax her vigilance, she confided in several big court ladies, and after Murong Qing came to the throne, she killed Concubine Xu, the fourth princess, the fifth prince, and the sixth prince .

On the night of the last day of the first lunar month, the sound of slaughter in the palace shook the sky.

Yu Zhenyi, the son-in-law of the fourth princess Murong Ying, led two thousand soldiers and horses to join forces with Qu Che, who had just been promoted as the general of the Imperial Forest Army, and occupied the entire palace.

Murong Yangxiao was poisoned so badly that Qibu bled and died on Kong Jieyu's bed.

Empress Zhang was imprisoned, and all the palace people around her died tragically.

After dawn, the death knell sounded in the palace, and the inside and outside of the palace were filled with white. The news of Murong Yangxiao's death spread throughout Chang'an in a very short time.

The imperial palace was filled with the smell of fireworks, and the main hall of the Xuanzheng Palace, Qu Che led the imperial army lined up on both sides, staring at each other.

Yu Zhenyi's grandfather, Yu Guogong, held Murong Yangxiao's last decree and read it loudly to all civil and military officials. Empress Zhang was abolished, Prince Murong Qing was abolished, and the throne passed to the fifth prince Murong Ang.

The two upright officials raised doubts and were immediately killed by Qu Che with a sword.

Therefore, under the intimidation of the Imperial Forest Army, all civil and military officials agreed with the content of the will and made Murong Ang the new emperor.

Murong Ang ascended the throne that very day, and decreed that his biological mother Xu Guifei be the Empress Dowager, his elder sister Murong Ying the Princess Protector, and his younger brother Murong Feng the King.Feng Wang enfeoffed Luoyang, and went to Luoyang one year later.

Canonize Yu Guogong as King Yu, and Yu Zhenyi as King Yi.

Qu Che was canonized as the regent, and Qu Che's father, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Mr. Qu, was named Taifu. Qu Che's brothers all got official positions, and even his sisters were made female officials.

Canonize Kong Jieyu as Concubine Kong, and Kong Tianyu of the Kong family as the second-rank county prince.

The Confucian family was suppressed by Ouyang and Ding's family and almost left Chang'an. Now Kong Jieyu paralyzed Empress Zhang and helped Murong Ang kill him with a poison. After that, he was named the Duke of the county, and his title was as high as Dongfang Ding.

After a bloodbath in the palace, people from the Empress Dowager Xu and Murong Ang were replaced inside and out.

Empress Zhang was imprisoned in the cold palace, and Murong Qing's family members and members of the Zhang family were also arrested and imprisoned here.

The first thing Empress Dowager Xu did was to disfigure Empress Zhang's face, and asked the palace servants to pierce Empress Zhang's whole body with needles, and then wiped Empress Zhang's body with salt water.

Last year, Queen Zhang designed that Queen Mother Xu was stung by a wasp, and now Queen Zhang admits to the same or even deeper pain.

"Leave her life as bait, and see if her good son Murong Qing will come to rescue her." Empress Dowager Xu left with a sinister smile.

She comes from a humble background, but she has three good sons and daughters, and a good lover who is willing to bear her eternal infamy.

An official asked: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Dongfang County is the only one who will come to court this morning. You see, can you make an order to announce his visit?"

Murong Ang immediately felt dissatisfied with Dongfang Dingxin.

Regent Qu Che, who was less than 30 years old, shook his head, waved the official back, and then said earnestly: "Your Majesty, the Dragon Wing Army of Duke Dongfang will not participate in the civil strife. Duke Dongfang will not harm you."

Murong Ang asked suspiciously: "Why do you say that?"

Qu Che said in a low voice: "The Duke's mansion is less than ten miles away from the imperial palace. Last night, the imperial palace was on fire, and everyone in Chang'an could see it. Duke Dongfang must have seen it too, but he did not enter the palace to rescue him."

Murong Ang suddenly realized, nodded and said with a smile: "He really knows how to behave."

Qu Che said: "Your Majesty, I propose not only not to condemn Duke Dongfang, but also to restore his title to win over."

All the big and small schemes to seize the palace this time were put forward by Qu Che. Murong Ang trusted him very much, and immediately issued a decree to confer Dongfang Ding as the Duke of the State, and rewarded him with gold, silver and jewels.

In the hall of Zhuangzi's main courtyard at the foot of Lishan Mountain, Hu Huzi, one of Ouyang Jinyu's right-hand men, was reporting the follow-up of the Chang'an Palace Change.

(End of this chapter)