Chapter 110: Establishing a New King

The emperor lay on the dragon bed with his eyes closed.

The imperial physician rushed forward to give him acupuncture, and the emperor slowly woke up after a quarter of an hour. The imperial physician hurriedly ordered the medicine boy to bring Gu Yuan's pill and put it under the emperor's tongue for him to take.

"Quick! Ask someone to boil some ginseng soup!"

When taking the emperor's pulse just now, the imperial physician noticed that the emperor was in poor health. Coupled with indulgence and anger, his current condition is even worse.

When the emperor opened his eyes, the first thing he did was to summon several ministers whom he relied on.

"Go...go and call someone over here! Ahem...quickly!!"

The emperor's face was pale, and he coughed uncontrollably as he spoke. It was as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

He had no idea that these dogs had taken advantage of his kindness and power to do so many awful things. Just a few hundred thousand rebels could bring him to such a state.

The eunuchs in front of the emperor rushed to the residences of the prime minister and several other ministers almost non-stop, but without exception, the places were empty.

The young eunuch who was summoned had beads of sweat on his forehead and his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't hold the reins. Just like that, he returned to the emperor's presence with trembling legs.

The young eunuch fell to his knees with a thud, his voice trembling: "Your Majesty... The Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers... They... They all fled for fear of crime..."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall felt a jolt in their hearts, followed by panic. No one knew how King Ning, who was about to attack, would deal with them.

The emperor lying on the bed looked at the eunuch and saw that there was no one behind him. He was so angry that he spat out blood.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!!!"

A group of eunuchs and palace maids gathered around him, and the emperor, lying on the couch, stretched out his hand tremblingly. He said to the eunuch beside him: "Kill them for me! Kill all the rebels who have fled! Don't spare any of them!"

The peace of the entire palace was completely broken because of this night. Everyone in the palace felt in danger but did not dare to act rashly.

Although the dynasty is about to fall, the emperor is still there, so who dares to act rashly? Everyone can only live in fear. No one knows what kind of baptism the imperial city will experience when Prince Ning enters the capital.

At the same time, Zhao Fangye's troops had arrived in the capital. The armies of Yang Junliang and Li Yuanwu were also stationed in the suburbs of Beijing. As long as Zhao Fangye gave the order, the army would enter Beijing and reach the Forbidden City.

The Minister of War has committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and the generals under him are now leaderless. People in the capital were fleeing and the city was in chaos.

Zhao Fangye sat upright on his horse with a majestic look, followed by a vast army that looked cold and murderous.

The soldiers guarding the city looked at Zhao Fangye's troops under the city, and their hands holding the spears trembled slightly.

It was a young and tender face, probably only in his teens, at the prime of life, but he was holding a cold spear to fight the enemy.

Zhao Fangye sat quietly on his horse and did not order an attack. The pale eyes looked at the young face on the city wall.

"Hey! This general advises you not to put up a pointless resistance. Just open the city gate."

Feng Zhen rode his horse to the city gate and pointed his whip at the defenders and said, "Your generals have all abandoned the city and fled. Why are you still guarding it?"

"You were all forcibly conscripted, right? The prince does not like indiscriminate killings, so he will open the gate early so that you can go home and reunite with your families." Feng Zhen has always been good at inciting the people.

As expected, the young soldiers guarding the city all showed joy on their faces. When they were forcibly conscripted into the army, they were told that if they deserted, they would bring trouble to their families.

Now that they have the chance to go home, they are moved. The soldiers looked at each other and nodded.

Then the city gate slowly opened, and Zhao Fangye led his troops into the capital without any soldiers.

After the mighty army entered the city, Feng Zhen looked at the remaining soldiers who were left to defend the city and said, "Go home."

After saying this, he rode his horse to catch up with the main force.

The soldiers who stayed behind covered their faces and cried, crying that their daily days of fear and anxiety had finally come to an end.

When the army entered the city, all they saw was desolation. All shops and vendors have their doors closed, and the once bustling streets are now as dead silent as death. Only the fallen leaves are spinning in the autumn wind.

From time to time, people secretly observed the street through the cracks in the door panels, and saw the army marching in an orderly manner.

The burning, killing and looting that had been imagined did not happen. Gradually, some people dared to open the door and wait and see. Sikou Lanfeng felt quite disappointed when he saw the current state of the capital.

She had never been to the capital, and when she saw the bleak scene she was greatly disappointed.

It's not as prosperous as her father said.

Little did they know that all those left in the capital were poor people who had no ability to escape. Those powerful and wealthy businessmen have long disappeared.

In addition, the imperial court forcibly conscripted young and middle-aged men and demanded subsidies from the people. Life is so hard that being able to survive is already a good thing.

Seeing more and more people gathering on the street, Feng Zhen said, "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you."

"In the court, treacherous officials formed cliques for personal gain and the rules and regulations were relaxed. Prince Ning came to save the people from suffering, and he came in accordance with the will of heaven. Everyone, don't be afraid! Follow me to support the new king!!"

Apparently Feng Zhen's words seemed to give everyone a reassurance. Anyway, no matter how hard life was, it wouldn't be as hard as it is now, so they might as well take a gamble. The oppressed people seemed to have found an outlet for their venting.

One call and a hundred responses: "Accept the will of heaven! Establish a new king! Accept the will of heaven! Establish a new king!"

The imperial palace, in front of the imperial bed.

"Your Majesty..." The chief eunuch came over quickly, holding a whisk in his hand: "Your Majesty, the rebels have already arrived in the capital. I'm afraid they will reach the Meridian Gate soon."

“Ahem…” The emperor was lying on the bright yellow bed, propping himself up and sitting up: “Oh… I can’t believe it…”

The emperor showed disgust on his face. He never expected that in the end, his entire dynasty would be overthrown by the son he hated the most.

Prince Ning...Prince Ning...ha! Trying to keep him in line is a joke. When the emperor thought of Zhao Fangye's face, another person's face involuntarily emerged in his mind.

The chief eunuch watched the emperor get up from his bed and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty...where are you going?"

"Someone, help me undress." He knew that he was powerless to change the situation, and now he just wanted an answer.

The eunuch did not dare to disobey and hurriedly ordered people to help him wash, change clothes and do all this. The emperor walked slowly towards the Kunning Palace.

Kunning Palace stands quietly in the imperial palace, and the hustle and bustle of the world seems unable to disturb it in the slightest.

The leaves of late autumn drifted in the wind and piled up in front of the Kunning Palace. Since the decline of the dynasty, few people came to clean the Kunning Palace.

The emperor stood outside the palace gate and the eunuch went forward and knocked on the door.

After knocking several times, there was finally some movement at the door of Kunning Palace. A mammy wearing a Taoist hat opened a door and stuck her head out.

After seeing who was coming, she was slightly startled at first. Then he stood inside the door and respectfully saluted the emperor.

"Your Majesty. The Queen is not seeing guests."