Li Gang's words offended a large group of people in the hall.
There were four prime ministers alone: Li Bangyan, Geng Nanzhong, Wang Shiyong, and Zhang Bangchang.
There are more below the prime minister.
These people are all capitulationists.
Li Bangyan was an extremely smooth person. When it came to matters involving Zhang Shixun, he tried his best not to interfere.
Because among the people present, he had the most contact with Zhang Shixun and knew his supernatural powers best.
In his subconscious, Zhang Shixun was someone he absolutely could not afford to offend.
Others only had a general understanding of Zhang Shixun and had never seen him display his supernatural powers with their own eyes.
Ignorance is fearlessness.
A group of people stood up and attacked Li Gang, supported Wang Shiyong, and demanded that the emperor severely punish Zhang Shixun. Some even suggested that the emperor arrest and kill him.
For a moment, the hall was in chaos.
Zhao Huan also wanted to kill Zhang Shixun, but he didn't dare.
The retired emperor had repeatedly warned him that Zhang Shixun had a mysterious identity and great powers, and that he must never engage in a head-on conflict with him. Otherwise, even the emperor could not guarantee that he would be safe from harm.
As soon as the incident at Prince Yun's Mansion came out, Zhao Huan immediately sent his trusted eunuch to investigate on the spot.
After the eunuch came back, he reported the situation to him in detail. When talking about the big hole created by Hei Wuchang, the eunuch said that this was not caused by human power.
After hearing this, Zhao Huan shuddered.
The wall of the imperial palace, apart from being slightly higher than that of the prince's palace, is not much thicker than the wall of Prince Yun.
In other words, if Zhang Shixun wanted to break into the palace, the palace walls would not be able to stop him.
Although there were many guards in the palace, Zhao Huan had no confidence that he could stop Zhang Shixun.
He sat on the dragon throne, looking at the important officials arguing below, with mixed feelings.
Led by Geng Nanzhong, a group of people surrounded Li Gang and accused him of disregarding the law of the country and colluding with Zhang Shixun, and he deserved to be killed.
Li Gang argued with everyone without fear.
Amidst the commotion, a eunuch hurried in, stammering, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Someone has broken into the palace, and the guards are unable to stop them. They have already broken into Yeonbok Palace."
Zhao Huan and his ministers were horrified.
Yeonbok Palace is where the retired emperor lived.
Zhao Huan went to great lengths to coax the old emperor back from the south. As soon as he returned, he placed him in Yanfu Palace and assigned many more guards, ostensibly to protect the safety of the retired emperor, but in fact he was imprisoned.
Zhao Huan wiped the cold sweat from his face and asked, "How did that person get in?"
"The guards said he jumped in from the palace wall, then he scaled walls and jumped over rooftops as if it were flat ground."
Everyone looked at each other.
Are there such people in the world?
What flying over eaves and walls; what jumping over roofs and ridges as if walking on flat ground.
Bullshit!
Geng Nanzhong angrily rebuked him, "How dare you! Don't speak nonsense in front of the emperor."
The eunuch trembled with fear and hurriedly defended himself: "Sir... Sir, this is what I saw with my own eyes, it's not nonsense."
He used his hands and mouth to describe how the man jumped down from the palace wall, climbed onto the eaves of the palace, ran and jumped on the roof, broke through the guards, climbed over the high wall of Yeonbokgung Palace, and finally entered Yeonbokgung Palace...
This eunuch was quite eloquent and described what he had witnessed vividly.
After hearing this, everyone was skeptical, but one thing was certain: someone had broken into Yeonbok Palace.
Then another question came to everyone's mind. There are so many palaces in the palace. Why didn't the thieves enter other palaces and choose Yeonbokgung Palace?
The answer is obvious: this thief is coming for the emperor.
Zhao Huan also thought of this and couldn't help feeling a little panicked.
What he fears most now is the restoration of the emperor.
After Zhao Huan came to power, he first took action against the ministers who were close to the retired emperor, demoting some, killing some, and exiling some.
Led by Cai Jing, others such as Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, and Zhu Zhen were all driven out of the capital, and Tong Guan and Wang Fu were killed along the way.
Of the so-called "Six Thieves", only Li Bangyan was left.
Despite this, the emperor had been in power for many years and had promoted many trusted ministers. No one could guarantee that anyone would make plans for his restoration.
Zhao Huan could no longer sit still. He stood up and said, "Call the guards and follow me to Yanfu Palace."
After saying that, he walked quickly out of the hall.
The ministers knew the seriousness of the situation, so without waiting to be called, they followed Zhao Huan towards Yanfu Palace.
Yeonbok Palace had been surrounded by guards, but no one dared to enter without the emperor's order.
Although the retired emperor was imprisoned, he was still the biological father of the current emperor. No matter how bold the guards were, they did not dare to enter the Yanfu Palace without permission.
In a very short time, hundreds of guards and personal soldiers were dispatched.
The ones who came were the guards of the Palace Front Division: the Silver Spear Squad and the Archery Squad.
Surrounded by these guards, Zhao Huan arrived at the gate of Yanfu Palace.
Surprisingly, Yeonbokgung Palace was so quiet that not a single sound could be heard.
Zhao Huan turned his head to look at the ministers behind him and asked, "Who will knock on the door?"
Everyone looked at each other, and no one wanted to take the risk.
What if the thief comes out when you knock on the door?
How could these civil officials deal with someone who could break through the layers of guards and break into the palace?
Li Gang stepped out from the crowd and said, "Your Majesty, let me do it."
Zhao Huan nodded in relief and said, "Li Qing, be careful. If things don't go well, you can retreat."
Li Gang walked towards the door, came to the door of Yanfu Palace, and knocked on the door knocker.
"Li Gang, the Right Chancellor, the Imperial Camp Commander, and the Imperial Camp Guard, has come to request an audience with the Supreme Emperor."
A long list of official names was announced, and Geng Nanzhong and others behind him all curled their lips.
He’s just a deputy prime minister, what’s so great about that?
The so-called personal expeditionary camp commander and the imperial camp defense commander of the four walls of the capital are all temporary assignments. Now that the Jin army has retreated, you are reporting these temporary assignments, which is clearly showing off.
After waiting for a while, the palace gate opened a crack, and a eunuch said from inside, "The Emperor is playing chess with someone, and doesn't like the noise from outside, and certainly doesn't want any guests."
After saying that, he closed the palace door again with a bang.
Li Gang was a man of fortitude. Seeing the palace gate closed again, he quickly crouched down through the crack and shouted, "His Majesty is here too, just outside the palace gate."
After waiting for a while, the palace gate reopened and a eunuch came out. He saluted Zhao Huan and said, "The Emperor has instructed that no one else is allowed to enter Yanfu Palace. If you wish to enter, you may only bring one guard with you."
Li Gang said stubbornly, "I also want to follow Your Majesty in."
The eunuch immediately retorted: "Yanfu Palace is the residence of the retired emperor, not a place for you, my husband."
After hearing this, Li Gang had no choice but to give up.
When Zhao Huan heard that he was only allowed to bring one person in, he was extremely reluctant.
If the emperor had assassins lying in ambush inside, one guard alone would not be able to guarantee his safety.
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