According to the early warning regulations formulated by the Qing court, with the closure of the Nine Gates of the Capital, the Eight Banners officers and soldiers and flag citizens in the city must assemble in their own banners and follow the banner of Niulu. The order of assemblies of the flags of each department is as follows:

Because the two yellow flags live in Andingmen and Deshengmen, the assembly place is Di'anmen; the two white flags live in Chaoyangmen and Dongzhimen, the assembly place is Dong'anmen; the two red flags live in Fuchengmen and Xizhimen, the assembly place is Xi'anmen; the two blue flags live in Xuanwumen and Chongwenmen, so they have to pass through Qianbulang and gather in front of Jinshui Bridge; the guard camp and cavalry camp of the inner government and the subordinate leaders go to the Shenwumen to assemble alone.

In addition, among the royal princes in Beijing, Prince Heshuo led 15 soldiers in armor, 10 soldiers in Duluo, 8 soldiers in Duluo, and 6 soldiers in Gushan Beizi led to stand by the time they went to the place where the guards of the banner outside the Meridian Gate gathered. The idle royal princes must lead the strong men in the mansion to gather in front of their own doors. The fifth battalion of the Nine Gate Infantry, which is responsible for maintaining the security of the capital, must immediately rush to various city walls to prepare for guards.

When the above-mentioned flags are assembled at designated locations, the commander who leads the team should immediately go to the Meridian Gate to obey orders. If the official is sent out of the capital or the staff is missing, the deputy will be replaced.

As soon as the cannon sounded, the four gates of the Imperial City were closed. The three men, Prince Yongxuan, Prince Yi of the Military Affairs Office, Wang Jie of the Military Affairs Office, and Qinggui, who were trapped in the Military Affairs Office, could only let the guards hang ropes on the wall of the Meridian Gate to convey information so that they could grasp the external situation at any time.

Yongxuan really regrets it now. He has nothing to do to come to the military office. Now he can’t get out!

He entered the palace for the first time. As soon as he arrived at the Longzong Gate, he heard the cannons and the four gates closed immediately. As the prince of the Military Affairs Office, he had to come forward to summon the eunuchs of the general managers and deputy general managers to ensure that they must stabilize the order in the palace and pay attention to the situation outside at the same time.

What made Wang Jie and Qinggui look at him was that this "prince of spraining ankle" was really decisive when dealing with things, and the methods were really not blocked. He dealt with more than a dozen panicked eunuchs, and the eunuchs in charge also led their subordinates to patrol the palace under his command; all the guards were on duty at the top of the city. In less than half an hour, the order in the Forbidden City stabilized.

Although Qianlong once commented to Yongxuan as "frivolous behavior and ignorant of the general behavior", that was more than 20 years ago. Yongxuan, who is already forty-eight years, has become more and more calm in recent years. His so-called "absorbed in wine, sex and sexual misconduct" are all for others to see, just keep a low profile. What do a prince wants to do with people so much about his relationship with people around him? Do you want to learn from Prince Lian of that year?

In history, the education of the princes of the Qing Dynasty was very strict and even harsh. They had to study for 10 hours every day from morning to night, and they had to rest for five days a year. Whether it was a prince or a prince, those who dared to make trouble in the classroom would be severely punished. Under such court education, although there were mediocre talents, they had no waste, let alone scheming skills, which were first-class.

Not long after, Yongxuan and the other two received the gathering of various departments outside the Meridian Gate. However, what surprised them was that Prince Yi Yonglang and Prince Ding Mianen did not come, saying that they were summoned into the garden before dawn; in addition, Fengshen Yinde, the commander of the Protector of the Zhenghuang Banner, did not come, and his elder brother-in-law Dorobel Yongsheng was nowhere to be seen.

Yongxuan, who was sitting in the military office, raised her head and thought for a moment, her face gradually turned ashen, and she said with a certain tone: "Duke Xingguo, Shuzhai, something is probably happening in the garden!"

Qinggui and Wang Jie were startled and asked hurriedly what was going on. Yongxuan then briefly explained the situation.

It turns out that after the city gate opened early this morning, Yongxuan went to the Old Summer Palace to pay his respects as usual. Since Yongyan went to Xi'an and Qianlong went to the Old Summer Palace, many affairs in the capital were left to him, especially as the sect order of the clan mansion - that is, the "big sect official", so he had to go to the garden every day to ask for instructions and report. Even if Qianlong's current state is good and bad, he could not make his own decisions.

However, what surprised Yongxuan was that when he handed over the sign, he was Heshen who came out to see him. The other party said that the emperor was in a bad mood today and no one wanted to see him. If there was anything, I would like to talk about it tomorrow.

Although this person was Qianlong's own son, he would not dare to argue with Heshen and forced himself into the Forbidden Garden. If the other party slandered him, he would inevitably be punished again, and it would be light to think about his mistakes behind closed doors. Now everyone in the court understands that the relationship between the emperor and Heshen is not even comparable to that of his own son. So Yongxuan had to stand on the other side and kneel and kowtow to the place where Qingyan of Jiuzhou was, and left in disappointment.

After hearing these words, Qinggui and Wang Jie looked at each other, and their eyes were intertwined and they understood each other's meaning. There was something wrong with this matter!

If Yonglang was here, why didn’t Heshen mention it? Could it be that the son could not meet the saint, but the nephew could meet the saint? There is no such reason!

Just when the three of them were confused, a second-class guard sent another letter from outside the Meridian Gate. Yongxuan took it and read it first. He opened it and put it on the table, allowing Qinggui and Wang Jie to read it together. Unexpectedly, the content on the above shocked the three of them and they broke out in cold sweat. It turned out that the arrows that had been stored in the headquarters of the Infantry Commander's Office were gone!

According to the system, when the cannons fired, the infantry commander's yamen should quickly send three Zhang Jing, each leading four officers and soldiers, holding the command arrows of the headquarters, and rode fast horses out of the city from Xizhimen. One of them rushed directly to the Old Summer Palace, notified the Eight Banners Guardians to enter the park to protect the car, and strictly guard the outer wall of the Old Summer Palace. The other two rushed to the Blue Indigo Factory and Xiangshan, informed the Outer Fire Artillery Camp and Jianrui Camp to quickly go to the Old Summer Palace to assemble, and together with the Guardians, they escorted Qianlong back to the Forbidden City.

But the arrows of the army are now gone in a strange way. It is simply horrifying. This is so terrifying!

"What do the people in the infantry commander's yamen do for food! Tell the outsiders and immediately take down all the people in the yamen headquarters, guard them, and hand them over to the Prince of Li for strict interrogation!"

Yongxuan roared loudly, her face flushed, and her neck was full of blue veins, looking furious. The guard was frightened and stood still. Qinggui frowned and shouted, "Don't you understand the words of Prince Yi? Go quickly!"

Yongxuan gritted her teeth and hesitated for a moment, bowed to Qinggui and Wang Jie and said, "You two, the safety of the emperor is more important than anything else. Now that there is no command arrow, if you want to mobilize the troops outside the city, you can only force yourself to use the seal of the Military Affairs Office, and I and the two of you will sign together."

Wang Jie said: "But the key of the seal box is in Hezhongtang..."

Yongxuan said: "Smash it open!"

Wang Jie and Qinggui were both startled by each other's tone. However, when things got to this point, the two of them were anxious and had no other choice. Now it was the most important thing to quickly bring Qianlong back. So they stood up and bowed to Yongxuan, "Abide by the prince's order!"

Since Yongzheng established the Military Affairs Office, the management of seals has been extremely strict. The seals of the Military Affairs Office are responsible for casting by the Ministry of Rites and are specially kept by the eunuchs of the press. When it is needed, it must be reported to the emperor for approval before the military minister can open the seals with a plaque and use them under the surveillance of a dedicated person to play a restrictive role.

However, at this moment, the three of them didn't care about so much. Even if Qianlong was punished afterwards, they admitted it. They did it as soon as they said that. Wang Jie pulled the official paper and picked up the pen and wrote three orders to mobilize troops. After checking it, he first signed his name. His ranking in the Military Affairs Office was second only to Heshen, and he was also appointed as the Ministry of War, and his name should be divided. Later, Qinggui and Yongxuan also signed their own name at the end of the order to mobilize troops.

The three of them took the written order to dispatch troops and left the Military Office, and called several large guards who were standing guard outside the door to head straight to Maoqin Hall on the west side of the Ganqing Palace. When they arrived at the place, Zhang Ming, the eunuch who was responsible for managing the seal, hurriedly knelt down.

Yongxuan said with a stern face: "Zhang Ming! This king is the Duoluo Prince who was conferred by the emperor, and the clan ruler of the clan mansion! Do you know these two?"

"Oh my prince! I've killed my slave. Lord Qing and Lord Wang meet each other every day. How dare I not recognize the slave?" Zhang Ming answered carefully.

"The Northern Haiti pirates attacked Miyun, and the Baita Mountain fired cannons and raised flags. The emperor is now in the Old Summer Palace, and the situation is unknown. In order to protect the sage, he must immediately dispatch troops to escort the emperor back to the palace. This king is the emperor's enthronement of the Prince of Doroyi and the Minister of the Guards. Now he needs to call the Military Affairs Office to seal the letter."

"This..." Zhang Ming looked at Yongxuan in surprise, thinking to himself that my master, I don't have the waist card issued by the emperor, so I'm going to lose my head!

Yongxuan saw what the other party was thinking, gritted her teeth and said with a ferocious look on her face: "If you dare not agree, I will take your life now on the charge of "disturbing the palace ban"!"

At this time, I heard Qinggui say, "Zhang Ming, don't worry, afterwards, Prince Yi, Lord Wang and I will explain the story to the emperor and ensure you are fine!"

Zhang Ming dared not say no. The one in front of him was the emperor's own son. From the time of the cannon fire to now, he had ordered the killing of more than a dozen eunuchs, and suppressed the entire Forbidden City. So he said with a sad face: "Since it is the prince and the two adults who jointly guarantee it, I will sacrifice my life today! It is so that the three of you know that as long as it is for the emperor, I will definitely not be a person who is afraid of death."

Wang Jie immediately took the gold medal from the Military Affairs Office from his waist and showed it to the other party. Zhang Ming looked at him seriously and took them into the hall. As soon as he entered, the three of them knelt down at the Sumeru throne in the middle, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have no choice but to protect the sage and the country, I can only make this a bad move!"

After a while, Zhang Ming walked out with a wooden box containing a seal, placed it on the table under the western wall, and then stepped back. He had only the right to take care of it, but he had no right to open the box.

Yongxuan walked outside the hall, borrowed a geese-ling knife from the guards, turned around and walked to the front of the case, and said, "Emperor, I'm sorry, I'm not filial!"

After saying that, he raised his hands high and slashed down with force. A knife mark immediately appeared on the edge of the exquisite boxwood box. Wang Jie, who was standing beside him, saw that he was unable to slash, so he said, "Prince Yi, let me take a knife too, we will be together if we have difficulties!"

Although this is a scholar, he is a perfect Shaanxi man. Although he is nearly seventy years old and is strong in his bones, he would not have become a general who defeated Heshen in history. As expected, Lao Jiang was still fierce. Wang Jie only cut two swords and completely split the box, revealing the square silver seal inside.

Qinggui then stepped forward, took out the seal and stained it with cinnabar, covered it on three orders of troops, and put it in an envelope prepared in advance. Yongxuan walked to the door with the letter and said to a guard: "Take it and go to the Meridian Gate quickly and hand it over to Prince Li and Prince Rui. They know what to do."

"Yeah!" The guard was so impressed by Yong Xuan's performance today that he was overwhelmed. He then knelt down on one knee, took the envelope, repeated it again, and stood up and ran towards the Meridian Gate without looking back.

Yongxuan returned to the hall and said to the eunuch Zhang Ming, who had a bitter face, "Please hold the seal! Before the emperor returned to the palace, no one can use it except for the three of us to sign!"

Before the three men returned to the Military Office, the butts were hot, the guard who had sent the letter before came back and got another letter. Yongxuan took it and opened it and looked at the lines after reading it a few times. She couldn't help but slapped the table and said angrily: "He Zhizhai has indeed a ghost!"

Wang Jie and Qinggui came up to see it and were stunned and their eyes were about to break. Especially Wang Jie, even the swear words in his native dialect: "Damn! He is going to surrender!"

In this letter jointly signed by Prince Yuli Yongen and Prince Rui Chunying, it said that those sent to Hefu came back to report that Fengshen Yinde and Princess Hexiao took their close servants out in a car before noon, and no one knew who they had gone there. In addition, Heshen's wife Feng, concubines and second aunts were all not at home, and Liu Quan, Hushtu, Ma Bashisan and other housekeepers were all gone.

In addition, Dorobel Yongyan and his husband were not there. According to people in the mansion, the husband of Bell went out in the morning and left in a hurry. He said he was going to visit the house and said he didn't have to wait for lunch or dinner. Because Yongyan was the son-in-law of the house, the servants in the mansion did not doubt that he was there.

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After Yongxuan and Wang Jie were so angry that they sat silently, their hearts were in a mess. Qinggui silently read the contents of the letter twice, frowned for a moment, and suddenly his eyebrows shook, and said astonishingly: "Prince, Duke Xingguo, do you think, would someone make a forgery of the white tower fire today?"

"You mean?" Yongxuan raised her head in surprise, nodded slowly, "Yes, he has this ability."

Wang Jie stood up suddenly and stared at Qinggui. Seeing that the other party nodded slightly, he walked back and forth a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and suddenly stomped his feet and said, "If he can make a forgery of the imperial edict... the emperor... it's terrible!"

"Duke Xingguo, no matter how anxious we are now, it's useless. Without the emperor's will, we can't get out. I thought, he probably made this abacus from the beginning. This man is really good at calculating. He made the whole city go around!" Qinggui helped Wang Jie sit down, sighed and said, "If the sage is safe, then God bless me, the Qing Dynasty. If... I'm afraid I should prepare early."

Wang Jie looked depressed and said, "It seems that he has to invite Master Fifteen to come back."

Qinggui's heart was thrilled when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look at Yongxuan sitting on the left. He saw the other party lowering his head, not knowing what he was thinking. However, he noticed keenly that Yongxuan's left hand was holding the armrest of the chair with force, the blue veins on the back of his hand were exposed, and the joints were pinched to make a sound...

Just as the entire Beijing city was in chaos and turmoil, a mule cart protected by more than 30 riders was driving rapidly on the bluestone road outside Xizhimen. Due to martial law in the city and the dim sky, there were no pedestrians on the road outside the city at this moment, and the stone road with two cars that could be used to ride on it.

This mule cart is made of chestnut shell paint, clean oil tung oil noodles, and large mushroom head iron nail wheel surface. It is not something that ordinary people can afford. The front, back and sides of the car are blocked tightly by curtains, and it is impossible to tell who is sitting inside. Dozens of tall horses on both sides of the car are on the verge of bodyguards, and the crowd of figures who look like bodyguards protecting the ward are all dressed in short dresses and look extremely fierce and fierce.

Even though the two fat and strong green mules were already running very quickly, the handlebar still kept waving their whips and floating around above the mules, trying to make them faster.

In the bumpy carriage, a gray-haired old man asked the person sitting on a thick quilt opposite him: "Master, do you think we can come back when we leave? When we first leave, we still feel a little reluctant."

The middle-aged man opposite sneered and said, "What are you reluctant to let go? All the big things you have done, and the family members are fine."

"It's a pity that the Nanmu Hall has spent so much effort at the beginning, and even Hushtu... By the way! There is also the monument of the word "Fu". Alas! What a pity!"

"Looking back at the prosperous dream of the Red Chamber, the illusion of the immortals in the Yujing seems to be true!"
Chapter completed!