In the harem, Empress Dowager Lu was kneeling in the Taimiao Temple, crying with tears in her eyes.

At this moment, Lian Zining ran outside the Ancestral Temple.

"Your Majesty, I have finished what the Queen Mother asked me to do, and now the Emperor has escaped along the secret passage behind the Imperial Study Room!"

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Lu stood up and looked at Lian Zining. Then she knelt heavily towards Lian Zining and kowtowed to the ground.

Seeing this, Lian Zining hurriedly lifted his robe and knelt down, not daring to raise his head from his knees.

"Aijia, thank you, Mr. Lian, for your help! Now that the emperor has escaped and ascended to heaven, I feel relieved!"

Lian Zining raised his head and looked at the Queen Mother.

"Why doesn't the Queen Mother escape from Yingtian City with Your Majesty? If the Queen Mother is willing, she can definitely escape along the secret passage with the Emperor!"

The Queen Mother heard this and shook her head: "As a prostitute, if I follow behind a group of men, wouldn't it make people suspicious? It's good since the Emperor has already escaped!"

"What I, a mother, can do is stay in the palace to fend off his pursuers. I want Zhu Di to believe that the Ai family and the emperor are dead, and that the Ai family and the emperor will burn themselves to death together!"

The Queen Mother said loudly: "Bring the people here!"

Then I saw two palace maids pulling out a man who looked very similar to Jianwen. The man was tied with a rope and his mouth was gagged with a cloth.

"This is?"

The Queen Mother said: "This is a little eunuch in the palace. The Ai family discovered it accidentally. The Ai family felt that he was somewhat similar to the emperor, so they asked someone to put some rouge on him to change him.

His face looks even more like the emperor's."

"From today onwards, history books will record that Emperor Jianwen and Queen Mother Lu were so humiliated that they burned themselves to death when Yingtian was conquered. I only hope that my son can work hard and strive to regain the inheritance of his ancestors as soon as possible!

"

When the Queen Mother said this, she lowered her head and looked at Lian Zining with lowered eyes.

"Master Lian, you are my father's student. The Emperor and I have always respected you. I hope that what Ai Jia said to you today will not be lost on your ears."

After Lian Zining heard this, he took out a dagger from his arms, pulled it out, and bursts of cold light flashed out.

"Please rest assured, Queen Mother, I know that after Yan rebelled against Xuzhou, I have already put the dagger on my body. I am here for today. If the imperial city is destroyed, I will commit suicide!"

After Lian Zining finished speaking, he pulled out the dagger, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and then stabbed the dagger into his heart, killing him on the spot.

The Queen Mother watched Lian Zining die in front of her, and she only sighed in her heart that Lian Zining was a servant. Although he lacked some abilities, he was still a loyal person after all.

Listening to the sounds outside gradually approaching the palace, the Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief and gave orders to the two palace maids.

"Place him in front of the Ai family, carry Master Lian's body out, and then you can leave!"

The two palace maids did not dare to talk to each other. They pushed the young eunuch down in front of the Queen Mother and then left.

The queen mother lowered her head and looked at the little eunuch. After applying the rouge, he looked exactly like her son. Then he stroked the little eunuch's face and said with tears in his eyes.

"My son, my mother's son!"

The queen mother cried, picked up the oil and wine that had been prepared and poured it on herself, and then on the little eunuch. Then she pulled off a few pieces of cloth, lit the cloth, and threw it on the little eunuch's body.

She was lying peacefully next to the little eunuch who was struggling and wailing in pain, hugging the little eunuch's body tightly. Even if the rope was burned, the little eunuch could not break free.

…

Zhu Di and Zhu Song rode their horses to the outside of the Meridian Gate. At this moment, the Meridian Gate had been opened. Wang Jinghong was leading the eunuchs who had opened the door, kneeling on both sides of the palace gate.

At this moment, Zhang Fu came over with a general who was unwilling to give up resistance in the imperial court. This general was none other than Zhu Di's brother-in-law, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu.

Zhu Di looked at Xu Huizu and felt that Xu Huizu was a foolish and loyal person. Jianwen took it as the same as the emperor. His brother-in-law still bothered to go to Baal to work for Jianwen. It was really foolish and loyal.

"Take the Duke of Wei back to the Duke of Wei's mansion, and take good care of him without neglecting him!"

Zhu Di ordered to take Duke Wei back to Duke Wei's mansion, and then rode into the palace gate. Zhu Song followed Zhu Di and looked at the familiar and unfamiliar palace with mixed feelings in his heart.

The Yan army quickly took control of all civil and military officials.

Zhang Yu was the first to enter the palace. He entered the palace with an important mission, which was to find Emperor Jianwen and then kill Emperor Jianwen.

It's a pity that Zhang Yu quickly turned the entire palace upside down. Even the harem was gone, but there was still no trace of Emperor Jianwen.

Zhang Yu looked at Zhu Di and shook his head gently.

Zhu Di frowned, as long as Jianwen died, he would not be able to live in peace.

Zhu Di's face darkened a little when he thought of this, and at this moment someone came to report.

"Your Highness, the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the palace is on fire! There is a corpse lying outside the Imperial Ancestral Temple. According to the official who surrendered to us, it is identified as Lian Zining, the Minister of Civil Affairs!"

After Zhu Di heard this, he said doubtfully.

"The Ancestral Temple is on fire? Which of you is so bold as to burn down the Imperial Ancestral Temple?"

The soldier who came to report the news changed his face when he heard it, and then quickly explained: "No, Your Highness, it's not us! Even if you give us a hundred courages, we don't dare to set fire to the Ancestral Temple!"

"We arrested two palace ladies. The two palace ladies said that the Queen Mother and the Emperor burned themselves to death in the Ancestral Temple. Now we have sent people to put out the fire. Your Highness, please rest assured!"

When Zhu Di heard that he had died by self-immolation, he was convinced that only after he died would he be able to sit securely on the throne, but on the surface he still pretended to be grief-stricken, beating his chest and wailing in pain

road.

"Your Majesty! Yun Wen! Nephew! Why are you so impulsive? My fourth uncle raised an army because he came to the capital to help protect you, my nephew!"

"Quick! Get people to put out the fire quickly. We must rescue the emperor's body and the queen mother's body!"

The soldiers rushed down to put out the fire and rescue the bodies. Zhu Di cried heartbrokenly and even fainted for a time.

When Zhu Song saw that Zhu Di had fainted from crying, he couldn't help but admire in his heart. Look, what does it mean to be thick-skinned? This is thick-skinned. It is obvious that rebellion is rebellion, and he came for the throne. What others said was so high-sounding that he still cried.

I honestly feel that if word of this spreads, it will definitely be a good story.

However, as one of the masterminds of the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Song was naturally good at this. When Zhu Di cried, he cried too, but he didn't cry so violently. When he saw Zhu Di pretending to be faint and falling off his horse,

Then he shouted quickly.
Chapter completed!