Substitute Marriage 38

It was the first time for Yu Yanling to send his family off to war, but it was countless times for Mrs. Pei. She was familiar with the arrangement and didn't even have much emotion. She only smiled and told her son over and over again: "Be careful and protect yourself."

, you must not be reckless on the battlefield..."

"Mom, I understand." Pei Xiuli put on the silver armor, and the young man's hard face was half hidden in the helmet, only revealing a pair of sharp eyes like an eagle, reluctant to look at the two people in front of him.

A mother, a wife.

It was the first time for Yu Yanling to say goodbye to him. She was in a gloomy mood and didn't say much. When he looked over, her mouth pursed, and she lowered her head again to hide the tears in her eyes.

They were still in love, they had been together for two months, and suddenly they were about to break up. They might not be able to see each other for a year and a half, which was quite uncomfortable.

Suddenly there was a weight on her head, a big hand patted her gently, and then she was pulled into a hard embrace.

Pei Xiuli touched her earlobe and whispered: "Be careful with the Fourth Prince. Don't slack off in your martial arts practice. Wait until I come back to check."

After saying that, before she could nod, she was suddenly let go.

When Yu Yanling looked around, he could only see a back figure.

Mrs. Pei patted her shoulder comfortingly: "Just get used to it. This child is very smart. Don't worry."

Yu Yanling pursed her lips and smiled and nodded.

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Even though he was reluctant to leave, Pei Xiuli still left.

After he left, life... became even more boring. A month later, the doctor checked Ping'an pulse as usual and found no signs of pregnancy. Yu Yanling began to increase the intensity of training, which killed some of the boring time.

The whole of Kyoto seemed to have become as peaceful and boring as her life.

Zhao Qingfeng sent her invitations several times, complaining that there was nothing interesting happening in Kyoto recently, the court seemed to be making some big moves, and he always felt that his father had become busy.

Yu Yanling kept this in mind, turned around and told Mrs. Pei that she couldn't do anything, but Mrs. Pei must have some means. If something really happened, protecting the Pei family wouldn't be a big deal.

But she hoped that she felt wrong.

Without Pei Xiuli telling her about the situation in the court from time to time, she couldn't judge, so she just waited quietly.

I thought it would definitely be some time before the incident happened, but I didn't expect that just two days after telling Mrs. Pei, she was woken up in the middle of the night. The entire Pei mansion was on standby, and Mrs. Pei also took Mrs. Liu to the mansion.

"Mom, is something wrong?" Yu Yanling wiped her face with a cold handkerchief to wake herself up.

Mrs. Pei looked ugly and whispered: "The movement at the palace gate is unusual..."

Because of Yu Yanling's words and everything her son said before leaving, Mrs. Pei had been paying attention to the palace. The General's Mansion was not far from the palace, and she would feel the slightest movement.

At other times, he might not have cared so much, but today, the struggle between the fourth prince and the prince has become more and more serious, and the emperor even dislikes the prince.

However, the prince was kind-hearted and decisive, knew people well and had high prestige. On the contrary, when the old emperor got old, he did many disappointing things and insisted on protecting the fourth prince and the noble concubine. At this time, everyone in the court was worried.

More inclined towards the prince.

Although this situation happened three years later in the plot, it was because Zhao Zhi and Xie Cheng were in two different camps and were fighting each other that the time was delayed for so long.

Now Xie Cheng accidentally entered the camp of the fourth prince, but Yu Yanhe was caught by the prince's party and asked about all the past lives. The prince already had the upper hand and the prophet, but the cooperation between Xie Cheng and the fourth prince was not so smooth. One goes down and the other goes up.

In addition, such matters of imperial power are inherently sensitive, and the slightest disturbance will cause major changes, so it is normal for the progress to accelerate suddenly.

Therefore, when Mrs. Pei said something was wrong at the palace gate, the expressions of Liu and Yu Yanling changed. No need to wear a cold veil, she immediately sobered up: "Then what should we do now?"

Mrs. Pei smiled reassuringly: "It's okay, we just wait."

It's enough to stay awake, no matter how much more, they can't do it.

As he was talking, the housekeeper of the Pei Mansion came in a hurry, with a man covered in blood behind him. As soon as he crossed the threshold, the man knelt down and offered a square piece of paper folded in his hands: "Mrs. Pei , the subordinate Shen Li, the brave knight of the Royal Forest Army, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave an order, now that the four princes are approaching the palace, Your Highness is leading the troops to resist, and ordered his subordinates to escape desperately and ask Madam for help!"

Mrs. Pei's body trembled, and she quickly stepped forward to take the paper and unfolded it. There was a sentence written in slightly scrawled handwriting on it - please Mrs. Pei to lead troops into the palace to protect the Lord.

"It's the prince's handwriting." She murmured.

The man was afraid of wasting time, so he spoke in a hurried tone: "The commander-in-chief of the Royal Forest Army, Wan Sheng, is dead. Now the deputy commander-in-chief Tang Ji is leading 50,000 Royal Forest Army troops to surround the entire palace. The remaining 30,000 people are still in the camp outside the city because they are unwilling to listen to Tang Ji's instructions! Your Highness If Madam goes, they will definitely be willing to follow Madam, so I ordered my subordinates to find Madam and take people there."

There are not many troops in Kyoto. There are 100,000 soldiers in the Royal Guards. The rebels took away 50,000. There are still 20,000 in the hands of the prince and are resisting the opponent. The remaining 30,000 have no orders and dare not break into the palace.

Someone must lead.

After hearing this, Mrs. Pei's face had already turned serious. She clenched the paper in her hand and said in a deep voice, "Mrs. I'm going now!"

The messenger immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then swayed and fell to the ground. The housekeeper quickly picked him up and went to find the doctor.

Mrs. Pei had not worn those complicated clothes due to an unexpected incident, and was about to leave alone. Seeing this, Yu Yanling hurriedly followed: "Mom, I'll go with you."

Mrs. Pei frowned: "Nonsense, what are you going to do for such a big thing? Just protect the rest of the people at home."

Yu Yanling also frowned: "I'm more powerful than mother, so it will be useful if I go there. The housekeeper and the others can protect Pei's house, so there's no need for me."

Mrs. Pei paused, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

The two of them took a few guards from the Pei Mansion and rushed away. There was no one around in Kyoto in the middle of the night. The road was empty and the horses were running very fast. When they were about to arrive, Yu Yanling saw the heavy soldiers guarding the city gate in the distance and said decisively: "Mom, I guess the city gate closest to the Royal Guards Camp has been guarded by the Fourth Prince's people, so we can't go from there."

Mrs. Pei nodded immediately: "Then go to the east side of the city."

The east side of the city is further away, but at this time, riding horses can still speed up, and they are galloping all the way. Sure enough, although there are people guarding the east side of the city, there are very few guards. Most of them know their identities and do not dare to resist at all. , and honestly opened the city gate.

The group of people quickly arrived at the Imperial Guards Army camp. The Pei Family Army is the most powerful army in the Xia Dynasty today. Even the Imperial Guard Army has many members from the Pei Family Army. Mrs. Pei came in person. Her identity alone was enough to make people trust her. The remaining 30,000 people had already known about Tang Dynasty. What was the person Ji took away to do?

They refused to rebel. When they saw Mrs. Pei, they naturally followed without saying a word. They didn't need any time to prepare. They didn't rest all night, just waiting for someone to come.

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After the manpower was assembled, everyone entered through the east gate of the city again and rushed directly to the palace. The palace door did not open, so Mrs. Pei said: "Attack the city directly!"

"Yes!" The imperial guards responded immediately and began to attack the city.

The palace and the city gate are naturally different, and their resistance capabilities are also different. Especially now that most of the troops are attacking the prince and the emperor, the palace gate is not well guarded. However, within a quarter of an hour, the palace gate was opened wide.

"Charge!" With a hoarse roar, Mrs. Pei took the lead and killed the resisting rebels.

Once here, it's really a fight.

The smell of blood gradually lingered around the tip of her nose. When the rebels were cleared, Mrs. Pei looked back at her daughter-in-law with some worry, fearing that her daughter-in-law would not adapt to the atmosphere of fighting and killing.

When I looked at it, I happened to see the little girl who I thought was a cute and sweet girl, frowning and looking a little more solemn, wiping the blood on her sword.

Mrs. Pei: "???"

As if feeling her gaze, the little girl raised her eyes and looked over. Her calm eyes suddenly curved, revealing a slight smile, which looked particularly bright in the dim light.

"mother?"

Mrs. Pei came to her senses in a daze, and moved on with most of her instincts to find the prince. At the same time, she was a little confused. Her daughter-in-law's ability to adapt is really strong.

Yu Yanling looked at her back and smiled guiltily. She was not adaptable, just because she had experienced a lot.

Naturally, this is not the first time this has happened.

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emperor's bedroom

Zhou Wentan wiped the blood on his face and motioned to the people behind him to push him in.

The one who was one step faster than him was the fourth prince. He was full of excitement and strode forward: "Mr. Zhou, you are still the best! Now there is only news from the East Palace!"

Zhou Wentan pursed his lips and smiled, his expression a little more contented, and showing just enough to not make people bored or boring: "Your Highness is overly complimentary. If it weren't for Your Highness, the plan wouldn't have gone so smoothly. I just waited.

Once Commander Tang Ji captures the deposed prince, everything will be settled."

"That's natural!" The fourth prince walked in boldly, and the old emperor in the palace was watched. The elegant concubine was looking forward to it. When she saw her son, she hurried over: "My son is fine."

The old emperor, who had a knife on his neck behind him, looked livid: "Evil son!"

The fourth prince didn't care at all and only focused on comforting his mother: "With Mr. Zhou here, how can anything happen? Don't worry, concubine."

The imperial concubine also looked at Zhou Wentan with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Zhou's plan."

"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Zhou Wentan quickly saluted. He was still sitting in a wheelchair. In order to avoid the search of Dali Temple, he was so ruthless that he changed his original broken leg into an old injury, which made it impossible for the Dali Temple minister to convict him.

, the price is to become a complete useless person.

Fortunately, he escaped the interrogation of Dali Temple and returned to the Fourth Prince's Mansion. He thought that the Fourth Prince would not cooperate with him, but he did not expect that he would still be willing.

For this reason, Zhou Wentan will naturally not disappoint his expectations.

The fourth prince was favored by the old emperor and had a lot of power. However, the prince was coming fiercely, and with the help of Zhao Zhi, Yu Yanhe's accident made many of his plans unusable when he learned about the future development, so he had to take dangerous measures. Taking advantage of the current situation

With the power in hand, he directly forced the palace.

Zhou Wentan knew that few people could match him in terms of talent and learning, but compared to strategy, he was slightly inferior to Zhao Zhi.

In fact, in his plan, Zhao Zhi was originally supposed to be sent to the Fourth Prince, so when he found out that Mr. Xu, the examiner of that term, often went to the restaurant to eat, he led a group of students there.

The excuse was that he wanted to eat meat. In fact, at the dinner table, he guided them with words and asked them to express their contempt for Mr. Xu. Xu Qi, a small-minded person, would definitely keep it in his heart. If he was given another chance, he would definitely not let them go to high school.

The rest of the people were implicated, and the only one he wanted to target was Zhao Zhi.

He failed in the imperial examination and lived a difficult life. However, this person is very smart. Not only does he have the knowledge of a traditional student, but he is also very good at taking the wrong approach. He only wants to get ahead, and he is not that kind of chivalrous and courageous person. For this reason, he will go to a dead end. He will

Give up those bottom lines.

Putting such a person together with the Fourth Prince is definitely a powerful alliance.

This was his plan and he never told anyone about it. Everything should have been implemented as he planned until Yu Yanhe changed.

Although he was a little disappointed at the initial break, he didn't care. Unexpectedly, not long after, Yu Yanhe looked back. Zhou Wentan had no choice but to agree to choose a suitable person again. It was better to continue to use this to look at the shrewdness.

A stupid woman.

But he never expected that things would start to change...
Chapter completed!