On the afternoon of the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Yu finally received the reward of the secret spy, and Su Bi has not yet appeared in the palace. At the same time, all matters of the court have been put on hold in the past two days, and many abnormal situations have occurred in the court's yamen. Chang'an City seems to be in a state of responding to the enemy.

After receiving this news, Liu Yu was still a little relieved.

In fact, what Liu Yu is most afraid of is that Su Bi is mixed with the enemy behind him. If Su Bi gives up his support for the new emperor and instead supports the "orthodox successor" King Su Zhe of Chu, then Liu Yu will fall into a passive position. Since Su Bi is conspiring with Su Yan, it means that a great chaos may be resolved. But who are involved in this conspiracy, and what is the conspiracy, the secret spies cannot find out.

After all, it is a forbidden area within the palace wall.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, there was no snow and wind. The sharp northwest wind blew for a day. In such cold weather, there were no pedestrians on the road, but the fast horse galloped on the horse road. Every move from the military camp outside Tongguan touched the hearts of everyone in the court.

In the palace, a conspiracy lasted for a day and a night was underway. There were only four people attending the meeting, including the new emperor Su Yan, the fourth princess Su Bi, the newly appointed president of the Chang'an camp, Hu Shaoyu, and the Imperial Guard President Qu Zhu. There was also a military advisor behind the new emperor, which was his newly appointed concubine Yimei Cao Yi. Even the other three people attending the meeting did not know that there was actually the fifth pair of ears behind this conspiracy.

The secret discussion was extremely confidential, and the place for the secret discussion was not in Yaqian Hall, but in the emperor's bedroom. The palace claimed that the emperor had been sick in the past two days and could not see anyone. Therefore, many things that the court needed to discuss were temporarily put on hold and had to wait for the emperor's illness to recover. During the two days of the emperor's bedroom, he not only shut down the palace maids and eunuchs. The imperial guards could not get close to the bedroom. When it was time to eat, the eunuch leader Wu would personally deliver the meal. The meal was very simple, not just a delicacy, but just a simple meal that could fill the stomach.

The secret discussion started from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month and ended until dusk at the ninth day of the lunar month. At that time, Hu Shaoyu hurriedly left the palace and Qu Zhu also returned to the Imperial Guard. Su Bi continued to stay in the palace. The emperor summoned several people, Jingzhao Prefecture, the head of the Chang'an City Six Defense Department, and Dong Shu, the president of the Dongshui Camp. These people were also important pawns for the emperor to stabilize the defense of the capital. They were all important military officials. It was rare for the emperor to summon so many people to meet at one time. The last time was when Concubine Li wanted to usurp power.

Several civil and military officials who were leading Chang'an City's defense mission received the imperial edict and hurried into the palace to meet the emperor. The news was immediately learned by Liu Yu. At this time, it was just night in the afternoon. Liu Yu's first reaction when he heard the news was that the court was going to take action.

Who is the target of the attack? It may be Hua Ji'an, or the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the court outside Tongguan. But it may also be him. As for why Liu Yu can guess in one detail, that is, Xu Xuanzhu has been ignored by the court recently. As a part of Chang'an City's strong garrison, the commander of the female army has not been summoned by the emperor. It can be said that the emperor is avoiding suspicion, and it can be said that the emperor is targeting Liu Yu.

I don’t want to alarm the snake, but the more I do this, the more I am shocked Liu Yu’s snake.

When Liu Yu heard the news, he threw down the storytelling book and said to Xu Xuanzhu: "Get out of the city right away!"

Xu Xuanzhu found that Liu Yu was a little anxious this day. She understood that Liu Yu was worried about being confined by the emperor. Unexpectedly, Liu Yu would say something to leave the city at this time. Xu Xuanzhu felt the unquestionable thing in Liu Yu's tone, and was a little stunned: "After night, the city gate of Chang'an is closed, I'm afraid I can't get out."

"It's okay, I have my own way!"

Liu Yu said that, immediately asked the new army guards who followed him into Chang'an City to contact the spies in the city, and the spies immediately transmitted the news outside the city. It was the time to go up and Liu Yu's mansion seemed calm, but in fact Liu Yu was ready to leave.

The summoning of the palace was not over yet, and news came from outside that Xu Caihua, the deputy commander of the female army, took the guards into the city without notice and was walking towards the Ministry of War, as if he was going to report his duties overnight.

"Is she here?" Su Yan was a little confused. At this time, it was a state of tension in the war. Anyone's appearance would interfere with some military deployments of the court.

Su Bi said in a firm tone: "It's important for the emperor to drive her out of Chang'an City first."

Su Yan nodded. In order not to cause trouble, Su Yan immediately asked the Ministry of War to inform Xu Caihua that she must return to the military camp immediately.

The matter seems to be inconsistent, but since Liu Yu got the Ministry of War to stop Xu Caihua from reporting his work, he understood that the matter must be related to him. This connection is very subtle and Liu Yu grasped it very accurately. That is, the female army is also within the emperor's military planning system, why did the emperor not make any arrangements for the female army for the time being? At that time, the senior issues of the female army had not been resolved, and this "high-level" was Liu Yu's wife, the head coach of the female army, Xu Xuanzhu.

Liu Yu felt a chill on his back. The emperor he was holding up was actually trying to make him think. Although it was not necessary to kill him, Liu Yu could guess that the court might use Liu Yu's safety as a threat to force Xu Xuanzhu to express his support for the court and go to war with Hua Ji'an's troops.

Although this battle may not be fought, after all, the Huaji'an army is also the army of the Shun Dynasty. If the court wants to remove the military power of Liu Yu and Huaji'an, it must attack these two people and ensure sufficient support to obtain the support of the generals of Huaji'an army. Once Liu Yu is under house arrest, Liu Yu's subordinates, such as Huo Bing and Qi Fang, may change their positions and stand on the side of the court, which is equivalent to trapping Huaji'an and being alone.

Although Liu Yufan doesn't seem to care, he never wants to lose his freedom, let alone lose his life.

What Liu Yu expected was exactly the same. At this time, Su Yan had already given his order in the palace. The first step was to siege the vanguard General's Mansion and take the vanguard General Wuyi Marquis Liu Yuji to the Ministry of War for trial.

When the civil and military generals in the court who controlled the garrison of Chang'an City were shocked to learn that the decree was made. Most of them had served in the army under Liu Yu. Liu Yu made outstanding achievements in the past two years, and the court suddenly wanted to attack the meritorious officials and they could not accept it.

But the emperor's order is difficult to violate.

At the same time, Qu Zhu had personally led a unit of the Imperial Guard to siege the brigade General's Mansion, but when he arrived, he found that although the female guards of the brigade General's Mansion were still there, there was no male and female host in the mansion.

Liu Yu's family suddenly disappeared.

Qu Zhu immediately led his troops back to the palace to inform the emperor of the matter. When the new emperor Su Yan and the fourth princess Su Bi learned that Liu Yu was missing, they realized that they had already discovered the clues by Liu Yu in advance. With Liu Yu's cunning, once they found danger, they would do everything they could.
Chapter completed!