As soon as Lou Yan entered the front yard, he was surrounded by everyone.
Although Lou Yan had no expression and didn't talk much, he didn't put on any airs and took the initiative to take a wine glass and drink with everyone.
After being comforted, Lou Yan directly carried Yuan Chu out.
Yuan Chu still had a wine glass in his hand and was carried to the corner by Lou Yan, who was a little confused.
"What are you doing? You haven't finished the wine yet." Yuan Chu shouted with some dissatisfaction.
Lou Yan took the wine glass from his hand and said in a deep voice: "If you want to drink, I will accompany you later. Drink as much as you want. Tonight, you can help me with something."
Yuan Chu looked at his expression, frowned and asked, "Why are you so anxious that you have to do it tonight?"
"I'm very anxious. It must be done tonight." Lou Yan said solemnly, "And I can only rest assured if this matter is left to you. I wouldn't be relieved if it were anyone else."
Yuan Chu heard the seriousness in his tone, shook his head and sobered up, and then said: "What's the matter, tell me."
"Go to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing to prepare troops for summons," Lou Yan looked at Yuan Chu steadily and said word by word, "Enter the palace immediately after receiving the signal."
Yuan Chu took a deep breath and blurted out a sentence without thinking: "You want to rebel?"
Lou Yan: "If I wanted to rebel, I wouldn't choose today."
Yuanchu: "Then what do you mean?"
"No, brother, listen to me." Yuan Chu wiped his face, and was so frightened by Lou Yan's words that he woke up from drinking. "Whether you want to rebel or not, mobilizing the army privately is a serious crime that will lead to beheading. You are going to be beheaded today."
You just got married, and there is a beautiful bride waiting for you in the bridal chamber, so you can't do anything stupid."
"I didn't do anything stupid," Lou Yan frowned and said in a deep voice, "I just want to protect the people I want to protect."
Yuan Chu was silent for a moment: "No, what happened?"
Lou Yan looked at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Yuan Chu, saying word by word: "I suspect that the prince is going to rebel."
Yuan Chu took another breath and said after a long while: "No, he is already the prince. As long as he doesn't make a big mistake, the throne will be his in the future. Does he still need to rebel?"
"He has been the prince for too many years," Lou Yan said lightly, "Maybe the prince can no longer satisfy him."
Yuan Chu raised his hand to cover his forehead and fell silent for a moment.
Lou Yan looked at him and said softly: "Brother, I know this is very risky. But, I promise, if something happens, I will take full responsibility and will not implicate you."
"Of course, if you don't agree, just pretend I didn't say anything about this today."
Yuan Chu looked up at him: "If I don't agree, what are you going to do?"
Lou Yan: "Go in person."
He was supposed to go there in person, but he was reluctant to leave the newlywed Qin Zhen at home alone.
Yuan Chu and Lou Yan looked at each other for a long time, and finally stood up.
Yuan Chu pointed at Lou Yan and said in a deep voice: "When we were in southern Xinjiang, I played with you a lot. Today, I will play with you again."
Lou Yan breathed a sigh of relief and showed a rare smile to Yuan Chu: "Brother, thank you."
Yuan Chu reached out and patted Lou Yan on the shoulder, turned around and plunged into the crowd. While laughing and joking with everyone, he easily picked up a few brothers from the crowd and led them out of the gate of the palace.
Lou Yan waited for Yuan Chu to leave, then took another wine glass and mixed in among the guests. As long as he was there, no one noticed that someone quietly left the scene.
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backyard.
She was supposed to be sitting on the bed with her hijab covered, waiting for Qin Zhen, but at this time, she had already uncovered her red hijab and was sitting at the table with an expressionless face.
In front of her were not Manman and Linglong, but her secret guard Qin Da.
After Qin Da came back from southern Xinjiang, he was sent out by Qin Zhen to follow Xiao Jue.
"As expected by the princess, the prince couldn't wait any longer." Qin Da lowered his voice and said in a deep voice, "As soon as night fell, the prince dressed up and left the East Palace. His staff had already left yesterday.
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"Does he still have anyone available?" Qin Zhen frowned and asked in a deep voice.
Xiao Jue has fallen out with his mother's clan, and his uncle, Liu Changsong, the former Minister of War, has been brought to justice. He probably doesn't have many available talents at his disposal.
Qin Da whispered: "Originally, there were not many, but before the fourth prince left, he left all the remaining troops of the Liu family to His Highness the Crown Prince. In addition, there was also Yuan Xu, the Crown Prince's staff, who was actually Young Master Yuan Chu.
The general's half-brother, he also holds a piece of the Yuan family's power in his hands. The two together are enough."
Qin Zhen was silent for a while and then said: "No wonder Xiao Jue has the confidence to take action now."
Qin Zhen really didn't expect that even if Xiao Yao left, he would still plot against Lou Yan. He left his troops to the prince, didn't he just want to see both the prince and Lou Yan lose in the fight?
And Yuan Xu... She had met him several times, but she had never thought that this man was actually the son of the Yuan family.
"Yuan Xu is like this, Yuan Chu doesn't care, and the Yuan family doesn't care?" Qin Zhen couldn't help but ask.
Qin Da said in a low voice: "Yuan Xu is a concubine. He has not been taken seriously since he was a child, and his relationship with Young General Yuan Chu is not close. The Yuan family has always treated him as a free rein and has no idea what he is doing."
Qin Zhen pondered for a moment and whispered to Qin Da: "Continue to send people to keep an eye on Xiao Jue and inform father that they should be careful. Also, send a message to the Yun family and ask them to take good care of their own people and don't wait until something happens.
The whole clan, it will be too late by then."
"Yuan Chu and the prince have a friendship, so I just want to give him a personal favor."
Qin Da responded in a low voice, turned around and walked out the door.
Outside the door, Linglong looked at the back of Qin Da as he left, and couldn't help but frown.
Today is the happy day for the princess and the prince. What is Qin Da, the secret guard, doing out here at this time?
Linglong always felt uneasy.
Manman glanced at her and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Linglong pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Be happy, today is their big day." Manman couldn't help but said, "You frowned. If the prince saw you, he would think you have objections to this marriage."
Linglong was stunned and glared at her fiercely: "That's nonsense."
Linglong suppressed her uneasiness and stood guard outside the new house with Manman.
It wasn't until midnight that Lou Yan came back from the front yard. The smell of alcohol emanating from Lou Yan could be smelled from a distance.
There is no way, they are all brothers in the military camp, they can make trouble and drink.
If it were anyone else, Lou Yan would definitely be disdainful, but these are brothers with whom he has a life-long friendship, and he can't help but give him face.
The commotion continued until late at night. Lou Yan sent people away and then hurried back.
He walked to the door, turned around and told Linglong: "You can go."
Linglong stood still, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, Qin Da has been here."