More than 20 soldiers from the Shenwu Army rushed to Shouli Hall and saw more than 100 people standing guard outside the hall. The leading general was still chatting with the eunuch in charge.
"wait……"
"Young Guards Lieutenant Colonel Yang Zhen, following the emperor's instructions, escorts Princess Rui to Funing Palace." Li Xia didn't wait for the other party to ask questions, but shouted first: "Who are you?!"
"The Shenwu Army was ordered to escort Princess Rui to Ciyuan Hall."
Li Xia asked: "Why are only these few people here?"
"We have already gone to Ciyuan Hall, leaving some manpower behind to protect Mrs. Cixian."
Li Xia frowned and said: "You have too few people. Things are going to be chaotic tonight and there is no room for mistakes. Please return to Ciyuan Hall as soon as possible to escort you. I will send the princess there when I have prepared the ceremony. By the way, show me the edict."
look."
Guan De was startled and said hurriedly: "Don't look at it, go, go, it's important to protect Mrs. Cixian."
"..."
The shouting came into the hall, and Zhao Jin quickly pulled Yan Rong out and ran out.
"Are you crazy, you demon concubine? You still have time to patch up your rouge at this time."
"Are you in a hurry? Only beauty can save your life. Do you think I am a golden branch like you?"
Yan Rong deliberately pulled Zhao Jin to slow her down.
She was not in a hurry to leave the palace. In order to try to get Zhao Jin away, she had a private chat with Li Xia.
However, Zhao Jin refused to stop and quickly ran to the palace gate.
Yan Rong had no choice but to turn his beautiful eyes and look for Li Xia, but did not find him among the guards.
She stood blankly, a little confused for a moment.
Guan De came forward and said: "Princess, please take a ride... Noble concubine, please come over here."
Yan Rong took a look and saw that the warm baskets that had been prepared were all carried by eight people. They were tightly surrounded for fear of being drafted.
Taking a closer look, Guan De asked her to ride in a warm carriage carried by guards, while Zhao Jin's carriage was carried by eunuchs.
Yan Rong then stepped forward slowly, slowly opened the sedan curtain and took a peek, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth unconsciously.
She didn't go up either, and waited until Zhao Jin's warm companions set off in front, then she asked: "These people..."
"It's okay, you can talk, just don't be too loud."
"How do I sit?"
Li Xia patted his leg.
Yan Rong hesitated for a moment, bit his lower lip, glanced at Li Xia, and refused to go up.
"Don't you dare?" Li Xia said, "You can tell me if you have something to do."
After a while, the soft body half sat on Li Xia's knees.
She looked a little plump, but not heavy at all.
"How dare you molest me? You are so brave. Are you really not afraid of death?"
"It's not to molest you." Li Xia said, "I couldn't trust you, so I kidnapped you. If you dare to shout or run away now, you will die."
A sword had come across and was placed in front of Yan Rong's neck.
She was startled, shrank back, and rested on Li Xia's legs.
After that, because she felt something, she calmed down a little, forced a smile and said: "Did you do it on purpose?"
"Maybe."
"Is your armor made of leather? It's so hard, how can it be so harsh?" At this point, Yan Rong paused and whispered to himself: "It's really hard."
Li Xia said: "This move of yours is useless to me. Do you think I dare not kill you?"
"Are you... willing to do it?"
"Let's see if you listen."
"You blew up the wine warehouse? How about killing Xie Daoqing? If you agree, I will listen to you from now on, and I will listen to you for the rest of my life."
"The front is the Cining Palace. When you arrive, open the curtain and tell the guards to let my people change defenses. This is the harem, let alone the concubine and the princess."
"Okay, move your sword away."
Yan Rong raised his hand to push Li Xia's hand holding the sword hilt, and just as he swung his waist, she was stunned for a moment and did not dare to move again.
…
After the two rows of guards in front of Cining Hall were replaced, the ceremonial driver turned to the Furong Pavilion.
"Is it okay to kill Xie Daoqing?" After setting off, Yan Rong asked again, "As soon as Xie Daoqing dies, I will be the Queen Mother, and everything from now on will be decided by us..."
"Queen Mother, it seems you have guessed what I am going to do?" Li Xia said, "You are quite cruel."
"Am I cruel? He wants to kill me."
"oh."
Yan Rong leaned close to Li Xia's ear and whispered: "Actually, you don't have to go to such trouble. You should have told me earlier that the dining room might be able to find a way..."
"It's too late, let him live through tonight, and I will issue an edict that I am a traitor to the Song Dynasty."
"Why didn't you tell me at noon? You scared me just now."
"Don't trust you."
"Oh, if you don't trust me, why come to me again?" Yan Rong sighed: "I helped you, but there is no benefit at all. During the day, I said I was willing to let others manipulate me, but tonight I am so cruel."
"I said I would protect you, but that's all I can do right now."
"Why can't we kill Xie Daoqing?"
"Who do you think I am? Han Kanwei? To achieve a coup, all you need to do is order the former secretary of the palace to station in the palace, ask the Queen Mother to lower the curtain, and announce Guangzong's abdication. How arrogant, but I don't have the ability."
"I don't care, I know you have this ability."
"I am not arranging the plan now, it is the party struggle of more than a hundred years in the Song Dynasty that is driving it. Do you think Cheng Yuanfeng can't understand? I framed Jia Sidao and Fan Wenhu. He is just happy to see the results. But if Xie Daoqing is abolished, the balance will be
Once the balance is broken, if these courtiers use their strength afterwards, we will all die, and you will not survive."
Yan Rong didn't understand this, so he only looked up at Li Xia and said, "Then what should I do? Once Zhao Yun dies, I will have nothing. I tell you, don't expect to throw it away like a rag after using me."
"I said, I will protect you for the rest of your life...well, for the rest of your life, you will be prosperous and wealthy. If you knew what I am capable of, you should know that you have no choice."
"Why should I trust you?"
"Believe it or not."
"you……"
Yan Rong was greatly annoyed and had no choice but to hold Li Xia. He snorted and deliberately made a move with one side of his body.
"Don't make trouble."
Li Xia frowned and said, "Do something for me again."
"I do not agree."
"There are really not many paths you can choose."
"You want me to kill Zhao Yun? I can't do it..."
"No." Li Xia said: "If you just want to kill Zhao Yun, you don't have to go to such trouble. Most of the arrangements I made tonight are for the situation after Zhao Yun's death. But there is a key person who I haven't met yet."
"What happens after death? You are so confident."
"Now there's only one last step left."
Yan Rongxiao asked: "Am I the only one who can help you?"
"Only you can help me."
"beg me."
Li Xia smiled and said, "Don't ask me to say another word, you don't have to..."
"I'm a woman who doesn't care about this. Please beg me?"
"You help me and we will be rich together."
Yan Rong hesitated, biting his lip, not knowing what he wanted for the moment.
Li Xia said: "This matter is not difficult. You still only need to say a few words and hand something to Mrs. Cixian to protect our future."
"You and I?"
"Well, our future."
"Let me tell you, it's very difficult for me to learn to chant sutras today." Yan Rong suddenly smiled bitterly, turned around and asked, "Can you really protect me for the rest of my life?"
"keep your word."
Yan Rong looked up at Li Xia for a long time and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
The group walked around the harem in a complete circle, and finally stopped in front of Ciyuan Hall. Only about 20 of the more than 100 people were left.
Bu Yu slowly fell down, and Zhao Jin ran down.
She did not enter the palace immediately, but ran to Yan Rong's stepmother.
In this situation tonight, Zhao Jin could no longer think of calling for help. He stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, and shouted: "Go in quickly, I said I will protect you."
Before the curtain could be opened, Yan Rong had already walked down, lowered his head, and pulled Zhao Jin away.
"Let's go."
"What are you afraid of? I haven't heard anything for a long time. What's wrong with your voice?"
"Frightened."
The eunuchs followed them into the Ciyuan Hall, while the remaining guards carried the Buyu and left...
After walking around for a while, when they reached a deserted place, Li Xia jumped off the carriage.
He walked calmly for a while, calculating Zhao Yun's movement in his mind, and finally chose to go to Funing Palace.
Funing Hall is the small hall where the emperor lived, not far from Ciyuan Hall.
Because Zhao Yun has not been here tonight, there is no one in the hall. There were only two rows of guards just now, and they have been replaced. At this time, the people guarding outside the hall are Li Xia's people.
Li Xia walked up the stone steps, looked back, and walked into the hall.
He doesn't know many skills, but the ones he's best at are sneaking in, assassinating, sneak attacks, and ambush.
I also wanted to use power and tactics, but the best strategy failed.
Li Xia doesn't think there is any shame in this. As long as the means can be used well and used against the trend to get the maximum gain at the minimum cost, this is the most practical...
"Change defense!"
Only half the time for the incense sticks had passed when a large group of people rushed from the front hall to the harem.
"The Shenwu Central Army is on duty to guard the palace! Anyone who is not a palace guard should go to the wine warehouse to put out the fire!"
"Verification talisman!"
"Why are you panic?! There are no Mongols..."
Following the loud shouting, footsteps also hurriedly sounded.
The situation in the harem has finally been stabilized.
The imperial driver was slowly carried over.
Zhao Yuntai needed a stable place to stay to take a breath and try to calm down the chaos.
Returning to the peaceful place of the harem, Zhao Yun gradually began to think clearly about various things...
Since Han Kanwei and Shi Miyuan, the Song Dynasty had powerful ministers who dared to depose and establish the emperor. This was also one of the troubles that he had been trying to quell throughout his life.
It's a pity that three feet of ice cannot be frozen in one day. If the party fights too fiercely, it will have its drawbacks.
Jia Sidao and Cheng Yuanfeng are fighting for the present power; Jia Sidao and Ye Mengding are fighting for the future power.
At the same time, the crown prince has not yet been established, and the country's foundation is uncertain. This is the last chance for the clan.
Undercurrent surges.
It's all up to him, the emperor, to calm the situation.
It is very likely that someone is secretly instigating and stirring up these disputes.
How to sort out the clues requires a thread... For the time being, it falls on Ye Mengding.
This was one of the first people who was forced to a dead end, and there was no edict to allow the Shenwu Right Army to enter the palace.
I'm afraid that Ye Mengding sensed the danger and took the risk to become a loyal king.
This was the Qing emperor's side, so there had to be a reason, so Ye Mengding laid the blame on Jia Sidao.
Jia Sidao and Fan Wenhu had to fight back.
Cheng Yuanfeng and Pang Xie were delighted to see the success, so they took advantage of the situation and killed Fan Wenhu.
But Cheng Yuanfeng and Pang Xie are the ones who must protect the emperor. Only by protecting the emperor can they deal with Ye Mengding and Jia Sidao.
The damn thing is that at this stage, all these ministers are thinking about is party struggle, party struggle!
But, there's something wrong.
Ye Mengding shouldn't have such courage, and how did he know that the Imperial City Division was going to capture him?
The clues have to be found further. The person who was forced to a dead end in the first place was actually...Li Xia.
Li Xia knew that the Imperial City Division was going to take action, so he escaped first.
How did this rebellion stir up tonight's events?
In addition to the so-called thunder from the sky, it must have been detected that the emperor was not feeling well, and the news of the emperor's death was released to Ye Mengding, which encouraged the clan members.
Who handed over the news? Yan Rong, that bitch.
This can only be the case. This is the most reasonable conjecture.
The most urgent task is to calm down the chaos in the palace.
How to do it?
At this point, Ye Mengding could only decide to be loyal to the king.
First, appease Fan Wenhu and get rid of Ye Mengding, then win over Zhao Dingying, severely punish Jia Sidao and Fan Wenhu, and then mobilize troops to chase Li Xia...
Fortunately, the Mongols were not attacking, but they were fighting for power.
The thirty-five-year emperor has seen too many struggles for power. When King Ji conspired to rebel, the trouble was even bigger than this.
Tonight, Ye Mengding and Li Xia will be defeated because they misjudged something
"I can't collapse."
Zhao Yun muttered to himself, feeling the emperor's authority again.
However, when I opened my mouth, I felt a splitting headache.
It's been too long since I've had any rest, and I've spent too much energy.
He already knew that his biological mother and daughter were fine, so he felt relieved and said, "Guard me to the bed and rest."
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment."
Pang Xie had already replaced the guards outside Funing Palace, and went into the palace to take a quick look. He checked the imperial couch, wardrobe and other places, and found that there was no place to hide anyone.
He looked up at the crossbar again and hurried out.
"There is nothing abnormal. Your Majesty can rest in peace."
The chamberlains quickly supported Zhao Yun and Zhao Yu and slowly entered the Funing Hall...