"But the third prince is not so easy to deal with." Leng Fengran's appearance looked much more serious than Xuanyuan Hao, "During this time, his power in the imperial court has grown, and compared to the arrogance of the eldest prince, he is still a bit of a brain." ”

Xuanyuan Hao was cold, and said indifferently: "Even if he gets the support of many people in the court, in fact, compared to those who are willing to surrender, many people are intimidated by his unscrupulous means and succumb, once I go back, the forces I hid in the court before will be revealed, and even if I can't annihilate him in one fell swoop, at least I can control his arrogant forces and let him restrain himself." ”

Leng Fengran saw Xuanyuan Hao talking about these plans clearly, knowing that he was all ready, so he no longer gave more suggestions, but believed in him very much.

"After returning to Beijing, if you need help, just ask, I will gather my forces at your disposal at any time." Leng Fengran said righteously.

"Thank you!" Xuanyuan Hao's thank you contains the self-evident friendship between the two.

"Xuanji, you don't have to worry too much, the Nine Emperor Princes must have a way to help you rescue your family." Lan Ling'er and Murong Xuanji went back to the house to pack their things, and when they saw her worried, they walked up to her and comforted her.

Murong Xuanji raised his head and glanced at Lan Ling'er, trying to hold up a smile, but failed, the worry in his heart was overflowing, "The third prince is insidious and cunning, since he has the intention to target his father and eldest brother, then he will not give up easily, I am worried that he will torture his father and them and force them to be beaten into tricks, and my father's health has not been good, I am really worried that he will not be able to bear it." Besides, the two mothers in the house, although they are not their mothers, but their feelings for me are not lost to their mothers, and now there is no man in the house, they will definitely be bullied and suffer a lot of grievances. ”

"I know, I know how you feel." Lan Ling'er held Murong Xuanji's hand and comforted, "We will go back to the capital tonight, you have to believe that the Nine Emperor Princes will rescue the Great General, and Leng Fengran will also help you." ”

"Well, then let's hurry up and pack our things, it's not early, Leng Fengran and I will leave first, and when it gets completely dark, you and the Nine Emperor Princes are leaving." Lan Ling'er let go of Murong Xuanji and sped up her speed and began to pack up her things, Murong Xuanji saw this and joined the packing team with Baoqing.

The sun finally set, the sky gradually darkened, and the usually quiet courtyard was shrouded in tension at this time. Xuanyuan Hao's study was brightly lit, and the four of them were walking with reluctance before parting.

"Nine Emperor Princes, Xuanji, I'll take Ling'er to go first, and I'll go to the Nine Emperors' Mansion to meet you after I send Ling'er back safely." Leng Fengran said to Xuanyuan Hao with a serious face.

"Don't worry, Xuanji will go back to the General's Mansion first tonight, and I will redeploy after I return to the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion." Xuanyuan Hao said calmly: "I don't think Xuanyuan Mo would have thought that I was still alive, so the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion is quite safe at the moment." But I don't know the situation in the palace, and I don't know what my father thinks now. ”

"Do you suspect that the third prince will be so rampant because of the emperor's support behind him?" Leng Fengran asked in some surprise, thought about it, and felt that it was a little impossible.

Xuanyuan Hao knew that he didn't believe it when he saw Leng Ran's expression, and he also saw Murong Xuanji's puzzled look, so he opened his mouth to explain: "My father trusted the general so much before, how could he put the general in prison because of corruption, and it was not without corrupt officials before, but my father had never been so perfunctory, he didn't even let the court investigate, and he still allowed Xuanyuan Hao to do nonsense?" It's hard not to be suspicious of such an anomaly. ”

"Could it be that the emperor has always been wary of my father, and the kindness and trust he showed before were all pretended?" Murong Xuanji heard Xuanyuan Hao's suspicions, and said with some righteous indignation.

"Not necessarily." Xuanyuan Hao took Murong Xuanji's hand and silently soothed her emotions, and said calmly: "I think my father's trust in the general before was not pretended, that is, Xuanji and I are still alive, if my father is particularly partial to me as everyone said, then my father's trust in the general is not without reason, but now I am a dead man to them, no matter how much my father loves me, he can't ignore his own safety and the country's society, the eldest prince's poisoning of him makes him chill, and now he must judge the situation, Slow down Xuanyuan Mo first, and then make another arrangement. Besides, I don't think my father wants to pass on the throne to Xuanyuan Mo. ”

"So after the Nine Emperors returned to Beijing and appeared in the palace, when the emperor saw that you were still alive, would he regain his trust in the general, and then let the general go?" Lan Ling'er asked a little naively.

Xuanyuan Hao saw Murong Xuanji's inquiring gaze, although the answer would be a little disappointing, he still shook his head and replied, "Not necessarily." The general's achievements are high, and he is very prestigious in the imperial court, as the emperor, his father has not been afraid, but he has no chance before, and the general has not done anything to make the emperor have a gap, but this time Xuanyuan Mo is aimed at the general's mansion, and the father probably wants to take advantage of this opportunity to seize the real power of the general and weaken his power in the court. ”

"The Nine Emperor Princes are right." Leng Fengran suddenly said: "In the imperial court, General Murong can be said to be under one person, above ten thousand, and Xuanji's three elder brothers also hold important positions in the court, the power of the Murong family in the court is not only feared by the emperor, but also by many people, whether it is the emperor's selfishness or for the court, General Murong is always a problem for the emperor, and sooner or later he will get rid of it." ”

Murong Xuanji kept pursing her lips, her heart fluctuated because of Xuanyuan Hao's and Leng Fengran's words, and the hand that was not held by Xuanyuan Hao was tightly clenched into a fist.

The other three were all worried about Murong Xuanji when they saw that Murong Xuanji's expression was wrong. Leng Fengran and Xuanyuan Hao glanced at each other with a tacit understanding and said, "It's not too early, we should go, say goodbye." ”

"Good!" Xuanyuan Hao nodded, took Murong Xuanji's hand and sent the two of them out of the door, seeing that the horses of the two were gradually moving away, until they disappeared from sight, Xuanyuan Hao turned to look at Murong Xuanji and said, "Don't worry, I promise you, no matter what, I will send the general and the others out." ”

Murong Xuanji nodded, now this situation can only believe that he relies on him.

"Let's go in and see how they are prepared Baoqing. We're going to be on our way in a little while. Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji came to the backyard together, and they were relieved to see that Secret Whisper and Baoqing had already prepared all the horses and carried the things into the carriage.

"Wouldn't that be too noticeable?" Murong Xuanji looked at the carriage and asked with some concern.

"I'll go into the city with you later, and Secret Whisper and Baoqing will accompany us. Others disguised themselves as merchants and entered the city so that they would not attract suspicion. Although Xuanyuan Mo also thought I was dead, I am not sure if he arranged for someone to monitor me outside the mansion, and it would be too dangerous for everyone to enter the mansion together. Xuanyuan Hao said with a serious face.

"Aren't you going to show up?" Murong Xuanji asked a little puzzled, "How do you plan to deal with the third prince after you return to Beijing?" ”

"I will make a decision after I enter the palace and see my father, I must first understand my father's situation, as well as his thoughts, I am worried that during this time, Xuanyuan Mo will reverse right and wrong in his ears, so that my father will not be able to distinguish between right and wrong." Xuanyuan Hao said with some concern. Although the emperor favors him, it does not mean that he can influence the emperor's thoughts.

The sun had completely disappeared, and the moon had replaced the night sky, and Murong Xuanji and Xuanyuan Hao were ready to go, and everything was ready.

"Master, it's all arranged, we can leave first." The night strode over, still holding the horse in his hand.

"Good!" Xuanyuan Hao nodded, turned to look at Murong Xuanji, and Murong Xuanji was also looking at him, "Let's go, it's time for us to go back to the capital." ”

Murong Xuanji nodded firmly, took the reins of the horse from Baoqing's hand and stepped on the horse's back first, and saw that Xuanyuan Hao was also on the horse, so he kicked his legs, and the horse immediately ran quickly in the dark night.

Xuanyuan Hao didn't let it go, and immediately caught up with Murong Xuanji, and the two rode side by side, while Baoqing and Secret Words protected them left and right behind the two.

In a wood, still some distance from the gate of the capital, all four stopped their horses.

"Master, I'll go and see the situation ahead first." Whisper rode to the gate of the city at once, and there were no people in and out of the gate at this time.

The guards guarding the city gate saw the code words appear, and immediately stopped and interrogated, "Who are you, why are you doing in the capital so late?" ”

Secret Whisper glanced at the two soldiers expressionlessly, and before he could speak, a general who seemed to be in charge of these guards came over, took a closer look at the light, and found Secret Whisper and immediately said politely: "It turned out to be the secret guard next to the Nine Emperor Princes." ”

The secret whisper glanced at this person, quickly searched for this person's information in his mind, and quickly remembered that this person was a person next to Murong Xilang before, and he was Murong Xilang's subordinate before, and then he made a mistake, and it was Murong Xilang who helped him to transfer him to guard the city gate.

Whisper thought quickly for a moment, confirmed that this person was someone he could trust, so he jumped off the horse and walked up to him and said, "Can you take a step to speak?" ”

The man thought for a moment, nodded, and walked to the city gate with the secret whisper, looking at the secret whisper with some confusion, and some curious about what he wanted to say to himself.

"Wait a minute, I want a few people in the capital, I hope the adults can make it convenient and accommodate them to enter." Although the code whispered the words of please, there was a hint of an order in his tone that could not be refused.

This person looked at the secret whisper, and hesitated a little, "I don't know what kind of people the dark guards want to bring to the capital." ”

The secret whisper saw his worry at a glance, so he said reassuringly: "Don't worry, the people I brought are there to save General Murong and a few sons." ”

Hearing that the code word was to save Murong He and the others, the guard's expression immediately eased a lot, and he raised his eyes and looked at the code word a few times before finally nodding and saying, "Okay, as long as you can save the people of Murong Mansion, even if you leave my life behind, it will be worth it." ”

Secret whispered a sigh of relief and reassured: "Don't worry, I promise that I won't let you lose your life, not only will you not lose your life, but maybe you will be on the rise in the future." ”

The man just smiled, then walked back and said to the two men guarding the city gate, "You go and rest first, drink some water, and I'll just look at it here." ”

The two people guarding the city gate were also smart people, and they knew that they were deliberately sending themselves away, so they left with interest, and it didn't take long for Xuanyuan Hao and the four of them to enter the city gate smoothly.

After entering the city, the four of them came to an uninhabited alley, and there was silence all around, and occasionally birds could be heard in the trees.