071 The Empress of the Kingdom (23)

In this anxious mood, things finally began to make new progress.

"Lord Qiqi, according to the spies' report, there may be a palace change after dark tomorrow." A man dressed in ordinary cloth clothes, but who did not look like an ordinary person in words and deeds, knelt down in front of Xuanyuan Zichen.

Xuanyuan Zichen, who was reviewing the folds in the study, put down the brush in his hand, and after being silent for a moment, he said, "I know, you go down first." ”

"The subordinates retired."

Shen Mengdie looked at the person who suddenly came and left suddenly, and stepped forward a little nervously to hold Xuanyuan Zichen's palm. "Nothing will happen, will it?"

"It's okay, don't worry." Xuanyuan Zichen stroked the top of her hair with one hand and rubbed it soothingly, but she was thinking about how to deal with this matter. Since the emperor was seriously ill, he was the agent of the review, except for some important secrets that could not be taken out of the palace, the rest he brought back to the palace. In the face of Shen Mengdie's inquiry, Xuanyuan Zichen didn't want her to know too much about the dark side of the royal family, and said that it was the most ruthless emperor's family, which was not false at all.

In the face of Xuanyuan Zichen's plausible answers, Shen Mengdie could probably understand the other party's intentions, so she was not ready to delve into it.

Early the next morning, Xuanyuan Zichen entered the palace with the guards beside him, and Shen Mengdie waited anxiously, looking at the sky that was gradually darkening, and her heart became even more flustered.

Just as the sky was completely dark, fierce fighting began to be heard from the palace in the inner city, and at the same time, the fire almost lit up the sky over there. For many courtiers, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, Shen Mengdie sat in the courtyard, looking at the direction of the fire and prayed silently in her heart, her heart was very flustered. "Zichen, you must not have an accident......

Under such anxious waiting, the sky gradually brightened, and she quickly moved her stiff legs to stand up when she heard a sound of footsteps outside.

Looking at the bloodied person, Shen Mengdie ran towards the other party in panic. "Where's the injury?"

"I'm fine."

"But the blood ......" Shen Mengdie pointed to the blood stains on the other party's clothes and said with some worry.

"It's all the blood of the enemy."

"You're scaring me." Shen Mengdie ignored the bloodstains on the other party's body, and stepped forward to hug Xuanyuan Zichen tightly.

"You didn't rest all night, now go back and have a good rest." Xuanyuan Zichen looked at her red eyes and patted the other party's shoulder comfortingly.

After a night of worrying, after knowing that there was nothing wrong with the other party, Shen Mengdie finally relaxed her tense nerves, and at the same time, a wave of tiredness hit her. After rubbing her eyes, she looked at the other party with some hesitation.

"Go ahead."

Under Xuanyuan Zichen's caring gaze, Shen Mengdie blinked her tired eyes, nodded to the other party, and walked towards the bedroom step by step.

Looking at the departing people, Xuanyuan Zichen said to his subordinates behind him: "You now send someone to deal with the remnants of the rebels." ”

"Subordinates receive orders."

Shen Mengdie went back to the bedroom to freshen up briefly, and fell asleep, in a daze, she dreamed that Xuanyuan Zichen was stabbed by someone who secretly attacked in the palace change, and she was about to be surrounded by enemies, she hurriedly shouted. "Don't ......"

"Nightmare?"

"Huhuhu......" Shen Mengdie tried to calm her wildly beating heart, feeling Xuanyuan Zichen's palm attached to her cheek, she turned over and hugged the other party's neck. I don't want you to die......"

"Isn't that all right for me?" Xuanyuan Zichen motionlessly let the other party hold him, and stroked the other party's hair with his free palm.

When Shen Mengdie finally woke up from her daze, she was a little unsure of her overreaction for a while, so she had to bury her head deep in the other party's arms. Feeling the other party's childish movements, Xuanyuan Zichen happily hooked the corners of his mouth and looked at the other party dotingly.

"Lord Wang, the ministers have come to ask for a meeting." The butler stood outside the door, looked at the closed door, hesitated for a moment, and then conveyed the purpose of his visit.

Listening to the report of the chief butler, Xuanyuan Zichen paused the movements in his hand and ordered the people outside: "Well, I'll go later." ”

"Yes." The chief butler, who got the news, answered, and then turned and left.

Xuanyuan Zichen patted her shoulder and said soothingly: "It's still early, you can rest for a while." ”

"Yes." Shen Mengdie nodded her head, and then slowly let go of the other party. "You go and get busy, I won't delay you."

"Rest well." After Xuanyuan Zichen kissed the other party's forehead, he covered the quilt for her.

Shen Mengdie grabbed the quilt, blinked at the other party's departing figure, and then looked in the direction of the window.

"What time is it?"

"Back to the princess, it's still early at noon, and you've only rested for less than an hour."

Listening to the maid's reply, Shen Mengdie silently calculated in her heart, confirming that she had only been asleep for more than an hour before she was awakened by a nightmare. "You go down first, and I will tell you something."

"Yes, Princess."

As the door gradually closed, Shen Mengdie slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

On the other side, Xuanyuan Zichen knelt down in the face of many ministers, frowning and looking at everyone present sternly.

The right prime minister raised his head tremblingly, and finally knelt deeply as if he had made up his mind. "The country cannot be without a king for a day, and please Prince Li ascend the throne as soon as possible and take charge of the Xuanyuan Dynasty."

After taking a deep look at the right prime minister, Xuanyuan Zichen asked the others present, "I don't know if you have the same opinion?" ”

"You will wait for Prince Li to take the lead."

"Looks like you're thinking the same thing?"

The ministers knelt on their knees tremblingly, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

"That's it, that's it. In that case, let's go and prepare. "Xuanyuan Zichen naturally knows the good intentions of the ministers, yesterday's battle and the current saint unfortunately died, and other talented and powerful princes fell one after another, and the person who rebelled was the little-known third prince. After using the power of his mother's family to entrap Prime Minister Zuo as his help, he also used his mother to secretly poison His Majesty.

Today's streets in Kyoto are full of officers and soldiers raiding homes, making people panic, and Prime Minister Zuo's family naturally can't stay any longer.

After getting Xuanyuan Zichen's approval, all the ministers got up and left.

Looking at the departing people, Xuanyuan Zichen couldn't help but fall into deep thought. "Someone."

"What does the prince command?" The soldiers who were waiting outside the door heard Xuanyuan Zichen's summons, and they walked in and saluted him.

"Take someone with me to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Yes."

After Xuanyuan Zichen brought a column of soldiers, he rode to the Prime Minister's Mansion on horseback. When thinking of Zuo Cheng's rebellion, he suddenly thought of the fact that he had promised to help the Mo family's father and daughter.