==Chapter 169==

Jiu Niang's brain was spinning rapidly, and at the same time she ordered someone to pass on Sun Yilai.

Sun Yi was guarding outside the gate of the courtyard, and he came when he received the message.

"How many people are there in the house now? Also, what's going on with someone breaking into the house? ”

Sun Yiyi: "There are only a few people who broke into the mansion, and their identities are unknown for the time being, but they were all blocked back, and two were originally captured, but they committed suicide as soon as they were caught." In addition, there are more than 300 guards in the palace, and if there are dead soldiers, there are less than 100. But Niangniang, don't worry, these people are enough to protect the main courtyard here. ”

Enough to protect the main courtyard? That is, other places may be lost?

However, Jiuniang can also be imagined, the palace is so big, these people seem to be a lot, but in fact, there are not many of them, and it is impossible to protect all aspects of the entire palace. And smart people talk to smart people, just save effort, it seems that Sun Yi also saw the clues.

"What does Manager Sun mean—" Jiu Niang asked pretending to be puzzled.

Under the light, she was wearing a crow blue skirt, because she was in a hurry, her hair was not pulled up, but draped behind her shoulders, showing her delicate and thin.

Jiu Niang's sense of existence in the palace is not too strong, at least in Sun Yi's view, except for the moment when she first entered the door, she announced her identity as the hostess with an unstoppable momentum, and then slowly faded out of everyone's sight. She did not hold on to the power of the house like some housemothers, but adopted a laissez-faire state and delegated all the authority. Most of the housekeeping in the palace is still handled by him and Sun Er, except for the main courtyard, she is almost still in order, and no one has touched anyone, but no one in the palace dares to ignore her.

At first, Sun Yi secretly speculated about the princess's thoughts, and later slowly saw her routine.

This is a very smart woman, she has never relaxed when she should be caught, and some other things that are not very important, she just holds a state of spectatorship. She knew what she wanted, and what was most important to her. Therefore, she has been in the door for many years, and His Royal Highness has still favored her alone, and there is not even a female mosquito around her except her. Therefore, she gave birth to His Royal Highness's eldest son, and taught the little master very well, even the saint looked at her differently, and now she is pregnant with another child.

What is the most important thing for a woman? is nothing more than a harmonious husband and a smart and clever child. Being able to envelop the husband is to announce that the hostess's status is rock-solid, and having a finished heir represents the continuation of her status in the future. So even if she didn't take care of everything like the average housewife, no one in this house dared to ignore her.

Unlike those who are a little stupid, for the sake of a little so-called power in the family, they work hard every day, do their best, and not mention their own burdens, they will inevitably ignore their husbands and affect the relationship between husband and wife. Especially in a place like the royal family, the interpersonal relationship is too complicated, as the hostess of the house, it also represents the attitude of the house, once the mistake is made, it will affect many things.

Sun Yi originally thought that with the princess's appearance when she first entered the mansion, she would definitely make trouble for the mansion in the future, after all, Jiuniang gave people the impression that she was a very flamboyant, domineering, and pampered and arrogant person. But the strange thing is that she doesn't, she is very sensible, to put it bluntly, she is very measured, and she knows what she should and should not do. For example, in the front yard, she never takes the initiative to get involved, let alone dictate anything other than housekeeping.

After watching it for a long time, Sun Yi was full of respect for Jiu Niang in his heart, so when Jiu Niang looked at him with burning eyes at this time, he did not choose to hide it with the attitude of looking down on women, but told the truth.

"My subordinates feel a little strange, this thing came too coincidentally." Sun Yi meant something. Therefore, several of them and the first sentence are ready to implement the second set of plans, that is, the response measures that have changed.

Jiu Niang smiled.

Very good, this person is still smart, if he just thinks she is an ordinary woman and child, and at this time he still wants to hide everything from her, Jiu Niang will have to consider whether to directly summon Xing Yi over.

"You mean the people from the Anguo Mansion, and the people who came to the mansion later?" Jiuniang did not choose to avoid it because Anguo Mansion was her maiden home, but her words were very straightforward. "This is probably the same group of people, what is the idea of the Anguo Mansion and don't mention it, now what we have to consider is whether the other party will jump off the wall in a hurry."

Lianzhi on the side couldn't help but interject: "Niangniang mean, they still have a back hand?" ”

"I'm afraid they'll attack."

It's not that Jiuniang thinks highly of herself, but Mu Jinting is famous for 'loving his wife like life', since she has this name, she can't help but think about her. His Royal Highness has already shared the risk, and even created the illusion that Mu Mu is also in the palace, even if it is for His Highness and her son, she can't let these people attack.

Jiuniang said to Sun Yiyi: "What is the other party's idea now, how many people are there, and how much effort will be put into it, we don't know for the time being, but we have to guard against it." Your ideas are good, but patronizing the main courtyard here is a bit too conservative. There are a lot of disciples in our house, and there are also many subordinates, these people are loyal to the palace, and we can't ignore them. ”

Sun Yi was stunned and said, "It's not that you ignore them, but ......"

"But in times of crisis, they will inevitably abandon them without hesitation?"

Jiu Niang interrupted the other party's words, stood up, and looked at the brightly lit courtyard outside the door, "If I hadn't suddenly woken up in the middle of the night, I'm afraid you would have hidden it from me, and naturally others would have hidden it to death." I understand your thoughts, Mu Mu and I are in the mansion now, naturally our safety is the most important, I am grateful for your heart, but you can't let others be dead ghosts for no reason. ”

"I can all know that something is wrong, there must be a lot of people in the house who know about the accident, rather than let them stay in their own yards and worry, worrying about their safety and whether they will be abandoned children and cause unnecessary civil strife, it is better to gather them. Whether you can protect it or not is another, but we have to show our attitude, after all, His Highness is not what it used to be, and his identity is not the same as before. ”

Jiu Niang said seriously, Sun Yi lowered his head, "Niangniang......"

"You just want to be a hypocrite for me, that is, I want to protect myself and make a good name." Jiuniang laughed self-deprecatingly, and said: "And after all, our manpower is not abundant, no one knows what will happen in the future, instead of resting on its laurels, it is better to spread obstacles, someone can divert attention, how about it is also a kind of safety." Although those people don't have martial arts, but many people have more strength, and great disaster is coming, even if it is for themselves, they will do their best. ”

Sun Yi's complexion changed rapidly, and suddenly, he clenched his fists and bowed: "Niangniang's great wisdom, it's also that the subordinates want to be bad, and the subordinates will do it." ”

Jiuniang smiled and nodded, and Sun Yi hurried down without saying more.

Sun Yi's actions were faster than he imagined.

Now there are a lot of miscellaneous people in the palace, there are almost more than 500 people in the palace, and there are also those staff clerks and other people in the front yard. After Sun Yi and Xing Yi discussed, he woke up all these people and gathered them in the front yard.

Since Jiu Niang said that she wanted to make a good reputation for the palace, Sun Yi naturally wanted to do it. And in this case, it is also necessary to 'boost the morale of the army'.

Sun Yi stood on the steps, looking at the crowd below, his face was heavy but his tone was serious.

"Now there is a big mess in Chang'an City, and there are rebels who take the opportunity to make trouble, although the main force is going to the palace, but our mansion is the prince's mansion, so we have to guard against it. Now the guards in the palace are on standby, but most of you are old people in the mansion, you should know the defense force of the mansion, and we don't know what will happen next, but you should take precautions as soon as possible. The crown princess gave an order to advance and retreat with everyone, so what we have to do now is not to let those rebels with ulterior motives attack them. ”

There were bursts of whispering below, and the scene suddenly became noisy.

In fact, just as Jiu Niang said before, she can know that something is wrong, and there is such a big movement outside, although many people don't know what happened, but they also know that it is not a good thing. It's just that there are guards everywhere and don't let anyone enter and leave at will, so everyone can only stay in their own places and speculate secretly.

Some smart people, such as some unappreciated staff and doormen in the palace, although they did not come out in front of Mu Jinting, but none of the people who could enter the palace as staff doormen were fools, combined with the current situation, they could almost guess a few points.

Although the prince is not in the palace, but the princess is here, the prince attaches great importance to the princess, and everyone in the palace knows it, who dares to say that the rebels will not have bad intentions and want to capture the princess to threaten the prince, especially the princess is still pregnant.

The so-called fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond. Most of the guards in the palace will definitely be used to protect the crown princess, if the rebels really attack, then their small fish and shrimp will become fish on the chopping board. That's why these people are terrified.

Now that the shape has changed suddenly, the crown princess said that she would advance and retreat with them, and ordered someone to gather them together, which means that they will not be left behind. So no matter what the above wants to do, as long as this kind of behavior is beneficial to themselves, they will follow the trend.

So, as soon as Sun Yi's words fell, someone below immediately said: "The crown princess is really a bodhisattva, and at this critical juncture, she still thinks about us." ”

"yes, yes, we're not going to let those damn rebels in."

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, God bless the Crown Princess, we will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune and become auspicious in trouble!"

"There are so many of us, and we are still afraid of those Raushzi rebels, and one person will drown them with a mouthful of spit."

"That is, although our little Li Zi doesn't know martial arts, he can also exert his strength, and he can't use a knife, so it's still okay to hand a brick to the guards and brothers."

So, there are still a lot of smart people.

Even with the face of Sun Yi, an old oilman, he couldn't help but be a little surprised at this time, but fortunately, the torches fluttered in the night wind, but it didn't make people see his face clearly.

Sun Yi pressed his hand, and said with some sternness: "Okay, your loyal crown prince and crown princess will know." I'm just talking about the worst-case scenario, which hasn't happened yet, but we need to plan ahead. I will now order you to be divided into several groups, and you will start patrolling the front yard and the main yard, and change shifts every half an hour, while the rest of you will stay in the front yard and stay on standby. In addition, this is an extraordinary period, in order to prevent there are spies in our house, each group of people supervises separately, if there is an abnormality, it will be reported, if nothing happens, don't blame me for holding the same group of people jointly and severally responsible. In addition, the crown princess also said that if she can survive this catastrophe safely, she will ask His Royal Highness the crown prince for a reward for everyone. ”

At the command was given, and the crowd began to act. Some of the people in the palace who didn't know what was going on below were also busy.

Xing Yi, who had been standing beside Sun Yi, said: "If you can spend this night safely, I will ask Your Highness for credit." ”

According to Mu Jinting's arrangement of the mansion, it should be headed by Xing Yi, supplemented by Sun Yi and a few others, but Xing Yi has always been not good at words, and his current task is to prevent the outside world, so the dispatch in the mansion was handed over to Sun Yi and others.

Sun Yi smiled and waved his hand: "Don't talk about it, this is what the crown princess meant." We thought badly before, and we always felt that if we could keep the crown princess and the little master, it would be considered a complete task. But you see, there are so many people in the house, each with their own thoughts, if we really abandon them and don't need to attack from outside, we will be in chaos first. Now it's good to use them all, which can be regarded as a temporary solution to the trouble of civil strife. ”

As for what Jiu Niang said, Sun Yi didn't say it. But they are not fools, and Xing Yi naturally saw the clues.

"I'll leave it to you here, I'll go and have a look." Punishment.

Before the words fell, a guard hurriedly came and said, "Many rebels are rushing in the direction of our palace and have surrounded the outside. ”

Sun Yi and Xing Yi glanced at each other, and sure enough, they came.

*

Palace

At this time, the palace was in chaos, and it had long since lost its previous solemnity and grandeur.

Everywhere there were running footsteps, fighting and jumping firelight, screams and howls all gathered together, against the dark night, which made people feel particularly creepy.

The chaos started from the inside, the soldiers of the Yulin Army stationed in the palace to patrol everywhere, almost unsuspecting, were suddenly attacked by their colleagues, and the brothers who used to laugh together and even went to visit the Goolan Courtyard together suddenly showed a hideous face, making people almost have time to ask why, so they could only go to the Yama Hall to report.

There was a palace that suddenly burst into flames, billowing smoke, dark red firelight. Almost all of a sudden, there was chaos everywhere. The smarter ones also know how to hide, but more often they rush out of their dwellings unsuspectingly to find out, and what comes to them is the knife that is cut down without hesitation.

King Zhao Chengcheng has been preparing for this day for a long time, and since Mu Jinting ascended to the position of crown prince, the two began to prepare. Joining forces is inevitable, and as for what happens after success, it depends on each person's ability. Originally, they wanted to delay it for a few more days, and it would be better when everything was ready, but recently, Mu Jinting took their people to open the knife, and there were rumors that the prince was discussing with several ministers to let a few princes go out of Beijing to become a vassal, and the reality could not allow them to continue to drag on, otherwise what was waiting for them would be a catastrophe.

Since you want to force the palace, it is naturally a combination of internal and external. Empress Xiao and Concubine Liu Guifei have been operating in the palace for many years, and although the various forces are not large, they have already infiltrated everywhere, and there is no problem in contributing to King Zhao. And the accumulation of King Zhao Chengwang over the years has his own people in the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Ya and the Sixth Army of the Northern Ya, and it is inevitable to give it a go.

Especially they don't need to do much, as long as they can cause civil strife and take the opportunity to kill Emperor Chengyuan and Mu Jinting, they can think of what they want. The profits of this kind of trading are too great, and no one will refuse, especially since they have been forced to a dead end, so they naturally want to find a way to survive for themselves.

Chaos has been born.

Soldiers dressed in various colors of armor held torches, like locusts, and rushed to the Zichen Palace. Naturally, he ran into the roadblocker, and the merciless fight began in the solemn palace.

*

In the Zichen Palace, Emperor Chengyuan looked at Mu Jinting and was furious.

"What's the matter with you suing sù me?!"

Mu Jinting half-lowered his eyes and face, and said: "King Zhao and King Cheng should be guilty of rebellion in the United Nations, and now a large number of rebels have broken into the palace, but please rest assured that the emperor has already prepared, and he will not let them succeed." ”

"You've been busy doing this all this time?"

This, naturally, refers to forcing King Zhao to become king. After all, Emperor Chengyuan has been the emperor for so many years, and now although he has handed over most of the court affairs to Mu Jinting, it does not mean that he is ignorant of what is happening outside. The combination of the two naturally gave insight into Mu Jinting's thoughts.

"Sooner or later, they will be in chaos, rather than defending day and night, it is better to force them to jump out and catch them all." Mu Jinting didn't want to hide it from Emperor Yuan, and said it very bluntly.

Indeed, with the character of King Cheng and King Zhao, how could he watch Mu Jinting snatch food in their mouths. These two people have been in business for a long time, and the power in their hands cannot be underestimated, so it is better to force them to jump out than to prevent them from doing something in secret. If you take the lead, you can naturally lead the other party by the nose.

Mu Jinting's answer made Emperor Chengyuan not know what to say, and the anger in his heart disappeared.

Thinking about it from another perspective, if he was in Mu Jinting's position, he would do the same, after all, the side of the couch would not allow others to snore. But at this time, Emperor Chengyuan thought about whether Mu Jinting would attack him.

You must know that as long as he does not die for a day, the prince can only be the prince, and the prince can be deposed at any time. There are no fathers and sons in the heavenly family, and no one understands this truth better than Emperor Chengyuan. You know, he was ...... back then

So even if Emperor Chengyuan seems to have handed over many court affairs to Mu Jinting now, he has not relaxed at all about what he should grasp. For example, stationed on the north side of the palace and responsible for the defense of the palace, he was in charge of the command of the six armies of the northern ya, such as the military talisman that could command the sixteen guards of the southern ya, as well as the military headquarters, and he was able to grasp them to death. Without military power, the other party will not dare to do anything, so he can only honestly be a prince in front of his sickbed......

But now that King Zhao Chengwang is in turmoil, he should force the palace within the alliance, and a very serious problem is placed in front of Emperor Chengyuan. You must know that Mu Jinting is now completely in command of the Sixth Army of the Northern Ya, and at this time Emperor Chengyuan is sick in bed, if he wants to quell the rebellion, he must order someone to come forward to defend it, but now, ......

"Ruan Ronghai!" Emperor Chengyuan couldn't help but exclaim.

Ruan Ronghai did not appear in front of Emperor Chengyuan as quickly as usual.

At this time, the dormitory was very quiet, and the shouts of fighting in the distance added to a very strange atmosphere. Emperor Chengyuan looked around the dormitory and called 'come on' again, but still no one appeared.

The gilded dragon's head lamp quietly emitted light in the corner, and only one person stood in front of the dragon couch, who was dressed in a regulated prince's uniform, and was a dragon and phoenix. He is tall and long, full of momentum and restraint, but ready to go. I don't know when this son grew up like this!

"Ruan's stomach was broken, and his son ordered him to rest in the room." Mu Jinting said softly.

Emperor Chengyuan's eyes were cracked: "You dare to touch the people around you." ”

"After all, Ruan Nei has served his father for many years, and his son just can't bear him to serve while sick, if his father really wants to see him, his son will order someone to find him?" Even so, Mu Jinting didn't move.

"Okay, well, I lifted the stone and smashed my own foot by myself!" Emperor Chengyuan took a rough breath and collapsed on the soft pillow.

Mu Jinting still had a respectful attitude, and lowered his head: "It is absolutely not appropriate for my father to say this, my father is sick, and my son, as a son, wants to share my father's worries and relieve my labor." The heart of the sons and daughters to treat their fathers and emperors can be seen by the sun and the moon, but this time is not that time, although the sons want to turn the tide, but unfortunately they can't do it. ”

"You say it, don't you just want the military power in my hands!"

Mu Jinting sighed, walked slowly to the dragon couch, and tucked the quilt for Emperor Chengyuan as usual.

"Father, your illness, you should know it in your own heart, and your sons are also thinking about your dragon body."

Emperor Chengyuan snorted coldly and did not speak.

The dormitory was so quiet that you could hear a needle dropping. Mu Jinting saw that Emperor Chengyuan ignored him, and no longer persuaded him, but quietly looked at the gilded dragon-headed lantern in the corner of the wall, and went straight to his senses.

Emperor Chengyuan's reluctance also came up, he didn't believe that this son was not afraid of death, since he dared to let go of King Zhao Chengwang into the palace, he didn't believe that he had no backhand.

In the silence, Mu Jinting sighed deeply: "Father, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the imperial brother." Erchen does have a backhand, but these people in his hands are all used to guard the Zichen Palace. ”

Emperor Chengyuan, who was lying on the dragon couch, flicked it violently, and his right hand, the only one that could move, trembled, "You, you, you ......"

Mu Jinting glanced at him regretfully, and lowered his eyes again. He didn't want to say it, but who made Emperor Chengyuan's temper so stubborn.

In the hall, only the rough panting of Emperor Chengyuan could be heard.

Suddenly, he forced himself to turn out something from under the pillow and smashed it on Mu Jinting's body.

"Here you go, take it, if something happens to Yuan Zhang, I won't spare you!"

Mu Jinting gently stroked the talisman in his hand, stood up, and bowed to Emperor Chengyuan: "Father, don't worry, the imperial brother is also the imperial brother of the son, and the son-in-law will naturally not let him have an accident." ”

As soon as the words fell, he turned around and strode away, the dragon pattern flying up and down on the lower edge of the hem of his clothes, indicating the auspicious omen of the dragon soaring in the sky.

*

In a side hall of the Zichen Palace, there were faint bursts of women's suppressed moans at this time.

Mu Yuanzhang sat in a wheelchair, his face was calm, and he could see his hands clenched into fists and his muscles exposed, and he could know that his mood at this time would definitely not be calm.

That's exactly how it happened.

There was a big chaos in the palace, and Penglai Mountain also realized that something was wrong, and immediately gave Mu Yuanzhang. Before Mu Yuanzhang could take action, Mu Jinting sent someone to pick up his family, saying that he was going to Zichen Hall for temporary refuge.

Mu Yuanzhang did not refuse, in the current situation, it is naturally safer to go to Zichen Palace, he doesn't care about his life and death, but Ling'er is about to give birth, and he can't take risks.

So, under the escort of the people sent by Mu Jinting, a group of people hurried to the Zichen Palace.

Facts have proved that Mu Yuanzhang's decision was right, and as soon as the group left the Taiye Pool, they saw the palace on Penglai Mountain on fire.

At this time, I don't know if it was caused by fright, or when it was time to launch, Ruan Linger suddenly launched. Fortunately, Mu Yuanzhang had already prepared, and the mother who delivered the baby had already prepared. hurriedly arrived at the Zichen Hall and settled down, and Ruan Ling'er was sent to the delivery room that was temporarily prepared.

Until now, nearly an hour has passed, and the child has still not been born.