The night was deep, and Qingyun still didn't rest, sitting quietly at the table, slightly lowering his eyes, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.

Mo Xuanjian's eyebrows frowned, firstly, he felt sorry for his lover's hard work day and night, and secondly, he was angry that there was a very uninteresting person next to him.

It's not that he didn't see Mo Xuan's frozen eyes, but Lou Haiyang just couldn't see Mo Xuan as a possessor and didn't leave the Ninth Princess for a moment, and he held back his stomach with questions, but he couldn't get answers, even if he went back to the room, he couldn't sleep.

"The ...... of the Nine Princesses"

"The last general (subordinate) see the Nine Princesses (masters)!"

Lou Haiyang was about to ask the question in his heart, Situ Jingyu and Wuying walked in one after another, and Qingyun raised his eyes and looked at the two of them when he heard the sound: "Thank you for your hard work, how is the situation?" ”

"Back to the Ninth Princess" Situ Jingyu said respectfully: "As the Ninth Princess expected, Gong Yuanhao really went to the secret road, and the last general led the army to annihilate a general and nine thousand soldiers, and let Gong Yuanhao and a general and a thousand soldiers leave. ”

Wuying then replied: "According to the master's will, Gong Yuanhao and the rebels have been forced back to Jiuyuan County, but during this period, a group of masked black-clothed people of unknown origin suddenly appeared to protect Gong Yuanhao to evacuate, and their skills are the same as those of the Absolute Dust Palace, and in addition, he took out a dark green token and presented it to Qingyun: "After the army expelled the rebels, his subordinates found a hundred black-clothed people hiding in the dark, and originally wanted to arrest them and ask them where they came from, but who knew that they committed suicide by taking poison, and their subordinates only searched for this token from the leading black-clothed man, However, the subordinates determined that they were natives and should be killers, because the thousands of rebels left behind in the enemy camp were the ones who killed them. ”

Looking at the token carefully, there is nothing else except for the word 'dream' engraved on the front, and the texture of the token is also very ordinary, and the light cloud shows her eyebrows and frowns.

Who ordered those 100 national killers to appear on the battlefield, and what was the purpose of killing the thousands of rebels left behind?

"It's the Absolute Dust Palace again!"

Lou Haiyang knew that the dancing shadow of the Dao was very strong in the dark guard, so he raised his eyebrows, but the four of them seemed to have expected the appearance of the people from the Absolute Dust Palace, and they all looked as usual, but he was the only one who looked a little fussed, and couldn't help but secretly examine whether he had become stupid? Still not enough concentration?

"Wuying, the order is to secretly investigate the capital month by month, especially the women in the palace whose names contain the word 'dream', and then secretly monitor them, and then deal with them after I return to Beijing."

Although it cannot be ruled out that some men will also have this word in their names, Qingyun intuitively thinks that this person should be a woman, and she always has an indescribable feeling that the hundred killers are likely to be aimed at her.

"Subordinates obey!" The dancing shadow then leaves.

Looking at the light clouds containing clarity and solemnity between his eyebrows, Situ Jingyu thought for a while and asked, "Ninth Princess, is the next step to attack the city or besiege Jiuyuan County?" ”

Lou Haiyang also turned his eyes to look at Qingyun, this question was asked by Duan Fanghong before, but the Ninth Princess only let the army rest and did not give any instructions.

"Let's wait and see what happens." Seeing Situ Jingyu and Lou Haiyang's puzzled and disapproving expressions in her eyes, Qingyun understood that after this battle, coupled with her coming to Liyang County in person, now the morale of our army is unprecedentedly high, and they all want to wipe out the rebels in one go so as to quell the civil strife as soon as possible.

It's just that......

Situ Jingyu raised his eyebrows: "The last general is stupid, please ask the ninth princess to teach!" ”

looked at Situ Jingyu, whose eyebrows were tightly locked, and Qingyun took a sip of the hot tea handed by Mo Xuan, and then said quietly: "I understand your feelings, but don't forget that Gong Yuanhao is a hereditary prince of the dynasty, and he holds a gold medal from the emperor to avoid death, and he has the grace to save his father's life, even if he raises troops to rebel against the crime, if we don't handle it properly, it will inevitably attract misunderstanding and even condemnation from the subjects, so we can only capture alive and not kill;

Also, it is not difficult to understand that Gong Yuanhao and Amu Gulang and Liang Guo are close in private, but it is a little unbelievable that the people of the Absolute Dust Palace would come forward to protect him, you must know that Gong Yuanhao's father died in the assassination of the Absolute Dust Palace, so Gong Yuanhao hates the Absolute Dust Palace no less than the royal family, so who did the Absolute Dust Palace come on whose order? What is the purpose of desperately protecting Gong Yuanhao back at the critical moment?

In addition, at this time, Gong Yingjie did not stay by Gong Yuanhao's side but went to the capital, don't you think it's strange? ”

"The Ninth Princess means ......" Situ Jingyu and Lou Haiyang thought thoughtfully.

"Gong Yuanhao is terminally ill, there is no need to worry at all, I want to know that it is the person behind him." Qingyun's eyes flashed with a striking edge: "Taiping has been prosperous for a long time, and some people have derived thoughts that should not be there, but unfortunately there has been no evidence to punish them, this time we will simply make a big fuss, see which one of them will show the fox tail, and it is best to completely wipe out those black sheep, which is called reluctant to let the child catch the wolf!" ”

Lou Haiyang pondered for a moment, then gave a thumbs up to Qingyun, and did not hesitate to praise: "The Ninth Princess really strategized and won thousands of miles away!" ”

Lowering his eyes to look at the tea leaves that sink and float in the tea, the corners of Qingyun's lips are crossed with a trace of bitterness.

If it weren't for the last resort, she wouldn't have made such a decision, after all, those soldiers and the people of Jiuyuan County were all the people of the Jin Kingdom.

Gently clenching the other soft wattle she placed under the table, Mo Xuan, who understood Qingyun's thoughts, silently comforted her.

Kuhara-gun.

Gong Yuanhao suddenly rebelled against the imperial court and ordered that no one should be allowed to enter and leave Jiuyuan County, and the people panicked.

Soon I heard that the imperial army had encircled Jiuyuan County, and the people became more and more panicked, one was afraid that the imperial court would kill them as rebellious ministers and thieves, and the other was afraid that the Zhongwu King would drag them to the funeral with him in desperation, so every household closed their doors, except for the patrolling soldiers, there was hardly any trace of half of the pedestrians on the street, and the once prosperous and lively streets now seemed particularly solemn and bleak.

At this time, the atmosphere in the palace of King Zhongmu was extremely heavy and treacherous.

As soon as he returned to the gate of the palace, Gong Yuanhao could no longer suppress the qi and blood in his body, and blood kept overflowing from his mouth, so he fell off the horse, and then fell into a coma, which suddenly shocked the people of the entire palace.

Lei Fangfang instructed the guards to hurry up and invite the old lady of the palace and the exclusive doctor of the prince, and on the other hand, he and several generals carried Gong Yuanhao back to his room.

Not long after, the old lady of the palace hurriedly came to Gong Yuanhao's room with four maids.

But seeing that she is about sixty years old, her sideburns have a little gray hair, and the wrinkles on her well-maintained beautiful face are rare, and a silver vermilion fine cloud brocade dress embroidered with phoenix tail bamboo makes her graceful and luxurious, but her deep and strong eyes are flashing with vicissitudes and shrewdness, which makes it difficult for people to get close.

Looking at Gong Yuanhao, who had his eyes closed on the bed and his pale face was bloodless, although the old lady of the palace was worried, her eyes were deep and bottomless, and she stared at Lei Fangqi and the others in a blink of an eye: "What happened?" His eyebrows were furrowed, and he was not angry.

Lei Fangqi truthfully explained the original situation.

Seeing that the doctor had finished the diagnosis and treatment, she ordered Lei Fangqi and others to go down first to stabilize the army's heart, consolidate the defense, and report anything immediately, and wait for the prince to wake up before making the next step.

"Old lady, can you send someone to secretly investigate the whereabouts of the prince?" Lei Fang knew that the prince could not rest assured that the prince would not be able to rest assured, if the prince really encountered an accident, not to mention that the prince could not live, then it would become meaningless for them to rebel against the court desperately.

"You don't have to worry about this." Seeing that several people were stunned, the old lady suddenly reacted that her words were a little excessive, so she slowed down her tone and said: "Mrs. Ben will arrange for someone to find out the whereabouts of the prince, you just need to do your part." ”

Only then did a few people put their minds at ease: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Until it was confirmed that several people had left Gong Yuanhao's courtyard, the old lady of the palace asked the doctor in a blink of an eye: "How is the situation of the prince?" ”

"Old lady Hui" the doctor said respectfully: "The prince's anger caused the attack of the old disease to lead to a coma, and he only needs to take a few patches of decoction to be fine, but ......"

"But what?"

The doctor said tremblingly: "The prince's heart is too heavy, and I am afraid that he will not wake up for a while." ”

"Go down and boil the medicine."

Waving her hand to let the doctor and the maids and servants stand down, the old lady of the palace walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, looking at her son who was still frowning even though he was unconscious, as if he had dreamed of something sad and extremely restless, his eyes contained love and worry, but his deliberately suppressed tone was cold: "No matter how heavy your heart is, you must wake up immediately, otherwise you will wait for the grand hegemony to go down the drain, just wait for Yingjie's bones to be gone!" ”

However, Gong Yuanhao still closed his eyes tightly and did not move.

Seeing this, the love and worry in the eyes of the old lady disappeared in an instant, replaced by disappointment and a certain determination of unknown meaning, and then stood up and left without looking back.

For three days in a row, Gong Yuanhao showed no signs of waking up, and both the generals and soldiers in the city were worried, but the people who didn't want to see the war break out secretly prayed that King Zhongwu had better never wake up, so that they would not be implicated.

In the past three days, Qingyun ordered the army to surround Jiuyuan County and did not launch any action.

The two sides are at a stalemate.

In the early morning of the fifth day, Gong Yuanhao, who had been unconscious, slowly opened his eyes and saw his mother sitting on the edge of the bed, his originally blank eyes gradually condensed, and his voice that had not spoken for several days was a little hoarse: "Mother, my son has made you worry." ”

"It's good if you're awake." The old lady of the palace had a kind face and tears in her eyes.

"How many days has my son been in a coma?" Feeling stiff all over, Gong Yuanhao frowned.

"Four days."

"What's going on out there now?"

"The enemy is besieging but not attacking."

"Is the Ninth Princess going to trap us in the city?" Gong Yuanhao struggled to sit up: "What about Yingjie?" Where is Yingjie? ”