When night fell, Zhu Youyu finally stepped out of his study, and before that, officers of all walks of life, large and small, as well as other officials at all levels belonging to his department, hurried over, and then hurried away with worries on their faces.

The lights of Chang'an City at night are bright, and it looks no different from usual, but under the calm, a stream of turbulence is brewing, accumulating energy, once the order is given, these forces will explode in an instant, and then mash the peace in front of you.

Taking a deep breath of fresh air, Zhu Youyu knew that entering the palace today would determine his future.

"Tell the princess that everything in the house will be entrusted to her." Zhu Youyu said to the big housekeeper beside him.

The chief butler who came in response to the call bowed down and said, "Your Highness, the queen summoned the princess to the palace in the afternoon, and she has not come back yet." ”

Zhu Youyu frowned, "That's it, I'm going to enter the palace left and right, if the princess is still in the palace, I will come back with her after meeting, and you will be in charge of this mansion, everyone, armed and guarding the door." ”

"Yes!" Listening to Zhu Youyu's unusual tone, the big butler obeyed his orders awe-inspiringly.

The cool breeze rose, the half-wheel crescent moon in the air appeared and disappeared in the clouds, and the whole city was also bright and dark, and more than 100 riders followed Zhu Youyu with the crisp sound of hooves and slowly approached the imperial city.

There was a curfew in the city, and there were hardly any people on the avenues, except for the occasional group of city patrol officials walking in a neat line across the street.

The outside is quiet, but through the wall, you can still vaguely hear the smell of fireworks inside, and the noise is clearly heard.

The majestic city wall of the imperial city appeared in front of Zhu Youyu's eyes, stopped the horses, raised his head, looked up at the high city wall, and waved his hand for a long time: "Let's go!" ”

The gate of the imperial city, which should have been closed, was opened wide in front of Zhu Youyu, and more than 100 horsemen went straight into the imperial city. In the shadows, an officer stood there and bowed silently to Zhu Youyu.

"Be prepared for what happens!" Zhu Youyu's voice was low.

"Yes!" The officer nodded, took two steps back, and watched Zhu Youyu and his party gradually move away.

The inner palace wall is in front.

Zhu Youyu slowly rode forward, raised a gold medal in his hand, and said, "Zhu Youyu has a major military situation and needs to be presented to Your Majesty." ”

The gate opened, and a general walked out and said, "Your Highness came late at night, did we win another big battle on the front line?" ”

"Of course, there was a big victory." Zhu Youyu's face twitched, but he still nodded.

"It's naturally okay for Your Highness to go in, but these brothers?" The general glanced at the more than 100 guards behind Zhu Youyu with some embarrassment.

"Of course it's the old rule, these two are my personal guards, these two are officers who have just returned from the front, they need to go in with me, and Your Majesty may have to ask them some specific matters." Zhu Youyu pointed to the four officers behind him.

"Of course, there is no problem." The general nodded.

When Zhu Youyu enters and exits the palace, it is like going in and out of his own backyard, and it is common to bring three or five guards. The general had no suspicion of anything else.

Zhu Youyu took the four officers and walked forward and walked to the cave of the city gate, but turned back and said: "Lao Chen, it's cold and dewy outside, let these guards of mine take shelter from the wind and cold here with you, this is not embarrassing for you, right?" ”

The general who was called Lao Chen smiled, "Your Highness, rest assured, the last general will naturally take care of them." ”

Zhu Youyu smiled and nodded: "I'll invite you to drink when I go back." ”

Watching Zhu Youyu disappear behind the horse wall, the general surnamed Chen smiled and said to the guards outside: "Brothers, come in and have a drink, but you can't walk around." ”

"Thank you General Chen for your kindness!" A group of guards shouted in a mess, and the leader walked over and quietly stuffed a piece of silver into the hands of the military general surnamed Chen.

"What's so embarrassing?"

"Your Highness specially enchanted, we can't eat and drink for nothing!" The leader of the guards said with a smile.

Outside the city, Jingxiang Mansion, Fan Sheng hurriedly rode his horse, arrived in front of the mansion gate, turned over and dismounted, and knocked the mansion gate vigorously.

With a snap, a small window opened above the door, and a face appeared inside, and when he saw Fan Sheng, he was taken aback and quickly opened the door.

"Master Fan, why are you here?"

"What about respect? Has Kyung Xiang returned from the palace? ”

"I'm back, I just came back!"

Hearing this, Fan Sheng strode inside, at this time, Jing Xiang should be in the study to deal with some official business, for Jing Xiang's mansion, he is familiar with the way, but he doesn't need someone to guide him. The one on the door also knew that Fan Sheng was a frequent visitor to the mansion, and he did not stop him.

Jing Xiang looked up and saw Fan Sheng who pushed the door in, and was slightly surprised, they had just separated during the day, and now it was not long after night, Fan Sheng came again, it must be because of an accident.

"What's wrong?" He asked in a deep voice.

"Respectfully, I received conclusive news that Dai Chao was defeated in Jingnan, and the 50,000-strong army was wiped out!" Fan Sheng said in a low voice.

"What are you kidding, how is that possible?" Jing Xiang smiled and said, "Where did you get the news?" ”

"Respect, I didn't believe it at first, but the person who was just sent to monitor His Highness reported that someone had indeed returned from Jingnan, and judging from the sketches depicted, that person was Dai Chao's personal guard." Fan Sheng said: "If it's not a particularly important thing, how can a person like Dai Mian easily leave Dai Chao's side?" ”

Jing Xiang's face became solemn.

"What's more serious is that there will be people coming and going next for His Highness!" Fan Sheng took out a list and put it in front of Jing Xiang, "In just two hours, these people appeared in His Highness's mansion one after another, and then left one by one. They didn't appear together, nor did they leave together, some of them just arrived when they left, but it seemed that His Highness was arranging something. ”

Jing Xiang muttered: "In this way, I'm afraid that Dai Chao will really lose in Jingnan, but this matter is too strange, the military report that came back a few days ago also said that Jiangling Mansion is already a turtle in Wengzhong, and it will be taken down in a few days, why is it a big defeat in the blink of an eye?" ”

"Isn't it that Jing Nan has an ambush army outside? Dai Chao didn't notice it for a while, and fell for the trick. Fan Shengdao.

Jing Xiang shook his head: "Dai Chao is an old man, if you want to lure him into an ambush, the probability is very low, and Jing Nan's strength is on the bright side, if you want to be ingenious, it is impossible at all, if Dai Chao really fell into an ambush, it can only be said that this soldier and horse, completely beyond Dai Chao's expectations, is an impossible soldier and horse." ”

Fan Sheng scratched his head, he couldn't figure it out.

"But respectfully, now that the soldiers and horses of the City Patrol Division and the City Defense Battalion have moved, how should we deal with it?" Fan Sheng said: "The patrol of the city patrol department suddenly intensified, and the city defense battalion, in the afternoon, all the officers were called back to the camp, and then the camp was closed, only allowed to enter but not out, what to do inside, outsiders don't know at all." ”

"What about Your Highness?"

"His Royal Highness has already entered the palace." Fan Sheng said: "There are more than 100 guards, and only more than 100 guards were brought with them, but they were all intercepted by Chen Qi at the palace city, and only four personal guards entered the palace." ”

"And then who is the general on duty in the Imperial City?" Jing Xiang asked.

"Shi Hong!" Fan Shengdao. "According to what we learned earlier, Shi Hong should have taken refuge in His Highness."

The corners of Jing Xiang's eyes jumped a few times, and his face was a little unpleasant.

"No matter what the purpose, but today, Zhu Youyu definitely wants to do something." Jing Xiang groaned.

"Could it be that he still wants to rebel?" Fan Sheng joked.

Jing Xiang Huo Ran raised his head and looked at Fan Sheng.

"Jing Xiang, I'm kidding." Seeing Jing Xiang's pale face, Fan Sheng was startled and hurriedly explained.

Jing Xiang shook his head.

There was a rush of footsteps outside the door, "Xiangye, someone is here in the palace." ”

Jing Xiang and Fan Sheng glanced at each other, and they both saw something bad in each other's eyes.

The door was pushed open, and a little eunuch appeared in front of them with a frightened look on his face.

"Qin Fu'er, why did you come out at night?"

"Xiangye, something is wrong!" Qin Fu'er was covered with mud and dirt, and a stench came to his nose, and his whole body trembled, like a sifting chaff.