After solving Jiang Chong and Han Shuo, Liu Ju's next step was to send someone to find his old lady, Empress Wei, who was now the commander of the light pole, so it was the most important thing to win the support of Empress Wei.

Although it was already nightfall, but the matter of winning the support of Empress Wei was urgent, because of a little hesitation, Chang Rong took the lead, and sneaked out of Ganquan Palace to report the news.

Liu Ju called his henchman Wu He, personally handed over his talisman to him, and advised: "Wu He, you now take my talisman to Jiaofang Palace, and explain to the queen mother what happened in the Tai Gong in the past two days, the queen mother is sensible, she will support me, you must get her talisman, so that we can mobilize the southern army, and we can open the arsenal to get weapons." ”

I am also very puzzled, it is night, and the harem cannot be entered casually, how can I notify Empress Wei? Fortunately, he often goes to Jiaofang Hall to help the prince Liu Ju pass information to Empress Wei, and he is very familiar with the palace maids of Jiaofang Palace, especially Empress Wei's personal palace maid Yihua, who often has docking with her and is very familiar with each other.

With Liu Ju's talisman with him, he immediately set off to go to the Jiaofang Palace. When I arrived at the Changqiu Gate of Weiyang Palace, I saw that the palace gate was closed, but fortunately, the guards guarding the door knew Wu He, so I didn't interrogate him much. Wu He stepped forward and knocked on the knocker of the door, seeing that there was no reaction inside, so he knocked vigorously a few more times. After a while, the door opened, and a chamberlain walked out, because he often came to the harem, and the chamberlain was also familiar with him, so he asked: "Father-in-law, do you want to enter the palace to see the queen so late?" ”

Seeing that the chamberlain was an acquaintance, he held up the prince's talisman and said to him: "Father-in-law, the prince has something urgent to find the queen mother, please report it." ”

When the chamberlain saw that he was holding the prince's talisman, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran in to call the queen's personal palace maid Yihua out.

After hearing the messenger of the palace maid, the palace maid Yihua knew that something big was about to happen, otherwise the prince would not have asked someone to hold the talisman and say that he wanted to see the queen. So he hurriedly ran to the Changqiu Gate, and when he saw that he was waiting outside the door, Yihua hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Father-in-law, it's so late, what is the prince's urgency to find the queen?" ”。

Wuhe told Wuhe what had happened in the Taiwo in the past few days, and handed the prince's talisman to Yihua, asking her to relay the prince's thoughts. Yihua also knew that this matter was very important, she asked Wuhe to wait outside the Changqiu Gate, and she hurriedly took the prince's talisman to Jiaofang Hall to see the queen.

After about half an hour, Yihua walked out of the Changqiu Gate. Wu and saw Yi Hua walk out, hurriedly greeted him, only to see Yi Hua holding the Empress Wei's talisman, strode forward and said: "Wu and Father-in-law, let you wait for a long time, I just told the queen what the prince has encountered in the past few days, the queen also deeply sympathizes, a few days ago she sent Jia Gonggong to the emperor to ask for peace, but the emperor said no, so the queen also began to suspect that the emperor may be held hostage by traitors, she ordered me to hand over the queen rune to the prince, let him open the arsenal to get weapons, and transfer the southern army, rushed to Ganquan Palace to protect the emperor. ”

Wu He hurried back to the palace of the Hui Tai with the queen's talisman, and Liu Ju immediately summoned all his subordinates to the Han Bing Hall to discuss the next step. Shi De stayed in the palace for the past two days, and he knew that the prince would consult him every time he encountered a major event, so he didn't dare to go home.

Liu Ji had the queen's rune, and his heart was much more stable, and when he saw that his subordinates were coming, he said: "I just went to Jiaofang Hall to invite the queen's rune, what should we do next?" ”

Zhang Guang saw that the queen's rune was already in the hands of the prince, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the top priority is for us to take the queen's rune to the arsenal to get weapons, and then mobilize the southern army, and distribute the weapons to them, and organize them to go to Ganquan Palace to save the emperor." ”

Gai Xin was a little anxious when he saw Zhang Guang's arrangement, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you still need to go through the Eighth Captain's Defense Area to go to Ganquan Palace, especially the Changshui Captain's Defense Area in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, which is the only way to pass. ”

"That's a good idea." Lu Lian on the side also agreed: "It is best to choose someone who is related to Captain Chen Long of Changshui to use His Royal Highness's talisman to lobby him, this person is very important, if you can convince Captain Changshui, it will play a role in getting twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Who has a relationship with Captain Changshui?"

Liu Ju's eyes searched around to see if anyone stood up, but there was silence all around, and no one dared to stand up and take orders. After a while, I saw Zhang He step forward and said: "Your Highness, He Ruhou and Captain Changshui are fellow countrymen, they have had a relationship before, it is better to order him to go to persuade Long Chen with the talisman." "Everybody

"So good, how can it be like a waiter?"

As soon as Liu Yi heard that He Ruhou had a friendship with Chen Long, he immediately wanted to order He Ruhou to go with the Fu Festival, Zhang He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you have forgotten, He Ruhou has been arrested by Jiang Chong, and he is still in Tingwei Prison." ”

It seems that Liu Ju was a little busy and fainted, and he even forgot about He Ruhou being arrested and put in prison.

Seeing that Liu Ju was a little flustered, Lu Lian hurriedly said: "Your Highness, we can also release the prisoners of Tingwei Prison and arm them for our use; Most of these prisoners were caught evading military service, these people are combative, so why can Hou come out together, and then ask him to go to Changshui Captain Chen Long, how about it? ”

Liu Ju nodded in agreement: "Let's go and release He Ruhou first, and the rest of the prisoners will be released when they have to." ”

At this time, Zhang He continued to offer advice: "Your Highness, there is one more person available. ”

"Who else?"

I only heard Zhang He continue: "Ren An, he is now the envoy of the Northern Army, and the lieutenant of the middle base is not in Chang'an, he can mobilize the Northern Army." ”

As soon as Liu Yi heard Ren An, he hurriedly patted his thigh and said: "Yes, how can I forget that there is also Ren Shaoqing, he was a guest of the general in his early years, and the general recommended him." ”

Ren Shaoqing is Ren An, in his early years, he was the disciple of the general Wei Qing, and later after Wei Qing's recommendation, he went to serve in the Northern Army, and now he is the envoy of the Northern Army. The official position is not small, the most important thing is that he is Wei Qing's person, and Wei Qing's person is the prince's person. Ren An is also a good friend of Sima Qian, and Sima Qian's "Report to Ren An" is about him.

At this time, Shi De, who had been silent, finally spoke: "Your Highness, I think it is imperative to summon hundreds of civil and military officials to the Xuanshu Palace early tomorrow morning, and tell them that now the emperor has been held hostage by traitors in Ganquan Palace, and those traitors want to launch a coup d'état; It is necessary to lobby them to get their support and organize forces to go to the side of the Qingjun of Ganquan Palace under the banner to protect the emperor. ”

When everything was arranged, Liu Ju issued an order, ordering Zhang Guang to take the Empress Fujie to the arsenal to get weapons, and to mobilize the southern army, and Zhang He went to Tingwei Prison General He Ruhou to take over to the Taigong, so that he could go to Changshui to mobilize Changshui Captain Chen Long.

Everything is planned.

The next day, Liu Ju came to the Xuanshu Hall early to wait for the hundred officials, and saw that the hundred officials were almost all here, but he couldn't find the prime minister Liu Quyu, so he ordered the inner servant to go to the prime minister's mansion to pass him over. Seeing that everyone was quietly waiting for him to speak after kneeling, Liu Ju cleared his throat and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, my father has been going to Ganquan Palace for more than ten days, and he is not in good health before leaving. These days, the traitors Jiang Chong, Han Shuo and Zhang Gan have been searching for witches in the palace every day, telling right and wrong, and doing evil; Yesterday, Jiang Chong and Han said that they had been subdued, and Zhang Gan absconded in fear of crime; Now we don't know the safety of His Majesty, and it is estimated that he has been held hostage by traitorous ministers, so we should organize forces to go to Ganquan Palace and rescue the emperor. ”

After Liu finished speaking, the civil and military officials below were in an uproar, some were afraid, worried about Liu Che's safety, and some simply cried, thinking that Liu Che had suffered an accident, but most of the officials were silent, probably waiting to see what happened, because when the situation was not clear, it was inconvenient to stand, if you choose to stand now, you will regret it for life if you stand wrong.

At this time, the chamberlain sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion to spread the Prime Minister Liu Quyu hurriedly ran into the Xuanshu Palace, and ran forward to report to Liu Ju: "Your Royal Highness, the Prime Minister's Mansion can't find the Prime Minister, and the people in the palace said that he left the palace early in the morning, and he didn't know where to go?" ”

After receiving this news, Liu Ju knew that the situation was not good, and Liu Quyu, the old fox, must have gone to Ganquan Palace to report the news, and it seemed that the situation was getting more and more complicated.