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Forbidden Garden.

There are three gardens around the Daming Palace, which are divided into the East Inner Garden, the West Inner Garden and the Forbidden Garden, of which the Forbidden Garden is located on the east side of the Daming Palace, its north reaches Weishui, the east reaches Bashui, the south is the imperial city, the east and west are twenty-seven miles, the north and south are twenty-three miles, it is the largest one among the three gardens, and even a part of the East Inner Garden is also within its range.

There are willow gardens, vineyards, pear orchards, and peach orchards in the forbidden garden, and there are countless rare birds and beasts raised in them, and even a special place is used to raise tigers. Since the time of Emperor Taizong, he often came here to enjoy the fun, and when Emperor Xuanzong set up a courtyard next to the pear orchard, he concentrated the excellent Ling here to concentrate on the study of music and dance.

As the east gate of Daming Palace, the Taihe Gate is stationed in the forbidden garden here. As for the southeast of the Zuoyintai Gate is the place where the Zuo Shenwu army is stationed, after King Yan seized the right to defend the capital, the generals of the left and right Yingwu and Shenwu armies, Meng Hao, Duan Yan, Cen Yu, Huo Wujing were placed under house arrest in the imperial city, and under the pretense of his military talismans, the right Yingwu army and the Shenwu army were all transferred to the east of Taihemen, and ordered Jin Wuwei to close the forbidden garden.

And it is precisely because of this that the four forbidden armies, which are far larger than Jin Wuwei, are like trapped beasts in a cage, unable to move, and completely isolate all information in the capital.

The soldiers and generals separated, and the only force of the Tang Dynasty in the capital that could compete with King Yan was imprisoned in the Forbidden Garden and the Imperial City.

Although King Yan is incompetent, he also knows the terrible thing about this force, because outside the blockade line of Jin Wuwei, a large number of secret posts of the Shence Army have been planted, coupled with the private soldiers of the Yanwang Mansion, making the Forbidden Garden a forbidden place within a forbidden place.

At this time, the Taihe Gate seems to have become the most heavily defended place in the entire Daming Palace and even the capital, and there is no one.

After a few days, it seemed that everything was still calm and normal, but even so, no one dared to relax in the slightest.

To this day, even the most stupid people can sniff something out of the tense air.

Because, that's the breath of blood.

Inside the Taihe Gate, a young Jinwuwei soldier looked up at the tall and magnificent palace gate in front of him, and then walked forward slowly, not minding the vigilant gazes of the dozens of guards in front of the gate and the hand that was tightly pressed on the hilt of the knife.

Although the people who came were all Jin Wuwei, everyone knew that in the forbidden garden behind this palace gate, there were a full 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Shenwu Army and the Yingwu Army, which was the only powerful force in the whole city that could resist Jin Wuwei.

Although the strength of the Beiya Forbidden Army is declining, Jin Wuwei is not much stronger than them.

"The general has an order, no one is allowed to approach within thirty steps of Taihe Gate, and those who violate it will be beheaded!"

A Jinwuwei brigade leader shouted at the young Jinwuwei soldier from afar, I don't know if it was because of his comrades, the brigade leader did not draw his bow, let alone draw his sword.

The Jin Wuwei soldiers in front finally stopped, "On the orders of General He, ask about the Forbidden Garden!" ”

As he spoke, the soldier shook the waist card in his hand, even though he knew that at this distance, the other party could not see what was in his hand at all.

After hearing this, the brigade leader smiled mockingly and said, "You heard clearly, this brigade leader is on the order of the general, what ......are you talking about?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw a team of people leaning forward and whispering in his ear.

The brigade leader's face sank slightly, and then he frowned, and said to the Jinwuwei soldier: "Speak closely!" ”

After he could step forward, Lu Yu saw the other party's appearance clearly, but then he was slightly stunned.

"Qi Yu Brigade Rate, the little one is ordered by General He to go to the Forbidden Garden to ask about something!" The soldier smiled, "You also know, it is said that there were thieves who infiltrated the palace yesterday, and General He was ordered by His Royal Highness King Yan to thoroughly investigate the Daming Palace and arrest the thieves within three days, which is a pain for us......

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, the brigade leader looked at the soldier and said with a hesitant face: "You...... It's not like a military background! ”

When the soldier heard this, he straightened his chest a little, and said, "I won't tell you, the villain can be regarded as having read the books of sages for a few years, but he was arrested and joined the army for no reason......"

Hearing this, Lu Yu was furious and said, "What? Do you look down on our ranks? ”

"How dare the little one, it's just that the villain's hand that is used to holding paper and pen can't hold the knife anymore, if it weren't for General He's appreciation to keep the villain by his side, I'm afraid the villain really won't be able to hold it for so long!"

Saying that, the soldier handed over the waist card in his hand and said, "No, since yesterday His Royal Highness Yanwang promoted General He to General Zhonglang to general, the villain ......"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Yu waved his hand in disgust and urged: "Don't make any more noise, don't hurry up and run errands!" ”

Although the soldier seemed to be unsatisfied, after hearing the words, he had to bow down again and again, and then walked in the direction of the forbidden garden with small steps.

After he walked away, the team on the side of the brigade led a sip and said, "Phew! A sour smell all over the body! ”

Lu Yu frowned, sighed helplessly, and said, "Alas, I can't imagine that today's Jin Wuwei has been reduced to arresting people to make up the numbers!" ”

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction where the foot soldier left, "But if it's like this, what difference does this Jin Wuwei make if he wants it......

"The brigade rate is extremely true, now that those young and strong soldiers have been dug up by the Shence Army, where will it be our turn? I'm afraid that if it goes on like this, the world will only know the Northern Yashen Army, but not the ......."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Lu Lu raise his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense anymore!" Bring a few people to follow him, although He Renhou was ordered to thoroughly investigate the Daming Palace, but the Forbidden Garden must not go wrong! ”

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Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager Yi'an is the granddaughter of Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang, the wife of Xianzong, and the biological mother of Mu Zong.

Even Li Chen's biological mother, Empress Dowager Zheng, was his maid, and later because Empress Dowager Zheng gave birth to a prince, Guo's relationship with her has been quite unharmonious since then.

After Li Chen ascended the throne, he was naturally dissatisfied with the Guo family, but it was inconvenient to make things difficult because of his status as the empress dowager.

But despite this, the Guo family is still nominally the master of the harem, but the real power has long been replaced by the Empress Dowager Zheng.

When Li Deyu appeared in front of Guo, the empress dowager, who had already passed the age of six, was already in tears.

For Li Deyu's visit, Guo Shi did not seem surprised.

"This palace knew that someone would come, but I didn't expect it to be you Li Wenrao!" Guo gently wiped away the tears in his eyes, looking a little excited.

"The old minister should have come to see the Empress Dowager a long time ago, but ......"

"That's it! Although this palace is old, but it is not yet faint, there are some reasons that you can't do, and I can't help it! ”

As he spoke, Guo glanced at the maid beside him, and the maid hurriedly closed the doors and windows when she saw this, and then bowed and retreated.

Li Deyu looked around, then looked at Guo Shi and bowed down and said, "It seems that the Empress Dowager still knows the intention of the old minister!" ”