Yang Xiaoyu glanced around the courtyard, strode out, and rode towards the palace with two guards.

When they came to the palace, Cao Tai and Xu Xianchun hurriedly welcomed Yang Xiaoyu into the courtyard.

Yang Xiaoyu asked in a condensed voice, "Have the palace maids and chamberlains been arrested?" ”

"If you go back to your lordship, the two subordinates dealt with Miss Gao and several chamberlains according to your orders, and the other palace maids and chamberlains are all locked up in the backyard." Cao Tai replied softly.

Yang Xiaoyu nodded with satisfaction: "Yesterday someone stole the emperor's most valuable treasure, the emperor felt that the palace was not safe, and he has returned to the palace, the two of you will strictly interrogate the palace maid and the eunuch, tomorrow morning, the official will see the thief who stole the treasure, and this matter will be handed over to the two of you." ”

"My lord, what treasure did the emperor lose?" Xu Xianchun asked in a low voice.

"The emperor didn't make it clear, and the official didn't understand it very well!"

Yang Xiaoyu shook his head and ordered: "The emperor will not come to the palace again in a short time, this place will be guarded by Xu Qianhu alone, and Cao Tai will take your people into the palace tomorrow to escort him." ”

"Subordinates receive orders." Cao Tai and Xu Xianchun received the order together.

Yang Xiaoyu instructed the two of them some things again, and then took people out of the palace and marched towards the palace.

Now, there are more than 7,000 brocade guards in the palace, including 2,000 guards under the control of Zhou Tong and Cheng Yun, and 5,000 Han generals under the control of Zhou Heguang.

These soldiers are under the jurisdiction of the Jinyi Guard's Command Mission.

Yang Xiaoyu entered the palace, came to the Guards Division, and immediately sent someone to find Zhou Tong Cheng Yun and the two, and ordered him to divide 1,000 people to guard the warm pavilion, and no one was allowed to enter the emperor, and sent someone to send Zhou Heguang to let him find out the situation of the various pro-troops in the palace.

After ordering these things, Yang Xiaoyu came to the warm pavilion, and the fake emperor Liu Le was sleeping on the dragon couch and enjoying.

Yang Xiaoyu stepped forward and called out to him, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor's holy order." On the days when he went out on patrol in Weifu, you handled the government instead of him. ”

Liu Le just woke up, his head was flustered, and he said in confusion: "Lord Yang, you can't know a single small big character, how can you deal with the affairs of the imperial court." Besides, the affairs of the court are decided by the cabinet, and the celebrant approves the red according to the holy will, and there is no need for small ones at all. ”

Yang Xiaoyu took out five silver tickets from his arms, threw them to Liu Le, and said in a deep voice: "Later, you pretend to be the emperor and give orders to the guards outside, so that they can go to the celebrant to pass the decree." ”

"What will?" Liu Le asked.

Yang Xiaoyu whispered a few words in Liu Le's ear, and then nodded to him.

Liu Le packed the silver ticket given by Yang Xiaoyu. got up and walked to the door, turned around and shouted in a pinched voice, "Someone." ”

Zhou Tong, who was guarding outside, turned around and bowed to the inside of the hall, and replied through the hall door: "What does the emperor command?" ”

"After the decree was passed on, Zhou Dahai, the Jinyi Wei, was old and frail, and was not enough to take on the heavy responsibility, so from now on, he was dismissed from his official position and ordered to return to his hometown to recuperate. Hu Chenghe, the director of the Jinyi Army, and the Jinyi Wei knew the same thing, and immediately went to the celebrant to pass on the holy decree. ”

In the main hall, there was a golden mouth of the emperor.

Zhou Tongxin outside the hall was secretly happy. He arched his hand and said, "The minister will pass on the decree." ”

Liu Le, the fake emperor in the palace, breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly walked over, and said to Yang Xiaoyu: "Lord Yang, the little one has already done what you said." ”

"Good job, you will pretend to be the emperor later, and pass the queen to sleep." Yang Xiaoyu said with a smile.

"This little one doesn't dare. The small one is just a stand-in, how dare you pass on the queen's mother! Liu Le was startled and hurriedly refused.

"It's okay, this is what the emperor told him, and the emperor is worried that the concubines in the palace will be suspicious. I specially ordered you to pass on the queen's bed, so that no one suspects that you are a stand-in. Yang Xiaoyu whispered.

"What if the queen comes and debunks the little one?" Liu Le asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, the official has the emperor's personal evidence, and after the queen mother comes, you will hide under the dragon couch, and everything will be explained by the official to the queen mother."

"Okay, the little one listens to Lord Yang."

Yang Xiaoyu glanced outside, and then sat on the steps and thought about what was next.

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When it was almost midnight, Yang Xiaoyu walked out of the main hall and ordered the inner servants outside the hall to pass on the emperor's command to summon the queen's maid to sleep, and then ordered the guards, palace maids, and inner servants guarding outside the hall to all stand outside and not be close to the main hall, while he pretended to take several guards to patrol the palaces.

After walking around the palace, Yang Xiaoyu estimated that the queen had already left, and then returned to the warm pavilion with the guards.

The warm pavilion is the emperor's residence, there are two courtyards inside and outside, the emperor sleeps in the main hall when he lives alone, if he summons the mother to sleep, he lives in the attic inside.

Yang Xiaoyu ordered Zhou Tong to take people to guard the outer courtyard, and he protected the emperor alone to the attic of the inner courtyard.

At this time, the queen's phoenix arrived, and Yang Xiaoyu hurriedly sent someone to pretend to pass on the holy decree, ordering the queen to drive alone, and all the attendants stood outside.

The queen did not suspect it, and entered the inner courtyard alone, and went up to the attic under the guidance of the guards.

in the attic.

Yang Xiaoyu stood in the room, and the fake emperor Liu Le hid under the bed, but at this time, Liu Le had already fallen asleep, because Yang Xiaoyu gave Liu Le a glass of water with sweat medicine, which made him fall asleep tiredly.

Squeak.

Zhang Yan was dressed in a phoenix robe, with a hairpin pulled high, and her plump delicate body dragged a long skirt and walked in.

"I've seen the queen mother," Yang Xiaoyu stepped forward and saluted.

Zhang Yanxiu frowned slightly, and said unhappily: "This is the emperor's inner hall, why are you here?" ”

"On the orders of the emperor, tell Niangniang some things." Yang Xiaoyu said.

Zhang Yan glanced at the door vigilantly, stopped in her footsteps, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The emperor asked the ministers to tell the mother that the affairs in the palace are to worry about the mother." Yang Xiaoyu arched his hand.

"What about the emperor?" Zhang Yan asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Xiaoyu seemed to have something unspeakable, and it was inconvenient to speak.

"Where did the emperor go?" Zhang Yan asked coldly.

Yang Xiaoyu pointed to the fake emperor under the bed and said: "The emperor met an assassin when he was in the palace, and it was difficult to fall asleep after being frightened. ”

"You are the commander of the Jinyi pro-army, how can you let the emperor sleep on the ground?" Zhang Yan looked at the dragon robe exposed under the bed, listened to the slight sound, and asked coldly.

"Niangniang, this is the emperor's will, and the ministers dare not disobey the holy decree." Yang Xiaoyu looked loyal.

Zhang Yan thought that the real emperor was asleep below, and she had no doubts in her heart, and asked, "What did the emperor ask you to tell the palace?" ”

Yang Xiaoyu smiled and bent down to the table, poured a glass of water for Zhang Yan, and said flatteringly: "Queen Mother, please drink water and sit down." ”

Zhang Yan took the water glass, walked slowly to the chair and sat down, and took a sip of water. (To be continued......)