On the evening of September 22, Pingyuan Town, fifteen miles away from the Hunting Palace, has become the camp of King Qin's army, and now the road to the outside of the Hunting Palace has been cut off, King Yong sat in the temporary tent and sighed with emotion, he never imagined that he would get out of the predicament like this, on the way here, he had asked Qin Yong, Xiahou Yuanfeng and others before and after, although some things they were not clear, but Li Zhen still understood most of the experience.

When he heard that Xiahou Yuanfeng went to Qin Yong's camp with Jiao Zhao and his father's secret decree, Li Zhen already felt incredible, and what shocked him even more was that when Qin Yong was still a little hesitant about the Jiao Zhao and the secret decree, Zhang Jinxiong, the chief of the prince's guard who escorted Xiahou Yuanfeng, actually took out the token of General Qin. In order to mobilize Qin Yong's soldiers and horses, Jiang Zhe actually used triple insurance, and the people who were transferred actually included the prince's henchmen, this incident not only made Qin Yong and Xiahou Yuanfeng more and more chilling the more they thought about it, but even Li Zhen felt that Jiang Zhe did have unpredictable opportunities.

Especially when summoning Xiahou Yuanfeng alone, Xiahou Yuanfeng did not hide it at all, and how he guessed how Jiang Zhe was hiding in Hanxiangyuan, how he went to arrest Jiang Zhe alone because of selfishness, and how he was controlled by Jiang Zhe's death, Li Zhen couldn't help but admire and marvel, and at the same time he also had a little more affection for Xiahou Yuanfeng, although this person was a little insidious and vacillating, but his vision was also far-reaching, if he used it well, it was an arm. So he comforted Xiahou Yuanfeng a lot.

For Zhang Jinxiong, Li Zhen also commended his merits, and made it clear that he would no longer pursue Kongtong's past mistakes, but Zhang Jinxiong did not stay, he claimed that he betrayed the prince only because he couldn't see the behavior of the prince and Fengyimen, but he didn't want to participate in the attack on the old master, so he asked to leave. Li Zhen admired his loyal character, and personally wrote a warrant to Zhang Jinxiong, allowing him to leave freely.

Qin Yong also came to apologize in person, saying that because he hesitated, so that the rescue was late, he asked King Yong to punish him, but Li Zhen did not blame Qin Yong. In King Yong's mind, since Qin Yi's army was only loyal to the imperial court, if Qin Yong easily leaned towards himself and came to the rescue without getting an order, although he would feel grateful at the moment, but he would be worried that when he encountered a similar situation in the future, Qin Yong would make a big mistake because of his misjudgment. In this way, although Qin Yong was too cautious and cautious, he was a good candidate to defend Gyeonggi, so Li Zhen not only comforted him gently, but also personally rewarded Qin Yong with his sword, making Qin Yong grateful.

After a tense military discussion, Li Zhen ordered Xiahou Yuanfeng to sneak into the Hunting Palace with some masters first, reinforce the Xiaoshuang Palace, and then plough the court to sweep the caves, and the inside and outside should be combined to quell the rebellion in one fell swoop. And the one who followed Xiahou Yuanfeng into the hunting palace was Xiaoshunzi, which made Xiahou Yuanfeng very sad. When Xiahou Yuanfeng went to Qin Ying to deliver the edict, in order to prevent the news from being exposed, he first passed the edict in front of all the generals, and then privately showed the secret edict to Qin Yong. So I was almost beaten to death by Xiao Shunzi, who rushed to hear the news. That's not all, when Xiao Shunzi asked about Hanxiangyuan, I heard that he slapped Jiang Zhe, so he kept a cold face, and his eyes looking at him were always full of murderous intent. With all this, how could he not let Xiahou Yuanfeng wipe a cold sweat, at this moment he really couldn't believe that he had the idea of taking Xiao Shunzi under his command before.

As soon as the night was dark, Xiahou Yuanfeng approached a corner of the Hunting Palace with more than a dozen night walkers with strong martial arts, which was very close to the Yulin Hall where the prince lived. Guarding here are the guards and forbidden troops controlled by Xiahou Yuanfeng, so after Xiahou Yuanfeng appeared, these people easily entered the hunting palace, and then Xiahou Yuanfeng ordered them to bring some forbidden army clothes, and after everyone changed into them, they followed Xiahou Yuanfeng to Xiaoshuang Hall to cover. But when passing by Hanxiang Garden, as Xiahou Yuanfeng expected, Xiao Shunzi insisted on going to see Jiang Zhe first. Xiahou Yuanfeng had already prepared, he felt that Hanxiang Garden was very close to Xiaoshuang Palace, and it was easy to alarm Fengyi Gate if he went to Xiaoshuang Hall now, so it was better to wait until Li Zhen's army arrived before acting. So he agreed.

Everyone entered Hanxiang Garden, and the others went to the side hall to rest first, while Xiaoshunzi and Xiahou Yuanfeng went to the princess's bedroom. Xiao Shunzi was naturally the first to break into the princess's bedroom, but when Xiahou Yuanfeng followed up, he saw Xiao Shunzi looking at him angrily, Xiahou Yuanfeng looked around, but he couldn't see Jiang Zhe's master and servant, and couldn't help but be startled, but he thought about it and said with a smile: "Maybe Lord Jiang has avoided elsewhere, Master Li shouldn't be too worried." ”

Xiao Shunzi felt that he was reasonable, and his expression gradually calmed down, but at this time, he heard someone gently approaching this side, and his heart moved, and after a while, someone gently pushed the door open. Xiao Shunzi saw Dong Que, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and asked, "Where is the son, is he okay?" ”

Dong Que lowered his head a little weakly and didn't dare to speak. At this time, Xiao Shunzi and Xiahou Yuanfeng's hearts trembled, but Xiahou Yuanfeng knew that if he couldn't get the antidote, what glory and wealth would be useless, so he hurriedly asked, "What happened to Master Jiang?" ”

Dong Que said helplessly: "The prince was robbed by His Royal Highness King Qi. This news shook the two of them like a thunderbolt from the sky, Xiao Shunzi and Xiahou Yuanfeng were both quick-minded, and asked at the same time: "Didn't it fall into the hands of the prince and Fengyimen, right?" Dong Que hurriedly replied: "No, I have been monitoring for a long time, and the prince is still with the King of Qi, and the prince must not know about it." The hearts of the two settled. Xiahou Yuanfeng glanced at Dong Que suspiciously, thinking why he didn't follow him, but Xiao Shunzi knew the reason, and he said coldly: "I want to go to Xuanhuayuan first." ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng stopped: "His Royal Highness King Qi and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are not of the same mind, if King Yong's army arrives, then King Qi will definitely not dare to hurt Lord Jiang, if Li Ye goes now, it may let King Qi use Lord Jiang to blackmail Li Ye." ”

Xiao Shunzi also knew this, but Jiang Zhe was in the hands of King Qi, and he was very worried that King Qi would use Jiang Zhe as a hostage to blackmail King Yong, so he didn't speak, but his firm eyes showed his unwillingness to compromise.

Xiahou Yuanfeng had a headache, and then Dong Que said in a low voice: "The son's condition has worsened after Lord Xiahou left, and his subordinates can't do anything, King Qi will definitely treat the son, if Li Ye rushes to it now, if it is not good, it will hurt the son, or wait until King Yong arrives, the overall situation has been decided, I think King Qi will not be uninteresting." ”

Xiao Shunzi's expression gradually calmed down, but his gaze at Xiahou Yuanfeng became more and more cold, Xiahou Yuanfeng didn't understand his thoughts, he was blaming himself for aggravating Jiang Zhe's condition, but he could only smile bitterly at this. But after a while, Xiao Shunzi sighed by himself, three feet freezing, not a day's cold, Jiang Zhe's condition was heavy, not because of Xiahou Yuanfeng's palm. After figuring it out, he silently looked out the window, waiting for the moment to launch. Childe, I hope you are safe and sound.

At dawn, according to the predetermined plan, Xiahou Yuanfeng and the others quietly hid towards the Xiaoshuang Palace, which is the most heavily defended place in the Hunting Palace, when approaching the Xiaoshuang Palace, Xiahou Yuanfeng asked others to hide, and he took the lead in walking to the palace gate, and the Praetorian Guards guarding the door increased their vigilance at the same time, and after a few gestures, Xiahou Yuanfeng had already vaguely seen the white clothes of the female swordsman of Fengyi Gate. He deliberately said arrogantly: "I am Xiahou Yuanfeng, the deputy head of the Great Interior, and I came to see Your Majesty on the order of the crown prince, and I didn't pass it quickly. "Several forbidden soldiers don't dare to slack off, they know that Xiahou Yuanfeng is the prince's party, no matter what, the prince is always the future emperor, so they naturally don't dare to offend. It didn't take long for Li Hanyou to come out of it, her expression was a little annoyed, there was still no news of King Yong's arrest for such a long time, she was naturally very uneasy. Seeing Xiahou Yuanfeng, she said coldly: "Lord Xiahou, didn't you go to deliver the decree, why did you come here late at night, what is the matter?" ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled mysteriously and said: "This is going to ask you, although Miss Wen has good martial arts, she still didn't catch King Yong, but I was lucky, now King Yong's head has been tested by the prince, and the prince asked me to come and report this matter to Your Majesty." ”

Li Hanyou said suspiciously: "If what you said is true, why didn't the prince come to report to the emperor in person, but let you come, where is the head, I haven't seen it yet?" ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Princess, you are confused, we all know what is going on in this matter." If the crown prince now comes to see His Majesty with the head of King Yong, His Majesty will be angry and have some inappropriate actions, which will not be good for the word to spread. Although the position of the lower official is humble, he accompanies him all the year round, and the emperor's temperament is still familiar. The young master asked me to come and talk to Your Majesty first, and when Your Majesty is angry and calms down, the prince will come to see him in person. Don't make a noise, the princess has no outsiders know about this matter now, and I didn't even let them come over to capture the army that killed King Yong, and I won't announce the death of King Yong to the world until His Majesty agrees to Zen Rang. ”

Li Hanyou frowned and said, "What, have you seen Master Lu?" ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng sneered: "Princess, it's not that the lower official blames you, no matter what, we are all people in the same boat, the birds are not finished, the princess wants to hide the good bow, the lower official doesn't want to embarrass your family, so he didn't release Lord Lu, but I want to say a few words to Young Master Lu, even Princess Xiao can't be unreasonably obstructed." ”

Li Hanyou's phoenix eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, although he hated Lu Jingzhong very much, but I have to say that this is a very safe way, but looking at the two guards behind Xiahou Yuanfeng who were standing respectfully with their heads down, Li Hanyou said: "You can go in, these two guards can't do it." ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng's face changed and said: "This is not good, to put it mildly, now that King Yong is dead, we are all on the prince's boat, but who knows when you are going to unload the mill and kill the donkey, my two guards are confidants and personal guards, and the martial arts are not under the lower officials, if there is no protection from them, I dare not enter the Xiaoshuang Palace." ”

Li Hanyou mistakenly thought that the two guards were the dead soldiers of the Yuezong, so he hid his head and showed his tail, of course, this was also the result of Xiahou Yuanfeng deliberately misleading her, so he said sarcastically: "You are cautious, it's just that this palace is just careful, will you do anything unrighteous?" You go in, the words are ahead, if you want to make a ghost, I won't let you go, now that my Senior Sister Yan and Senior Sister Xie are inside, the three of you can't make any big waves. By the way, what about Wei Ying, is he still on patrol? ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng said with a smile: "No matter what he does, the son of the dignified prime minister, he has to compete with us people for credit, he is dignified on weekdays, but I can't look down on him." ”

Li Hanyou frowned and said: "You are too narrow-minded, isn't it Wei Ying who has hidden your eyes, you will all be officials in the same dynasty in the future, it is best not to fall out." ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled coldly and said casually: "Obey." Li Hanyou saw that he was smiling and not smiling, and his handsome face had a sneering look, but he was jealous, and he didn't say much, and said: "Okay, you go in, the emperor and they are all resting in the warm pavilion in the main hall of the Xiaoshuang Palace, and we are not allowed to enter the main hall, so you can go and see it yourself." ”

Entering the Xiaoshuang Palace, Xiahou Yuanfeng breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes circled, the guards were very strict, at the door of the west side hall, a stunning woman with a beautiful crown pressed a sword, and was looking at himself there, Xiahou Yuanfeng knew that the woman was Yan Wushuang, because she was not good at riding, because she did not follow the purple smoke to chase and kill King Yong, but came here to help Li Hanyou. He smiled slightly, and gestured to Yan Wushuang's chin. Yan Wushuang frowned slightly and returned to the side hall. Xiahou Yuanfeng walked to the door of the main hall and knocked on the door: "Xiahou Yuanfeng, please see Your Majesty." ”

In addition to the Golden Palace in the front of the main hall of the Xiaoshuang Palace, there are six warm pavilions in the back, and now Emperor Yongdi Li Yuan and others are resting inside, only those guards and Qin Yi and Cheng Shu take turns guarding the Golden Palace, this is to prevent rebellious attacks. Hearing Xiahou Yuanfeng's voice, Cheng Shu, who was in charge of the vigil, frowned, if it was Qin Yi, he might let Xiahou Yuanfeng come back after dawn with a straight face. But Cheng Shu's temperament is the most changeable, and now it makes no sense to offend Xiahou Yuanfeng for no reason, so he walked to the gate of the palace and asked the guards guarding the door to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Cheng Shu saw Xiahou Yuanfeng and the two guards behind him with their heads down, and he was about to say that only Xiahou Yuanfeng would come in alone, when a guard raised his head slightly, Cheng Shu was stunned, immediately came to his senses, and said coldly: "Come in, if you want to make a ghost with two subordinates, my old Cheng will not spare you, a rebel who has failed the emperor's grace." ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng and the three of them entered the main hall, and the door of the palace was closed again. Cheng Shu wanted to speak, but after all, he had been through the wind and rain for a long time, so he said: "The emperor is still resting, and there is nothing to talk about now, so you can go in with me." After that, he led Xiahou Yuanfeng and the three of them to the back, and although those guards were a little strange, they didn't ask much.

The outside of the warm pavilion where the emperor rested was heavily guarded, the eldest grandson Guifei, Yan Guifei and Princess Changle rested in another warm pavilion, Cheng Shu took Xiahou Yuanfeng and the three of them to the door of the warm pavilion, those guards all looked at Xiahou Yuanfeng with vigilant eyes, they all knew that Xiahou Yuanfeng was a member of the prince's family. At this time, the door of the warm pavilion opened, and Leng Chuan walked out, with hostility in his eyes, and he said coldly: "The emperor asked what happened. ”

The guard standing on the right side behind Xiahou Yuanfeng raised his head, took off his hat, and said, "Li Shun of the Yongwang Mansion has come to greet His Majesty on the orders of His Royal Highness. ”

Leng Chuan's eyes lit up and said, "You are the evil shadow Li Shun?" This delicate-looking young man's eyes were as cold as ice and snow, and his voice was soft, which was in line with the image of the evil shadow Li Shun, but he still looked at Cheng Shu and Qin Yi who came from the warm pavilion next to him with questioning eyes. The eyes of the two looked at Li Shun for a moment, and they both nodded affirmatively.

After Leng Chuan went in for a while, he came out and said, "Your Majesty summoned Li Shun and Xiahou Yuanfeng, and the general and Wei Guogong are also invited in." ”

Li Shun and Xiahou Yuanfeng walked in, Emperor Yongdi Li Yuan has been anxious in the past two days, and he looks even older, in order to prevent accidents, he is sleeping in his clothes, at this moment he is sitting on the dragon bed, and his eyes are hopeful: "What is the situation of Zhen'er now." ”

Li Shun has been in the Southern Chu Palace for many years, so he naturally knows the etiquette, so he stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Slave Li Shun, on the orders of His Royal Highness King Yong, came to greet him, and now His Royal Highness King Yong has joined General Qin Yong, and the rebels who are chasing and killing His Highness have all been ambushed." His Royal Highness's camp is located in Ping'an Town, and he will send troops to the hunting palace today, but His Royal Highness is worried about His Majesty's safety, so he sent a special servant to report. ”

Li Yuanlong's face was overjoyed, the dark clouds in the sky finally began to disperse, and he couldn't help jumping out of bed, turning around on the ground a few times, and said, "Xiahou, what's the matter with you?" How could he come with King Yong's messenger. ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng was not stupid enough to tell the truth, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister and the prince are on good terms, just because the prince is the prince, and he has no intention of betraying, so when the prince sent his ministers with a false edict to mobilize the soldiers and horses under the command of General Qin Yong, the minister also brought with him the secret decree given by His Majesty King Sima Jiang Zhejiang, General Qin Yong was loyal and immediately sent troops to rescue His Royal Highness King Yong." After seeing His Royal Highness, the minister was ordered to sneak back to the hunting palace as an internal response. Although his words are not untrue, since he has made great contributions, naturally no one has exposed him.

Li Yuan smiled and nodded, he had been worried about the coup d'état, and at this moment, the big thing had been decided, he couldn't help but think of how Sima Jiangzhe, the king of Yong, could ask for a seal letter from him through Changle, could it be that it was rumored from the front palace that Changle and that person had a relationship, but not to mention that the person was a minister of Southern Chu, and Changle's identity was hindered, and I heard that this person was extremely weak. Although Jiang Zhe has made great achievements this time, and it is okay to give marriage, but this person is weak and sickly, how can he bring happiness to Changle, but he still uses other methods to reward him, forgive him and dare not violate the etiquette and law, and ask me to marry the princess as his wife.

The plan in his heart has been decided, Li Yuan ordered to wake up everyone, and all went to the main hall to wait for King Yong's army, Xiahou Yuanfeng even discussed with Leng Chuan, and found a weak place that could allow a few masters outside to sneak in, Xiao Shunzi and Leng Chuan shot together, restrained more than a dozen forbidden troops, and brought in reinforcements who came in with them. Although this is very risky, but King Yong is about to launch, so he can't care about this. Temporarily hiding these people behind the palace, Xiahou Yuanfeng hurriedly went to deal with the people in the Fengyi Sect who were already suspicious.

Ji Guifei's face was as pale as frost, standing in front of the palace gate and insisting on entering, she had been in the deep palace for many years, and she had long been accustomed to intrigue, as soon as she heard Yan Wushuang talk about it, although she also felt reasonable, but she was very suspicious that smelling the purple smoke would make Xiahou Yuanfeng pick up the cheap, and with the mentality that she would rather kill the mistake than let go, she came to the main hall to inspect. Qin Yi and Cheng Shu blocked the door of the palace and did not allow her to enter, although the two said that the emperor did not want to see her, but Ji Xia was determined to see Li Yuan and Xiahou Yuanfeng. For her, if Xiahou Yuanfeng is telling the truth, then she will offend Xiahou Yuanfeng at most by doing this, and she still doesn't care about the people of the Demon Sect, if there is fraud, then she may be able to save the overall situation. So her words became more and more intense, and Li Hanyou, Yan Wushuang, and Xie Xiaotong were also summoned by her. Although the three of them may not agree with Ji Xia's opinion, they share the same hatred for the enemy, so that they at least do not oppose Ji Xia's decision.

At this moment, the horn outside the hunting palace sounded, King Yong's army arrived, an hour, by the night, the army died down, quietly sneaked to the hunting palace, because there are not many people loyal to Fengyimen in the hunting palace, so Fengyimen had to give up the periphery of the patrol, and King Yong let all the army, the ranks, the horses pick the bells, the horses' hooves wrapped in thick cloth, just at dawn to the outside of the hunting palace. No one in the palace has noticed it yet. King Yong waited until the first line of sunlight shone through the clouds before he ordered the horn to sound and attack in a big way. The forbidden army in the hunting palace was already full of doubts and had no fighting spirit, but the army brought by King Yong had a clear purpose, and they attacked the hunting palace in an instant.