On 12 April, the military headquarters prepared an order for the transfer of troops, and the messenger quickly went to Tongchuan with a fish-shaped soldier talisman and an official document for the dispatch order. Yiqiē looked very smooth and calm, and the high-level bureaucrats and staff groups who defected to Xue Chongxun were waiting for the development of the form step by step. Only a few people knew about Princess Taiping, and even everyone almost forgot about her, after all, it had long been confirmed that she was terminally ill. And just two days later, Princess Taiping suddenly woke up.

She opened her eyes and heard a woman's calm voice: "Your Highness has finally woken up." ”

Taiping turned his head and saw a delicate and thin face, and slowly remembered that this woman was a female Taoist priest named Yuqing, she lay down for a while, and the memories before falling asleep slowly soaked into her mind like water. I'm sick and I'm going to die...... The pain is unbearable...... Took the pill...... Worry about what will happen after you and so on.

"What about Chongxun?" Princess Taiping's voice was hoarse, and the first thing she said was to ask Xue Chongxun, which made Yuqing's face flash a trace of strangeness. Princess Taiping struggled to sit up, Yuqing hurriedly held on, and then picked up a bowl of porridge and gently fed her.

Princess Taiping didn't get an answer, looked left and right and found that she seemed to be still in the star tower of the Chengxiang Palace, and there were only two people in the warm pavilion, she and Yuqing Daogu, and she didn't see Xue Chongxun. In her memory, whenever she woke up after being sick, she could see Xue Chongxun sleeping on the edge of the bed, but she didn't see him today.

"King Jin still doesn't know that His Highness has woken up." Yuqing Road.

"King Jin?"

Yuqing said: "It is the former king of Hedong by Xue Lang, Your Highness, your eldest son, who was crowned prince at the beginning of the year." At this time, I heard that he had become powerful in the world, and I didn't know much about staying in the Star Tower, anyway, the people in the palace were in awe of him. ”

Princess Taiping was stunned and said, "How long have I been asleep?" ”

Yuqing said: "As of today, seven months and three days. ”

"......," Princess Taiping looked surprised, "You remember it very well." ”

Yu Qing said quietly: "I have been by His Highness's side these days, and I have not left for a day...... At the beginning of the month, the divine doctor Yu Wenji confirmed that His Highness's illness had been cured, but they asked me to continue to take the Yin Yang Imperial Qi Pill for you, this pill has the effect of causing people to fall asleep, so His Royal Highness has only woken up now, and it is also because I secretly stopped using the Yin Yang Imperial Qi Pill. ”

"They? Who are they? Princess Taiping asked coldly.

"Jin Cheng and Yuwen Ji, the King of Jin also came to ask me to do the same thing a few days ago, it should be the intention of the King of Jin, and no one else dares to decide about His Highness without authorization."

Princess Taiping looked at Yuqing and said, "You did a good job, I didn't expect you to be so loyal to me." Yuqing's gaze moved downward, not daring to face the peace, and there seemed to be a shy expression on his face.

When Yuqing glanced at it with casual eyes, he saw that Princess Taiping was frowning and thinking about something. Yuqing hurriedly found a coat and draped it over Princess Taiping's almost naked body. Taiping still didn't say a word, and a person who was so quiet when he was asleep before made people feel an inexplicable coercion and fear at this moment.

"Call someone in and serve me to change my clothes." Princess Taiping said in an unquestionable tone.

Yuqing had to call the palace maids outside to dress up and change clothes for her, during which Princess Taiping casually asked some questions, and the palace maids knew more about the situation than Yuqing, probably because Yuqing was not interested in mundane affairs. From the mouths of the palace maids, Princess Taiping learned some of the basic status quo, such as Li Longji was exterminated as the emperor in Luoyang, the former prince Li Chenghong colluded with the concubine to poison the first emperor and was executed, Li Shouli's second son Li Chengning was proclaimed emperor, and the Empress Dowager Gao listened to the government.

Princess Taiping packed up and stopped, and called a group of eunuchs and palace maids from the Chengxiang Palace to go to the Zichen Palace. Such a movement naturally cannot be kept secret, and many people in the Chengxiang Palace soon learned about Taiping's awakening, and the Gao family hurriedly sent someone out of the palace to tell Xue Chongxun. Yu Liben and other former eunuchs of the Taiping Party also ran over to see Princess Taiping coming.

In the past, the Taiping Party and Xue Chongxun also had a good relationship, but in their eyes, Xue Chongxun, the Taiping princess, was originally a family that advanced and retreated, even if some people quickly realized that there might be a conflict between the mother and son, but everyone was really in a dilemma as outsiders, so they had to be respectful to both their mother and son.

As for the harem Empress Dowager Gao, although she was given the power to listen to the government, she was completely scum in front of Princess Taiping's prestige, and the entire Chengxiang Palace soon looked at Princess Taiping.

She took a large group of palace attendants to the main hall of Zichen Palace, sat directly on the couch directly above, and ordered: "Yu Liben, you immediately call people to spread the word separately, and call the prime ministers of the political affairs hall, the generals of the forbidden army, Chang Yuankai, and Li Ci to meet here." ”

"Yes." Yu Liben respectfully agreed, and trotted out with a whisk and a robe.

Yuqing Daoist, who has been following Taiping closely, is still wearing Taoist Ge clothes, and she looks at Princess Taiping's expression with a face full of worship, and is impressed by Taiping's domineering spirit. It is rare for a woman to be like Princess Taiping in ancient and modern times, and she is the only one who is better.

Yu Liben came out of the Zichen Palace, and did not forget to confirm it and ask the people around him if they had informed Xue Chongxun, and after getting a positive answer, he obediently listened to Taiping's order and sent someone to pass the decree from the north and south.

…… Xue Chongxun was with his staff in the pro-kingdom, and when he heard the eunuch from the palace report that Taiping had suddenly woken up, and he was summoning the ministers of the court and the generals of the forbidden army in the Zichen Palace, his face suddenly changed suddenly. The left and right staff didn't know about Princess Taiping's recovery before, and when they suddenly heard that such a character had woken up, they didn't think it was true.

A staff member grabbed the sleeve of the messenger and said, "Isn't Princess Taiping terminally ill?" ”

"Okay...... "The eunuch glared, "I heard that the elixir of the female Taoist priest was cured." ”

The confidants and staff immediately invited Xue Chongxun into the inner hall to discuss countermeasures, Yuwen Xiao couldn't accept the reality the most, and said fiercely: "Don't hesitate at this time, the Taiping Fang is not well prepared, the sooner we start to launch an offensive, the easier it will be, we should try our best to meet with a few trusted generals of the Xuanwu Sect, and rush into the Daming Palace with the Flying Tiger Regiment as the main battle force, catch Princess Taiping and lock her up...... As long as one move is successful, all parties in the DPRK and China will support Xue Lang, and those who naturally know the times will re-find the position for Junjie, and the major event can be decided. ”

Wang Changling shook his head and said: "This method is too risky, once we make a mistake, we will lose our morality and become an unkind, unrighteous and unfilial party, for the middle and lower generals of the forbidden army, there is no order from the top and we collude with each other privately, they are also very risky, and they are dealing with Xue Lang's mother, I don't think they are necessarily willing." ”

Yu Wenxiao said bitterly: "Xiucai has been rebelling for ten years!" If the young uncle doesn't agree to do this, what can he do? Let's not be arrogant, we must understand that most of the senior members of the military and political power in the DPRK and China are people left by the former Taiping Party, Xue Lang just integrated and co-opted them as the eldest son of Taiping, it was fine, who would have thought that she could make a comeback! ”

Wang Changling insisted: "The reckless move was done by outlaws, how could it be done by the public secretary clan? ”

Yu Wenxiao was very unhappy when he heard the outlaws, and felt that he was despised, but he also thought that Wang Changling had never known his details, so he didn't quarrel about it.

Wang Changling said again: "My construction is to wait for the Shence army to enter the city, and after strengthening its strength, it will form a confrontation and plan to do so. The Shence army set off two days ago, and it is expected that they will arrive in Chang'an within today, and they have the right to transfer the military department, and the city gate guards have no right to stop them, so they will definitely be able to enter Chang'an City in time. Even if Taiping wants to stop it, there must be an official document to withdraw the military order of the military department, and it is quite difficult to coerce Cheng Qianli to issue a military order, and it should be too late...... Our immediate task now is to inform General Yin to abandon unnecessary delays and pass through the Mingde Gate as quickly as possible. With the strength of the soldiers in hand to speak, other matters can be postponed for discussion, please Xue Lang make a decision immediately! ”

Xue Chongxun called Xue Liu in without saying a word, and hurriedly wrote a letter by hand while waiting for the housekeeper, and then handed it to Xue Liu, asking him to pass on Fang Yu Zhong to send the letter to Yin Ci.

At this time, I heard Yu Wenxiao say: "Princess Taiping summoned the ministers and generals to the Zichen Palace, but no one came to pass Xue Lang into the palace. Xue Lang was originally her closest person, and it was impossible for her to forget because of negligence, from this point of view, Princess Taiping was already wary of Xue Lang, and we should also take more precautions. ”

Xue Chongxun's eyes were full of helplessness and sadness, because it was much more difficult for a person to hide his eyes than to hide his expression, but his words and deeds did not reveal the weakness in his heart, and he only said coldly: "I have my own measure." ”

At this moment, Fang Yuzhong was informed of the urgency of the task, and immediately took a few family guards, led the horse out of Xue's mansion, and headed straight south.

Not long after the palace change occurred, the atmosphere at the top began to be tense, but it was obviously impossible for the lower-level officials and the small people in the market to get any news so quickly, and the city was as usual. When Fang Yuzhong and the others rushed past, at most, only the small merchants and vendors looked at their backs and cursed, and no one noticed them.

Fang Yuzhong is not a domestic slave now, since the establishment of the pro-kingdom, he has been freed from his slave status because of Xue Chongxun's trust and reward, and has given him the official position of a pro-kingdom lieutenant, and the guards in the palace except for the Flying Tiger Regiment are all subject to his restrained deployment. Therefore, Fang Yuzhong is an official person, and Chang'an is not under martial law, so it is easy to get out of the city gate in broad daylight.

Soon after they left the city, they encountered a large number of people of the Shence Army, which had already started from Tongguan County and was approaching Chang'an City for two days.

After Fang Yuzhong saw the banner and confirmed that it was the Shence Army, he shook his arms and shouted: "I am ordered by the King of Jin to see General Yin!" ”

The terrain here is flat and the field of vision is wide, and the troops naturally did not react when they saw a few horses, and the sergeants in front just squinted at them. After a while, Yin Ci took his generals out on horseback, and Fang Yuzhong didn't care to meet and salute, so he said: "Xue Lang's handwritten codex, please General Yin take a look." ”

Yin Ci asked people to take it and tear it open to see: the situation has changed, and the Shence army has entered the city as much as possible, as long as it enters the city, there is no need to panic, and it will act according to the plan. Xue. G