Speaking of this, Concubine Lan restrained the anger on her face, and her tone calmed down slightly.

"It doesn't matter, it's okay if I'm not the queen, because I will soon be the queen mother."

In the past ten or twenty years, Concubine Lan has shown an image of gentleness and virtuousness, not fighting or grabbing, even Mu Zun has always believed that she is really such a person, until this moment, he found out that Concubine Lan's ambition is no less than that of any concubine.

"Don't you just want to be a queen, I can immediately issue an order to canonize you, why should I instigate my son to rebel and be a rebellious minister and thief who is scolded by thousands of people?"

Concubine Lan slapped the table and said angrily: "Hmph, who is still rare to be a queen now?" The mother is more expensive than the child, and the queen mother is much more beautiful than the queen. ”

Mu Zun shook his head and sighed, husband and wife fought with each other, and even killed, and they couldn't see anything except interests, this is the sorrow of the emperor's house.

When he was young, he felt that this was human nature, and that the world should be like this, but now that he has one foot in the grave, he suddenly thinks that it would be great if people could be less ambitious and more tolerant.

"Let's go, I'm tired and don't want to quarrel with you anymore."

Concubine Lan stood up, but she didn't plan to leave.

"When will you write the edict?"

"I still have to think about it."

"How long do you think about it?"

"It's none of your business." Mu Zun turned over, turned his back directly to Concubine Lan, and closed his eyes to rest.

Even though Concubine Lan was annoyed, she didn't take him seriously, stomped her feet angrily, and then turned her head and left.

Hearing the footsteps in the distance, Mu Zun slowly opened his eyes again, and his eyes gradually deepened.

Ever since the army of the Shangchun camp besieged the imperial city, the people had been in a state of panic all day long, praying that the army outside would retreat as soon as possible and that everything would return to normal, but there was no sign of retreat.

And so it went on for five days.

In the middle of the night, the sleeping imperial city welcomed another army.

The sudden sound of the trumpet woke the sleeping people, and it was not long before they heard the battle coming from the south.

The whole city did not know what had happened, and they became more and more alarmed.

It wasn't until the sun rose the next day that the fighting stopped completely.

Mu Beituo, who was in the deep palace, had already received the news at this time, according to reports, the army that rushed out in the dark night was the Nanyang army, from Nanyang to the capital, the march would take at least ten days, which showed that before he raised the army, the Nanyang army had already set off, and during this period, he actually did not get any information.

How so?

Mu Beituo was confused for a while, and he couldn't sort out his thoughts.

"How many people are there in the Nanyang Army?"

General Li Chang replied: "About fifty thousand." ”

"There are 80,000 people in the Shangchun camp, how can they still fail so badly?" Mu Beituo questioned him angrily, and a pair of phoenix eyes were almost on fire.

Li Changwei was embarrassed: "At that time, the officers and soldiers in the battalion had not yet gotten up, they were defenseless, and the other party suddenly attacked and the soldiers had no time to deal with it, so it was ......."

"That's it!" Mu Beituo interrupted him directly, "This king doesn't want to listen to you make excuses, how many people have been lost, you just say it!" ”

Li Chang hesitated and replied: "There are about 40,000 people, and this is still plus the wounded soldiers." ”

"Damn!" Mu Beituo was so angry that he slammed the table, 80,000 people were killed and injured overnight, and he didn't know how Li Chang and these people commanded the army to resist the enemy!

"How long can it last?"

"Now the Shangchun battalion has withdrawn into the city, the enemy's offensive is too fierce, the morale of the soldiers is low, they are all afraid, now only hold on, rectify the army and delay time, the city has enough food and grass, it is not a problem to hold for a year and a half, and when the Nanyang army runs out of food and grass, it will naturally retreat."

"It's just that the minister is worried that there will be troops from other places coming to support, if that is the case, the imperial city will not be able to hold it no matter what."

Mu Beituo is also worried about this.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly asked, "Who is the commander of the Nanyang Army?" ”

"It's Ouyang Ye."

"Ouyang Ye ......" Mu Beituo read in his mouth, carefully recalling the relevant deeds of this person, suddenly, his eyes lit up, wasn't Ouyang Ye the border guard who made great contributions when Mu Liancheng led the troops to defend against foreign enemies in the north?

The person who proposed to the emperor to transfer Ouyang Ye to Nanyang to train troops was not Mu Liancheng?

Suddenly, Mu Beituo figured everything out, and couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, his legs were weak, and he almost couldn't stand steadily.

Li Chang saw that his face was different, and he was a little puzzled.

"Lord Wang, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, it's just a little uncomfortable all of a sudden." Mu Beituo waved his hand and said, at this time, he, the leader, must not collapse, otherwise everyone will collapse and completely lose morale.

"General Li, pass the order, the whole army will not be able to hold out, no one can open the city gate under any circumstances, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

Li Chang nodded and exited the imperial study.

Mu Beituo sat on the chair and regained his composure for a long time.

He needed to see Mu Liancheng immediately, so he hurriedly left the palace and came to the prince's mansion.

The Prince's Mansion was still surrounded by forbidden troops, and not a single fly could fly out.

When Mu Beituo came in, Mu Liancheng was playing chess in the garden again, with the same calm and relaxed.

"It turned out that the three princes were coming, and the palace was really disappointed." Mu Liancheng glanced at Mu Beituo, lowered his head and dropped a white seed, and picked up another black seed.

Mu Beituo walked over quickly, his face gloomy.

"You already knew I was going to raise troops, didn't you?"

"Not bad." Mu Liancheng only replied with two words briefly.

Mu Beituo asked again: "Ouyang Ye set off from Nanyang a few days before I started my army, and you arranged it?" ”

Mu Liancheng put down the white child in his hand and stood up leisurely.

"The Nanyang Army is the strongest team in the entire Dayan, and even the Shangchun Battalion of the Gongwei Jing Division is slightly inferior, that is, it has a disadvantage in numbers, otherwise, the imperial city will be broken last night."

"You have planned it a long time ago, you deliberately put yourself on the weak side, and led me to the bait step by step, this was your conspiracy from the beginning!"

"Wrong, it's not a conspiracy, I'm just taking precautions, if you don't rebel, where is there so much trouble today?"

Although Mu Liancheng denied it, in fact, Mu Beituo could indeed be regarded as being introduced into the game step by step by him.

He asked Li Cocoon to stop all those who asked to see the emperor, and asked him to persuade the emperor to order the crown prince to supervise the country, stimulating Mu Beituo's already unbalanced heart.

After that, the news of the emperor's condition was deliberately spread, but at the same time, the emperor's bedroom was guarded more closely, making Mu Beituo suspicious, and then sending a message to Jiang Mingche through Feng Qingfang, so that they could be sure that the emperor was dying, so as to strengthen Mu Beituo's determination to rebel.

This step after step is all planned.

Mu Beituo really regretted not being at the beginning, if he wasn't too conceited at the time, and thought that Mu Liancheng was not as shrewd as himself, as long as he calmed down a little more, things would not have developed to this point.

"This palace advises you, it's best to open the city gate now, tie your hands and capture it, and then go to your father to admit your mistake, maybe he can spare your life, otherwise the day the army breaks the city will be when your head hits the ground." Mu Liancheng said calmly.

Mu Beituo didn't speak, just gritted his teeth and glared at him, and after a while, he suddenly laughed: "It's you who should be arrested, right?" ”

"Isn't the army still outside the city? As long as our side is strictly defended, what can the Nanyang Army do to me? ”

Mu Liancheng raised his eyebrows and said, "What if reinforcements arrive?" ”

"Humph! If the reinforcements arrive, it's a big deal that everyone will die together! Before the army breaks through the city, I will kill you first, and then come to fight with it, and there will be people to bury you with the dead, what is there to fear? ”

"Besides, it's not yet the last minute, and it's not certain who wins and who loses!"

Mu Liancheng lowered his eyes, hooked his lips and said, "Then wait and see." ”

The Nanyang army was eventually stationed thirty miles outside the city.

Whenever the soldiers in the city looked at the dense tents outside and remembered the fierce battle that night, they would suddenly feel fear.

Although Li Chang had reorganized the army and boosted morale every day, he could not withstand the panic that poured out of the hearts of the soldiers.

At this time, rumors spread out of nowhere that the Nanyang army actually had more than 50,000 people, and there were 30,000 people behind, and they would arrive soon.

The 30,000 people of the Liuying camp in the north are also about to arrive, forming a north-south flank attack with the Nanyang army, and the capital is afraid that it will be broken for two or three days at most.

In a corner below the castle, several soldiers were whispering.

"Alas, what can I do about this, if the Nanyang Army and the Liuying Army enter the city, we will die." The man's voice trembled slightly, and his words were full of fear.

And the speaker is Jiang Tianba, who was slandered and murdered a few months ago, and was later acquitted after finding out the truth.

The person next to him said in horror: "Could it be that the Nanyang army still can't be killed?" ”

Jiang Tianba waved his hand, looked around, and lowered his voice: "What kind of killing?" The three princes plotted to usurp the throne, imprisoned the emperor and the crown prince, and threatened hundreds of officials and ministers and princes in the Jinluan Palace, and they should be punished for their crimes! And we followed the three princes to start an incident, which is also a capital crime, how can the emperor let us go at that time? ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

One of them questioned in a low voice: "Isn't it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is trying to seek power, are we following the three princes to quell the chaos and be loyal to the country?" Why do you say that the three princes have plotted to usurp the throne? ”

"Yes, we are here for meritorious service, if the third prince rebels, how can he follow him?"

"Well, I don't want to die yet."

Others chimed in.

Jiang Tianba shook his head and sighed: "Alas, brothers, everyone has been fooled! To tell the truth, at first I thought it was a rebellion by His Royal Highness the Prince, and the soldiers of the Shangchun Battalion followed him to defend the Beijing Division and the Emperor, besiege the Imperial City, and prosper the righteous division. ”

"But I never expected that the third prince had been deceiving us from the beginning, he wanted to get rid of the prince by the hands of our soldiers in the Shangchun camp and coerce the emperor to change the prince."

"After the army surrounded, the third prince imprisoned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the Prince's Mansion, and then smeared him in front of the ministers, slandering him as a chaotic minister and thief, but in fact, it is not like that at all!"