Outside the gate of King Ning's Mansion, a carriage was parked quietly, and Zhu Liubao walked out of King Ning's Mansion quickly, opened the blue curtain and got in.

In the narrow carriage, the light was a little dim, and the prince was sitting upright, waiting for news from Zhu Liubao.

"Your Royal Highness, Prince Ning has not set off yet, and Princess Ning has received the order together, but the slave maid looks like that, Princess Ning seems to be going to the battlefield with Princess Ning."

Zhu Liubao's announcement made the prince's eyebrows raised, and Hei Shengsheng's eyes looked at him.

"Princess Ning is wearing a chain armor." Zhu Liubao said.

The prince's face suddenly turned extremely ugly.

Of course, he knew that Yan Qingge was pregnant, and her pregnancy was not very good. Everything about Yan Qingge, he always tried his best to get first-hand information.

He couldn't help but think angrily in his heart, for Yan Xiuyu, a person with empty skin, is Yan Qingge worth it?

However, he couldn't watch Yan Qingge die with Yan Xiuyu, because now that he had gone outside the city, there was only one way to go.

"Send me to the source of the city wall, and then you go to the army to announce an edict to me, and order General Ling Zhuguo to take over Yan Xiuyu's position." The prince thought for a while, and immediately said.

If you want to bring down Yan Xiuyu, there will be a chance in the future, and you must not let Yan Qingge disappear because of this, then the deployment he has been deploying will be meaningless.

"Yes!" Zhu Liubao answered, and stopped disturbing the prince's thoughts.

In a few moments, the carriage carried the prince under the city walls, where the Praetorian Guards were already waiting.

The leaders of this team of Praetorian Guards, all of them were heroic and extraordinary, whether they were armor on their bodies or weapons in their hands, they were not weapons issued by the Great Zhou Praetorian Guards, but they were prepared by themselves, and they were selected from the martial and loyal sons of the Great Zhou nobles.

As soon as the prince got out of the car, he was swarmed away and climbed to the top of the city to see the situation below.

Outside the city, the dense crowd of homeless people was crowded, piled up under the huge city walls, stretching for several miles, making a huge buzzing noise, just listening to it, it made people's scalps tingle.

At first glance, these civilians are real civilians, some crying fathers and mothers, some hugging their children and carrying their daughters, and some even spread their bedding on the ground and sit there directly to rest.

"Your Highness, these outcasts have asked to enter the city, and we cannot grant them this request here. Now the bark of the trees within dozens of miles outside the capital has been gnawed away by them, and it is not a way to go on like this. The leader of the Praetorian Guards defending the city said.

"Oh!" The prince looked at the homeless people calmly.

They came all the way from such a far place, and they didn't gnaw off the turf bark along the way, looking at their appearance, it seemed that they still had a lot of energy to make trouble, why did they suddenly stop as soon as they arrived in the capital.

The prince thought of the secret report sent by the Privy Council, and the corners of his lips gradually became a little more fierce.

Since these people dare to do this, don't think that their lives are long.

"Are the people who went to the Fourth Prince's Mansion and the Second Prince's Mansion back?" The prince turned around and asked.

"I've come back, and I'm about to report to Your Highness, but the Fourth Prince and His Royal Highness the Second Prince haven't been found, but we have captured all the ladies and children in their house."

The fourth prince and the second prince must have taken advantage of the fact that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the city gate was not strictly guarded, so they secretly escaped, and for fear of alarming others, they abandoned all their families. The two of them are ruthless, and those family members can't live because they have lost their value.

But after thinking about it, the prince took the words that he wanted to order people to put back those family members in his stomach. The fact that the four princes and the second prince don't take their families seriously doesn't mean that those family members don't take the four princes and the second prince seriously. Since their descendants have royal blood, they may inherit the throne in the future. He had to cut down the roots and get rid of all these seeds.

After the leader of the Praetorian Guard said this, he reported again: "Prince Ning has not yet come to the lower official to lead the troops, and the things that His Royal Highness explained before, the lower official has not done it yet." ”

The prince shook his head and said, "No need, he won't come." It will be General Ling Zhuguo who will come later. You will assist General Ling Zhuguo with all your strength, and the city wall of my Great Zhou cannot be broken again and again. ”

"Command!" The leader of the Praetorian Guard also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The order he received from the prince before made him carry half of his heart all the time. Yan Xiuyu's force value was placed there, and if he was not careful, he didn't grasp the degree of difficulty, provoking Yan Xiuyu's real fire, and he had to lose half of his life. Now that General Ling Zhuguo is in charge of the army, of course he is happy.

At this time, the Yan family, Yan Qingge just didn't let Yan Xiuyu leave.

The second holy decree that Zhu Liubao had announced just now was to add a subtle Jing Zhaoyin position to Yan Xiuyu.

Jing Zhaoyin has always been an important minister of the imperial court, managing the internal and external affairs of the capital, and his status and responsibilities are equivalent to those of the governors of various states outside.

This position, which has always been held by loyal ministers who are very talented and have won the favor of the royal family, suddenly fell on Yan Xiuyu's body, how could Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu not be frightened.

There will be no pie in the sky, and the benefits of ordinary and innocent appearances, the greater the benefits, the greater the trap behind it.

This time, Yan Qingge stopped Yan Xiuyu from going out again, and Yan Xiuyu acquiesced.

But staying in this house has no benefit at all, and the hunter will personally take the hunting fork when he sees that the trap is not effective. Yan Qingge said: "Brother Yu, let's call someone out to find out the news and see what's going on." ”

Yan Xiuyu nodded: "Yes!" I know that there are a few families who are old friends with my brother, so I asked people to go to their homes and ask about the situation. ”

"There are also left and right phases, as well as Kang Susheng Kang's side!" Yan Qingge said: "Princess Rouhui can also ask there." ”

Yan Xiuyu heard Yan Qingge mention Kang Susheng, and said, "It would be best if Master Kang could get the news, he is a privy envoy, and he must know a lot of confidential things." ”

The husband and wife have the same idea, although at this time, Kang Susheng may not have the courage to reveal really useful information to them, but as long as he says the slightest thing, it is enough to save his life.

Just sent someone out here, and Long Kui over there hurriedly said: "Niangniang, the Lingzhu General's Mansion has sent a letter." ”

Yan Qingge was afraid that something had happened to Ling Xiao, so he hurriedly said, "Bring the letter over and I'll take a look." ”

Unwrapped the envelope, Yan Qingge took a look, and sure enough, it was a letter sent by Ling Xiao, in the letter, Ling Xiao asked Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu what the position of general of soldiers and horses that Yan Xiuyu had received before was for, and why he suddenly called his father to replace it. The Ling family is also nervously clinging to this position now.

Yan Qingge walked around the house anxiously, she and Yan Xiuyu felt that this position was fraudulent, but they couldn't say where there was fraud, but the situation was urgent, she thought about it and thought about it, and hurriedly wrote a letter and asked someone to send it to Ling Xiao quickly, so that Ling's father must pay attention to his safety.

At this time, the people who went to the Left Prime Minister's Mansion and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion came back separately.

Zuo Xiang Zhang Zelin has always been very open and honest with Yan Qingge, and told Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu a major news, the Fourth Prince's Mansion and the Second Prince's Mansion have been controlled, and this time the disaster of the displaced people outside the city should be man-made, and it has nothing to do with these two.

On the right side, there is nothing too useful, only Qiao's is not worried about Yan Qingge, a pregnant woman, and he sent Yan Qingge a copy of all the medicinal materials prepared for pregnant women in his house, in case she was startled and frightened.

Finally, the person who went to Kang Susheng's side to inquire about the news came back. It was a small guy who went, and when he saw Yan Qingge, he said: "Niangniang, Lord Kang told our little prince to hide if he can, but if he can't do it, he faked a wound and didn't take any life." ”

Yan Qingge asked the little guy: "What did Master Kang say?" ”

"That's what Master Kang said, and the redundant reasons are not explained." This little guy was covered in sweat in winter, and obviously knew that the matter was urgent, and almost galloped back all the way.

Yan Qingge was surprised: "Oh no! She said to the little guy on the ground who was still panting: "You hurry up to Ling Zhuguo's mansion, report it if you can, stop it if you can, and tell General Ling Zhuguo about it." ”

Although Kang Susheng did not explain the reason, he clearly told Yan Qingge that if Yan Xiuyu received the order, he would definitely die nine deaths, or even ten deaths. Even if you want to pretend to be injured, you can't go!

Since the crown prince was in power, the people of the Ling family have not been very important, except for Ling Zhuguo who also leads the position of general of Zhuguo, Ling Lie, who should have a bright future, has never been assigned any tasks, and now the Ling family is the only one who leads the general Zhu Guo. If something happens to him, the Ling family's family will definitely have a hard time.

The little guy was very tired of running around, but he knew the importance of this matter, and the more people who knew, the worse it was, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he got up and ran out, stepped on his horse, and galloped up.

On the side of General Ling Zhuguo's mansion, Ling Zhuguo didn't go out, because Ling Xiao had just received a letter from Ning Wang's mansion.

When Ling Zhuguo was young, he led his troops to fight for many years, and almost the entire period of his youth and prime of life was spent on the battlefield, and even in the past few years, he also wore armor and went into battle. When he didn't go into battle and stayed in the capital, he had to go to court again, and he would either fight with people or watch people fight wits all his life, and his mind was not comparable to that of young people.

Therefore, he has been preparing for the battlefield in an "orderly" manner in the mansion, but in fact, he is delaying time and waiting for news from the outside.

"Qingge won't lie to me, since she said that it is dangerous, it is really dangerous, Dad, you must pay attention, if you can go into battle in person, don't go into battle in person." Ling Xiao said anxiously.

"I'll go with my dad." Ling Lie stood up and said, "Go into battle as a father and son soldier, and fight a tiger brother." With me here, I can also protect my father's safety. ”

"Nope! You stay. You are the only concubine in our house. Father Ling looked at Ling Lie and sighed with emotion, of all his sons, only Ling Lie wants to take the road of a military general, he used to think that this is not good, but now he knows that this son is the closest to him.

Just when the family was discussing, a small servant walked in and said, "Miss, general, someone from Ning Wangfu has reported again." ”<

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(Tianjin)