An edict caused chaos in the court, and the ministers gritted their teeth to resist, as if everyone had seen this edict with their own eyes. However, through the words of Scholar Shu, it was clear to everyone that the edict that could at least remove the crown prince from the horse in name was still in the hands of the Duke of Fan Xian at this time.

For the time being, let's not depict the magnificent scene of the sword-rattling tent in the Taiji Palace, always ready to splash blood, and the forces that are bent on helping the crown prince ascend the throne, including the eldest princess who lives behind the scenes and seems to have done nothing, but is actually the source of the palace chaos, are all sniffing the smell in Kyoto, trying to find the place where Fan Xian is hiding.

Catch Fan Xian, kill Fan Xian, nail Fan Xian, and destroy the edict, then no matter how chaotic the court is, there will be no chaos, and the two scholars of Shuhu have lost their last reliance, no matter how strong they are, it is impossible to mobilize the ministers against the imperial power again.

In the Taiji Palace, it was officially announced that Fan Xian was the culprit of the murder of the monarch and the great evil, and those forces outside the palace had already pursued and assassinated Fan Xian for an unknown number of days. However, Kyoto is too big, and the resources in the hands of the eldest princess can even secretly control Kyoto, but it is impossible to find traces of Fan Xian among thousands of people.

Even the eldest princess had no way to stop Fan Xian from secretly meeting with Shu Wu on the eve of the prince's accession to the throne, and secretly did so many things.

No one knows where Fan Xian is hiding.

............ A remote alley, a little far from the center of Kyoto's imperial power, and not close to Kyoto's most luxurious mansions, but it is extraordinarily quiet, and the sad and frightened atmosphere of Kyoto people on the street cannot enter this alley, only a few green trees sway freely in the early autumn weather.

The alley is called Lamb Onion Lane, a very humble name.

At the end of the alley is a small courtyard, which was bought by someone who bought it two years ago. More than half a year ago, a woman moved in with a few people. I don't know what the identity of that woman is, she can buy such a quiet courtyard, but in the past half a year, no visitor has ever been here.

In the palace today, there is a life-and-death battle going on, but the culprit who caused this incident is sitting leisurely under the tree in this courtyard at this time, drinking hot tea, while bowing his head and thinking about something.

Fan Xian wore a green cloth robe, and his face moved slightly, although it was not a little less heroic, but it made the whole person look more solid. Turning his fingers lightly on the slightly hot cup, he suddenly frowned, and said to the beautiful woman beside him with beautiful eyebrows and sunken eye sockets: "Apart from the prince, who else knows about your courtyard?"

The beautiful woman pursed her lips and shook her head, her big eyes full of curiosity and excitement. She looked at Fan Xian, the legendary king-killing thief, and she was not afraid at all.

Yes, this small courtyard was the top secret place that Fan Xian secretly bought and gave to the eldest prince Jinwu a year ago.

And the beauty whose appearance is very different from the dignified woman of Qingguo is naturally the princess of a certain tribe in Xihu who returned to Beijing with the Western Army, and the girl Masoso who has troubled Fan Xian for a year in Jiangnan.

Except for Deng Ziyue, who handled it, no one knew that it was Fan Xian who bought this small courtyard. And after this courtyard was transferred to the eldest prince, it was impossible for the eldest prince to publicize it everywhere with the eldest prince's fear of internal ease. Therefore, after Fan Xian connected with the ministers last night, he did not go back to the inn, but chose to come to this small courtyard, not worried about being guessed by the eldest princess at all.

There are people staring at the Fan Mansion and the Supervision Yuan, and the Yan Mansion and Wang Qinian's house are only afraid that there are masters of the inner court staring, Fan Xian doesn't want to take risks, only this small courtyard in Sheep Onion Lane can ensure his safety, and at the same time facilitate his contact with that key person.

Hearing Masoso's curious answer, Fan Xian's brows furrowed, he stood up from his chair, and calmly looked at the back door that was open on the left side of the alley.

Because he heard someone coming to this courtyard, and the person who came was obviously not the great prince he was waiting for.

............ When there was a few clicks, there was a creak, and the wooden door of the nameless courtyard was unlocked from the outside and pushed open. Ma Suoso looked at this scene in surprise, and couldn't help covering his mouth, the people in this courtyard were all bought by the young master of the Fan family, and no outsiders had ever come to this courtyard, who was the person here?

She turned her head to look at Fan Xian and shouted in a low voice, "Young Master, run!"

Fan Xian didn't run, just looked at the woman who walked in at the back door and smiled, the love in his smile was very complicated, and then he reached the ground and said, "Say hello to the princess." ”

The person who came was not with the prince, but with the prince and princess, the princess of Northern Qi.

The eldest princess looked at Fan Xian silently, saluted after a while, and said, "I've seen the little grandfather." ”

Fan Xian gave up, shook his head and smiled bitterly, thinking that he was waiting for the boss in the courtyard, but he waited for this one. It can be seen that the eldest prince is afraid of what kind of Cheng dù is afraid of his heart, and he even reported his small golden house to the eldest princess.

"Soso, you go in first. Fan Xian waved his hand, knowing that the princess did not want to see this Xihu Zhimei, and motioned for Ma Suoso to take refuge in the room.

The princess came here single, and although she was not deliberately dressed in disguise, she was obviously arranged. Fan Xian looked at her quietly, stretched out his hand to invite her to sit down, and said after a moment of silence: "The princess is so bold, knowing that the palace must be staring at Prince He's mansion, she actually dares to come here alone and meet me." ”

After contacting Wenchen last night, Fan Xian wanted to contact the eldest prince who held the forbidden army, but it is rumored that Ning Cairen has been accused of Hanguang Palace, and there are also many inner court and Kyoto garrisons outside the prince's mansion. So Fan Xian found a way to leave a message in the palace, hoping that the eldest prince could find a way to contact him.

But I didn't expect that it was the princess who came today.

"Xiao Fan is a ......brave man cast by heaven," the princess smiled and responded to his words, "I know that the forces in Kyoto are very anxious, and I know that the prince is on the throne today, but your Excellency can sit in the small courtyard of one side of the gold and watch the development of the situation, I really don't know if you are confident or at a loss." ”

"It's not true to be confident, and it's false to be at a loss. Fan Xian looked at the princess's gentle face and whispered, "If you don't have an idea, why would you alarm the princess?"

The princess responded in a harmonious voice: "Now that the situation in Beijing is critical, my prince is in charge of the forbidden army guards, and he will definitely not be able to return to the house, so if Lord Xiao Fan wants to meet him, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult." It's just that I don't know what difficulties Lord Xiao Fan has, I took the liberty to come to see it, and I hope that Lord Xiao Fan will not be surprised. ”

Fan Xian fell into silence, and after a while, he suddenly spoke: "Eldest princess, now I am a murderer of kings and rebels, since you dare to come to see me and ask me what difficulties I have, then you naturally understand what I mean." ”

The princess's eyes were slightly confused, and she didn't know how to answer this for a while.

Fan Xian lowered his head and thought for a while, approached the princess's side by half a foot, and said softly: "I don't know if the princess still remembers, when you went south from the Northern Qi Dynasty, inside and outside the carriage, did you and I say anything?"

The princess was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "The agreement will naturally not be forgotten, but this time and that time, now the situation in Kyoto is too dangerous, and the prince is all supported by the forbidden army in his hands. ”

"Struggling to support?" Fan Xian chuckled softly: "What the princess said about the replacement of the Kyoto garrison yesterday?"

The princess fell silent.

Fan Xian sighed, because the Kyoto garrison was replaced, which was considered to have stabbed him to the vital point and the weakness of the eldest prince.

Previously, the Kyoto garrison had been under the control of the Ye family, and later it was controlled by Qin Heng, the leader of the second generation of the Qin family, for two years. Until a few years ago, because of the sniping in the valley, His Majesty took advantage of the problem to clean up the distribution of power in the DPRK and China, transferred Qin Heng to the Privy Council as a deputy envoy, and appointed Xie Su, the deputy marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army of the Great Prince, as the commander of the Kyoto garrison.

However, this qiē has changed yesterday, after the queen mother stabilized the palace, the first order was to withdraw Xie Su directly, and Qin Heng was once again reinstated as the commander of the Kyoto garrison!

Xie Su was innocently withdrawn, but because of the assassination of His Majesty, the pressure on the forbidden army was very great, and he couldn't speak at all. Moreover, this fierce general in the Western Expeditionary Army back then, who had only been in charge of the Kyoto garrison for half a year, could not form his own forces at all, and as soon as the Qin family changed hands and took it back, the eldest prince and Xie Su had no way at all.

Fan Xian also had a headache about this matter, the Kyoto garrison controlled the power of the zhì changed hands, not to mention the major matter of the Jiaozhou sailor Xu Maocai to build yì to himself, and if it was the peripheral military strength of the entire Kyoto, it had already been controlled in the hands of the Qin family.

He glanced at the princess, frowned, and said, "The Kyoto garrison is stationed in Yuantai, as long as there is no problem with the Thirteen City Gate Divisions, it can solve the general situation in Kyoto...... It's still a forbidden army. ”

"I have never forgotten the promise I made to you. The princess looked at him and said quietly: "However, when you returned from Dadong Mountain, you don't know how strict the palace is now, and the prince can barely control the forbidden army now, that's because the queen mother's ancestor didn't make an order......"

Fan Xian was silent.

The princess continued: "Why does the Queen Mother rest assured that my prince will be in charge of the forbidden army? Because she knows that the prince is a straight lover, and he will not disturb or rebel......"

Without waiting for the princess to finish speaking, Fan Xian had already laughed: "The current situation is that there are people in the palace who are rebelling. ”

The princess smiled bitterly: "The question is, who sits in the Taiji Hall is qualified to judge who is rebelling." If you are in the palace at this time, beside the Queen Mother, reading the edict that has been propagated today, I dare to guarantee that my prince must be your strongest supporter. ”

............ "Take out the edict." The princess suddenly opened her mouth and persuaded: "No matter from which point of view, at this time, the edict will be made public, and there is still a lot of power to fight, otherwise you can only passive." ”

"No, there are many people who haven't moved yet, such as my mother-in-law...... Fan Xian said calmly: "The edict is on me, at least I can maintain peace for a while, once the edict really comes out, then the two sides can only tear their faces and start a war." ”

The princess sneered and said, "It's all this time, doesn't the grandfather still have to keep the intention of being clear?"

Fan Xian laughed at himself: "I'm not a stupid person. The reason why the edict was not announced is related to what the princess said before, why the prince is silent...... Actually, it's all one. ”

He stared at the princess's eyes and said slowly: "Ning Cai is in the palace, of course the prince can't do anything, don't forget it, my lady and concubine are also in the palace, and if you really want to start a war openly, neither the prince nor I can afford such a loss." ”