At that time, the Zhu family.

Two hours have passed since the celebration banquet, and it stands to reason that Zhu Jiu should have come back a long time ago, even if he didn't come back, he should have asked someone to spread a message to report safety.

But her departure was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news at all.

And the Zhu family became more and more uneasy, and the moon in the sky was faintly red, as if something bad was about to happen.

Zhu Tai'an and Zhu Qin picked up Zhu Jiu at Zhu's house, waited for a long time without waiting for anyone, and then asked someone to go to the palace to investigate, but they didn't find out any news, and even the staff Jiang Cheng who went with her was nowhere to be seen!

Zhu Qin couldn't hold back, she always felt that something big had happened, and couldn't help but say to Zhu Tai'an: "Father, I'm afraid something happened in the palace, no matter what the situation is now, Xiao Jiu should contact us, it's better to let the child go to the palace to have a look!"

With his identity, the people in the palace should not stop him.

Zhu Tai'an stopped him: "Wait!"

As soon as the words fell, a small servant outside hurriedly came to report, saying that the ministers who participated in the celebration banquet tonight also haven't come back yet!

The family members of those ministers also sent people to the palace to inquire about the news, but without exception, in the same situation as the Zhu family, they did not get the slightest information.

At this moment, Zhu Tai'an couldn't sit still at all, pondered for a moment with an ugly face, glanced at Zhu Qin, and ordered: "You go and send the skilled craftsmen and talents of the Ministry of Industry and the talents of the Ministry of Household out of the Imperial City overnight, and in addition, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War will also be notified."

Not all of these six are moths, and there are some talents at the bottom, if they die due to tonight's variables, it will be a pity, and it will be a loss for the world.

Zhu Qin did not doubt that he was there, and he should go down immediately.

With his adoptive father in charge, he believed that his father would definitely be able to bring Zhu Jiu back safely.

But after Zhu Tai'an sent Zhu Qin away, he secretly sent all the soldiers of the Zhu family out, and let them pick up Zhu Jiu and Zhu Qin outside, if Zhu Jiu could not come back, Zhu Qin would be the head of the Zhu family in the future.

The old housekeeper saw that Zhu Tai'an had made arrangements in just half an hour, leaving no room for himself, and couldn't help but worry, "Master of the family, wouldn't this be too trivial? Maybe General Zhu just drank a few more glasses and talked more to the emperor, and will be back in a while?"

"Xiao Jiu once said......" Zhu Tai'an looked at him sideways, and his gaze crossed the butler again, looking in the direction of the calm city gate: "Tonight will be the day when Xuanyuan's army will attack the city."

"Emperor Yan must have discovered something, and he is already about to kill Xiao Jiu."

It is precisely because he has the same luck as the housekeeper in his heart that he chose to wait for Zhu Jiu in the Zhu family, if Zhu Jiu comes out of the palace safe and sound in the end, Emperor Yan will also look at the face of his stay in the Zhu family, and will not make a fuss about Zhu Jiu again.

The butler also understood what he meant, and couldn't help but sigh.

Today's emperor is really getting more and more incomprehensible.

At the same time, on the other side, it was not only the Zhu family who also made plans again, but also Xuanyuan Che, who had just returned from the palace.

An army of Yunxiang City was approaching the Imperial City, and since their equipment had been refreshed and lighter, even if they marched overnight, there was no sound.

Rong Ruo, who was dressed as Xuanyuan Che, sat on the sedan chair, the whole person was not shocked, his eyes were like the abyss of the ancient pool, and he was so calm that people couldn't see any emotions.

But only his slightly clenched hand revealed the nervousness in his heart.

Now that the people have been brought over, if there is a real fight later, I am afraid that I can only act at the opportunity.

It's just that I hope Li Chunyue has already informed Zhu Jiu that the Xuanyuan army is going to attack the city today, right?

I hope that the two armies can avoid this battle, he doesn't want any more losses, and even has already prepared a surrender letter for Yan State.

Suddenly, there was some commotion in the army in front.

"What's going on?"

Rong Ruo was highly nervous now, and when he heard this movement, he frowned slightly and looked ahead.

But I saw that the two soldiers were somewhat submissive and followed behind a man in Tsing Yi, who was still injured on his forehead, but his face was exactly the same as his appearance.

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It's the real Xuanyuan Che who is back!

It was precisely because he and Rong Ruo looked the same as Rong Ruo, and he looked like His Majesty Xuanyuan Kingdom, so the two soldiers who first discovered him were at a loss, and they didn't know what to do, so they had to follow Xuanyuan Che behind him and come to Rong Ruo, and said to Rong Ruo: "Your Majesty, we ...... We have found a man very similar to you, who claims that he is His Majesty in our court......

Without waiting for the two soldiers to fully explain the situation, Rong Ruo breathed a sigh of relief and directly tore off the person on his face. Leather mask, said: "He is the real Your Majesty, this official is just performing a secret mission for Your Majesty, and now that Your Majesty has returned, we should welcome him!"

With that, he got out of the sedan chair and gave up his position to Xuanyuan Che.

Immediately, someone respectfully stepped forward to hand him his battle robe and armor, and prepared a basin of hot water for him to wash.

But now he was on the march, so Xuanyuan Che didn't care about the injuries on his face, besides, that small wound was harmless to him, and Zhu Jiu had already given him medicine.

Xuanyuan Che lowered his eyes, touched the forehead corner on his head, then smiled inconspicuously, threw the handkerchief to wipe his face, raised his white and powerful fingers, and Rong Ruo retreated, and at the same time, several lieutenants stepped forward at the same time: "What does Your Majesty command?"

Xuanyuan Che's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the imperial city close at hand, "Attack the city tonight!" Take down the Yan Kingdom!"

"Yes!"

Several lieutenants suddenly became excited, and they all looked at each other happily: Great! Your Majesty has finally made up his mind to take the Yan Kingdom!

But in the next second, I heard Xuanyuan Che say: "Wait for you to restrain your soldiers, all the people of Yan Kingdom are kept as prisoners, not allowed to kill, fight with the soldiers of Yan Kingdom, and minimize their casualties, and leave them alone."

If they only listen to the first half of the sentence, these lieutenants will subconsciously refute it, thinking that His Majesty has begun to be a woman again.

But after listening to all that His Majesty said, the lieutenant generals breathed a sigh of relief again.

Fortunately, His Majesty is still the ruthless and ruthless Majesty before, since he knows that he has his intentions in doing things, the deputy generals don't need to speculate, and they all act according to Xuanyuan Che's orders.

After a while, the 20,000 soldiers who were originally gathered were expanded to 100,000 soldiers by these lieutenant generals.

The 100,000 troops pressed towards the Yan Kingdom in the dark night, and the soldiers stationed at the city gate soon found that the situation was not good, and immediately released wolf smoke to notify the people to take refuge, and at the same time, someone immediately went to the palace to invite Zhu Jiu out of the palace to sit in the town!

But these people were all stopped outside the palace by Prime Minister Leng without exception, and no one could enter.

The soldiers were in a hurry, so they could only go to the barracks and find a few lieutenants left by Zhu Jiu to temporarily fight against Xuanyuan Che's army.

But Xuanyuan Che gave the death order to siege the city, and no one spared.

Zhu Jiu, who was far away in the palace, seemed to hear the noise outside, and gradually tightened her grip on the wine glass that Emperor Yan had brought to her after she appeared, her eyes gradually became sharp, and she raised her eyes to look directly at Emperor Yan: "Does the emperor really want to give me poisonous wine because of my identity?"