Chapter 114: Siege
"King Yan has hidden a lot of private soldiers on Xuewu Street, as well as the Xiao family! Several streets have been surrounded! Your lord's house is also fenced off! β
That Yu Lin Jun gasped, and he finally ran to the inner palace and spread the news.
Since the saint fell into a coma, the Queen Mother locked herself in the Buddha hall to ask for the protection of God and Buddha. Hearing the news that King Yan rebelled and interrupted, he was shocked, and he fainted like this.
The palace stunned the two masters, and the dragons were leaderless. At this time, after a long confrontation, it was already night.
Although it has not yet reached the appointed time, presumably the outside of the palace is moving in advance, just waiting for the time to besiege the palace.
When Concubine Xiao heard this, a smile appeared on her face: "Hahahahaha, Queen Mother?" His Royal Highness King Qi? Today, I will make you majestic again, after all, you only have today. β
The queen and the king of Qi glanced at each other, but it was still the king of Qi who came forward and said to Xiang Shiqun, the commander of the Yulin army: "Lord Xiang, we are here, you better go and see the situation outside first." β
Xiang Shiqun nodded cautiously: "The minister will not dishonor his life, and he also asks the queen mother and His Royal Highness the King of Qi to control the palace for the time being." β
As he said this, he glanced at Concubine Xiao Shu.
Xiang Shiqun followed the Yulin army who came to report the news, and the king of Qi was very polite, and ordered a few sturdy grandmothers to tie up the concubine.
Several other princes were tightly taken by their own concubines, and they didn't dare to let them leave them for half a step.
Concubine Shu's palace maids all protect her, especially the ones brought out from home, and even know some fist and foot kung fu, and there are five princes, they dare not be easily injured, it is very difficult to deal with.
After all, no one dares to say that these two can't win tonight.
"King Qi! You bullied the palace people, and now you don't respect your mother, who dares to call you a saint in this world? This world, this world can only be Hao'er's! β
Concubine Xiao Shu had never been treated so rudely, and she was still in front of the ministers, so she was annoyed and ashamed.
"Bullying palace people? The little palace maid of the lady concubine, who is sixteen years old, thinks about climbing the king's bed, and the king will only be fourteen, the lady concubine? This king sent the palace maid out, and she herself threw herself into the well and died, what does this king have to do? β
Since then, there have been rumors of King Qi bullying the palace people.
Who knows the inside story, who doesn't say a word about King Qi's wrongdoing?
In the end, there were many people, Concubine Shu and the others struggled a few times, but they were still tied hand and foot.
The ministers looked at this palace change, and they were thinking quickly in their hearts: Can the Yulin Army hold on? And can the saint wake up?
It's just that time passed minute by minute, and the saint didn't wake up, but waited for the news that the rebels had set fire.
The East and West 2nd Streets of Yuning are in flames, and although there are people in the house to extinguish the fire, they will not be able to extinguish the fire for a while and a half.
From the inside of the palace, it looks like a fire dragon entrenched here, surrounding the palace.
Everyone knows that this is Yanwang demonstrating, and the next step is to get closer to Yuxiang East and West 2nd Street.
Most of these ministers in the palace live in these two places, and they are very anxious because they are worried about their families.
"Queen, this." An old officer with a white beard spoke.
"Lord Wei, don't panic, with the Yulin Army here, the rebels can't afford to make any waves."
The queen recognized him, this person was a neutral, and he couldn't be very firm, so he could only try his best to appease him.
Concubine Xiao Shu sneered on the side, although she tied her hands and feet, she could still speak, and deliberately said at this time: "The queen mother is really optimistic, the Yulin army is only 3,000 people, my Xiao family has gathered 2,000 border troops, and there is Shangguan to help, how can you win?" β
This sentence was like a drop of water thrown into an oil pot, and suddenly hundreds of officials became chaotic: "Shangguan Ge? Is it the deputy commander of the Yulin Army? β
"Is the Yulin Army still credible?"
"I'm afraid that the Yulin Army has long been assimilated by the rebels!"
"Lord Xiang, Lord Xiang is afraid. There is no return! β
The gossip and discussion were all around, which made the queen anxious, and she didn't expect that there would be a traitor in the Yulin army.
"Queen Niangniang, it's better to let go of Concubine Shuniang, she is the biological mother of the fifth prince after all, this is too unseemly."
The balance in some people's hearts is gradually crooked, and there are also those who are bold and stand on the side of Concubine Shu.
"What do you say? Say it again? She's the murderer of kings! β
"The Queen's Mother. Since the saint can't wake up, let's discuss it here, if the saint dies, who will inherit the unification in the future, right? β
"According to the minister, the best qualified among the princes should be the five princes." Those who said this were originally supporters of the Five Princes.
The queen glared at him and said sharply: "This palace is the lord of the middle palace, and the king of Qi from this palace is the concubine of the middle palace, and the candidate for the prince never needs to be discussed." β
"Poof, the queen is really naΓ―ve. Don't you see the current situation clearly? Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, my five princes, but they are more popular than the king of Qi. β
Concubine Xiao Shufei didn't know when, someone had already secretly untied her, she Shi Shiran raised her hand to tidy up her slightly messy sideburns, and said in a mocking tone.
Seeing more and more ministers standing on Concubine Xiao's side, the faces of the queen and the king of Qi became more and more heavy.
It's just that King Qi is worried about the battle situation outside the palace.
The rebels in a circle outside the Lufu wall stood in the night, black and oppressive like the undead who were asking for their lives.
In the eyes of outsiders, the second master Lu Xiaowen is bedridden, the grandfather is a sick man, and the third master Lu Fengju is a straw bale, and the Lu family at this time should be in dire straits.
Inside the wall, He Shaoguang let the other rooms stay quietly in his courtyard, and Lu Mingyan and Lu Mingzhen were entrusted to the big room to take care of them. Before the rebels came, she and Lu Xiaowen avoided everyone and sent the old lady to her mother's brother's mansion, just in case.
Lu Xiaowen changed into light clothes and flipped out of the back wall.
She gathered all the family members and guarded several doors, while the guards left by Lu Xiaowen were armed with short crossbows, hiding in the trees and dark places on the roof, secretly aiming at the rebels outside.
Lu Xiaowen was inconvenient to come forward, but she thought of another person.
General Wu, Wu Lingyu.
In the past six months, since the last time they met, they have occasionally written letters, so He Shaoguang also knew that Wu Lingyu had returned to Beijing to live half a month ago, but her father, General Wu, still stayed in Shannan.
She introduced Wu Lingyu to Lu Xiaowen, showing that she could be trusted.
Lu Xiaowen took the tiger talisman and handed it to Wu Lingyu in person to Wu Mansion, with a serious expression: "Miss Wu, this battle is very important, Lu believes that you can do it well." β
Wu Lingyu raised her chin: "Naturally, please remember that I am General Wu who terrified the bandits in Shannan, not Miss Wu, the son of Laoshi." β
Of the 50,000 troops in the Xishan battalion, Wu Lingyu transferred half of them to support the Yulin Army.
The other half set off with Lu Xiaowen overnight, avoiding the places where the crowd lived all the way, and quietly set off outside the city to pack up the remaining rebels.