The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 623: one stone two bird
Chapter 623 Killing Two Birds with One Stone
“Old Imperial Tutor Tan must have been kept in the dark by the Crown Prince. After all… the Crown Prince is the heir apparent to the throne! If something happens to the monarch… isn’t the Crown Prince the one he has to rely on the most?” Zhong Shaozhong said.
The less Zhong Shaozhong tried to discredit everyone around the prince, the more others would believe his words and nod their heads.
“Originally I wanted to launch the rebellion during the wedding of Prince Liang, but I’m afraid that’s not possible! Everyone… it’s better to do it today than to wait for a better day. Let’s rush into the palace today to save His Majesty! Save the Queen!” Zhong Shaozhong made up his mind, his eyes full of ruthlessness.
Someone walked to the window, gently pushed open the window frame and looked down. He saw that the patrol camp had surrounded the brothel tightly and said, “But now the patrol camp has surrounded the brothel. How can we fight our way out with just a few of us?!”
“General Bi Heng…” Zhong Shaozhong looked at his most trusted old subordinate and said, “After we go downstairs, you find a way to leave the flower house and bring the imperial guards to the Dali Temple… force Lu Jin to either release the people or explain why he is holding them!”
“Yes! Don’t worry, sir!” Bi Heng clasped his fists and said yes.
“The safety of your majesty and the queen depends entirely on General Bi!” Zhong Shaozhong shook Bi Heng’s hand vigorously.
Not long after, Zhong Shaozhong and his group put on their clothes and came out of the brothel.
Just as Fan Yuhuai had promised, he called for a few carriages. Although they were simple… they were better than nothing.
Zhong Shaozhong glanced at Fan Yuhuai with a smile, and got on the carriage with the generals of the imperial guards.
Fan Yuhuai jumped onto his horse and shouted, “Go!”
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Bai Qingyan had just closed his eyes for a while when he heard very light footsteps outside the window. He opened his eyes, put on his coat, and quickly stood up.
Chuntao, who was on guard, was awakened. She stood up and was about to pick up the lamp at the end of the bed to call her, but Bai Qingyan made a gesture to whisper.
“master!”
Hearing this, Bai Qingyan signaled Chuntao to hand her the lamp and pushed the window open a little.
The bright yellow candlelight in her hand outlined her delicate jawline, and the candlelight reflected in her dark and bottomless eyes without any warmth at all.
The secret guard knelt on one knee under the window and lowered his head. “Master, Zhong Shaozhong and his group were invited to the Dali Temple by the patrol battalion commander Fan Yuhuai. But after Fan Yuhuai took his people away, I saw someone come out of the private room reserved by Zhong Shaozhong, and left the brothel by climbing over the eaves and walls. I saw that the prince’s people also saw it, but the strange thing is… the prince knew that the patrol battalion had captured fewer people, but he didn’t say anything and returned home.”
“Okay, I understand, you can leave now!” Bai Qingyan responded.
After the secret guard left, Bai Qingyan lowered the window frame.
Chun Tao stepped forward in small steps: “Miss, is there another big thing happening?”
A fish escaped, but the prince did not take action. It seems… the prince wanted to prove that Prince Xin was plotting a rebellion and did not intend to give Prince Xin a chance to live.
In this case, a conflict between the Crown Prince and Prince Xin is inevitable. This time, perhaps the patrol battalion and the imperial guards will fight first, and then Prince Liang will appear.
Bai Qingyan gathered the clothes on his shoulders and said to Chuntao, “Go to sleep!”
It is not the time for Bai Qingyan to take action yet. She needs to conserve her strength… and be on guard against King Liang sending people to assassinate her.
Before dawn the next day, the Imperial Guards surrounded the Dali Temple and questioned why they had detained so many Imperial Guards generals without reason and demanded that they be released immediately.
The patrol battalion arrived and confronted the imperial guards.
The people in Dadu had never seen such a scene before. When a couple who were selling breakfast in Dadu saw that the soldiers were going to cause trouble, they abandoned their breakfast stall, packed up their things, and left on their wheelbarrows.
When the other vendors saw the couple who had set up their breakfast stalls regardless of weather conditions leave, they felt uneasy and some of them quickly packed up their things and went home.
The commander of the imperial guards inquired and hurried to the Dali Temple, ordering the imperial guards not to make trouble and return to the camp immediately. However, the imperial guards did not retreat at all. They were ordered to either release their generals or… tell the reason for their detention.
Bi Heng even shouted loudly: “It’s impossible that several generals of the imperial guards were detained in the Dali Temple just because they visited a brothel. How can this be justified? Are we imperial guards soft persimmons that anyone can pinch?! In short…if you don’t give us an explanation today, we imperial guards will never leave even if we are punished!”
“That’s it! That’s it!”
“We want the Dharma!”
“Release our general!”
The imperial guards were making a lot of noise outside the Dali Temple.
In the Dali Temple, Lu Jin was restless. The Crown Prince and the old imperial tutor Tan had left long ago. Lu Jin had already sent people to ask for instructions on how to deal with Zhong Shaozhong and others.
The Dali Temple Prison caught fire, and now several generals of the imperial guards are still being held in the government office.
Imperial Preceptor Tan was thinking that as long as they gathered those who were preparing to cause trouble, everything would be solved when His Majesty woke up, but he never expected that the imperial guards would come back to cause trouble.
Lu Jin tapped his fingers on the table, called someone over and said, “Prepare breakfast and send it to the generals of the Imperial Guards. Then ask Lord Zhong to come over and tell him that I want to ask him questions as usual. After confirming that there are no problems with the lords, I can ask the prince to send them back home.”
“yes!”
After the man left, Lu Jin pretended to ask some questions and asked people to prepare.
The shouting of the imperial guards outside the Dali Temple intensified. Bi Heng shouted loudly: “Why did the prince have the imperial guards arrested? Is it because he is guilty? Knowing that the queen is pregnant with a legitimate child, and seeing that Prince Xin has returned to Dadu, he is afraid that the prince’s position will be in jeopardy if the legitimate child is born. He went to Dengzhou in public… but in fact he arranged for someone to cause your majesty to fall from his horse and put the blame on the queen and Prince Xin, killing two birds with one stone!”
“Bi Heng! Are you crazy?” the commander of the imperial guards scolded harshly.
“Whether I am crazy or not, all the soldiers of the Imperial Guards present know it! Your Majesty was not in seclusion to pray for the country, but fell off a horse! There have been rumors in the capital for a long time! This is all the prince’s conspiracy! Commander… If you don’t believe it, let Lu Jin release Lord Zhong, and then you will know everything!” Bi Heng held the hilt of the sword and shouted with a red face and thick neck, “The reason why they dare not release Lord Zhong is not because they are worried that Lord Zhong will announce the truth to the public?! Otherwise, why are so many generals of the Imperial Guards trapped in the Dali Temple? It’s because those generals all know the truth, and they are afraid that those generals will enter the palace to rescue the emperor!”
The soldiers of the imperial guards looked at each other, never expecting that there was such a secret.
“What nonsense are you talking about! Shut up!” the commander of the imperial guards shouted loudly.
In the Dali Temple, Zhong Shaozhong was invited to the Mingtang. He was very excited because he was waiting for the moment when Bi Heng would come with the imperial guards.
Just as Zhong Shaozhong was about to cross the threshold, he suddenly turned around and ran towards the outside of the Dali Temple, shouting as he ran: “Bi Heng! Don’t worry about our lives! Quickly ask Prince Xin to lead the troops into the palace… Save His Majesty! Save the Queen!”
Lu Jin, who was sitting in the hall, did not expect Zhong Shaozhong to shout at the top of his voice. He stood up in shock and said, “Pull Zhong Shaozhong back to me!”
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