The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 847: self-defeating
Chapter 847 Backfired
On April 21, the 18th year of Xuanjia, the Ninth Prince of Yan, Murong Yan, carried out a major purge of Wei for nearly a month, killing the powerful and benefiting the people. He eradicated the royal family of Wei, implemented new policies, and stabilized the overall situation of Wei with thundering means. He left the general Xie Xun with a large force in Changcheng, and the Ninth Prince Murong Yan led the second prince Murong Ping back to Yandu.
On April 23rd of the eighteenth year of Xuanjia, Prince Liang and Fan Yuhuai had been besieging the palace for a whole month. Fan Yuhuai announced to the outside world that he was afraid that attacking the palace would force the crown prince to take desperate measures and hurt His Majesty, so he did not dare to attack.
But in fact, it was Li Mingrui’s idea to besiege the imperial city…
There was not much food in the palace, and there were so many eunuchs and maids in the palace. People always needed to eat and drink! The soldiers led by Xie Yuchang needed to eat and drink even more. They only needed to besiege the imperial city… In less than a month, when the food ran out, the soldiers guarding the imperial city would definitely turn against them, and then they could take the imperial city at the lowest cost.
But a whole month had passed, and the soldiers guarding the imperial city had not run out of food at all. Prince Liang seemed a little impatient. Li Mingrui felt that there must be something fishy and the problem might lie with the soldiers who were besieging the imperial palace.
This time Li Mingrui is joining Prince Liang in the rebellion. If he fails, his entire family will be executed, so he must do his best. He secretly mobilizes the people in the Left Prime Minister’s Office to conduct a secret investigation.
On April 29th, it was discovered that the general under Fan Yuhuai who was guarding the west gate of the imperial palace had secretly delivered food to the palace in the middle of the night. The general was caught red-handed. Upon questioning, it was discovered that the general was a secret agent planted by the prince in the imperial guards.
Xie Yuchang watched Fan Yuhuai chop off the general’s head outside the imperial city, and heard Fan Yuhuai shouting at him: “Xie Yuchang, I respect you as a man! If you surrender obediently… His Royal Highness Prince Liang will not only ask His Majesty to spare the lives of your entire family, but will also appoint you to an important position! Otherwise… don’t blame me for not respecting the friendship between comrades!”
The general who had been arranged by Princess Zhenguo to be under the command of Fan Yuhuai early on was extremely careful in transporting grain. Only a small amount of grain was delivered to the palace every night. Although Xie Yuchang repeatedly requested to send more grain, the general was cautious and did not dare to send more for fear of being noticed by King Liang.
I didn’t expect that I would be discovered despite being so cautious…
If there was no food, Xie Yuchang felt that he would fail to live up to Madam Qin’s trust and would not be able to defend the palace or the emperor.
That day, Bai Jinxiu, dressed in military uniform, appeared at the Wude Gate at the same time as Xie Yuchang to resist the siege of the city, which really shocked Fan Yuhuai and his people.
After scaring off the imperial guards, Bai Jinxiu went to the south gate of the palace to find the general and asked him to deliver food to the palace every night. Then Bai Jinxiu quietly left the palace from the south gate to contact the people who had been arranged by Bai Qingyan to join the imperial guards. She planned to control the gates in and out of the capital city and then ask the emperor to leave the palace…
After all, if Xie Yuchang really couldn’t defend the palace, the emperor must not fall into the hands of King Liang.
Unexpectedly, when Bai Jinxiu finally took control of the south gate of Dadu City quietly, the emperor was unwilling to leave the palace.
The emperor said that the Heavenly Master had said… there was no place more suitable for refining elixirs than the palace where the dragon energy of several generations of real dragons had gathered, so the emperor was reluctant to leave. But the good thing was that he gave Xie Yuchang an imperial edict, asking Xie Yuchang to try to pass it to the prince… and let the prince dispatch troops to provide assistance.
Xie Yuchang had no choice but to have someone bring the imperial edict to Bai Jinxiu, saying that he would protect the emperor until his death and asked Bai Jinxiu to rest assured. He only asked Bai Jinxiu to take the imperial edict out of the city to ask for help. When the time was right, they could work together inside and outside to wipe out Prince Liang’s party.
Bai Jinxiu was so angry that she almost laughed when she received the imperial edict. Someone wanted to kill the prince and usurp the throne, but the emperor was unwilling to leave the palace in order to make elixir. Is he crazy?
But it’s also a good thing. The emperor is unwilling to come out of the palace, which will instead attract Fan Yuhuai’s troops around the palace.
Afterwards, Xie Yuchang personally accompanied His Majesty to the city wall, where His Majesty angrily denounced King Liang as a traitor with evil intentions.
But Prince Liang performed the play very well. He knelt under the Wude Gate and shouted that he was sorry to the emperor… He even let the emperor be coerced by the prince. He said that although the emperor had told Prince Liang to capture the prince at any cost, he could not bear to watch his father being humiliated, and he would rescue the emperor first even if he died.
The emperor was so angry that he fainted. Xie Yuchang had to order his men to carry the emperor back for treatment. Fan Yuhuai took the opportunity to shout to the soldiers, saying… The prince’s rebellious intentions are obvious, otherwise why didn’t they dare let the emperor continue speaking.
Prince Liang played the role of a filial son to the fullest, completely changing his previous image of cowardice and incompetence. He pointed at the city wall and cursed the prince, saying that if the prince dared to hurt the emperor, he should not blame him for disregarding their brotherhood.
As a result, the soldiers in the palace became more and more convinced that King Liang was going to rebel…
However, the soldiers outside the palace felt that Fan Yuhuai was right. It must be the prince who forced the emperor to climb the city wall. Otherwise, why did the emperor have nothing to say and did not defend the prince after seeing Prince Liang kneeling on the ground and crying?
Even the story that the emperor fainted from anger was fabricated to be that he was knocked unconscious by Xie Yuchang, and the emperor was not allowed to say more.
Xie Yuchang originally wanted to escort the emperor out of the palace, but the emperor refused… Xie Yuchang then thought of a compromise to let the emperor climb up to the city wall, but unexpectedly… he ended up making things worse.
In addition, Fan Yuhuai was a hero who suppressed the Wude Gate Rebellion, and the King of Liang had always been known to be timid and incompetent, so the soldiers who besieged the palace became more and more convinced that they were the soldiers who were loyal to the king.
When Bai Jinxiu learned that the secret agents arranged at the south gate of the imperial palace had been discovered, she understood… the palace would run out of food in a few days.
She is now outside the palace and has sent out several groups of people to investigate where her elder sister is. She can do this… and King Liang will definitely do the same. However, King Liang’s people can enter and exit the capital city more easily than hers, so they are naturally more informed than her.
Bai Jinxiu is now in the dark and can only observe the actions of Prince Liang and Fan Yuhuai to speculate and then make a decision.
Fortunately, she held the imperial edict written by the emperor himself in her hand, which could order the governors and military camps from all over the country to come to the rescue. Bai Jinxiu had not yet handed the imperial edict to the prince, nor had she used it.
The troops that can be mobilized now include the Dengzhou troops under the command of Dengzhou Governor Dong Qingyue, who are guarding against Rongdi and Xiliang, and the Pingyang troops far away in Pingyang City, who are guarding against Dayan, as well as the 30,000 garrison troops in Yuanping.
However, Yuanping is only two days’ fast horse ride away from Dadu, and the eldest sister’s current location is unknown, so we cannot let the Yuanping army get involved too early. In case the imperial army is defeated by the Yuanping army, ending the civil strife in Dadu too early will not be good for the overall situation.
Therefore, the Yuanping army could not move until the eldest sister returned by the time King Liang ascended the throne.
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