Most people naturally did not believe, but Yan Song suddenly froze, and blurted out, "Right! Hurry and go!"
With a whoosh, he suddenly stood up, but his forehead suddenly felt a surge, and his vision went black, almost falling. Yan Shifan went to steady him, "Father, even if Mu Chaobi is more arrogant, he wouldn't dare provoke Old Lu! How can we leave the city at this hour? The streets are full of those fake imperial troops, and we don't know who they are! If Li Tingzhu doesn't send people, we won't be able to get out..."
Alas, Yan Song sat down and pondered for a moment, but in less than a moment, he stood up again, flustered, "Go! We must go! Go immediately!"
Only then did everyone realize the seriousness of the matter and looked at Luo Longwen.
Luo Longwen sighed, "Since the Crown Prince has arrested so many people, why would he let us go? Even if we go up to the Lingxiao Palace, he will have us all arrested..."
This?
What should be done?
Everyone immediately descended into chaos.
Lu Bing thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Good! I'll have an inner official lead the team, and we'll go out through Anding Gate. The Imperial Guards are now under Huang Jin's command. Looking at the current situation, he wouldn't stop us, would he?"
Yan Song said nothing more and began to walk out tremblingly.
But just then, hurried footsteps were heard from outside the courtyard, and a voice shouted, "Yan Song and Yan Shifan are rebelling! The Emperor has been kidnapped! The Crown Prince is leading troops to quell the rebellion! Idle people, withdraw immediately!"
"Withdraw!"
"Kill without mercy!"
"..."
As the voices grew louder, Mu Chaobi had already surrounded the mansion with hundreds of men.
With a bang!
The courtyard gate was kicked open by five or six soldiers. With a rush, hundreds of men entered in an orderly fashion, dividing themselves on both sides of the main hall. In the center stood a formidable general in shining armor, who was Wu Jijue.
Seeing that the Yan family father and son and the ministers were indeed all there, a heavy stone was lifted from his heart. Thinking that no more mistakes could be made, he immediately shouted, "Arrest Yan Song and Yan Shifan and bring them to justice! Luo Longwen, Yan Maoqing, and the others are to be apprehended as well!"
Hoo~~ Everyone let out a long sigh of relief and finally stopped resisting.
Lu Bing anxiously shouted, "Wu Jijue! What are you doing?!"
"I am Lu Bing!"
"You are inciting rebellion!"
Wu Jijue, having missed his chance earlier, was already very flustered and had no time to pay attention to him. With a few commands, he had the soldiers apprehend everyone. Then, he cupped his hands towards Lu Bing and said, "Sixth Master! My apologies!"
"Go!"
Lu Bing, in his astonishment, could only watch as the Yan family members were taken away by the soldiers. He could only shout loudly, "Quick!" kuAiδugg
"Quickly go into the palace and report to the Emperor!"
At the same time, in the Forbidden City, the West Garden.
Yin Tai entered with a thousand elite guards, only to find that the normally heavily guarded Forbidden City offered no resistance. He presumed that the Crown Prince had already moved the guards away.
He had long felt that life was meaningless. Now that he had been heavily entrusted by the Crown Prince, he had already resigned himself to certain death. Even the people he had gathered were all desperate characters.
At this moment, he rushed into the Forbidden City as if entering a land of no man. He suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration. Thinking that his life had been ruined by the Yan family, and now he could exact his revenge, what else did he have to regret?
However, imperial strongholds had always carried an imposing aura, and there was an invisible pressure that constantly surged within him. He worried about how he should speak when he reached the Yuxi Palace.
As he ran and thought, someone shouted, "Your Excellency! Yuxi Palace is that way!"
Yin Tai gazed into the distance and saw a Daoist palace standing peacefully, brilliantly lit. A few eunuchs occasionally passed by, but there was no sign of panic. "Why is it so quiet?"
A thought flashed through his mind, and then he hardened his heart, thinking: I'll go surround it, and then force the Emperor to write the edict of abdication. If he refuses, I'll take out the one that's already written and have the eunuch affix the imperial seal. "Good, let's go!"
Whoosh!
He led the way, along the bluestone path, towards Yuxi Palace deep in the West Garden. The scenery on both sides flashed by, and the brightly lit Yuxi Palace grew closer and closer, his heart beating faster and faster. In the blink of an eye, they were not far apart. He stopped, beckoned, and was about to order his entire team to advance, when he found no footsteps behind him? He turned his head and saw that the soldiers were all standing still, their eyes staring blankly at the sides?
Just as he was about to shout an order, he felt a blur before his eyes. He shook his head vigorously, and immediately felt a chill run down his spine—dense, gleaming armor suddenly appeared on both sides of the path!
Reflecting the lights of Yuxi Palace in the night!
This?
Yin Tai thought he was mistaken and rubbed his eyes to look closely, only to see indeed thousands of soldiers slowly advancing!
"Your Excellency, something is wrong! The news has leaked!"
Someone among the soldiers whispered.
Yin Tai cursed inwardly, drew his saber with a clang, and was about to call for a fight, when he saw the other side suddenly stop, their formation spreading out, completely encircling Yuxi Palace, but not rushing to advance.
"Since the news has already leaked, the Crown Prince is in danger?"
His thoughts turned. Since the other side was not attacking, should he withdraw from the Forbidden City first?
He turned and ran back, whispering, "Retreat!"
Whoosh!
The thousand soldiers followed him and hurried out of the palace gate.
At this time, within Yuxi Palace, there was a profound silence.
Jiajing was still meditating. Lü Fang finished reading the memorial, washed his hands, and retrieved the elixir from the brocade box, carefully handing it to Jiajing.
Jiajing opened his eyes, took a look, and let out a soft sigh, waving his hand.
Lü Fang said, "Your Majesty, please take the elixir."
Jiajing closed his eyes, a hint of gloom flashing across his face, "Have they all left?"
"They have..."
"And Prince Yu?"
Lü Fang knew that he would not take the medicine today, so he turned and put it back, while answering, "He was in Jianji Hall earlier. He's probably left by now." "How many people were arrested?"
At some unknown time, Jiajing had stood up and was pacing slowly around the Bagua platform.
Lü Fang had just finished reading the secret report and blurted out, "Only two to three hundred people. They are all locked up in the Ministry of Justice... "Was Yan Song also arrested?"
"Is he not? This servant thought Yan Song was so capable, he wouldn't be so disheveled! I didn't expect him to be arrested and thrown in jail..."
Lü Fang genuinely felt that Yan Song was too disgraceful. Such an obvious matter, why didn't he dodge it? Such a major figure, made so disheveled, how could he lead people in the future?
Ha!
Jiajing also snorted in his nose and said leisurely, "Senior Minister Yan is still a peaceful prime minister."
Lü Fang shook his head, "Is he not? This servant thought the father and son could reach the heavens."
Jiajing said with a wry smile, "Forget it. Our Senior Minister Yan does not deserve such a fate. Stop mocking him." Lü Fang retorted, "The trouble was caused by them, father and son, and in the end, it is still the Emperor who protects him."
Humph, "For whom do you feel wronged?"
Jiajing suddenly looked at him coldly.
Lü Fang froze and blurted out, "No, no..."
Humph, Jiajing wanted to say something but stopped, only giving a hum before sitting down again.
Lü Fang thought that the capital was in chaos, and if anything else happened, it would be difficult to resolve. So he tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, with all this chaos, perhaps...?"
Jiajing didn't even look at him. His ethereal voice said indifferently, "Don't bother..."
This?
How can this not be bothered?
Lü Fang found this situation utterly inexplicable—it was already this chaotic?
If it wasn't managed, the capital would truly be in great turmoil. He stood there stunned, looking at Jiajing, then at the sky outside the hall that was about to break into dawn, and finally let out a long sigh.
But just then, hurried footsteps were heard. Chen Hong of the Directorate of Ceremonial almost tumbled in. Seeing that Jiajing was still meditating, he dared not speak, but held up a memorial in his hand high. Kneeling before Lü Fang, he opened his mouth wide, forming words, and gesturing vigorously with his left hand, indicating it was a matter of extreme importance.
Lü Fang glared at him, snatched it over, and unrolled it, only to almost exclaim—it was a military report from Jiliao!
Liaoyang was about to fall!
And a troop of Tuoba, was approaching the Gu Beikou area!
Hoo~~~ Lü Fang let out a long breath, and finally understood—this was what Jiajing had been waiting for, which was why he was doing nothing!
The rebels had already entered the Forbidden City, and they were actually allowed to leave?
Prince Yu had found so many desperate characters, arrested so many people, and forced his way to the outside of Yuxi Palace, but it was as if nothing had happened?
His previous utter bewilderment was now completely clear.
Including Yan Song, with no defenses at all, was precisely because he still had this move in hand... It's just a pity that this father and son had bad luck, and this military report came an hour too late. Otherwise, at this time, they should have brought a large group of capital officials to force their way into the palace.