Bi Linglong narrowed her eyes when she saw this, and she noticed a bunch of palace guards coming towards her.
"General Zhao, what does this mean?"
The leader on the opposite side is Zhao Si, who can be considered an elder of the royal family, but now that the other party suddenly appears in the queen's palace with troops, it is really strange.
Zhao Si bowed and said, "I have seen the queen. Now someone has entered the palace to assassinate her. The general will lead his troops to protect the queen!"
Bi Linglong frowned slightly: "No, this palace is very safe and I don't need your protection. On the contrary, there seems to be an assassin committing murder in the Queen Mother's palace. Please go over and provide support."
Zhao Si, however, remained motionless: "The general's duty is to protect the empress. As for the empress dowager, there are others to rescue her."
Bi Linglong was silent for a few moments, then suddenly asked: "In that case, why did you stop the guards sent by this palace to deliver the message?"
"I forgive you, there is chaos in the palace now and the situation is unclear. It seems that someone in the palace is colluding with outsiders. In order to avoid chaos, all the generals in the palace are now strictly observing their respective posts and are strictly prohibited from moving around. Anyone who violates this will be punished as treason!" Zhao
Si replied.
"You mean that the guards under me are probably co-conspirators with the assassins?" Bi Linglong sneered.
"I don't dare." Although Zhao Si said he didn't dare, his figure showed no signs of moving out of the way.
"In that case, I'll go there in person. It's impossible for me to collude with those assassins, right?" Bi Linglong stood up and walked out.
As a result, Zhao Si stretched out his hand to stop us: "My dear, please don't make it difficult for us!"
"You are so bold, how dare you block your way!" The aggressive Rong Mo couldn't hold back any longer, and started to curse with his hands on his hips.
After hearing what she said, Pu Duandiao, the chief guard of the Queen's Palace, and Jiao Sigun also agreed, and the other guards also drew their weapons and looked at each other with unkind expressions.
Although this Zhao Si is from the royal family, he is still a queen. Who is he, Zhao Si?
Zhao Si's face changed slightly: "We are also acting under orders. If the queen insists on barging in, we will have to be rude."
With a wave of his hand, his men also aimed their weapons at everyone in the queen's palace.
The scene became tense in an instant.
Bi Linglong glanced at the many soldiers and sneered: "I wonder whose order you are following? Do you want to rebel?"
As he spoke, he walked straight forward.
Since she became the Crown Princess, she has been handling almost everything in the East Palace. Now that she has become the Queen, her power is even greater than before.
She has long developed the majesty of a superior person, and she handles things vigorously and resolutely with clear rewards and punishments, so that many guards are in awe of her.
Now that they saw her walking towards him, the imperial soldiers under Zhao Si swallowed their saliva and kept moving back, for fear of hurting each other.
At this moment, a cold voice came from the side: "Of course it's on the emperor's order!"
I saw Li Guanshi leading a large group of Huben guards to come here. With their participation, Zhao Si's men suddenly felt confident and no longer retreated, but instead took a few steps forward.
The guards at the Queen's Palace were originally at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, but now that the other party had added new forces, their momentum was suddenly reduced a lot.
"Your Majesty?" Bi Linglong's expression changed. She had recognized Li Guanshi's identity.
Of course she knew that Zhao Ruizhi would not give such an order, but he was too stupid and would inevitably be deceived by those around him.
"Don't know what the order is?"
Li Guanshi raised his hand and said: "The Liu family colluded with the demon clan and intended to rebel and abolish the establishment. Now I am arresting these rebellious officials and traitors."
At that time, in order to deceive the emperor into stamping the seal, they deliberately used Zu An to provoke each other, but they all knew very well that Zu An's invincible image of killing the Earth Immortal and destroying the Meng family was too shocking. In addition, there are many people in the capital now.
If a force that has few good relations with Zu An rashly accuses him of treason, it will easily arouse strong resistance.
So they planned to deal with the Liu family first, and then cut off Zu An's power step by step after the overall situation was decided.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the Queen's Palace was in an uproar. They never expected to hear such news.
Bi Linglong's expression changed even more. With her intelligence, she thought of many possibilities in an instant.
No wonder I always feel like there are some undercurrents surging in the capital recently. It turns out that this is the plot.
I think my father and brother were probably among them.
There is also King Wu, who is very ambitious and obviously stirs up troubles in it.
Although she had always been at odds with Liu Ning, she was not happy at all after learning all this.
Her father and brother knew that she would probably not agree to this matter, so they deliberately kept it from her.
They are simply confused. Have they forgotten the lessons learned from the Meng family?
How will it end after Zu An returns in the future?
Suddenly, something moved in her mind, and she thought about how her father seemed to have participated in the murder of the former prince and concubines. Was it because he was too involved and worried that Zu An would take revenge when he knew the truth in the future, so he acted first?
But what should I do?
With her father and brother on one side and her beloved lover on the other, she suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
"General Li is hiding so deeply." Bi Linglong gritted her teeth. Li Guanshi was usually taciturn and loyal, but she never expected that he had become a pawn of a certain force. She didn't know that he was from the Bi family.
, or was bribed by King Wu.
"Your Majesty, thank you." Li Guanshi looked calm and did not make any excuses.
At this moment, another pair of people came over.
When the Queen's party saw this, their eyes immediately lit up, because they recognized that this group of people was the Yulin Army.
The Yulin Army is a direct descendant of the regent Zu An!
The first two generals are obviously Wang Bolin and Zhang Zijiang, the deputy generals of the Yulin Army.
"Wang Bolin, Zhang Zijiang meets the Queen!" The two of them saluted Bi Linglong as soon as they arrived, directly expressing their attitude, while their men vaguely surrounded Li Guanshi's Tiger Army in the middle.
It turned out that when something strange happened in the palace, the two of them woke up immediately and called their troops to assemble.
The two of them gathered together in private and quickly figured out the situation.
There seems to be something unexpected happening at Yunlongmen, and there are assassins at the Queen Mother's palace. At the same time, the movements of the troops in the palace are extremely strange.
Originally, Wang Bolin subconsciously wanted to lead people to rescue the Queen Mother. After all, Zu An and the Queen Mother had always had a good relationship.
But Zhang Zijiang stopped him: "Brother Wang, why don't you think about who in the capital dares to touch the Queen Mother?"
"You mean the queen?" Wang Bolin's expression also changed.
"Who else besides the Queen and the Bi family has such courage?" Zhang Zijiang smiled bitterly.
Wang Bolin immediately went crazy. Zu An and the Queen Mother were political allies, but they also had a close relationship with the Queen, and they were both from the East Palace lineage. Their relationship was even closer than that of the Queen Mother.
Who do they help?
Zhang Zijiang had an idea: "The situation in the palace is unclear now. Why don't we go to the queen's palace to ask for instructions from the queen and see what the situation is."
Wang Bolin agreed with this judgment, and the two of them quickly brought the Yulin Army over. As a result, they saw from a distance that another army seemed to be besieging the Queen's palace. Is this okay?
So he immediately sent men and horses to surround the opponent in the center.
"You two, please get up quickly!" Bi Linglong was overjoyed when she saw the two of them. With their help, the situation in the palace is likely to be stabilized.
At this time, Li Guanshi said loudly: "Wang Bolin, Zhang Zijiang, do you want to rebel?"
Wang Bolin and Zhang Zijiang sneered: "Li Guanshi, if you lead people to besiege the queen's palace, are you rebelling?"
Li Guanshi raised a gold medal and said: "On the order of the emperor, I led my troops to protect the empress. What crime do I have to do!"
Seeing the gold medal, everyone in the Yulin Army changed their expressions, because it was indeed the emperor's personal token, and seeing this token was like seeing the emperor.
"Long live my emperor!" Everyone could only salute. Although they knew that the emperor was usually a fool and a puppet, these etiquettes could not offend him.
Li Guanshi then said: "Wang Bolin, Zhang Zijiang, you lead your troops to strictly guard your posts. No one is allowed to move without the emperor's order, otherwise you will be punished for treason."
Wang Bolin and Zhang Zijiang's expressions changed. They were not allowed to go anywhere at this critical moment. Wouldn't the Queen Mother...
They looked at Bi Linglong hurriedly for help, hoping that the other party would give instructions.
Bi Linglong's face turned green and red. She knew that today's incident was probably planned by her father. Did she really want to destroy his plan?
If they were allowed to act so randomly, Azu would be offended, and the consequences would be disastrous.
Why is my father so confused? Has he forgotten how the Meng family, Dai Wang and others ended up?
But my father has always been the kind of person who makes decisions before acting. He must have taken Azu's strength into consideration.
Is it possible that he still has something to rely on? But looking at the world, there are almost no people who can be called Azu's rivals.
Her expression changed from gloomy to bright, but thinking about what she had done with Zu An in the past few days, and the oath she had made at that time, she had already made a decision in her heart. She took a deep breath and shouted in a cold voice: "The Yulin Army obeys the order!"
Wang Bolin and Zhang Zijiang's hearts skipped a beat, and they both stood upright and responded: "I sincerely obey the imperial decree!"
The situation in the palace is so chaotic now that they can't tell what went wrong, but they keep one thing in mind, that is, they are soldiers of the regent and will only listen to the orders of people close to the regent.
In the eyes of everyone, the Queen has the closest relationship with the Regent in the entire palace, followed by the Queen Mother. If you follow the Queen now, you will definitely not go wrong.
Li Guanshi's expression changed: "Empress, what do you want to do?"
Bi Linglong ignored him and said directly to Wang Bolin and Zhang Zijiang: "Escort me to see the emperor. I suspect that the emperor has been deceived by an adulterer and is in danger now."
This is her cleverness. She did not directly say to save the Queen Mother, but went to see the emperor.
Everyone in the capital knew that she and the emperor were bound by honor and disgrace. She had been in charge of the East Palace for so many years, so she was the spokesperson of Zhao Ruizhi in the eyes of the world.
Now that she is going to see the emperor, it is a matter of course and no one will doubt that she has any evil intentions.
And as long as she meets Zhao Ruizhi, she can completely control him. The two of them give orders at the same time. Unless the imperial guards in the palace really want to rebel, who would dare to disobey him?
Sure enough, after hearing her words, Li Guanshi's expression changed, and the Huben guards under his command also looked at each other.
In fact, except for a few of his close associates, most of the soldiers also had no idea what happened today.
Everyone just obeyed the general's orders habitually. Before, they had the emperor's orders as their status, so they could obey orders. How could they stop the queen now?
However, the morale of everyone in the Yulin Army was high and they shouted loudly: "Follow your orders!"
Feeling that the morale of the people under his command was declining, Li Guanshi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor's order is for you to stay in the palace. We will protect your safety. We hope that your Majesty will not put yourself in danger."
Bi Linglong sneered and walked forward: "Why, do I need your approval if I want to see the Emperor? You have been pushing back and forth to prevent me from seeing the Emperor. Have you done something to the Emperor?"
She was extremely majestic when she was the Crown Princess, not to mention now that she is the mother of a country.
In addition, many people in the Huben army also had doubts, so she walked straight forward, and no one dared to stop her.
Li Guanshi's expression changed several times. He put his hand on the knife several times, but never dared to pull it out.
He knew that the Yulin Army was watching from behind, and the morale of his own army was now shaken. Even if he reluctantly ordered an action to stop them, they would definitely be defeated in a melee.
But if the empress was really allowed to see the emperor, and that stupid fat man had no sense of authority, he would be dead if he said what he said.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and drew his sword directly, holding the emperor's gold medal in his other hand: "All officers and soldiers obey the order. The generals bear the emperor's orders. Anyone who disobeys will be regarded as treason!"
There was no trace of fear on Bi Linglong's face: "Now that the emperor is alive and dead, Li Guanshi falsely conveyed the emperor's orders, and the soldiers captured him."
Upon hearing her words, her subordinates Jiaosi Gu and Pu Duandiao shouted, and the guards in the Queen's Palace prepared to take action.
Wang Bolin and Zhang Zijiang were even more prepared and shouted: "Everything follows the Queen's orders!"
All Yulin troops are preparing to attack.
On the contrary, many people on the Huben Army side had different opinions. Except for some of Li Guanshi's direct descendants who immediately drew their swords to cooperate with Li Guanshi, nearly half of the remaining people were at a loss.
Just when the two sides were about to fight, a lazy voice suddenly came: "What are you doing here? Why is it so lively?"
Everyone looked back and saw a handsomely dressed young man walking over with a group of soldiers.
Bi Linglong's expression changed when she saw the other party's appearance clearly. It turned out that the other party was her brother Bi Zi'ang.
Pu Duandiao couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Now, brother Queen is here, and we have a sure chance of victory."
Jiao Siguang chuckled and said: "No, no, that's not necessarily the case."
Wang Bolin and Zhang Zijiang on the other side looked at each other and secretly said:
"It seems that it is indeed the Bi family who launched the coup, targeting the Queen Mother's Liu family."
"I just don't know why the queen seems to be unaware of it, and she is in the same camp as them."
Both of them are palace generals, so they still have some sensitivity. As a foreign minister, Bi Ziang's ability to lead troops into the palace in the middle of the night already shows a lot of problems.
At this time, Li Guanshi took the opportunity to say: "Master Bi came just in time. We have the emperor's orders to come here to protect the safety of the queen. But the queen had to break out. It is very dangerous outside."
"Who knows what the emperor's situation is now? Are you falsely passing on the imperial edict?" Bi Linglong still made her last effort. Although she was talking about Li Guanshi, her eyes were fixed on Bi Ziang, hoping to learn from his
Judgment of something in attitude.
At this time, Bi Ziang laughed and said: "Sister, you are worried too much. I just came from the emperor. He did send General Li to protect you. I also ask my sister to be considerate of the emperor's painstaking efforts and not to put yourself in danger."
Hearing his answer, Bi Linglong's heart sank to the bottom. It seemed that this time it was indeed her father and brother's plan.
What can she do now? Should she continue to insist on the rhetoric just now? But now that her brother has testified for Li Guanshi, if she says that again, wouldn't she be saying that her father and brother are treason?
Even if this incident is resolved, the entire Bi family will face disaster.
Especially since her brother was hinting to her both inside and outside of his words just now. Instead of asking her to sympathize with the emperor's painstaking efforts, he clearly wanted her to sympathize with her father and his painstaking efforts.
"Now the update will be announced on the public account, and I will try to save some manuscripts later. Once it is stable, it will be updated at a fixed time around 12 noon every day, so that readers will not need to refresh frequently. At the same time, everyone can open it during their lunch break at work.
In addition, readers have reminded me that there is a slight bug in the previous plot. The jade coffin containing Jingteng and Qiuhonglei (see, I just mentioned a bug, but my hand slipped and wrote it as Jade Smoke Rose...) is placed in Jingteng's necklace.
Instead of being inside the glazed orb, her necklace is similar to a portable blessed land. Hey, after writing a long plot, normally I will record most of what I have written before, but sometimes I forget to write down some content in my notes, so
It’s prone to bugs, so I hope you’ll forgive me.”
This chapter has been completed!