Dingguohou Mansion.

In the small wooden house next to the big-leafed banyan tree in the backyard.

Zhongli Ruoshui also poured a cup of tea for Fan Taohua.

"What Chen An means is roughly the same. Grandma, how do you decide?"

Fan Taohua was silent for a long time, with confusion on her face: "Why does he think that the emperor will send troops to kill the oriole in the Shuangjiao Mountain situation?"

"Besides...he said he wanted us to evacuate Kyoto. Since the emperor is in Changle Palace, does he need to cause chaos or even bloodshed in Kyoto?"

Zhongli Ruoshui pondered for a moment, "Last night, the girl named Wen Xiaowan came to Meiyuan. She is Wen Boiyu's daughter."

Fan Taohua was slightly startled, "Is this what Wen Boi Yu means?"

"Well," Zhongli Ruoshui nodded, "Chen An gave me that letter, and the letter said that Xi Wei is most likely in Changle Palace."

"As for the Emperor, there are two speculations in that letter."

"One is the incident involving Jingtai's thirty-fourth year."

"My granddaughter didn't know about it originally, but the letter made it clear."

Fan Taohua was slightly startled, "How did you say that?"

"The letter said that on that day in the thirty-fourth year of Jingtai, which was the year of the late emperor's great success, the Imperial City Division caught fire, and the fire reached the sky... After that, the Imperial City Division became a ruin."

"It's not just people who are burned to death, but also a file from the past!"

"It also said that the late emperor had seven sons, and the current emperor is the fourth!"

"The edict for the succession of the new emperor to the throne was written by Mr. Chunfu and dictated by the previous emperor before his death. The throne should have been passed to the second prince Ning Jingrong!"

"But when the edict was announced, the edict was changed, so the current emperor ascended the throne as emperor!"

"Then, the six sons of the late emperor were all imprisoned in Luoying Palace by the emperor's decree."

"The letter also said something. Lu Zhanxiao was originally the slave of the second prince Ning Jingrong."

"In the twenty-fifth year of Jingtai, Lu Zhanxiao was recommended by Ning Jingrong to lead the army to attack Yong. He lived up to Ning Jingrong's expectations. In the twenty-seventh year of Jingtai, he destroyed the Yong country. In the thirtieth year of Jingtai, he returned to Kyoto and was granted the title of the late emperor.

General of the auxiliary country, get in the car and wait!"

"The person he wanted to assist was originally supposed to be the second prince Ning Jingrong."

"After the current emperor ascended the throne as emperor, in the third year of Zhaohua, he issued an order to destroy Lu Zhanxiao Manchu!"

"It stands to reason that the emperor should be able to sit back and relax from now on, but Baimi accidentally made some mistakes... Lu Zhanxiao's eldest daughter-in-law who was waiting for her on the train happened to be in Meiyuan, and she was pregnant. Meiyuan was also implicated because of this, but

Coincidentally, after everyone in Meiyuan was killed, the bodies of Princess Yun'an and the princess, as well as Lu Zhanxiao's eldest daughter-in-law, were not found."

"Meiyuan was heavily surrounded by imperial guards. No one knew how they escaped, but there was no news from them again."

"In addition, five of the emperor's brothers who were imprisoned in Luoying Palace died one after another. However, the youngest, Ning Jingyu, died in Luoying in the winter of the third year of Zhaohua, that is, the night when Lu Zhanxiao's entire family was wiped out.

The palace escaped... Wen Boiyu said that this should be done by a eunuch named Wei San, and Ning Jingyu is now taking refuge in the country of Yue."

"So, Wen Jiaoyu believes that these things seem to have something to do with Queen Lu. Queen Lu was obviously aware of her danger, so she sent away the eldest son of the emperor who had just turned one month old, and then he was really sentenced to death. What she claimed to the outside world was because of the emperor's eldest son.

The eldest son was lost and he hanged himself in grief."

"The Emperor ordered Chang Sun Jinghong to track down these disappeared people, but there is still no news... He said that maybe Chang Sun Jinghong knew about it, but did not tell the Emperor because the big crooked-necked banyan tree in the Imperial City Department was handmade by Empress Lu herself.

Sown!"

"The emperor was afraid, so he moved out of the palace and went to Changle Palace."

"As for the Shuangjiao Mountain situation, the emperor's intention is probably to attract everyone's attention, but the final move will be in Kyoto!"

"Because no matter the Duke of Dingguo, the Duke of Cheng, or the Duke of Qi, they all know about what happened in the 34th year of Jingtai. They also had close contacts with Lu Zhanxiao."

"This is the first reason why Wen Boyu thinks Kyoto is unsafe."

Fan Taohua listened carefully, but the doubtful look on her face disappeared.

"What's the second reason?"

"The Emperor is being held hostage!"

Fan Taohua raised her eyes, "Who is holding her hostage?"

"Xi Wei!"

"What are you using to hold the emperor hostage?"

Zhongli Ruoshui was stunned, "Wen Boyu didn't say anything."

Fan Taohua was silent for a long time, then slowly stood up and walked to the door. Looking at the pattering autumn rain outside, her eyes fell on the big-leafed banyan tree by the pond, as if she was recalling the past.

"There are some things that grandma wants to do, but she can't make up her mind to do them."

"Sometimes, grandma feels very tired like this and wants to go back to the carefree and beautiful days of fighting with swords to the end of the world."

"So grandma never asks you for anything, she just hopes that you can live your most beautiful self at your best age."

"Grandma thought she could protect you all your life, but you forgot that grandma will always be in front of you."

"Dingguo Hou Mansion was granted by the late emperor after his great victory over Uighurs in the thirteenth year of Jingtai..."

"From the moment Zhongli Mansion was named the Dingguo Mansion, the Dingguo Mansion had the responsibility to protect the country, and grandma could no longer follow her own whims as before."

"This title is like a shackle, but I can't get rid of it."

"Grandma's layout in Shuzhou was originally intended to leave an escape route for Dingguo's mansion, because grandma knew that the situation in Ningguo was getting more and more serious."

Fan Taohua turned around, looked at Zhongli Ruoshui with a kind face, and said:

"When the emperor was building Changle Palace, grandma wanted to burn the place down... but finally gave up. This is because grandma is old and has too many worries."

"But now, grandma has gained some hope from Chen An."

"He is quite ambitious, but it's still not enough."

"Because he asked grandma to send troops to occupy Tai'an City, the southern gateway to Kyoto, but he did not say anything about further occupying Kyoto!"

"So grandma drank tea with Duke Cheng and Duke Qi all afternoon, and finally decided to give him a push and try to see if she could overthrow this decadent dynasty."

Zhongli Ruoshui was shocked. She stared at Fan Taohua with wide eyes, swallowed, and could not say a word.

"Since Changle Palace has 100,000 troops, but after all, Yujing City is the capital of the Ning Kingdom, so occupying Yujing City has another purpose...to draw out the soldiers from Changle Palace."

"You haven't seen your grandfather for a long time. He is not in the Shenwu Army. He is in the Guangling Navy."

"Your brother Zhongli Qiuyang set out from Linshui Port according to Chen'an's plan. Most of those warships were temporarily converted to canal ships. It cost a lot of money, but it was worth it."

"The more people on the warship are not sailors from the Guangling Navy, but 30,000 soldiers from Shuzhou...the soldiers who were recruited and trained by the bandits who followed Huang Sanlie in Shuzhou...people like Huang Sanlie

, they were not bandits before, but serious frontier soldiers!"

"Zhongli Qiuyang's navy will not only destroy the water bandits in Shuangjiao Lake, but also go directly to Kyoto to cooperate with the Shenwu Army in a battle!"

"There will indeed be chaos in Kyoto, so grandma has made arrangements for you and Ruo Hua to... Zhong Lizang will lead a battalion of Shenwu troops to escort you to Guangling City for temporary shelter."

Zhongli Ruoshui also stood up.

She never expected that the situation would evolve like this.

Beneath the calm surface, it turned out that there was already a huge undercurrent surging.

"Is this considered a rebellion?"

Fan Taohua smiled slightly: "This is saving the country!"

"It's too dangerous, grandma, let's go together!"

"Grandma is old. Besides, grandma is a great master after all. Changle Palace is such a mysterious place. Maybe there are masters who need grandma's help!"

"...Isn't there the Hidden Moon Pavilion?"

"They have another mission."

"What mission?"

"Kill a beggar, then a scholar...and maybe a nun!"
Chapter completed!