Li Longji sat next to him. When he heard this, he walked over with a smile and said, "Brother, the Empress Dowager is right. You have been separated for many years and we brothers have not been close to each other. I want to talk to you more. I also often come to the palace to visit the emperor. At that time, wouldn't it be happy that our three brothers gathered together? You agreed to the Empress Dowager's arrangement and live in the palace. When your prince's mansion is repaired, we will still have to drink the wine of the housewarming."

Lu Jinping hurriedly bowed and said, "Since the emperor has said that, I am better to obey orders and obey the arrangements of the Empress Dowager."

Queen Wei nodded happily and ordered the general guard to go and arrange the matter quickly.

After the arrangement was completed, she seemed to suddenly remember that Shangguan Wan'er, Lu Jinping's mother, was still beside her, so she quickly said to Shangguan Wan'er: "By the way, Shangguan Zhaorong, what do you think of the arrangements of this palace?"

"It's very appropriate. Their brothers have not seen each other for many years, so they should talk together and reminisce about the past, and it's also convenient for us mother and son to meet each other. This is very appropriate."

After the arrangement, Empress Wei personally took Lu Jinping to Nangong Xiaoyuan for a look. The arrangement was extremely luxurious, with all the supplies available, and the food was delivered by the imperial kitchen. Of course, there were also their own small stoves and chefs in the yard. If you don’t want to eat the imperial kitchen, you can make it yourself.

Emperor Li Chongmao sat for only a moment and said goodbye and left. Li Longji also said goodbye, but Lu Jinping did not find a separate opportunity to talk to Li Longji from beginning to end.

He knew that this was the future emperor and it was crucial to establish a good relationship with him. Otherwise, I was afraid that even he would be unlucky during the Li Longji coup, so he had to do the corresponding work before this.

Lu Jinping held him into the palace courtyard. He was very conscious. He didn't even go to the inner courtyard of the palace during the day unless Empress Wei and the emperor summoned him. However, there were very few such things, as if Empress Wei had forgotten him after she arranged him into the courtyard.

Lu Jinping once tentatively proposed whether he could leave the palace to go for a walk. As a result, the eunuchs and palace maids in his yard were so nervous that they sweated on their foreheads, saying that the prince had to agree to leave the palace and had to report it. As a result, he came back for a while and told Lu Jinping that Empress Wei had been busy and had no time to summon him, so he asked him to wait.

Lu Jinping understood that Empress Wei really put herself under house arrest here, which is fine. Being in the palace may be more convenient for her next action.

Although Li Longji had previously said that he would come to the palace to find the emperor and his three brothers to gather together, he did not show up in one time for the next ten days. Lu Jinping had no chance to get close to him.

That night, Lu Jinping and Lu Niang were talking intimately in the house, and suddenly the eunuch came in and reported that Shangguan Zhaoyi was coming.

Lu Jinping quickly came out and saw Shangguan Wan'er wearing military uniform and a sword inlaid with diamonds on her waist. He walked in quickly. Lu Jinping went forward intimately, holding Shangguan Wan'er's hand and said, "My mother hasn't come for a long time. Why are you here today? She is still dressed like this. Are you going to fight on the battlefield?"

Shangguan Wan'er said in a deep voice: "Don't go out tonight, just stay in the house. Close the doors and windows. I'm here to tell you about this."

Lu Jinping's heart sank, knowing that something big was about to happen. He said, "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Lu Jinping behind Lu Jinping and said nodded outside. Lu's mother hurriedly left the house, and several other eunuchs and palace maids also followed her out and pulled the door up.

Shangguan Wan'er lowered her voice and said, "We have received a tip. Li Longji may be going to launch a coup. The queen is urgently dispatching people to defend the palace. I don't know what the situation will be. I will lead the plum blossom inner guard to protect the palace courtyard. I will come here to tell you."

Lu Jinping felt a stern heart. At this time, he could no longer tolerate anything else. He quickly said, "Don't worry, mother, I won't go out. By the way, I heard that my mother's plum blossom inner guard was created by my grandmother. Under my mother's command, I have always wanted to see my mother's plum blossom inner guard's skills. Can you take me to see it?"

Shangguan Wan'er said: "What do you think? It's just a group of women who can fight."

"That's not just about being able to fight, they are an important force to protect the palace, very powerful. Just take me to see it and see it."

Although the situation is serious now, Shangguan Wan'er still couldn't bear to refuse his request, and nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you there."

Lu Jinping was overjoyed and followed Shangguan Wan'er out to the yard. He saw a small team of guards, Shangguan Wan'er's personal bodyguard.

Surrounded by the guards, they came straight to the inner courtyard of the palace.

The inner guard of the plum blossoms had not entered the defense yet and was waiting for Shangguan Wan'er to give the order, so he lined up in a large open space. At first glance, there were as many as thousands of people, and all of them were wearing black clothes and holding weapons.

The Plum Blossom Inner Guard was a guard organization founded by Wu Zetian and handed over to Shangguan Wan'er to commander. These women are all first-class experts with high martial arts skills. Therefore, although the number of people is not large, their combat effectiveness is far better than that of other armies. It is somewhat similar to the special forces in modern society.

This is also one of the reasons why Empress Wei insisted on winning over Shangguan Wan'er, not only because Shangguan Wan'er, as Wu Zetian's favorite minister, had a large group of forces in the court. At the same time, she had this sharp knife inner guard army in her hand, and would play an important role in the fight with Li Longji.

Shangguan Wan'er brought Lu Jinping to the front, angrily nodded, and said, "Look, they are the plum blossom inner guards."

Lu Jinping suddenly jumped onto a rockery next to him, climbed up and looked up, and said happily: "Hello, sisters and sisters, everyone, Shangguan Zhaoyi is my mother. My former name was Lu Jinping, but now it is Li Jinping. Thank you for your hard work, I am very honored to meet you."

Shangguan Wan'er thought Lu Jinping had just glanced at him and went back. Unexpectedly, he ran to the rockery to say hello to everyone. Although it was already night around, there were bright lanterns hanging around, which could be seen very clearly. The girls of the plum blossom inner guards had heard that Shangguan Wan'er had found the child who had been separated for many years and had been enthroned. Now, when she saw her coming with Shangguan Wan'er, they bowed and said to pay homage to the prince.

Lu Jinping smiled and said, "You are all pillars of the country and the elites who protect the inner courtyard of the palace. I hope you can fight bravely without fear of hardships and dangers. I don't know much martial arts, so I can only wave flags and shout for you from behind and strengthen your reputation."

These girls from the Plum Blossom Inner Guard smiled, thinking that the prince was really funny and expressed his gratitude in unison.

After Lu Jinping came down, he said to Shangguan Wan'er: "Mother, I remembered that there is another very important thing to report to you."

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Lu Jinping lovingly: "I'll say that."

Lu Jinping leaned into her ear and lowered his voice and said, "This is not a place to speak, and it cannot be heard by others. Let's go back to the room and say it."

Shangguan Wan'er hesitated and said, "The matter is urgent. If it is not an urgent matter, can you talk about it when you finish your work? My mother must hurry to make defense deployments."

"I have something to show you. It's important. Maybe it will be helpful to your defense tonight. It's really useful. My mother and I'll show you when I go back to my room."

When Shangguan Wan'er heard that it was related to tonight's defense, she couldn't help but feel curious and quickly said, "Then let's go and go back quickly, don't waste time."

Lu Jinping took Shangguan Wan'er and the guards of the escort team to return to the yard where Lu Jinping lived. After entering the yard and entering the house, Lu Jinping said, "By the way, where is Ningming? Why didn't I see him?"

"Gaze her guarding the queen. Where is the thing? Where?"

Lu Jinping turned around and closed the door, looked at Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Mother, I can't let you participate in this operation. You can't defeat Li Longji. If you want to participate, you will die. Listen to me."

Shangguan Wan'er's face darkened and said, "You lied to my mother to come to say this? I told you, don't worry about the matters in the palace, just stay in the house, I'll leave."

Shangguan Wan'er was about to go out, but Lu Jinping stopped him and said, "Mother, I can't say that, I can only leave you."

Shangguan Wan'er frowned. Just as she was about to speak, Lu Jinping raised his palm and snapped his fingers. He said in a voice full of magnetic and mysterious magic: "The starry sky is bright, and countless stars jump out one by one in the sky. The sea water slapped the coast, the waves rushed to the beach and retreated..."

"What did you say……"

As soon as Shangguan Wan'er said this, her whole body was suddenly overwhelmed by a strong sense of sleepiness. When her feet became weak, she fell to the ground.

Lu Jinping was already prepared, so he reached out to support her, first untied the long sword around her waist, picked her up, walked to the edge of the bed and placed it on the bed, covered it with a quilt. Shangguan Wan'er had fallen asleep deeply.

Lu Jinping held the long sword, put down the curtain, quickly walked out of the door, and said to Lu Niang and the maid guarding outside the door: "My mother is sleepy and wants to rest inside. No one is allowed to go in and disturb her. Have you heard?"

Lu Niang likes Lu Jinping, and she already treats Shangguan Wan'er as her mother-in-law in her heart. When Lu Jinping said this, of course she had no idea and said, "Don't worry, with me here, no one will disturb you."

Lu Jinping nodded, quickly walked out of the door, and said to Shangguan Wan'er's escort team guarding outside the yard: "My mother has authorized me to direct the operation tonight and follow me."

The guards were a little surprised, but they knew that Lu Jinping was Shangguan Wan'er's biological son, and when they saw him holding Shangguan Wan'er's sword in his hand, they must have said it was true, so they quickly agreed and the guards walked back to the assembly ground of the Meihua Inner Guard.

When he got closer, Lu Jinping jumped onto the rockery, raised Shangguan Wan'er's sword in his hand, and whispered: "My mother authorized me to direct the action tonight, so all sisters and sisters must obey my orders!"

When he heard this, the inner guards of the plum blossom couldn't help but look at each other. However, Shangguan Wan'er authorized her son to command the battle, which was completely understandable. Moreover, Lu Jinping was indeed Shangguan Wan'er's unique sword, which was a symbol of her command. So they all bowed their fists and said, "Abide by the prince's order!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!