Two quarters of an hour later, when the Imperial Guard general wearing silver armor appeared in front of Li Qi, Wei Changtian no longer knew where he had gone.
"The general has met the emperor!"
With a "pop" sound, the person knelt on one knee in front of Li Qi.
He is none other than the general of the Imperial Guard, Ding Chong, who just went to report to Lord Yu Ping.
"Well, get up."
Li Qi raised his eyelids and asked slowly after Ding Zhong stood up: "General Ding, where were you just now? Why did you come so slowly?"
"Back to the emperor, the general has just been inspecting the palace."
Ding Zhong replied without changing his expression: "After hearing the news, I rushed to Tianlu Hall immediately."
"Inspection in the palace..."
"boom!"
Li Qi suddenly slapped the table, and his tone instantly became extremely cold: "Just now a thief entered the palace! I ask you if you know?!"
"What?!"
His eyes suddenly widened, and Ding Zhong raised his head in astonishment: "Your Majesty, when did this happen?!"
"You don't need to worry about when this happened, I just ask you..."
Squinting his eyes, Li Qi asked again in a deep voice: "Do you know about this?"
"The last general..."
The atmosphere in the hall instantly reached freezing point, and fine beads of sweat appeared on Ding Zhong's forehead.
Do you know this?
This kind of question can only mean one thing, that is, Li Qi is doubting himself.
"Wow~"
"boom!"
The armor rubbed against each other, and Ding Zhong knelt down and kowtowed again without thinking: "Your Majesty! The general really doesn't know!"
"This is a dereliction of duty by the general! Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
"..."
To be honest, there is actually no big problem with Ding Chong's performance. From beginning to end, he looked exactly like the reaction a general who committed "crime of dereliction of duty" should have.
On the other side, Li Qi's expression softened slightly at this time.
Whether Bai Youheng entered the city through a secret passage is just a guess, so he was originally deceiving Ding Zhong.
Now that the latter has not shown any "tricks", it means that there is a high probability that he is really ignorant.
"Get up..."
"The general will not dare!"
"..."
Soon, Ding Zhong came and went in a hurry and left Tianlu Hall in a hurry.
As soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, Wei Changtian appeared from behind a screen, frowned and walked back to face Li Qi.
"Master Wei, did you hear everything clearly just now?"
"Um......"
Wei Changtian thought for a while and then asked: "Your Majesty, is there any other secret passage connecting Fengyuan City to the outside of the city?"
"Yes, there is, but nothing else leads to the north of the city."
Li Qi answered truthfully: "And if someone enters the city through this secret passage in the north of the city, it is impossible for General Ding not to know about it."
"So, in my opinion, Bai Youheng probably didn't enter the city from a secret passage."
"I see."
Wei Changtian nodded noncommittally, still thinking about the conversation between Li Qi and Ding Chong just now.
Indeed, he didn't hear anything wrong, but...if Bai Youheng didn't take a secret passage, how did he enter the city?
There cannot be any flaws in the city gates and walls, and there are even spies of our own among the refugees outside the city.
To put it bluntly, Bai Youheng would have been noticed even if he had wings and flew in.
Didn't he enter the city?
impossible.
Now that Bai Youheng has determined the time and place, it will definitely not be to check the situation, but there must be a way to enter the city...
The more Wei Changtian thought about it, the more confused he became, but he could never find a reasonable explanation.
Until he saw Chu Xianping again an hour later and told him exactly what happened...
...
"Sir, Ding Chong may have a problem."
This is the conclusion Chu Xianping came to immediately after listening to it.
"As a general of the Imperial Guard, if he hears that a thief has sneaked into the palace that he is unaware of, he should immediately ask about the thief's situation."
"But he never asked a question. There is definitely something wrong with this."
Under Wei Changtian's surprised gaze, Chu Xianping continued to analyze calmly:
"It's fine if ordinary people feel panic for a moment, but Ding Zhong is an important minister responsible for protecting the safety of a country's royal family. He would not be such an incompetent person."
"Unless...he already knows who the thief is."
"..."
After Chu Xianping finished speaking, the room also fell into a brief silence.
Damn it!
That makes sense!
After reading Chu Xianping's words again, Wei Changtian, who came back to his senses, immediately stood up with a "choke".
"Du Chang is still in the north of the city. Tell him to keep an eye on everything within five miles outside the city! Not even a fly can be let go!"
"Brother Chu, you and I will go to the palace again immediately!"
"yes!"
Wei Changtian, who had just returned to the Princess Mansion and was about to go out again. His butt was still hot from sitting, so he made the most correct response.
Let Du Chang guard the north of the city to prevent Bai Youheng from noticing something is wrong and escaping through the secret passage again.
On the other hand, he went to the palace to capture Ding Zhong and extort the whereabouts of Bai Youheng from the latter's mouth.
If he had done this half an hour earlier, he would have been able to make up for the situation and completely trap Bai Youheng to death in Fengyuan City.
Unfortunately, just when Du Chang received the order to deploy manpower on a large scale in the north of the city, Bai Youheng, who had already recovered the Gu carvings, quietly got out of the secret passage, took the remaining four dragon guards, and headed east without looking back.
Escaped.
...
"Queen, Mr. Bai has left."
In ugly times, Zihua Palace.
As the queen's palace, under normal circumstances, the only man who can appear here, excluding the eunuchs, is Li Qi.
But it was obvious that the man standing opposite Yu Pingjun now was not the latter.
"It's good to go."
With his delicate chin raised slightly, Yu Pingjun took a step closer, looked at Ding Zhong with a smile and asked: "General Ding, why do you look so sad?"
"Queen, the Emperor has become suspicious of me..."
Ding Chong's face was serious and he recounted what happened in Tianlu Hall just now.
He originally thought that Mr. Yu Ping would not say that his beauty was pale after hearing this, or at least he would have some concerns.
But who would have thought that the latter would smile even more, with even a hint of disdain on his face.
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"Since Wei Changtian knows about Bai Youheng's entry into the city and has made such a big move as sealing the city, it is normal for Li Qi to have such doubts."
"Besides, the general has never shown any flaws. Now that Bai Youheng has left, what can they do?"
"this......"
Ding Zhong shook his head when he heard this, thinking that it would be so simple.
He thought about it and was about to open his mouth again to discuss the next countermeasures with Mr. Yu Ping, but who knew that a pair of jade arms slowly wrapped around his neck at this moment.
"Emperor, Queen..."
The pupils shrank slightly. Although Ding Chong had already had an affair with Yu Pingjun, he was not in the slightest mood at the moment.
only......
"General..."
As the broad phoenix robe slipped away little by little, the body that once made the two emperors jealous appeared in front of him.
Looking at Ding Zhong's stunned look, Yu Pingjun slowly brought his lips closer and sent a moist and warm word into the latter's ear.
"Don't worry about that, can I serve you?"
"..."
A stunning beauty, a half-covered body, and the status of a queen...
At this moment, Ding Zhong had completely forgotten about his situation. He picked up Yu Pingjun with a heavy breath and walked toward the big bed.
"Plop!"
With a slight gasp, Yu Pingjun was roughly thrown onto the bed, and the general's armor on Ding Chong's body also clattered to the ground.
The two didn't even lower the curtain, and were "entangled" together in the next moment.
Then......
"Wha, who is that person?!"
"ah!!"
"boom!!!"
Accompanied by a sudden scream outside the house, the door to the bedroom was kicked open in the blink of an eye.
Ding Zhong, who was unaware of anything, turned around in panic, and even Yu Pingjun finally showed a hint of panic on his face.
In addition to several masters from the Dafeng royal family, there were three men standing in their sight.