When Li Chen received the news, he had just sent Su Jinpa back to the General's Mansion.
This news was delivered to Chen Tong as quickly as possible by the imperial guards using carrier pigeons.
Li Chen was stunned after hearing Chen Tong's report.
"What's wrong?"
Su Jinpa saw some changes in Li Chen's expression and asked.
Li Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, it's not a very important matter. You can go in first."
Su Jinpa looked at Li Chen doubtfully, but he didn't want to say anything. Su Jinpa didn't ask for details. After nodding, he turned around and returned to the house with his skirt in hand.
Seeing Su Jinpa leave, the smile on Li Chen's face gradually faded away, replaced by a bottomless icy abyss.
"Right now, this matter has spread rapidly. Almost all civil and military officials in Beijing know about it. All the cabinet ministers headed by Zhao Xuanji are on their way to the palace."
Chen Tong said in a hurried tone: "The whole capital is in panic. There are rumors everywhere now, saying...saying..."
"say what?"
Li Chen sneered: "You said I killed the Ninth Prince?"
Chen Tong didn't dare to accept this sentence, but his attitude was obviously acknowledging it.
"interesting."
Li Chen sneered and said: "Zhao Xuanji's move is really interesting at the right time."
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Chen Tong asked.
"Go back to the palace immediately."
Li Chen said coldly: "Send the message back. No one is allowed to enter the palace before I arrive."
Chen Tong immediately replied: "I will release the carrier pigeon immediately."
"Call all the available imperial guards in the capital to the palace, and then notify the two generals Su Zhenting and Su Pingbei, and ask them to be prepared. If there is a change in the capital, they will immediately mobilize troops to defend the situation in the capital."
After giving the order, Li Chen rushed straight to the palace under the escort of the royal guards.
Outside the palace, ministers were already arriving one after another.
"Bold! I am the Secretary of General Affairs and History. You dare to stop me!?"
An upright-looking official scolded the guard who stopped him.
The guard was meticulous and replied coldly: "The prince has given an order that no one is allowed to enter the palace. Not to mention the laws of the empire. If not summoned by the emperor, anyone who breaks into the palace after dark will be killed. If you want to go in, you can, please show the prince's handwriting. Sir
Is there any?"
The middle-aged official's face turned red and he was speechless.
"From the looks of it, Your Majesty, there should be no more. If you cannot produce the Prince's handwriting, then please, Your Majesty, step back."
The guard looked at General Affairs Secretary who was so arrogant just a second ago, and sneered: "Don't talk about General Affairs History like you, how about Zhang Linjiu, the second-rank left censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate? Why don't you just stand outside honestly?"
He never imagined that one day he would be silenced by a palace guard.
But when he turned around and looked around, he saw that among the officials who had been blocked before him, there were indeed many with a higher rank than him, and they were all looking at him as if they were laughing.
"snort!"
He snorted coldly and said: "My lords, there is no need to laugh at the fifty steps and the hundred steps..."
Before he finished speaking, a soft sedan came swinging from the end of the street on a snowy night.
When all the officials saw the soft sedan chair, they all looked excited, as if they had found their backbone.
Before they could greet them, the soft sedan stopped, opened the sedan curtain with one hand, and Zhao Xuanji stepped out from inside.
"Chief Assistant!"
"Zhao Shoufu Wan'an!"
"It's freezing cold, and even Zhao Fu was alarmed by this incident."
Zhao Xuanji cupped his hands towards the ministers and said, "Hello everyone, the situation is serious now, so we can't exchange too many greetings. Let's go inside the palace and see what's going on."
