Sure enough, something happened in the imperial city. Yun Shang stood behind a tree outside the gate of the imperial city, looking at the closed gate, frowning slightly. Dozens of soldiers stood at the door, checking one by one.
People entering the city. Yun Shang found that there were only people entering the city, but no people leaving the city. I am afraid that the Li family has banned the people from leaving the city.
The courage of the Li family is really quite big.
Yun Shang watched for a while and then simply sent out a signal. It didn't matter, Prince Jing kept the matter in the imperial city from her, just because he didn't want her to come back and take risks. But since she was back, he wouldn't drive her back again.
After the signal was sent out, there was no one waiting to respond, but Mei Ying appeared in front of him, "Princess, the prince asked his subordinates to take the princess over."
Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, then realized that she seemed to have forgotten that there was Prince Jing's secret guard beside her. His every move must not be hidden from Prince Jing. His eyes fell on Mei Ying's head for a long time before Yun Shang nodded.
Prince Jing now lives in a small courtyard in the imperial city. This courtyard is known to Yun Shang. It is a hiding place for her subordinates in the imperial city. The only special thing is that this courtyard is dug.
She had a tunnel that almost extended in all directions. Before, it only led to her various strongholds in the imperial city, outside the imperial city and her Qingxin Palace in the palace. Later, after she took over the renovation work of Prince Jing's Mansion, she had people start to open it.
and several main courtyards of Prince Jing's Mansion. When she left the imperial city, they were almost completed.
Prince Jing was standing in the yard when he saw her coming out of the house. He just looked at her indifferently and said after a long while, "Is Jinfei giving birth?"
Yun Shang nodded, "He's a little prince."
When King Jing heard this, his expression paused slightly, and then he looked away, "I'm afraid the Queen and Prime Minister Li have already gotten the news."
"What's the situation in the imperial city now?" Yun Shang asked softly, and then added, "Xiao Linzi said that the imperial palace has been completely banned. Thousands of guards have been patrolled, and they are also deployed all over the palace walls.
He killed the archers. Just now I saw that the gates of the imperial city were closed, and no one was allowed in or out." Yun Shang walked up to King Jing and raised her eyes to look at him.
Prince Jing put his hand around her shoulders and said, "You shouldn't have come. These days, Prime Minister Li has been rushing between the mansions of the courtiers almost every day, convincing those courtiers to join his service. If that courtier is
If you agree, it’s good, and you’ll get a reward of gold, silver, and jewels. If you refuse, the whole family will be wiped out on the spot.”
Yun Shang's brows condensed slightly. She naturally knew that every palace change was full of killings, but she didn't expect that the killings would be so cruel.
"Who have surrendered? And who have been massacred?" Yun Shang said dullly.
Prince Jing smiled coldly, "I quietly notified the adults I was good friends with early in the morning and asked them to hide with their families. However, in this way, the old man Li Jingyan couldn't find him in the past two days.
No, but I'm afraid they will find out in a day or two. People in the palace sent a message saying that the palace and the Ministry of Rites are already preparing for the enthronement ceremony. I don't know whether it is Li Jingyan or Xia Houjing who wants to ascend the throne.
"
Yun Shang gritted her teeth, "What does the prince plan to do? Does the father know what is going on in the imperial city?"
Prince Jing nodded, "Of course the emperor knows about it, and he has given me the power to handle this matter. Li Jingyan really thought that he could become the emperor by occupying an imperial city. In this imperial city, the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom
There are no more than 40,000 horses at most. The Xia Kingdom has hoarded a million soldiers and horses at the border. They are just waiting for Li Jingyan to take the imperial city and enter the Ning Kingdom. I have asked people to quietly mobilize the troops. Those million soldiers and horses can only enter the Ning Kingdom.
This may be a delusion. In less than three days, the soldiers and horses guarding the imperial city will arrive. At that time, I, the king, will come to catch the turtle in the jar."
Yun Shang suddenly remembered something, "If Li Jingyan wants the throne, he will definitely not fail to attack his father. Are his father and mother and concubine in danger in Laifeng City?"
Prince Jing lowered his head and looked at her, rubbed her hair, and then said with a smile, "Now do you know how to care about the situation in Laifeng City? I asked you to stay in Laifeng City because I wanted you to take care of me, but you didn't
He ran over regardless." Seeing Yun Shang's anxious expression, he quickly added, "It's okay. Emperors of all dynasties have their own bodyguards, which only protect the emperor. There are about 30,000 people in the bodyguards, and all of them are...
A true elite. Now that the Emperor is in Laifeng City, the escorts must be near Laifeng City, and there are many experts around your father. Li Jingyan's people are afraid that they cannot touch your father, mother, and concubines."
Yun Shang felt slightly relieved.
"Ah..." There were screams and running sounds outside, and Yun Shang's body shook slightly, "What happened?"
Then a secret guard quietly went out to inquire. After a while, the inquiring guard came in and said with a cold face, "Back to the prince and concubine, a commoner called Prime Minister Li a treacherous prime minister on the street. As a result, he was arrested."
The patrolling soldiers were killed."
A coldness flashed in Yun Shang's eyes, "What kind of skill is killing your own compatriots?"
Prince Jing took her in his arms and walked into the house and said, "You have forgotten, that old man Li Jingyan is from the Xia Kingdom."
Yun Shang paused slightly. Yes, she had forgotten that Li Jingyan was from the Xia State. A person from the Xia State had been lying in wait in the Ning State for so many years, and Yun Shang subconsciously thought that she was from the Ning State, so she was also a person.
awesome.
Yun Shang suddenly remembered that the concubines in the palace were all his father's concubines. If Li Jingyan really usurped the throne to take the throne, or let someone else take the throne, these concubines would inevitably be harmed. The new emperor would still take the throne in this way
method to ascend the throne, they will definitely bear the brunt of the impact.
It would be a good idea to instigate these concubines to rebel. The queen thought she controlled the harem, but she didn't think about how to control people's hearts.
Yun Shang thought about it and made up her mind to go back to the palace in person, so she told Prince Jing. Prince Jing was silent for a long time and stared at Yun Shang for a while before reluctantly agreeing, but he also ordered thirty of them himself.
The secret guard followed her.
Yun Shang entered the house and was about to enter the secret passage when she heard someone outside reporting, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li has taken people to the mansion of the new champion."
Yun Shang was slightly startled, but he had forgotten about this incident, so he stuck out his head and said, "The new number one scholar is the person I arranged. The prince thought of a way to let someone inform him and let him pretend to surrender, so he said, please
Prime Minister Li kept his sister."
Prince Jing paused for a moment and looked over with a half-smile, "I have been thinking that this new top scholar has a very clean family background. It turns out that he is yours."
Yun Shang nodded, turned her head again, and entered the secret passage.
The road was smooth, and Yun Shang waited underground for a long time in the Qingxin Hall before getting out without hearing any noise from above. The sky was getting darker, and Yun Shang could not guarantee whether there was anyone placed by the Queen in the Qingxin Hall, so he kept hiding there.
After the bed, he waited until everything became quiet and the lights were gradually extinguished, then he walked out, quietly turned out of the Qingxin Hall, and went directly to the Yarui Hall of Yabin. There was also another unscrupulous person living in the Yarui Hall.
Yun Shang suspected that she was the Queen's beloved beauty, so she hid under the window of Yabi's bedroom and listened as Yabi came in and ordered people to prepare to wash up. After about a quarter of an hour, she heard Yabi's voice.
Come on, "You all, go down."
Yun Shang squinted her eyes slightly, and when she heard the sound of closing, Yun Shang knocked on the window, and the window was opened. Yabi saw that Yun Shang seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then she quickly pulled Yun Shang into the bedroom.
, just as she was about to speak, Yun Shang shook her head at her, looked at the lights on the table, Yabi quickly blew out the fire in the palace lantern, and pulled Yun Shang to sit down on the bed.
"Princess." Yaconi's voice came softly, "I have written many letters to the princess, but there is no way to get them out. Princess, the guards in the palace have become much stricter recently. Today the queen will also send all the concubines in the palace."
, even the beauties of the lowest rank were summoned, and she said some incomprehensible words, asking us to just listen to her words, and she will definitely not treat us badly in the future."
Yun Shang smiled coldly and said softly, "She is quite interesting. She helped an outsider betray her husband."
Concubine Ya was shocked, "The Queen is rebelling?"
Yun Shang nodded and whispered, "Don't be anxious. Li Cheng is the opposite, but the emperor is fine now. After you have stayed in the palace these days, you know that those concubines have close contacts with the queen.
Which ones are the sworn enemies of the Queen?"
"I am not a talented concubine. These relationships in the harem have been roughly clarified and confirmed again and again."
"Well, this is best. It seems that the Queen is hiding it from you. Just pretend that nothing happened. But go to each palace and sit there every day. Tell the Queen that the Emperor is accompanying Concubine Jin in Laifeng.
I am waiting in the palace for delivery. I want to spend some time here. After the emperor comes back, there will be a little emperor in the palace. At that time, the emperor will definitely hold a palace banquet. There has been no happy event in the palace for a long time, so I want to invite some good dances.
The concubines, arrange them one by one to make the emperor happy. You have been dealing with the queen for so long, so you don’t need me to teach you how to say these words to get the queen to agree. Then, with the queen’s permission, you can
Under the guise of a line dance, I walked around the various palaces and said to them like this..." Yun Shang leaned close to Yabi's ear and gave instructions carefully.
After a long while, he sat up straight again and said, "These concubines in the harem seem to be leisurely on weekdays, but they also know how to choose the best for themselves. Moreover, none of these concubines are bad at heart.
, you need to think carefully about how to say this." After saying that, he took off a waist badge from his waist and handed it to the concubine Ya, "This is my princess token. If any concubine doesn't believe it, you can give it to me.
Look, wait a minute, I'll have someone send you a letter."
Yabi's hands were trembling as she took them, and she answered them one by one before saying, "The guards in the palace are much tighter now, so be careful with everything in the palace."
Yun Shang nodded, "I don't mind, I will go and sit at Meng Jieyu's place later, so you don't have to go to her place." Yun Shang ordered softly, Qin Meng is smart, but...
But she is a loser. She has to convince her herself. Otherwise, if this matter comes to the ears of the queen, it will be very bad. After all, although Qin Meng is now incompatible with the queen, she cannot change it.
The fact that he was once the queen's executioner.
After coming out of Yabi's place, Yun Shang did not go to Meng Jieyu's place immediately. Instead, she found a remote place to hide in the dark and looked at the guards in the palace. She saw that the guards were much tighter everywhere, so she
Ten secret guards were sent to write down the guards and defenses in each place one by one. After returning, they drew drawings.
After giving the instructions, Yun Shang hurried to Qin Meng's place. Qin Meng was not favored in the palace, but Emperor Ning occasionally went back to sit in her palace. The people in Qin Meng's palace were all arranged by Yun Shang herself.
, Yun Shang sent a code to confirm whether the palace was safe, but received an immediate response. Yun Shang was shocked, the queen was actually here?
Yun Shang's eyebrows narrowed. The queen was nostalgic. Even though she knew that Qin Meng hated her, she still came to find Qin Meng. However, at this time, what on earth would she say to Qin Meng?
Yun Shang didn't dare to get close, fearing that the queen would find her, so she hid in the bamboo forest outside the palace and looked at the candlelight in the bedroom. The shadows of the two women were projected on the window paper. Yun Shang looked at the woman with the phoenix crown.
, it should be the queen, and the other one is naturally Qin Meng. The two sat opposite each other, the queen seemed to be in a very happy mood, the shadow seemed to be smiling, and was talking to Qin Meng. Qin Meng seemed a little
Terrified, Yun Shang saw her hands secretly clenched into fists under the low table.
Yun Shang looked at the two of them and talked for a long time before the queen stood up. Qin Meng quickly followed suit and followed the queen out of the bedroom.
Within a moment, Yun Shang received the signal from the secret guard. She walked into the bedroom, opened the window and turned over, avoiding the place where the shadow would be projected on the window, and walked to the bedside and sat down.
After a while, Qin Meng came in from the outside, but she seemed to be worried. When she came in, she just stood in a daze with her back to Yun Shang. Yun Shang smiled coldly, "Meng Jieyu seems to be in love with the Queen."
Did you have a good time talking?"
Qin Meng was shocked, and turned around to see Yun Shang sitting by the bed, looking at her with a smile, but her eyes seemed to be cold.
Qin Meng was shocked, and quickly walked to Yun Shang and knelt down, "I don't know that the princess... the princess is here, but she didn't go far to welcome her. I hope you will forgive me."
"How dare I let Meng Jieyu greet me from afar? Doesn't Meng Jieyu want to say something to this princess?" Yun Shang still smiled lightly.
Qin Meng bit her lip and then said, "The Queen came to see me today because she wants me to do something for her."
"Oh? Why did Queen Mother bother you to come here in person?" Yun Shang raised her eyebrows.
Qin Meng closed her eyes, and after a while, she seemed to have made up her mind and said, "I... am pregnant..."
Even though Yun Shang had all kinds of conjectures in her heart, she never thought that it would be like this, and she couldn't help but feel a bit of surprise in her expression. Qin Meng sighed and said, "I know my identity, so I shouldn't have this child. But, he
After all, he is my child. I don’t know why the Queen got to know about this, but I can’t help it. The Queen in this palace now... I was afraid that the Queen would not tolerate the child in her belly, so I begged her for forgiveness today. Just now she came,
That is to say, I want to wait for the child to be born and foster it under her name..."
"Oh? You agreed?" Yun Shang suppressed the surprise in her heart and said calmly.
Qin Meng did not speak, but said, "I have no other option. The queen wants to snatch my child, but I also know that if I don't agree, the child will not even have a chance to meet me."
...My requirements are not high, I just want him to live well..."
Hearing this, Yun Shang smiled quietly again, but her eyes were filled with a deeper coldness, "If you knew what was happening in the Imperial City now, you would know that your current thoughts are just a joke. You
Do you know why this princess is here?"
Qin Meng was startled and shook her head.
Yun Shang laughed out loud, "I will tell you why, the queen has reminded you repeatedly recently that as long as you are sincere to her, she will not treat you badly. But, do you know that the queen's father, our
The Prime Minister became a lackey of the Xia Kingdom and led the wolves into the house. Now, the imperial city has been locked up by them, and all the courtiers who did not join the Li Mansion have been exterminated. Prime Minister Li wants to usurp the throne!"
Hearing this, Qin Meng stared blankly at Yun Shang, her face turned pale.
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and looked at Qin Meng, "The queen is Prime Minister Li's daughter, so she will be fine. If Prime Minister Li becomes the emperor of Ning Kingdom, she can still be a princess. Ha... But, you are all father and emperor.
My concubines, what do you think they will do with you?"
Qin Meng shook her head, her eyes full of disbelief, "No, this is not true."
Yun Shang looked at her with burning eyes, "Or do you think that the Li Mansion will be able to tolerate the child in your belly? You also feel what the Queen said, you are really cute and stupid."
"However, the queen really thinks that her father can succeed? I'm afraid she doesn't know how she died. So what if she has strengthened the guards in the palace several times. Didn't this princess come in anyway? Li Mansion's hands are nothing.
Forty to fifty thousand soldiers and horses, the prince's soldiers and horses will soon surround the imperial city. When the Li family is defeated, do you think the queen can survive? But maybe, even if she dies, you will be buried with her.
Definitely. After all, after you have competed with her for so many years, she has probably hated you for a long time." Yun Shang said with a smile.
Qin Meng was trembling all over, and sweat was dripping from her face. She seemed unable to accept this. Yun Shang was not in a hurry, sitting on the bed, her eyes fell on the lights dancing on the table in the distance. Qin Meng was pregnant.
pregnant……
Qin Meng knelt and walked to Yun Shang's feet, raised her eyes and looked at Yun Shang, "The princess must have a way to save my concubine, right? The princess must have a way..."
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, lowered her head and looked into Qin Meng's eyes, "Yes, I have a way to save you, but why should I save you?"
Qin Meng said quickly, "I am the princess's wife..."
Yun Shang smiled and said, "Just now, I saw you and the Queen conversing happily. Who knows if you will go and tell the Queen as soon as I leave. However, I am not worried. You
Believe it or not, you can't get out of this door at all. Even if you go to see the queen and tell her about this, you will definitely die before this princess..."
Yun Shang said and was about to get up. Qin Meng quickly hugged Yun Shang's legs, her face full of tears, "Princess, forgive me, it was my fault. I should not have delusions. I should not distrust the princess and show favor to the queen."
, I know I was wrong, please forgive me.” (To be continued)
