Li Deshan and this group of eunuchs had just arrived at the gate of Prince Zhongshun's Mansion. The soldiers guarding there had already noticed them, so they immediately swarmed up and surrounded them.
Then a leader came out and looked Li Deshan up and down. He saw that he was wearing eunuch's clothes and knew that he was from the palace, so he didn't dare to offend them very much.
"My father-in-law, Prince Zhongshun's palace has been sealed off. What business do you have here?"
When Li Deshan saw the little leader in front of him, his tone was quite respectful, so he said to him calmly: "According to the order of our King Yan, come to the Zhongshun Prince's Mansion to welcome the Emperor back to the palace."
After hearing this, the little boss did not dare to neglect and immediately reported it to the inside. After all, this matter was not something he could decide.
Soon, the sound of iron armor clashing was heard inside, and then a Qianhu wearing iron armor walked out.
These thousands of households came to Li Deshan, clasped their fists and raised their hands, saying, "Is this father-in-law here on business at the behest of our commander-in-chief?"
Li Deshan nodded, then took out the gold medal from his arms and handed it to the thousands of households.
The thousand households took the gold medal and looked it up and down, knowing that it was Jia Ke's personal belongings.
Then the thousands of households immediately put the gold medal in front of Li Deshan with smiles on their faces, holding the gold medal in both hands.
"Thank you so much, father-in-law. I didn't know how much I offended you just now. Father-in-law, please let me know."
Li Deshan didn't feel guilty. After all, it was an extraordinary time, especially for Prince Zhongshun, who had to be on guard both internally and externally, so he smiled and said, "We are all doing things for Prince Yan. You have worked hard too."
Seeing that Li Deshan was also very kind, these thousands of households felt relieved and took Li Deshan into the Zhongshun Prince's Mansion.
As Li Deshan walked inside, he looked around at the Zhongshun Palace. He saw that the palace was indeed magnificent, with endless towers and palaces. It was seven or eight times larger than Jia Ke's Wuyang Marquis Palace and the Duke of Yan's Palace.
The responsible Qianhu took Li Deshan and kept walking inward. They visited several courtyards and palaces before arriving at a remote courtyard.
I saw that this small courtyard was different from other places. There were more than ten times more soldiers around, and they were simply three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.
Li Deshan looked at the small courtyard and asked puzzledly: "Could it be that the emperor is in this courtyard?"
No wonder Li Deshan was surprised. In Li Deshan's mind, King Zhongshun imprisoned the emperor, so he should be placed in a decent courtyard with some confidant eunuchs and maids.
After listening to Li Deshan's words, they nodded and said: "When we took over Prince Zhongshun's palace, the emperor lived in this courtyard, so we did not change his place again."
Li Deshan was speechless after hearing this. It seemed that King Zhongshun not only imprisoned the emperor, but also had some trouble with the emperor. Otherwise, the emperor was his brother after all, and he was not unkind to him. How could he be made to suffer like this?
Wronged.
After Li Deshan thought about this, he opened the door and entered the small courtyard. He saw only a two-story building in the small courtyard, and then nothing else.
Li Deshan led people to the door of the building, pushed the door open and entered.
As a result, as soon as Li Deshan entered the door, a eunuch came and stopped him.
"My father-in-law, this is the residence of the emperor, why are you so intrusive?"
Li Deshan didn't speak this time, and the eunuchs behind him swarmed up, pushed the little eunuch who was blocking the way, and then beat him violently.
Li Deshan glanced at the eunuch who was beaten with a bruised nose and face, and went upstairs as if nothing had happened.
When he got upstairs, he saw the emperor still sitting there reading. He saw Li Deshan come up, put the book on the table, and then said, "Did Jia Ke ask you to come and see me off?"
Li Deshan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Long live the Lord, I have misunderstood. This slave is here to take the emperor back to the palace on the order of King Yan."
When the emperor heard that he was King Yan, his face darkened.
"Who sealed it, why don't I know?"
After hearing this, Li Deshan's face became unhappy.
"Long live Lord, don't worry about this matter. It's more important for us to return to the palace."
After Li Deshan finished speaking, he no longer cared about the emperor, and directly gave an order to the people behind him: "Please clean up, Lord Long Live. Let's go back to the palace now."
As soon as Li Deshan finished speaking, the young eunuchs following him swarmed up. Several people came over to support the emperor, while others arranged a few things on the table and then stood there waiting for Li Deshan's order.
When Li Deshan saw that everyone was ready, he turned and headed downstairs.
These people hurriedly carried the emperor and packages, and followed Li Deshan downstairs.
When they arrived downstairs, the emperor saw that the eunuch who had been following him was beaten with bruises and swelling, and he couldn't help but roared: "What are you doing? Do you still have me in your eyes?"
Li Deshan ignored the emperor at all and still led the way.
After everyone left the small courtyard, the thousands of households were still waiting there.
Li Deshan took a few steps forward and came to the side of the Qianhu household and said, "There is one more thing that I want to trouble you, sir."
"If you have something to do, father-in-law, just ask, and we will definitely obey your orders."
Li Deshan said with a smile on his face, "It's nothing serious. It's just that I didn't have enough people with me when I came out today. I was afraid something would go wrong when I went back. I also asked Mr. Qianhu to send some people to protect me back to the palace."
When Qianhu looked up and saw the struggling emperor being driven by several eunuchs behind him, he understood what was going on.
"Don't worry, father-in-law. I will take my troops to escort you personally. I will ensure that your father-in-law is safe and sound."
Soon the thousands of households were ready and gathered hundreds of people around the emperor. Then Li Deshan casually found a small sedan in Zhongshun Palace, stuffed the emperor into it, and then ordered the eunuchs to carry the sedan out of Zhongshun.
Prince's Mansion.
Since there were patrolling soldiers everywhere along the way, they arrived at the Imperial City without incident.
Li Deshan and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they entered the palace. Then Li Deshan and his men pressed down on the emperor and entered the inner palace again.
Finally, Li Deshan found a remote small palace, placed the emperor inside, and then ordered the eunuchs to guard it closely and no one could enter or leave.
After Li Deshan finished these things, he was about to go to Qianqing Palace to report to Jia Ke when he suddenly saw an eunuch running next to him. Li Deshan took a quick look and found that this was his confidant, who was mainly responsible for intelligence matters.
The eunuch came to Li Deshan and gave him a thousand dollars first. Then he came to Li Deshan's ear and said softly: "I just discovered a secret passage in Ningshou Palace. The little ones have already followed the secret passage."
I chased him."
When Li Deshan heard this, his eyebrows raised, "Send more manpower and be sure to get these people back to me without any delay."
The eunuch listened to Li Deshan's words, nodded hurriedly, and then said hesitantly: "It's easier for others to say that the Queen Mother is a military commander, but she has some skills. What should we do if she doesn't obey?"
After listening to this, Li Deshan's eyes shone with a cold light.
"If she follows us and comes back obediently, she will be the empress dowager. If she doesn't, she will be a traitor. You should be prepared with crossbows. If she resists, I will shoot her to death on the spot."
After listening, the eunuch nodded expressionlessly, then bowed slightly and retreated.
When Li Deshan saw Eunuch Zhao retreating, he rushed to Qianqing Palace with his troops.
When Li Deshan arrived at Qianqing Palace, he found that Jia Ke was still there dealing with the memorials of the past few days.
So Li Deshan hurriedly and gently came to Jia Ke's side, first touched the teacup next to Jia Ke, and found that the teacup was already a little cold, so he quickly stepped back holding the teacup, and soon gave Jia Ke another cup. , just delicious tea.
Jia Ke approved a few memorials, casually touched the side, picked up the tea cup and took a few sips. Only then did he realize that the tea cup had been replaced with warm and delicious new tea.
Jia Ke looked up and saw that Li Deshan was standing next to him.