The new emperor, his right minister, and others were waiting, waiting for people in the palace to pass on the news, and waiting for the army in the city to come to the rescue.
Li Ye, Xia Yunlan and others were also waiting, waiting for the eldest prince to arrive at the city with a hundred thousand troops from southern Xinjiang.
At this time, the two sides actually became a see-saw situation. In contrast, only a group of courtiers were restless, hoping to end the situation as soon as possible.
The right minister and Linghu Kuangyu were hoping that someone would rescue them.
Prime Minister Zuo and others hoped that the Imperial Preceptor would resolve the current situation quickly and welcome the eldest prince into the court.
Even those officials who have not chosen to take sides are careful to remain silent during this extraordinary period.
They believed that even if the Imperial Master pulled down the new emperor and promoted the eldest prince to become the emperor, at least he would not dare to kill the emperor. After all, both of them were the biological sons of the emperor.
Xia Yunjie, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was obviously upset, and his face gradually turned pale.
At this moment, the beaded curtain behind the golden palace moved slightly, and Concubine Li Huang walked in accompanied by the palace maids and eunuchs.
Yan Wuxue glanced at her, then calmly moved a chair next to Xia Yunjie and asked her to sit down.
Li Fei looked quietly at Li Ye, who was also sitting.
The courtiers in the Golden Palace greeted the Crown Princess one after another.
She returned the salute to the ministers in the court and asked: "After a year's absence, the Imperial Master has become more and more handsome. He actually controlled the entire palace overnight. Even I, the woman next to His Majesty, wanted to It’s impossible to control.”
"I have met the Imperial Concubine." Li Ye exchanged the gifts with Concubine Li, and then said, "Didn't I do this because you, the Second Prince, and others forced her out?"
Li Feifeng's eyes widened and she scolded sternly: "Why did the Imperial Master come to say this? I stay in the palace all day long and never leave the side gate."
Li Ye looked at her and said calmly: "You have never left the palace, but the imperial edict has been out of the palace? The second prince is your majesty's biological son, aren't the eldest prince and princess the same? Can you send someone to assassinate him?"
The palace of the Golden Palace was filled with death, and no one dared to make a sound.
Li Fei was startled and asked aloud: "Where is the evidence?"
Li Ye looked at the silent ministers and said calmly: "If I produce evidence, can I treat you the same way you treat the eldest prince and princess? As for me, forget it."
Li Fei turned pale upon hearing this and pointed at Li Ye, speechless for a long time.
"You ministers, are you afraid that the imperial master will kill you? Don't you understand that the new emperor is also approved by the emperor? Are you saying that you are all going to rebel?"
Li Fei looked at a group of silent ministers and shouted loudly.
The right minister looked at her and said, "Mom, please calm down. It's Li Ye who is secretly stirring up trouble and causing trouble in the court. I suggest that he be taken down and put in prison, and we can interrogate him after the eldest prince returns to the court."
There was dead silence in the golden palace. No one agreed with his proposal. Even Linghu Kuangyu restrained his power now because he had seen the anger in Xia Yunlan's eyes.
After a while, a minister standing behind the Right Prime Minister stood out of the queue and pointed a trembling finger at Li Ye, wanting to angrily scold him for his disrespectful behavior towards the Crown Princess.
Li Ye looked at him quietly without making a sound, which made him tremble and step back again.
At this moment, Nalanyu, who was wearing armor and a golden scarf around his neck, walked into the hall and whispered softly into Li Ye's ears.
After hearing this, Li Ye's eyes lit up, he looked at Concubine Li and the courtiers, and smiled lightly.
"The evidence you want has arrived, just wait and see! Don't worry, I'll let the palace put food on the table and leave everyone to gather together. I'll treat everyone to a drink."
Li Ye's voice was very low, but it calmed down these ministers who had seen so many storms. They looked at him in astonishment, speechless.
Let the palace serve food and treat everyone to drinks? Isn’t this something that can only be done after the emperor issues an order?
Li Fei raised her head and glanced at her son, finding that his face was pale and she was so angry that she could not speak.
What else can the ministers and generals in the hall do? Even the general Wei Xian who stayed behind chose to remain silent at this time.
No one dared to answer Li Ye's words. Just one sentence made a bunch of courtiers behave.
Evidence, who is the evidence?
Besides the eldest prince and princess, who else can give evidence.
...
Outside the south gate of the imperial city.
The eldest prince and others with 30,000 vanguard troops did not encounter the legendary resistance or confrontation. What awaited them was the wide-open city gate. Standing at the gate were hundreds of forbidden troops wearing armor and wearing golden scarves around their necks. .
Tang Qiuyu and Hua Tianxia covered their mouths and looked at the eldest prince speechless for a long time.
Mu Mu, who was standing at the gate of the imperial city, looked at Xia Wutong and shouted: "Hurry up and enter the city, I'll be waiting for you!"
Li Ye led five thousand forbidden soldiers Yinshi into the palace through the secret passage of the imperial mausoleum. He used the jade pendant given to him by the emperor. The passage was under the high tower of the palace. The emperor took him around in a circle. place.
At Mao Shi, the guards in the palace had five thousand imperial guards change their posts, and two thousand palace guards were temporarily imprisoned in the underground palace by him. Immediately afterwards, Nalan Yu and Mu Mu led three thousand forbidden troops, changed the defense of the soldiers at the south city gate, and let them return to their respective military camps.
Why? When Nalan Yu showed his tiger talisman, the guards knew that the Generalissimo had returned to the court, and no one had any intention of resisting. They were still a family even though they were being beaten back and forth.
Nalanyu patted the soldiers on the shoulders and said, "Don't worry, nothing will change, except for those who are determined to go against the Generalissimo."
As soon as these words came out, half of the soldiers were willing to stay and help the army defend the city. Nalan Yu was just asking for it. He looked at Mu Mu and said: "Give each of the soldiers who stayed behind a scarf. The brothers who left will not need it during the day." Come out, we will find out tomorrow!"
In less than half an hour, the South City Gate completed its defense change.
Even Nalan Yu and Mu Mu felt incredible.
Looking at the tiger talisman in his hand, Nalan Yu nodded fiercely: "The national master is still very calculating."
Mu Mu looked at him and smiled: "That's natural, and I also had my idea in it!"
Nalan Yu looked at her and said nothing for a long time.
...
"Go on, the army is entering the city, put on your scarves!" Outside the imperial city, the eldest prince looked back at the soldiers beside him and shouted loudly.
In just an instant, 30,000 soldiers moved in unison, each with a golden scarf tied around his neck.
"After entering the city, all troops without scarves are our enemies. Those who surrender can be killed on the spot if they resist!" The eldest prince issued the order again, which was what Li Ye had repeatedly told him.
Hundreds of thousands of troops are in the same imperial city. If there are no marks, they are looking for death.
The 30,000-strong army moved towards the imperial city like a torrent of steel.
The eldest prince looked at Jiang Shuai beside him and said, "Please, the deputy commander, please take the general to change the defenses of the east and west gates. We will wait until the Chinese army arrives at the north gate. As for the major military camps in the city, don't alert them yet."
Jiang Huo looked at the eldest prince and asked, "Don't we need to be prepared for the defenders in the imperial city to rush out and fight?"
The eldest prince raised his head and glanced at the towers of the imperial city, and said softly: "The imperial master told me that they cannot leave the military camp today."
Jiang Huo was stunned, and was so excited that he gave a military salute to the eldest prince, and led his men to quickly drive towards the imperial city.
Nalan Yu looked at the eldest prince and said, "The marshal and the princess will come over later. I will go and report to the Imperial Master first. He is probably waiting impatiently."
The eldest prince waved to him and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to bother General Nalan."
Nalanyu mounted his horse and ran toward the palace with extraordinary speed.
"Your Highness, do you want to come to the palace with me?" The eldest prince looked at Mu Mu standing at the city gate and asked with a smile.
Unexpectedly, Mu Mu shook her head with him, pointed at Hua Tianxia and the two of them and said, "Leave Sister Hua here with me. Marshal, you go to the palace with Mr. Tang and Sister Wutong to meet your brother."
Hua Tian was stunned, pointed at himself and asked, "What can I do if I stay?"
Mu Mu pouted at her and said, "It's boring to stay here alone."
When Hua Tianxia heard this, she laughed so hard that her branches trembled. She nodded and said, "Seeing that you have worked hard all night, I will stay here with you."
The eldest prince glanced at Tang Qiuyu, Xia Wutong and others, and said softly: "It's time to enter the palace, the Imperial Master is waiting for us."
...
"Evidence, who is the evidence? Who can provide evidence?" Li Fei looked at a group of courtiers and yelled.
"I am the proof!"
Before the words stopped, the eldest prince led Princess Wutong and walked in from outside the palace.
The officials in the Golden Palace were shocked again. They all knew that the four gates of the imperial city were currently blocked and no one could enter the city. When did the Grand Marshal and Her Royal Highness the Princess enter the city? Entering the palace again?
The eldest prince was dressed in a soldier's armor and had a golden scarf tied around his neck.
Princess Wutong was wearing a plain white skirt today. Like the eldest prince, she also had a golden scarf tied around her neck.
The eldest prince and the princess continued walking into the hall and walked towards Li.
The courtiers in the Golden Palace did not react until this moment. Officials who had always been loyal to the Emperor and the Queen fell to their knees one after another and shouted in unison: "I have seen the Grand Marshal and Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
The courtiers behind the right minister gradually knelt down even if they were unwilling to do so. In front of them were the emperor's biological son and daughter. One was the marshal of the imperial dynasty, and the other was the emperor's most beloved princess.
Only then did Li Ye stand up and give up his chair to the eldest prince.
Xia Yunlan moved another one and put it down next to each other. The eldest prince pulled Xia Wutong to sit down.
Li Ye and Xia Yunlan stood beside them separately.
The eldest prince glanced at Concubine Li and the new emperor Xia Yunjie.
Because of extreme anger and fear, Li Fei stared blankly at the brother and sister in front of her, speechless.
Xia Yunjie didn't ask until here: "Brother, what are you doing back at this time?"
"What do you want me to do when I come back? My two brothers are sitting here. You can ask your men to kill you again!" The eldest prince looked at him and replied calmly.
Xia Wutong was facing such a battle for the first time and seemed a little timid.
Li Ye gently patted her shoulder and whispered: "Calm down."
Nodding his head, Xia Wutong looked at Li Ye beside him, as if he had found some courage.
Concubine Li looked at the ministers in the hall and shouted, "Do you all want to rebel? The eldest prince is a prince, so is the second prince not a prince?"
Li Ye raised his head, looked at her coldly, and suddenly said, "There is something I want to say to the imperial concubine."
Li Fei looked at him hatefully and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"
"If I hadn't promised the Emperor something, do you think who would be the first person I wanted to kill when I returned to the Imperial City?" Li Ye looked at her as if he were looking at a prey in the wild.
Concubine Li couldn't help but shudder when she heard this. She pointed angrily and said, "What do you want to do? I am the emperor's wife, your imperial concubine!"
Watching her shake her head, Li Ye continued: "When your mother and son sent killers to deal with the Generalissimo, you were no longer the Crown Princess in my heart, not to mention that you sent someone to hurt Her Highness the Princess."
Li Fei stared at him and said with hatred: "So what, the winner and the loser, if it were you, what would you do?"
"What will I do? At least I won't send assassins to carry out assassinations! At least, I will let the two of them compete fairly." Li Ye glanced at the second prince and replied in a deep voice.
"Even if you enter the imperial city, don't forget that I still have 50,000 troops. Aren't you afraid that they will break out of the camp?" Xia Yunjie finally started to fight back.
Li Ye pointed to the outside of the Golden Palace and said, "Can you ask them if they can leave the barracks now? The Emperor handed over Vientiane City and the Palace to me, and also handed over the entire Imperial City formation to me."
When the right minister heard this, he fell softly to the ground.
