"Father is dead?" Xia Muyan clenched his fists and asked with a smile.
He wanted to hold back his smile, but he still couldn't completely control it. Everyone could see the joy on his face.
Xia Muyan rubbed his hands and walked back and forth in the hall several times, cleared his throat, and asked, "What's the situation in the palace now?"
Hu Xiu'an sent five thousand gold guards to replace the palace defense. There were empresses, eunuchs, and maids in the palace, and the others were all people from the gold palace.
The centurion holding the gold guard bowed and retreated in response to the "order".
Once Emperor Yonghua died, Dahua would have no master. As the saying goes, a country cannot live without a king for a day. According to etiquette and law, Xia Muyan should immediately enter the palace after receiving the news, take over the jade seal, control the court situation, and avoid chaos.
He Fu walked to the door and looked at the clocked incense in the incense burner. He came back and reported: "It has been three hours and a quarter. It stands to reason that we should leave now."
Timing incense is made by breaking, soaking, stirring, pressing, drying and marking the finest agarwood. It is divided into three types: "time incense", "half time incense" and "engraved incense". There is no difference in the length of the three types of incense sticks, the difference lies in the diameter. As the name suggests, hourly incense can burn for an hour after being lit, half-hour incense can burn for half an hour after being lit, and carved incense can burn for a quarter of an hour after being lit. The incense body is evenly divided into ten parts and engraved. According to the burning position of the incense stick, precise timing can be achieved.
"Send someone to take a look." Xia Muyan was a little worried, "If you haven't taken action yet, let's hurry up. At this critical moment, we can't miss the point."
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This is the most important moment since his birth: twenty-seven royal family members and their family members have all moved to Prince Jaw's Mansion, and all the soldiers and retainers of the twenty-seven palaces have been handed over to him. If he succeeds, everything will go smoothly—— Ascension to the throne and revenge are not a problem; if one hundred, all thoughts will be extinguished - not only the Prince's Palace cannot be saved, but these twenty-six palaces will definitely be implicated, life and death are unpredictable.
Although the combined efforts of these twenty-seven palaces are not as good as the Zhijinling Palace, they are still powerful enough to fight. Among the twenty-seven palaces, the palace with the most retainers is undoubtedly Prince Duan's palace.
The strength of the Duke of Qin's Palace is somewhat beyond expectation. In terms of the number of experts, it is second only to Prince Duan's Palace and significantly higher than other palaces. It is true as Qin Xiaoyou said, "If the Duke of Qin's Palace does not move, it will be gone." You will have to put all your efforts into it.”
The total number of military seats and retainers from each government was equal to that of the government soldiers, which was beyond Xia Chengxuan's expectation. What he wants to mobilize now is the temporary team composed of these military officers and retainers.
There were many people involved in the situation, and it was impossible to consult all of them when something happened, so they cited Duan Wang and five other people for conspiring with Xia Chengxuan.
"First and foremost, capture the thief first and capture the king. However, this king is not the king of King Yun's faction, but the king of the Golden Guard. I intend to take down the Earl of Pingchang's Palace with all my strength, and use the Hu family as a threat to force Hu Xiu'an to submit." Xia Chengxuan He said loudly, "Xia Muyan only relies on 40,000 golden guards. How much leverage can he have if he captures Hu Xiu'an?"
"Second, set up an ambush on the way from Prince Yun's Mansion to the Imperial Palace to prevent Xia Muyan from entering the palace." Xia Chengxuan added, "Once he enters the palace to receive the jade seal, it will be treason if we try to restrain him."
"Third, open the city gate and let the white-clad army enter the city and control the situation." Xia Chengxuan added, "I have sent a message to the camp in the south of the city, using the five-color fireworks as the signal. Once the five-color fireworks are seen in the city, the white-clad army will The troops will be divided into two groups, one group blocking Ma Dushan, and the other group rushing towards the city gate. We must rush to capture the city gate before the white army receives the signal and rushes to the city gate!"
The city gate could not be opened. Even if Xia Chengxuan captured Hu Xiu'an, not all of the Golden Guards would be threatened by him. Many of them must have surrendered to Prince Yun's Mansion. With Xia Muyan's intelligence, it would never be possible for him to put all his worth and life on Hu Xiu'an.
If the white army fails to enter the city, the golden guards will still be the strongest in the city. Moreover, Emperor Yonghua had passed away. In the eyes of the common people and court officials, Dahua naturally respected King Yun. Although Xia Chengxuan had these evidences, he was unable to spread them to the world for the time being, and the people's hearts were at a disadvantage.
Of course, Xia Muyan did not want to delay at this time. He wished he could enter the palace as soon as possible and ascend the throne as emperor.
Xia Chenghuan patted him on the shoulder, chuckled and said, "Chengxuan, go ahead!" After beating him, Xia Chenghuan felt that he no longer blamed him, and the grudge was wiped out.
Seeing that all five people agreed with what he was thinking, Xia Chengxuan felt more confident. He stood up from his seat and saluted the five people and said, "Everyone, please rest for a while. Chengxuan will make arrangements now."
"Well... King Yun hasn't sent you the letter yet. Is there any leakage?" Hu Xiuan paced back and forth in front of the school grounds of Zhijin Weidong Camp, muttering softly, "There is news from the palace. , the emperor has already passed away. Logically speaking, King Yun will send someone to pass the order when he gets the news. Could it be that he was stopped on the road?" The more he thought about it, it was not right, and he felt a little uneasy.
That day in the hut, Zhang Suiguang and Xia Chengxuan had already agreed that all matters of summons and interception of news reports from Prince Yun's Mansion would be left to the people of Jiudian. Previously, the people of Jiudian were responsible for knocking down the twenty-eight secret sentries in Prince Yun's Mansion, sending a message to the camp in the south of the city, and sending an order for Baiweitang to bloodbath the Anxian Salt Transportation Bureau.
"I don't care, the arrow is on the string, I have to shoot it!" Hu Xiu'an circled around a few times, feeling even more anxious, and said bitterly, "Damn, you are making me upset!"
Naturally, the generals were already prepared. After hearing his words, they all became more motivated and wished they could immediately lead their troops to capture these "disloyal ministers" in order to claim credit from the new king.
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His people all understood his style of doing things. After receiving the order, they went to the predetermined place early to ambush. They were also waiting for his order.
"Gang Leader Zhang, our people will take action soon." Taotie addressed Zhang Suiguang in a serious voice. Xia Chengxuan and Jiudian were on the line, but he was actually very resistant in his heart. However, the current situation is stronger than others, so he naturally understands that the more help he can get, the more chance of victory he will have.
