Sure enough, something happened in the imperial city. Yun Chang stood behind a tree outside the gate of the imperial city, looking at the closed gate, frowning slightly. Dozens of soldiers stood at the gate, checking one by one. The people who entered the city. Yunshang found that only people entered the city, but no one left the city. I'm afraid that the Li family has banned the people from leaving the city.
The Li family's courage is really not small.
Yun Shang looked at it for a while, and then simply sent out a signal. It doesn't matter, Prince Jing is hiding things about the imperial city from her, but he doesn't want her to come back and take risks. It's just that she has come back all the time, so he won't be able to drive her back.
After the signal was sent out, there was no one waiting to respond, but Mei Ying appeared in front of him, "Princess, my lord asked my subordinates to take me there."
Yun Chang was stunned for a moment, only to realize that she seemed to have forgotten that there were King Jing's hidden guards by her side, and that her every move could not be hidden from King Jing, her gaze fell on Mei Ying's head for a long while before Yun Chang nodded.
King Jing now lives in a small courtyard in the imperial city. This courtyard is known to Yunshang. It is a hiding place her subordinates set up in the imperial city. The only special thing is that this courtyard is dug It is almost a tunnel extending in all directions. Previously, it was only leading to her various strongholds in the imperial city, her Qingxin Hall outside the imperial city and in the imperial palace. Later, after she took over the repair work of Prince Jing's mansion, people began to open up with several main courtyards of Prince Jing's mansion. . When she left the imperial city, it was almost finished.
Prince Jing was standing in the courtyard, seeing her coming out of the house, he just looked at her indifferently, and said after a while, "Is the concubine Jin born?"
Yun Chang nodded, "It's a little prince."
Upon hearing this, Prince Jing paused for a moment, then looked away, "I'm afraid the Queen and Prime Minister Li have already got the news."
"What's the situation in the imperial city now?" Yunshang asked softly, and then said, "Xiao Linzi said that the imperial palace has been completely banned, and the patrolling guards have added thousands of people, and they are still deployed everywhere on the palace wall. Just now I saw that the gates of the imperial city are also closed, allowing people to enter and not leaving." Yun Shang walked up to King Jing and raised her eyes to look at him.
Prince Jing put his arms around her shoulders, "You shouldn't have come. These days, Prime Minister Li has been running between the mansions of courtiers and lords almost every day, persuading those courtiers to join him. If that courtier It is naturally good to agree, you can get a reward of gold, silver and jewels, if you refuse, the whole family will be wiped out on the spot."
Yun Chang's eyebrows frowned slightly, she naturally knew that every palace change was full of killings, but she didn't expect that the killings would be so severe.
"Which people have voted? And who have been slaughtered?" Yun Chang said sullenly.
Prince Jing smiled coldly, "I have quietly notified those adults who are friends with me early in the morning, and told them to hide with their families. But, in this way, the old man Li Jingyan will not be able to find out for a few days No, but, in a day or two, I'm afraid we will find out. People in the palace sent a letter saying that the palace and the Ministry of Rites are already preparing for the enthronement ceremony. I don't know, it is Li Jingyan or Xia Houjing who wants to be enthroned. "
Yun Shang gritted her teeth, "What does the prince plan to do? Does the father know what happened in the imperial city?"
King Jing nodded, "Of course the emperor knows, he has already handed over the handling of this matter to me. Li Jingyan really thought that if he occupied an imperial city, he could be the emperor. There are no more than 40,000 horses at most. Xia Guo hoarded millions of soldiers and horses at the border. He only waited for Li Jingyan to take down the imperial city and enter Ning State in one fell swoop. It may be a delusion. Within three days, the soldiers and horses guarding the imperial city will arrive, and when that time comes, this king will come and catch the turtle."
Yun Chang suddenly thought of one thing, "Li Jingyan wants the throne, so she definitely won't stop her father. Are father and mother in danger in Laifeng City?"
Prince Jing looked down at her, rubbed her hair, and said with a smile, "Now you know how to care about Laifeng City? I asked you to stay in Laifeng City because I wanted you to take care of her, but you He ran over regardless." Seeing Yun Chang's anxious face, he hurriedly said, "It's okay, the emperors of all dynasties have their own guards, only to protect the emperor, and there are about 30,000 guards, and all of them are A real elite. Now that the emperor is in Laifeng City, the guards must be near Laifeng City, and there are many masters around your father, and Li Jingyan's people may not be able to touch your father, mother and concubine."
Only then did Yun Chang feel a little relieved.
"Ah..." There were screams and running sounds outside, Yun Chang's body shook slightly, "What happened?"
Then a hidden guard quietly went out to inquire, and after a while, the inquiring guard came in and said coldly, "Go back to my lord and concubine, there is a commoner who called Prime Minister Li an adulterer on the street, but was arrested Soldiers on patrol were killed."
A coldness flashed in Yunshang's eyes, "What's the point of killing your own people?"
Prince Jing embraced her and walked into the room, "You forgot, that old man Li Jingyan is from Xia Kingdom."
Yun Chang paused slightly, yes, she forgot that Li Jingyan is from Xia Guo. A person from the country of Xia had been in ambush in Ning country for so many years, and even Yunshang subconsciously thought that she was from Ning country, but she was also a powerful person.
Yunshang suddenly remembered that those concubines in the palace were all concubines of the emperor. If Li Jingyan really usurped the throne and wanted to ascend the throne, or let someone else ascend the throne, these concubines would inevitably suffer. The new emperor ascended the throne, or ascended the throne in this way, they must bear the brunt of the impact.
It would be a good idea if these concubines could be turned against each other. The queen thought she had controlled the harem, but she didn't think about how to control people's hearts.
Yunshang thought about it, and made up her mind to go back to the palace in person, so she told King Jing. King Jing was silent for a long time, stared at Yunshang for a long time, and then reluctantly agreed, but he also personally ordered thirty The dark guard followed her.
Yun Chang entered the house, and was about to enter the secret passage, when he heard someone report from outside, "My lord, Prime Minister Li took someone to the mansion of the new champion."
Yun Chang was taken aback for a moment, but she forgot about it, so she poked her head out and said, "The champion of the new division is the person I placed, and the prince tried to find a way to let him know and let him pretend to surrender, so he said, please Prime Minister Li kept his sister."
Prince Jing paused, and looked over with a smile that was not a smile, "I've been thinking that this new top scholar has an extremely clean family background, so it turns out that he belongs to you."
Yun Chang nodded, turned her head again, and entered the secret passage.
All the way was smooth, Yunshang waited for a long time in the ground of Qingxin Hall, and did not hear any sound above, and then got out. The sky was getting dark, and Yun Chang couldn't guarantee whether there was someone placed by the queen in the Qingxin Palace, so she hid behind the bed until everything was quiet and the lights were gradually turned off, then she came out and quietly walked out of the Qingxin Palace. He turned over and went directly to Yarui Hall of Yabi. There was another unfavored beauty living in Yarui Palace. Yun Shang suspected that she was the Queen's person, so she hid under the window of Ya Concubine's bedroom. Hearing Ya Concubine walk in, she ordered people to wash up, and it took about a quarter of an hour. After that, Yabi's voice was heard, "You all go down."
Yunshang narrowed her eyes slightly, and when she heard the sound of closing, Yunshang knocked on the window, and the window was opened. Yapin seemed to be stunned when she saw Yunshang, and then hurriedly dragged Yunshang into the bedroom , was about to speak, Yun Shang shook her head at her, looked at the lights on the table, Yapin quickly blew out the fire in the palace lantern, pulled Yun Shang to sit down on the bed.
"Princess." Yabi's voice came softly, "The concubine has written many letters to the princess, but there is no way to pass them on. Princess, the guards in the palace have become much stricter recently. Today, the queen sent all the concubines in the palace , even the last beauties were all called, and she said some inexplicable words, let us just listen to her, and we will definitely not treat us badly in the future."
Yun Shang smiled coldly, and said softly, "She is an interesting one, helping outsiders to betray her husband."
Yapin was startled, "The Empress has turned against her?"
Yun Shang nodded, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Li Cheng is the opposite, but the emperor is fine now. You have been in the palace for these days, but you know that those concubines have had close relationships with the queen, Which ones are deadly enemies with the queen?"
"The concubine is not talented, these relationships in the harem have been roughly sorted out, and they have been confirmed repeatedly."
"Well, this is the best way. The empress seems to be hiding it from you. You can just pretend that nothing happened, but go to the palaces every day and sit down, and tell the empress that the emperor accompanied the concubine Jin in Laifeng. Waiting in the palace to give birth, I want to come here for a while. After the emperor comes back, there will be another little heir 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 dancers Concubine, please arrange one to make the emperor happy. You have been dealing with the queen for so long, you should not let me teach you how to say these words, so that the queen can agree. Then, with the queen's permission, you can call Under the guise of dancing in line, walk around the various palaces and halls, and talk to them like this..." Yun Shang leaned closer to Yabi's ear, and instructed carefully.
After a long while, I sat up straight again, "These concubines in the harem seem to be idle on weekdays, but they also know how to choose what is best for them. Moreover, none of these concubines is bad, but , you have to think it over, how should you say this matter." Then he took off a badge from his waist and handed it to the concubine, "This is my concubine token, if any concubine doesn't believe it, you can give it to the concubine." Look, wait a minute, I'm getting a letter for you."
Yapin's hand trembled a little, she accepted them one by one, and then said, "Nowadays, the guards in the palace are much stricter, so be careful in everything in the palace."
Yun Shang nodded, "I'll save it, I'll go to Meng Jieyu's place to sit for a while later, and you don't have to go to her place." Yun Shang softly instructed, Qin Meng is smart, but, But it is a fool, she has to convince her by herself, otherwise, if this matter is passed to the ears of the queen, it will be very bad. After all, even though Qin Meng is incompatible with the queen now, it still cannot change the fact that she was once the queen's executioner.
After coming out of Yapin's place, Yunshang did not go to Meng Jieyu's place right away, but found a remote place to hide in the dark and looked at the guards in the palace now, seeing that the guards were much tighter, so she went Ten hidden guards were sent to write down the defenses of the guards everywhere, and draw them into blueprints after returning home.
After finishing the order, Yunshang hurried to Qinmeng's place. Qinmeng was not favored in the palace, but Emperor Ning occasionally went back to sit in her palace. The people in Qinmeng's palace were all arranged by Yunshang himself. , Yunshang sent a secret signal to confirm whether the palace was safe, but got a response immediately, Yunshang was surprised, the queen is here
Yun Chang narrowed her eyebrows, but the queen was nostalgic, even though she knew that Qin Meng hated her, she still came to Qin Meng. But, at this time, what exactly will she and Qin Meng talk about
Yunshang didn't dare to approach, fearing that the queen would find out, so she hid in the bamboo forest outside the hall and looked at the candles lit in the bedroom. The shadows of the two women were projected on the window paper, and Yunshang looked at the girl 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, and the shadow seemed to be smiling, talking to Qin Meng. Qin Meng seemed a little panicked, Yun Chang saw her hands clenched into fists secretly under the low table.
Yun Chang watched the two talk for a long time before the queen stood up, and Qin Meng quickly followed suit, and followed the queen out of the bedroom.
In less than a moment, Yunshang received the signal from the dark guard, and she walked into the bedroom, opened the window and turned in, avoiding the place that would be projected on the window, walked and sat down by the bed.
After a while, Qin Meng came in from the outside, but she seemed to be worried. When she came in, she just stood with her back to Yun Shang in a daze. Did you enjoy the conversation?"
Qin Meng was shocked, turned her head and saw Yun Shang sitting by the bed, looking at her with a smile, but her eyes seemed to be cold.
Qin Meng was startled, and hurriedly walked to Yun Chang and knelt down, "I don't know the princess... the princess is here, and I didn't greet her from afar. I hope the princess will forgive me."
"How dare this princess let Meng Jieyu go far away? Doesn't Meng Jieyu want to say something to this princess?" Yun Shang still smiled slightly.
Qin Meng bit her lips and said, "Today, the empress came to see my concubine because she wanted my concubine to do something for her."
"Oh? What's the matter that Queen Lao came 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, "Concubine...pregnant..."
Even though Yun Chang had all kinds of guesses in her heart, she never thought that this would be the case, and she couldn't help being a little bit surprised. Qin Meng sighed and said, "I know my identity, so I shouldn't conceive this child, but, he is my child after all. I don't know why this matter was known by the empress, I can't help it, now the queen in this palace ... The concubine was afraid that the empress would not tolerate the child in her womb, so she begged her to forgive her today. She came here just now, that is, she wanted to foster the child under her name after it was born... "
"Oh? You agreed?" Yun Chang suppressed the surprise in her heart and said lightly.
Qin Meng didn't speak, but said, "I have no other way, the queen wants to steal my concubine's child, but I also know that if this concubine should not be born, this child may not even have the chance to meet my concubine ... The concubine's requirements are not high, I just want him to live well... "
Yun Shang laughed quietly again when she heard the words, but her eyes were stained with a deeper coldness, "If you know what happened in the imperial city now, you will know that what you think now is just a joke. You Do you know why this princess is here?"
Qin Meng was startled and shook her head.
Yunshang laughed out loud, "My princess will tell you why, has the queen reminded you repeatedly recently, as long as she is sincere to her, she will not treat you badly. But, do you know that the queen's father, our Your Excellency, Prime Minister, became Xia’s lackey and lured wolves into the house. Now, the imperial city has been locked up by them, and all the courtiers who did not belong to the Li family have been wiped out. Prime Minister Li, you want to usurp the throne!"
When Qin Meng heard this, she stared blankly at Yun Shang, her face 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 from my father. Concubine, tell me, how will they deal with you?"
Qin Meng shook her head, her eyes were full of disbelief, "No, it's not true."
Yun Chang looked at her with burning eyes, "Do you still think that the Li Mansion will accommodate the child in your belly? You also understand what the queen said, you are really cute and stupid."
"However, the queen really thinks that her father can succeed? I'm afraid she didn't know how she died. So what if she strengthened the guards in the palace several times. Didn't the princess come in anyway? Li Fu's hands are nothing With 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses, the prince's soldiers and horses will soon surround the imperial city. When the time comes, the Li family will be defeated. Do you think the queen can still live? But maybe, she will drag you to be buried with her if she dies. It must be. After all, you have been competing with her for so many years, she must have hated you long ago." Yun Shang said with a smile.
Qin Meng was trembling all over, with sweat dripping from her face, as if she couldn't accept this. Yun Shang was not in a hurry, she sat on the bed, her eyes fell on the jumping lights on the table in the distance, Qin Meng was pregnant...
Qin Meng knelt and walked to Yunshang's feet, raised her eyes, and looked at Yunshang, "The princess must have a way to save my concubine, right? The princess must have a way..."
Yun Chang raised her eyebrows, lowered her head to look into Qin Meng's eyes, "Yes, my princess has a way to save you, but why does this princess want to save you?"
Qin Meng hurriedly said, "The concubine belongs to the princess..."
Yun Chang smiled, "Just now, my princess saw that you were having a good time talking with the empress, who knows if you will tell the empress as soon as the concubine leaves, but I don't worry about it, 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 it, you will definitely die before this princess... "
Yunshang was about to get up as she said that, Qin Meng hugged Yunshang's leg quickly, her face was full of tears, "My concubine forgives me, I made a mistake, I shouldn't be delusional. I shouldn't distrust the princess and show favor to the queen , I know I was wrong, and I beg the princess to forgive me."