Something really happened! The nurse was startled, swallowed her saliva, and hurried back to the house. Only then did she realize that her legs had gone limp. She struggled to close the door and looked at Wei An, who had stood up, in horror. She said incoherently: "Princess... I don't know what the sound was just now... It seemed like... It seemed like an explosion..."
Wei An was very familiar with this voice.
The time when she was almost blown to death by the Jiang family and almost lost her life, it was because Jiang Songwen instructed people to use the gunpowder from the Ministry of Works and deliberately detonated it in front of the palace gate.
Shen Chen was injured at that time, so she was particularly sensitive to the sound. Now when she heard such a sound, she knew that King Linjiang must have attacked.
He never fights a battle without confidence. These days, he has been distracting Emperor Longqing's attention and deliberately killing Emperor Longqing's spies in the palace to make Emperor Longqing think that he is helpless. At the same time, he has found a way to get her into the palace to make Emperor Longqing feel that he has Shen Chen's Achilles' Heel and dare not cause any trouble and relax his vigilance.
But he himself contacted his old subordinates, presumably the Xu family and Ping An Hou... ...
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to attack the palace so quickly and smoothly.
The wet nurse was so frightened that she was at a loss. She clasped her hands together and kept praying to all the gods and Buddhas to bless her and say that this was just a simple accident and nothing bad had happened.
But her prayers were obviously in vain. Only a quarter of an hour later, they heard an even louder noise. The Lanyue Palace was relatively remote and close to the West Garden, so they could hear all the noises over there.
At first it seemed as if two parties were fighting, with the sounds of fighting being endless. Gradually, the sound of thousands of troops surging could be heard. Those uniform footsteps seemed to be stepping on people's hearts, causing people's defenses to collapse step by step.
Only at this moment did the nurse realize that something had really happened. She looked at Wei An with tears in her eyes and asked in panic, "Princess, what should we do now? What should we do?!"
No matter why those people broke into the palace, they were definitely looking for the most important person, the emperor. Besides the emperor, who else could they find? Of course, it would be the Sixth Prince.
Lanyue Palace is basically a furnace that could explode at any time!
The Sixth Prince had woken up. He was awakened by the loud noise and the crying outside. He sat at the head of the bed and rubbed his eyes. After he came to his senses, he burst into tears and called for his mother.
He was calling for his mother, but the nurse was so frightened that she ran over and covered his mouth, already crying: "Little ancestor, please stop crying! If you make a noise and attract people, you won't be able to survive!"
Things had come to this point, and the rules of respect and hierarchy were no longer a consideration. The nurse hugged him, picked him up, held him under her arms, and rushed out the door.
Wei An grabbed her, almost making her stumble and fall. Seeing the nurse's shocked face, he said calmly, "Mammy, you can't go out."
The nurse was so frightened that she was at a loss of her wits, but she still knew that Wei An's words were unreasonable, and she cried and tried to break free from her: "Princess! If we stay here, we will really have no way to survive! Those people will definitely know that the Sixth Prince is here, and they will definitely come looking for us. What should we do then? We will have no way out! You should come with us quickly! We can't stay here anymore, we can't stay here anymore..."
The nurse was actually quite loyal. After all, she had not forgotten to take the Sixth Prince with her when she fled. Wei An lowered his voice a little, held her back and said, "There must be someone outside who is responsible for blocking the roads and locking the palaces. Coming all the way from the West Garden, I believe that all the palaces are already under their control. If you go out now, you will really be dead."
The only little boy in the palace, who else could it be except the Sixth Prince? If he were to take the Sixth Prince out, it would be a clear sign of guilt.
The nurse also reacted, and when she reacted, she couldn't help but become even more desperate. She handed the child to her, and her whole face changed in an instant. She knelt on the ground and cried: "What should we do? Are we just going to stay here and wait to die?!"
If those people caught the Sixth Prince, how would they treat him? Those of them who served him would not have a good ending.
Wei An was silent for a moment, patting the Sixth Prince on the back and trying to comfort him to calm him down. When the Sixth Prince finally calmed down and stopped crying, she used one hand to pull the nurse up and said gently: "Nurse, you may not die if you get up first. The most urgent thing now is to hide first..."
Hide? How
The nurse couldn't help but wiped her tears with her hand and shook her head: "Princess, where can we hide? We are in the palace, this is known to everyone, and the rebels will know it with just a little question. The palace is also sealed as you said, if we go out, I'm afraid we will die immediately..."
As for the Lanyue Palace itself, although it is not small, it is not that difficult to find people. When the time comes, the rebels will drive the palace people into the yard and search every room. No matter where they hide, they will be found.
Wei An looked at the nurse with an unpredictable look in his eyes. He stared at her for a long time before he said softly, "If I say I have a way, will you believe me?"
The nurse widened her eyes in astonishment. She felt that she might have been desperate and tried all kinds of methods. Although the girl in front of her was a princess and a marquis' wife, she was still a young girl who had just come of age. How much could she know? No matter how powerful she was, she would still have her limits. But for some reason, she was very convinced by Wei An's words. When Wei An said that she had a way, she really believed it unconsciously. She wiped away her tears and asked her, "What can the princess do? Don't worry, I will follow your instructions..."
She was sent into the palace by Young Master Lin to serve, and was the confidant of Concubine Lin and her brother. Since she was entrusted with the important task of taking good care of the Sixth Prince, it was natural that she would go wherever the Sixth Prince was.
Wei An nodded, shook the Sixth Prince to stop him from crying, and said to the nurse, "You go out first. The palace maids and eunuchs must be gathering together out of fear to get the news, right? You go out and shout that the Sixth Prince is missing."
The nurse cried out, "But the rebels haven't entered our palace yet. Who would believe this?"
"It doesn't matter who believes it, as long as a few people believe it, it's enough. People are like this, three people make a tiger, if someone believes it, naturally others will follow suit." Wei An's voice was calm, and he even asked the nanny to calm down. The nanny suddenly realized: "I see, you mean, let everyone think that someone sneaked in and kidnapped the Sixth Prince?"
The rebels have already entered the palace, so what else can't happen? In such a chaotic situation, this statement is reasonable to deceive the palace maids and eunuchs outside. (To be continued)