The Autumn Moon Festival, which everyone had been looking forward to, ended in a hurry.

As soon as Lord Xiao changed into his official robes and hurried out of the gate of his mansion, he saw Xiao Yunyu and his companions' carriage returning.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Marquis Xiao's mansion. Xiao Yunyu jumped off the carriage first and took Jinhe from Li Nian. Then he held Jinhe in one hand and helped Li Nian get off the carriage with the other hand.

On the other side, Li Sisi and Xiao Yunchen jumped off the carriage one after another.

Lord Xiao hurriedly walked towards Xiao Yunyu and asked worriedly, "Did you know that the Crown Prince led the rebels to attack the palace?"

Xiao Yunyu replied: "I know. What is the current situation?"

"The emperor urgently summoned the three of us, father and son, to the palace. Only after we were there could we find out the specific situation," said Marquis Xiao.

Upon hearing this, Li Sisi hurried over and said, "Entering the palace at this time? Isn't that like walking into a tiger's mouth?"

Lord Xiao glanced at her and frowned slightly: "If you don't go, it will be disobeying the order."

Xiao Yunchen said, "I'm going." He looked at Marquis Xiao and asked, "Father, do you know who the emperor has notified to enter the palace?"

"My good friends have all been notified by the street..." Lord Xiao was speaking.

Suddenly a horse came galloping.

Xiao Yunchen recognized the man on the horse. He was his mentor's grandson and also his classmate.

"Whoa——" The man hurriedly reined in his horse and stopped in front of them.

They dismounted and anxiously asked, "Brother Yunchen, has your family received an urgent summons from the palace?"

"We received it and are just about to go over." Xiao Yunchen nodded slightly and asked, "But did your mentor say something?"

"My grandfather asked me to go into the palace with you," the man said frankly.

"In that case, let's get going quickly." Lord Xiao said, looking at Li Nian. "Under these circumstances, let's put aside our family feuds. Your mother-in-law is tough on the outside but kind on the inside, and she doesn't have any bad intentions. If the situation becomes critical, I hope you can take care of her."

Li Nian nodded: "Don't worry, father. We are a family. I understand the importance of supporting each other in times of crisis."

Lord Xiao nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, you are a good child."

Li Nian watched their carriage leave before carrying Jinhe back home.

After entering the mansion, Li Nian said to Li Sisi, "Sisi, let's go to the main courtyard first to see what the old lady has planned."

Li Sisi nodded: "Okay."

Along the way, the two best friends found that the servants in the mansion were all in a panic. Some servants had even packed their bags and walked out in a hurry.

When we arrived at the main courtyard, we saw Old Madam Xiao instructing her confidants to count the property in the mansion.

Seeing the two of them coming over, he frowned slightly.

Seeing those confidants looking at her nervously, Madam Xiao scolded: "Don't stop, continue counting."

In this critical moment, she no longer cares about the conflicts between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and decides to put aside the past grudges for the time being.

He reminded her, "What are you two doing here? Go pack your things! The carriage is ready. We are ready to flee to the manor outside the capital for refuge at any time."

Li Nian asked, "My husband and his family just entered the palace. Should we wait for them to come back and leave together?"

"The Marquis has given instructions. Let's prepare first. If the situation is critical, he will arrange for someone to come back and report. We just need to wait for the news."

As soon as Madam Xiao finished speaking, she heard the panicked voice of the housekeeper: "Madam, it's not good!"

The butler ran in, holding up the hem of his gown.

Madam Xiao's face darkened: "What's the matter?"

"Outside..." the housekeeper said while panting, "A group of soldiers came outside the mansion and surrounded our mansion!"

"What?!" Madam Xiao's face changed drastically. She exclaimed and asked, "Do you know where these soldiers are from? What are they planning to do?"

"It's said that it's an order from above that no one in the mansion can leave but enter."

When Mrs. Xiao heard this, she twisted her handkerchief anxiously, looking flustered: "What should I do?"

She looked at Li Nian and Li Sisi in a panic, stamping her feet anxiously, "Master said that if the Crown Prince wins, our entire family will be executed first, and no one will be able to escape!"

"What should we do? What should we do? Yun Ya is still in a war-torn place like the northwest. If she doesn't have the support of the Marquis' Mansion, how will she live in the future? And Chen'er is still so young and doesn't even have a child!" When she said this, she looked at Li Sisi with a complaining look.

Li Sisi rarely responded to her, but instead looked at the housekeeper: "How many officers and soldiers are there outside?"

The housekeeper thought for a moment and replied, "I took a quick look and estimated there were about thirty or forty of them."

Li Sisi thought about the servants and guards of the Marquis' Mansion and said, "If we force our way out, it shouldn't be a problem."

Madam Xiao was stunned for a moment, then stared at her in horror. "That's the Emperor's man. If we disobey his order, wouldn't that be a crime of deceiving the Emperor? That would mean the extermination of the entire family! Not to mention hurting someone, perhaps even exterminating the entire clan!"

"What are you afraid of? We still don't know what the situation will be like in the end. Besides, they said it was from higher-ups, but they didn't say who they were referring to. Right now, the Wang family's troops in the Imperial City Division are all supporting the prince. Maybe they were officers and soldiers from the Wang family's army?"

When Madam Xiao heard this, she looked at the housekeeper and said, "Go and ask them whose orders they were following."

The butler replied respectfully, "Yes."

Li Nian watched the housekeeper trotting away in a hurry, looking extremely panicked.

Her gaze fell back on Madam Xiao, and her tone was soothing: "Mother, don't worry too much. Since the Marquis said to wait for news, we will just wait. If the Marquis really sends back a message and allows us to flee the city, it means that the Crown Prince has a good chance of winning. At that time, no matter who the officers and soldiers guarding outside belong to, it will not matter."

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