He felt that Chen Ajiao's expression looked as if she was ready to pick up something and hit him at any moment. He couldn't help but lean back slightly and asked, "She? She has such ability? Why did she attack the prince?"

Chen Ajiao sneered and said, "I don't know who drugged her with this idea, making her think that if the Crown Prince dies, the position will belong to her son."

Liu Tan was surprised: "How old is Seventh Brother? About one year old, right? And he's already fighting for power?"

Chen Ajiao sneered, "How much knowledge can a foreign woman have?"

Liu Tan asked again, "So... this incident was just a coincidence, and she didn't know her father was missing?"

Chen Ajiao said, "It's indeed a coincidence, but even so, we can't keep her."

Liu Tan paused before asking, "Then...she has already..."

Chen Ajiao said coldly: "It has been dealt with."

Liu Tan frowned. "This Hu Ji...does she have other external supporters in the palace? Otherwise, how could the Crown Prince have been tricked?"

This matter is too strange. Not to mention Chen Ajiao's control over the harem, even the prince's control over the prince's palace cannot be so poor. Otherwise, has Liu Che taught Liu Ju for so many years in vain?

Apart from anything else, even Liu Tan can now guarantee that there is absolutely no problem with the kitchen in his palace.

Chen Ajiao said: "There is something wrong with this little eunuch around the prince."

Chen Ajiao glanced at Wei Zifu as she spoke, and Wei Zifu smiled bitterly and said, "He's Ah Qing's enemy."

Liu Tan was slightly stunned after hearing this. He was wondering who Ah Qing was, but later he realized it should be Wei Qing.

But Wei Qing's enemies didn't go after Wei Kang but instead went after the prince. This was really too ambitious.

He was about to ask something else, but Chen Ajiao pushed him away and said, "Alright, we can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything. Go back and have a good rest. Look at how you look."

Liu Tan finally swallowed his question and said to Wei Zifu, "It's too late today. I won't disturb His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's rest. I'll go see him tomorrow."

Then he said goodbye to Chen Ajiao and returned to Sui Yu Palace.

At this time, two palace maids were waiting for him in Sui Yu Palace. This time Liu Tan was marching in a hurry, so it was naturally impossible for him to bring Fu Yu and Cen You with him.

The two palace maids were also familiar with Fu Yu and Cen You. Liu Tan often saw them around Chen Ajiao, so they were considered acquaintances.

While washing up, Liu Tan couldn't help but ask, "Madam Wei...has she been staying with the Queen Mother lately?"

The older maid replied, "Yes, the Crown Prince suddenly fell ill, and Madam Wei was asked to take care of him. Later, the rebels came with great force, and Madam Wei mobilized troops but had no food or fodder. When the farm was sold, Madam Wei stepped forward and took out all her savings."

Liu Tan's face darkened. "The granary is completely empty, even of the food and fodder needed to support the Chang'an garrison? It seems someone stole the grain. Give him face!"

The younger palace maids were also very angry and said, "That's right, now my lady has sold all the farms she owns and taken all the money out. My lady..."

The older maid immediately said, "Be careful with your words!"

Liu Tan glanced at them and said, "Alright, I know what's going on. I'll have to take revenge on Mother's behalf sooner or later. For now... I can only put Mother in my place for now."

The two palace maids didn't say anything, but their expressions were as if they had found a backer.

Liu Tan waved his hand to let them go out, then he leaned over the edge of the bathtub and suppressed a sigh.

Everyone in Chang'an City regards him as their savior and supporter, and the pressure on him is a bit too great.

No one knows what Liu Qumao's current situation is, but it seems that no one has linked him to the rebels, and no one knows how he deceived people.

But it doesn't matter. With Liu Qi and Liu Chaoping around, Du Zhou should be able to get some useful information. If nothing else, at least Liu Qumao can't escape.

As long as he could deal with Liu Qumao and then the rebels, and the crisis in Chang'an City was resolved, he could start thinking of ways to find Liu Che.

Liu Tan sighed comfortably when he climbed out of the bathtub and lay down on the bed. He had basically not been able to eat or sleep well these days. He was worried about Liu Che, Chen Ajiao, Liu Ju, and Chang'an City.

Now at least we can be sure that Chang'an is basically safe, and Chen Ajiao and Liu Ju should be fine too.

Although there were still two rebel forces outside the city, Liu Tan felt that if he were them, and both friendly forces were suddenly captured, and the scouts had not discovered the enemy's whereabouts at all, he would have to gather his forces and retreat first, and then make a move after figuring out what was going on.

Therefore, the two rebel armies would either retreat or remain in a stalemate. Attacking the city... is not impossible. However, when Liu Tan said this just now, he deliberately did not reveal Wei Buzhi's whereabouts, so that he could cooperate with Wei Buzhi from inside and outside.

Although five hundred people are not a large number, the elite regiment has long been accustomed to such scenes.

What Liu Tan liked to watch most back then was Zhu Rihe’s various exercises and gossip. He even remembered that Zhu Rihe would regard aliens as enemies.

Of course, he wouldn't ask the elite group to treat aliens as enemies, but it shouldn't be difficult to turn defeat into victory in the most difficult environment, right?

These so-called most difficult conditions included having no weapons, no food, and even having few people.

The elite regiment has been through a lot of torture and is very calm about this kind of situation. The only thing they lack now is probably real combat experience.

But Liu Tan felt that they would not gain any experience this time because the opponents were worse than them!

They just don't have any practical experience, and the other side simply has no experience at all.

When Liu Tan sneaked into the camp before, he felt safe when he saw how chaotic those people were.

Let alone a few thousand people, he could handle even tens of thousands. If he couldn't defeat them by force, couldn't he outsmart them? If nothing else, he could just create some chaos and make them lose their composure.

Liu Tan felt relieved and slept soundly. However, he dreamed that Liu Che suddenly appeared and laughed at them and said, "I was just teasing you."

In the dream, Liu Tan was so angry that he ignored Liu Che for seven days and turned around to run back to the Northern Border. As a result, Liu Che gave him a lot of good things as an apology.

However, after waking up and looking at the somewhat unfamiliar Sui Yu Palace, he knew that dreams were just dreams after all, and Liu Che would not suddenly jump out and say that he was teasing him.

This dream made him feel depressed all morning, but after finishing his meal, he still needed to sort himself out to meet the prince.

Liu Ju should be the most anxious and saddest person now. Sick people are naturally sensitive. If he is in a bad mood again, it will affect Liu Ju and further affect his body, which would be terrible.

When Liu mentioned the Crown Prince's Palace, the chief eunuch of the Crown Prince's Palace came out and said happily, "Your Highness the Fifth Prince, you are here."

Liu Tan asked, "How is His Highness Tazi's injury?"

When the eunuch leader heard his words, he knew that he must have understood the whole story, and he quickly said, "He is much better now, but he still needs to rest."

Liu Tan nodded and walked in. At this time, Liu Ju had probably just finished drinking the medicine, and the whole room was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine.

When he smelled the smell, he couldn't help but frown and wanted to open the window to ventilate.

However, he didn't know what Liu Ju's situation was, and he didn't dare to ask anyone to open the window. He could only take a deep breath outside, and then walk in with a righteous look on his face.

Liu Ju was not in a good mood to begin with. No matter who it was, being murdered, or falling at such a critical moment, although it was a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was the end of the Han Dynasty, it was not impossible.

If there was no Liu Tan, if Liu Tan had not arrived in time, the Han Dynasty would probably have changed hands overnight.

And those rebels...which one of them is a good ruler?

However, when Liu Ju saw Liu Tan's expression, he couldn't help but pat the bed and laughed, "Why are you still so afraid of taking medicine? You can't even smell it?"

Liu Tan lost his composure in a split second. "Hey, this bitter-sweet smell is really something that makes me want to stay away. How does Your Highness feel?"

He originally wanted to ask someone to bring a sitting scale over, but Liu Ju grabbed his hand and made him sit down on the edge of the bed.

Liu Ju sighed and said, "I was useless at such a critical moment, and even caused you to risk your life to come back."

Liu Tan sighed sadly and said, "Your Highness, let's not be polite now. My father is missing. Even if I were asked to wait for news in the Northern Territory, I would not be able to sit still, let alone such a big thing."

Liu Ju looked gloomy. "Alas, I still haven't heard from my father. I don't know how he is doing. Oh, and how is the situation outside the city?"

Liu Tan glanced around. The incident of the prince being poisoned made him wary of people he was not familiar with. Even though he knew that Liu Ju would not fall for the same thing, he still decided to be careful.

Liu Ju immediately understood and ordered his men to leave first. He also ordered, "No one is allowed to approach within thirty feet of the Solitary Bedroom. Anyone who disobeys this order will be killed without mercy!"

After everyone left, Liu Tan whispered about what had happened recently, and said casually, "Liu Qumao's scheme was so confusing that I couldn't even tell the difference between truth and falsehood. He's quite a talent."

Liu Ju sneered and said, "Using Prince Guangchuan to attract your attention, while at the same time instigating the siege of Marquis Liang and his men, Liu Qumao's move was a brilliant one."

Liu Tan said indifferently: "What a pity. No matter how good the journey was, it's useless. The most important problem now is to find my father."

Liu Ju frowned and said, "I have sent people to Qi State to search for him at sea, but there has been no news so far, and I don't know what the situation is."

Liu Tan was silent for a while before saying, "Once the rebellion is quelled, I will personally go to Qi State to see if there are any other solutions."

Chang'an is still too far away from Qi State. With the current level of communication, how long will it take for them to wait for news in Chang'an?

After hearing this, Liu Ju took something out from under his pillow with great effort and handed it to him, saying, "Here."

Liu Tan looked down and was shocked to find that it was the tiger talisman that Liu Qumao had been thinking about.