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When Ping An finished his work and returned to his villa, Xiao Wu and Lin Feng had already arrived.
At this time, the entire capital was in chaos.
"Master, everyone in the capital may know about this. What should we do now?"
Xiao Wu was worried about the eldest master. After all, he and his elder brother were raised by him.
"Xiao Wu, go get some food. We'll go look for Master. We've done everything we can and found the people. It would be best if we could take advantage of the chaos to bring Master and the others back to the villa."
Lin Feng came in from outside the courtyard: "Master, I saw the internal guards looking for someone, maybe they will find them here soon."
Ping An frowned, "Xiao Wu, get ready. Lin Feng, guard the door. I'll go to the backyard and set up a small formation. If we can catch Master and the others, we'll have a place to hide."
Xiao Wu said, "Old Master Wang said that he could take the person to his home. He is very worried about the emperor and his family."
"Let's talk about it later. We'll act according to circumstances when the time comes. Move quickly so we can turn off the lights and leave early."
Ping'an didn't really want to bring the emperor and others into the master's house. It was still unclear who would win or lose, so there was no need to make things difficult for the master's family.
A quarter of an hour later.
The three of them left from the backyard. Lights could be seen throughout the capital, and cries and shouts could be faintly heard.
Ping An is not very worried.
All his valuables were packed away and hidden last night, including Awu's dowry.
With Tong Lin, Da Wu, Xu Song, Er Qiang and others at home, we don't have to take ordinary thugs seriously at all.
The Second Prince is currently unable to take care of himself, so how could he have the time to clean himself up at this time?
Several families close to him also set up formations to accommodate their family members. If nothing else, at least they could protect their safety during this worst time.
The three of them walked in the snow and stopped two hundred meters away from the garden outside the palace and found a place to hide.
There are actually dozens of people still searching around here.
Along the way, they had already encountered several groups of internal guards looking for someone. An hour had passed and the capital was in chaos. Why hadn't the general led his troops into the city? Didn't Wang Gandi bring the Kyoto camp here either?
Inside the palace.
The second prince was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
"Uncle, my father and his men haven't been found yet? Can you send people to Wan Ping'an, Sun Sicheng, the Huang family, and the Hao family to arrest them?"
Duke Yong lowered his head and said, "We haven't found it yet. We sent many people to look for it, but they couldn't find it. It's as if it disappeared into thin air.
We only control the Imperial Palace now, but our people reported that the Kyoto Battalion did not take it. Wang Wei rescued Duke Jingguo, and the five Kyoto Battalions probably all failed.
There is no news from the Beijing suburbs camp yet, but according to spies, fighting has already started there. It depends on whether General Zhang can take down General Hao. General Hao is on duty tonight.
Several families have sent people, but no news has come back yet. Logically, everyone in their families should be at home, as today is the first day of the Chinese New Year after all."
The second prince gnashed his teeth and said, "I told you to send people to the Huang family, the Hao family, the Wang family, and the Jingguo family to arrest people. As long as their family members are in the palace, there is no need to worry about them not obeying. It doesn't matter who is the emperor. If their family members die, they will not be able to survive."
Something strange happened tonight as well. The Loyal and Brave Marquis couple went to Jiangnan to look for craftsmen and have not returned yet.
The Huang and Hao families came back from the northern border and didn't know any rules. They even said that their elders were not feeling well and did not attend the banquet.
Quarter of an hour later, those who were sent to arrest people came back and said that the people in these people's homes seemed to have disappeared out of thin air and they could not find anyone.
Duke Yong said: "The people I sent out have all returned. Brother Wang Wei was kidnapped by Hao Lei on the way. Our people found the inner guard tied up on the street corner.
These homes are completely deserted, and it’s impossible to find anyone there.”
The second prince was furious and said, "It was clearly planned without any loopholes, why did this happen? How could these people leave early? It doesn't make sense at all, send someone to look for them again.
I thought that as long as I had the crown prince, I could control my father. The crown prince accidentally came over, and it was even more certain. But they all ran away. Didn't I ask you to check my father's bedroom carefully beforehand? Otherwise, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation."
"Second Prince, we have clearly found two tunnels, but who would have thought there would be another one next to the bed? It's all Master Sun Sicheng's fault, but their family members have also run away."
The second prince waved his sleeves and said, "Now is not the time to investigate these matters. Have all the signals been sent out?"
"It's been sent out, so it should be foolproof."
"My son, my son."
The second prince turned around and said, "Mother, you are not in the palace, what are you doing here at this time?"
The imperial concubine, who was always glamorous and beautiful on weekdays, looked quite embarrassed at this moment and stumbled over.
"My son, the Crown Princess has passed away. She died of a heart disease. The Empress is also dying. She might have been poisoned by the fire. I just want you to be the emperor, not to kill them. Your mother treated us so well. Please call the Dean over."
The second prince suddenly roared, "Did they commit suicide? Who told them to set fire to the palace? They were poisoned by fire, what does it have to do with me? The Crown Princess' heart disease is none of my business, why didn't she take medicine if she has a heart disease?"
Concubine Xu was stunned when she saw her son, who had always been gentle and polite, suddenly become like this, as if he had become a different person.
Duke Yong sighed. He said it would be better not to go to this step. However, his old father and the second prince insisted on doing so. Before he knew it, they had already done many things without telling him, and they had been preparing for many years. By the time he knew it, the arrow had been drawn and could no longer be controlled.
"Your Majesty, are all the doctors on duty at the Imperial Hospital ineffective? Sun Sicheng's family is missing, and the director broke his leg a few days ago, and he can't even move."
"Uncle, please send someone to Yuanzheng's house to bring him over. We still have use for the Queen."
Eunuch Zhuo came running over and said, "Second Prince, Duke, I see many torches coming this way from afar. Are they ours or..."
Duke Yong sighed deeply and said, "Second Prince, I'll go take a look."
The imperial concubine's eyes widened: "My son, isn't this foolproof?"
"Mother, these should be my people coming. The preparations were indeed foolproof, but who knew that my father had prepared three escape tunnels in the bedroom and took away the crown prince, the grandson, and Master and Apprentice Sun Sicheng at the most critical moment.
My father, the crown prince, and Eunuch Hu were all poisoned. If they hadn't taken Master Sun Sicheng and his disciples with them, they wouldn't have been able to escape even if they had fled into the tunnel.
But it's okay, General Zhang will definitely control the suburban camp, and Xuzhou will also control the five armies of the Kyoto camp, I'm not worried, I'm not worried."
The imperial concubine was even more panicked when she saw her son was talking incoherently, but she did not dare to disturb him anymore and just shed tears silently.
She just wanted to live a peaceful life. It would be great if her son could be a prince. However, neither the father nor the son were satisfied and they had to reach that position. No matter what she said to her eldest brother, it was useless.
Now it's all right. I don't know where the emperor has gone. Is the poison serious? The Crown Princess died at a young age. Usually, she was called "Niangniang" by the Queen. The Queen treated her as a sister and never treated the concubines harshly. Maybe she will die soon.
The imperial concubine couldn't stop crying. No, she had to go find that imperial physician Hou. This fire poison shouldn't be difficult for him to cure.
When the Second Prince saw his mother hurried out, he no longer cared about her. If the Queen really wanted to die, there was nothing he could do.
Now is not the time to worry about these things.
If the plan fails, it will be time for him to die, and at that time, whether the queen is dead or alive will not reduce his guilt.
The matter was settled, and even though the queen was dead, no one could do anything to him. As time went by, people naturally forgot about it.
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