After changing into the guard uniforms of the Prince of Zhenbei's Palace prepared in advance by Yuheng, Yu Zizhen's private soldier, who had entered the palace pretending to be a young eunuch, together with Yuheng and Yaoguang, sent the palace servants out through the secret passage in the Grand Prince's Palace.
The palace servants also changed out of their palace clothes. These people were quite smart and knew that their clothes were eye-catching. They had already prepared some ordinary clothes that were neither new nor old for themselves to change into before leaving the Second Prince's bedroom.
Yu Zizhen did not waste the palace maids' and eunuchs' costumes that they had changed out of. She put those clothes into the space, intending to give them to her private soldiers who had sneaked into the palace.
Although these people were poisoned and would soon be sent to the distant Jiangnan, Yu Zizhen still had them blindfolded and took them around the eldest prince's bedroom for a long time. They had to pass several threshold-like crossbars that she had found from somewhere before having someone lead them into the secret passage.
With them was the eldest prince, who was carrying the imperial edict of enfeoffment, which was tightly wrapped in layer upon layer of oil paper, written impromptu by the emperor and hastily stamped with the imperial seal. With red eyes, he bid farewell to the emperor and left through the tunnel.
According to Yu Zizhen's instructions, the private soldier of Yu Zizhen who entered the palace pretending to be a young eunuch would immediately send these palace maids and eunuchs who originally served the second prince out of the capital, and let them follow the second prince to Jiangnan to live a pastoral life in hiding.
As for the eldest prince, he is one of Yu Zizhen's mission targets. Even without mentioning their relationship over the years, just for the points reward that the system will give after completing the mission, Yu Zizhen cannot let him make any mistakes.
To be on the safe side, Yu Zizhen not only instructed Yuheng to arrange three escort teams for him, one visible and two hidden, but also the number of people in each team was more than twice the total number of guards when Yang Shixian and his family left Beijing before.
In addition, she also sent Lu Mingxuan. With him, a former low-ranking general, leading the team, Yu Zizhen believed that the eldest prince would at least be able to safely reach the fiefdom and successfully gain a foothold in it.
Yaoguang couldn't quite understand Yu Zizhen's behavior. After sending the eldest prince away, she quietly asked Yu Zizhen, who had disguised himself as the eldest prince, "Prince, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to give the eldest prince so many soldiers and horses?"
Yuheng failed to stop him and heard his friend talking without restraint again. He couldn't help but cover his face with his hands again.
She felt that Yaoguang was just lucky to follow a tolerant master like Yu Zizhen, otherwise she would have been beaten up by the master eight hundred times.
Yu Zizhen, who was particularly fond of Yaoguang, did not blame her at all for her somewhat inappropriate behavior. Yaoguang was able to obey her in front of outsiders, and even if she had any questions, she would only ask her in private. Yu Zizhen was already very satisfied.
She patiently explained to Yaoguang, "I only sent Lu Mingxuan to escort him. I didn't give all those soldiers to him for free. He's too smart to have any inappropriate thoughts about this."
Not to mention that Xiao Yuanjin is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty. Given Yu Zizhen's previous protection of him and the emperor, he would never do anything like stepping on the fruits of her labor to get to the top.
Even if we take a step back and assume that Xiao Yuanjin really becomes a different person after leaving the capital and becomes greedy for profit, Yu Zizhen's private soldiers will not switch to another family just because he is a prince.
Although Yu Zizhen knew she wasn't a powerful person who was good at controlling people's hearts, she had a cheat after all. Her character card was not just for show.
Imagine this.
Others say, "I am full of clever ideas," but she says, "I have a trick."
Others say, "I am good at dealing with people," but she says, "I am very capable."
Others say, "I have a long-term vision," but she says, "I have a talent."
When others say, "I am extremely talented," she says, "I am talented."
Others say, "I am both civil and military", she says, "I have a talent".
Others said, "I am very rich," but she said, "I have a cheat code."
Wow, that scene, Yu Zizhen felt so happy just by imagining it.
The system made up for her shortcomings in this area very well, and also greatly enhanced her personal combat power and overall strength. Otherwise, she would not have thought of "walking other people's paths and leaving them with no way to go."
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As Yu Zizhen had expected, after the news of the second prince and most of the palace maids disappearing and a small number of them being killed was exposed, Empress Lu could not find any evidence that the incident was related to Yu Zizhen or the eldest prince.
She was angry and anxious, and thought about the suspicious people over and over in her mind several times, but she still couldn't make up her mind who to consider as the most suspicious person.
Just like her reasoning process, her search for someone was not smooth.
After checking and investigating the subordinates she released, she finally found out that Yu Zizhen's female guard had brought a young eunuch in and out of the palace.
After receiving the report, Xiao Lu immediately sent people to the eldest prince to arrest Yu Zizhen's female guard.
However, Yu Zizhen stood in front of Yuheng. She stared at the old eunuch who led the arrest team with murderous eyes. "Why, my female guards can't just ask a young eunuch to help her carry things? What law in Da Qi stipulates that my female guards can't let young eunuchs help carry things?"
The old eunuch didn't dare to use force. Firstly, he couldn't do it, and secondly, Yu Zizhen was notoriously unruly, so he didn't dare to anger him.
There was no other way, the old eunuch could only compromise and put on a smile to Yu Zizhen while carefully asking Yuheng about the origins of the young eunuch.
Yu Zizhen didn't mind him asking questions on the spot, and Yuheng even stood up and bowed to him with a very good attitude.
"I didn't know that eunuch. I just had a lot of things to take and no one else was available, so I grabbed him to help me. After he helped me deliver the things to the Crown Prince, he took the reward and left."
This kind of thing was very common in the imperial palace, and the old eunuch could not force Yuheng to find the man and put him in front of him.
The most important thing is that when the old eunuch came here on orders, he had already heard from Xiao Lu's words that she did not really doubt Yuheng, but simply felt that it was a rare opportunity to show Yu Zizhen a warning, so she did not want to miss it.
The over-inflated little Mrs. Lu obviously forgot that Yu Zizhen was not someone who could be intimidated by others.
It doesn't matter that she forgot the question, but Yu Zizhen herself will not be polite to her lackeys.
The old eunuch knew very well that Yu Zizhen had a bad temper and could change his mind at any time. For the sake of his own life, he asked politely and then went back in disgrace with his lackeys.
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