Chapter 862 Yellow Bird
Madam Cui's word "Empress" not only alarmed Liang Song and the others, but even the people from the Beijing Patrol Camp were stunned. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the six palaces were no longer in use. Now, in the whole capital, there was no one else who could be addressed as "Empress" except the empress in the palace.
Seeing those people who had just claimed to be the Cui family's servants suddenly rushing towards them with fierce expressions, Chai Yan shouted sternly: "Catch them!!"
"Protect the Queen!!"
Yue Jian also grabbed Tang Ning's hand and pushed him back. She turned around and kicked the attacker, stumbling back a few steps and said hurriedly, "Chai Yan, Prince Hui and the noble families are rebelling. The court officials and ladies in the palace are trapped. Take the queen to see Wu Kui immediately..."
clang!!
The sound of swords clashing instantly interrupted Yue Jian's words. She only had time to turn around and hold the short blade to meet Liang Song's attack. She was forced to take two steps back by his fierce attack, and the other hand that was holding Tang Ning was forced to let go.
"Protect the Queen!" Chai Yan shouted loudly as he started fighting with others, and the people from the Beijing Patrol Camp quickly surrounded him.
There were only a dozen or so "guards" from the aristocratic families, but each of them was an elite soldier. Liang Song was even fighting one against two of Yue Jian and Chai Yan. Although the Beijing Patrol Camp had more people, most of them had ordinary skills, and some of them died in just a few moments of fighting.
Yue Jian turned around and saw that the situation was not good, and shouted: "My Queen, you go first!!"
"You want to leave? Dream on!" Liang Songli shouted, "Stop the Queen, regardless of life or death!"
The people from the aristocratic families became more and more ferocious when they attacked, and their moves were almost life-for-life. Every blow was bloody, and more and more people from the Beijing Patrol Camp died. Tang Ning, who was disguised as Danzhu, was also chased in a panic. Seeing the guards beside him turned around to intercept him, Tang Ning ran back regardless, and suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves approaching.
“My Queen!!”
Mrs. Cui, who had been forgotten before, was actually sitting on the shaft of the carriage and driving towards this side at a high speed. The carriage arrived next to Tang Ning in a flash. When Mrs. Cui stretched out her hand, Tang Ning grabbed it. She pulled Tang Ning up with force, and the two fell into the carriage together.
But before he could feel relieved, Tang Ning shouted "Be careful", and the assassins from the noble family who were chasing him jumped onto the carriage and got in.
He raised his sword and swung it towards the inner room. Tang Ning pulled Madam Cui away, turned around and took the blow, and the crossbow in his hand shot out almost at the same time.
"Bang!!"
The assassin fell straight into the carriage. Tang Ning covered his bleeding shoulder and shouted at Madam Cui, whose face turned pale with fear: "Drive!"
Mrs. Cui quickly turned around, got out of the carriage, pulled the reins of the frightened horse and swung them hard, and the carriage sped away. During the bumpy ride, Tang Ning leaned against the door, holding his wound and looking back, full of relief for having survived the disaster.
“I didn’t catch up…”
She was pale with pain, and the blood on her shoulder had stained her maid's dress red. Her voice trembled as she spoke, "Yue Jian and the others will find a way to stop Liang Song and the others. We can't keep the news here secret for long. There are many patrolling soldiers in the city at night. If we alert any one of them, we can rescue them."
"Mrs. Cui, drive directly to the Privy Council."
Madam Cui Shao sat beside her and asked, "Aren't you going to the capital to inspect the camp?"
Tang Ning's voice was weak. "The Beijing Patrol Battalion will know about the movement here soon. I have to go see Geng Ji first and ask him to lead the Black Armor Guards out of the city. The Beijing Patrol Battalion can't mobilize the city defense and the four battalions in the suburbs of Beijing. Only he can..."
Madam Cui's expression changed instantly: "Why?"
Tang Ning explained in a low voice, "Your Majesty and I have long been wary of the aristocratic families taking desperate measures. What they hold is not enough to seize the capital. Their only way is to force the emperor to abdicate and then capture me, using me as a hostage to control the other princes. Therefore, Your Majesty and I have already handed half of the mobilization order to Geng Ji. Unless I come in person, anyone who attempts to mobilize troops with the other half or the imperial edict will be apprehended immediately."
"The one that the Empress gave to Liang Guangyi before..."
"As long as they bring the things to see Yu Yanfeng, Yu Yanfeng will know that something happened in Yongzhao Palace."
As the carriage sped along, the bumpy Tang Ning didn't notice the change in the expression of the person next to him, while Mrs. Cui turned her head to look at the person next to her, her eyes fell on her pale face covered with cold sweat, and she suddenly laughed.
"As expected of the Empress, even at this point, she still hides something from me."
Tang Ning's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. Just as he was about to raise his hand subconsciously, something sharp pressed against his neck.
"I advise Her Majesty not to move. Otherwise, if my hand were to bend, you would be dead."
The carriage had entered a dark alley without her knowing. Madam Cui grabbed the reins and made the carriage stop abruptly. Then she put one hand on her neck and grabbed her arm with the other, spun around and fell to the ground.
Tang Ning's face turned pale: "Do you know martial arts?"
Her pupils shrank sharply:
"You are not Bai Siqing!"
Mrs. Cui's maiden name was Bai Siqing. She laughed when she heard that and said, "Of course I am."
She grabbed Tang Ning's wrist and exerted a little force, then forcibly removed the crossbow tied to it and threw it on the ground. She also threw away the dagger hidden in her arms, and continued:
"Of course, Her Majesty the Queen can also call me by another name."
She whispered something in Tang Ning's ear, and Tang Ning was immediately shocked.
"Who are you……"
Tang Ning was about to say something with anger on his face when he suddenly felt a pain on the back of his neck. Then he stumbled and fell, and was caught by Madam Cui.
Madam Cui took a look at the person in her arms, then she took something and put it to her mouth with a soft sound. In a moment, two figures jumped down from the dark alley and quickly came in front of her.
"Sir?" The two men were surprised when they saw the person in her arms: "She is..."
"The Queen of Wei."
Mrs. Cui's face was cold, but if you looked closely you could see joy in her eyes.
"Song Tangning is far more shrewd than I thought. Even I was almost tricked by her. She and Xiao Yan not only had a plan in the palace, but also outside. If I hadn't been alert and prepared before taking action, I would have fallen into her trap."
To be honest, she was also a little scared.
Seeing the situation in the palace before, she had tried again and again, and Song Tangning seemed to be desperate, but he still had a trick up his sleeve.
Madam Cui searched Song Tangning's body and found the imperial seal and the half token that she had brought with her when she left the palace.
She had no interest in the jade seal. Instead, she looked at the token in her hand with surprise and joy: "So this is the Dragon Jade Token. With this, the northwest will no longer be a difficult nut to crack."
As long as Luoyan Pass is breached and the northwest falls under the iron hoof of Beiling, the Great Wei will be in the Lord's pocket.
She put away the Dragon Jade Order and watched the light growing brighter in the distance.
"We got the stuff, leave the city immediately!!"
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