Meanwhile, at Huayang Palace.
Su Huiyan and her son Xuanyuan Yu were also having a private talk.
"Did you tamper with your father's things?" Su Huiyan asked directly, without any hesitation, as only she and her son were in the room.
Xuanyuan Yu took a sip of tea, feeling somewhat guilty, and changed the subject, saying, "You don't need to worry about these things."
Although Xuan Yuan Yu did not say it outright, Su Hui Yan understood what he meant.
Although she had expected it, Su Huiyan still felt a mix of emotions upon hearing the answer.
She never expected that Xuanyuan Yu would actually dare to harm Xuanyuan Peng. Although Xuanyuan Peng hadn't treated them, mother and son, he was still his father, and yet he dared to lay a hand on him.
Su Huiyan couldn't help but wonder if he would also poison her, his mother, in the future.
But now that things have come to this, there's no point in saying anything more.
"Can your father's illness still be cured?" Su Huiyan asked tentatively.
Xuanyuan Yu's eyes shimmered slightly: "Who knows? Perhaps he'll never recover from this illness!"
Xuan Yuan Yu really didn't quite understand the power of that puppet gu.
However, he hoped that his father would fall seriously ill and never recover, so that he could handle the things that followed!
Hearing Xuan Yuan Yu say this, Su Hui Yan understood: "In that case, let's speed things up and not waste this opportunity."
Since things have already come to this, she no longer cares about right or wrong. Since she's already done it, she might as well see it through to the end!
While the emperor is still unconscious, we should seize power as quickly as possible. Once we have real power, it will be too late for the emperor to wake up!
"Yes." Hearing that Su Huiyan meant that she approved of what he had done, Xuan Yuan Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew his mother would definitely support him.
His mother is right; he should indeed quicken his pace.
Xuan Yuan Yu suddenly thought of something and looked at Su Hui Yan, asking, "If I really do something, could the Su family army be used by me?"
The Su family army has more than 300,000 troops, and each soldier is fierce and has amazing combat power. It is no exaggeration to say that one soldier from the Su family army can fight ten soldiers.
If he could gain the support of the Su family army, he wouldn't even need to make any additional deployments; he would definitely be able to secure the throne.
Speaking of the Su family army, Su Huiyan felt somewhat guilty: "The military command of the Su family army has been handed over to your father, and the Su family army is now under your father's control."
Upon hearing Su Huiyan's excuse, Xuanyuan Yu was immediately displeased and said angrily, "The Su Family Army is so important, how can you hand over the military seal of the Su Family Army to Father Emperor! The Su Family Army is our last resort!"
Speaking of the Su family army, Xuan Yuan Yu really couldn't understand his mother.
The Su family army is so important that it could be said that whoever controls the Su family army controls the world of Eastern Chu. Why was she so foolish as to exchange the military token of the Su family army for a concubine position?
Didn't she know that as long as the Su family army was in her hands, her father would have to consider them more carefully no matter what he did? How could he be like this now, directly wanting to make Xuanyuan Zhan the crown prince?
If he had the Su family army as his backing, his father would never want to appoint another crown prince!
Su Huiyan actually had her own unspeakable suffering.
Little did he know that she had no control over the Su family army. Even if the Su family army's military tally was not handed over to the emperor, the Su family army would not obey her orders!
Even if Su Renyi was just a nominal commander of the Su family army, if the Su family army really listened to Su Renyi, would Su Renyi have been so easily beheaded by the emperor?
The Su family army could easily stage a mutiny and save Su Renyi!
It is clear that Su Renyi never truly conquered the Su family army from beginning to end; the Su family army never regarded him as their master.
Not to mention her, she has never even been to the Su family army's camp, so what use is that fake military token!
Su Huiyan was quick-witted and came up with a solution quickly: "Although the Su family army is not under our control, outsiders don't know that. You can use the name of the Su family army to win over other forces."
Outsiders only know that the Su family army belongs to the Su family, and that her eldest brother, Su Renzhong, previously led the Su family army, followed by her second brother, Su Renyi. But how could outsiders know that the Su family army doesn't obey her commands at all?
They all probably think that the Su family army belongs to Su Huiyan now, even if she hands over the military seal to the emperor. It's a fact that the emperor can't subdue the Su family army. They probably think that the Su family army only listens to her.
Even if outsiders don't think so, they can still spread rumors and lead outsiders to think that way!
Su Huiyan's words made Xuan Yuan Yu's eyes light up: "That's not a bad idea!"
The most important thing in the capital now is the three armies.
The Imperial Guards are loyal to the Emperor, that goes without saying.
The commander of the Imperial Guards, Shan Jing, was also loyal to his father, the emperor.
The commander of the city guard was Su Renyi. After Su Renyi's death, the city guard did not have a new commander. The city guard was temporarily under the command of Shan Jing, the commander of the Imperial Guard.
The reason he wanted Xuanyuan Duo to be the leader of the city guard was to seize the initiative, since the city guard was a combination of the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Guards, and the city guard's strength of 100,000 troops was more important.
There's also the Huangli military camp on the outskirts of Beijing, with a total of 200,000 troops. Now, 100,000 have been taken away by Xuanyuan Zhan, leaving 100,000 remaining.
It can be said that the 400,000 troops in the capital were all the emperor's personal guards.
If he wants to take control of Kyoto now, he should first control the three armies of Kyoto.
The best way to control the three armies is actually to control the emperor, to get the emperor to order the entire army to be handed over to him, and to make the entire army obey him.
Unfortunately, he hasn't quite mastered the Puppet Gu yet. Once he truly understands it, it will be too easy.
However, before his father regains consciousness, he can go and meet the commanders of the three armies. Perhaps he can subdue them without his father's order.
As for the 100,000 troops in the Huangli military camp, they can be ignored for the time being.
After all, once he truly controls the three armies, he won't even care about the 100,000 troops in the Huangli military camp.
Having made up his mind, Xuanyuan Yu did not stay in Huayang Palace for long and took his leave directly from Su Huiyan.
Xuanyuan Yu went to find Jin Lu, the commander of the Imperial Guards, while Hang Yuqing had already left the palace and arrived at the Holy King's Mansion.
Ningxiang Garden.
Bai was pruning the flowers in the garden; it was April, and the roses and peonies were in full bloom.
When Bai saw Di Su leading Hang Yuqing over, she subconsciously frowned: "Why is Head Physician Hang here? Did the Emperor send you again to check the Princess's pulse?"
Since they returned to the Holy Prince's Mansion, the Emperor has sent Hang Yuqing to check Ning'er's pulse every month.
Taking too much of that medicine is bad, so she always refused him, not letting him see Ning'er.
Upon seeing Lady Bai, Hang Yuqing immediately performed a formal kneeling salute: "Your Highness, I have important matters to report."
Upon seeing Hang Yuqing's demeanor, Bai felt a sudden sense of foreboding and almost instinctively asked, "Has something happened to the Emperor?"
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