Su Xuening entered the Cold Palace and chose a main hall to rest in.
The current emperor is obsessed with his mother, so there are hardly any women in the harem, and naturally, the Cold Palace is also empty.
Because no one lived there and it was a cold palace, the palace maids and eunuchs became lazy and naturally didn't come to clean it.
Although the cold palace was dilapidated, the palace itself was still intact and could still provide shelter from the wind and rain.
Su Xuening lay on the bed, touching her protruding belly.
She probably won't be able to stay here for more than a few days. Xuanyuan Yu will definitely take her to find the military token.
Her goal was to get Xuan Yuan Yu to take her out of the palace so that her master and the others could more easily rescue her.
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This side of the bamboo forest.
Bai Shi, Su Yun'an, Dao Yi, and You Yi were all anxiously waiting for Pei Luo and Su Xuening.
Upon seeing Pei Luo return, Su Yun'an was the first to rush over: "Master, where is my sister?"
Bai Shi and Dao Yi, along with others, also gathered around.
Pei Luo sighed with shame and recounted how he had been ambushed by the Imperial Guards upon entering the palace: "They locked the girl in the Cold Palace. That so-called Third Prince had already arranged for the Imperial Guards to ambush outside the Cold Palace. They must have known I was going to rescue her. The girl even promised to give them the real Su Family Army military tally in order to get them to let me leave."
"The real military tally of the Su family army?" Bai asked, puzzled. "Didn't they say they hadn't found it yet?"
Su Yun'an frowned and said, "Sister doesn't have the military tally at all; it's with Mother."
Pei Luo was startled upon hearing this: "What? Then why would she say she would exchange a real military token for my departure?"
Thinking of Su Xuening's intelligence and wisdom, Bai said, "She must be lying to Xuanyuan Yu. She's afraid those Imperial Guards will hurt you!"
Pei Luo suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh right, she secretly told me to wait for her in the western suburbs."
Upon hearing this, Bai immediately understood Su Xuening's meaning: "She probably wants to use the military tally as bait to get Xuanyuan Yu to bring her to the western suburbs, making it easier for us to rescue her, since there are too many Imperial Guards in the palace."
Moreover, since Xuanyuan Yu sent the Imperial Guards to ambush in advance, it must have meant that only Doctor Luo and his uncle were present, so he made preparations in advance.
Even if Doctor Luo and his uncle were to enter the palace to rescue the person, they might not be able to do so successfully.
After Bai's reminder, Pei Luo finally understood Su Xuening's meaning and immediately said, "Then I'll go out and wait now."
Pei Luo turned to leave as she spoke, but was stopped by Bai Shi: "It probably won't be that fast, don't rush."
Bai looked at Pei Luo and said, "Even if Ning'er wants to use the military tally to send troops, Xuan Yuan Yu has to take the bait first."
Su Yun'an was silent for a moment before saying, "He should take the bait. No one doesn't want the military seal of the Su family army, especially Xuan Yuan Yu and Xuan Yuan Zhi."
Currently in Kyoto, the contenders for the throne are Xuanyuan Yu and Xuanyuan Zhi. Even if Xuanyuan Yu doesn't take the bait, there's still Xuanyuan Zhi. They both definitely want the military seal of the Su family army, after all, the Su family army has more than 300,000 soldiers. Whoever controls the Su family army will gain the initiative in this war for the throne.
Bai nodded in agreement, saying, "I think so too. After all, the temptation to control the Su family army is too great for them!"
As Bai spoke, she looked at Pei Luo, Dao Yi, and You Yi and said, "Ning'er will definitely find a way to bring them to the western suburbs, so we need to lie in ambush in the western suburbs for the next few days and wait to rescue Ning'er."
“We’re very familiar with this western suburb, so it will be more convenient for us to rescue the girl here.” Pei Luo has lived here for several years.
The western suburban valley is the easiest place to set up an ambush. He, Dao Yi, and You Yi will all lie in ambush on both sides. Moreover, he can set up several formations in the valley to ensure that once they enter the western suburban valley, they will not be able to get out.
Bai was naturally confident in Pei Luo and his companions' martial arts skills: "However, if we can successfully rescue the people in the western valley, I'm afraid this bamboo forest will be lost!"
Once they've rescued the people, Xuanyuan Yu and his Imperial Guards will definitely turn the entire western suburbs upside down.
Pei Luo glanced reluctantly at his bamboo grove: "No matter what, saving the girl is the most important thing."
Although he had lived in the bamboo forest for several years and had long developed feelings for it, no matter how important the bamboo forest was, it couldn't compare to the girl.
As long as we can successfully rescue the girl, we'll give up this bamboo grove.
Moreover, as long as a person is alive, they can set up a good place to live anywhere.
Bai was also deeply moved by Pei Luo's dedication to Su Xuening: "Then it's decided. Let's go out and check out the terrain to make some advance plans."
"Okay." Pei Luo and the others left the bamboo forest together.
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The North.
The Northern Rong were still attacking the city, and Xuanyuan Zhan was still leading his soldiers to fight against the Northern Rong army.
After fighting for seven or eight days, Tuoba Xiong saw that the gates of Beifeng City were as solid as a rock, and they could not break through them at all. In fact, they had suffered heavy losses of their own soldiers.
Therefore, Tuoba Xiong summoned other Northern Rong tribes overnight to attack the city, making the defensive battle in the north increasingly difficult.
Ling Lang looked down at the newly arrived Northern Rong tribe and said with a solemn expression, "Your Highness, the Northern Rong army is growing larger and larger. This battle will be difficult!"
If it were just Tuoba Xiong's Tianqiong tribe, the Northern Rong would have been driven back long ago.
But now their numbers are growing, and the grassland tribes are all brave and skilled in battle, making them increasingly difficult to defeat.
Xuanyuan Zhan squinted at the growing number of Northern Rong Tartars below, but he wasn't worried: "They are indeed growing in number, but they are not united. They are fighting their own battles. Just wait and see. There must be loopholes in this kind of temporary alliance!"
They have the numbers and the power to act arrogantly for a while.
Ling Lang was initially quite worried as the number of Northern Rong people increased, but seeing the prince so calm, he immediately felt relieved.
For some reason, he always felt that as long as the prince was there, they would definitely not lose this battle!
The prince is now the pillar of stability for the entire northern lands.
Ye Yun suddenly appeared and reported to Xuan Yuanzhan: "Your Highness, the secret guards you sent to the capital have returned."
Xuanyuan Zhan glanced at the guards following behind Ye Yun.
Upon seeing this, Ling Lang immediately said to Xuan Yuanzhan, "Your Highness, please go ahead with your work. I'll leave this to you."
Xuanyuan Zhan glanced down and, seeing that they couldn't breach the city gate anytime soon, led the guards aside.
Once they reached a convenient place to talk, the guard immediately bowed to Xuan Yuanzhan and said, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened in the capital."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanzhan immediately panicked: "Has something happened to the Dowager Consort and the Princess Consort?"
Ye Yun and Ye Feng immediately looked nervously at the guard.
The guards dared not conceal the truth: "It was the Third Prince who said that Your Highness had privately recruited those bandits, privately built an army, and intended to rebel, so he imprisoned the Dowager Consort and the Princess Consort in the Imperial Prison!"
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