After leaving the palace, Helian Chen arrived at his temporary residence.
This is a three-courtyard house.
The courtyard isn't very big, but it's exquisite and clean.
The houses are neat and the furniture is complete.
Helian Chen practically moved in with just his bags.
"General!"
As soon as I entered the gate, a servant came to greet me.
He was Helian Chen's confidant and accompanied him to Lingnan.
The servant boy also came back with him on this trip back to the capital.
He had served Helian Chen since childhood, and to Helian Chen, he was practically family.
"Has someone sent a visiting card?"
Helian Chen glanced at the servant and, seeing the name card in his hand, asked with some curiosity, "Who is it?"
"Reporting to the general, it was sent by Princess Nanling!"
The servant answered respectfully, then added after a moment's thought, "The man said that the princess wrote a letter to the young lady and wanted to ask the general to deliver it to Yuezhou."
The "Miss" the servant mentioned was none other than Helian Yan, Helian Chen's younger sister from the same mother.
Because her birth mother was a Hu woman, Helian Yan's appearance was somewhat "different from ordinary people".
Although she didn't have blond hair and blue eyes like Sherlin, it was obvious at a glance that she had foreign blood.
For example, Helian Yan's eyes are light brown, her skin is very fair, and her hair has a slight natural curl.
As a concubine's daughter born to a Hu woman, and with her appearance differing from that of the noble ladies around her, Helian Yan was easily ostracized.
After Helian Chen entered the Eastern Palace, Helian Yan was no longer bullied.
Even when she goes out to a party, she will still be pointed at and talked about.
Having endured so many cold shoulders, Helian Yan became somewhat introverted.
Fortunately, she was better than Nanling and didn't become timid and cowardly.
Helian Yan simply became quieter.
Perhaps due to their similar personalities, Nanling and Helian Yan became friends at a banquet.
The two would occasionally write a letter or exchange small gifts.
Subsequently, Helian Yan followed Helian Chen to Yuezhou. The journey was too long, so Nanling broke off all contact with Helian Yan.
When they were in Yuezhou, Helian Yan would occasionally mention her best friend.
Therefore, Helian Chen was not surprised to hear the name "Princess of Nanling".
"Where's the letter?"
Helian Chen asked a question.
The servant hurriedly pulled a thick envelope from his pocket and presented it to Helian Chen with both hands.
Helian Chen picked up the letter and found that it was not sealed with wax, but simply sealed with paste.
"Was this intentionally shown to others?"
Helian Chen raised an eyebrow, strode back to his study, found a dagger, and carefully opened the envelope.
He took out the letter, unfolded it, and quickly scanned it, reading ten lines at a glance.
Sure enough, apart from the first page which contained greetings and casual conversations among the young ladies, the remaining pages were about the situation in the palace and even the capital.
For example, the preferences of important figures in the harem.
From the Grand Empress Dowager to the two Empress Dowagers, and then to Consorts such as Consort Cui, Consort Mu, and Consort Wang who gave birth to princes, there are brief introductions.
The letter also mentioned several powerful noble families in the capital: the Mu family, the Lu family, the Dugu family, and the Yuan family.
And some first- and second-class aristocratic families, such as the Cui, Zheng, Wang, Li, Yang and Wei families, etc.
"Um?"
When he reached the last page, Helian Chen was drawn to a few lines of text.
What does "intent is in the center" mean?
Are you saying that the families listed above are intentionally targeting the Empress?
Or are they plotting to seize the Empress's position?
"Oh no! They're trying to harm Her Majesty!"
Helian Chen was very perceptive and immediately guessed the hidden meaning of the letter.
"Wait! The existence of the four young princes has also been exposed?"
Helian Chen realized the importance of the letter and dared not skim through it anymore, but studied it word by word.
Then, he gleaned another piece of information from between the lines.
This made him instantly restless.
Although separated by thousands of miles, the sage maintained contact with Lingnan by carrier pigeon.
Even Helian Chen himself would occasionally communicate with his birth mother and sister via carrier pigeon.
Therefore, Helian Chen knew that the Empress was making preparations and was just waiting for the imperial envoy to arrive so that she could receive the decree and lead her troops to the capital.
Apart from the necessary personnel remaining on duty, Your Highness should take all personnel from the Yue Prince's Palace and related departments with you.
Among them were Helian Chen's family members.
Of course, there are also the remaining 20,000 troops of the Yue King's Palace.
Logically speaking, with so many people, including fully armed silver-armored soldiers and the Empress's female soldiers, there should be a lot of people.
The safety of the group can be guaranteed.
However, it's easy to dodge a knife in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark.
What if someone in the capital sets up an ambush along the way, or secretly bribes the post stations along the route...
"No! I want to go to the palace!"
Helian Chen became increasingly anxious as he thought about it. He quickly stood up, grabbed the letter, and hurriedly returned to the palace.
"What happened? Why are you in such a panic?"
Seeing Helian Chen's eagerness, Helian Jue couldn't help but feel curious.
"Your Majesty, someone is plotting to harm the Empress and the young princes!"
As Helian Chen spoke, he took out the letter.
Who wrote the letter?
Helian Jue's reaction surprised Helian Chen somewhat.
The master wasn't angry when he heard that someone was plotting to harm the empress?
This is not normal.
The only explanation is, "Your Majesty, you already knew?"
Helian Chen looked somewhat foolish.
"Not only me, but A Yuan also foresaw this long ago!"
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