Concubine Long was mobilizing the Imperial Guards to "guard" the Emperor's bedroom, which left Li Xiaoyuan with almost no time and choice. Among the powerful officials in the court, there were people that Li Xiaoyuan trusted, but there was no guarantee that these people would not be watched by Concubine Long's party. After going through all the officials in the court in his mind, Li Xiaoyuan found that his officials were either unable to quench his thirst or could not make him feel at ease.
"Go find Jing Mo," Li Xiaoyuan said to the supervisor.
"Yes," the supervisor said, "I obey your order."
Li Xiaoyuan took out a tiger-head jade pendant that he had worn all year round from under his pillow and said with difficulty, "Ask Gu Xinglang to transfer the soldiers from the two camps outside the city into the city."
The supervisor was so shocked that his whole body trembled, and he stretched out his hands to take the tiger-head jade pendant from Li Xiaoyuan's hand.
"Tell Jing Mo that I will not treat the Queen and Li Yuan unfairly," Li Xiaoyuan said, "Don't tell me about Concubine Yu and Li Yan for now."
"What should they do after Prince Consort Gu leads his troops into the city?" the supervisor asked Li Xiaoyuan.
Li Xiaoyuan said: "Kill the Long clan's followers."
"What about Fang Yan and Princess Xiangning?"
"If they don't move, then don't bother with them," Li Xiaoyuan said, "If they want to collude with that woman from the Long family, then don't be polite to them."
"I understand," the chief supervisor received the order, but he was still worried about Li Xiaoyuan, so he said in a choked voice, "Your Majesty, once I leave the palace, Your Majesty..."
"Go ahead," Li Xiaoyuan said, "while you can still leave the palace."
"Your Majesty!" the chief supervisor said, "If the guards surround the palace, how will Your Majesty escape?"
Li Xiaoyuan's face, wrapped in gauze, had a ferocious expression. He said, "Even if I die, I will never let that woman of the Long family get what she wants! Tell Gu Xinglang not to spare any of the people in the Ai Mansion."
"I obey your order."
"Go," Li Xiaoyuan raised his hand and waved reluctantly.
After the supervisor knelt down and kowtowed to Li Xiaoyuan, he carefully put the tiger-head jade pendant into his sleeve and quickly left the palace.
As soon as the chief supervisor left the bedroom, a team of eight guards surrounded Li Xiaoyuan's bedroom, making it impossible for anyone to get in or out.
When the Chief Supervisor, under the cover of the Imperial Guard General Wang Yuan, dressed in the uniform of the Imperial Guard and sneaked out of the Imperial Palace, and galloped to the East Street Posthouse on horseback, Jing Mo and his gang had packed their luggage and were preparing to fight with the Imperial Guards guarding outside the posthouse, break out of the encirclement and leave Chiyang City.
"Li Xiaoyuan's supervisor?" Jing Mo had put on his thick cloak to keep warm. After hearing the guard's report, he sat back in his chair and asked, "What does he want from me?"
The guard who came to report the news said, "I don't know, he just said his last name was Xun."
Jing Mo thought for a moment and said, "Bring him in."
The guard stepped back and went to the side door to lead people.
Jing Mo said to the chief guard standing beside him, "Go and ask Gu Xinglang and Jiang Zhuojun to come over."
The chief guard also hurried out of the guest room.
Jing Mo sat alone and thought about it, then suddenly smiled. It seemed that Mo Wen wanted to help Li Lu to take the position, but Li Xiaoyuan was not someone who would sit there and wait for death.
Not long after, Gu Xinglang and Jiang Zhuojun came over, both wearing outdoor clothes.
"Li Xiaoyuan sent General Manager Xun from the palace to see me," Jing Mo pointed to the screen in the room and said, "Zhuo Jun, you should hide behind the screen first."
Jiang Zhuojun didn't have time to think about it and hurriedly walked behind the screen.
At Jing Mo's signal, Gu Xinglang sat down below Jing Mo and asked, "Who is this Manager Xun?"
Jing Mo said: "Li Xiaoyuan's chief supervisor."
Gu Xinglang looked outside the door, then looked at Jing Mo and asked, "What does Li Xiaoyuan want to do?"
"Maybe it's a good thing," Jing Mo whispered, "Let's listen to what this Manager Xun has to say."
As soon as Jing Mo finished speaking, the guard brought the chief steward to the door of the guest room and said, "Master, Chief Steward Xun is here."
"Come in," Jing Mo responded.
The supervisor came into the room, knelt down in front of Jing Mo, and kowtowed hard.
As soon as Gu Xinglang saw this person, he recognized him. This was the chief supervisor who took him and Yu Xiaoxiao to see Li Xiaoyuan.
Jing Mo raised his hand and said, "Get up."
After the supervisor stood up, he saluted Gu Xinglang again.
Gu Xinglang waved his hand and said coldly: "No need to be polite."
Gu Xinglang said that there was no need for extra courtesy, but how could the supervisor not be so polite at this time? He knelt in front of Gu Xinglang and kowtowed to him respectfully.
Gu Xinglang glanced at Jing Mo and said to the supervisor: "Get up."
The supervisor then stood up from the ground and stood facing Jing Mo.
"Why are you wearing this?" Jing Mo pointed at the guard uniform the supervisor was wearing and said with a smile, "I heard that the market in Chiyang City was closed. Is Eunuch Xun wearing this for safety reasons?"
The supervisor had no time to exchange pleasantries with Jing Mo. He knelt down in front of Jing Mo and whispered, "Your Majesty, my Majesty has been framed by a villain and is now in danger. My Majesty asks Your Majesty and Prince Consort Gu for help."
"What did you say?" Jing Mo suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Not only Jing Mo, but also Gu Xinglang and Jiang Zhuojun who was hiding behind the screen were dumbfounded. What was going on? Li Xiaoyuan asked them for help?
The supervisor lowered his head and didn't see the stunned look on Jing Mo's face. He choked up and said, "In order to make the Fifth Prince the emperor, Concubine Long plotted to murder our Majesty. The Queen is now imprisoned in the Queen's Palace by Concubine Long and cannot go out. Your Majesty, I beg you to save the Queen and lend a helping hand to our Majesty."
Jing Mo placed his left hand on the armrest of the chair. The Queen did not leave the palace to avoid disaster, so how could she be imprisoned? "Dragon Concubine imprisoned my aunt?" Jing Mo asked the Supervisor General Guan, "Are you serious?"
The chief supervisor kowtowed to Jing Mo and said, "I dare not deceive the emperor."
Gu Xinglang then asked, "What about Concubine Yu?"
The chief supervisor said without pause: "Empress Yu has also been imprisoned by Concubine Long."
Jing Mo waved his hand at Gu Xinglang, looked at the lie-telling supervisor and whispered, "I know His Majesty is seriously injured. Where is he now?"
The chief supervisor said: "My Majesty is now trapped in the Imperial Palace."
Jing Mo nodded and said, "It is our duty to help His Majesty to kill the rebels, but I only have a few guards, and Prince Consort Gu also has only a few guards. How can we help His Majesty?"
When the supervisor heard Jing Mo's willingness to help, he quickly took out Li Xiaoyuan's tiger-head jade pendant, held it in both hands and raised it above his head, saying, "This is something that my majesty wears all year round. My majesty has a verbal order, asking Prince Consort Gu to take this item and mobilize the troops of the two camps outside the city."
Is this just to make them happy?
Jing Mo and Gu Xinglang were dumbfounded again when they saw the tiger-shaped jade pendant in the supervisor's hand. Do they have weapons in their hands?
A note to readers
The first update is here.
...
...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
