Chapter 2782: People are at the mercy of others
The two walked out of the Xuanqiong Palace. Nan Yan turned back to look at Zhu Chengxuan with a slightly relieved smile on her face. She said softly, "Your Highness the Prince of Wei did a great job this time."
Zhu Chengxuan looked up at her.
Perhaps he was not used to being praised, especially such direct praise, and there was a shy expression on his face.
He lowered his head and said softly, "Your Highness, your compliments are too kind."
"No, it's not my fault."
Nan Yan said, "Just now, even I didn't react that quickly, but you were able to make such a good decision. How did you come up with the idea of choosing the Dali Temple?"
Zhu Chengxuan said softly, "Master Zhang and Master Ge are too experienced. If we let them come out at this time, they will be the ones in charge. I'm afraid that neither the prince nor the queen can control it."
“…”
"But at this time, I feel that we must take control of the situation in our own hands."
“…”
"So, we have to choose men from both sides."
“…”
"The only person from the Ministry of Justice who attended Lord Li's wedding banquet was Lord Zhang, while there were two people from the Dali Temple: Lord Ge and the Dali Temple's Junior Official, Ruan Hengzhou."
“…”
"Besides, I know he is Concubine Xi's brother, so this aspect is easier to control."
The smile in Nan Yan's eyes deepened.
It can be seen that Zhu Chengxuan has really grown a lot during his time as the Jingzhao Yin.
At this time, Ruan Hengzhou also walked out of the hall.
Seeing the Prince of Wei and the Imperial Concubine standing at the entrance to the palace, he immediately bowed to them and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, and thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me this opportunity."
Nan Yan looked at him and said calmly, "The opportunity is given to you. It depends on how you grasp it."
"I will definitely live up to your Majesty and Your Highness's expectations."
"Yeah, that's good to know."
Nan Yan nodded and said, "Let's go."
"yes."
Ruan Hengzhou followed them out.
The ministers who stayed in the Xuanqiong Palace all had complicated expressions on their faces at this moment. They were not making as much noise as before, but just gathered in groups of three or four, whispering something.
On this side, the Minister of Justice Zhang Lu snorted coldly and said, "Fight? So what if you win?"
“…”
"Wasn't it because he was intercepted by his own men?"
Hearing his words, Ge Yunli's face, which was not very good to begin with, turned even darker.
Zhang Lu even deliberately walked up to him and said, "Master Ge, who has the final say in your Dali Temple these days? Putting everything else aside, his sister alone is enough to make him flaunt his power, and now he has the support of the Prince of Wei and the Imperial Concubine. In my opinion, Master Ge should step down sooner rather than later to make way for the younger generation."
"you--"
"Alright, my Lords!"
Seeing the two of them arguing with each other again, Yan Gu stopped them with a look of deep sorrow and said, "It's already this late, and you're still arguing with each other?"
The two men looked at him and said nothing.
Yan Gu looked at the tightly closed door in front of him again. Although the lights in the hall were still bright and he couldn't see the situation outside, he noticed when the imperial concubine opened the door and walked out just now. The door was full of the imperial concubine's people, and those guarding outside were all imperial guards. Just now, Ying Shao had been following the imperial concubine and the King of Wei, and it was obvious that he obeyed their orders completely.
Now, it can be said that the entire situation is in the hands of a woman.
Yan Gu said, "If you keep fighting among yourselves like this, we court officials will become meat on their chopping boards!"
Ge Yunli said, "Master Yan, what can we do now that you say that?"
“…”
“Now, who isn’t locked up here and can’t even get out?”
When Yan Gu heard this, he also sighed deeply.
Zhang Lu said, "If that's the case, then we can't just sit there and wait for them to die next time."
“…”
"Otherwise, we have no idea what's going on outside. If His Majesty really—"
Having said that, he paused.
When the people around heard this, they all looked at him with complicated expressions. Everyone had a different expression on their face, and it was obvious that they all had their own plans.
After a while, Ge Yunli said, "Master Zhang is right."
“…”
"When they come again, we can't just let them come and go as they please. By the way, I heard the King of Wei and the Imperial Concubine talking just now. It seems like they're here to look for someone?"
The three of them looked at each other and quickly glanced around.
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On this side, Eunuch Yu rode a horse and returned to the palace at lightning speed with a few personal soldiers. He immediately dismounted.
Without even taking a breath, he threw the reins to the person next to him and walked inside immediately.
Several of his personal guards were also surprised.
Even when the emperor was touring Handongwei, he did not let him go with him, but stayed in the capital, because he was worried that he was too old to withstand the bumpy ride. However, he did not expect that Eunuch Yu would be so swift on horseback.
Several people hurriedly followed.
After entering the harem and preparing to go to Yonghe Palace, I heard that the imperial concubine had taken the Prince of Wei away from Yonghe Palace and was heading to the Xuanqiong Palace.
Eunuch Yu pondered for a moment and hurried over there.
As soon as they reached Xuanqiong Gate, they saw a large group of people coming towards them. It was the Imperial Concubine and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, followed by Ying Shao, Ruoshui and others, as well as Ruan Hengzhou, the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple.
Eunuch Yu immediately stepped forward and kowtowed, "Greetings to the Imperial Concubine, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei."
Nan Yan was shocked.
"Eunuch Yu, you're back so soon?"
Eunuch Yu said, "The matter is urgent. Once I have finished my work, I will return immediately to report to the Empress and His Highness."
Nan Yan hurriedly asked: "Then the Nine Gates——"
"Don't worry, your majesty. The nine inner and outer gates are now closed."
"That's good!"
"but--"
"But what?"
Eunuch Yu said, "When I went to the east gate of Beiyuan to pass on the message to the Nine Gates' eunuchs, he received news that there was unusual movement outside the city at the northeast corner tower of the outer city."
"What?!"
When Nan Yan heard this, her face changed.
The reason why she had to ask Eunuch Yu to tell Jiang Shan to close the inner and outer city gates without even the emperor's edict at this time was because she was worried that there would be internal and external troubles at this time.
Of course, what she was most worried about was internal troubles.
However, I didn't expect that before the internal troubles arose, there was movement outside.
She asked hurriedly, "What's going on?"
Eunuch Yu said, "I don't know the details. I'm just delivering the message and will be back to report immediately. The Nine Gates Eunuch has already rushed to the northeast corner gate. He said that if there is any enemy activity, he will send a message immediately."
“…”
"Right now, the most important thing is to send more people to strengthen the city's defenses."
Upon hearing this, Nan Yan and Zhu Chengxuan frowned.
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