Xu Yixing opened the package and found his own armor and sword! Oh my god, could it be that while his uncle was leading the troops, he also went to the Seventh Prince's mansion to get his clothes?
Without bothering to ask any further questions, she changed her clothes, mounted her horse, and followed the two armies that were gradually converging, heading up the mountain.
It was very strange. Yesterday I clearly saw that the rebels were very powerful and numerous, but when my group showed up today, I don’t know if they were disrupted by the commandos or if they had no intention of resisting at all. The rebels rushed up the mountain even more crazily than me.
When the Dragon Guards were finally chased and blocked in front of the outer palace gate, the Second Prince Gao Licheng was on the city wall, saying that he had caught the culprit. Then she saw Lu Anyuan covered in blood.
And then... I rushed into the tent and gave him a hug, that was all.
"Are you injured?" Lu Anyuan's face was covered in blood, but he was in good spirits and didn't look weak at all.
"Ah, no, this belongs to someone else." Wiping his face, Lu Anyuan looked out along the gate camp of the main hall. The front army had already broken through the gate of the outer palace and was fighting hard.
"Your Highness! Liu Buyi has come to deliver the imperial decree!" A powerful voice echoed from outside the door, followed by a gust of wind. "The Empress Dowager and the Empress have returned the imperial decree. I am now ready to enter the outer palace!"
Liu Buyi handed back the silk letter with the seals of the Empress Dowager, the Queen and Madam Jing and the token of the seventh prince to Lu Anyuan, and stood up to apologize.
"Thank you for your hard work, General. My father has been poisoned. My mother, the Empress Dowager, my aunt, and several princes are all in the Lizheng Palace. Please be careful." With a false support, Lu Anyuan took full advantage of the prince's faction and then watched Liu Buyi go to the killing formation.
"This decree?" Xu Yixing glanced at the imperial decree. It seemed that the key to Liu Buyi's dispatch of troops was not the token he had given.
Before Lu Anyuan could speak, Chen Yue beside him spoke up: "Yesterday I went to see General Liu. Although he didn't believe my story, he still sent people to investigate. Fortunately, someone came with an imperial decree, otherwise he wouldn't dare to mobilize troops."
Chen Yue twirled his beard. Even though he wasn't the one who had to fight in the end, he felt incredibly proud when he thought about how his saliva had sprayed onto Liu Buyi's face last night. It would be a real pleasure for a civil official like him to one day experience the joy of killing enemies on the battlefield!
"Oh, so that's how it is..." I was wondering why Liu Buyi would send troops just because of his token. It turns out that he saw a bigger token.
Lu Anyuan glanced at Chen Yue, then at Xu Yixing, and immediately blurted out praise: "Madam is really smart. She remained calm in the face of danger and actually asked our Lord Shen to report to General Liu! Oh, if you two hadn't been here, if the reinforcements had been delayed, we would have been sacrificed by Second Brother!"
Chen Yue smiled without saying anything. Xu Yixing felt a little sleepy at the moment, but she still accepted Lu Anyuan's compliment.
"Your Highness, is it really the Second Prince who rebelled?" Chen Yue still couldn't believe it. There was no reason for the Dragon Guards to defect to the Second Prince.
"Indeed, Second Brother held many of us hostage, killed the Imperial Physician Chao who revealed that our father was poisoned, imprisoned the Empress Dowager, and slaughtered loyal ministers. There are many witnesses to this, and he has no way of denying it."
Chen Yue sighed deeply. Even now, he still remembered the suggestions the Second Prince had given him: to inventory the land and regulate merchants. These were all good things that would benefit the country and the people. How could it turn out like this?
Seeing the gloomy atmosphere in the tent, Xu Yixing pulled Lu Anyuan out, leaving Chen Yue alone in sadness.
"Let's go, the palace gates are open, and the fighting over there is probably almost over."
There were no obstacles along the way. Lu Anyuan brought Xu Yixing, who was dressed in armor, to the Lizheng Hall. Several generals, the empress dowager, and his aunt were all there, but his brothers were not there. It was unknown what they had done.
Mrs. Jing cared about Lu Anyuan the most. When she saw him come in, she couldn't help but stand up, but she just looked at him with red eyes and didn't move forward anymore, concentrating on taking care of the emperor.
The imperial physician had been taking the emperor's pulse for a long time, but he could not say anything. Apart from knowing that the emperor was poisoned, he could not diagnose anything else.
Lu Anyuan stood at the end of the crowd, having already made up his mind.
"Empress Dowager, Mother, in my opinion, why not have the Weiwei Army escort you all back to the palace immediately? Once we get back, we can summon all the imperial physicians to treat Father together."
These words hit the mark exactly what the Queen wanted. She had been frightened for a long time and only wanted to go back. Moreover, with the death of Imperial Physician Chao, the remaining Imperial Physician was not familiar with the Emperor's pulse and was extremely useless!
But the Queen Mother seemed reluctant: "That's not right. We don't even know what kind of poison the Emperor has. If the bumpy ride back causes the poison to take effect or worsen, who would dare to take the responsibility?"
After the Queen Mother said this, the others in the hall fell silent.
"Empress Dowager, I have with me the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill that your father gave each of us brothers. Your Majesty can take it first, and then we can set off." After Lu Anyuan finished speaking, he poured out a pill from the pouch on his waist and handed it to the Empress Dowager.
When the Queen saw him, the tears in her eyes immediately turned into admiration: "You only have one, are you willing to give it up?"
"Father is the Son of Heaven. The life of the Emperor is more important than anything else. I am willing to sacrifice it."
The queen was very satisfied. She took it and gave it to the emperor with water, then ordered everyone to prepare to return to the city.
Xu Yixing was standing at the back, so she was naturally the first to leave. She laughed so hard that she quickly covered her lips with her hands to avoid being noticed.
Lu Anyuan is really good at acting!
There should only be ten Nine-Turn Resurrection Pills in total. Each of the princes gets one, the Xu family gets one, and the emperor used one pill on the battlefield before. There should only be one pill left in the palace. That's why the queen was so pleased with his filial piety.
But Xu Yixing knew that with Mr. Yao, that old freak, around, Lu Anyuan must have more than one! He had given Yi Yan one back then, and two last time, so he could still take out one right now. Who knows, he might have a whole pack in his arms!
I stood at the door for a while, wondering what Lu Anyuan was doing inside. He didn't come out for a long time, so my father arrived first.
Seeing Xu Yixing's outfit, his father's eyes lit up, but he was a little puzzled: "Yan'er, what are you wearing?"
"Oh! This was given to me by Uncle Bai at the foot of the mountain. I think it might have belonged to my sister at that time?" He decisively pushed the blame onto his uncle. It was estimated that Dad didn't know that he had taken the armor and sword.
"It really fits you well. I'm glad your uncle still thinks of you. Great!"
Xu Yixing changed the subject: "Dad, I was so worried down there. Are you okay? His Majesty has been poisoned and has used the Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill. We need to prepare to return to the capital immediately."
"In that case, Dad won't go in. Yan'er, follow your husband. He has made a great contribution this time!" The latter sentence was said quietly, and only Xu Yixing heard it.
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