Chapter 193: Mutiny and Palace Change
After the three of them had their meal, they chatted for a while about the situation in the Ministry of Revenue.
Mainly, Li Huaiyu talked about the sorting of the Ministry of Revenue's accounts and the problems found.
Feng Shenyu gave solutions one by one. As they were talking, Li Huaiyu winked at Feng Shenyu.
Feng Shenyu turned his head and saw that Li Yueyao had fallen asleep on the chair.
So he stood up, picked up Li Yueyao, and sent her back to the bedroom to sleep.
Li Yueyao woke up halfway and muttered to herself when she saw Fengshenyu in front of her:
"Xiao Yu'er is gone?"
"Yeah. Leave him alone and let's go to bed."
After hearing this, Li Yueyao closed her eyes again and fell asleep peacefully.
Li Huaiyu in the flower hall waited for a long time but no one came back. Just as he was getting up to leave, he met Feng Shenyu who had returned in the corridor.
"Why does it take so long?" Li Huaiyu asked.
"I woke up on the way and came here after being coaxed to sleep." Feng Shenyu explained.
Li Huaiyu was stunned: "You are showing off your affection without caring about other people's lives."
Feng Shenyu ignored him and went straight into the house.
"I don't know what's wrong with your aunt lately. She can't sleep well at night and keeps waking up. I'm a little worried."
Li Huaiyu looked at the person in front of him angrily: "This is not a reason for you to show off your affection and torture a single dog like me."
"What is a single dog?"
"My aunt said that if you are single and live like a dog, you are called a single dog."
Feng Shenyu laughed when he heard this: "That sounds like something she would say."
After the two sat down, they continued to talk about the Ministry of Revenue.
It was not until late at night that Li Huaiyu left the princess's mansion.
Three or four days passed peacefully. One day, Feng Shenyu had just returned home from the morning court when he suddenly received news from the Duke of Zhenguo:
The two states of Nanli and Dayu launched an invasion, deploying a million soldiers on the border of Dajin.
Feng Shenyu immediately rode into the palace on horseback. An hour later, all the bigwigs in the court gathered at Taiji Palace.
After hearing this, Li Yueyao also hurried into the palace.
Song Yinian, the Minister of Rites, said: "The population of Yu Dynasty and Nanli is only about three million. Excluding the elderly, the weak, women and children, if they can gather 500,000 or 600,000 people, they will be considered powerful.
What is written here is nothing but false words."
"What Minister Song said is true. Deploying a million soldiers is just a threat." The Minister of Justice echoed.
"We were just about to declare war on Nanli, but they took action first. Now we have a legitimate reason to do so."
Fan Yong bared his teeth, but he looked quite happy.
Li Huaiyu frowned and said, "It's a pity that we didn't have enough time to prepare."
"Alas, your words are wrong, it would be meaningless to lead troops into battle after you have prepared everything.
This situation also meets the conditions for sending troops.
Moreover, this time, the Yu Dynasty took advantage of the situation and took it all.
This tiny place is swaying back and forth every day, and you still have a rebellious heart. You are really courting death."
Fan Yong continued to output.
Feng Shenyu said, "Your Majesty, we are prepared this time, although not fully prepared.
However, compared with the military forces of Nanli and Yuchao, our military strength is far superior to theirs in terms of the power of weapons and the combat effectiveness of soldiers.
On the front line, the Duke of Zhenguo and the King of Qin are leading the troops, so there is no need to worry about people.
What we need to do now is to replenish food and fodder, and keep up with the follow-up troops."
The emperor nodded and began to ask Qian Lou to grind ink in preparation for issuing an edict.
Li Yueyao suddenly asked, "They've made such a big move this time, why haven't our intelligence personnel received any news?"
This is a good question that stumped everyone.
"There is only one reason, that is, all our intelligence personnel were killed." Feng Shenyu replied.
The previous dynasty had been discussing this for half the morning. During the break, Li Yueyao was about to go to the east side hall to rest for a while when she suddenly saw Zhao Qing.
Li Yueyao wondered, "Why did you enter the palace?"
"The Empress's sister-in-law summoned me."
Li Yueyao frowned: "Queen?"
"Yes, when I first entered the palace, I saw several wives of military commanders entering the palace."
"Where is Concubine Xian? Did you see her after entering the palace?" Li Yueyao asked.
"No, I thought I'd come and see my brother first."
Zhao Qing looked puzzled, but still answered.
"Did you find anything unusual when you entered the palace?"
Li Yueyao asked this, and Zhao Qing perked up: "By the way, Aunt, haven't the palace been replaced by the Thousand Feather Guards?
Why is it that when I first came in, I saw the palace gates full of Yulin Guards and Qianniu Guards?
Is this the Emperor changing his defense again?"
Li Yueyao thought carefully and said, "Not good."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is bad. The Xie family is plotting a rebellion. Sound the alarm quickly, sound the alarm."
Li Yueyao turned and walked towards the main hall of Taiji Palace, completely forgetting that she was pregnant.
After hearing this, Zhao Qing was stunned for a moment, then he also ran towards Taiji Palace.
The emperor and his courtiers were resting in the hall when they suddenly heard Li Yueyao's shouting outside.
They all threw away the teacups in their hands and stood up.
Feng Shenyu watched Li Yueyao running in from a distance, then he dodged and rushed to her side to support her.
"Your Majesty, the Empress has suddenly summoned the families of military commanders to the palace. When Zhaoqing arrived, she said that the guards at the palace gates were all Imperial Guards.
The Xie family is plotting a rebellion. Quick, Your Majesty, summon Feng Qing."
When everyone heard this, they immediately became buzzing.
At this time, Concubine Xian also ran in in a panic: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Xie family is plotting a rebellion.
The Queen detained the families of the generals and the concubines in the palace..."
The emperor hurried forward to support the virtuous concubine, looking very flustered.
Seeing that the emperor was panicking, Li Yueyao took out the flute from her arms and began to play it outside.
Soon a high-pitched whistle was heard in response.
Feng Shenyu took this opportunity to say to the emperor:
"The Xie family used the Eastern Palace's order to transfer a batch of firearms from the Treasury Department and hid them in the camp outside the capital."
"That means the Xie family, in alliance with the Beijing Suburban Camp, the Yulin Guards, and the Qianniu Guards, staged a palace coup and a rebellion?" Song Yinian asked.
Feng Shenyu nodded.
"What can we do now?"
"Are all the secret guards here? Get out all of them." Li Yueyao said angrily.
After he finished speaking, several people suddenly appeared quietly in the hall, including palace maids and eunuchs.
"Go and bring me the hawks and pigeons from the cages under the east wing."
Soon someone went to the east side hall to bring something over.
Li Yueyao continued, "Your Majesty, summon the Eagle Guard, the Golden Guard, and the Right Guard to protect you."
After hearing this, the emperor turned around and wrote a note, then stamped it with the imperial seal and asked a hawk and a pigeon to deliver the letter.
"Apart from the camp outside the capital, the nearest army is the Luocheng Army. But it will take a day for the Luocheng Army to arrive." Song Yinian said.
"If we can prevent the people from the suburban camp from entering the city, then the Yingyang Guard, Jinwu Guard, and Youwei Guard will be able to quell the palace coup." Fan Yong said.
Song Yinian looked at Fan Yong and asked, "Then how can we stop it?"
"General Fan can stop it if he goes out." Feng Shenyu said.
Fan Yong heard this and said, "Yes, most of the junior officers in the Beijing suburban camp are my old subordinates.
If I show up, at least half of them will switch sides."
While they were talking, faint shouting and screaming could be heard from outside.
"Your Majesty, wait for me to fight my way out, then I will bring people to rescue you."
Fan Yong patted his chest and stepped forward to ask for the order.
Feng Shenyu said two words into Li Yueyao's ear.
Li Yueyao's eyes instantly turned cold as she said, "The place with the loosest defense in the palace right now must be the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace.
Secret guards, listen to my orders! Sneak into the East Palace now and bring the Crown Prince to me."
None of the secret guards spoke, and they walked out spontaneously.
Feng Shenyu then said to Fan Yong, “Put on eunuch’s clothes and follow them. While they are holding the crown prince hostage, leave through the Phoenix Gate.
After going out, if you need troops, go to Chunshan to find Concubine Shu.
In order to prevent any problems from occurring in the camp outside the capital, Your Highness and I had already written to Concubine Shu and transferred a battalion of troops from the Luocheng Army to wait in Chunshan.
The purpose is to keep an eye on the camp outside Beijing."
Fan Yong nodded, started to take off his clothes, and found someone to change clothes with.
The emperor listened to Li Yueyao's order and did not refute it. Instead, he felt a dull pain in his heart and was helped by Concubine Xian to sit down on the dragon throne.
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