Nearly an hour and a half had passed since the magpie flew away. The sky had become extremely dark, and the moon was hanging high overhead.

It was already late at night.

Su Rou and Ming Yue sat on the ground. Both of them felt that the probability of the city gate opening today was not high, and it would probably be early morning at the earliest.

After all, once the city gate is opened, there will be a huge noise, and this huge noise will definitely alarm the people guarding the city gate.

So it is harder to drive at night.

Su Rou took out a few pieces of clothes from the package and put them on herself and Mingyue, planning to spend the night leaning against a big tree.

Although the two beauties are extremely charming, they are not pretentious and can endure hardships along the way.

Zhao Ji climbed up a tree, chose a better view, and observed the movements of the city gate.

In fact, Zhao Ji was also a little puzzled.

According to his estimation, the city gate should have been opened by now, but it is far from it now.

This means that either the person who received the message behind the city gate did not have time to take action, or an accident occurred during the process.

Just when Zhao Ji was planning to wait until tomorrow, he suddenly saw the capital city from the tree, and there seemed to be a place inside that was flashing red light.

After waiting for about half an incense stick of time, the city gate suddenly became chaotic and the soldiers guarding the gate ran down in a hurry.

So much so that at this time, there was not a single soldier guarding the city gate.

Zhao Ji knew that the time had come.

He rolled over from under the tree and pulled up the two drowsy beauties.

"Get ready, it shouldn't be long before we can get in!" Zhao Ji's calm voice rang in the ears of the two women.

It was quite cold late at night, so the three of them stood at the city gate.

Faintly, one could hear some noisy sounds and movements in the city.

"What's going on in here?" Mingyue was very sleepy.

Zhao Ji probably guessed what was going on over there: "If they want to get us in so late, there must be some big noise. It's so late, it must be a fire. Only a fire can mobilize all the people urgently..."

While Zhao Ji was speaking, the city gate opened. The gap was not big, only enough for one person to pass through.

"My Lord, Lord Yueying sent me to pick you up!" A thin man dressed in black poked his head out of the city gate.

Zhao Ji and the other three didn't say any more nonsense and went straight in through the small gap.

Then the city gate closed.

Under the guidance of this thin man, Zhao Ji quickly returned to his residence outside the palace through some remote alleys.

"The current situation in the palace is that the emperor is suddenly seriously ill and unconscious. The prime minister is now leading all the officials, but his actions are not well-intentioned."

"Now, the only legitimate royal bloodline left is the Third Prince and the Little Prince. Because the Third Prince was crowned a king, many ministers in the court, led by the Prime Minister, stand behind the Third Prince!"

"There are some ministers who remain neutral, but they are not many."

"Lord Yueying has completely sealed off the emperor's bedroom and basically doesn't allow anyone to enter. Even the prime minister can only stand outside the bedroom and shout loudly if he has something important to report."

"Anyway, this is the general situation. Lord Yueying can only concentrate all the power in the palace on the emperor now, so if Lord Zhangyin wants to enter the palace, I'm afraid you have to find a way yourself!"

"If Master Yueying hadn't sent me out earlier, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to respond to you now!"

With just a few words, Zhao Ji already knew the urgent situation in the palace.

No wonder the prime minister was so arrogant that he even dared to close the city gates. It turned out that the emperor was already unable to take care of himself.

Mingyue's eyes were full of worry.

On the one hand, he was worried about his nominal biological father, and on the other hand, he was worried about the dangerous situation Zhao Ji was about to face.

"I roughly know what happened. Is your father okay now?" Zhao Jiduo asked.

The thin secret guard sighed and said, "My lord, you could have delivered a message every two or three days, but now it's been ten days and no message has been delivered. I guess my lord has been assassinated by many unknown forces and I'm afraid he can't get away now..."

After knowing this, Zhao Ji nodded and let the secret guard go.

At the same time, he settled the two beauties in the mansion and asked the housekeeper to serve them well.

Then Zhao Ji changed into his night clothes without saying a word and planned to break into the palace by himself.

Su Rou and Ming Yue were terribly frightened.

When the secret guard was describing the situation just now, the two of them also heard the current situation. Even Yueying, the head of the secret guards, was unable to take care of himself.

It was too risky for Zhao Ji to go into such a dangerous place alone, and he might very likely die.

"The situation is not clear right now. Why don't we stay in the capital for a while to understand the situation first? It would be too risky to rush into the palace like this..."

The worry in Su Rou's eyes was about to overflow, and she reached out and grabbed Zhao Ji, as if to say, "I just don't want you to leave."

Zhao Ji sighed and hugged Su Rou, saying in Su Rou's ear: "Be obedient, we don't need one more night. I'll come back to make it up to you when I understand the situation!"

This made Su Rou so angry that she pinched the soft flesh on Zhao Ji's waist without saying a word.

Unfortunately, Zhao Ji was thick-skinned and didn't take the pain seriously.

Now that Zhao Ji has made up his mind, no one can stop him.

After Su Rou and Ming Yue saw the situation clearly, they both sighed and stopped trying to stop them.

Watching Zhao Ji's figure disappear outside the mansion from afar, the two beauties felt worried and scared.

On the contrary, the butler at the side looked well-informed: "The Master Seal Master will definitely return safely, please rest assured, Madams!"

Su Rou didn't react when being called like that, but Ming Yue's face turned red immediately: "Who is his wife..."

Although Mingyue's mumbling was low, the butler still heard it. He smiled and said jokingly, "Master Seal Holder asked me to treat you two equally. Now Miss Su is enjoying the treatment of a lady, so Miss Mingyue should also enjoy the same treatment!"

This sentence successfully made the two beauties blush. The shy beauties hid in the room, while the housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief.

The note in the butler's hand at this moment was the one Zhao Ji had stuffed in his hand at some point in time.

What is written above is nothing more than doing your best to appease the two beauties and not let them worry about causing trouble!

The butler lived up to expectations.