Chapter 143 Entering the Palace
"Miss..." Seeing Chen Shuwei wake up, Yun Ling didn't know how to start.
"What happened outside?" Shen Shuwei asked.
Yun Ling gritted her teeth, turned around, locked the door, and quickly walked to the bed. "Outside... there's chaos outside. The Crown Prince has sent troops from nowhere, and they've stormed into Luojing and surrounded the palace!"
Yun Ling raised her eyes and stared at Chen Shuwei, and said very quickly: "Miss, you should run away quickly. Those people outside are bloodthirsty and have broken into many wealthy families to rob gold and silver."
"Put on my clothes, go out through the corner door, and find a secluded place to hide."
"I... Although I am useless, I can still delay for a while." Yun Ling said with red eyes.
Chen Shuwei didn't say anything, but thought about the bowl of chicken soup that suddenly made him sick and missed the palace banquet, as well as the sudden palace coup.
Shen Shuwei suddenly understood something.
With a cold face, she rolled over and got off the couch. "Give me your clothes, and order the people in the mansion to block all the small doors. If anyone comes in, they will be killed without mercy."
Yun Ling was startled, and quickly ran to get her maid's plain clothes, and was about to change into them for Shen Shuwei. "There is a dilapidated temple in the west of the city, you can take refuge there. If all else fails, I will ask someone to escort you to Prince Zhao's residence. Their residence is definitely safer than ours."
Chen Shuwei took the clothes and changed into them herself, "No, I want to go to the palace."
Yun Ling's hands froze in mid-air, and she looked at Chen Shuwei with a pair of eyes in disbelief. She shouted in a broken voice: "The palace is currently surrounded by the prince's men. I don't know how dangerous it is. Miss, even if you are worried about the eldest son and his men, you are not allowed to enter the palace!"
Chen Shuwei quickly buttoned up his clothes, bent down and took out a short sword from under the couch. The blade was unsheathed and the blade's light was brighter than snow.
Yun Ling wanted to persuade her again, but a heavy golden rabbit was thrown into her arms.
"Take this to Zhao Yun's house, they will help you." Shen Shuwei gave the order concisely, opened the door and walked out.
Yun Ling couldn't stop him for a moment and stamped her feet anxiously.
At this time, Yun Ling turned over the golden rabbit tightly clenched in her palm and found that there was a small seal engraved finely on the back of the rabbit.
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What Yun Ling said was true. Luojing was indeed in chaos now. There were collapsed stalls and screaming people everywhere. They were like clueless ants, running around in the streets and alleys. If they were unlucky enough to run into the rebels, their screams would turn into short cries.
Chen Shuwei knew that someone was following him when he came out. A burly rebel came out dragging a bunch of things whose appearance and gender could not be identified. After looting the valuables from the corpse, he spat on it and threw it into the corner like garbage. Then he turned and walked towards Chen Shuwei with a grin.
"Whose maid is this that escaped? She's quite pretty."
Chen Shuwei glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, without stopping. She had deliberately chosen a secluded path, but she didn't expect to run into these people.
"Come here!" The rebel shouted and reached out to grab Shen Shuwei.
However, the next second, the excitement and disgusting expression on his face froze, and his head with a neat knife wound fell to the ground with a thud, rolled a few times in the dust, and leaned against the previous blurry lump of flesh and blood.
A gray-robed figure landed silently in front of Shen Shuwei, blocking her way. "Miss Shen, the road ahead is dangerous. That's not where you should go."
Shen Shuwei paused, looked up at him, and suddenly asked, "The prince and Jiang Heng have joined forces, right?"
The secret guard's expression did not change. He just stopped Shen Shuwei and repeated the words, "The road ahead is dangerous. I will escort Miss Shen back."
Chen Shuwei suddenly curled his lips, drew out the dagger from his sleeve and pointed it at him, "Get out of the way."
Zhao Yun wanted to be the oriole that catches cicadas, but he didn't know the danger of trying to get the skin of a tiger.
The tip of Shen Shuwei's knife was against the secret guard's chest, but the secret guard still did not dodge or avoid, like a puppet who did not feel pain. He reached out to pull Shen Shuwei, "Miss Shen, it's time to go back."
Shen Shuwei slapped his hand away. The remaining discomfort in her body made her bend over and cough, "I'll say it again, get out of the way."
"If you want your prince to return safely, escort me into the palace."
Chen Shuwei raised his eyes and stared at the secret guard, with an unprecedented coldness in his eyes, like frost that had frozen every inch of his body.
The two men were in a stalemate for a moment, and the secret guard bowed and made way for them.
Shen Shuwei didn't know why he gave in. Maybe it was because of what he said, or maybe it was because of what Zhao Yun had told them before leaving.
But no matter what the reason was, Shen Shuwei now urgently wanted to see Zhao Yun, and then slap him hard in the face.
The palace was still as cold and solemn as ever. Except for the stone bricks at the palace gate stained red with blood, it seemed as if nothing had happened.
The secret guard floated to Shen Shuwei's side again at some point and explained in a low voice, "The prince's men occupied the outer perimeter of the palace two quarters of an hour ago, and now all the men are in the inner perimeter."
Shen Shu nodded slightly to indicate that he understood, and followed the secret guards to find a small path to get in. On the way, they ran into the prince's men and were almost caught, but the secret guards in the dark acted very neatly. Before those people could even shout, their necks were cut open and they fell to the ground, turning into cold corpses.
As we approached the exit of the secret passage, a ray of light shone into the corridor.
"The south corner of the imperial study is in front." said the secret guard, bending down and about to get out.
"Wait." Chen Shuwei suddenly called him in a low voice, his eyes narrowed, "Something is wrong, is it too quiet here?"
"The Wanshou Banquet was held in the Wenhua Hall, which is only a hundred meters away from the Imperial Study. All the civil and military officials were in the hall, and it was surrounded by rebels. How could it be so quiet?"
The secret guard looked at Shen Shuwei with a respectful attitude, "Then according to Miss Shen's words, what should we do?"
Shen Shuwei pursed her lips slightly, scratching the wall with her fingertips. A bold and incredible guess arose in her mind.
"Is there a possibility that the news that the palace was surrounded by rebels is false?" Chen Shuwei said with difficulty, closing his eyes.
The secret guard frowned, "That's impossible. It's not a lie that we encountered those rebels along the way."
"If the palace and its surroundings had not been controlled by the rebels, the situation outside would not have become so chaotic."
Chen Shuwei lowered his eyes and withdrew his hand. "I am just assuming. Even if the prince has long had rebellious intentions and secretly recruited soldiers, he is in Luojing, under the emperor's nose, so the number of soldiers will definitely not be too many."
"If he wants to rebel and seize the throne, he can only join forces with Jiang Heng, who controls the northern border. But doesn't Jiang Heng have his own plans?"
Although she didn't know how the prince persuaded Jiang Heng, Jiang Heng was definitely not as simple as he seemed.
It is unknown who of them used whom as a knife.
The secret guards in the secret passage looked at each other and were about to speak when they suddenly heard a burst of footsteps coming from outside.
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