Chapter 597: King Yannan is in danger (Part 1)
Ye Chutang quickly threw off the quilt, stood up, put on his clothes, and walked quickly to the door.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Princess Qinyang walking quickly towards me, looking hurried and a little pale.
Ye Chutang had never seen her like this before, and frowned as he asked, "Princess, what's wrong?"
Princess Qinyang took a deep breath, but the anxiety between her eyebrows did not diminish in the slightest.
"Something happened in the southwest!"
Ye Chutang was stunned, "What?"
southwest?
Isn’t that the residence of King Yannan?
Princess Qinyang said anxiously, "I just received a secret letter saying that a rebellion broke out in the southwest, and my father was framed by a villain. He has now been trapped in Longcheng. I don't know whether he is alive or dead!"
Ye Chutang's sleepiness completely disappeared.
She held Princess Qinyang's wrist tightly, led her into the house, and carefully closed the doors and windows.
Princess Qinyang was obviously at a loss at this time, her expression was full of panic and worry.
"Chu Tang, what do you think we should do about this?"
The noise startled Xiaowu, and his round little head poked out from under the quilt, looking over here with confused eyes.
Ye Chutang gave Xiao Wu a reassuring look, his voice still gentle and calm, "Xiao Wu, the princess has something to discuss with me, you can just go to sleep."
Xiaowu rubbed his eyes, looked between the two of them, then nodded obediently and lay down again.
Princess Qinyang felt guilty, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you, it's just, it happened suddenly, and I don't know who to find..."
Ye Chutang shook his head. "There's no need for me to be so polite to the princess. But what's going on with Prince Yannan?"
Listening to her clear and calm voice, Princess Qinyang's panic seemed to be smoothed out by an invisible hand, and she became much calmer.
She wiped her face and tried to tell him all the information she knew.
"Half a month ago, my father received a tip-off that a group of Nanhu swordsmen appeared in Longcheng and other places. They burned, killed, and looted the local area, and even cut off the head of the Longcheng prefect and hung it on the city gate as a demonstration. They were very arrogant! Upon hearing the news, my father led his troops there, wanting to completely eliminate those Nanhu swordsmen. But when they arrived at the place, they found that other officials in Longcheng had already surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country. They told my father that there were only dozens of Nanhu swordsmen there, but in fact, there were already 5,000 Nanhu troops stationed in the city in ambush!"
Princess Qinyang gritted her teeth, hatred in her eyes.
"My father was caught off guard and only brought 500 soldiers with him. The strength of both sides was too different, so my father was detained in Longcheng!"
Who could have imagined that Longcheng had fallen, and everyone from top to bottom had become puppets and slaves of the Southern Hu people?
"Longcheng blocked this news very tightly, so the capital didn't know about it for a long time. It was one of my father's confidants who risked his life to escape and sent the news back to me using a carrier pigeon..."
Princess Qinyang said this and took out a small copper ring from her sleeve.
"After I received the news, I wanted to go to the palace to meet him immediately, but I was afraid of alerting the enemy. What if that group of people suddenly went crazy and attacked my father? Then..."
Princess Qinyang's eyes suddenly turned red, but she swallowed the sob in her throat.
"The princess is not in good health, and I dare not tell her. After thinking about it, I can only come to you."
She looked at Ye Chutang, her eyes full of worry, "Those people have now occupied Longcheng and detained my father, but outsiders still know nothing about it. I don't know what they want to do... Chutang, you have had contact with those Nanhu swordsmen before, maybe you can guess something?"
Princess Qinyang was indeed panicked, so she came to knock on Ye Chutang's door before dawn in a hurry.
Although she was usually arrogant and willful, she was still just a teenage girl after all. In addition, King Yannan was trapped, so she was naturally anxious and at a loss.
Ye Chutang thought for a moment, "Does the prince know about this?"
Princess Qinyang shook her head helplessly, "I originally wanted to go find him first, but when I arrived at Dingbei Marquis's Mansion, I found out that he had gone out for something in the middle of the night yesterday."
Ye Chutang was slightly stunned.
At this time, why did Chen Yanchuan go out in the middle of the night?
The Wazhen envoys have already left the capital, and he seems to be fine... By the way, he just went to the palace the day before yesterday and reported the news of Qingzhou to Emperor Muwu.
Could it be that his going out in the middle of the night this time was also related to this matter?
But the person was not there, so it was not easy to ask, so Ye Chutang had to suppress his doubts for the time being.
"So, you came directly to me from Dingbei Marquis Mansion?"
Princess Qinyang pursed her lips tightly and nodded.
Ye Chutang asked, "After receiving the news, you didn't go anywhere else, right?"
Princess Qinyang nodded again.
Ye Chutang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. There are countless eyes in the capital, openly and secretly, and you never know which one is eyeing you, so it's better to be careful."
Princess Qinyang usually treats the Princess's Mansion and the Marquis Dingbei's Mansion as her own home and comes and goes as she pleases. It's no secret that she is good friends with Ye Chutang, so if someone really asks about it, it will be easier for her to fool them.
The most important thing right now is...
"Can you confirm whether this news is true or not?"
Princess Qinyang nodded firmly, "Yes! My father has several carrier pigeons, one of which is specifically for contacting me. No one else knows except him and me. The one that flew back this time was that one. It must have been my father's personal instruction."
Ye Chutang nodded and felt relieved.
"That's good. Now that we can confirm that the news is true, the next thing will be easy."
Ye Chutang lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "They held your father hostage, but did nothing afterwards. This is very abnormal."
King Yannan’s identity is extraordinary. They have such a huge bargaining chip in their hands, but they did nothing?
If they wanted to establish their authority, they could just kill King Yannan and send his head to the capital to show off their power.
If you want money or something else, you can just release the message and both parties can negotiate.
But they did nothing, and even kept the news of King Yannan's detention a secret.
There was no news from the capital.
What do they want?
Something must be wrong when things are abnormal, Ye Chutang felt uneasy.
She hesitated for a moment, "Where is the letter from King Yannan? Let me take a look."
Princess Qinyang immediately knocked on the copper ring, and a rolled-up note fell out.
Ye Chutang opened it.
Just a few numbers.
——The king is trapped in Longcheng and is in danger!
The handwriting was hastily written, with a little blood on the edge, which showed how dangerous it was to send this letter.
Ye Chutang looked thoughtful, looking at the pale face of Princess Qinyang, and gently patted her hand, "Don't worry yet, no news is good news. Since they have detained your father, they will not easily kill him before they achieve their goal. Moreover, even if that group of people want to do something, it will take a long time to send a letter from Longcheng to the capital, which is a thousand miles away."
She paused.
"Why don't I find someone to go to Longcheng to investigate the situation first."
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