Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1275: Chaotic Game of Chess Pieces
Follow him into the palace?

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi frowned subconsciously, but didn't say anything immediately. After Yu Wenyuan said that, he immediately turned around and looked at the person behind him.

His gaze first fell on Xue Daotong, who had been following him in silence.

After hesitating for a moment, he turned his eyes away and said to Eunuch Yu, "Immediately send people to the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion to convey my oral order. Let the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and the Prince Qi come to Liangyi Palace to see me!"

Eunuch Yu hurriedly said, "Yes."

After saying this, he hurried downstairs to give instructions to his men.

Only then did Yuwen Yuan continue to walk down and prepare to get on his golden carriage, but Shang Ruyi behind him immediately said, "Father, I cannot enter the palace for the time being."

Yu Wenyuan frowned and looked back at her: "Hmm?"

Shang Ruyi hurriedly said, "I dare not disobey your order, but Yuan Qian is still ill. If I go to the palace, I am afraid that the people in the palace will not be able to take good care of him."

Seeing Yu Wenyuan was about to say something, but before he opened his mouth, she rushed to say: "His illness is most afraid of being exposed to the wind."

What he meant was that Yuwen Yuan coming here to visit him was already detrimental to his condition. If he were to bring this seriously ill child into the palace as well, he didn't know what he would encounter along the way. If he happened to encounter a riot among the people outside, then it would be all over.

Yu Wenyuan's brows furrowed even more tightly, but he didn't say anything immediately.

Zhang Yuping, who was standing by, was a little panicked at first, but after hearing Shang Ruyi's words and seeing Yu Wenyuan's expression, she immediately shouted, "Princess Qin, do you dare to disobey my order?"

Shang Ruyi ignored her and said solemnly to Yuwen Yuan: "If the emperor must let me enter the palace, please let me settle the affairs of the Qin Palace and then bring Yuan Qian to the palace. I can't go to the palace alone and ignore my loved ones!"

She did not say she was disobeying the order, but her actions showed that she was prepared to do so.

But Yuwen Yuan was not really angry. Instead, he looked at her, then raised his head to look at the still quiet Qin Palace, which seemed to be a little tense because of the tense situation. Finally, he said, "Well, settle the affairs of this palace and come to the palace immediately."

Shang Ruyi said: "Yes!"

After Yuwen Yuan finished speaking, he immediately turned around and got on the golden carriage. Zhang Yuping had no choice but to follow him on the carriage. Shang Ruyi stood silently on the side of the steps, watching the emperor's imperial carriage leave. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and turned to Tushe'er and Woxue and said, "Hurry, hurry back home!"

As they spoke, the three of them walked quickly into the Prince Qin's Palace.

As soon as they entered the gate, they immediately felt an indescribable chill. In such hot weather, there shouldn't be such an atmosphere. But when they turned around, they saw that the corridors on both sides of the inner side of the gate were almost full of soldiers, with no end in sight. Shang Ruyi also knew that the backyard extending to these two corridors was also crowded with people.

The women's army led by her, as well as some of the Yulin Guards, had all been summoned to the Prince of Qin's Palace in advance.

If Yuwen Yuan had really entered the Prince of Qin's Palace just now...

Thinking of this, she breathed a sigh of relief as if she had escaped death, and the team leaders Gao Feng and Jiang Kesheng sheathed their half-unsheathed swords and immediately walked up to her and saluted: "Princess, what just happened is--"

Shang Ruyi said: "The emperor wanted to come in to visit Yuan Qian just now, it's okay, he has returned to the palace."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

But Shang Ruyi immediately said: "But, just now there was news from outside the city that Xiao Yuansui and his Right Thousand Bull Guards rebelled."

"what?!"

When the two heard this, their eyes widened in shock, with expressions of disbelief on their faces: "Xiao Yuansui? He rebelled? What's going on?" According to the information they had obtained, shouldn't the Crown Prince and the King of Qi have sent him to stop Yuwen Yuan on the way out of Tongguan and wait for Yuwen Ye to return to Chang'an? In other words, as soon as they took action over there, they would immediately send back the news of Yuwen Ye's rebellion, and then they would be able to take action against the Prince of Qin's Mansion?

Most of their preparations are to deal with this situation.

How come the one who rebelled now changed from Yuwen Ye to Xiao Yuansui?

After the two of them finished speaking, they were still a little confused. They looked at each other, then looked at Shang Ruyi again and whispered, "Princess, could this be another evil plot by the Crown Prince and the King of Qi?"

Shang Ruyi frowned and shook his head gently.

At least according to their performance on the city wall today, the Crown Prince and the King of Qi did not know that they had already known the other party's plan; moreover, according to their speculation, the place where the other party would choose to stop Yuwen Ye should be Taolinsai, and it would take two or three hours to rush back to Chang'an from there at full speed. According to this estimate, Xiao Yuansui's "rebellion" should have occurred last night.

Yuwen Qian and Yuwen Cheng had no time to change their plans.

So, there is a high probability that this matter may be true.

In other words, in this game of chess, someone jumped out of the previous arrangement, became a disobedient chess piece, and began to disrupt the entire game!
At this moment, Shang Ruyi finally recalled that when he was discussing with everyone before, Yuwen Ye had repeatedly mentioned the importance of Xiao Yuansui as a chess piece, and he suddenly understood something.

Xiao Yuansui has never been someone who allows himself to be manipulated by others.

With his character and ability, it is impossible for him to really be inferior to others. After all, he used to be an enemy of Yuwen Ye, but now, he can only be a pawn under the prince who is competing with Yuwen Ye for power. How can he be willing to accept this?

So, he became the chess piece that disrupted the game!
Shang Ruyi took a deep breath and immediately told them what she was thinking. Gao Feng and Jiang Kesheng thought about it and said, "What the princess said makes sense."

"So, the plan of the Crown Prince and the King of Qi has also failed?"

Shang Ruyi thought for a moment and shook his head, "Not yet. Everything has just happened. A change in plan does not mean that the plan has failed."

"..."

"The important thing is that the Emperor has now also entered into this chess game!"

Wo Xue immediately said: "Just now the emperor wanted to let the princess enter the palace together. He wanted to--"

Shang Ruyi said: "He is suspicious of me, and he is also suspicious of the King of Qin. He is also suspicious of the Crown Prince and the King of Qi. He wants to summon all of us into the palace, partly to control us, and partly to protect us."

"..."

"Those who want to take action will be controlled by him, while innocent people can be protected by him."

Tusheer hurriedly asked, "Then should we enter the palace?"

Shang Ruyi looked at her, then at Gao Feng and Jiang Kesheng, as well as the group of fully armored female soldiers following them, and said solemnly: "At this time, no one can be relied on. You can only rely on yourself!"

"..."

"Close the Qin Palace. No one is allowed to enter without my order!"

There will be more later