Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1276 Let’s not go through Xuanwu Gate

Chaos began to arise in Chang'an City.

When the people at the city gate heard the news of the rebellion, it was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, which immediately caused a thousand waves and quickly spread to all directions of the city. In less than half an hour, most people in Chang'an knew about it.

Someone is rebelling, the Right Thousand Bull Guards are rebelling!
Some people were terrified and immediately wanted to leave the city with their families, but they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the city and were refused passage no matter how much they begged.

Another group of people were full of doubts. After all, after the news spread, although the people in the city were in a panic, there was no real rebellious army. Instead, some thieves and hooligans took advantage of the chaos to steal a lot of things, which also exacerbated everyone's panic, but no major unrest occurred.

However, the people were also very vigilant and closed their doors and windows one after another. Even several large restaurants were closed in broad daylight.

Although nothing has happened yet, the entire Chang'an city has already shown a sense of tension as if a storm is about to come, and the entire city has begun to be on alert.

In this depressing atmosphere, the most tense place was the Prince's Mansion.

When the men of Zuo Qianniu Guard, breathlessly and with faces shrouded in shock, told the Crown Prince and the King of Qi, who were sitting in the hall, what had happened in Taohua Temple last night, everyone in the hall showed a look of surprise, especially the Crown Princess Yu Mingyue.

She seemed to not believe her ears, staring at them with wide eyes: "What did you say? Xiao Yuansui killed Shang Shoufei!?"

"Yes."

The person kneeling in the center of the hall was the one who had been guarding the entrance to the Taohua Temple last night. He was the one who saw Xiao Yuansui kill Shang Shoufei with his own eyes, and fled the temple in terror. He immediately took the rest of the Zuo Qianniu Guard back to Chang'an to report the incident.

At this moment, his face was pale, his eyes were bloodshot, and he still looked frightened from escaping death.

He would have almost died in Taohua Temple.

Yu Mingyue still had an expression of disbelief on her face, and shook her head gently: "How could it be possible? How dare he!"

The soldier who reported the news immediately said, "I dare not deceive His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. Xiao Yuansui has really rebelled!"

Yu Mingyue glanced at him and said nothing.

She certainly wouldn't doubt that an ordinary soldier of the Zuo Qianniu Guard dared to run to the Prince's Mansion to lie to them. What she couldn't believe was that Xiao Yuansui would suddenly turn against them at such a critical moment!

this person……

Just as she gritted her teeth and her eyes were filled with flames of resentment, Yu Dingxing, who was sitting on the other side, also had anger in his eyes and said in a deep voice: "This man is a fickle villain. From the fact that he participated in the rebellion of the Zuo family, and later defected to Wang Gangzhai, and even killed Wang Quyi, it can be seen that this man is born to be a rebel!"

After saying that, he glanced at Yu Mingyue and Yu Wencheng and said, "We shouldn't have sent him!"

Yu Mingyue's face darkened.

She instinctively wanted to push back, but the facts were before her. Of course, what made her feel even more powerless was that the prince did not have many generals to use. Apart from Yu Dingxing and Su Changjing, there were only Shang Shoufei and Xiao Yuansui who had just joined them. And ever since what happened last time, the rift between Yu Mingyue and the Yu family had grown. She did not want Su Changjing to gain merit and let Yu Mingzhu take advantage of him, so she discussed with Yu Wencheng and decided to use Xiao Yuansui.

Moreover, they were not completely confident in Xiao Yuansui, so they sent Shang Shoufei as well, firstly to keep an eye on him, and secondly to strengthen their attack on Yuwen Ye later.

However, they didn't expect that Xiao Yuansui suddenly turned against them, completely disrupting their plans!

Just when Yu Mingyue's face was grim but she couldn't refute it, and the atmosphere gradually became a little stalemate, Yuwen Qian's calm voice sounded: "It's too late to say these now, we should think of countermeasures to remedy the situation."

Yu Mingyue looked at him: "Remedy?"

Yuwen Qian said, "We originally planned to use Xiao Yuansui to stop the King of Qin, and when the King of Qin returned to Chang'an, we would immediately accuse him of rebellion. But now the King of Qin has not returned, he returned first, and he led the Right Thousand Bull Guards who guard the Eastern Palace. If he rebelled, who would the emperor think of?"

Yu Mingyue’s eyes suddenly widened and her whole body shuddered.

Only then did she realize how terrible Xiao Yuansui's action was!
Yu Dingxing glanced coldly at Yu Mingyue with his only remaining eye, then said to Yu Wenqian: "What are your plans, Your Highness?"

Before Yuwen Qian could finish his words, footsteps suddenly sounded outside. Everyone looked up and saw that it was Xue Jing, the secretary of the Crown Prince's Mansion, who hurried over with a serious expression. He saluted everyone and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor has sent an order for you, the Crown Princess, and His Highness the Prince of Qi to come to the palace immediately to see the Emperor."

"what?"

Yuwen Cheng frowned: "What does the emperor want to do?"

Xue Jing said: "When the emperor went to the Qin Palace just now, he already knew the news of Xiao Yuansui's rebellion. He immediately returned to the palace and issued this decree."

After saying that, he took another step forward and said softly, "My father also sent someone to tell me that the Princess of Qin has not yet entered the palace."

Yuwen Qian narrowed his eyes and asked, "Father wants her to enter the palace as well?"

Xue Jing said: "Yes, but the Princess of Qin used the excuse of the young master's illness to delay for a while, saying that she would enter the palace later."

Yu Dingxing sneered and said, "She is smart. Whoever enters the palace at this time will be protected by the emperor on the surface, but actually controlled by the emperor and can't do anything. Only by staying outside can you have the greatest opportunity to take action."

Xue Jing nodded gently, and continued: "Also, the Jinwu Guards and Yulin Guards have already been dispatched."

Yu Dingxing immediately asked, "How are the Jinwu Guards and Yulin Guards deployed?"

Xue Jing said: "The Yulin Guards were transferred to guard the imperial palace, but the Jinwu Guards were divided into several groups. On the one hand, they patrolled the city to prevent people from causing trouble, and on the other hand, several groups were transferred to the city gates such as Mingde and Yanxing."

Su Changjing said, "The emperor wants to prevent Xiao Yuansui from leading his men into the imperial city." Yu Dingxing frowned, raised his head and looked at Yuwen Qian, then said, "The emperor may not only want to keep the enemy out, but also want to capture Xiao Yuansui."

Su Changjing looked at him and said, "Your Majesty, capture him alive and then execute him?"

Yuwen Qian said slowly in a somewhat cold voice: "Not necessarily. Compared to why he wanted to rebel, father probably wants to know why he, as the general of the Right Thousand Bull Guard, appeared on the Tongguan Road at this time."

"...!"

Upon hearing this, the entire hall fell silent.

The already sultry weather at this time was more like an invisible hood covering the Prince's Mansion, making it almost impossible for them to breathe. Yu Dingxing was an experienced warrior, but at this moment he could not help but sweating profusely, with drops of sweat dripping down his temples.

He said solemnly: "If the emperor knew the truth, then our plan--"

"Don't let him know!"

Yuwen Cheng suddenly spoke, his voice trembling with urgency and excitement. He lifted his robe and stood up, saying solemnly, "We must kill him before Father catches him!"

As he said this, he glanced at Su Changjing out of the corner of his eye.

Su Changjing understood and immediately stood up and said to Yuwen Qian: "Your Highness, the King of Qi is right. I will go and kill Xiao Yuansui to prevent future troubles!"

Yuwen Qian looked at them, then nodded and said, "Okay, you two can go together, so that you can take care of each other."

So the two of them immediately went out, but just as they reached the door, Yuwen Cheng stopped and turned to look at Yuwen Qian: "My brother, what about you?"

Yuwen Qian thought for a moment and said, "We are different from the Princess of Qin. We have no excuse not to enter the palace. Otherwise, we would be disobeying the order. So, I will bring people into the palace now, but I will try to delay the time, preferably until you have dealt with Xiao Yuansui."

"it is good!"

Yuwen Cheng nodded, and was about to turn around and leave, but his steps paused again, and he turned back to look at Yuwen Qian again: "Brother, what if I can't kill Xiao Yuansui?"

"..."

Yuwen Qian looked at him, and as the two brothers' eyes, one cold and one hot, looked at each other, it seemed as if some fire was burning silently.

After a while, Yuwen Qian said, "The situation still needs to be controlled."

Upon hearing this, a cold smile flashed across Yuwen Cheng's eyes, but he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Okay, I will go kill the enemy for you, my brother!"

After saying that, he and Su Changjing strode out.

As soon as he left, the atmosphere in the lobby changed again and became a little weird. Yu Mingyue had realized that they had been fooled by Xiao Yuansui and the whole plan had failed. But looking at the performance of Yuwen Qian and Yuwen Cheng, it seemed that there were other ways to go.

She whispered, "Are we really going to the palace?"

Yuwen Qian looked down at her and said calmly, "Of course you have to go to the palace. That's the place closest to father."

"...!"

Yu Mingyue's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Only then did she realize that what Yuwen Qian had just said - the situation still needs to be controlled - was not actually about controlling the "situation".

He wants to control the emperor!

Yu Mingyue felt as if struck by lightning. A sense of shock and fear that spread from the depths of a nightmare instantly enveloped her whole body, as if the sky and the earth changed color at this moment. Before she could react, Yuwen Qian turned to Yu Dingxing and said, "Father-in-law, now we only have your Xiaowei Army with us. Please lead the Left Xiaowei Army and follow me into the palace - to protect the king."

These four words made Yu Dingxing's only remaining eye suddenly turn bloodshot and red.

His heart was pounding with excitement, and he almost jumped up from his seat. He took two breaths and said, "Okay, okay, okay!"

"..."

"The Xiaowei Army is already prepared, just waiting for the order from the Crown Prince!"

So he immediately turned around and walked out, ready to give orders to his troops.

There were only two people left in the hall. Yuwen Qian was still calm and indifferent, as if the chaos outside had nothing to do with him. He slowly stood up, straightened his clothes, and then turned to Yu Mingyue and said, "Let's go, follow me into the palace."

"..."

This time, Yu Mingyue did not react immediately.

She still sat in her seat, her back straight, but that was not a dignified posture, but a performance of extreme nervousness. Yuwen Qian frowned slightly, but did not urge her, just looked at her quietly, only to see Yu Mingyue raise her head, her face pale, her expression panicked——

"Let's not go through Xuanwu Gate, okay?"