Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 357 I, Respect Her (1)
When the first ray of light in the sky broke through the clouds, Ling Xihan woke up from his sleep.

"Are you awake?" A gentle and magnetic voice sounded next to her ear, which made her slightly startled, and her hazy eyes gradually cleared up after waking up.Staring at the past, I saw the man in white walking towards her with a smile on his face, his phoenix eyes were softer than the rays of the sun.

"Why are you here?" Ling Xihan couldn't help being a little dazed, and asked stupidly.

Xiao Tingxuan had already sat in front of her, and stretched out his hand to pin the hair on her face behind her ears.

"Why, can't I be here?"

Ling Xihan choked and pouted.

"I just arrived in Kyoto last night, how did you find out where I was staying so quickly?"

Xiao Tingxuan paused, and the light in his eyes poured out.

"Cousin and Master Liaokong are friends who have forgotten the year."

Ga!Ling Xihan's eyes widened in surprise, a little inconceivable.Master Liaokong's reputation is not inferior to that of Master Wuchen back then.Didn't expect Luo Tianxiang and Kong to be Wangnian friends?No wonder that little novice treated him so well last night, that's why.

"How's the situation in the capital?" Ling Xihan lifted the quilt, not shying away from Xiao Tingxuan at all, and put on clothes directly in front of him.

Xiao Tingxuan's eyes flashed, "If there were other men here, would you be so casual?"

Ling Xihan paused, then turned around and glared at him.

"Are you another man?" She wanted to bite off her tongue after she finished speaking, which sounded very ambiguous.You can't be casual in front of other men, so why should you be so casual in front of Xiao Tingxuan?Doesn't this mean a hint of something else?She hurriedly turned away, not wanting to look at Xiao Tingxuan's devilishly smiling face.Change the subject.

"you have not answer my question yet."

Xiao Tingxuan laughed in a muffled voice, seeing the anger in her eyes, he said: "Everything is as usual."

Ling Xihan stared at him, "Is everything as usual?"

"That's right." Xiao Tingxuan narrowed his eyes lazily, with the same elegant smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Prince Gong occupied the palace, and the palaces of Prince Zhongyi and Prince Rui were surrounded by imperial guards. The veteran ministers of the court were imprisoned for disobedience to his powerful rule. The two generals on the left and right were confiscated. The royal father's ministers were all imprisoned and executed at a certain date."

"Is this still business as usual?" Ling Xihan's eyes widened, obviously a little unhappy.

Xiao Tingxuan smiled lightly, "Compared to your return to Beijing, everything is as usual."

Ling Xihan rolled her eyes, why didn't she notice.This fellow would actually tell such a cold joke?
"The Palace of Zhongyi is trapped, so what about my father?"

Xiao Tingxuan glanced at her, "You are healthy and carefree."

Ling Xihan frowned, and said thoughtfully, "Father...does he have any plans?"

"Oh?" Xiao Tingxuan raised his eyebrows and smiled. "How do you say it?" He sat down at the table leisurely, refilling tea for himself, and asked in a dispirited manner.

Ling Xihan also sat across from him, snatched the teapot from his hand, and put it on the table.

"Although the father is confused about family affairs, he is a good hand in governing the country. I don't believe that Prince Gong doesn't know anything about his rebellion, and I don't believe that the emperor will leave the palace without any preparation. Right now The situation in Beijing has changed drastically, but the emperor is still in Linzhou, and has no intention of coming back. There is also Prince Yi who is far away at the border. This time is so leisurely, don't tell me that he is resigned to his fate, I don't believe it. He must have discussed with the emperor a long time ago to deal with this change, otherwise even if surrounded by the imperial guards, the father would not be able to There is no movement." Her analysis was well-founded, and she was confident when she spoke, and her already stunning face was even more radiant, making it hard to miss.

A gleam flashed in Xiao Tingxuan's eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I really can't hide anything from you."

Ling Xihan's eyes lit up, "So Father really has a plan? What is it?"

Xiao Tingxuan finished his cup of tea unhurriedly, and then saw Ling Xihan looking at him eagerly, feeling amused in his heart.

"Aren't you tired after driving for ten days?"

Ling Xihan gave him a blank look, "Last night I had a good rest. Tell me, what is your father's plan?"

"Catch them all at once." Xiao Tingxuan said four words concisely, and Ling Xihan's eyes moved.

"You mean, this is actually the emperor's plan to invite the emperor into the urn. He left the capital on purpose to create an opportunity for Prince Gong to rebel. Then he caught the turtle in the urn and caught them all?"

"Smart!" Xiao Tingxuan praised with a smile, "All these years, Prince Gong secretly trained the dead, and secretly colluded with Zhao Linfeng to plan a rebellion. The father knows it well. So I have been looking for an opportunity to catch them all. It's a pity that the father If the flaws are revealed rashly, I am afraid that the old and cunning Zhao Linfeng will find out, so it has been delayed until now. This time, the mother and the queen left the palace for some reason, and the father just found an excuse to leave the palace. Anyway, everyone in the world knows how much the father loves the mother. It is reasonable for the emperor to abandon the imperial court for the sake of his mother. That's why we have today's situation."

"So that's it." Ling Xihan finally understood now, "But now the palace has been occupied, and all the soldiers in the capital, including the three hundred guards in the hands of my elder brother, are also under their control. How can we turn defeat into victory?"

"Instigate discord, watch the fire from the other side, and kill with a knife."

Ling Xihan thought about it, "Sun Tzu said: The law of using troops is to encircle them if they are ten, attack them if they are five times, divide them if they are twice the number, fight them if they are small, escape them if they are small, and avoid them if they are not strong. Strong, the enemy is captured." She smiled slightly, "However, a hundred beetles are dead but not stiff, and since they have rebelled, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be provoked in the future, so it is better to cut the grass and root out."

Xiao Tingxuan praised: "Of course!"

Ling Xihan frowned, "Then how should we sow discord, and who is it to sow discord?"

"Who is working with Prince Gong?"

"Zhao Linfeng!" Ling Xihan's eyes lit up, "You mean?"

"Yes!" You don't need to spend too much time talking to a smart person, just a little bit. "Prince Gong and Zhao Linfeng joined forces because of interests, but they are both ambitious people, and they don't want to be inferior to others. Therefore, other courts will also break up because of interests. Prince Gong is suspicious, even Zhao Linfeng can't win. His trust. Zhao Linfeng made a lot of effort to break into the palace this time. The commander of the imperial guards is Zhao Linfeng's wife's younger brother, and the Zhao family is related by in-laws. Zhao Linfeng is already a powerful and suspicious Prince Gong He will never tolerate such an important position being held in his hands. So he has already developed a grudge against Zhao Linfeng, we just need to add a little fire to make the gap between them less and bigger until they turn against each other until."

(End of this chapter)