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The old lady said, "Don't ask. I can't tell you now. Tomorrow, you don't have to go to deliver food to your father and brothers. Wait, let's wait and tell you."

Minglan and Hai Chaoyun were both smart people, especially Hai Chaoyun, who asked nervously, "Grandmother, did something happen to the master and father-in-law?"

"It's not them. That's enough. Stop asking. You can't go anywhere today. Just stay in Shou'an Hall with me. Tomorrow, go check on Changfeng. If he's at home, tell him to stay home and don't go out. If he's not at home, send someone to get him back. Chaoyun, go call your mother-in-law over."

"Yes."

Minglan and Hai Chaoyun walked out of Shou'an Hall and looked at each other in surprise.

They didn't know what had happened, but from the expression on their grandmother's face they knew that someone sent by their eldest brother-in-law must have told her something, which made her so nervous.

But they were all very smart. Since their grandmother didn't want to say it, there must be a reason why she couldn't say it, so they didn't ask any more questions.

The old lady sat alone in the main hall of Shou'an Hall, her expression constantly changing.

“Is the world really going to change?”

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Time passed, and the people Zhou Chen sent out came back one after another, bringing him news from all over the city.

"My Lord, Master Gu is here."

Suddenly someone came to report that Gu Tingye had arrived. Zhou Chen was a little surprised. Did this guy react quickly, or did he receive some warning or news?

"Take him to the hall."

Zhou Chen soon saw Gu Tingye, only to see that Gu Tingye looked anxious.

"Brother, you didn't go on duty today. I'm afraid something big happened in the city today. It just so happens that my wife was invited to the palace by Concubine Rong today. I suspect something bad may have happened in the imperial city."

Zhou Chen did not go today, and the deputy commander-in-chief did not go either. The Ma Jun Division is under the charge of Gu Tingye, so it was not surprising that he noticed something unusual.

Zhou Chen frowned: "Your wife was invited by Concubine Rong?"

"Yes, I didn't want her to go, but my wife didn't want to offend Concubine Rong because of this matter, so she followed my mother to the palace. Now it seems that something must have happened. I don't know what happened in the palace, but it must be related to Concubine Rong."

Gu Tingye looked anxious. He and Yu Yanran had been married for a few months and they got along very well. Yu Yanran was exactly as he thought and was very good to his children. Although she was a little soft-hearted, with the help of Nanny Chang, she managed the household well and nothing went wrong.

So he felt something was wrong, but he didn't dare to go to the palace immediately, but came to find Zhou Chen first.

Hearing that Yu Yanran and Madam Qin went to the palace together, it seems that Concubine Rong is also very afraid of the Gu family.

"Something has indeed happened. I have sent people to check several gates of Bianjing City. All the gates have been closed, and the palace is also closed. If I am not mistaken, it should be that Prince Yan forced the palace to revolt."

"what?"

Gu Tingye was horrified: "Prince Yan is rebelling?"

After being shocked, he quickly calmed down and thought about it carefully. It didn't seem strange.

Prince Yong is about to be appointed as the crown prince. If Prince Yan waits until Prince Yong becomes the crown prince, he will have to wait for death, so now he has to fight to the death.

Thinking of this, his face turned extremely ugly: "No wonder Concubine Rong invited the noble ladies to get together. It seems that the Rong family has joined forces with Prince Yan. Brother, could it be that my sister-in-law has also been invited by Concubine Rong?"

Zhou Chen shook his head and said, "My wife didn't receive an invitation. I guess it's because I saved Rong Feiyan before, and Rong Fei is returning the favor."

"Brother, what should we do? Should we just do nothing?"

His wife was detained in the palace, and Gu Tingye was extremely anxious.

Zhou Chen said in a deep voice: "It's not that we won't do anything, but we can't do anything. If you dare to make any unusual moves, I'm afraid Rong Fei and King Yan will definitely kill your wife and mother without hesitation. The same goes for other generals with military power in the city, who are not from King Yan's faction or friendly with the Rong family. No one dares to move, and no one is willing to move."

Gu Tingye understood what Zhou Chen meant. The Prince of Yan's palace coup was only for the throne. If these generals did not move, their wives would naturally be fine. After the situation was settled, they would definitely be released.

After all, even if Prince Yan's mutiny was successful and he wanted to secure his throne, he would never dare to offend all the nobles. Not only would he not offend them, but he would try to win them over.

"Could it be that we are being held back by King Yan? Brother, even you can't do anything about it?"

Zhou Chen said, "What do you think we can do? Go to the western suburbs camp outside the city to recruit troops and attack Bianjing? Without the right name and the right words, and without the tiger talisman, we can't recruit many troops. Even if someone is willing to follow us, without the emperor's order, rashly leading troops to attack the city, not to mention whether we can save the emperor, it will be a capital crime afterwards."

Gu Tingye's face looked extremely ugly. He knew that Zhou Chen was telling the truth. What the imperial court feared most were military generals leading the troops. Without an imperial decree, they could not mobilize much troops at all. It would be extremely difficult for them to attack Bianjing City and the Palace City.

"Then what should we do?"

"Wait, the emperor will not compromise easily, and will definitely send people out for help. I have arranged people around the palace. If anyone from the palace is found, they will be brought here. However, this matter is known to you and cannot be spread out."

"My brother trusts me so much, I will definitely not betray him."

Gu Tingye had no choice but to choose to believe Zhou Chen. He did not leave, but stayed in the Marquis' Mansion and waited with Zhou Chen.

The Imperial Palace should have been the safest place in the world, but at this moment, it was in chaos, with fighting taking place everywhere.

In the fight between the imperial guards and the rebels, although Prince Yan had commanded a lot of troops, broke into the palace and controlled all the gates of the palace, there were still many imperial guards in the palace to protect the officials, so now Prince Yan was ordering people to fight with the imperial guards.

Although the number of imperial guards was large, they were still unable to stop the large number of rebels, and they could only protect the emperor and retreat to the inner palace.

Inside the Funing Palace, the Emperor, the Empress, and a group of palace maids and eunuchs gathered together in panic.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the rebels have surrounded the Funing Palace and are banging on the door. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold out for much longer."

A eunuch came crawling in and reported in horror.

The official was restless and asked in a tone full of hope: "Is there any way out of the palace?"

"Your Majesty, the entire imperial city is full of traitors. All the palace gates and hall gates are blocked and it is impossible to leave the palace."

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the emperor shouted angrily at Prince Yan.

He didn't expect that Prince Yan would be so bold as to force the emperor to abdicate and rebel. What was even more terrifying was that the imperial palace had fallen. Now he could only hide in his bedroom in a panic.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1152: The Emperor's Blood Edict, the Assassination King to Save Him

Empress Cao persuaded the angry emperor to stop cursing.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, scolding is useless now. The most urgent thing is to find someone to rescue you."

The official's anger finally subsided a little, and a candidate suddenly popped up in his mind.

"Zhao Zongquan from Yuzhou is the closest to the capital. Yes, that's him."

He simply tore off a piece of his robe, bit his finger, and wrote the blood edict on the patch of the robe.

When the emperor finished writing the blood edict, took out the tiger talisman, and handed it to the queen, the queen couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, although Yuzhou is very close to the capital, the rebels are right in front of us. Can Zhao Zongquan make it in time?"

"At this point, who else can we turn to besides Zhao Zongquan?"

The emperor certainly knew this, but now, he really couldn't think of a better candidate. At least Zhao Zongquan must be more trustworthy than the rebel Prince Yan.

Empress Cao suddenly said, "Generals in the capital, I remember that Marquis Zhongjing is very brave, and Concubine Rong did not seem to invite Marquis Zhongjing's wife, Mrs. Shengda, to come. Can Marquis Zhongjing come to rescue the emperor? If he can come to rescue the emperor, perhaps there is no need to look for Zhao Zongquan."

"Marquis Zhongjing?"

The figure of Zhou Chen emerged involuntarily in the official's mind. He knew Zhou Chen's bravery, but Zhou Chen was a minister and a military general after all. If the tiger talisman was given to Zhou Chen and he was allowed to lead the army, he would definitely not be as trustworthy as the Zhao family's royal family member.

if……

But on second thought, given his current situation, he had no choice but to seek help from Zhao Zongquan. So why couldn't he ask Zhou Chen, who was so close at hand, to come to the rescue?

According to his observation, Zhou Chen should not be the kind of person who would rebel against his superiors.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth.

"Okay, then I will also write a blood edict to Marquis Zhongjing and ask him to come to the rescue."

As he spoke, he used his wet fingers to write another edict, appointing Zhou Chen as the general who would suppress the rebellion, holding a tiger talisman, and ordering troops to suppress the rebellion.

Empress Cao calmly collected the blood edict written by the emperor, and the emperor did not care. Zhou Chen was in the capital. If even Zhou Chen was too late to rescue him, Zhao Zongquan of Yuzhou would probably be even less able to make it.

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Zhou Chen had no idea what was happening in the palace, nor did he know that the emperor had actually written a blood edict for him. Instead, he was still waiting at home with Gu Tingye.

"It's already noon. I guess the rebels are about to capture the Imperial City. I wonder what the situation is like inside the Imperial City now?"

Gu Tingye was feeling uneasy. After all, his wife was still in the palace. How could he sit still?

Zhou Chen opened his eyes and said slowly: "Don't be anxious, wait patiently."

Knowing the plot, he certainly made more preparations than these. In fact, he sent people to contact the commander of the Dragon Guard not only inside the city, but also outside the city.

In case of any special situation, having soldiers on hand is definitely better than having no soldiers at all.

"Master Hou!"

Yuancai suddenly rushed in and said anxiously, "Second Brother Cao has brought the person back."

Zhou Chen stood up suddenly and said, "Bring him in."

Cao Er soon came in with a young palace maid.

"My Lord, this person is a maid who escaped from the palace. She said she has His Majesty's blood decree to give to you, my Lord."

"What? A blood edict for me?"

Zhou Chen was stunned. He knew that the emperor would definitely write a blood edict, but shouldn't the blood edict be written to Zhao Zongquan, asking Zhao Zongquan to rescue the emperor? How did it become a blood edict for him?

The little maid knelt down in front of Zhou Chen and said, "I am Ruichu, a servant, following the orders of His Majesty and His Majesty, and I have escaped from the palace with the blood edict to deliver a letter to the Marquis. Please go and save His Majesty as soon as possible. Please go and save His Majesty as soon as possible."

Zhou Chen took the blood edict and the tiger talisman, read the contents of the blood edict, and asked him to go to the western suburbs camp with the tiger talisman to recruit troops and enter the capital to quell the rebellion.

'Trouble. '

Zhou Chen did not show any joy at all, instead his expression was somewhat ugly.

Gu Tingye also saw the blood edict and urged anxiously: "Brother, this is the blood edict of His Majesty. Let's go to the Western Suburbs Camp to check the troops."

Zhou Chen said in a deep voice: "Yuancai, take Miss Ruichu to rest first."

After everyone left, he spoke again: "It's not that easy. Now that the city gates are sealed, it's not that easy for us to leave. If Ruichu escapes from the palace, King Yan will definitely know about it, so he will definitely not let me go. He will definitely send troops to rob me, or even send troops to attack the Marquis's Mansion."

Gu Tingye's expression suddenly changed: "That's right, brother, what should we do then?"

Zhou Chen said, "Since the emperor's blood edict has been handed to me, I absolutely cannot refuse to accept it, but I cannot ignore the Marquis's Mansion either. Zhong Huai, you must immediately transfer all the troops of the Cavalry Division in the inner city to the Marquis's Mansion and guard it for me. I will leave the city and go to the western suburbs camp."

Gu Tingye knew that the situation was urgent, so he agreed without hesitation: "Brother, don't worry, I will go now. As long as I am alive, I will never let anyone harm my sister-in-law, the old lady, or anyone in the Marquis' Mansion."

After Gu Tingye left, Zhou Chen left to find Hua Lan. He never thought that things would eventually fall on his head, so the preparations he made before were seriously insufficient, but now he had no choice.

With the blood edict, he is the most trusted person of the emperor. Even if he does nothing, King Yan will never let him go, so he can only restore order now.

When Hua Lan learned about it, she was also very shocked. Then she listened to Zhou Chen's words and took her mother Zhou Xu, her sister-in-law and the children to hide in the secret room of the Marquis' Mansion.

After arranging all these, Zhou Chen no longer hesitated and immediately rushed out of the city as fast as he could. At this time, he did not care about consuming his internal energy and only wanted to lead his troops into the city as quickly as possible.

If he hadn't lacked internal strength, he would have probably gone straight into the palace. Going out of the city to inspect the troops was simply too time-consuming.

Fortunately, the Ma Jun Division still has quite a few people in the inner city, led by Gu Tingye, who are enough to guard the Mansion of Marquis Zhongjing for a long time. Moreover, although Prince Yan now controls the imperial palace, most of his soldiers are probably concentrated in the imperial palace and various city gates. It is impossible for them to easily capture the mansion in a short period of time.

So now he is competing with King Yan in speed.

Fortunately, he had already arranged personnel outside the city, and as soon as they left the city, there were fast horses heading straight to the western suburbs camp.

Zhou Chen did not bring too many people with him. Instead, he took the tiger talisman and the blood edict and brought his most familiar Dragon Guard Left and Right Wing armies, a total of 20,000 people, and headed straight for the capital.

Soon, Zhou Chen led the army to the city gate, and then used the people he had arranged to suddenly kill people and open the city gate. Twenty thousand Dragon Guards rushed into the city.

He first assigned two thousand people to go to the Mansion of Marquis Zhongjing, and then personally led the army straight to the imperial city.

At this time, the mansion of Marquis Zhongjing was filled with the sound of killing. Countless soldiers swarmed into the mansion, but were blocked by the people inside the mansion. There were corpses everywhere inside and outside the wall.

There was no one to be seen on the entire street. The doors of the mansions of dignitaries were all closed and they were trembling. They didn't dare to come out to help.

Just as Zhou Chen expected, when Prince Yan learned that the emperor had actually written a blood edict to Zhou Chen, he was extremely furious, and then ordered his men to capture Zhou Chen, which led to the scene of the army attacking the Marquis Zhongjing's Mansion.

Gu Tingye led the people from the Ma Junsi and nearly a hundred guards from the Marquis' Mansion in a tenacious resistance. Relying on their bravery, they managed to hold off the rebels for a long time.

Just when they were about to be unable to resist, suddenly the earth-shaking sound of horse hooves was heard not far away.

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"kill!"

Zhou Chen took the lead and led the army to attack the palace gate.

At this moment in the Funing Palace, the emperor and the queen had been controlled by Prince Yan. Prince Yan forced the emperor to write an imperial edict, but the emperor refused to comply and the stalemate lasted for a long time.

Prince Yan roared in anger and threatened: "Your Majesty, if you want to wait for the Marquis of Zhongjing to come to rescue you, I advise you to forget it. I have sent people to surround the Marquis of Zhongjing's mansion. He can't leave the city at all. Even if he leaves the city and leads his troops here, his family's lives are in my hands. Do you think he will come to save you?"

The emperor said angrily, "Marquis Zhongjing is a man of unrivaled loyalty and bravery. If he has my blood edict, he will definitely come to rescue me."

King Yan sneered, "He's just a young boy who won a few battles. Do you really think he's invincible? What a joke! My patience is running out. If you don't write it down, don't blame me for using force."

"You dare!" The official glared at him.