Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 463 Messy

As the four were talking, someone outside hurriedly reported: "The first-class maid Zhu Ying from Kunning Palace is trying to force her way out of the palace, saying that she has been ordered to return to the Wan family to present festival gifts."

Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival.

This senior palace maid, who was always good at making trouble, found a good excuse.

The four people frowned at the same time, and then the other three looked at Feng Tang at the same time.

Feng Tang stood up with a gloomy face: "I arranged for Situ Ang to guard Kunning Palace. Is he so useless?"

The messenger lowered his head and spoke in a strange voice: "Prince Ang... has mobilized the archers... We are afraid that something big might go wrong, so we are rushing to report it."

Archer!?

The remaining three people also stood up subconsciously.

Prince Dun was horrified: "Is Aang crazy? That's the Empress!"

The Eastern King was very surprised: "This kid is so decisive?"

Lin Daiyu was busy asking other questions: "Has this matter not spread? How serious a crime is it to point an arrow at the empress? It would be enough to cause a big uproar outside!"

The messenger quickly replied, "No, no! Prince Ang only quietly dispatched a team of ten people to assist in the defense, but he didn't really draw his bow and arrow!"

"You're breathing so heavily! It's scary!" Prince Dun sat back with a thud and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Feng Tang glanced at the messenger with disdain, then hastily bowed to the three people and said, "I'll go take a look."

Walked away with big strides.

The person who reported the news ran away in shame.

The Eastern Prince thought for a moment and looked at Lin Daiyu: "Girl, he is a stranger. If the Queen gets angry and throws a tantrum, he will have no way to deal with her.

"You should go over there too, holding the gold medal bestowed by the emperor, so that you can block it."

Prince Dun wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and nodded repeatedly: "That's right! Those people outside are having a great time. If there is also a commotion in the palace..."

The words paused.

The three of them suddenly realized the vague connection between them, looked at each other, and their faces became solemn.

Lin Daiyu called out, "Gold medal, please!"

Then he bowed to Prince Dong and Prince Dun and said, "I will go to Kunning Palace first and take control of the situation.

"Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and there should be a grand banquet. Even if the two palaces are not at home, it should still be held. Kou Zhaorong has already made preparations.

“I think if anyone wants to cause trouble, it will be tomorrow.

"Tonight, I must go to the Dali Temple.

"The subsequent affairs of Daming Palace can only be entrusted to the two princes."

Tonight, the women in the Dali Temple are fighting, and the men are afraid that they can't intervene. So Daiyu must go to the Dali Temple.

The important imperial palace like Daming Palace had to be handed over to the clan members.

The King of the East is a foreigner and has no authority to guard the inner palace, so he cannot stay overnight.

Prince Dun had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree: "Okay, I will go to Taiji Palace to make arrangements and come back when everything is done!"

The Eastern King smiled with satisfaction: "I will go to the lobby of the Ministry of War!"

Ministry of War!?

Prince Dun and Lin Daiyu were both shocked.

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Lin Daiyu watched the two princes leave Shoukang Palace. Xiaohong had already packed everything, even bringing a thermos, ginseng soup, snacks, incense, hand and foot warmers, and a thick cloak.

Daiyu was both angry and amused: "I went to Kunning Palace to stop the fight, not to watch a play!"

"What if we don't have time to come back to rest and have to go straight to the Dali Temple from Kunning Palace?

"How can we eat the food there? I want someone to bring some warm food over there!"

Xiaohong thought carefully and meticulously.

Lin Daiyu laughed and said no more, leaving all the miscellaneous matters to Xiaohong, while she concentrated on thinking about the major events that were intertwined at the moment.

The first was the trouble in Kunning Palace. Why did Zhu Ying suddenly rush out? Was she going to the Wan family or somewhere else?

Besides Zhu Ying, how is Su Hong doing? How is Xia Shouzhong doing?

What was the most important thing, Queen Wan, thinking?

The second thing was, when Xue Baochai went to the Dali Temple, how to guide her so that, through Aunt Xue, she could get important information out of Madam Wang Ziteng, Madam Xiao Shihou and Madam Xining Prince's wife.

The third and most important thing is: How serious is the commotion outside? The King of the East was vague just now, so what trap did he set, and who was he going to trap in the end? !

As for the fourth one...

Lin Daiyu's mood went from complicated to confused, from worried to anxious, and almost to manic depression.

——Chang'an Posthouse, what happened?

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Let’s go back in time.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Emperor Zhaoming left the palace at night and arrived at Chang'an Posthouse when the east was just getting light.

Chang'an Posthouse was in a mess at that time.

The Taiji Palace guards and the Eastern Palace guards who escorted the Emperor and the Crown Prince out of the capital, the imperial physicians brought by Prince Kejin, and Feng Ziying and others who came over to report the news, all in all, the team that should have had three or four hundred people was now scattered, with only a few dozen people left standing!

Corpses are everywhere.

In particular, the entire courtyard of the post station, a circle of bungalows and a two-story building, had been burned beyond recognition!

Emperor Zhaoming's heart sank as he watched. His face turned red in the cold wind and then turned blue in an instant. The hand that was tightly holding the reins almost fell to his side in an instant!

Tao Xingjian, who had been nearly exhausted from the journey, had already slipped off his horse. He hurriedly pulled someone to ask a question, then hurried forward to ask Emperor Zhaoming to dismount:

"The Lord and the Crown Prince are just ahead, Your Majesty, let's go over there."

Emperor Zhaoming got off his horse and took a deep breath. He gritted his teeth and took two steps with his legs apart. After getting used to it, he immediately strode forward and headed straight for the only two intact bungalows in the post station!

Before he reached the door, someone had already called in. Feng Ziying, with a look of shock on his face, hurried out to greet them.

"Your Majesty! How dare you move so easily!" Feng Ziying was very anxious, and even had the urge to stop the emperor and the emperor from meeting each other, "This place is not out of danger yet!"

Emperor Zhaoming was shocked when he saw that there were no less than ten sword and knife wounds on his face, neck, arms, shoulders, chest, and thighs.

Raising his hand and patting the intact shoulder, Emperor Zhaoming said gently, "Don't worry, I know what to do. Your Majesty and the Crown Prince?"

"Inside the room. Your Majesty, please follow me." Feng Ziying was calmed by that pat. His voice and expression softened a bit. He turned around and led Emperor Zhaoming into the room.

It was an extremely simple house, with only a bed, a table, two chairs and a cabinet.

The unconscious prince lay on the bed with his eyes closed; the emperor with a gloomy face sat on the chair, staring at the prince.

As for the others, Prince Kejin, who looked exhausted, was sitting on the ground and had fallen asleep against the cabinet; Doctor He, whose face was covered in cold sweat, was standing tremblingly at the end of the bed; and two or three guards brought by Feng Ziying were standing in a dead corner of the room.

Emperor Zhaoming strode in, glanced at the Crown Prince from a distance, and the first thing he did was to pay his respects to the Supreme Lord: "Father, are you well?"

Tai Shang looked at him coldly and said nothing.

Seeing this, Feng Ziying stepped forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is fine. Although it was a chaotic time, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Dai always stayed by his side..."

Emperor Zhaoming finally reacted, glanced around, and frowned: "Where is Dai Quan?"

"Dead." Feng Ziying said in a low voice, and sighed softly, "The prince blocked the arrow and fell down...

"Another round of arrow rain came from behind. When Dai Neixiang saw that the emperor's mind was on the prince, he pounced directly on the two of them..."