mtl008 Chapter 463 Secret Passage
Chapter 463 Secret Passage
Shoukang Palace.
"I haven't seen you for a few months, and you're still as plump and white as ever!"
Luo Xiaoran let go of her hand, pushed the empress dowager towards Wang Defa, and waved to Wei An to lock the palace door.
Seeing Luo Xiaoran treating the empress dowager so rudely, Wang Defa's eyes widened and he could not believe what he had just seen.
"Luo Xiaoran, you are older——"
"Bigger than you!"
Before Wang Defa could even finish his sentence, Luo Xiaoran interrupted him. She gave an order with great vigor:
"Tell all the eunuchs and maids in the palace who don't want to die to go back to their own rooms and stay there. As for you, you should take care of your master personally."
Wang Defa was almost choked. As the chief eunuch of Shoukang Palace, he had a lot of face!
Not to mention that Luo Xiaoran has not become the Princess of Yan yet. Even if she has married the Prince of Yan, you have to look at the owner when beating the dog. Why does she order me around!
No! Master???
Was his master also treated rudely by Luo Xiaoran just now?
Wang Defa, realizing this, had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead in the cold winter, but the conditioned reflex formed by decades of experience as a slave was not to be underestimated. He bent over and asked the Queen Mother:
"Empress Dowager, do you want me to have Miss Luo...take her out?"
From Changning Palace to Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother was treated by Luo Xiaoran like a prisoner along the way, and she deeply experienced what it meant to be "a fallen phoenix is no better than a chicken."
She secretly swore in her heart that when Yuan Hao broke in, she would capture Luo Xiaoran, torture her, and then kill her!
Anyway, her mother asked her to save Prince Yan's life, but she didn't say that she had to protect Luo Xiaoran's safety.
Thinking of many ways to torture Luo Xiaoran, the Queen Mother felt relieved. She silently repeated "A little intolerance can ruin a big plan" several times before replying calmly:
"It's according to Luo Xiaoran's meaning!"
Wang Defa concealed the shock in his heart, displayed his qualities as the chief servant of Shoukang Palace, and quickly completed the task.
There is a phoenix throne belonging to the Grand Empress Dowager in Changning Palace, and there is also a phoenix throne belonging to the Empress Dowager in Shoukang Palace. These seats symbolize their status as phoenixes among humans and are of great significance.
As soon as she was supported by Wang Defa and stepped into the hall, the empress dowager quickly returned to her throne. She immediately felt her tense whole body relax in an instant, and she looked calm and composed.
Are you so sure that the Lin family can succeed? After all, it is a rebellion, are you so confident?
Luo Xiaoran curled her lips and muttered a few words in her heart. Then she turned her eyes and asked Wei An:
"How long do you think it will take the Lin family to reach the Imperial City?"
Although Wei An did not want to boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige, objectively speaking, there were only three to five hundred soldiers guarding the gates of Kyoto. How could they resist a force that was a hundred times their own?
It would only take an incense stick of time for the city to fall. No, maybe less than half an incense stick of time. Lin Yuanhao would be able to lead 50,000 Kyoto garrison troops into Kyoto.
"Princess, the garrison will soon be able to break through the city gates and march straight into the imperial city."
"Lord Huo has assembled all the imperial guards at the city gates, and the cavalry guards, as the emperor's personal guards, will stay in the palace to protect the emperor."
Luo Xiaoran's big, watery eyes blinked a few times, and her long eyelashes fluttered gently like butterfly wings, revealing a hint of playfulness and agility.
"Although we are outnumbered, as long as we hold out until the Dingzhou army arrives to help us and cut off Lin Yuanhao's escape route, the rebels will surely lose their morale and fail to make any progress."
"That's right!" Wei An nodded heavily, raised his fist and waved it, "When our Dingzhou army arrives, we will beat Lin Yuanhao to a pulp!"
"laugh!"
The Queen Mother on the Phoenix Throne laughed when she heard this.
At this moment, she was leaning on the soft phoenix throne, as lazy as a noble and elegant Persian cat, and her whole body exuded a sense of ease and indifference.
"The Dingzhou army can't come. Facing an enemy three times their size, no matter how brave the Dingzhou army is, it will be useless, right?"
"What do you mean?" Luo Xiaoran frowned and said in a bad tone, "Where do you have so many people to fight the Dingzhou Army?"
There was a deep sneer in the Queen Mother's eyes. She turned her head slightly and glanced at Luo Xiaoran with an extremely contemptuous look. The corners of her mouth raised, outlining a smile full of pride and disdain, and then she slowly opened her mouth and said:
"The 30,000 soldiers of the Imperial Guards who were disbanded were all raised by my Lin family with real money. How can we give them up so easily?"
"On the surface, they were disbanded, but secretly, they were all scattered around the Lin family's farm and kept there for emergency use."
"After today, Daliang will not only have a new emperor, but the Northern Border Army will also suffer some attrition, just as the strength of my Lin family has been weakened."
"I still say the same thing, balance is very important!"
"From now on, the Lin family will still have the final say in the court of Daliang! As for the King of Yan, it is enough for him to help the court guard the northern border."
The timing was coincidental. Not long after the Queen Mother finished speaking, the sound of siege and plunder was heard in the distance. Luo Xiaoran's pupils suddenly contracted, and her shocked look really pleased the Queen Mother.
"Listen, it's started. Luo Xiaoran, do you regret it now?"
"I will let the King of Yan go, but you were so rude to me just now, I will not forgive you!"
Luo Xiaoran trembled all over when she heard this and almost fainted. Fortunately, Wei An beside her supported her in time.
"What are you going to do to our princess? Your Highness will never leave the princess alone!"
Luo Xiaoran leaned on Wei An, her voice full of despair.
"I didn't expect that the Lin family still has 30,000 men. How can the Dingzhou army come to the capital when they can't even protect themselves?"
"I'm really dead now!"
"Wei An, do you really believe what the Queen Mother said?"
"Lin Yuanhao has surrounded the imperial city. It is only a matter of time before he attacks. How can the Queen Mother protect His Highness when he is so bloodthirsty?"
After a pause, Luo Xiaoran lowered her voice and said carefully:
"Maybe even the Queen Mother was killed. Even though she was his aunt, she was still the Queen Mother of Daliang!"
"They have already invaded the imperial city. How can he bear not to be emperor? Can his father bear it?"
Queen Mother: "..."
The Queen Mother tightly grasped the handle of the Phoenix Throne, her teeth almost breaking. If only it weren't for the fact that it was not the right time yet...
She wants to torture Luo Xiaoran to death!
"Believe it or not! I don't need to explain too much to you! You just need to call the King of Yan to Shoukang Palace when Yuan Hao is about to attack!"
Luo Xiaoran's eyes lit up.
"So, the secret passage leading out of the palace is really in Shoukang Palace? No wonder they couldn't find it after searching for a long time in Changning Palace!"