From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1252

"Your Highness, we have taken control of the palace, but the nobles and ministers are still in a state of panic, not knowing what happened."

Hearing this, Erken was not surprised, but said in a deep voice: "Gather the heads of the major families and ministers in the hall, I will meet them in person, explain the situation, and try to win over more people."

"You must manage your soldiers well. It is a critical moment. Be careful of rebellion by those with different intentions."

He seemed to remember something and frowned, saying: "Thirty thousand troops, some of them were lost, but it is also a huge number. Prepare food and grass. ?”

The commander was stunned for a moment and said, “Our city defense camp entered the palace to clean up the rebellion... How could we prepare food and grass? It will only take a few hours...”

Erken’s face changed drastically, and he shouted immediately, “Quick! Immediately send people to the granaries in the city to get food, and then send a team out of the city to transport food to the camp.”

“The team that transports food out of the city must have a large number of people! Zhou Yuan was born to fight! Very sensitive! Be careful of being ambushed!”

“With so many people, if there is no food, they will collapse in three days.”

The commander was also shocked and immediately took the order and ran out.

As soon as he walked out of the hall, he saw thick smoke coming out from all directions, so he took a breath and shouted, "Your Highness, they have already taken action."

Erken strode out, looked at the thick smoke around him, gritted his teeth and said, "This is Zhou Yuan. As long as we have any omissions, he will catch them in the first place."

"I was wondering why he was waiting for me here and had to talk to me. It turned out that it was not curiosity at all, but he was delaying my time."

"How could he not guess my rise? He was clearly waiting for the imperial guards to break out, and then immediately withdraw and give orders. , I won't have time to defend myself."

"This person is full of tricks. He seems to be honest and open-minded, but he is actually cunning."

He waved his hand and said, "Go to the camp outside the city to get food. There are only three or four hundred people left. The imperial guards are not strong. You should send at least two thousand people, otherwise it will be unsafe."

"The situation is very complicated now. It's getting dark. I can't figure out what his next move will be. We can't take it lightly."

...

Three or four hundred people left the city, and they didn't know where their destination was. Ye Qingying thought about whether to go directly to the camp of the city defense camp and take it over.

But this idea was rejected by Azati: "There are at least two or three thousand basic troops left there. It is impossible for us to take it with three or four hundred people. We have to find a place to spend the night first."

"Fortunately it is summer. If it is winter, we will have a hard time this night."

Huo Jia gritted his teeth and said: "The most important thing now is food, drink and shelter! Three or four hundred people! We need a lot of food!"

As soon as the voice fell, two figures quickly cut through the sky and came quickly from the end of the sunset.

Zhou Yuan laughed and said: "Why rush? The food has been sent out of the city. Queenie also brought a lot of tents over for the usual caravan. Let's make do with it."

"Azati, you are responsible for arranging these."

"Sister Mei, you are responsible for cooperating with the eldest prince's mission."

In fact, it is just surveillance.

Mei Wen nodded and said: "I will obey the prince's order."

The crowd did not dare to get too close to the city, otherwise there would be a risk of exposure at any time. After walking for dozens of miles, they camped in a depression.

It was already dark, and the tents were set up. Azati also organized three patrol teams of 20 people to patrol in shifts.

The people from the Inner Court were scattered everywhere, acting as sentinels in the distance to avoid being discovered and not being able to escape in time.

After everything was done, Guan Lu and Jiang Jianfeng's food team also arrived. After everyone had eaten and drunk enough, they slowly calmed down.

It was already the second half of the night.

Ayinizi came to Zhou Yuan and whispered, "Sir, grandma said she wants to see you."

Zhou Yuan smiled and turned around and said, "Second Senior Sister, let's go and rest for a while."

Ye Qingying walked over quickly, looked around, and whispered, "It's not a long-term solution. Huojia and Azati are forced to unite under the situation, and they may turn against us at any time."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "With Chenxi here, they can't escape. The key is that Guan Lu will take down everyone. He is also very good at this kind of political work."

Guan Lu bowed and smiled and said, "I'll go talk to Huojia and give him a reassurance first."

So Zhou Yuan went to Madam Xuesang's tent with peace of mind, and found someone eating when he entered.

Xiaoying was sitting on a stool, constantly taking out raisins from her small pocket and eating them like a little hamster, with her mouth bulging.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing and said, "You take care of yourself and don't care if I'm hungry or not!"

Xiaoying giggled and quickly grabbed a handful of raisins from her pocket and handed them to Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan touched her head and whispered, "Be patient."

"Knowing"Dao..."

Xiaoying snorted and said, "You are not a child anymore."

Zhou Yuan then looked at Madam Xuesang and said, "Madam, you came to me late at night, what's the matter?"

Madam Xuesang's face was full of black lines. Do you have to say this so ambiguously? I am a very old man, and you Zhou Yuan really don't care about meat and vegetables.

She said seriously, "What is the situation? Why did the Ninth Prince suddenly appear? Is the current situation completely out of control?"

Speaking of business, everyone sat down. The conditions were simple, the candlelight was dim, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Where is out of control? The overall situation in the Western Region has always been under my control. No matter how it changes within this range, it will eventually go in the direction I have planned."

"The variables of Erken are his own intelligence. We can't expect everyone to be stupid, right?"

Madam Xuesang said, "Don't make it all so easy. Even if you Zhou Yuan fails, you will just go back to Dajin to be a prince. ”

“But what about us? The lives of the whole family will be sacrificed.”

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, “It won’t come to that. Otherwise, I only need to behead and kill all the royal family members, and everything will be solved.”

“This is a political game. It reflects not only military force, but also the attitude of the court towards the Western Regions and the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions. This can foretell what this place will become in the future.”

“I worked hard to play tricks. In essence, I want to gain the support of the local nobles...at least most of the nobles, so as to alleviate the pain brought by the return to the greatest extent.”

“Many people can’t see so deeply, and I don’t need to explain so deeply to anyone, but Madam Xuesang should understand what I am saying. After all, I, Zhou Yuan, am not doing this for the people here to have a better life?”

Madam Xuesang sighed and said, “What should I do next? I am worried that my family has been arrested. If Erken uses their lives to threaten me, I can’t stand on your side. After all, I am not alone. "

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "So this is what Madam Xuesang is worried about. Don't worry about it. What do you think Guan Lu is doing today when he didn't enter the palace?"

"He is doing some aftermath tasks to prevent emergencies. Your family members are now under the heavy protection of the Baishan Sect."

"And Erken has no foundation now, so it is impossible for him to take action against the Baishan Sect. After all, this is the easiest political resource for him to obtain."

Madam Xuesang opened her mouth and was unable to refute for a while.

So he thought of everything?

Or, in fact, everything is too well thought out?

She lowered her head and said, "Okay, there are a few more words I want to say to the prince alone."

Zhou Yuan said, "Okay!"

Ye Qingying immediately said, "No problem, Ayi Nizi, go and rest with your sister, and I want to talk to you by the way."

Madam Xuesang was immediately unhappy and said, "Ayi Nizi stay. "

Ye Qingying snorted: "Sure enough, he has no good intentions!"