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Chapter 140 Playing

Chapter 140 Playing
"Retreat!"

With a loud noise, the courtiers slowly came out and stood outside the palace and bowed their hands to the six marquises one after another. Duan Jin and others were surrounded in the middle. This feeling of being complimented was indescribably refreshing, and they kept returning the gifts. , saw the giant armored man who was higher than all the civil and military personnel, and then saw Su Chen beside him.

"Weihou!" Duan Jin squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the opposite side.

Before entering the palace, they already knew that Su Chen helped Prince Shu ascend the throne and made himself prime minister, general, and powerful lord.They originally thought that they would be rewarded after entering the palace, but after going to court, they discovered that Su Chen did not come. Some of the veterans in the court who received them received them, and the Empress Dowager issued an edict of encouragement.

"Marquis Chang Ling, please come and be fine!"

Su Chen, who was dressed in military uniform today, returned the gift with his hand, "Something happened early this morning. I was busy outside, so I didn't come to greet you uncles. I hope you won't be offended."

It was probably Su Chen who was here. The civil and military personnel who were originally surrounding the six people who were interacting with each other dispersed one by one. When the remaining five people saw Duan Jin talking to Su Chen, they all came over to greet him.

"The last general is Zhong Ji, the general under the command of Marquis Liaoxiang. I pay my respects to Marquis Wei!"

"No courtesy." Su Chen nodded with a smile, and then thought of someone: "Wang Huaiyi must be the eldest son of your family. He happens to be in the palace as well. I will send someone to call him."

Wang Huaiyi is the eldest son of Wang Jing, the Marquis of Liaoxiang. He came to Beijing during the royal meeting last year. Later, he excelled in his studies and was left to serve as Beigongye's assistant. He became a regular attendant at the official level and could participate in political affairs.

After the defeat of Yanjing, there was basically no political affairs to participate in. Su Chen only met him once in the palace.

Not long after, the palace attendants who had been sent back came back, and there was a young man beside him. He was wearing the official robe of a regular servant. He had a handsome appearance, a slight beard on his upper lip and lower chin, and a slender and tall figure. He bowed his hands to Su Chen respectfully. Then he paid homage to Duan Jin and others.

Zhong Ji among the six people did not dare to be worshiped. He walked to the side and raised his hands: "Seeing that the prince is fine, the Marquis should be relieved." He then expressed his gratitude to Su Chen. After all, he entered the palace and was not affected by the soldiers. It's really a great blessing.

At this time, a eunuch came over and whispered something in Wu Zixun's ear. The latter hurriedly walked to Su Chen and whispered. Su Chen nodded and gave instructions to Wang Huaiyi.

"Wang Changshi, please take the six of you to see the Queen Mother later. This is a courtesy and cannot be broken."

Then he raised his hands towards Duan Jin and others: "Uncles, please follow Wang Chang. He is familiar with the roads in the palace. I have other things to do."

Everyone saw that his expression was different just now, and they couldn't help but feel suspicious. Zhao Guangwei was impatient and spoke before others: "What happened?"

"It's just a short night, I can handle it. You princes have been fighting bloody battles for many days. It's time to have a good night's rest and recuperate your energy. I will accompany you again tomorrow!"

Su Chen cupped his hands towards them, turned around and walked down the stone steps while pressing the hilt of his knife. There was a soldier holding the horse over there. He turned over and cupped his hands towards them again, and then urged the horse to move forward slowly. The armored man carried both hands on his back. As the halberd followed, there was a boom, boom, boom... heavy footsteps, and groups of armored soldiers holding shields and halberds neatly walked out from the other side, following behind.

The eyes of the six people jumped at the sight of this military appearance.

"Go and see the Queen Mother."

Duan Jin calmed down, smiled again, and said to the other five people. Wang Huaiyi on the side also nodded and made a request.

After everyone reacted, they put away their previous gaffe and followed Wang Huaiyi, accompanied by the palace guards, to Yongning Palace and Xiangyun Palace to meet the Queen Mother.

The six people came first and were taken to the side hall by the eunuchs to wait, leaving a few palace maids to accompany them. However, Duan Jin and others noticed that the eunuchs looked hurried, but they restrained themselves in front of the Xiliang soldiers who were guarding them.

The sun rose above the clouds and shone through the window lattice. The nearby palaces seemed quiet, and the palace maids served refreshments.The six people plus Wang Huaiyi were all quietly in the side hall, occasionally chatting a few words, and from time to time they would look at the Xiliang soldiers outside the hall. From their stance to the posture of holding down their swords, it was completely obvious that these were fierce soldiers.

"Why hasn't the Queen Mother come yet..."

"I drank too much tea. I'm going to take a pee!" Hou Xiang, Hun Hou, has not been to the latrine since he entered the palace. After passing the court meeting, he came here again to pay homage to the Queen Mother. After waiting for a long time, he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he stood up and went to court. The others bowed their hands and asked the waiting maid to take him away.

The side hall is also a place for toilets, but most of them are not located nearby. I followed the maid for more than ten feet and passed through a long corridor before I saw an independent small room in the corner.

Hou Hun finally released the water happily. As soon as he opened the door and came out, he saw a tall eunuch in his peripheral vision. He passed by a corner. He was a little surprised that there was such a tall eunuch in the palace.

He glanced at the palace maid waiting at the entrance of the corridor, pretended to walk back, and passed the corner very slowly to see if he could still see the eunuch.

Before it passed, I heard voices vaguely.

"...This is entrusted by the Queen Mother. It must be handed over to the loyal ministers after leaving the palace."

"Yes." The voice that answered, although it was a simple word, could be heard as a rough man's voice, not the high-pitched hoarseness of a eunuch.

"broken……"

Zhou Xiang walked around and quickly returned to the palace maids. He pretended to be fine and returned to the side hall. He glanced at the nearby palace maids and eunuchs, and moved closer to Duan Jin who was talking to Zhao Guangwei.

He lowered his voice and said, "Something happened. Let's find an opportunity to go back and inform Weihou."

Duan Jin and others saw the strange expression on his face and were about to ask him, but Zhou Xiang signaled to the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs that they were the eyes and ears, and stopped talking. Soon, a eunuch came over and said that the Queen Mother was ill today and was no longer with you.

The six people immediately went to the place where the Queen Mother lived, bowed their hands, and quickly left the main hall. They waited until they left the imperial city in a carriage and stayed at the post house.

Only then did Hun Hou Zhou Xiang be pulled into the room and asked what was going on. The former told the truth what he heard when he went to the toilet.

"Is the Queen Mother going to issue a secret decree to get rid of Su Chen?"

"Will there be a fake?"

Zhao Guangwei pondered for a moment: "What's the use of lying to me and others?"

"What the general is saying is what if Marquis Wei finds someone to cheat?"

"That's useless. What does it have to do with us besides watching the show if the Queen Mother orders him to be eliminated?" Zhou Xiang couldn't understand the key, and neither could anyone else.

"Then what if it's true?" Long Yi'en, the fifth prince, frowned: "Su Chen and I are on the same page. Before, we all speculated about what he would do to us after he entered the capital, but now he is satisfied. Our face, uncle and uncle shouted, if this is true, how can we ignore it?"

"I think Su Chen has noticed something." Duan Jin stroked his beard, stood up and took two steps back and forth, "I didn't see him today and said he was going to deal with something involving a conspiracy in the palace. I'll just sit down and watch the show. Yes, don’t get involved.”

Everyone nodded in agreement, but that night, a few people who were about to go to sleep were awakened by the sound of roaring horse hooves, and a voice was shouting:

"All the traitors to the country are here. Kill these six people first, and then rush into the palace to rescue Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!"

The personal guards under his command brought by Duan Jin and others were already fighting with them. For a moment, weapons were exchanged outside the post house, and there were shouts of killing.

Duan Jin and others woke up from their sleep. The soldiers called out to their marquis outside the door: "There are thieves making trouble in the city. Don't leave the house. We will fight to guard!"

The sound of fighting continued and even spread to other courtyards at one point. Duan Jin and others were also frightened. They stood behind the door with weapons in hand, paying full attention to the situation outside the door.

After a while, the sounds of fighting outside gradually subsided, and the guards guarding the door opened the door.

"Master Marquis is fine. Marquis Wei's soldiers and horses came to reinforce him, and the band of thieves were killed and fled."

Duan Jin walked out of the house with his weapons, and Zhou Xiang, Zhong Ji and others from other rooms also came out cautiously. The six people gathered together and walked outside with the guards in the courtyard. There were corpses everywhere under the eaves of the corridor. Of the more than a thousand people he led, dozens died and a dozen were injured.

After asking the commander of the guards, they found out that about 300 people climbed over the wall and broke through the door to rush in. Dozens of guards on duty were hacked to death on the spot. After hearing the news, they tightly guarded the corridor eaves and forced the opponent back to the post. Outside the pavilion, there was a stalemate for a while before Weihou's soldiers and horses managed to kill them.

Duan Jin and Zhao Guangwei walked out of the post house. The street outside was stained with blood, and there were several corpses. The clothes did not look like soldiers in the army, but more like people raised by wealthy families.

Zhao Guangwei spit on the ground and cursed fiercely: "These conspirators really don't know how to live or die!"

The sounds of weapons clashing and fighting in the city could be heard faintly penetrating the night.

Duan Jin pursed his lips and said after a moment: "Let's go back and go back to sleep."

……

The figures returning to the post house were all looked at by several pairs of eyes. In a dark attic near the post house, Su Chen looked there with some doubts.

"Can this be done?"

(End of this chapter)

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