My wife has a secret

Chapter 89 Reversal
Shi Chen saw clearly the posture of the man wielding the knife behind him, and he could never have imagined that this man would be his deputy general.

At the same time, the personal soldiers who came down with him were also ambushed by their colleagues in the army, resulting in heavy casualties.

"My queen, hurry out of the main gate and command the Yinshan Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. They are parked outside the Suzaku Gate."

After Deputy General Xu finished speaking in a low voice, he pulled out his knife and jumped off the car.

His swords clashed with those of the Imperial Guards commander Shi Chen, creating a fierce spark.

Empress Gongsun looked pale, still frightened by the recent conflict.

When she was truly faced with the fear of life and death, her heart was filled with anxiety, as if millions of ants were crawling all over her body.

Xu Qing had been through many crises. He lifted the curtain and said to the eunuch Zhang Yong beside the car, "Drive out!"

"Yes Yes!"

While the people below were busy, Xu Qing grabbed Empress Gongsun's cold little hand and asked, "Why would this deputy general risk his life to help us?"

"he……"

Empress Gongsun was still overwhelmed by fear and was unable to answer Xu Qing's words for a while.

"Snapped!"

A crisp and loud slap sounded, causing Empress Gongsun's right cheek to turn red and her delicate body to tremble violently, as if she had been electrocuted.

Her neatly combed hair became disheveled, but she also recovered from her state of fear and regained consciousness.

"Deputy General Xu is originally a branch of the Gongsun family. However, because he took his mother's surname, the outside world knows very little about his relationship with the Gongsun family... He is my last trump card in the palace."

Empress Gongsun's voice trembled slightly, and she even forgot to call herself "this palace".

Xu Qing was sure that Deputy General Xu's words were credible, and he felt a little relieved about the current situation.

It seems that Empress Gongsun is not a stupid woman with small breasts and no brains. She also has her own people hidden in the palace guards.

Zhang Yong pushed the body of the young eunuch away and drove the phoenix carriage forward.

The people in charge of guarding the gate were obviously people arranged by Deputy General Xu in advance. They worked together to turn the wooden hinge and open the Suzaku Gate outwards.

The cold wind from the city blew into the carriage from outside, making Zhang Yong, who was driving, shiver.

Xu Qing was not in the mood to think so much, because when he looked outside along the flying curtain, he found that the entire area outside the Suzaku Gate was occupied by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in black armor.

These people held their hands in front of their stomachs, pulled the reins, and looked at the carriage that broke out of the palace with cold eyes.

Although Zhang Yong whipped the whip as hard as he could, trying to make the precious horse pulling the phoenix carriage drive towards the cavalry, the horse seemed to have a spirit and stopped a hundred meters in front of the army.

"My lady... it seems this is the only way we can go."

After Zhang Yong informed the two people in the car of the situation, he hurriedly got out of the car and shouted at the top of his voice: "The emperor has arrived. Why don't the Yinshan Tiger and Leopard Cavalry put down their weapons and let Bi'an come forward to receive the emperor's order?"

Zhang Yong's words fell on deaf ears in front of the rows of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, without causing a single ripple.

The cavalrymen continued to stare at the phoenix carriage through the two holes on their black masks.

"The brave Tiger and Leopard Cavalry..."

Zhang Yong mustered up his courage and wanted to scold these Tiger and Leopard Cavalry for not following the rules, but no one expected that a sharp arrow would shoot from the back of the cavalry formation and pierce his chest.

This eunuch, who was loyal to the queen, was knocked back two steps by the force of the arrow. He covered his wound and fell to the ground unwillingly.

Empress Gongsun watched this cruel scene and felt helpless and frightened. She felt that the whole world had become strange.

Although Empress Gongsun had imagined the cruelty and failed ending of palace fighting, she was, after all, a young lady from an aristocratic family who was raised in a secluded place and had lived a life of ordering others around since she was a child.

This scene broke down Empress Gongsun's psychological defenses, making her tremble in the carriage.

Xu Qing was not a man who would sit and wait for death. He knew that if he no longer appeared in public as the emperor, he would suffer the same fate as this eunuch.

The Yinshan Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had never entered Beijing. They should only recognize the imperial seal and not the emperor.

Xu Qing made up his mind and came out from behind the curtain. Standing at the front of the carriage, he said in a broad voice, "Who dares to touch me?"

The archers who were drawing their bows at the back of the square formation drew their bows and withdrew after seeing the bright yellow imperial costume on Xu Qing.

In just a moment, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry split into two groups, and one rider emerged from the group.

The man's body and heavy armor swayed slightly with the horse's head below, making a crackling sound of armor pieces colliding.

Moreover, the black mask he wore was different from that of ordinary Tiger and Leopard Riders. It looked like a tiger-faced beast, and the aura he exuded was cold and suffocating.

The other party slowly walked to the front of the army and looked at him.

"The Emperor's Seal is here."

Xu Qing couldn't see the man's expression, so he had to take out his trump card, the Emperor's Seal, and hold it in front of him.

But the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Bi'an, did not even look at the Emperor's Seal, but instead focused all his attention on Xu Qing.

"Ten days ago, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry went south to Suzhou, and I was responsible for supervising them."

Hearing this, Xu Qing's forehead began to sweat slightly.

He thought that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had never seen the little emperor's appearance, so he could make a fake one look real.

But Xu Qing could never have imagined that this Bi'an actually followed the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to the south of the Yangtze River and met him.

In this case, what's the point of him pretending to be an emperor?
"Young Master Xu, Xu Qing, long time no see."

Bi'an's voice is low and magnetic, and its timbre is like a whale in the deep sea.

"You are...Xu Qing?"

Empress Gongsun in the carriage then realized Xu Qing's true identity.

She followed Xu Qing's previous excuses and worked her way back to find out that the young master of the Xu family was indeed imprisoned for some reason and was summoned to the capital by the young emperor for trial.

Moreover, on the day of the incident, the young emperor decided to sit in on the trial of the three courts because all the ministers in the court gave him advice.

In this way, I would be the one who was kept in the dark.

"Ah……"

The smile on Empress Gongsun's beautiful face looked somewhat decadent.

What if she had thought this through? Now that she was on the verge of success and the situation was hopeless, both she and the Xu family would be the prey on the chopping board of the Prince of Dongwan.

The chaos at the Suzaku Gate had been suppressed, although Deputy General Xu's sudden action had caused the Imperial Guards Commander Shi Chen to suffer a setback.

But the power of the imperial guards was still firmly in the hands of the general commander. As time went on, the guards on the city wall naturally discovered the situation and got involved.

There is no chance of turning the tables.

Xu Qing outside the car took the matter lightly. He asked, "It's me. Where is the Prince of Dongwan?"

Facing Xu Qing's question, Bi'an's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he asked back: "What does the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry do to him, a small prince?"

Bi'an's question made Xu Qing more and more confused, but he thought of another possibility. "The person who controls and directs you is the emperor himself?"

Bi'an did not answer Xu Qing's question. With his noble status as the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, he really did not need to answer the questions of a traitor.

But when Xu Qing was about to accept his fate, a cold voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Emperor Xuan himself trusted the treacherous and corrupt officials, monopolized the power of the court, and controlled his power and wealth. The people were coerced by him, and the poems, books and scriptures avoided his thoughts, and no one dared to speak out."

Xu Qing turned his head and saw a pretty female official wearing a flower crown and a fu hat slowly approaching the center of the scene.

She talked as she walked, her breath steady and her posture upright.

"Emperor Xuan and the Prince of Dongwan are both evil, greedy and rampant, harming the people and showing their true nature. So the Queen Mother ordered the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to come out of the Yin Mountains to punish the evil, protect the country and prove the prosperity of the kingly way."

The arrival of the female official made Bi'an in front of Xu Qing turn over and dismount from his horse, kneeling on one knee on the ground.

Before Xu Qing could figure out the meaning of the female official's words, he only heard Bi'an respond, "I will obey the Queen Mother's order."

Queen Mother? Aunt?
Xu Qing looked back at the female official and suddenly realized.

The little emperor was being held hostage outside, and the empress was in the carriage behind him. The only powerful person who could send someone from the palace to convey the message was Empress Dowager Xu.

But what he couldn't believe was that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were obviously the royal army related to the Great Qi royal family, so why were they controlled by his aunt and obeyed her orders?

"Young Master, you have suffered."

In just a short while, the female official had already reached the side of the carriage.

He bowed slightly to Xu Qing and said, "I am Lord Lianhua, the attendant of the queen. I have come to take you to the palace on her orders."

"I am the young master?"

Xu Qing seemed flattered because the female official's address was a bit exaggerated.

Even if she was her aunt's servant, she shouldn't be so respectful to her nephew.

Xu Qing has no official position or title. To put it bluntly, he is just a bully and a troublemaker. Why does he need to be treated like this by the palace ladies-in-waiting?

"Yes."

But what Xu Qing didn't expect was that Lianhua Jun's expression was very calm, as if he had long been accustomed to this way of addressing him.

"Leave the affairs here to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. They have received orders from the Queen and know what they should do."

Seeing that Lian Huajun spoke so bluntly, Xu Qing got out of the car and walked beside her.

Although he was excited about escaping death, Xu Qing only felt that questions popped up one after another in his mind.

Before the two of them took two steps, Empress Gongsun in the carriage could not help but pull open the curtain and begged Xu Qing: "Please, save...save me."

Having lived a life of luxury and splendor for many years, Empress Gongsun did not want to die at the most beautiful age, although given her noble status as an empress, it was difficult for her to ask for mercy.

But her fear of an unknown fate forced her to swallow her pride and bow down to Xu Qing.

Lian Huajun remained calm and replied calmly, "Your Majesty already knows everything about tonight, and arrangements have been made for Empress Gongsun's whereabouts."

Xu Qing had no interest in Empress Gongsun. It didn't matter to him whether this woman was dead or alive.

Because his purpose of entering the palace was to rescue his aunt from the palace.

The reason why he joined Empress Gongsun's plan was entirely because of a sudden accident and the idea of ​​taking advantage of each other.

If this woman is the one who finally gains power, there's no telling what she might do to him.

"it is good."

Empress Gongsun looked at Xu Qing eagerly, but lost hope because of his "good" word.

The story of how Empress Dowager Xu came to the throne was circulated in the harem, so her own fate could be imagined.

……

Xu Qing and Lian Huajun walked into the palace from the Suzaku Gate and found that the eunuchs and palace maids who were holding the curtains and following the carriages had been killed by the imperial guards' swordsmen.

The chief of the imperial guards, Shi Chen, also stood aside, bowing his head and saluting them.

The other party had a burly figure, standing on the ground like an iron tower, but Xu Qing could feel that both Bi'an of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards were somewhat afraid of Lord Lianhua.

"Young Master, the Imperial Guards are neutral on paper, but in reality they are the Queen's men."

Xu Qing followed behind Lianhua Jun, and his tense expression relaxed a little.

"Are all the troops in the capital my aunt's men?"

"It's not the Wucheng Bingma Division. Several commanders have old ties with the aristocratic families in the capital and want to join forces with the Prince of Dongwan to start a rebellion."

Lianhua Jun's voice was flat, without any emotional ups and downs, and he answered all of Xu Qing's questions.

"After receiving the order, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will wipe out the Bingmasi and Dongwan personal soldiers in the capital and take over the defense of the city."

During their conversation, the two of them had already moved away from the Suzaku Gate and arrived at a sparsely populated corridor in the palace.

Xu Qing looked around and saw no one around, so he asked in a low voice, "But the little emperor is still in the hands of the Prince of Dongwan. If they are pushed too far, they might even bring trouble upon the little emperor himself."

"Young Master, you don't need to be careful about what you say or do. Every flower and grass in the palace is the Queen's eyes and ears. You can say and do whatever you want."

Lord Lianhua continued, "After tonight, there is no need for Emperor Xuan of Qi in this world. No matter what the relationship between Emperor Xuan and the Prince of Dongwan is, he will die in the Ministry of Justice."

Xu Qing said nothing as he sorted out what he had seen and heard along the way.

He seemed to have sensed something. After all, there had been an autocratic and overbearing empress in the history of his previous life.

In that case, the previous statement that I should marry Princess Danyang was just a trick?

"My aunt was preparing to ascend the throne, and she specially planned this action... The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had long been under the command of my aunt, so going to Suzhou to capture me was also an action approved by my aunt?"

Lianhua Jun had read the information sent by Chengxuanfang and knew that Xu Qing's temperament had changed since he lost his memory.

Especially the logic in how he handles and thinks about things is completely different from the previous evil young man.

"Yes, but please understand, young master. The queen didn't want you to know too much, but no one expected... the White Lotus Sect's Chunsheng Envoy actually had the strength to escape from the Ministry of Justice. That's why you were involved in the palace."

Lianhua Jun took the initiative to explain for Queen Mother Xu: "Even the people around Her Majesty are not aware that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will obey Her Majesty, so please don't take these things to heart. If it goes according to the original plan, you will be rescued on the way out of the prison."

Xu Qing really didn't take these things to heart. For him, the current outcome was already a great thing.

If the Queen Mother gains power, I, as her nephew, will definitely benefit from it and can continue to live my carefree life.

If I think about it carefully, how many days have it been since I last slept soundly with my precious baby Huan in my arms?

Thinking back to the leisurely days in Suzhou, it was so pleasant and happy... If it weren't for the White Lotus Sect interfering, Xu Qingzhen would be willing to stay in the Xu Mansion for the rest of his life.

"Mr. Lianhua, this road looks deserted. Does my aunt really live here?"

(End of this chapter)