Fengming Tianxia's Concubine Empress

Chapter 239 Pointing out the direction
Several people looked at each other, and immediately jumped into the secret room. Soon, the wall was closed again, and the room was once again plunged into darkness, as if no one had ever been there.

In the secret room, Shang Junyuan sat on the chief seat with a gloomy expression, while sitting on his subordinate seat was Prince Cheng, who was imprisoned by him in the morning, looking a little anxious.

The scene that happened in the study in the morning was indeed premeditated, and its purpose was to deceive the spy hiding in the dark corner.Although the huge Prince Qi's mansion is well organized under King Qi's control, he hasn't returned for a few days after all, and most of the people who know the inside story are focused on finding him, so that those people have an opportunity to take advantage of.

And the night before Shang Junyuan returned to the mansion, King Cheng had already visited secretly, and only then did the play in the morning.

Cheng Junwang waited nervously, everything depended on tonight, if they did not get the support of those ministers, then their plan would be very difficult to implement.

Suddenly, several men in black robes walked into the inner room.

"My lord."

"Well, how are things going?" Shang Junyuan asked coldly.

"Reporting to the master, the matter has been settled, and everything is going according to plan."

"En." Shang Junyuan nodded, the look in his eyes undiminished.

"Prince Cheng, I have wronged you to stay here temporarily for a few days. This king will send someone to change your appearance for you so that you can go out. Everything is going according to plan."

King Cheng stood up, saluted respectfully and said, "My lord, please rest assured, I will do my best to settle this matter."

"It's getting late, King Cheng should rest early." Saying that, Shang Junyuan got up and walked towards the secret room.

King Chengjun also stood up and saluted humbly, but he never thought that when he raised his head, King Qi was nowhere to be seen.

The light in the study was still on, and from a distance, Shang Junyuan saw the faint light reflected from the study, and under the light, he seemed to see the petite figure reading a book under the light.

Shang Junyuan frowned involuntarily, and walked quickly towards the study.He meant to let her live in the study temporarily, but he didn't want her to read all night.

Su Mei yawned, and couldn't help looking up at the hourglass, but found that it was already late at night. She got up and looked out the window, but there was nothing else in the yard except the bright moonlight.

It's strange to say that she clearly hoped that Shang Junyuan would not come to the study, but when he really didn't show up, she felt a faint sense of loss in her heart. Although she repeatedly warned herself not to be emotional with him , but in fact, even she herself didn't know that she had already loved him deeply, otherwise she would definitely not come back with him and face these bloody storms with him.

Su Mei was used to sleeping with her clothes on in an uncertain environment, but just before she lay down on the bed, she heard footsteps coming from the outside.

Could it be him?Su Mei thought subconsciously.But before she got up, she saw a black figure walk into the inner room.

In the dark night, the four eyes met, but no one could see the other's face clearly. Su Mei could only judge by the smell emanating from the person that it was Shang Junyuan who came.

Seeing Shang Junyuan approaching, Su Mei quickly closed her eyes.

Shang Junyuan looked at her quietly, he knew she was still asleep, but none of them wanted to break the moment of tranquility.

After a long time, Shang Junyuan turned around and walked out.

Su Mei exhaled softly. Although she closed her eyes, she could feel the affection flowing in those invisible eyes.

Su Mei opened her eyes, and Hao Ran found that the light was on in the outer room, and now she was sleepless, so she got up, put on her coat, and went out.

Seeing Su Mei walking out, Shang Junyuan showed a surprised expression, but soon, the surprise disappeared without a trace.

"Why are you up?" Shang Junyuan asked in a very flat tone.

"I couldn't sleep, I saw the lights were on outside, so I got up." Said Su Mei and sat across from Shang Junyuan.

Su Mei looked up at Shang Junyuan, but found that he was a little different from the past, there was a slight melancholy between his brows, as if there was something difficult to solve, but the golden light shining in his eyes was like that A bright light in the dark night points out the direction.

Shang Junyuan didn't say a word, Su Mei didn't ask, the two of them just sat quietly at the table, each thinking about their own concerns.Su Mei could see that he seemed to be waiting for something.

After a while, the whistling wind came from outside the house. If you listen carefully, you will find that the sound does not come from nature, but is artificially produced. It is obviously a secret signal.

Shang Junyuan's expression froze, but it disappeared in an instant. He stood up, looked at Su Mei, and said as softly as possible: "It's getting late, go to rest early."

"My lord." Seeing that Shang Junyuan was about to leave, Su Mei stopped him without caring about anything else, and then subconsciously said what she wanted to say most in her heart: "My lord, be careful on the road!"

Although she didn't know what happened, let alone what their plan was, she knew that this was a very dangerous matter, and there was nothing she could do to help him. The only thing she could do was to comfort him from the bottom of her heart.

Shang Junyuan suddenly looked at Su Mei, with a look in his eyes that she couldn't understand. Those eyes seemed firm, puzzled, affectionate, and relieved.

Shang Junyuan didn't answer her, but immediately turned around and walked out of the room.

After Shang Junyuan left, Su Mei walked into the inner room, and after an unknown amount of time, she fell into a deep sleep.What she didn't know was that when he left, after she walked into the inner room, a black figure flashed into the room quickly, silently protecting her safety.

"My lord!" An Ming stepped forward, saluted respectfully, and then said, "My lord, everything has been settled."

"En." Shang Junyuan nodded and said, "Let's go."

"Yes."

An Ming turned around and waved at the men in black in the courtyard, and saw them quickly disappear into the night.

On the other hand, An Ming and Shang Junyuan ran towards the west gate of the palace.

The west gate is the place where the guards are the most lax in the entire palace, and it is also the best place to sneak into the palace.

In order to monitor Shang Junyuan, the king of Chu, Shang Junfeng, secretly sent people to sneak into the mansion of Prince Qi, and even more than half of the people in the palace were subordinates of the king of Chu.

However, just a few hours before dawn, the news that King Cheng came to Qi Palace and was arrested, as well as the false appearance deliberately made by Shang Junyuan, have all been passed on to the King of Chu. How can we keep those people now? Therefore, Anming and others secretly dealt with all those spies, and even those guarding the city gates and various fortresses were replaced by Qi Wangfu's without anyone noticing.But in just one hour, the entire Liyang City was in the hands of Shang Junyuan.

As early as an hour ago, King Chengjun secretly left Liyang City through the tunnel of Prince Qi's Mansion, secretly gathered five thousand soldiers and horses scattered outside the city, and stationed them at a place 500 meters away from the city gate. As long as the gate of the city is opened, these five thousand soldiers will rush in and wipe out King Chu's troops in one fell swoop!
In just one stick of incense, Shang Junyuan rushed to the west gate of the palace, and when he reached the gate of the palace, Anfei immediately stepped forward and said respectfully: "Report to the lord, the ministers have taken all the guards of the west gate. Next, listen to the prince's order!"

Anfei is one of King Qi's secret guards. He has been working at the West Palace Gate. Now he has grown from a small gatekeeper to the gatekeeper. On the surface, he was bought by the King of Chu, but in fact, he is still a King Qi's people only waited for King Qi's order, so that they could change positions, and the smooth trip of Ximen this time was inseparable from his credit.

"Kill without pardon!" Several extremely cold words came out of Shang Junyuan's mouth, which seemed so cold in the dark night.

"Yes." Anfei got up, walked to the corner, and waved at the other men in black, and then heard several screams, accompanied by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

Those men in black raised their knives and moved quickly. They quickly dragged the corpses away and buried them, and washed away the blood on the ground. By dawn, I'm afraid there will be no traces left here, as if nothing happened What does it seem like.

Shang Junyuan stood facing the wind with a livid face for a long time. He turned around and left when the sky gradually turned pale, but Ximen had already recovered his former calm. Before Yuan left, he sneaked into the palace secretly to protect the dying old emperor Shang Jitong.

Shang Junyuan made a detour on purpose. Obviously, the distance was only 1000 meters, but he walked more than 3000 meters in a daze. By the time he arrived at the main entrance of the palace, the main south gate, the sky was already bright, and at the gate of the palace, It was full of ministers.

They all looked dignified and waited anxiously. When they saw Shang Junyuan walking over, they just saluted briefly, and then looked towards the palace gate.

Chu Wang Shang Junfeng also came over at this time, he has seen the scene just now, especially when he saw that the ministers did not have much affection for Shang Junyuan, he was very proud, but he still had to pretend He looked serious. After all, the emperor was seriously ill. If he had a peachy face and talked and laughed happily, it might arouse the anger of the public. To him, it would be harmful but not beneficial.

"The King of Chu is here!"

I don't know who among the courtiers yelled, and everyone looked at the King of Chu, and then saluted respectfully.

"My lord, I wonder if I can enter the palace to visit the emperor today?" An elderly man stood up and asked very humbly.

"Li Shangshu, it's not that this king doesn't let you enter the palace, it's the royal father. The royal father is in poor health and it's inconvenient to see guests, and in a few days, the royal father will resume the early court. At that time, if you have any opinions , You can give the memorial to your father as much as you like, but in the past few days, you still send the papers to the palace of this king, and I will temporarily review the memorial on your behalf." The King of Chu said in an orderly and reasonable manner.

"This?" Li Shangshu said hesitantly.

At this moment, Qi Wang Shang Junyuan came over and said, "Brother Huang."

"Fourth brother is here too. Coincidentally, Brother Huang wanted to send someone to call you into the palace to visit Emperor Father together. Since you have already come, let's go in together." King Chu said with a smile on his face.

Shang Junyuan glanced at the minister standing aside from the corner of his eyes, nodded, and said, "Okay, please, brother."

"Well, fourth brother is polite, let's go."

"My lord, stop!" Prime Minister Song stood up at this moment and shouted to the backs of the two of them.

The king of Chu really stopped, his eyes showed an unpleasant light, but when he turned around, his expression didn't change at all.

"Prime Minister, what else is there for the Prime Minister?" The King of Chu turned around and asked indifferently.

The prime minister looked at the king of Chu, a look of pain flashed in his eyes, and then he knelt down on the ground.

The king of Chu narrowed his eyes slightly, his face showed displeasure, and his tone became colder, and he said coldly: "Prime Minister, what do you mean? Let's talk about it when we have something to do."

(End of this chapter)