Chapter 93 Chapter 33 Shocking Reversal

Chapter 33: A Shocking Reversal On the evening of September 22nd, Pingyuan Town, fifteen miles away from the hunting palace, had become the camp of King Qin’s army. Now that the roads outside the hunting palace had all been cut off, King Yong sat in the temporary commander’s tent with great emotion. He never expected to get out of the predicament like this. On the way here, he had already asked Qin Yong, Xiahou Yuanfeng and others what happened. Although they were not clear about some things, Li Zhi still understood most of what happened. At the beginning when Jiang Zhe was left behind, Li Zhi didn't have much hope. He didn't expect that Jiang Zhe would turn the tide. He already found it unbelievable, but what shocked him even more was that when Qin Yong was still a little hesitant about the military talisman and the secret decree, Zhang Jinxiong, the chief guard of the prince who escorted and monitored Xiahou Yuanfeng, actually took out the token of General Qin.In order to mobilize Qin Yong's troops, Jiang Zhe actually used triple insurance, and the mobilized people even included the prince's confidantes. This incident not only made Qin Yong and Xiahou Yuanfeng feel more and more disappointed, but even Li Zhi felt that Jiang Zhe does have unpredictable opportunities.

Especially when Xiahou Yuanfeng was summoned alone, Xiahou Yuanfeng didn't hide anything, how he guessed that Jiang Zhe was hiding in Hanxiangyuan, how he went to arrest Jiang Zhe alone because of selfishness, and how he was restrained by Jiang Zhe risking his life. He admired and marveled, and at the same time, he also had a little more affection for Xiahou Yuanfeng. Although this person was a little sinister and vacillating, he had a far-reaching vision. If he used it well, he would be a helping hand.So he comforted Xiahou Yuanfeng a lot. For Zhang Jinxiong, Li Zhi also praised his achievements, and made it clear that he would not pursue Kongtong's past mistakes. An attack on the old master, so please leave.Li Zhi admired his loyal character and wrote a warrant to Zhang Jinxiong, allowing him to leave freely.

Qin Yong also came to apologize personally, saying that because of his hesitation and hesitation, the rescue came late, and asked King Yong to punish him, but Li Zhi did not blame Qin Yong.In King Yong's mind, since Qin Yi's army is only loyal to the imperial court, if Qin Yong easily leans towards himself and comes to the rescue without being ordered, although he will feel grateful at the moment, he will worry that when he encounters a similar situation in the future, Qin Yong will make a big mistake because of his wrong judgment.From this point of view, although Qin Yong was too cautious, he was a good candidate to defend the capital, so Li Zhi not only comforted him with warm words, but also rewarded Qin Yong with the sword, which made Qin Yong tearful.

After a tense military discussion, Li Zhi ordered Xiahou Yuanfeng to sneak into the Hunting Palace with some masters to reinforce the Xiaoshuang Palace, and then the army swept the caves, and cooperated internally and externally to put down the rebellion in one fell swoop.Xiao Shunzi followed Xiahou Yuanfeng into the Hunting Palace, which made Xiahou Yuanfeng very troubled.When Xia Hou Yuanfeng went to Qinying to pass the decree, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, he first passed the coercive edict in front of all the generals, and then privately showed the secret decree to Qin Yong.So he was almost beaten to death by Xiao Shunzi who came over after hearing the news.That's all, when Xiao Shunzi asked about Han Xiangyuan, and heard that he had slapped Jiang Zhe, he kept his face cold and looked at him with murderous intent.With all these things, how could Xia Hou Yuanfeng wipe off a cold sweat? At this moment, he really couldn't believe that he had thought of taking Xiao Shunzi under his command before.

It was just dark at night, and Xiahou Yuanfeng brought a dozen night walkers with high martial arts skills to a corner of the Hunting Palace. This place is very close to the Yulin Palace where the prince lives.The guards here are the bodyguards and imperial troops controlled by Xiahou Yuanfeng, so after Xiahou Yuanfeng appeared, these people easily entered the hunting palace, and then Xiahou Yuanfeng ordered them to bring some imperial army uniforms, and everyone changed into Afterwards, following Xiahou Yuanfeng, he concealed himself in the Xiaoshuang Palace.But when passing by Hanxiangyuan, as expected by Xiahou Yuanfeng, Xiao Shunzi insisted on going to see Jiang Zhe first.Xia Hou Yuanfeng had already made preparations. He felt that Hanxiang Garden was very close to Xiaoshuang Palace, and going to Xiaoshuang Palace now would easily disturb Fengyi Gate, so it would be better to wait until Li Zhi's army arrived before taking action.So he agreed.

Everyone entered Hanxiang Garden, others first went to the side hall to rest, while Xiao Shunzi and Xiahou Yuanfeng went to the princess' bedroom.Xiao Shunzi was naturally the first to break into the princess' bedroom, but when Xiahou Yuanfeng followed in, he saw Xiao Shunzi looking at him angrily, Xiahou Yuanfeng looked around, but he couldn't see Jiang Zhezhu Pu, couldn't help being startled, but he changed his mind and said with a smile: "Perhaps Mr. Jiang has gone to hide elsewhere, Master Li, don't worry too much." Xiao Shunzi felt that what he said made sense, and his expression gradually calmed down, but at this moment he heard someone approaching gently, his heart moved, and after a while, someone gently pushed open the door.When Xiao Shunzi saw Dong Que, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and asked, "Where is Young Master, is he okay?"

Dong Que bowed his head with a guilty conscience and dared not speak.At this moment, both Xiao Shunzi and Xiahou Yuanfeng's hearts trembled. Xiahou Yuanfeng knew that if he didn't get the antidote, no glory or wealth would be of any use, so he rushed to ask, "What happened to Mr. Jiang?" Dong Que said helplessly: "Young master was kidnapped by His Highness King Qi." The news shocked the two of them like a bolt from the blue, Xiao Shunzi and Xiahou Yuanfeng were both quick-witted, and asked at the same time: "Did it fall to the prince?" Is it in the hands of Fengyimen?" Dong Que quickly replied: "No, I have been monitoring for a long time, the young master is still with King Qi, the crown prince must not know." The hearts of the two settled down.Xiahou Yuanfeng looked at Dong Que suspiciously, wondering why he didn't accompany him, but Xiao Shunzi knew the reason, he said coldly: "I want to go to Xuanhuayuan first."

Xiahou Yuanfeng stopped him and said, "His Royal Highness King Qi and His Highness the Crown Prince are not of the same mind. If King Yong's army arrives, King Qi will never dare to hurt Master Jiang. If Master Li goes now, King Qi may use Master Jiang to blackmail Lord Li. " Xiao Shunzi also knew this, but Jiang Zhe was in the hands of King Qi, and he was very worried that King Qi would use Jiang Zhe as a hostage to threaten King Yong in the end, so he didn't speak, but his firm eyes showed that he was unwilling to compromise. Xiahou Yuanfeng had a headache, at this time Dong Que said in a low voice: "Young master became seriously ill after Lord Xiahou left, and his subordinates are helpless. King Qi will definitely heal you. If Master Li rushes now, if one is not good, he will be harmed. Young Master, it is better to wait until King Yong arrives, the overall situation is settled, I think King Qi will be ignorant."

Xiao Shunzi's expression gradually calmed down, but his gaze towards Xiahou Yuanfeng became colder and colder. Xiahou Yuanfeng couldn't understand his thoughts, he was blaming himself for making Jiang Zhe's condition worse, but he could only smile wryly up.After a while, however, Xiao Shunzi sighed by himself. It was not a day's cold. Jiang Zhe's serious condition was not due to Xiahou Yuanfeng's palm.After figuring it out, he silently looked out the window, waiting for the moment to activate it.Son, I hope you are safe and sound. At dawn, according to the scheduled plan, Xiahou Yuanfeng and others quietly hid in the Xiaoshuang Palace, which is the most heavily guarded place in the Hunting Palace. When approaching the Xiaoshuang Palace, Xiahou Yuanfeng let the others hide, and he took the lead Walking towards the palace gate, the guards guarding the gate raised their vigilance at the same time. After a few gestures, Xiahou Yuanfeng had vaguely seen the white clothes of the female swordsman of Fengyi Gate.He purposely said arrogantly: "I am Xiahou Yuanfeng, the deputy chief executive of the inner court. I was ordered by the crown prince to come to see His Majesty, and I have to pass it on quickly." It is the prince's party, no matter what, the prince will always be the future emperor, so they naturally dare not offend.Not long after, Li Hanyou came out from the inside, her expression was a little troubled, since there was no news of King Yong being arrested for such a long time, she was naturally very disturbed.Seeing Xiahou Yuanfeng, she said coldly: "Master Xiahou, didn't you go to preach the decree, why are you here late at night, what's the matter?"

Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled mysteriously and said: "I'm going to ask you this. Although Miss Wen is good at martial arts, she still didn't catch King Yong. On the contrary, I was lucky. Now King Yong's head has been examined by the prince. Let me come and report this matter to His Majesty." Li Hanyou said suspiciously: "If what you said is true, why didn't the crown prince come to report to the emperor himself, but instead asked you to come here. I haven't seen where the head is?" Xiahou Yuanfeng looked around and said in a low voice: "Princess, you are confused now. We all know what is going on. If the crown prince comes to see His Majesty with the head of King Yong, Your Majesty has acted inappropriately in anger, so it is not good to spread the word. Although the official position is humble, but he has been with him all year round, he is familiar with the emperor's temperament. Mr. Shaofu asked me to come here to have a thorough investigation with His Majesty, and wait until Your Majesty is angry, calm down, and the crown prince will come to see you in person. Princess, don't say anything. No outsiders know about this matter. I didn't even let the army that captured and killed King Yong come here. I have to wait until Your Majesty agrees to abdicate. Only then will the news of King Yong's death be announced to the world."

Li Hanyou's phoenix eyes sparkled when he heard this. Although he hated Lu Jingzhong very much, he had to say that this was a very safe way. But look at the two guards standing behind Xiahou Yuanfeng with their heads bowed respectfully, Li Hanyou Said: "You can go in, but these two guards can't." Xiahou Yuanfeng's face changed and he said: "This is not good, to put it bluntly, now that King Yong is dead, we are all on the prince's boat, but who knows when you are going to unload the mill and kill the donkey, my two guards are My confidants and personal guards, martial arts are not inferior to lower officials, without their protection, I would not dare to enter Xiaoshuang Palace." Li Hanyou mistakenly thought that the two bodyguards were Yuezong's dead soldiers, so they hid their heads and showed their tails. Of course, this was also the result of Xiahou Yuanfeng deliberately misleading her, so he said sarcastically: "You are cautious, that's all, I just want to be more careful. Will you still do something wrong? You go in, the words must be said first, if you want to play tricks, I will not let you go, now I, Senior Sister Yan and Senior Sister Xie, are inside, the three of you can’t get over it. What big waves happened. By the way, where is Wei Yin, is he still patrolling?" Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled and said: "Whatever he does, the dignified son of the prime minister insists on competing with us for credit, and he is usually dignified, but I don't like him." Li Hanyou frowned and said: "You are too narrow-minded, isn't it because Wei Ying has hidden it from your eyes, you will both be officials in the same court from now on, it is best not to fall out." Xia Hou Yuanfeng smiled coldly, and said casually: "I obey." Li Hanyou saw him smiling, with a sneering look on his handsome face, and thought he was jealous, so he stopped talking. Said: "Okay, you go in, the emperor and the rest are resting in the warm pavilion in the main hall of Xiaoshuang Palace. We are not allowed to enter the main hall, so you go and see yourself." After entering Xiaoshuang Hall, Xiahou Yuanfeng breathed a sigh of relief. His eyes circled around. The guards were very strict. At the gate of the west side hall, a beautiful woman with a beautiful crown and a beautiful woman was holding a sword in her hand, looking at herself there. Come on, Xiahou Yuanfeng knew that the woman was Yan Wushuang, because he was not good at riding, and because he didn't follow Ziyan to chase and kill King Yong, but came here to help Li Hanyou.He smiled slightly and nodded to Yan Wushuang.Yan Wushuang frowned slightly, and returned to the side hall.Only now did Xiahou Yuanfeng walk to the entrance of the main hall, knocked on the door and said, "My minister, Xiahou Yuanfeng, please see Your Majesty." In addition to the Golden Hall in front of the main hall of Xiaoshuang Hall, there are six warm pavilions at the back. Now Yongdi Li Yuan and others are resting in it. Only the guards, Qin Yi and Cheng Shu take turns guarding the Golden Hall. This is to prevent rebellion attack.Hearing Xiahou Yuanfeng's voice, Cheng Shu, who was in charge of the night watch, frowned. If it was Qin Yi, he might have a stern face and let Xiahou Yuanfeng come back after dawn.But Cheng Shu's temperament is the most unpredictable, and it doesn't make sense to offend Xiahou Yuanfeng for no reason now, so he walked to the gate of the hall and asked the guards to open the door. As soon as the door opened, Cheng Shu saw Xiahou Yuanfeng and two guards behind him with lowered heads. He was about to say that only Xiahou Yuanfeng should come in alone, when a guard raised his head slightly, Cheng Shu was taken aback, and immediately came to his senses Come over, and said coldly: "Come in, if you want to use two subordinates to make troubles, my old Cheng will not lightly spare you, a rebellious minister who has failed the emperor's grace." The three of Xiahou Yuanfeng entered the main hall, and the door was closed again.Cheng Shu wanted to speak, but after all he had weathered many storms, he said: "The emperor is still resting, and there is no courtesies to talk about now, so come in with me." After finishing speaking, he led Xiahou Yuanfeng and the others to walk back Go, although the guards were a little strange, they didn't ask much. The outside of the Nuan Pavilion where the emperor was resting was heavily guarded. Concubine Changsun Guifei, Concubine Yan Gui and Princess Changle were resting in another Nuan Pavilion. As soon as Cheng Shu led Xiahou Yuanfeng to the door of the Nuan Pavilion, the guards all watched with vigilant eyes. Xiahou Yuanfeng, they all knew that Xiahou Yuanfeng was from the prince's lineage.At this time, the door of the Nuan Pavilion opened, and Leng Chuan came out, with hostility in his eyes, he said coldly: "The emperor asked what happened." The guard standing on the right side behind Xiahou Yuanfeng raised his head, took off his hat, and said, "Li Shun from Prince Yong's Palace was ordered by His Highness to come to greet His Majesty." Leng Chuan's eyes lit up, and he said, "You are Xie Ying Li Shun?" This handsome young man's eyes were as cold as ice and snow, and his voice was soft, which fit the image of Xie Ying Li Shun, but he still looked at Cheng Shu with questioning eyes. And Qin Yi who came from the Nuan Pavilion nearby.The two looked at Li Shun for a moment, and they both nodded in affirmation. After Leng Chuan went in for a while, he came out and said, "Your Majesty summoned Li Shun and Xiahou Yuanfeng, and the General and Duke Wei also come in." Li Shun and Xiahou Yuanfeng walked in. Emperor Yongli and Li Yuan had been anxious for the past two days, and they looked even older. In order to prevent accidents, he slept with his clothes on. At this moment, he was sitting on the dragon bed, looking hopefully: "Zhi How is the situation now?" Li Shun has been in the Nanchu Palace for many years, so he naturally knows the etiquette. He knelt down and said, "Slave Li Shun came to pay his respects by His Royal Highness King Yong. Now His Highness Yong has joined General Qin Yong to hunt down His Royal Highness." The rebels have all been executed. His Highness has set up his camp in Ping'an Town, and today he will send troops to hunt the palace, but His Highness is worried about His Majesty's safety, so he sent a special servant to report." Li Yuanlong was overjoyed, the dark clouds in the sky finally began to disperse, he couldn't help jumping out of bed, turned around on the ground a few times, and said: "Xiahou, what's the matter with you? Why did you bring King Yong's messenger here." Xiahou Yuanfeng would not be so stupid as to tell the truth, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister and the crown prince are on good terms only because the crown prince is the crown prince, and he has absolutely no intention of betrayal, so the crown prince sent his ministers with false edicts to mobilize the soldiers under General Qin Yong's command. When I was on horseback, I also carried with me the secret decree from His Majesty, Sima Jiang Zhejiang, the king of Yong. General Qin Yong was loyal and immediately sent troops to rescue His Highness. After seeing His Highness, I was ordered to sneak back to the Hunting Palace to respond. "Although his words were not entirely untrue, since he had made great achievements, no one would expose him. Li Yuan nodded with a smile. He has been worrying about the coup d'etat for a long time. Now that the event has been decided, he can't help but wonder how Yongwang Sima Jiangzhe would ask for a seal from himself through Changle. Could it be that Changle and that person have a relationship from the former palace? It's really impossible, but let's not say that the person is a descendant of Southern Chu, and Changle's status is not in the way, and it is said that this person is extremely weak.Although Jiang Zhe has made great achievements this time, it is all right to give him a marriage, but this person is weak and sick, how can he bring happiness to Changle, that's all, let him be rewarded in other ways, forgive him and dare not violate the etiquette, and beg me Marry the princess as his wife. With the plan in mind, Li Yuan ordered to wake up everyone, and they all went to the main hall to wait for King Yong's army. After discussing with Leng Chuan, Xiahou Yuanfeng found a weak spot that could allow some experts from outside to sneak in. Shunzi and Leng Chuan shot together, restrained more than a dozen forbidden troops, and then brought in the reinforcements who came in with them.Although this is very risky, King Yong is about to launch it, so he doesn't care about it.Temporarily hiding these people in the back of the hall, Xia Hou Yuanfeng hurriedly dealt with the already suspicious members of the Fengyi Sect. Concubine Ji's complexion was as frosty, and she stood in front of the palace door and insisted on going in. She had been in the deep palace for many years and was used to intrigue. When she heard Yan Wushuang mention this matter, although she also felt that it was reasonable, she was very suspicious of Wen Ziyan. Let Xia Hou Yuanfeng pick the cheap ones, with the mentality that she would rather kill the wrong than let it go, so she came to the main hall to inspect.Qin Yi and Cheng Shu stood in front of the palace gate and didn't allow her to go in. Although they said that the emperor didn't want to see her, Ji Xia was determined to see Li Yuan and Xiahou Yuanfeng.For her, if what Xiahou Yuanfeng said was true, then she would have offended Xiahou Yuanfeng at most by doing so, and she didn't pay attention to the people of the Demon Sect. If there was a fraud, then she might save the situation .So her words became more and more intense, and Li Hanyou, Yan Wushuang, and Xie Xiaotong were all summoned by her.Although the three of them might not agree with Ji Xia's views, they at least did not object to Ji Xia's decision because of their common hatred. At this moment, horns blared outside the Hunting Palace, and King Yong's army arrived. Within an hour, under the darkness of night, the army died down and sneaked into the Hunting Palace, because the dead in the Hunting Palace were loyal to Fengyimen There were not many people there, so Fengyimen had no choice but to give up the outer patrol, and King Yong ordered all the troops, each with a title, horses to pick bells, and horseshoes wrapped in thick cloth, to go outside the Hunting Palace at dawn.No one in the palace has noticed yet.King Yong waited until the first ray of sunlight shot out of the clouds, and then ordered the horn to be sounded and attacked aggressively.The imperial army in the Hunting Palace was full of doubts and had no fighting spirit, but the army brought by King Yong had a clear purpose, and they invaded the Hunting Palace in an instant.