The fire in the room was burning brightly. Xu Rongrong was sleeping quietly behind the gauze curtain, breathing deeply.

Mu Rong quietly got up from the couch, afraid of waking her up.

Last night, she tossed and turned in bed until almost dawn, and Mu Rong knew that she had hardly slept all night.

Of course, so does he.

As he left, he paused.

Then he turned around and went back to the low table, taking away the medical books that Xu Rongrong had been reading in the past few days.

……

Xu Rongrong slept until noon and only got up when she felt hungry.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" She was a little annoyed. She had wasted half a day by sleeping in.

"The Marquis has ordered that no one can disturb you. Except for me and Luo Shu, no one else is allowed to enter Xinghui Hall, for fear of waking you up, young lady." Wen Yao said with a smile while combing her hair.

"He's not afraid that I'll starve to death."

"How could that be possible? There's milk and cakes being warmed up in the tea room. The Marquis said we should fill your stomach when you wake up. Madam Xiao has already arranged lunch."

Xu Rongrong was speechless. She turned her head to look at the low table beside her, which was empty.

She was shocked: "Where is the book? How come the medical book I put on it last night is gone?"

"The Marquis took her away. He said that the young lady's eyes couldn't bear being looked at like this every day, so she took a day off today." Wen Yao smiled.

"You guys...all listen to him." Xu Rongrong snorted coldly.

"Miss, you are wrongly accusing me again, aren't you? Even if the Marquis didn't order us to do so, we would still like to persuade you... For more than half a month, you have been getting up early and going to bed late every day, neglecting sleep and eating. If you continue like this, your body will collapse sooner or later. Besides, Mr. Shu is now famous in the capital. Even if you have any difficult and complicated problems in your mind, it is better to discuss with Mr. Shu than to argue with that ancient book where even the words are almost illegible."

No one in the mansion knew that Mu Rong was poisoned, and Xu Rongrong did not tell Wen Yao and Luo Shu.

In the eyes of these two girls, their young lady was just obsessed with studying some kind of medicinal herbs.

But only Xu Rongrong knew the urgency of time.

It is now almost the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Judging from the fact that Mu Rong goes out early and comes back late, the family dinner on New Year's Eve should be the day he plans to force the emperor to abdicate.

There is not much time left for her.

If the cold poison in his body could be completely eliminated one day, he would be able to remain calm even if he encountered a sudden change.

But there are no clues at the moment.

Although those people in Shu Qing's clinic have escaped the threat of death, the cold poison still occasionally attacks... If Mu Rong had an attack of cold poison on the day of forcing the emperor to abdicate, the result would be self-evident.

Time was clearly running out, but that person actually took the medical book away!

Xu Rongrong was angry and annoyed, but there was nothing she could do.

Mu Rong naturally couldn't sense her anger.

At this moment, he was holding the secret letter sent by Mu Wu from Yuzhou City in his hand and thinking deeply.

Mu Wu has secretly captured Zou Rixia.

In order not to alert the enemy, Mu Wu directly sneaked into the manor where the private army was stationed near Yuzhou City.

At that time, Zou Rixia was sleeping, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he fell into Mu Wu's hands.

The Mu family army has its own way of interrogation.

Before daybreak, Zou Rixia confessed everything.

First, the Jiangnan Road private army is directly under the command of His Majesty, and is stationed here in compliance with His Majesty's order;

Secondly, the Northwest and Lingnan roads both have private armies similar to those here, with comparable numbers;

Thirdly, he had received an order from His Majesty yesterday, asking them to divide into six groups and disguise themselves as laborers, merchants, handymen, and household servants to secretly approach the capital, and to be stationed near the southern camp of the capital ten days later.

Mu Wu reported everything in detail.

Mu Rong understood.

The emperor was ready to take action against him.

It seems that the emperor already knows about his alliance with his third brother.

As an emperor, the good relationship between his nephew and his own son meant that the relationship between him and Mu Rong as uncle and nephew had completely disappeared.

If he still had some gratitude for family affection, he could have summoned Mu Rong into the palace to find out the reason.

Instead of taking direct action like this.

But... this is fine.

The shackles of family affection that covered Mu Rong's heart also completely disappeared.

In that case, let's get ready to take action.

He brought Mu Ai with him on duty today. He handed Mu Wu's message to Mu Ai and added, "Mu Wu is now able to take charge on his own. You have done a good job leading him."

Mu Rong rarely praised so directly. Mu Ai was stunned at first, and then took the secret letter.

At the end of the letter, Mu Wu wrote down his plan:

Yuzhou City is still far from the capital, and even though the Mu family's pigeons are well-trained, it still takes two or three days to travel back and forth. And time is the most precious thing right now.

If the private army in Yuzhou City suddenly disappeared, or remained inactive, it would certainly arouse Your Majesty's suspicion.

Therefore, while Mu Wu was delivering the letter to the capital, he secretly ordered Zou Rixia to act in accordance with the emperor's orders and transfer the private army in Yuzhou City to the capital, while he sent the Mu family army to follow.

In this way, the marquis would not be exposed for knowing the emperor's plan, and all private armies could be under his control.

Mu Ai read the entire secret letter and smiled faintly.

After Mu Wu grows up, he, as the deputy general, can take a break.

Once his lord's plan is settled, he can marry Wen Yao in a grand ceremony!

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