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But they never expected that it was already so late and the palace banquet had not yet ended. These people originally planned to ambush on the road and assassinate the officials who were returning from the banquet when they passed through remote places.

While the people in the city were shopping and watching the lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival, they created chaos in the capital.

This group of people were not the same group as the ones who poisoned the court officials. They wanted to kill all the officials in Beichuan.

These people originally expected that the palace banquet should end at the end of the night of Xu at the latest. This was the custom in previous years. However, this year, Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan wanted the court officials to relax, so they allowed them to play in the palace all night.

After midnight, those who wanted to go home could take a carriage home directly. If they wanted to continue drinking, chatting, and playing mahjong, as long as they formed their own teams, no one would bother them. They could have fun. Only a few palace maids and eunuchs were required to stay on duty, while the others could go to rest. The cups, bowls, plates, and dishes removed by the suppliers did not need to be cleaned up that night, and could be cleaned up slowly the next day.

Because the ministers slept late on August 15, there was no need to hold an early court session on August 16. After noon, if anyone had important matters, they could come and submit memorials.

These officials hadn't relaxed like this for a long time, so most of them chose to spend the night in the palace. If anyone felt sleepy, there were places to rest in the warm rooms and side halls nearby, which were also open to the court officials.

Only a few court officials were old and planned to go home after midnight.

The assassins had been lying in ambush at night. When it was midnight, no minister had come out. The ambushers were tired and hungry, and their stomachs were growling. But the mission was not completed, so they had to continue to wait.

Another half hour passed, but the palace gates still did not open. No carriages came out. The ambushers were so hungry that they had no strength left. Their eyelids were drooping.

Finally it was midnight, and two quarters later, a few carriages came out of the palace gate.

These ambushing assassins suddenly forced themselves to cheer up and planned to assassinate them at the designated location.

However, to their amazement, many palace guards followed them out and escorted the officials home.

They wanted to take action, but when they saw the disparity in numbers between them, they had no choice but to give up the mission.

This assassination attempt at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet was prepared for more than two months, but ended up in vain.

The original plan was that, according to past practice, the ministers would return home one after another during the palace banquet at noon.

The palace banquet will usually end before the end of the Xu hour.

They first assassinated these ministers, and then immediately ignited the gunpowder that had been ambushed in various places in the city, creating great chaos in the capital.

Then, the soldiers who were lying in ambush outside the city took advantage of the chaos to rush into the imperial city and looted the national treasury and the storerooms of various officials' homes.

After all personnel have evacuated the imperial city, release another wave of gunpowder to stop the pursuing patrol guards and imperial guards.

However, the first step has not been implemented yet, so the subsequent plans cannot be carried out.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan were so happy that they made an exception this year and let the ministers drink and have fun in the palace. They accidentally broke the huge conspiracy that the rebellious people had secretly arranged for two months.

The guards, who were well fed and well-drinking, were full of energy. In order to repay their masters' generosity, they treated the adults who were returning home with even greater diligence and responsibility, escorting them all the way.

Because there were few carriages coming out, there were many guards following along the way. This was also an important reason why the assassins did not dare to act easily.

There was another part of the plan that was also accidentally destroyed. They originally wanted to poison the palace banquet. While the palace maids were busy, they wanted to have a few people dress up as palace maids, sneak into the kitchen, and poison the dishes.

This would ensure that these ministers and their families would be poisoned to death. The Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and the Princes and Princesses would also be poisoned to death.

Their plan to blow up the city and steal silver from the national treasury was able to proceed smoothly.

At the same time, their masters behind the scenes have a greater chance of seizing the throne. If their masters do not care about the criticism of future historians, they can directly announce it to the world the next day and ascend the throne to become emperor.

Even if there were some concerns, competing for the qualification to inherit the throne among the three princes was much easier than competing for the throne with Li Mohan's family before.

However, this year there were too many guards and sentries in the palace, and everyone was conscientious in their duties, so there was no place for them to sneak in easily.

It was not easy for two people to sneak into the palace. However, the lights in the imperial kitchen were bright, and the chefs, the cooks, and the kitchen assistants were all busy with their work in an orderly manner, and it did not seem messy.

Moreover, their clothes had changed and were no longer the same style as before.

Those who were planning to sneak into the palace did not know that everyone had changed into new clothes tonight. The clothes they wore were all the previous styles.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan had asked the needlework room to make new clothes for the palace maids, eunuchs and guards. Tonight everyone changed into new clothes. The brand new material and style were completely different from the clothes they had worn before.

Therefore, if the two people who poisoned the person dared to enter the imperial kitchen, they would definitely attract everyone's attention.

Although there are many people in the kitchen, they are together every day and are very familiar with each other. If two strangers sneak in and wear distinctive clothes, they will be recognized immediately.

However, the two men had prepared in advance and brought knockout drugs with them. They could only hang upside down from the window and sprinkle the knockout drugs into the imperial kitchen.

However, the place where they spread the medicine was the food area reserved in advance by the palace maids and kitchen staff.

The maids and cooks had already taken the antidote under Xiao Yunyan's instructions. The guards in the palace also took the antidote in advance.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan knew that the imperial city had been in turmoil recently, and the forces behind it were ready to make a move. So just in case, he asked all the palace servants and guards to take antidotes to prevent someone from using knockout drugs or various poisons to knock them out and then do something to disrupt the palace banquet.

So the two men took great pains to sprinkle the knockout drug into the food area of ​​the imperial kitchen. They observed secretly and found that no one was poisoned. The two men fell into self-doubt. Could it be that the knockout drug they took was fake?

In order to carry out their mission, they ran to another area of ​​the imperial kitchen, where a table with food dishes was already laid out, and the two of them continued to spread another poison.

These dishes were served on the table one after another, but there was no news that the ministers were poisoned. The two people who poisoned the ministers were completely devastated. Could it be that all the poisons they took today were fake?

In fact, it was because every palace banquet would have various accidents. Poisoning the dishes and drinks was one of the main methods.

Since they had already thought of it, they not only asked the palace servants to take precautions, but also mixed antidotes into the wine, beverages and dishes.

Therefore, even those officials and their families who ate the poison did not show any signs of poisoning.

Xiao Yunyan dared to do this because the antidotes she developed did not have any residual toxicity, but instead had the effect of nourishing the body. Therefore, it could be used for prevention when it was non-toxic and for detoxification when it was toxic.

It was because Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan had made adequate preparations, and also showed great care and concern for the palace people and guards, that the shocking tragedy that was supposed to have occurred was solved invisibly.

Having missed the great opportunity of the palace banquet on August 15th, the next time we want to assassinate these officials collectively, we will probably have to wait until the Spring Festival Eve banquet.

In fact, it was not just these accidental reasons that led to the failure of the assassination.

When Xiao Yunyan tasted the dishes and drinks, she had already discovered the clues and knew that someone had poisoned them. However, she did not have any unusual reaction.

Because she had already given orders to add antidotes to the drinks and dishes, so this little poison was nothing.

However, Xiao Yunyan would not let those who poisoned her go. She and Li Mohan made an exception this year not only because they were happy, but also because they wanted to break the previous routine, which would disrupt the enemy's plan and make the enemy think that they had an opportunity to take advantage of it. In this way, they could find clues about the enemy from the opponent's flaws.

As expected, the enemy actually took action on August 15th.

Xiao Yunyan informed Li Mohan and asked the secret guards to pass on the order that all the guards and imperial guards responsible for security protection should be more vigilant.

He also instructed the guards to pay more attention in secret, but to proceed according to the procedure on the surface so as not to let the enemy notice anything unusual.

Tonight is not peaceful. When Xiao Yunyan was preparing for the palace banquet, she promised the palace maids and guards that as long as they could spend the night of August 15th safely, they would receive big red envelopes.

The enemy's failure in this plan was no accident. Are you sure? The assassins who were carrying out the mission thought it was just their bad luck. So they hit it by mistake and their plan was destroyed invisibly.

The traitors realized that they had to re-plan their strategy. They decided to send more elite assassins to sneak into the imperial city and look for opportunities.

At the same time, the army was trained intensively in the mountainous area thirty miles away from the imperial city in preparation for a large-scale offensive.

However, Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan did not relax. Their men had already conducted counter-reconnaissance and had found out the assassins' gathering place clearly. The specific location of the two thousand soldiers hiding outside the city was also found.

A few days later, a killer disguised as a eunuch successfully sneaked into the palace. Just as he approached the imperial kitchen, a loyal guard noticed something was wrong and started a fierce fight with the killer.

At the critical moment, guards inside and outside the palace rushed over quickly and subdued the killer.

After this incident, Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan became more vigilant, as they knew very well that the enemy would not give up.

So they decided to take the initiative.

The soldiers led by Wu Zheng were responsible for capturing the assassins in the city, while the imperial guards were responsible for capturing the enemy troops hiding in the mountains and forests outside the city.