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"Your Majesty agrees?"

Although Yun Ling asked this, she actually already had the answer.

Xiao Cong held the teacup and laughed at himself, "You can guess it."

"The Northern Rong invaded the border on a large scale. As a benevolent king, he must consider the people of Dongrui. He agreed on the condition that Liu Zhonghe must become the deputy general of this trip and Liu Baozhu must go home to visit her family. In addition, Liu Boyi will be responsible for the military supplies for this trip."

Yunling took a breath of cold air.

This means that Liu Baozhu regained her power and status as the empress, and the two brothers Liu Boyi and Liu Zhonghe made a comeback.

In other words, Emperor Tai'an had no intention of crushing the Liu family from the beginning. He just wanted to give them a few warnings so that they would not be too arrogant and domineering.

"Doesn't this mean you are putting your life in the hands of these two brothers?"

Xiao Cong's face was calm, "You'll get used to it."

He did not blame Emperor Tai'an for making such a compromise, because Emperor Tai'an could not do anything to the Liu brothers.

In fact, Emperor Tai'an had long wanted to uproot the Liu family.

But the Liu family has deep roots and many trusted relatives in the court, and the most important one is the Zhongwu Army in Yanzhou.

The Liu family has held the military power of the Zhongwu Army for generations. Apart from the Liu family, no one can make the Zhongwu Army truly obey their orders and submit.

This is the heritage of a century-old family.

You can kill members of the Liu family, but you cannot kill all the Zhongwu Army controlled by the Liu family.

It was not just Emperor Tai'an. All the Dongrui kings of all dynasties were so afraid of the Liu family, but they could do nothing about it.

"When will the prince leave?"

"The war is urgent, so I will set out early tomorrow morning. You pack your luggage tonight, and after I leave the city tomorrow, you can take the old ladies and leave. As for Old Master Tang..."

Xiao Cong looked apologetic, "I'm afraid the old man can't leave. Your Majesty's health still needs him to take care of it, but I can assure you that the old man will be safe and sound."

Yun Ling frowned, "The prince would make such an arrangement. Is it not just a simple invasion by the Northern Rong? Is Liu Boyi and his men going to attack Ruidu?"

Prince Ding couldn't help but praise, "Arjun is right, you are really very smart."

"Liu Boyi and Liu Zhonghe have been dispatching elite troops to Ruidu. My people locked onto their location not long ago, but we lost contact with them soon after."

No wonder, even though everything was calm in Ruidu at this time, he wanted to send them away in a hurry.

It turned out that while Liu Boyi sent Prince Ding to the Northern Rong to die, he also wanted to emulate his father and once again gain the merit of following the dragon.

Really crazy.

Seeing that Yun Ling didn't seem to want to leave, Xiao Cong explained, "Aqiong and I were already on guard against Liu Boyi's desperate actions, so we made many arrangements to control the Zhongwu Army in Yanzhou. But I didn't expect this day to come so early. The plan was moved forward by two months, and the prior arrangements were not in place. I had no choice but to take the risk, so I didn't have enough people to stay and protect you. Only when you leave, I can feel relieved."

There were only 10,000 imperial guards in Ruidu, but Liu Boyi had secretly dispatched two groups of Zhongwu troops to come to Ruidu secretly.

If Ruidu cannot avoid a bloody battle one day, the Tang family and the Zhenxi Marquis Mansion will inevitably bear the brunt.

Yun Ling asked, "What about the Imperial Concubine? What should she do?"

Concubines cannot leave the palace easily.

Seeing that she was still thinking about her mother at this time, Xiao Cong's eyes flashed with a touch of emotion.

"I have people around my mother. If she really has to, someone will escort her out through the secret passage."

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Cong reminded again: "Don't hesitate, remember to take your people directly south tomorrow morning, and try to get back to Yuezhou City within a month."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Yun Ling hurriedly said, "Please wait a moment, Your Majesty. I have something to give you."

The plan has changed. Prince Ding can only bring those 15,000 troops with him now. How can such a small number of people compete with others?

Xiao Cong is risking his life on this trip.

......

At this time, Emperor Tai'an once again summoned the leader of the Qilin Guard in the Yangxin Palace.

"I want you to protect Cong'er's life this time."

The leader of the Qilin Guard looked at the pale Emperor Tai'an and nodded in agreement, "We will accept the second mission."

However, he added: "But swords on the battlefield are blind, and the Qilin Guards cannot guarantee that he will be unscathed."

Emperor Tai'an was silent for a while, "As long as his life is safe."

He then asked, "How many Zhongwu troops did Liu Boyi dispatch to Ruidu?"

"About twenty thousand."

"Oh, does he really intend to force the emperor to revolt?"

The Qilin Guards were well-informed and immediately explained to him: "On the day Concubine Li gave birth, Liu Boyi's illegitimate child was gone. He has now lost his mind."

Without reason, one is prone to being impulsive.

Liu Boyi is already gambling with the lives of his entire family.

Everyone knew what Sima Zhao was thinking, but Emperor Tai'an could only pretend not to know, because things had not come to that point yet, and he still had to rely on the Zhongwu Army to resist the Northern Rong.

The leader of the Qilin Guard was not interested in talking about the game in the court. It was not something he should care about. He only asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to talk about the third deployment now?"

The matter of Xiao Cong is tricky, and their Qilin Guards have to be mobilized in full force. If Emperor Tai'an makes further dispatches, they may not be able to keep up for a while.

Emperor Tai'an was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I know your rules. You don't interfere with the succession of the throne. I don't want you to do anything. But if the second thing fails, the third thing is to protect the third prince and find Zhou Qiong."

Emperor Tai'an had said this before, and the leader had guessed it long ago.

He answered and left.

Emperor Tai'an watched him leave until the leader's back completely disappeared, then he slowly sat back in his chair.

After a while, Zhao Sanbao came in and reported, "Your Majesty, the Second Prince has come down to pay his respects to you."

Emperor Tai'an frowned and said, "Let him in."

The second prince, Xiao Bi, stepped forward cautiously to pay his respects.

After the usual etiquette, the father and son fell into silence.

Emperor Tai'an actually didn't like this son very much.

Since Liu Baozhu couldn't give birth, they found a palace maid who was good at giving birth to a child. In order to shut up the Liu family, he had to have sex with this palace maid, so that Liu Baozhu could have a child.

But, it's still a son.

This further fueled the Liu family's arrogance and ambition.

If this child was more outstanding and had more of his own ideas, he might agree to let him inherit the throne for the sake of Dongrui's safety.

But Xiao Bi is not only cowardly and timid, he also obeys the Liu family's orders. How can such a person become the monarch of Dongrui?

He will only become a puppet of the Liu family.

Xiao Bi carefully raised his head to see his father's expression, which was another gloomy face.

He shuddered involuntarily.

He actually didn't want to come, but his mother insisted that he come, and he didn't dare to refuse.

Seeing his petty and unpresentable behavior, Emperor Tai'an no longer wanted to talk to him, "Go back and be quiet."

"Yes."

Xiao Bi almost crawled out of the Yangxin Palace.

Emperor Tai'an endured the headache and drew on the defense map.

It is not known whether the secretly deployed troops have arrived in Yanzhou. This time, he will not let Cong'er fight alone.