The traitor has a white moonlight

The old concubine turned her head when she heard the words, looked at Gu Huaisheng with serious eyes for a moment, then raised her hand and waved away the nurse who was serving beside her.Although she doesn't like Gu Huaisheng, she is a woman with ups and downs in the vortex of political power. Her sensitivity to the current situation still allows her to temporarily abandon her prejudice against Gu Huaisheng.

Even so, the old concubine still carried her haughty airs, turned around and walked to the front of the stone table to sit down, then slowly raised her eyes and said: "I don't know what's important for Mr. Gu, but you have to forcefully break into my Prince Xie's mansion?"

"It is said that the emperor woke up last night..." Gu Huaisheng has never been a person who wronged himself, and he didn't need the old concubine to greet him, so he sat down with his arms folded: "I don't know if the old concubine has heard of it?"

"Oh?" The old concubine frowned slightly, her reaction was obviously ignorant.

"Looks like I don't know." Gu Huaisheng smiled: "The emperor woke up and issued a secret edict, and he passed out. After being confirmed by the imperial physician, it was a flashback. The days, at most, will only be a few days."

"Secret order?" The old concubine narrowed her beautiful eyes, subconsciously clenched her hands on her knees, and the silk handkerchief she pinched was crumpled into a ball.

"Except for the crown prince, the third prince, and Chang Shuo who were present at the time, no one knew the content of the secret edict." Gu Huaisheng's face turned serious: "However, it should be related to the residence of Prince Xun. If my guess is correct, the emperor's secret edict is to eradicate Prince Xun's residence. .”

"King Yu is still here..."

"So what?" Gu Huaisheng interrupted the old concubine: "No matter Miao Jiang or Zhao You, they are not in the right place. The reason why they were so powerful at the beginning is that they were caught off guard by the surprise attack, and the second is because Tongyang Pass is not a military fortress. It is stable all the year round, not valued by the imperial court, and its military strength is relatively weak. The soldiers there eat dross, wear patched and rags, and live in poverty, not much better than ordinary people, let alone take advantage of weapons. King Xun is leading an army of tigers and wolves, how can he be compared with the tens of thousands of soldiers in Miaojiang?"

The old concubine did not soften her expression because of these words, her hands were still clenched tightly, but she glanced at Gu Huaisheng coldly: "Go on."

"King Xing's army has only been in Tongyang Pass for two months. Even with the news of success coming back to Beijing, I thought it would be the beginning of spring at the end of the twelfth lunar month at the earliest. It's over." Gu Huaisheng laughed lightly: "At that time, it would be best to kill the donkey by hand, but there is already an arrangement there, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Since there are arrangements, why are you rushing over here?" Upon hearing that there was nothing serious, the old concubine let go of her tightly clenched hands, and the expression on her face was obviously relaxed, but her brows were still frowning.

"King Xing's side is nothing to worry about, but our side can't be his weakness." Gu Huaisheng said: "Just now Zhao Zhong told me that he found that some beggars and beggars appeared outside King Xing's mansion for no reason recently, and they walked around frequently. Li has already set his sights on Prince Xuan's mansion."

As soon as these words came out, the old concubine's nerves tightened again, and she raised her eyes to look at Gu Huaisheng.

Gu Huaisheng continued: "It's time to make preparations and secretly evacuate Prince Xun's mansion, and it must be before the emperor dies, otherwise it will be too late."

"But since Prince Xun's mansion has been monitored, how can we evacuate in secret?" The old concubine asked, "There is no secret way in this manor, so how can anyone not notice it? Even if you dig now, it's too late, right?"

"In a while, I will walk through the gate to attract attention. The old concubine will pretend to be a servant and walk through the back door. We will meet at the entrance of the alley. You will follow me to Gufu first. Then I will arrange for you to be secretly escorted out of Beijing." These, Gu Huaisheng had already planned these as soon as he got the news.

"Aren't you going?" The old concubine paused: "This time, General Gu and King Xing together, plus you... your relationship with King Xing, the Gu family has long been affiliated with King Xing's mansion. , the Gu family must be counted among them, if you stay in Beijing, you will be imprisoned at that time, and you will also become their weakness."

"I can't go." Gu Huaisheng smiled and said, "The old concubine is concerned, Gu Huaisheng..."

"I just don't want my son to be held back by you." The old concubine interrupted Gu Huaisheng with a cold snort.

Gu Huaisheng raised his eyebrows, but he was not angry: "The weather is getting colder, my body has been ruined too much earlier, and I can't stand it after staying outside for a long time. Now that I have finished my business, I should go back." Then he stood up and cupped his hands: "Old lady Concubine, go get ready."

With this tone, if it had been different from the past, the old concubine would have had Gu Huaisheng kicked out of the house, but today she just got up and left with a sullen face.

The old concubine went very quickly to prepare, but Gu Huaisheng just took a rest, she changed into coarse linen clothes, changed into an ordinary woman's hair bun and walked out, and there was only a nun who was dressed in the same dress beside her.

Gu Huaisheng took a look at the nanny, didn't say anything, she tacitly agreed that she would follow, and cupped his hands at the old concubine, then turned and left first.

The old concubine followed the mother-in-law and went straight to the back door of the palace.

Sure enough, as Gu Huaisheng said, when he went in and out of Prince Xing's Mansion, all the hidden stumps wandering outside focused their attention on him, and the back door alley became vacant instead, and that alley corresponds not to the gate of the Prince's Mansion, but to the main street , As long as you go out of the alley to hide from the crowd, you can leave quietly.

However, because they made an agreement with Gu Huaisheng, they didn't wander around after going out, but stood in front of a rouge and gouache stand to pick and choose, and used this as a cover to wait for Gu Huaisheng to come and meet.

On the other side, Gu Huaisheng did not get into the carriage immediately after leaving the gate of the palace. Standing in front of the gate, he looked at the corners and looked up at the sky for a moment.

"Master Gu?" Zhao Zhong personally sent Gu Huaisheng out of the house. Seeing him like this, he thought that Gu Huaisheng had been wronged by the old concubine, so he persuaded him: "It's windy outside, your hands are frozen blue , get on the carriage and go back quickly, the old concubine...don't complain, she just can't get over the hurdle in her heart, just wait for the prince to come back, and you and the prince have a marriage contract bestowed by the emperor, so it will be logical, As time goes on, I will naturally see it slowly."

"I know, thank you Uncle Zhong." Gu Huaisheng laughed when he heard that.

"Hey, how can a villain afford Mr. Gu's thanks? Isn't this a villain Zhesha?" Zhao Zhong couldn't help sighing when he thought of the closed doors that Gu Huaisheng had encountered these days: "Who doesn't know that in the palace of King Xie?" Master Gu is someone whom the prince puts on top of his heart, if he has no choice but to offend easily, please forgive him a little bit."

"It's okay." Gu Huaisheng nodded: "You have your difficulties, I understand." After a pause, he suddenly changed the subject: "I don't see the sky very well, I'm afraid there will be a wave of heavy rain. The autumn rain is cold, it really changes as soon as it is said!"

Zhao Zhong originally listened casually, and didn't take it to heart. He thought that Gu Huaisheng was just lamenting the weather, but after listening to it, he recalled it, his eyes twinkled slightly, and he lowered his head slightly.

Seeing that he understood, Gu Huaisheng smiled: "Kongshan Yeyu, what's the next sentence?"

Zhao Zhong shook his head: "Little man... I don't know."

"Forget it." Gu Huaisheng stepped down the steps: "It's also fortunate that the prince is not here, otherwise you should laugh at me again! Kongshan Yeyu...Kongshan Yeyu, what is the next sentence?"

Zhao Zhong didn't say anything, and watched Gu Huaisheng get into the carriage and leave, before turning around and entering the door, and asked the porter to close the door.

As soon as the door was closed, Zhao Zhong's expression changed immediately.

The concierge was startled when he saw this: "This... Butler Zhao, what is this?"

"Notify all the people in the mansion to gather in the side courtyard." Zhao Zhong thought for a while and ordered directly.

The concierge was at a loss and didn't know what he was doing, but seeing Zhao Zhong's serious face, he also realized the seriousness of the matter, so he responded and ran to notify one by one.

But in a short time, the servants of the palace gathered in the open space of the side courtyard as soon as they were done.

Like the concierge, everyone was inexplicably gathered together like this all of a sudden, and felt an indescribable sense of tension in their hearts.

"Steward Zhao, you suddenly called everyone over, but what happened?"

"Yeah, you should tell me quickly what's going on, or the big guy will feel uneasy and hang himself!"

"Butler Zhao..."

As soon as one could not hold back his voice, the others became restless. Zhao Zhong raised his hand and made a downward movement, signaling his family to be safe and calm. Seeing that everyone was quiet, he walked down the corridor steps.

"From now on, everyone put down their work and clean up the things..."

"Why did you suddenly ask everyone to clean up the things? What happened?" Someone interrupted Zhao Zhong: "Steward Zhao, you have to make it clear so that everyone can feel at ease!"

"What are you asking so much for?" Zhao Zhong's face darkened, and he immediately calmed down the restless crowd: "You will get hurt if you clean it up, don't bring too cumbersome and heavy things, try to bring precious and light ones as much as possible, and obey orders at night."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but Zhao Zhong refused to speak clearly, and they didn't dare to ask more questions, so they could only nod in response, and they all got ready to go.But although Zhao Zhong didn't say it clearly, everyone was not a fool, and they were vaguely aware of the crisis, knowing that something might have happened to the palace, so no one dared to delay.

After Zhao Zhong waited for everyone to disband, he didn't pack up the things immediately. Instead, he summoned powerful soldiers to make further arrangements. After all, there are quite a lot of people in the palace. Such a large number of withdrawals can't attract attention, so it's a must. Some careful arrangements.

"I will set fire in the front at night." Zhao Zhong's eyes rolled sharply, thinking about paying attention: "A few of you left behind to create a fire-fighting movement to attract attention, and some of you led everyone to retreat from the back door. Remember, be careful not to attract attention , so we have to evacuate slowly, not to cause a sensation, those who can go home, and the rest, gather at the village."

The government soldiers are all well-trained retired soldiers, and they still have this sensitivity. Zhao Zhong didn't need to point it out, they understood the profound meaning of this, and nodded in response.

After Zhao Zhong arranged this, he immediately went to find the old concubine, but when he arrived at the Fanxiang Garden, he found that she was gone long ago, and the nurse beside her was also gone. Even if he realized that it was Gu Huaisheng's arrangement, he knew that the master had already left , then settle down.