Since everyone is a colleague who wants to slay the dragon, a group of people, and good friends, Zhou Shuhe must of course make it easier for Concubine Zhuang.

For example, to use the power of the Queen of the Palace, find a reason to relax the internal and external defenses of Sixiufang, so that the person appointed by Ning Chan can safely take the dragon robe out.

The night was dark, and the mansion of Master Chen Changqing, the imperial historian, was brightly lit.

Qi Yu led the Black Armored Guards of the Overwatch Council into Chen's Mansion, and three or five servants ran to the left and right, symbolically resisting one or two, and quickly stopped moving after being escorted to the side. As if, Xu walked to a dark room in the inner courtyard.

Chen Changqing heard Ning Kuo explain Concubine Zhuang's plan in detail, and ordered the women in the family not to go out early. At this moment, he was following Qi Yu in small steps, talking to him in a low voice.

"Your Majesty has just recovered from a serious illness. Although he is still in charge of the government, the power released is not so easy to take back, so he dare not rush to punish His Highness the Crown Prince. In the past few days, I have been persuaded by the Empress Dowager Crown Prince day and night, and today I finally let His Highness relax a little. If you are willing to come to my house and talk about it, just wait for you to find the dragon robe and create a situation where riding a tiger is hard to get off, and then I will persuade you from the side."

Qi Yu nodded: "Master Chen has worked hard, may I ask how the troops are prepared?"

Chen Changqing frowned: "The troops of the Eastern Palace are under extremely strict supervision by His Majesty, and His Highness the Crown Prince is also resistant to our plans. His thousand soldiers and horses will definitely not be able to move. Only the five hundred soldiers and soldiers raised by my Chen Mansion in private The Ning family has two thousand soldiers, and tonight's palace change will have to rely on your Black Armored Guards from the Overwatch Council."

Qi Yuyou sighed, and his face was full of melancholy, which seemed to come from sadness: "The superior is easy to kill, and the prince is benevolent. We just want to return the world to a Haiyan and Heqing, and we need to rely on each other."

Chen Changqing repeatedly said yes, and wanted to flatter him, but was stopped by Qi Yu with a smile. Behind him, the black armored guards of the Overwatch Council lit torches and filed in. The small dark room was suddenly brightly lit.

Qi Yu looked back at Chen Changqing: "Let's go, let's attract His Highness the Crown Prince."

The fire light shone on the faces of the two of them, and also reflected the majestic bright yellow robe standing in the middle of the room.

Crown Prince Chu Chengji was depressed for several days. At the invitation of his father-in-law, he came to the Chen Mansion, had some wine with his uncle, and was persuaded by him to go to the yard to get some air.

Unexpectedly, before he took two steps, he was quietly surrounded by a group of Black Armored Guards from the Overwatch Council in black.

After Qi Yu ascended to the position of governor, the style of the Overwatch Council has also undergone a subtle change. It is no longer the brutal use of knives to detain people as in the past. They don't use their knives very much, and they rarely use force directly. Instead, they suppress others in a dark manner. The space around the body brings a sense of suffocation that seems to be real.

"What are you going to do?!"

Chu Chengji didn't know what happened, but he felt suffocated, and an ominous premonition pinched his heart.

This premonition reached its peak when he was led into the dark room.

The black armored guards oppressed the space on both sides, the wooden doors were wide open, and the bright yellow at the end of the road was dazzling, he thought in a trance that it was the emperor standing there, and he wanted to kill him, just like that day when he also wore the dragon robe and brought Qi Yu, as well as this black-clothed and armored Overwatch Council officer, dragged away all his staff from the East Palace.

Those literati who used to advance and retreat with restraint lay down on the ground, holding on to the hem of his clothes. They begged him to protect themselves, but even the prince was not qualified to offend the emperor.

These days Chu Chengji often thinks of the deposed prince Chu Chengyuan, he called his brother, according to the blood relationship, he was actually his cousin, so it was only natural that he called him brother.In the past, he didn't understand the frightened nervousness that leaked from Chu Chengyuan's eyes from time to time. Later, he became a prince, and he gradually understood, but he often comforted himself that he was the emperor's own son, which was different from the deposed prince.

But in fact, there is no difference, anyway, the East Palace is always the closest and the farthest place to the Tai Chi Hall.

Chu Chengji closed his eyes, listening to Chen Changqing's rambling.

He said, Your Highness, this is the dragon robe custom-made by Concubine Zhuang in advance according to your size in the palace. Who would have thought that His Majesty... the empress did not dare to keep it privately, so he had no choice but to send the dragon robe to Wei Chen. I was accidentally discovered by the Overwatch Council, and I will die, but what should you do if you have the blood of a real dragon?

Chen Changqing's words were full of loopholes, maybe he didn't intend to make up a seamless rhetoric, the crown prince and the Chen family are relatives by marriage, they are grasshoppers on the same rope, the Chen family is afraid of the wrath of the emperor, so they can only let the dragon Change the emperor on the chair.

From the moment this dragon robe appeared in the Chen family, Chu Chengji had no way out.

As the crown prince, there was no way out.

He opened his eyes, revealing an unprecedented murderous look in his eyes. He swept across Chen Changqing with such hostile eyes, and then stared at Qi Yu.

"How does Governor Qi feel about this matter?"

Qi Yu bowed his head and said respectfully: "The humble minister is His Majesty's courtier, and the servant girl is His Majesty's servant."

Chu Chengji was seriously covered in blood, and asked: "Then who do you think is Your Majesty?"

Qi Yu raised his head to look at him, his expression was as calm and humble as ever, with a smile on his lips: "Perhaps it won't be long before His Highness will be able to present a new answer to the people of the world."

"It's up to you whether you want it or not."

It was supposed to be a peaceful night with a bright moon and few stars.

Chu Chengji walked in the quiet palace, the heavy iron armor behind him made a uniform sound of metal clashing, the sound was so slight that it didn't even disturb any of the palace people.

It was indeed a peaceful night.

Chu Chengji had very few troops. Even with the three thousand black armor guards brought by Qi Yu, the total number was only six thousand. To capture the capital was like a dream.Fortunately, he doesn't need to capture the capital, he only needs to control the palace, let the emperor "suddenly ill" again, and he can justifiably ascend to the throne.

And Miyagi had always been guarded by the Black Armored Guards and Habayashi Guards of the Overwatch Council, and the Overwatch Council was on his side, half of the palace was already under control.

It's just... what about the other half?

This road went so smoothly, Chu Chengji felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he had been pushed to this point by the situation, and there was no other way but to bite the bullet and move forward.

The moon star is sparse, and a night owl flies past, touching the nearby cypress tree branches trembling slightly, every plant and tree is amazing.

Not far away is the Tai Chi Hall. Chu Chengji forced himself not to fight like a bird with a wounded bow. The teachers taught him the same.

Illnesses come and go like a mountain, and even a beautiful person like the emperor doesn't care about visiting any concubine in the past few days after recovering from a serious illness. He sleeps in the emperor's bedroom in the Taiji Hall to rest every night.

It was dark at night, and the candles in the Taiji Hall were extinguished early, leaving only the ever-burning lamps that never went out, looking from a distance, reflecting a dim yellow light.

Chu Chengji tried to walk towards that halo.

But he could never walk into that halo.

A large number of Habayashi guards in leather armor surged out from behind the Taiji Hall, oppressing the front of the rebels, and their back was blocked by the army early on.The Habayashi guards that the emperor had placed to guard the Taiji Hall all year round, and the black armor guards that Qi Yu followed behind them, one ocher and one black, each formed a semicircle, besieging more than two thousand people in this area.

The moonlight flowed, the metal sharp objects reflected the glaring edge, the sound of knives, guns, crossbows, shields and people's wailing collided together, and the hazy halo shone on the dim red blood.

Chu Chengji's eyes kept staring at the dim yellow in the hall. Someone lit a candle inside, and the shadow of his father was reflected more clearly.

Until the end, the emperor had no intention of coming out to see him.

The so-called father-son relationship probably never existed.

There were fewer and fewer people around him, so he finally looked away and listened silently to Chen Changqing's loud reprimand to Qi Yu. The ridiculous thing was that the tone was more like a begging than a reprimand.

Chief Governor Qi evoked a warm smile, his voice was steady as usual, even in such a noisy environment, it was clearly visible, like the cold wind in a silent winter night, and when people hide by the warm stove, they will not remember The wind was filled with ice and snow.

"Master Chen, didn't the governor tell you? I am loyal to His Majesty."

Before he finished speaking, a black-armored sergeant attacked from behind, and Chen Changqing's head fell in response. Warm new blood splashed into the air and dripped to the ground, not staining the green-clothed scribe in front of him at all.

Chu Chengji was the only one left who heard the second half of his sentence.

"As for who His Majesty is... Maybe it won't be long before I can present a new answer to the world."

Zhou Shuhe kept something in his mind, and couldn't sleep all night. Jiyue and Chunye each slept for a while, and took turns to stay with her until the hour of Yinchu, when the eunuch Wu Xuan, who was sent out to watch, tiptoed back to Jiaofang Hall, Inform her of the outcome of the matter.

The prince rebelled, and the emperor was furious. He ordered the abolition of the prince and temporarily detained him in the East Palace pending trial.

Wu Xuan replied: "Your Majesty originally wanted to imprison His Highness the Crown Prince in the prison of the Overwatch Council, but Qi Zhangyin pleaded for mercy, so that he can temporarily stay in the East Palace and wait for the judgment."

Chun Ye frowned in confusion: "Those who have gone to the Imperial Prison are prisoners, and those who live in the East Palace, even if they are not princes, are princes and grandsons. Qi Zhangyin is begging for mercy now. If His Majesty softens his mind and changes his mind, shouldn't we be in vain?"

Zhou Shuhe's eyes fell on her, he shook his head and said with a smile: "It's been so many years that Qi Yu still doesn't like it. If you ask me, you still have to figure it out yourself, otherwise you will be uncomfortable in the future."

"..."

Chunye cocked her neck, and protested forcefully: "Mother, this servant is just talking about things, not trying to find fault with him."

Zhou Shuhe nodded perfunctorily: "Okay, you're not looking for faults, you're just stupid, send Yue to explain to her."

"Yes." Jiyue smiled sullenly, turning her head to look at Chunye, "No one else can interfere with the affairs of the Tian family father and son. It’s better to stay far away. The imperial prison has always been in charge of the Overwatch Council, which is the site of Qi Zhangyin, and put His Highness the Crown Prince under his own hands, so no one can tell what happened.”

Chunye let out a "hum", but didn't say any more.

Things were going smoothly, Zhou Shuhe had nothing to worry about in his heart, so he fell back into the cage and fell asleep. He thought he was going to sleep in the dark, but before it was too late, he was woken up by some winking thing.

Woke up in a fit of anger, she rubbed her eyes, saw that it was Jiyue, gritted her teeth and said, "What time are you calling me? If you don't have a suitable reason, you don't want to reward me this month."

Jiyue's face was full of confusion: "Your Majesty, calm down, it's Your Highness, he heard about His Highness Ji's dismissal, and clamored to ask His Majesty to intercede, but the slaves stopped him, but he made such a fuss that there was really nothing he could do. This servant has no choice but to invite you out of the mountain."

"..."

Forget about this crop.Zhou Shuhe had no choice but to wake up completely, told Jiyue to stabilize Suisui first, asked someone to fetch water to wash and tidy up, and strode to his room.

Jiyue and Chunye were clear in their hearts, knowing that the emperor was in a fit of anger, and whoever begged for mercy would be guilty of the same crime. Even a child like Sui Sui couldn't get out of his body, so they tried hard to stop him, leaving two capable and sensible people in the house. After the palace man, he directly locked the door from the outside.

He can't get out anyway.

When Zhou Shuhe entered the room, the child's voice was already hoarse from crying, and his eyes were swollen like little peaches.

In fact, Suisui has not cried for a long time. Since the incident in the palace, he has regarded himself as strong as an adult. This made Zhou Shuhe a little disappointed, but also proud.

He wants to protect those who are willing to protect him in turn, and it just so happens that Chu Chengji is also among them.

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