Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

"Oh?" The emperor's question contained some other emotions.

But Lu Anyuan had no choice. If he lied and said that she was resting in the outer palace, his father would find out it was a lie once he checked, which would be even more troublesome.

The hall was originally quiet, and this conversation had long been heard by the ministers. Madam Jing looked at the person sitting in the seat with vigilance, and Old Man Xu was even more surprised that Yan'er was not there!

Oh no! Then what I just said was a bad thing!

Just now I just wanted to give the emperor an vent to vent his anger and let him demonstrate the majesty of Da Xia. Now if the emperor suspects Yan'er, then wasn't it intentional that I didn't let him call for reinforcements just now?

Old Man Xu was sweating coldly and his clothes were soaked instantly. He cursed Xu Yiyan in his heart for being ignorant. Why didn't he tell her before leaving the team? Why did she have to go downstairs for any illness? Why couldn't she go to the outer palace to call the imperial physician? And this Lu Anyuan was the same. He spoiled her like this. Something must have happened!

Lu Anyuan had been very polite in front of his father. He knew, of course, that the Second Prince was just making trouble out of nothing and framing him in front of the emperor. But if he said a little more now, he might be wrong. After all, compared to himself, his father trusted his second brother just as much.

After the emperor asked that coldly, he had no response and just gestured for everyone to leave listlessly. As for the so-called "rebels" at the foot of the mountain, he didn't take them seriously at all.

The crowd gradually left, and even the Second Prince followed the Emperor out. Madam Jing stepped forward and helped Lu Anyuan, who was still half-kneeling, up. Before she could ask a question, she was interrupted by a more anxious voice.

"Your Highness, what is going on? Why did Yan'er leave halfway?" Old Man Xu rushed to the front from the middle of the banquet, looking a little out of his mind at the moment.

"General, it was indeed an accident today. Yi Yan was not feeling well when she went out, and I was afraid that something might happen to her, so I asked her to go down for a walk. I didn't expect such a thing to happen." Lu Anyuan did not say that Yi Xing insisted on leaving. He also knew that Yi Xing had an inexplicable hatred for the old general, and there was really no need to intensify the conflict at the moment.

"This is so against the rules!"

Madam Jing was very careful, so she finally understood the reason. She felt nervous, "The Nanshan official road is right at the foot of the mountain. Yi Yan hasn't come back yet. Is it because she discovered the rebels and tried to go back to the city to call for help?"

She didn't mention another possibility, which is that maybe Yi Yan had just happened to be bumped into by that group of people and was directly "cleaned up".

"Maybe." Lu Anyuan responded lightly, but he felt that the possibility was not high.

If he returns to Beijing now, everyone in the capital, from the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to the Governor of Jingzhao, has left the city. Yixing cannot rush directly to the barracks of the Longwu Guard to call for help. Most of them are probably hiding, or they are thinking about how to go up the mountain to meet up with them with their shadow guards.

Madam Jing frowned, and seeing that there were no outsiders in the hall, she said directly: "General, Yuan'er, the so-called assassin rebels are here in a strange way. Everyone knows that the emperor is in the outer palace, and the defense is extremely strict. How dare they attack the mountain without tens of thousands of troops?

I see that our emperor doesn't take these people seriously at all. Do you want to persuade your father not to be careless?"

What Madam Jing said was exactly what Lu Anyuan was confused about. He knew that his second brother couldn't conjure up tens of thousands of troops out of thin air, so what was his confidence in daring to assassinate the emperor like this?

"I'm going to see my father."

“No!” Old Man Xu held Lu Anyuan back and said, “The emperor suddenly asked about Yan’er just now. I’m afraid he thinks you and your wife are involved in this matter. If you go over to remind the emperor to be careful now, wouldn’t it be a bit too much? This is inappropriate!”

"Is your Majesty's safety more important or Yuan'er's suspicion? If your Majesty really had an accident in the outer palace this time, and so many people saw him questioning Yuan'er, wouldn't he be directly convicted of a crime by those with ulterior motives?" Madam Jing's voice was originally soft, but now she was anxious and her tone took on a sharpness.

"I'd better go, Emperor..."

"No, my aunt is right. I saw my second brother followed father just now. He may not say anything now. I have to go see father!" Lu Anyuan figured it out. He shook his clothes and ran away. Father Xu didn't catch up with him.

The long night in the outer palace is always lonely and cold, especially today, when the bright moonlight made the middle of the mountain pale. When Lu Anyuan looked back at the foot of the mountain, he could even see rockets fired from both sides. It seemed that his father underestimated the scale of the rebels at the foot of the mountain, and he also underestimated his second brother's ability. No wonder General Xie broke into the banquet just now to ask his father if he wanted help. It seems that the officials of our Daxia are a little blindly confident.

He quickened his pace and came to the Lizheng Hall where his father handled affairs. He was invited in only after being informed.

"My son, I will meet my father."

"stand up."

Lu Anyuan stood up and saw that there was no one else in the Government Hall. Even the Second Prince, who had just followed his father, was not in the hall.

"Yuan'er, have you seen the rebels at the foot of the mountain?"

"I saw it, but it was far away and I couldn't see the number of people clearly."

"Hmph, let me tell you, there are 30,000 elite soldiers!" After the emperor said this, he stood up from his seat angrily, flicked his sleeves violently, and had an expression of being made fun of on his face.

"How did the emperor know?" Thirty thousand? With such a big commotion, even if his own people didn't receive the news, were the guards along the way blind? How could they let these people in?

"How did you know? I sit in the well every day. Do you think I am blind? Let me ask you, some people say that these soldiers are yours, and your good wife left the team to mobilize the troops. Do you agree?"

Admit it? Then I must be mentally ill!

Lu Anyuan knelt down and said, "Father, please do not listen to slanderous words. Yi Yan has not come back yet, and I am very worried about her. If she is trapped in the rebel army, it is hard to know. I have already told you how many troops I have when I raided the Sun Mansion last year. Please understand!"

Although Lu Anyuan was nervous, he was not afraid. With so many troops, he didn't know what supplies they needed. He could just check afterwards and find out that they were not his. Therefore, his father was just testing him.

"You are honest. Stand up." The emperor really calmed down after pretending to be angry. "In fact, your father-in-law may have such strength, but his power is in the northern border. If the troops in the northern border can be transferred quietly to the emperor's feet, then we should dig out the eyes of all the officials along the way from Miaozhou to the capital and use them as balls to play with!"

Lu Anyuan felt a chill down his spine. At least up to now, he had not officially used any of General Xu's power. However, in his father's mouth, General Xu was a man who could mobilize 30,000 elite troops to attack the capital at any time.

No wonder Yixing always said to keep a distance from the old general. It turned out that in his father's mind, he already had the ability to "rebel".