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

Lu Anyuan leaned against the pillar with a helpless look on his face. “It was your own guess. I didn’t say a word. What can you blame me for?”

The fourth prince thought quickly, "No, that's not right. Even if what you said is true, you were gone for so long last night, so you must have received a written order from the Queen Mother. Since you went there, it is impossible that you only received a written order to prevent the City Defense Department from making any unusual moves. You must have also received an order to mobilize troops, right?"

Everyone immediately pricked up their ears, and even those whose mouths were gagged suddenly had their eyes lit up.

"Indeed, but my people left too late. Whether we can break out is one thing, and whether we will be alive when the reinforcements arrive is another."

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly eased and hope was rekindled.

Hope is such a strange thing. It has no shape, cannot be seen or heard, but it can give a dying person a sudden burst of light. It is the most precious treasure in the world.

No one cares whether the reinforcements will really arrive as promised. As long as there is someone who comes out and tells them that reinforcements will arrive, then this person is a hero.

Old Man Xu was tied up at a slightly farther location. He had only resisted symbolically a few times. Given his status, he would be under strict surveillance whether he resisted or not, so why bother struggling?

After hearing the conversation between the two princes, Father Xu suddenly had a much better impression of Lu Anyuan. It seemed that this boy was more capable than he thought! He is worthy of being my son-in-law!

In fact, the current situation was entirely caused by the second brother's indecision. For example, if Lu Anyuan did this, he would have controlled everyone last night, at least a few of the big ones.

But last night, not only did my second brother allow me to successfully meet the emperor, he even failed to put the Empress Dowager on guard. I think he made up his mind this morning to imprison all the clan members and poison my father.

How stupid! He has rebelled, but he still wants everyone to accept him. How childish!

Lu Anyuan closed his eyes and thought about the current situation. It seemed that the siege of Gushan would have an outcome by this afternoon at the latest. Either reinforcements would arrive or the rebels would go up the mountain, and his second brother would succeed to the throne "legitimately".

boom!

Just when I thought of this, there was a loud noise outside, followed by the sound of fighting.

"The rebels are attacking! They are attacking!"

People are just despicable. The ministers in the room could clearly not see anything, and even the sounds of fighting were very vague, but they immediately thought that it was the rebels attacking and scared themselves.

Lu Anyuan rolled his eyes. “Does the rebels need to make such a big noise when they come? The Imperial Guards only have a few thousand people, and half of them were probably killed last night. Why would they need to use artillery? Now all of Second Brother’s men are on Drum Mountain. Are they going to fight against themselves?”

The words were rough but the truth was there. Lu Anyuan's words were harsh but reasonable. Several ministers smiled awkwardly: "That makes sense, that makes sense! It looks like reinforcements are coming!"

This time it was the Fourth Prince's turn to roll his eyes: "If I were you, I wouldn't be so happy. The reinforcements coming up must mean that the rebels from the foot of the mountain are coming up with them. If there is a conflict later, do you think we will be held hostage by them?"

"This..." The ministers were neither able to laugh nor cry. If they wanted to blame someone, they blamed themselves for staying in the court for too long, thinking about intrigues and power struggles all day long. When the time came, they found it difficult to protect themselves. It was really funny.

Lu Anyuan was silent. Yes, even if the second brother failed today, whether they died together or were killed to silence them, I don’t know how many people in this house would survive.

Less than an incense stick of time passed before someone covered in blood rushed in, grabbed several princes and the prime minister by their clothes, dragged them out of the house, and walked towards the outer palace gate.

The gate of the outer palace is of the same style as the main gate of the imperial palace, and both are located high up to resist foreign invasion.

Several people were dragged to the city gate, and Lu Anyuan was pushed directly to the front. The second prince had already put on armor, and he grabbed Lu Anyuan's collar and shouted downstairs:

"General, please look! This is the culprit who assassinated my father and instigated the rebellion. He has been brought to justice. Please don't worry, I will kill him right away!"

Lu Anyuan looked down from the city gate. In addition to the leader of the "rebels", the commanders also included the general of the Weiwei Army and the general of the palace. It seemed that the second brother had messed up and needed to find a scapegoat.

However, his eyes were not on those generals at all. Instead, he saw Xu Yixing, who was riding a horse, wearing armor and holding a long sword, at the very edge of the team.

So this is what she looks like when she wears armor? If I had known this earlier, I should have gone to the battle on my brother's behalf last time. Wouldn't it have been great to admire such a beauty earlier?

He didn't seem to be worried about the knife that was about to fall on his neck. He just stared at the figure with a smile in his eyes.

The next moment, he saw five objects moving towards him at the same time. Lu Anyuan boasted of his amazing eyesight, but he still couldn't see everything clearly.

But Xu Yixing was at the foot of the city and saw it clearly.

Those were the arrows flying from his bow, the arrows of General Weiwei, A Da, Ying Jiu and Ying Wu.

His own arrow shot into the Second Prince's shoulder, and General Weiwei's arrow was blocked by the guards, and the Second Prince fell backwards because of the arrow. But Lu Anyuan was not so lucky, he lost his balance almost instantly and fell down to the city.

Ah Da had already climbed up to the city gate, but he found out that his master was gone.

Ying Jiu started from behind Xu Yixing, a little slower. Before he flew up, he saw a black shadow falling. He stopped abruptly, but had no time to change direction.

Only Shadow Five caught the Seventh Prince, but when he caught him, he reached back and saw that the Seventh Prince's rope was open, and he had changed his jumping posture and landed steadily.

"Where is He Bin, the Dragon Guard? How could you rebel as an attendant of the emperor? Where is Bai Yu, the commander of the imperial palace? Your father is poisoned and in danger of death, why don't you come to the king's aid? Where is Liu Buyi, the general of the mighty guard? Why don't you quickly attack the city and capture the traitor!"

Lu Anyuan stood still and explained the reasons clearly. The troops then understood the "great righteousness" and were no longer doubtful. They raised the drums three times and were determined to capture the city.

Under the protection of his own people, Lu Anyuan retreated into the siege army camp. When he looked back, his second brother had disappeared, and the several hostages on the city wall had also disappeared one after another.

"My father, my mother, and the queen mother are all in Lu Chiyan's hands. Everyone listen, we must ensure their safety! The first one to rush into the palace will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver by the court and be made a marquis of ten thousand households!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the already high morale was like adding fuel to the fire, and it ignited with a bang. Seeing that the palace gate was about to be broken down, Lu Anyuan was not paying attention and was hit hard by someone who suddenly rushed over, and almost vomited blood.

"Are you okay?" It was Xu Yixing. After she saw Lu Anyuan enter the camp, she followed him over. She just wanted to give him a hug, but she didn't expect that she got hurt by him.