"Okay, okay, you don't have to tell me how useless this is. So the second half of the story is that the second prince finally figured it out, so he imprisoned the three of you, and then poisoned the emperor. Finally, in the early morning of the next day, he was going to use the emperor's edict to make himself the successor and finally kill all of you, right?"

"Well... that's roughly the case, but the details are quite different."

"I don't care about the details at all. I just want to ask, since the Second Prince changed his mind in the middle of the night, why did the Longwu Guards at the foot of the mountain become a little confused?" She squatted on the tree all night, and it was obvious that the Longwu Guards were not focused on the battlefield in the second half of the night. People broke out of the mountain one after another, and they did not chase them with all their strength.

"It's because they have internal problems. After getting the tiger talisman, He Bin strongly advocated to mobilize the Weiwei army to leave now so that Longwuwei could monopolize the capital. However, Deputy General Shi Rui opposed it, thinking that mobilizing the Weiwei army would make too much noise and afraid that they would be suspicious. He thought that they should take the opportunity to send some people to directly enter the capital to take over the imperial city. However, the second brother has not issued an order, and the two generals are fighting each other."

"Hahaha, if they knew their master was still hesitating, they would probably be so angry that they would vomit blood!"

"Who says it's not true? Anyway, during the dispute, Shi Rui killed He Bin. That's why we didn't see He Bin that morning."

"Wow! This is so exciting. They are really fighting among themselves."

"Not only that, my second brother didn't bribe all of the Dragon Guards when he conquered them, so the lower-level soldiers didn't actually know they were plotting a rebellion. Later, when everyone gradually understood what was going on, they either became afraid or fled, and that's when General Liu was able to drive them to the mountain so smoothly."

Indeed, Xu Yixing was also in the team that day, and he really didn't encounter any decent resistance. Those soldiers must be really miserable. They followed their leader and got nothing good. They were inexplicably accused of treason, and they didn't know what their fate would be.

"Then how will the emperor deal with these unaware people?"

Lu Anyuan hesitated for a moment. He knew his father's character very well. He would never be lenient in such matters. "You will know when the emperor's decree comes down."

Xu Yixing smiled helplessly. She knew that no matter how magnanimous the emperor was, he would not be lenient when the matter involved treason. What's more, our emperor was not a tolerant person.

The news of the Second Prince's escape hung like a curse over the heads of officials in the capital, and now it seemed that the curse was showing signs of spreading outward.

Ever since that day when Prince Cheng searched the outer palace and failed to find the second prince, not only were Gushan and Nanshan Mountains sealed off, but all roads in the southern part of Beijing were also controlled, and the soldiers watched every person who passed through like hawks.

But even so, the whereabouts of the Second Prince remained a mystery. Ten days had passed, and even the Second Prince's wife and the young prince had been brought back to the capital by the Emperor, but there was no sign of him.

But just when everyone was feeling extremely nervous, a note was quietly delivered to Lu Anyuan's house.

As the first message he saw when he opened his eyes, Lu Anyuan felt his scalp tingling and his hands trembled, and the piece of paper fell accurately on the face of Xu Yixing who had just opened his eyes and was about to get up.

"Please come to the mansion to talk about brotherhood. What is this? Was it written by the Fourth Prince?" Xu Yixing read it out loud and felt puzzled.

Looking at Lu Anyuan again, he had clearly put on his clothes, but had no intention of going to court. He just sat there in a daze.

"Ada, go and tell someone that I'm not feeling well today and can't attend the morning court." Lu Anyuan shouted to the outside of the door, and Ada responded and left.

"What happened?"

Lu Anyuan turned around, took a deep breath, and said to Xu Yixing calmly and gently: "You are right, this is the note that my fourth brother gave me. I think he probably has something very important to tell me in person."

Xu Yixing hesitated for a moment. He could tell that Lu Anyuan didn't want him to get involved in this matter. But since the Fourth Prince felt that it was so important that he would even delay his attendance at court, it was probably related to the Second Prince.

"Okay then, I won't get involved in your brothers' affairs." Xu Yixing handed the paper back and saw with his own eyes that Lu Anyuan put it on the candle and burned it to ashes.

"Madam, please don't go out today. Don't make any moves before I come back. Wait until I come back, okay?"

"Well, okay, I'll wait for you."

Xu Yixing's smile was sincere, and Lu Anyuan's response was also very warm, but both smiles disappeared the moment Lu Anyuan left the house, as if by some magic.

"Yingjiu, follow him." Xu Yixing didn't hesitate at all. If Lu Anyuan hadn't said this last sentence, she wouldn't be so nervous. Since he felt that she would be in danger during his absence, didn't that prove that he was going to do something very dangerous now?

Lu Anyuan's smile also disappeared without a trace. He went out and said a few words to Ah Er in a hurry before leaving quickly.

The "Xin" on the note was indeed the fourth brother's name, but the handwriting was clearly the second brother's! The word "Xin" was just to tell himself to go to the fourth brother's house to find him.

What was going on? Why was the second brother at the fourth brother's house? Were they united again, or did the fourth brother have to submit to the second brother for some reason?

Regardless of the reason, Lu Anyuan had to go. The fact that the note could be delivered directly into his house was a threat, proving that he still had the strength to charge directly into the house, but for a specific reason, he didn't want to or couldn't do so.

Of course, maybe this was just a ploy by the second brother to trick him out and kill him.

Lu Anyuan sat in the carriage and took out some dried plums from his waist. It was strange that he could not taste the sour taste this time. Was there something wrong with his taste buds?

The carriage drove all the way to the Fourth Prince's mansion. There was no need to report. Everyone in the mansion had received the news today that the master had something to do and everyone had a day off.

Therefore, the Fourth Prince's Mansion was extremely desolate today. There was no one in it. Even Lu Anyuan himself had to let Ah Da push the door and drive the carriage in.

Today, he only brought three people, one shadow guard and two secret guards. He could have brought one more, Ah Er, but for some reason, Lu Anyuan thought it would be better for Ah Da to stay with Yi Xing.

However, if the Second Prince was planning to kill me, it would be in vain even if I brought more people with me.

When he reached a courtyard called "Bamboo Forest Pavilion", he turned around and asked, "Is he gone?"

"They have already gone away."

"Okay." Taking a deep breath, Lu Anyuan pushed open the courtyard gate, followed the dense bamboo shadows, and walked into the charming main hall. As expected, he saw the two people he was thinking about.

"Seventh brother is here?"

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