Ever since Lu Linfeng became suspicious of Chu Huaixi, he has never been to her palace again. After court session, he came to Kunning Palace to visit Fu Guiyun.

He thought he could keep him imprisoned for quite some time, but after just a few days, he ran back to his palace again. This made Fu Guiyun very helpless.

However, when Fu Guiyun heard You Dian say that the emperor became suspicious of Chu Huaixi because of Prince Zhong, he found it very funny. Thinking about his own plans, he patiently accompanied him to play chess to relieve his boredom.

After winning for several days in a row, Lu Linchu placed the last chess piece as usual and smiled, "Queen, you lost again."

"maybe."

Fu Guiyun looked at the chessboard and placed a white piece slowly and unhurriedly. When Lu Linchu was stunned, he saw a palace servant coming in sweating and reporting: "Your Majesty, disaster, disaster, Li Shuai was defeated in Yecheng, and Prince Li has gathered his troops and is heading straight for Dongyi City."

"what?"

Lu Linchu frowned and looked at Fu Guiyun. Seeing that she was slowly tidying up the chessboard on the table, he couldn't help but sneer.

"My 500,000-man army is so vulnerable?"

He sighed silently and had no intention of staying in Kunning Palace any longer. He immediately returned to the Yangxin Palace to discuss military affairs.

Fu Guiyun stood up slowly and asked Cheng Kui in a low voice: "Has the news reached Liyang?"

Cheng Kui nodded.

I guess Prince Zhong must have already sent out his troops by now.

Inside Liyang City, Lu Linzhi was holding the secret letter sent by Cheng Kui in his hand, looking at it thoughtfully.

"Son."

Rong An ran in excitedly: "Prince Li defeated the imperial army in Yecheng and is now approaching Dongyi."

Lu Linzhi's face remained calm as usual, and he continued to think deeply as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, Ye An was suddenly brought in.

He said, "Your Majesty, the Queen has secretly ordered me to accompany you to capture Jiurong City. The Duke has also sent a letter. I am ready to be dispatched by Your Majesty at any time."

Lu Linzhi slowly closed his eyes.

What was her intention in making these arrangements?

Now that Qingchen has been made the crown prince, how could she instigate Prince Li to come to the capital? And let herself lead the army of Huayi City and the Duke of Uncle to the north?

In this way, her situation would become extremely difficult, as it was obvious that she wanted the emperor to know that she was in collusion with him.

"Your Majesty, this is our only chance."

Rong An reminded him, "As long as we take Jiurong City, once Prince Li conquers Dongyi and kills His Majesty, Your Majesty can then smoothly enter the capital to defend the king. Then the world will be Your Majesty's."

"It does sound very tempting."

Lu Linzhi laughed coldly.

But if she makes any mistake, what's the point of me conquering the world?

Everything she planned for herself clearly showed that she wanted to get involved in the game herself, and she was not prepared to care about her own life anymore.

Thinking back to everything that happened in Liyang City, he thought she hated him to death, but he never imagined that she did all this to plan for him and to avenge her father and mother.

He was already satisfied to have her devotion to him in this way in his life.

"City Lord Ye, you are ordered by the Queen to take over Jiurong City."

Lu Linzhi began to make arrangements: "My uncle is a member of the imperial army, and he has been ordered to garrison Dali. He must not move rashly."

After thinking for a moment, he finally said, "Rong An, gather the guards and follow me north to serve the king."

"My Lord, how can you go north alone?"

Ye An said: "Even if you have made great contributions to the king, His Majesty will never let you come back."

"No need to say more, just follow your orders."

Seeing that Ye An still wanted to persuade him, Lu Linzhi's eyes became stern: "City Lord Ye, don't forget what the Queen Mother told you. The Ye family's token is now in the hands of the Queen. If the master you are supposed to protect is in trouble, how can you be worthy of the Queen Mother's heroic spirit?"

Ye An gritted his teeth and was suddenly speechless.

He was naturally clear about his mission, but the Young Master and the Queen were the people the Young Lady cared about the most, and he didn't want to see anyone make any mistakes.

Moreover, before the Queen left Liyang City, she repeatedly told me to take good care of him.

"Son."

He knelt down, his voice hoarse and choked up: "I know that persuading you to go to Jiurong City will put the Queen in trouble. Allow me to say something that I shouldn't say. Even if Prince Li really conquers Kyoto, she is the Queen of Daning after all. Prince Li will still treat her with courtesy, but once you enter the capital, you will have no way out."

Lu Linzhi was slightly angry: "Based on your understanding of the Queen, she always seeks to be cautious in her actions. She allowed me to lead you into Jiurong City. Can't you see that she wants to die with those two people?"

Ye An was stunned.

Yes, once the young master led Huayi City and Zeng Ye’s army to Jiurong City, the emperor and Prince Li would be able to detect that the queen was colluding with Prince Zhong.

He became at a loss, and Lu Linzhi had already resolutely stepped out of the mansion at this moment.

Knowing that he could not persuade him, Ye An could only bow and say goodbye with tears in his eyes: "This old servant respectfully bids you farewell, young master."

……

Due to the defeat in Yecheng, Lu Linchu hurriedly asked Lu Hui and Lu Feng to organize reinforcements to resist, but Prince Li's army was already unstoppable. The 30,000 hastily organized new troops could not stop Lu Linfeng's power at all, and in just a few days, the army of Prince Li's mansion broke through Dongyi City.

The capital was suddenly plunged into chaos.

Fortunately, Lu Linfeng was not a man who went back on his word. He ordered the three armies not to disturb civilian homes and to head straight to the palace.

Upon hearing that Lu Linchu had sent people to pack up and prepare to cross the river, Fu Guiyun ordered You Dian to arrange five hundred assassins to hide outside Kunning Palace and wait for the two men to arrive.

Lu Linchu waited in the Yangxin Palace for a long time, but the queen and her two children never came to meet him.

While he was hesitating, Chu Huaixi had already led people over. Hearing that he was determined to wait for the queen to leave the palace together, he hurriedly reminded him: "At this point, Your Majesty, can't you see that all this is the Queen and Prince Li working together to murder Your Majesty?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lu Linchu said angrily.

"Why does Your Majesty trust the Queen so deeply?"

Chu Huaixi said anxiously, "When I came here, I heard that Cheng Kui had already fled the palace with the Crown Prince, Princess Yu and the Queen. The Queen is going to take the Crown Prince with her to surrender to Prince Li."

"impossible."

Lu Linchu picked up a bow and told his guards, "Follow me to Kunning Palace."

When the group hurriedly rushed to Kunning Palace, they found that Fu Guiyun was still in the palace. Lu Linchu's heart finally settled down.

He slapped Chu Huaixi in the face with anger and dropped his bow and arrow. He went forward with great joy and hugged Fu Guiyun tightly, shouting, "Guiyun, why don't you run away?"

Looking around, he did not see Lu Qingchen and Lu Qingyu, brother and sister, so he asked anxiously, "Where did the prince and princess go?"

"I have arranged for Cheng Kui to escort them out of the palace."

Fu Guiyun leaned against his shoulder and said in a cold voice, "Prince Li killed my mother. I am willing to die today to avenge her."

"What? Mother was killed by that bastard Prince Li?"

Lu Linchu was stunned.

Chu Huaixi came forward, covering his burning cheeks, and begged at the top of his lungs, "Your Majesty, please don't listen to the Queen's lies again. Let's leave the palace quickly and gather reinforcements to retake the imperial capital."

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