Hairpin Phoenix

   Chapter 655 Shock (1)

  bangbangbang!

   Three shifts!

  Lu Mingyu was sleeping soundly, when he heard a faint sound of playing, he turned over. For some reason, my heart beat fast, I woke up suddenly, and sat up.

   Qiyun, who was on duty at night, rubbed her eyes and asked in a low voice, "Why did the niangniang wake up?"

   "Qiyun," Lu Mingyu frowned and whispered quickly, "I feel a chill in my heart for no reason, and I sweat down my back."

   The last time I had such a bad feeling was that Li Jing was seriously injured.

   This time, for no reason, why is there such a strong unease all of a sudden?

  Qiyun suddenly woke up, looked at Lu Mingyu's condensed brows, and said softly, "Did Niangniang have a nightmare?"

   "No, I didn't have nightmares." Lu Mingyu said quickly: "I'll get up now and let the soldiers look around. Is there something wrong in the palace."

  Lu Mingyu neatly stayed and put on clothes and shoes. With a glance, he took the jade sword beside the bed into his hand.

  The familiar hilt started, and Lu Mingyu's rapidly beating heart became much calmer.

   She pushed the door and walked out of the bedroom, under the porch.

   She brought a hundred personal soldiers into the palace. These 100 people are all brave and loyal. Divide into two shifts every day and stay by Lu Mingyu's side.

When   Lu Mingyu appeared, the soldiers were all surprised.

   In the middle of the night, why did Empress suddenly get up and come out?

  Lu Mingyu opened his mouth, called a few useful personal soldiers over, and whispered: "Now you go out of the East Palace, go to the palace gate, and ask who entered the palace tonight."

   The personal soldiers immediately retreated.

  Lu Mingyu had no sleepiness at all, and simply turned around in the East Palace. After only half a circle, some personal soldiers hurried back and forth: "Qi Niangniang, tonight, His Royal Highness the First Prince entered the palace to see you. He entered the Wenhua Hall more than an hour ago, and has never come out."

   First Prince?

  Lu Mingyu's heart skipped a beat, and the bad premonition grew stronger.

   After a while, another personal soldier came back and said: "Qi Niangniang, before a stick of incense, someone in the Wenhua Hall came out of the palace to pass a decree, and the emperor urgently summoned Qiao Ge Lao and several Shangshu adults to enter the palace."

  Lu Mingyu's temple jumped suddenly.

   Wrong!

   With the temper of Emperor Yongjia, even if something happened in the palace, he would not rush to summon the civil servants into the palace in the middle of the night. In fact, after Emperor Yongjia fell ill, he refused to see anyone.

   Take a step back and say, even if something happens, you can wait until dawn. What can I do, so urgent that I call the civil servants into the palace in the middle of the night? Moreover, the first prince has not left.

  In the Wenhua Hall, something must have happened!

  Lu Mingyu's brows twitched again, and he soon made a decision: "Go and call all the personal soldiers and follow me to Wenhua Hall."

   The soldiers responded in unison.

   Before a cup of tea, all the personal soldiers came.

  Lu Mingyu didn't say much, and walked out of the East Palace.

  There are guards in the royal forest patrolling around the palace. Lu Mingyu led more than 100 personal soldiers out of the East Palace. This battle immediately alerted a group of guards in the royal forest who were patrolling the night.

   "Please stop!"

   There were about fifty guards in this team, and the leader of the guards stopped Lu Mingyu first. Under Lu Mingyu's condensed gaze, she bit her head and opened her mouth: "There are rules in the palace, you can't walk around when the Hai is over. Please go back to the East Palace to rest."

  Lu Mingyu said coldly: "I have something important to go to the Wenhua Hall. If I offend the royal father, the royal father will decree the crime. You all retire."

   Even General Liang couldn't stop the Crown Princess, these imperial guards, they did their duty to comfort them, that's all.

   The leader of the guards was about to retreat silently when Lu Mingyu suddenly stopped him: "Who is on duty outside the Wenhua Hall tonight?"

   The head of the guard replied, "It's Colonel Liang."

   Liang Dalang has a high official position and is generally called General Liang. Liang Xiaowei was Liang Erlang.

  Lu Mingyu nodded slightly: "You go to General Liang now, and tell me that I have something important and invite him to Wenhua Hall with me."

   The leader of the guards was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he bowed his hands.

  Lu Mingyu calmed down and continued to move forward.

   It is summer now. The weather is hot and dry during the day, and at night, the hot and dry air fades away, and the night wind reveals some coolness. Lu Mingyu clenched the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and his thoughts were tumbling in his heart.

   Walking fast all the way without stopping, after a stick of incense, Lu Mingyu arrived outside the Wenhua Hall.

   Hundreds of guards with swords stood outside the hall. Naturally, you have to come and stop.

  Lu Mingyu walked this way, and the originally boiling mood calmed down a lot. She opened her mouth and said to the head guard, "Where is Xiaowei Liang?"

  The head of the guard replied: "Liang Xiaowei was called in, but he never came out."

  Lu Mingyu's pupils shrank slightly and asked again, "Has Your Highness ever come out?"

   The leader of the guards continued to answer: "No."

  Lu Mingyu asked again: "Have General Liang and Eunuch Liu ever made an appearance?"

   asked three consecutive questions, and the head of the guards felt that something was wrong: "I haven't shown up."

   Sure enough, something happened!

  Lu Mingyu's eyes were cold, and he looked in the direction of the emperor's bedroom: "Go to the communication immediately, I want to meet the father and emperor."

   The head of the guard was pounding in his heart, and he didn't dare to say more.

   After a while, the **** Little Li, who was delivering the letter, came back: "The servants are going to report, and the emperor said that no one will be seen." Little Li Gonggong was the godson of Liu Gonggong, and he was responsible for sending letters on weekdays.

  Lu Mingyu sneered: "Have you seen your father with your own eyes?"

   Eunuch Li shook his head.

   "Have you ever seen Eunuch Liu?"

   Xiaoli Eunuch said: "It is the words of His Royal Highness the First Prince, and the servants did not see Eunuch Liu."

Lu Mingyu's heart was as cold as ice, and the words she said were also cold: "Go again, and say that I must meet the father tonight. If the father does not see me, let General Liang and Eunuch Liu come out to see me. A stick of incense. After there was no movement, I just broke in. Let's see who dares to stop me!"

  …

   Knock Knock Knock!

   The annoying knock on the door rang again.

   The eldest prince's eyelids kept beating, his face was distorted and he gritted his teeth: "Damn!"

   Damn Lu Mingyu!

   In the middle of the night, why did you come to the Wenhua Palace without staying in the East Palace?

  General Liang's shoulders were still bleeding, and the front of his shirt was dyed red. The eldest prince had no intention of dressing him up. General Liang's face gradually lost its color.

   Hearing the knock on the door, General Liang was so excited that his body trembled, and his heart filled with ecstasy.

   Eunuch Li raised his voice and said, "Report to the emperor, the crown princess and the concubine have ordered the servants to report again. She said that she must see the emperor tonight. If the emperor is not there, please ask General Liang and Eunuch Liu to go out to see him."

   The eldest prince's face was ashen, and he simply turned a deaf ear.

   Eunuch Li waited outside for a while, without waiting for a reply, an inexplicable panic surged in his heart.

  Why did Eunuch Liu keep silent?

   What about General Liang?

  Why don't you make a sound?

   Could it be that something really happened in the bedroom?

   Eunuch Li gathered up his courage and said loudly: "The Crown Princess said, wait for a stick of incense, if General Liang and Eunuch Liu don't come out, the empress will force her way."

   (end of this chapter)