Situ Yun was finally forced by Su Shuiche and the others to agree to rescue Long Xiyue, who was most likely going to be snatched away to be used as a ladder.
Liang Enzai, on the other hand, finished his breakfast in a few bites and left coolly.
"Enzai … he's been acting strange lately.
It's not entirely true that he doesn't care about Xiyue, "Feng Caiyun murmured as she rested her chin on her hand and looked in the direction that Liang Enzai had disappeared.
"That's his way of showing concern.
You women only know that snatching the embroidered ball is saving Long Xiyue.
But what happens after that? "Liang Xuanjing asked calmly.
Although Enzai wasn't his biological son, their chemistry over the past seventeen years had long surpassed that of a biological son.
He wouldn't have agreed to his daughter's suggestion if he didn't know what Enzai was worried about.
"After that?" Feng Caiyun and Su Shuiche looked at each other in confusion. They didn't understand what the old prince meant.
"Sigh, I told you women would only see it!
The Emperor only asked Long Xiyue to toss the embroidered ball for Third Princess.
He didn't emphasize that it was a substitute.
How could I not know what the Emperor was thinking?
If the person tossing the embroidered ball was someone who was skilled in both the pen and the sword and whom Third Princess admires, then Third Princess would be the one getting married.
If the person was extremely ordinary or ugly and Third Princess didn't like him, then Long Xiyue would undoubtedly be the one getting married. "
"Heavens!"
"No way!"
Feng Caiyun and Su Shuiche both cried out in disbelief.
What should they do now?
Everyone looked at Situ Yun again.
"Sigh, I've been wanting to say this for a long time. Since we're here to save someone, why not just kidnap her and leave? Why bother with the embroidered ball?" Situ Yun wiped his face and sighed helplessly.
"But Doctor Ouyang …"
"Isn't it just the Imperial Palace's dungeon?
Just rescue her.
Why are you causing so much trouble?! "
Situ Yun glanced at Lin Siyao with resentment. Beautiful sister didn't think of it, but did Martial Uncle not think of it as well?
No, he just wanted to watch the show.
In any case, in his heart, as long as it wasn't his beautiful sister or the twins who were in trouble, other people or things wouldn't affect him at all.
Alas, with Martial Uncle like this, it was Situ Yun's calamity.
"I've also thought of this method.
But … the Imperial Palace was different from other places. Who knew how many guards there were?
If we don't succeed, it won't just implicate Doctor Ouyang and Long Xiyue … "Liang Xuanjing shook his head helplessly.
He had already thought of this method when he learned that Ouyang Xun was locked in the dungeon.
However, no one was willing to take the risk.
Especially the courtiers whose families were in the imperial capital.
"Father, something happened in the Imperial Palace." Liang Enzai, who had left and returned, leaned against the doorpost of the dining room with a strange expression on his face.
It seemed … a little lucky … Su Shuiche had such a feeling in her heart.
…
Ouyang Xun was kidnapped?
Who did it?
Everyone who heard the news looked at each other in dismay.
They did have this idea, but it was just a thought. How could someone do it before them?!
Liang Xuanjing circled around the dining room and looked up at Liang Enzai. "It really wasn't you?"
"No." Liang Enzai replied without blinking.
He did think about it, but his rationality didn't let him take action in the end.
"Then Xiyue …"
"She's missing." Liang Enzai played with the cup in his hand, making it impossible for others to see the thoughts in his eyes.
"Missing?
If that's the case … "Liang Xuanjing paused." I'll go to the Imperial Palace. "
"Father, the Imperial Palace is on lockdown.
We can't go in. "Liang Enzai stopped Liang Xuanjing, who was in a hurry to go out.
"Lockdown?" Liang Xuanjing frowned and thought for a moment. He slowly guessed, "Could it be the Blood Hades …"
"I don't know.
Father, has the Imperial Family of Blood Hades ever been treated by Doctor Ouyang? "Liang Enzai stared at the cup in his hand and asked word by word.
"How is that possible!
Ouyang Xun is … "Liang Xuanjing waved his hand, trying to wave away Liang Enzai's nonsensical question. Halfway through, he suddenly stopped.
Ouyang Xun … Blood Hades … Heavens, isn't Ouyang Xun a citizen of Blood Hades?
Back then, because Third Master Huang was dissatisfied with the Emperor who took over the throne of the Dahui, he poisoned him with a fire silkworm poison that had almost no antidote. If not for Ouyang Xun, who had fled the Blood Hades to the Dahui and successfully detoxified the poison, the Kingdom of Dahui would have changed hands long ago.
After that, Ouyang Xun was kept in the Imperial Palace by the Emperor. In name, he was an imperial physician, but in reality, he was there to prevent the Emperor from being poisoned again.
Since then, Ouyang Xun had never mentioned the Blood Hades.
Now, twelve years had passed, and even they had almost forgotten the fact that Ouyang Xun was a citizen of the Blood Hades.
"If the Blood Hades really did kidnap Ouyang Xun and Long Xiyue, why did the Emperor seal the Imperial Palace?" Liang Xuanjing was puzzled.
"Enzai, who spread the news?"
"Si 'er."
Liang Enzai replied. Seeing Liang Xuanjing's puzzled expression, he explained softly, "He went to the Imperial Palace to see the Empress Dowager this morning and received the imperial edict at Huarui Palace."
"Then there shouldn't be a mistake." Liang Xuanjing couldn't help but start pacing again. "No, I have to go take a look."
"Master …" Feng Caiyun saw that Liang Xuanjing still wanted to enter the Imperial Palace at this time. She was afraid that something would happen to him, so she hurriedly pulled on Liang Xuanjing's sleeve. "Master, Enzai already said that the Imperial Palace has been sealed. Why do you …"
"You don't know, I …"
"Father, I'll go with you." Liang Enzai stood up.
"Enzai!" Feng Caiyun looked at Liang Enzai in disbelief.
It was fine if he didn't persuade his father, but he actually wanted to go with them himself.
Was he crazy?
"Don't worry, Auntie, I will protect Father." Liang Enzai didn't allow Feng Caiyun to persuade him and directly said this.
"Xu 'er, look at your father, he …" Feng Caiyun was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.
If their previous deductions were true, then if they went at this time, it was obvious that they were sending themselves to be slaughtered.
"Father … Ah Yao …" Su Shuiche didn't understand the content of their discussion.
She only knew that Doctor Ouyang and Xiyue had already been rescued.
It could be seen that Feng Caiyun was anxious and also a bit nervous.
She turned to look at Lin Siyao, who was silently accompanying her, with a pleading look.
"I'll go with them." Lin Siyao nodded at Su Shuiche.
Since they were her father and older brother, there was no reason for him to sit by and do nothing.
"But …" Su Shuiche anxiously grabbed his clothes.
She was indeed asking him for help, but she didn't have any intention of letting him go with them.
She only wanted him to think of a way to prevent them from going to the Imperial Palace.
"It's okay."
Lin Siyao comforted her with a smile. Liang Xuanjing and Liang Enzai's attitude clearly showed that they wouldn't give up until they found out what was going on. If he opened his mouth to persuade them to stay, it would undoubtedly be despising their responsibility as officials.
How could officials stay out of trouble when the Imperial Family was in trouble?!
"Alas, what should we do now?"
Feng Caiyun watched the three men file out the door and couldn't help but sigh, "I should have told him to avoid the Imperial Family's matters …"
… …
On the sixth day of the third month of the twelfth year of Feng Qing, it was supposed to be Emperor Dahui's 50th birthday. It was also the long-rumored day of the Third Princess throwing an embroidered ball to find her husband.
However, the imperial capital, Feng City, didn't have the slightest bit of joy. The whole city seemed to be shrouded in a huge dark cloud before the storm. It was terrifyingly silent.
Two hours before this, the Imperial Palace of Dahui sent out an urgent notice. The Emperor's birthday ceremony was canceled, the Emperor's inspection was canceled, and the Third Princess's Hongyan Terrace was canceled.
The three cancellation notices in a row shocked the people who had already gathered on the streets of the imperial capital.
Under the solemn protection of the armed guards of the imperial capital, the people in the city had no choice but to withdraw from the main street in an orderly manner. Some returned home, some left the city … until the central square of the imperial capital, An Bao Street, An You Street, and Hongyan Terrace were all empty.
Except for the armed guards patrolling everywhere.
… …
"How is it?
Still can't get in? "Liang Xuanjing looked at Liang Enzai who was walking quickly and asked anxiously.
"Yes.
The palace walls are all sealed.
Half an hour ago, all the palace doors were closed. "Liang Enzai frowned and reported the news he had inquired.
"This …" Liang Xuanjing listened to his son's report in a daze and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
The palace walls were sealed … all the palace doors were closed … no entry or exit … no entry or exit …
How could such a measure be the order of the Emperor?
Absolutely not!
"No matter what, I have to go into the palace." Liang Xuanjing said in a low but determined voice.
If he didn't go in, he wouldn't be able to find out the truth.
If, if all of this was the Emperor's arrangement, and he disregarded the imperial order and went against the flow into the palace, then he would accept it.
It was better than sitting and waiting for death.
"Father …" Liang Enzai wanted to advise him not to rashly enter the palace. After all, no one knew what was going on in the palace.
If that person in the palace wanted to test this group of nobles and officials, anyone who barged in would be sent straight to the dungeon.
But looking at Liang Xuanjing's anxious expression, Liang Enzai swallowed the rest of his words of comfort.
How could he not know what kind of person his father was?
He was straightforward and didn't like to beat around the bush.
He would use the most direct method to eliminate any doubts.
Moreover, his father was most concerned about the people of the Dahui.
If the Blood Hades were really causing trouble in the palace, if they didn't stop it in time, or if it was difficult to stop it, it meant that the Dahui would once again face the chaos of war a hundred years ago.
Thinking of this, Liang Enzai sighed softly, "Father, I'll go."
"You're not allowed to go!" Liang Xuanjing said in a low voice.
"But father …" Liang Enzai helplessly glanced at Liang Xuanjing's determined face, "You don't know martial arts, even if you go …" It would be a waste.
He would be controlled within a few steps.
"So what if I don't know martial arts, it's not like I'm going to fight!" Liang Xuanjing glared.
Even though he knew that his son wasn't looking down on him, but was just concerned about him, why did these words sound so terrifying?
"Father …" Liang Enzai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He then gave a look to Lin Siyao, who had been quietly standing behind Liang Xuanjing, to tell him to take his father away and not let him climb the palace walls and be caught by the palace guards as a thief.
"I'll go." Unexpectedly, Lin Siyao coldly said these two words in return, and then his figure disappeared.
"Son …" Liang Xuanjing looked at Liang Enzai, "My worthy son-in-law, he …" His martial arts were actually so profound?
He didn't even see clearly how he climbed the palace walls.
"Let's go home and wait for news, father." Liang Enzai looked away and suggested to Liang Xuanjing.
Even though he had thought of using Lin Siyao before, today was not the day.
Sigh, this time, he would be drowned in his sister's tears.
He originally came with them, but entered the palace in their place … He hoped that he would go and return early.
(To be continued.
If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)