Chapter 320: Rescue the King
Chapter 320: Rescue the King
Upon hearing that the Regent Princess had arrived, Cheng Haonan stood up in surprise.
Didn't two thousand imperial guards surround the Prince Regent's Palace? The city gates were also blocked. Did the Princess Regent fly out with wings?
Cheng Haonan led thirty personal soldiers out of the tent and came to the road blocked by barricades in front of the camp gate.
On a tall, pure white warhorse was the Regent Princess wearing a bright red cloak. In her arms was a baby, who should be the young master Zhao Wubing of the Regent's Palace.
The Regent Princess was accompanied by only twenty people, including guards and maids. I don't know how she got out of the city? If she wants to enter the Moyun Cavalry Camp, she can't be allowed in.
The three hundred soldiers guarding the roadblocks were respectful but curious about the princess, stealing glances at the regent princess who had a beautiful appearance but a bad reputation.
Luo Li was holding her three-month-old son in her arms. She did not show off her status to the soldiers. She just waited there with a smile on her face, waiting for the general in charge to come and let them pass.
Cheng Haonan stepped forward and respectfully clasped his fists and saluted, "General Cheng Haonan, I greet the Regent Princess."
Luo Li smiled sweetly, "General Cheng, please don't be polite. I want to go to the Moyun Cavalry Camp. Please let me pass."
Cheng Haonan acted in a businesslike manner, his face straightened, "Reporting to the princess, I am ordered to guard this intersection and not let anyone in or out. Please turn back and don't embarrass me."
"By order?" Luo Li smiled faintly again and raised her voice, "The little emperor has been seriously ill and unconscious for two and a half days. How could there be an imperial edict? This princess came to the Moyun Cavalry Camp to get a kind of medicine and go to the palace to treat the emperor and save his life. Otherwise, why would I be so anxious to come here on horseback, holding my three-month-old baby son?
General Cheng, could it be that someone took advantage of the emperor's coma and forged an imperial decree to deceive you into rebellion?
Brothers of the Imperial Guards, please don't be fooled! This princess is in a hurry to get medicine to the palace to save the emperor's life. There is no time to waste. Don't be confused and become the murderer of the traitor!
If you fail to save the emperor because of the delay, you will risk the death of your entire clan!"
There was a commotion among the three hundred soldiers, and several of them were about to pull aside the roadblocks to let the princess pass.
[Is this a stupid princess with a mental illness? This lie is rounder than the sun, and this incitement is more powerful than a general. ]
Cheng Haonan was secretly complaining in his heart, feeling both angry and admiring. He saw more and more soldiers running towards the military camp. After hearing the words of the silly princess, the soldiers all looked at him, the Du Yu Hou, with suspicion.
He sighed helplessly. Forget it. Just let the silly princess go! Otherwise, except for the soldiers around him, all the soldiers in the camp would suspect that he, Cheng Haonan, was in cahoots with the traitor who forged the imperial edict.
Thinking of this, Cheng Haonan felt a surge of sadness in his heart. Father, brother, you are so greedy and ambitious that you have caused me so much trouble!
He waved his hand and said, "Move away the roadblocks and let the princess pass." After a struggle between his conscience and his desires, Cheng Haonan made the most wise choice of his life with difficulty.
After Luo Li entered the Mo Yun Cavalry Camp, Mo Wen, who had been promoted to deputy commander, came out to greet her.
"Your humble servant greets the princess!" Mo Wen stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and saluted.
Luo Li was helped off the horse by Hong Gu and Mo Ming, with a serious look on her face: "No need to be polite! Mo Wen, gather the generals and go into the house to discuss the military situation."
The three officers of the Moyun Cavalry were summoned and greeted the princess. They all looked angry. Last night, the barracks were suddenly surrounded by 20,000 troops under orders. They had been holding back their anger and frustration for a whole night and half a day.
Mo Wen took the lead and said, "Princess, tell me what to do! Should we charge into the palace to question the young emperor Zhao Wuji, or should we protect you and the young prince and retreat to join the prince's army?"
Luo Li said calmly: "You don't have to doubt Wu Ji, he may be in a more dangerous situation than us.
I will not abandon Wu Ji and my mother and run away. We must go to the palace to rescue the king!"
The princess trusted the young emperor Zhao Wuji, and the grievances of the generals disappeared, leaving only anger. Who was the daring guy who dared to hold the emperor hostage and falsely convey the imperial edict?
An hour later, Hong Gu, Yang Yanqi and Gao Ruoying also came to the Moyun Cavalry Camp. Cheng Haonan let them pass, but stopped the 800 female soldiers. He also asked them to bring a message to the Regent Princess. This was the best Cheng Haonan could do.
After hearing Luo Li's plan, Gao Ruoying said anxiously: "Luo Li, since you have made up your mind, let's act quickly! Three thousand elite Moyun Cavalry soldiers plus eight hundred big-footed female soldiers, with the newly produced thunder bombs, I want to see who can stop it?"
Luo Li drank two sips of tea slowly, handed the sleeping child in her arms to Ruhua, and then smiled faintly, "No hurry, let's wait for a few more people."……………………
In the palace, the young emperor Zhao Wuji came to Shuning Palace and breathed a sigh of relief to see that his mother, who had been surrounded and imprisoned by the imperial guards, was safe and sound.
Yu Li angrily stepped forward and slapped him on the shoulder, "Wu Ji, aren't you the most powerful emperor in this palace? Why did those soldiers block the Empress Dowager and me in the room and not let us go out?
They dare not even listen to you. You are too incompetent as an emperor, and you, Zhao Wuji, are too useless! Otherwise, how about we use the swords in our hands to protect the Queen Mother and fight together? "
The young emperor Zhao Wuji was filled with shame and hurriedly coaxed Yuli, "Sister Yuli, please don't be impulsive. Otherwise, it won't just be the two of us who will die, but also our mother, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager."
Calm down, calm down! Sister Yuli, you need to calm down and protect our mother. I will find a way to deal with it."
Empress Dowager Zhaoning looked at her son, feeling as if her heart was being cut by a knife and fried in oil. The people who led the palace coup turned out to be her father and elder brother from her mother's family. This made her feel guilty towards her uncle Zhao Defang and Li'er!
"My son, you have to promise me." Empress Dowager Zhaoning tried hard to hold back the tears in her eyes and looked at her son with a serious face, "No matter what time it is, even if mother and son lose their lives, don't do anything that would let your uncle and aunt down!"
Zhao Wuji's expression straightened!
His eyes were firm: "Mother, don't worry! I am not a heartless person. At any time, I, Zhao Wuji, will never do anything to let down my uncle and aunt!"
Yu Li patted the little emperor's shoulder happily, "Wu Ji, you are good, you have a conscience."
The young emperor, who was praised by sister Yuli, smiled and said, "My life was saved by my uncle and aunt, and my throne was given to me by my uncle. How could I harm my uncle and aunt for this broken throne?"
The tears that had been accumulating in Empress Dowager Zhaoning finally flowed down, and she choked with relief and said, "Wuji, I am very pleased that you think this way. Your uncle and aunt have not loved you in vain."
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