Turning misfortunes into good fortune starts with seizing the direct descendants in Kowloon

Chapter 41 Palace Change
  Lu Mingyuan finished reading the three hexagrams.

I couldn't help but click my tongue in my heart, it seemed that this military disaster was inevitable.

Immediately eliminate the last two options and look at the first hexagram.

The fate of "Swordsman"?
  Anyway, he didn't see any relationship between this destiny and the hexagram for the time being.

He can only judge that his current strength is enough to protect himself.

Putting aside the doubts in his heart, he smiled at the eighth prince Lu Yunqing: "Eighth brother, I think this matter needs long-term consideration."

Although he hoped that these brothers would die as soon as possible, no matter what Lu Yunqing said, he was considering it from his standpoint, and they were currently considered friendly forces.

Since they are friendly forces, they should be able to persuade him. Lu Yunqing should not die so early.

He would rather see the eldest prince, second prince, and third prince, and many unrelated people die in front, than Lu Yunqing, the second one to die in front. After all, the eighth prince is young, has read too many books, and has not had time to settle down. not enough.

It is very likely that he will die suddenly in this struggle for the crown prince.

"Brother Six, are you worried that Emperor Father will come back to blame you?"

Lu Yunqing seemed to have guessed Lu Mingyuan's decision and understood: "My father does not like the rules to be broken. If he knew that you left the cold palace without permission, he would really be furious."

He sighed again, his eyes dim: "The sage said: 'A gentleman cherishes virtue, and a villain cherishes earth'. We get along with each other based on affection, but in the eyes of eldest brother and the others, there is no trace of affection at all, only fullness. Full of interests. For the sake of interests, you can actually do such treacherous things."

Lu Mingyuan did not take the meaning of his words, but asked: "How sure are you and the third brother?"

Lu Yunqing's expression was very confident, "I'm very sure."

"The third brother holds military power and has the support of many children from military general families. Soldiers who often fight side by side come to the capital and are reused. After being promoted, they drink with him. This is enough to cope with most situations. Even without the Tiger Talisman, if the eldest brother takes the lead There’s nothing to be afraid of when you attack someone.”

Lu Mingyuan nodded silently.

The third prince, Lu Guangyao, has always been looked down upon.

Everyone in the world thought that he was a big boss who only knew how to practice martial arts. In fact, a force had already gathered around him, just waiting for the opportunity to explode.

What he was thinking was, would his grandfather be behind this to help him get out of trouble?

Otherwise, the third prince would not have been able to mobilize troops into the palace so smoothly tonight.

Generals only have the power to lead troops, but not to mobilize troops. The power to mobilize troops lies with the emperor and the Ministry of War.

To mobilize troops privately is a grave crime that will destroy the entire family.

According to the hexagrams, it cannot be ruled out that grandpa opened one eye and closed one eye to help, and mixed a bowl of water at night to send himself out of the palace.

But the problem is that the eldest prince himself has cabinet assistants and the power to supervise the country. It is not directly related to military power, but it is indirectly related. Once a transfer order is written, doesn't the Ministry of War still have to listen?

It’s really hard to say who will lose and who will win tonight.

After thinking about it, Lu Mingyuan smiled at Lu Yunqing and said, "Since my eighth brother is determined to give it a try, I won't stop him. Everyone has their own ambitions, so I still wish you good luck."

Lu Yunqing nodded lightly, with regret in his eyes: "Since Sixth Brother doesn't want to leave the palace, I have to take care of myself. Be careful and pay attention to safety tonight."

After bidding farewell to the Eighth Prince, Lu Mingyuan took a deep breath.

Next, what reason should he find to reject his grandfather?

Soon, night falls.

"Tattoo!"

The sound of horse hooves was heard, and groups of unicorn cavalry roared past. Many nobles passing by the imperial city panicked and tried to avoid them. They wanted to curse angrily, but when they saw the person coming dressed in animal-faced unicorn armor, they all shut their mouths. .

Dayan's Qilin cavalry is famous all over the world. A Qilin horizontal sword was given by the emperor himself, and it can kill those who are disobedient.

There has always been a ban on riding horses in the imperial city, but it seems to have become a fiction now.

The gate of the Imperial College.

Wearing a moon-blue chest-length skirt, the woman with a quiet temperament held a book under her arm and stepped on pink embroidered shoes. She walked out of the threshold, rubbing her eyebrows with her fingers, as if she could recover from the fatigue after a day like this.

"I have to make up lessons for the Royal Palace School in the evening, and I can't go to the night market tonight. The rouge eyebrow pencil in Ronghuazhai is half price tonight!"

"Cheer up, Qi Muxue, and never give up."

Qi Muxue breathed a sigh of relief. Even though she was exhausted, she had to cheer up.

She didn't really like giving lessons to noble children, because they didn't come to learn knowledge, but stared at her with a pair of round eyes.

However, many wealthy princes asked her to teach them by name, but no one else could do it, and she couldn't do anything about it herself.

At this time, a thin golden light came from the sky, showing the shadow of the word "Crane", and it came to her in an instant.

The thin light converged into a lifelike white crane. After the white crane unfolded, large characters with condensed literary style appeared in front of the eyes.

This is the same Confucian knowledge, paper cranes pass messages.

Qi Muxue's expression was not surprised, and strands of golden literary energy emerged in her palm, gathering into a three-legged golden crow-condensed writing brush, Void Royal Brush. After writing a few words, the paper crane flew away again.

"Why urge?"

She gave up the idea of ​​going home and walked straight towards the palace.

But soon she realized something was wrong.

The atmosphere was inexplicably solemn, there were few people on the street, and soldiers and horses trampled wantonly in the imperial city. After entering the palace, the door was closed tightly before the time came.
  Besides, are there too many soldiers on duty at the palace tonight?
  Qi Muxue is smart. She recalled that her father often talked about things at home recently. It was nothing more than eagerness for success and not being able to cooperate with others. However, she had never been interested and had never asked about it. However, she had made a guess at this time. eight.

She looked back at the sealed palace gate and could only continue walking towards the palace.

Soon they encountered a group of heavily armed Imperial Guards who came forward to question them.

"Who is here? What are you going to do?"

Qi Muxue said calmly: "I am Qi Muxue, Mr. Shengjing Academy. I plan to teach in the palace study."

When the leader of the forbidden army heard that she was the daughter of the prime minister, she looked more respectful, cupped her fists and said, "Miss Qi, it's better not to run around tonight."

Qi Muxue frowned: "Who told you to close the door so early?" "It's the eldest prince's order. We are just following orders."

Qi Muxue thought for a moment, and her frown deepened.

Where did the eldest prince get the power to mobilize troops?
  Is he trying to rebel?

"Isn't this Miss Qi? We meet again."

At this time, under the black tiles of the palace, a tall figure in a purple python robe appeared, looking at Qi Muxue with a smile on his face and shining eyes.

It was none other than the eldest prince Lu Changfeng.

Qi Muxue didn't want to see this person in the first place, but now seeing the other person's actions, she couldn't help but said coldly:
  "Your Highness, is what you are doing now somewhat inappropriate and inconsistent with the laws of Great Yan?"

When Lu Changfeng heard this, he was not angry, but smiled softly and said, "Mr. Qi, didn't he tell you about this? Yes, this matter is confidential, so it's normal not to know."

"I'm not afraid to tell you. Anyway, time is fast. Tomorrow morning, I will officially take over the power of supervising the country and take charge of the cabinet."

"Take over the power of supervising the country and take charge of the cabinet?"

Hearing these words, Qi Muxue was suddenly stunned.

The first reaction was disbelief.

How could Emperor Yong'an make such a decision?
  The eldest prince is a man with no ambitions, high ambitions and low hands. How could the Holy Emperor give him the power to supervise the country?
  After calming down, my second reaction was to question.

Question authenticity.

This couldn't be a lie told by the eldest prince to justify himself, to give his treason a shiny disguise.

But his father knew about it.
  For a moment, she wasn't sure.

"Miss Qi, how about we go sit in the room, drink a cup of tea, and discuss life?"

Seeing the silent Qi Muxue, who seemed to be in control and in sight of victory, Lu Changfeng gained a lot of confidence to even speak. He took the initiative to take a step closer to Qi Muxue, shook his big hand, and wanted to take him into his arms.

But Qi Muxue reacted quickly, stepped back and dodged, and golden ink appeared on her fingertips, warning:
  "Your Highness, King Zhao, please respect yourself!"

Seeing her reaction, Lu Changfeng's face darkened and he said in a gloomy tone: "Qi Muxue, don't be ignorant of praise. Sooner or later, I will win the position of crown prince. When the time comes, your Qi family will be the heroes, and I will definitely come to ask for your hand in marriage." , when the time comes to seek marriage, it won’t be up to you.”

Obviously, he was also annoyed by Qi Muxue's repeated rejections.

Hearing these words, Qi Muxue was also very angry, and sullenness appeared on her smooth and jade-like face: "My father really misjudged the person!"

Lu Changfeng snorted coldly: "Your father is right. In this battle for the crown prince, I will be the winner in the end. It's because you don't know how to commend yourself and don't understand the general trend."

When Qi Muxue was still about to say something, a report from the Forbidden Army suddenly came from outside the hospital.

"Your Highness, something happened outside the palace!"

A soldier quickly ran to Lu Changfeng, knelt down and said.

"what?"

Lu Changfeng frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"The third prince has brought someone into the palace!"

Hearing this, Lu Changfeng suddenly became furious. There was fire in his eyes, and his voice was cold: "How outrageous! Does he want to rebel?"

He immediately ignored Qi Muxue and led his troops to the gate of the palace.

Qi Muxue glanced at the solemn palace, and immediately wrote a letter in the void. The golden words were like jumping sparks, forming a paper crane and flying towards the outside of the palace, and then ran into the palace alone.

The Great Yan Palace is not quiet tonight.

The entire imperial city was alarmed.

In front of the palace gate, there are many black armors and mountains of shields, and the atmosphere is solemn.

Lu Changfeng crossed the shield wall and saw the leader of the Mingguang Dragon Armor. The corners of his python robe were exposed. The tall man with muscular body was the third prince Lu Guangyao.

"Lao San, do you want to rebel?"

Lu Changfeng asked loudly.

Lu Guangyao held a silver spear that was taller than a man, pointed at Lu Changfeng and sneered, "I think you are the one who wants to rebel. If you dare to mobilize troops to surround the palace and control the cabinet, do you think your father is gone?"

Lu Changfeng angrily rebuked: "I am the person appointed by my father to supervise the country. I will take over the power tomorrow. Now I am in charge of the palace and deploying troops to prepare for the grand ceremony of supervising the country tomorrow. What is wrong with this?"

When Lu Guangyao heard this, he seemed to have heard something funny, and sneered: "What a bullshit power to supervise the country. I am also the King of Chu. Why didn't I hear that my father had made such a decision before I left to break out of the encirclement?"

"That's because you're not qualified!"

Lu Guangyao didn't listen at all. He looked at Lu Changfeng with cold eyes and sneered: "Stop making excuses, brother, you just found a reason to plot rebellion. Don't think that I don't know how many officials you have contacted privately. Are you just waiting for the day when your father leaves the capital?"

Seeing that the other party was not being reasonable at all, Lu Changfeng also gave up reasoning. He snorted coldly and said: "I have control over the entire palace's imperial army, as well as all the military power in the imperial capital, including the Ming Deng Division and the monks from the three academies. What are you going to do with me?" Shall I fight?"

"really?"

Lu Guangyao smiled meaningfully and waved his halberd.

"Do you really think that my brothers from the Qilin Guards' Huzi camp are just living without food?"

He glanced back and said in a thunderous voice: "Brothers, what do you say?"

Rows of neatly dressed Qilin Guards in animal-faced unicorn armor knocked the tiger-head shields in their hands and shouted:

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Lu Changfeng looked ugly, laughed angrily, pointed at them and said:
  "Okay, okay, let's see who lives and who dies tonight!"

(End of this chapter)