Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 400 Approaching (17)
Lu Zeshen brought a large number of precious medicinal materials from the imperial pharmacy in the palace, and gave her whatever was expensive. It is said that this was the emperor's special order.

Even a thousand-year-old ginseng that the feudal kingdom paid tribute to, the emperor gave it to Gu Qingmei rather than eat it.

With so many good medicines to mend her body, it's hard to think about her health.

"Let me make trouble, you haven't had a good year." Gu Qingmei said embarrassedly while lying on the bed.

"It's Chinese New Year every year, but it's just a meal for the whole family. What's the point? You can live here with peace of mind, don't worry about other things, let alone worry. The nanny will take care of your child. For your natal family and grandma I've also sent someone to deliver the New Year's gift from home, so don't worry." Sitting next to the bed, the fourth concubine personally fed her chicken soup. Now that the fourth concubine is a new mother, her figure is slightly plump. But even more beautiful than before.

"It's a pity to say it. I still hope that you will have a daughter so that I can marry and be a daughter-in-law in the future. Who knew that you also gave birth to a son."

Gu Qingmei said with a smile: "Then the fourth concubine will work harder, strive for the next child to be a princess, and marry into my family as a daughter-in-law."

"With a rich man like you as a mother-in-law, if I really give birth to a daughter, I won't rush to put it in your house."

The two were talking and laughing, but suddenly they felt the earth shake.

Lu Qingmei was startled, "What's the matter? Could it be an earthquake?"

"It's nothing..." the fourth princess said flatly. "It's just the movement of the cavalry."

"Horse team? How many horses can there be such a movement?" Gu Qingmei didn't believe it, but seeing the calm look of the fourth princess, she also knew that it would not be an earthquake, so she asked. "Fourth imperial concubine, you and I love sisters, you can't hide things from me!"

Embarrassment suddenly appeared on the face of the Fourth Prince, she was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "It's not that I want to hide it from you, but the Fourth Prince won't let me tell you, lest you worry."

"Fourth imperial concubine, if you don't tell me, I will only be more worried."

The fourth prince and concubine sighed softly, and said helplessly: "That's right, the Marquis of Xileng is rebellious!"

Lu Qingmei's eyes widened in horror, "Then this movement is..."

The fourth concubine nodded worriedly, "They came to the capital today."

"But...how could it be?" Gu Qingmei said incredulously. "Southern Xinjiang is thousands of miles away, and most of them are mountain roads. How could they come here so quickly?"

"I don't know about that. The Fourth Prince seldom talks to me about court affairs. This time, he was afraid that I might not know. When the time came, he would panic, so he told me in advance, so that I could accompany you and let you not Fear."

"What about the people in the Xilenhou Mansion?" She couldn't help asking, if someone else in the Xilenhou Mansion died, she didn't care at all, but Fang Zheng...she really didn't want him to die.

In any case, Fang Zheng is kind to her.

He wrote her a letter to warn her, and also led the way for the fourth prince and others to save her. Such kindness made her unable not to worry about him.

"Fang Zheng was arrested and imprisoned in the sky prison, but everyone else disappeared. Except for some servants, the family members of the Marquis of Xileng's mansion were all gone. It must have been known that the Marquis of Xileng was going to rebel, so hid."

Gu Qingmei closed her eyes lightly. At first she thought it was because of her own affairs that the Marquis of Xileng rebelled, but after careful consideration, she felt that something was wrong. It was really because of the road.

She had seen the topographical map of the Suye Dynasty in Murong Yu's study. According to the data marked on it, the Suye Dynasty had a vast territory, with a territory of more than 1 miles from the north to the south, and the capital city was located in the east of the center, far from the border gates on the north and south sides. It's about the same distance, more than 5000 miles.

For a distance of more than 5000 miles, even if it is an urgent [-] miles, it will take seven days without sleep to send the letter into the capital.

If the Marquis of Xileng really rebelled, he would have to bring at least 30 to [-] troops to fight. How could he break through hundreds of cities across the state and provinces so easily?
What's more, it's winter now, and the door is blocked by heavy snow. How could the Marquis of Xileng rush to the capital in such a short time?
She was puzzled here, and naturally she couldn't think that since the death of the crown prince, the crown princess had asked Fang Chao to send someone to deliver a letter to the Marquis of Xileng, and Fang Chao hadn't written a letter to the Marquis of Xileng, fearing that something might happen. Once something happened, the letter fell into the hands of others and became a clue, so I only sent a counselor to analyze the stakes in it to the Marquis of Xileng.

So the Marquis of Xileng made an appointment with him on the time to raise troops.

During this period, Marquis Xileng sent his confidants to the capital to assist Fang Chao in his affairs.

In addition, he successively sent 5 people, disguised as merchants or ordinary people, to places closer to the capital, bought some houses with large sums of money, and then hid them quietly.

Of course he would not tell his subordinates that he was planning to rebel, but he just told his subordinates that the prince was murdered, the emperor was under house arrest, and the fourth prince was about to rebel.

Moreover, he forged an imperial decree, saying that he was going back to Beijing to report on his duties. After everything was arranged, he brought dozens of entourages and rode fast horses all the way north, crossing states and provinces. In a city, if you show the imperial decree to the local government, it will naturally pass without hindrance.

So, in just [-] days, he came to the capital, assembled the [-] soldiers and horses he had hidden long ago, and chose the day of New Year's Eve to set up a battle outside the capital. Make preparations for the siege.

Gu Qingmei was unavoidably worried, because she knew very well that there were only 1000 imperial guards in the city, plus a few hundred city patrol soldiers, and a hundred or so servants from the Kyoto Prefecture. Ma Du followed Murong Yu to the expedition, and only [-] people were left in each camp to watch the house, which was not enough for a plate of food.

Not to mention that those so-called imperial guards are actually just dudes, fighting and making trouble are all elites, as for marching and fighting, forget it.

At this moment when she was worried, all the imperial guards in the imperial palace walked out of the imperial palace and came to the city wall under the order of the emperor. Prepare.

The military generals headed by Murong Ning also went to the top of the city to inspect the rolling logs, stones and other materials that everyone had prepared.

But the southern army outside the city was just busy setting up tents, and then burying pots to make food, and did not appear to be attacking the city.

Just after the three thousand forbidden troops left the palace, people climbed out of a dry well in the backyard of the East Palace one after another. These people were all dressed in black leather armor, dark blue cloaks, and holding swords. The yard is lined.

(End of this chapter)