The whole family of villains criticized her wildly, but the princess treated her with medical treatm

"Arrived at the city gate at noon tomorrow..."

Mu Tingxue murmured, calculating rapidly in her mind.

It is also noon time.

In other words, no matter what, she must survive these twelve hours!

With only a few thousand special forces from the top barracks, 20,000 salt-making Zhenbei Army, and nearly 10,000 Cui family slaves sponsored by the eldest brother-in-law, the total is only a little over 30,000. Some of these troops must be allocated to protect the safety of the Yan family. It would be very difficult for the remaining soldiers to forcefully break through the heavily defended and prepared 100,000 Kingo Guards.

What's more, Li Dang already knew that she had occupied the arsenal on the outskirts of the city, and also discovered that she was trying every means to get soldiers into Yundu City. He must have guessed her intentions for a coup, and must have made adequate preparations to prevent it.

Otherwise, how could he use ruthless tricks again and again to trick Yan Yang's most beloved nephew Qin Zhaoyi into surrendering?

At this time, the 150,000 Southeast Navy troops of disciple Su Zixiu are particularly important.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Even if Governor Su's army reaches Yundu, it will be difficult for them to enter the city."

Huang Zhu expressed his worries, "Master said that the leader of the Li Party is a vicious snake with eight thousand tricks. Before, you used the banner of relieving the families of 250,000 martyrs to let the top soldiers under you The battalion transported food into the imperial city, and asked the 20,000 soldiers from Tianchiling and Fengming Valley to transport refined salt into the imperial city. This had seriously violated the taboo of deviation and aroused his strong alarm. He had already strengthened the defense of the five city gates. , we will never let the southeastern army enter the city!"

People like Huang Zhu who are not good at strategy and calculation can see things, how could Mu Tingxue not see it?

"It doesn't matter whether we can get in or not. What's important is that Zixiu's 150,000 troops support me, and they are right at the gate of the city and can surround the imperial city."

Mu Tingxue took a deep breath, with a shrewd look in her eyes, "What we want to borrow is the power of these 150,000 navy troops. It will create a strong sense of oppression in the Li Dang and the 100,000 forbidden troops. At the same time, it boosts the morale of our troops.”

"Position".

It's a very important thing.

These 30,000 people followed her to launch a palace coup. They didn't say anything, but they were somewhat afraid in their hearts. Once you have fear, you will be timid when fighting.

But if these 30,000 people knew that there were 150,000 reinforcements at the city gate, it would be completely different. Their morale will be boosted, like a reassurance shot. The total number of troops will crush the Forbidden Army. What else do they have to fear? Just do it!

At that time, it is Xie Xuanchen and Li Fan who should be afraid!

Not far away, the favored eunuch Wei Xianggao walked over with a smile on his face.

Mu Tingxue and Huang Zhu immediately stopped discussing the coup army.

Since the death of the regent in the war, Yan Dang's power has been greatly reduced, and his mother has gradually lost power. Regarding the eunuchs in the inner court, their rights have also undergone major changes.

The eunuchs in the inner court are divided into twelve eunuchs, four departments, and eight bureaus, including the ceremonial eunuch, the royal eunuch, the weaving bureau, the needlework bureau, etc. Among them, the Secretary of Ceremonies is the leader, and the biggest official position of the Secretary of Ceremonies is the eunuch of the palm, which is similar to the emperor's personal secretary-general. This position was previously held concurrently by Eunuch Huang, the governor of the East Factory, who was responsible for the post-mother's secretary-general.

But now, this position fell to Xie Xuanchen's eunuch Wei Xianggao.

The mother's loss of power was top-down and comprehensive. Even his control over the eunuchs in the inner court has plummeted.

Fortunately for Mu Tingxue, Eunuch Huang was still the governor of Dongchang, a secret service agency, and could continue to pass on information to him. To this day, all the big and small movements in Yundu City are compiled into a book every morning and appear on the desk of her eldest princess's mansion.

Wei Xianggao was naturally very proud of his promotion. He walked as if there was wind under his feet: "I would like to report to Your Highness the Princess, your Majesty's oral instructions, and ask you to go to the imperial study room to read them."

Mu Tingxue nodded: "What can you do, Your Majesty?"

Eunuch Wei smiled, a very uncomfortable fake smile: "It's about the tiger talisman. Your Majesty has appointed Li Yuan as the new Zhenbei Governor. However, the tiger talisman of the Zhenbei Army can't be found anywhere. , I came here to ask."

Mu Tingxue responded with an even more fake smile: "I'm in charge of the finances of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Regarding military matters, I should ask the Ministry of War."

The ball was kicked back.

"Hey, look what you said."

Eunuch Wei's fake smile became a bit unbearable and turned into a bitter face, "Stop teasing me, everyone in the Yundu Imperial City knows that your influence in the Zhenbei Army is resounding. That 250,000 The martyrs and their families all support you. The remaining 250,000 remnants of the Northern Suppressing Army are currently guarding the northern border. They also refuse to listen to the dispatch orders of the new governor on the grounds that they do not have the Northern Suppressing Tiger Talisman. And Maomaoshan and Tianchi You can mobilize the 30,000 troops to suppress the North in Ling and Fengming Valley at will... even a fool will understand where the tiger talisman is!"

He didn't want to play riddles with the eldest princess, so he just broke it off.

His Majesty the Emperor and Lord Li have already guessed that the Zhenbei Army Tiger Talisman is on you, hand it over and hurry up!

*. *. *

Royal study room.

Shangshu Zuopushe, Grand Master, Grand Sima, and the most powerful official in the dynasty, Jing Yugong, left Pan and stood in front of His Highness worriedly.

The emperor Xie Xuanchen, who gradually gathered power and was at the height of his power, frowned and sat on the dragon throne.

Also.

Standing in the hall were three other cabinet prime ministers, including Xiao Wangzhi, Yan Xi, and Yang Shizhong.

Even the officials from the six departments were invited.

This is a court meeting.

Mu Tingxue glanced at it and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. In just ten days, among the most important official positions in the court, Yan Party officials have been dismissed one after another. Now, many of them have been replaced by people who have left the party. My brother-in-law and second brother-in-law were standing inside, looking particularly awkward.

"The princess is here."

When Xie Xuanchen tasted power for the first time, he naturally couldn't stop and his desires were hard to satisfy.

He felt it was not enough.

The regent was killed in a fight, and the post of governor of Zhenbei fell into the hands of his master, Prime Minister Li's son. However, the military power of Zhenbei was not completely controlled by the royalists. Tiger Talisman, it is missing!

Without the Tiger Talisman, the 250,000 Zhenbei Army would not willingly obey Li Yuan's orders.

Li Yuan cannot control that army, which means that he, the emperor, cannot control Zhenbei's military power!

Merely holding the official position of "Grand Governor of Zhenbei" is not enough! Xie Xuanchen urgently needs the Zhenbei Tiger Talisman in order to completely rule the Zhenbei military power!

"See Your Majesty, long live without borders."

Mu Tingxue saluted with a respectful expression. No matter how much she thought or hated in her heart, she still acted like she was a loyal minister.