Shaohua is Junqing

Chu Shengnan, who was lying on the roof, saw and heard everything that Prince Hao and Prince Mu Lianchou were conspiring. She did not dare to delay and returned to the government office, wrote down their conversation word for word, and reported it to the palace that night.

After reading Chu Shengnan's handwriting, the emperor couldn't help but sigh to the sky.

"I was skeptical at first, but now I have to believe it. Although I have not been with King Hao for a long time and our relationship is not deep, we have always been at peace. From the time I was appointed Crown Prince to the time I ascended the throne, King Hao behaved very calmly. I didn't expect that under his calm appearance, he hid his wolfish ambitions."

"Your Majesty, how should we respond?"

"Mr. Chu, take my order and invite the King of Xiping to Changqiu Palace and put him under house arrest for his personal safety. If he does not resist, please ask him politely. If he wants to escape, you must use force to stop him, but do not hurt his life."

"Yes, I obey the order."

"King Hao's private soldiers have been controlled, and the Zuowu Army is also in my hands. In fact, he has no one to use. How will he seize the throne?"

"From the conversation between King Hao and King Xiping, we learned that King Xiping is King Hao's external aid and will help him clear external obstacles, but how King Hao will act is unknown." Chu Shengnan said.

"Continue to strengthen the defense of the capital, increase the intensity of inspections at each city gate, especially the inspections of outsiders, send people to keep a close eye on King Hao day and night, and report any unusual movements immediately."

"Yes, I obey the order."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Chu, for entering the palace in the middle of the night. But now is not the time to relax. I will ask you to guard the palace well from now on."

"This is my duty, it's not hard."

"Okay, you go down first."

"Wei Chen retire."

On the second day, the emperor secretly summoned Yan Yanfeng into the palace.

"This is my handwritten order, which must be passed on to Uncle Chen, and must be delivered 800 miles away."

"Your Majesty, has something happened?"

The emperor showed Yan Yanfeng Chu Shengnan's handwritten letter from last night, and he was shocked after reading it.

"This..." I didn't know what to say for a moment.

"I have already made a plan. Go and pass on the order."

"Yes, I will go right away."

On the second day after Prince Hao returned to the palace, he gathered all the guards in the mansion and wanted to start the rebellion as soon as possible, but he found that the number of guards had dropped sharply.

"Beihai, why are there so few people? What's going on?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, yesterday, Commander Chu, with His Majesty's handwritten order, borrowed most of the troops in the palace on the grounds that there were not enough people to defend the capital."

"Where did you go?"

"I asked Commander Chu, but she said it was a military secret and she couldn't tell me."

"He was transferred away just like that. Didn't you send anyone to check?"

"I went there in person, but was obstructed in many ways by Commander Chu's men, so that I still don't know whether the soldiers of our palace were really transferred to guard the capital, or were detained."

"Although I am not bringing many people with me back to the capital this time, there are at least a thousand guards in the palace. Can you just say you don't want to see them?" King Hao roared angrily.

"Your Highness, please calm down. I have already sent someone to investigate again."

"Go and inform Lou Qiang to bring his troops over."

"I was just about to report to His Highness that the connection with Lou Qiang has been severed."

"What do you mean?"

"I have not been able to contact Lou Qiang for several days. I just learned this morning that he has been detained. They said he violated military regulations."

"The palace soldiers have been transferred away, Lou Qiang has been detained, there is no news about Miao San and Dong Liu, and yesterday the emperor trapped me in the palace with various reasons. How could things be so coincidental?" Prince Hao's eyes flashed, "Not good, it seems that His Majesty already knows what I am going to do."

"What should we do? Should we flee the capital as soon as possible?" Beihai seemed a little flustered.

"Why are you panicking? Things have come to this point. I can't escape. All the gates in the capital are closed. Even those that are open are heavily guarded. The emperor already knows my intentions and will definitely not let me leave the capital."

"Then what should we do? Wait for the emperor to arrest us?" Beihai was obviously very scared.

"Look at how cowardly you are. You have followed me for so many years but have not made any progress. The emperor knew my intention, but did not attack me directly. He just transferred my guards and imprisoned Lou Qiang. It seems that he is not very sure. After all, I have not done anything to directly threaten him."

"Then should we continue? There are no soldiers in the palace. It is still unknown whether the reinforcements from King Xiping can arrive smoothly and help us."