The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

Soon, the silence was broken.

The sound of night watchmen was heard outside.

Tong Huaqiong and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Then there was a knock on the door.

The doorman opened the door at Tong Huaqiong's signal, and Gu Dashu ran over and pulled open the bolt with a bang.

A man in armor stood at the door, his armor and face stained with blood, and the knife at his waist gleamed coldly.

Gu Dashu had no idea who was standing in front of him.

Gu Dashu's heart was pounding. He was careless when opening the door.

Would it be too late for him to close the door?

"Second uncle, it's me." The man grinned.

A familiar voice made Gu Dashu's almost collapsed body stand up again.

It’s Nie Xiaofeng.

"Xiaofeng, you're here. What happened last night?" Gu Dashu asked after calming down.

At this time, Tong Huaqiong and others came out of the house. Gu Baishuang rushed over and grabbed Nie Xiaofeng, looked him up and down, and then stroked Nie Xiaofeng's eyebrows with her hand.

Then he took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood off Nie Xiaofeng's face.

Since returning from the border, Nie Xiaofeng has left everyone with the impression of a young and ambitious deputy general.

No one had ever seen him on the battlefield.

Now I have seen it.

It's not a pretty sight to be covered in blood.

"Xiaofeng."

Gu Baishuang choked up.

He took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the blood off Nie Xiaofeng's face. However, there was one spot of blood that could not be wiped off. He looked again and saw that it was a wound. It had scabbed over after a whole night.

"Hiss." Nie Xiaofeng couldn't help but let out a low cry.

Only then did Gu Baishuang truly feel that her son would bleed and feel pain on the battlefield.

"Are you all okay?" Nie Xiaofeng saw Tong Huaqiong and the others were there, and knew that everyone was fine, but still couldn't help asking.

Yesterday he was ordered to go to the Jiangbei camp. After arriving at the Jiangbei camp, all the generals and soldiers were on standby.

Nie Xiaofeng realized that something was unusual. He originally wanted to pass a message to Tong Huaqiong, Gu Baishuang and others, asking them not to go out to watch the lanterns at night and stay at home.

But military orders were as firm as iron, and the news did not get out.

Later he learned that the fifth prince was plotting a rebellion. The emperor had already seen through the fifth prince's intentions. In order to lure out the fifth prince's power, he deliberately spread the news that he was terminally ill on the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The rebels took advantage of the fact that there was no curfew during the Lantern Festival and quietly sneaked into the city and broke into the palace in the middle of the night.

After a night of fierce fighting, Nie Xiaofeng was suppressing the rebels while worrying that Tong Huaqiong, Gu Baishuang and others would be accidentally injured by the rebels or trampled by pedestrians while watching the lanterns.

Fortunately, everyone he cared about was safe.

"We are all fine. I was worried about you all night," said Gu Baishuang.

Nie Xiaofeng had wounds on his face and hands.

The wounds were all scabbed, and although they were not deep, Gu Baishuang still felt heartbroken.

"What happened last night?" Gu Baishuang asked.

Tong Huaqiong said, "It's windy outside, let's go back inside first."

"father."

The flower that had just woken up rubbed its eyes, put on a thick cotton coat and rushed to the door with its short legs.

When everyone wasn't paying attention, the flower quickly flashed past.

"Hua'er." Su Xiucai picked up Hua'er.

Su Xiucai was sealed in the palace yesterday to accompany the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince and his entourage were almost wiped out by the Fifth Prince's men.

After surviving the disaster, Su Xiucai confirmed that all the rebels had been killed. He ran out of the palace and went straight to Tong Huaqiong's house to confirm whether Tong Pandidi and the children were safe.

"Husband..."

Tong Pandi was also worried about Master Su and worried all night.

Nie Xiaofeng is a young general who is feared by the enemy, while Master Su is a scholar who is powerless.

Seeing Master Su standing at the door with blood on his body and face, Tong Pandi's tears rolled out and his voice changed.

This was the most emotional Tong Huaqiong had seen Tong Pandhi express after his divorce.

"Master Su."

"Is Master Su okay?"

Tong Huaqiong and others looked concerned.

Master Su's clothes and shoes were torn, his hair was disheveled, one strand of hair was broken off and hung beside his ear, and his body was covered in blood. He looked both funny and miserable.

God knows what happened to him last night.

Master Su walked up to the tearful Tong Pandi and said, "Don't cry, I've returned safely."

"Come inside, don't stand outside." Tong Huaqiong said.

Everyone returned to the house.

Tong Huaqiong took out an anti-inflammatory ointment to disinfect the wounds on Nie Xiaofeng's face and hands, asked someone to bring hot soup for the two of them to drink, and asked Nie Xiaofeng and Master Su to change their clothes.

Nie Xiaofeng and Master Su changed into clean clothes and came back.

Although everyone was a little tired after staying up all night, everyone wanted to know what happened last night.

"The fifth prince is plotting a rebellion..." Nie Xiaofeng said.

"I didn't expect that such a weak man like him would have such big ambitions." said Mrs. Min.

In Shengjing, Tong Huaqiong not only learned that since the death of the former crown prince, Prince Ning had the highest support.

Prince Ning was the son of the most favored imperial concubine, with the support of his powerful maternal grandfather and half the court officials. After the death of the previous crown prince, the emperor implicitly and implicitly acknowledged that Prince Ning was worthy of the throne. However, last year, the emperor suddenly welcomed back the crown prince, who had been living among the common people. He periodically expressed his longing for the crown prince, and soon after his return, he reprimanded Prince Ning, ultimately confining him to his room until New Year's Eve, when he was released to attend a banquet in the palace.

Not only Mrs. Min, many people thought that Prince Ning would be the first to lose control and rebel.

Tong Huaqiong thought that things just didn't go according to the rules. The fifth prince had no powerful family outside the family, and his mother was not favored. He was lazy on weekdays and avoided the important affairs of the court whenever possible, but he overturned the table.

But this is not surprising, as any prince would have ambitions for the throne.

Someone like the Fifth Prince, who previously had the Crown Prince and the Prince of Ning above him, was an unfavored prince and had never been crowned a king. Could he accept this? If he was going to do something, he had to do it big.

In history, there were many such unfavored and idle princes who eventually stood on the highest podium in the final round of the royal palace fighting.

"Fortunately, Your Majesty was wise and discovered the Fifth Prince's intention to rebel early on. The news of his serious illness was released on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which led to the Fifth Prince's rebellion being brought forward." Nie Xiaofeng said.

Tong Huaqiong thought that this rebellion was indeed a trap set by the old emperor.

Only to hear Mrs. Min sneer and say, "Wise?"

I swallowed the rest of the words.

Is the emperor wise?

He played the court officials and princes around in circles, and no one could escape his control, just like a cat playing with a mouse.

What day is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?

Knowing that all the people in Shengjing would come out to admire the lanterns and that any disturbance would cause a stampede, and knowing that Shengjing would be lit up all day and a fire could easily start if he was not careful, he still chose to fish for the fifth prince on this day.

He would rather sacrifice the entire city's population than allow father and son to kill each other.

There is also nothing to regret about the defeat of the Fifth Prince. After all, letting the rebels into the city when everyone is out watching the lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month does not mean he cares about the people.

Nie Xiaofeng looked at Old Madam Min and changed the subject, saying, "Old Madam, the mighty general was instrumental in suppressing the rebels yesterday, and the Emperor has kept him in the palace."

The only person the old emperor can trust now is the mighty general.