Peach Blossom.

"Brother Xu..." Si Xiu rushed forward and supported the unconscious Xu Mu.

However, Si Xiu was too thin to hold on for a while, and was instead pinned down by Xu Mu's body, falling to the ground.

He looked up and saw his second uncle Bai Yang standing behind Xu Mu, slowly lowering his strong arms.

It was that arm that knocked Xu Mu unconscious.

Bai Shuo vaguely sensed that Si Xiu was somewhat dissatisfied, so he stood up and walked to Si Xiu's side, bowed, and explained on behalf of his son: "Please forgive me, Prince. With Lord Xu blocking us, I'm afraid we can't do what we want to do today. Bai Yang had no choice but to do this."

Si Xiu didn't say anything. He put Xu Mu's arm on his shoulder and stood up with difficulty.

Ge Sheng, who was outside the door, saw this and hurried in to hold Xu Mu's other side, and helped Si Xiu carry Xu Mu to the bed.

Bai Shuo and Bai Yang were watching. After Xu Mu was placed diagonally on the bed, Si Xiu actually squatted down and reached out for Xu Mu's boots.

"Prince! How could you take off his boots for him?" Bai Yang couldn't help but ask harshly.

Si Xiu's hand was about to touch the edge of the boot when he heard Bai Yang's shout to stop him. He suddenly froze there with an expressionless face.

Ge Sheng was very quick. He took off both boots quickly, then picked up Xu Mu's legs and lifted him onto the bed.

Bai Shuo looked at this scene, turned his head to one side, and sighed slightly.

Wang Jing approached Bai Shuo and asked in a low voice: "Senior, what is the origin of this Lord Xu?"

Bai Shuo glanced at Xu Mu and said slowly: "He was also exiled to Yongchang. He was only about ten years old at that time, and his words were even more reckless than they are now. He offended the guards and was almost beaten to death. He was spotted by Madam Bai, who saved him. Later, he came to the prince's side and watched him grow up. The prince always treated him like his own brother..."

Wang Jing nodded, turned his head inside, and persuaded Si Xiu: "Prince, it's getting late, and there is really no time to explain to Lord Xu and seek his consent. Please put the overall situation first and don't waste any more time."

Si Xiu finally stood up slowly, walked out, and bowed to Bai Shuo and Bai Yang: "Thank you, Grandpa and Uncle, for making this trip for me. Si Xiu would like to thank you."

Bai Shuo and Bai Yang quickly returned the greeting.

Looking outside, a red sun is hanging above the branches. It is time to leave Yanming Palace and pay tribute to Empress Dowager Meng.

So Bai Shuo and Bai Yang said goodbye and left.

Seeing the father and son of the Bai family walking away, Tao Ye ran to Wang Jing and asked him impatiently about her doubts: "Didn't they go to Shiqian Palace today to test whether the emperor was really dead or faked his death? Why did you say that the prince would "destroy his own reputation"? "

Wang Jing smiled and said, "It's hard to explain the truth in a few words. I will explain it to you slowly after I finish my work today."

Tao Ye curled her lips. Why did she feel that Wang Jing seemed unwilling to explain clearly and was finding an excuse to shirk responsibility?

Wang Jing held Tao Ye's shoulders with both hands and warned her, "Yu'er will have to go to the vigil soon. The prince and I will also have to quietly leave in a while. You stay here to watch over Lord Xu."

"You guys are going out too?" Tao Ye was stunned for a moment. She remembered that Wang Jing and Si Xiu didn't seem to be included in the plan discussed yesterday. She immediately felt worried: "No, I want to go with you!"

"You have to stay here and look after Lord Xu before we come back. In case he wakes up, you can't let him run out of Yanming Palace." Wang Jing once again clearly assigned the tasks.

Tao Ye asked sullenly, "Are you kidding? You are all skilled in martial arts. If he wants to go out, can I stop him?"

"Don't you know magic? Why can't you stop it?" Wang Jing said casually, and urged Si Xiu and Wang Yu to go next door to sort out their clothes.

Tao Ye was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that she had never told Wang Jing or anyone else about the fact that the Ghost King had dispersed her spiritual power.

When she wanted to talk to Wang Jing again, she found that he had already pushed Wang Yu and Si Xiu out in a hurry.

After squatting in the room for a while, Tao Ye felt anxious and uneasy. She always felt that there was something wrong with Wang Jing.

After thinking it over, she still wanted to go and see it in person. As she was thinking about it, she couldn't help but walk out.

As soon as she stepped out of the door, she was stopped by the gatekeeper Ge Sheng: "Why did you come out? Didn't Marquis Anfeng tell you to look after Lord Xu?"

"Why don't you just tie his hands and feet before he wakes up? What's so good about that?" Tao Ye was feeling upset and pushed Ge Sheng away: "Don't stop me, I want to go out."

Ge Sheng didn't dare to restrain Tao Ye, so he had to find another reason to persuade her: "Cheng Tao Le, you are now a dead person in the eyes of the world. If you run out rashly, the palace people will think it's haunted."

Tao Ye thought about it and thought that there seemed to be many people in the palace who recognized her. She hurried back to the room and went to Wang Yu's dressing table. She put on makeup in front of the mirror, modified her eyebrows, eye corners, lip color... In short, she made herself look completely different from herself.

Now, Ge Sheng had no excuse to stop her, so Tao Ye went out.

Half an hour before Tao Ye left, Wang Yu had mixed the palace maids' clothes with other items and brought them into Anshou Hall. He then took out six pieces with marked cuffs and handed the rest to Si Yao.

Wang Yu clearly remembered that when packing clothes in Yanming Palace, Wang Jing repeatedly emphasized that the top six pieces with embroidered cuffs should be given to Bai's people, and the rest should be given to Meng's people.

Si Yao accepted the clothes given by Wang Yu and waited quietly for the Meng family members to arrive.

Because it was the seventh day after the death of Empress Dowager Meng, the largest number of people from the Meng clan, as the mother's clan, came. Some brought their families and some did not. After paying homage to the Empress Dowager, they naturally had to pay their respects to Si Yao.

According to the plan, Si Yao roughly told the tribesmen what they were going to do today, then distributed clothes to the men in the tribe one by one, and told them to be careful and walk alone, and finally gather near Shiqian Gate.

After sending away all the members of the Meng family, Si Yao himself left Anshou Hall and went to Shiqian Gate with the prince's token.

The male members of the Meng family had just received instructions from Si Yao this morning and were immediately required to carry out the plan. They had no time to think, let alone a chance to discuss the plan with each other. When they gathered outside the Shiqian Gate, they realized that only six people from the Bai family had come.

Meng Hong, Meng Jia and others could not help but feel surprised: "You...you only have so few people?"

Bai Shuo lowered his head in shame and sighed, "There is nothing I can do. Most of my family members are not in Beijing. How many of my people dare to break into the emperor's bedroom?"

Meng Hong thought about it, and it seemed that when the people from Yongchang came to Beijing, only Bai Shuo and Bai Yang came from the Bai family. The other four people who came today were all strangers, and they should be soldiers under the Bai family.

But on the Meng side, the more than 300 people who came were all surnamed Meng, and they were all officials of all ranks who were placed in and around the capital by Empress Dowager Meng during her lifetime.

It was said that the two families were working together, but the gap in strength was so huge that Meng Hong felt vaguely uneasy.

At this time, Si Yao arrived.

Meng Hong walked up to Si Yao and whispered, "Princess, there are only six people from the Bai family...Is it a bit problematic to force their way into the Shiqian Palace?"

"Six people?" Si Yao was also very surprised.

Just after saying these two sentences, Bai Yang came over and said, "Can you stop dithering? With so many of us standing here, do you know how conspicuous we are?"

Si Yao looked up and saw that the palace servants passing by were looking over here. He couldn't help but feel nervous. He asked everyone to change their clothes and come over separately, for fear that the news would leak out in advance and make Madam Han and others prepared. How could they just stand outside the Shiqian Gate and be in a daze?

"Let's go quickly. We have this after all." Si Yao tightly grasped the prince's token, showing a part of it to Meng Hong, and then said, "Even if Shang Yun and Madam Han don't listen to the token, most people in the palace still do."

"The prince is willing to hand over the token to you?" Meng Hong was slightly surprised again. He silently calculated that even if they failed to break into the Shiqian Palace, with this token, at least it could help them escape from the palace smoothly.

Bai Yang urged again, and Si Yao had no choice but to order the Meng family members to quickly follow her into the Shiqian Palace to ask for an audience with the emperor.

Before Tao Ye reached the Shiqian Palace, she heard two palace maids talking as they walked: "They said that a lot of eunuchs had just gathered at the Shiqian Gate, probably at least two or three hundred people."

"The government advocates frugality and has laid off a large number of palace maids. How come there are so many extra maids all of a sudden? It's so strange."

As the two young palace maids spoke, they looked towards the Shiqian Palace curiously.

Tao Ye was suddenly startled. She recalled the plan Wang Jing had drawn up yesterday. Why didn't anyone consider that the sudden increase in the number of palace servants would be a big loophole?

She quickened her pace and approached the Shiqian Palace, and found that there were many people running to see it out of curiosity.

Many of the onlookers were palace servants working near the Shiqian Hall, but more were royal relatives, ministers and family members who came to pay tribute to Empress Dowager Meng on the seventh day after her death.

Tao Ye walked forward carefully, thinking that no one would recognize her, so she boldly stood among a group of palace maids, like a spectator, looking at the two groups of people confronting each other in the Shiqian Hall.

In the Shiqian Palace, Si Yao and a group of "palace ladies" stood in the courtyard, asking to see Si Yuan.

However, as soon as these people stepped into the Shiqian Gate and had no chance to move forward, they were stopped by a row of guards holding long swords.

Madam Han was standing behind the row of guards, looking at Si Yao with disdain: "The emperor is in bed recuperating and cannot see anyone. Everyone in the palace knows it. Why did the princess choose to come at this time?"

Seeing this row of guards who all looked ferocious, Si Yao was actually a little timid, but at this point, she could only pretend to be calm: "The emperor has been "bedridden" for half of the year, when will he be "convenient to see people"? I have something important to do, I must see the emperor today, please make way, Madam Han."

Madam Han smiled faintly, with obvious sarcasm in her words: "The eldest princess failed in her attempt to assassinate the emperor last time, and today she asked the Meng family to dress up like this, come to visit suddenly, and insist on entering. What is her intention? If she insists on doing this again, don't blame me for disregarding the relationship between relatives."

After Madam Han finished speaking, the guards standing in front of her drew their swords and took a step forward.

Si Yao then showed the token on his body and waved it in front of the row of guards from left to right: "I am here today to ask for an audience with the emperor on behalf of the crown prince. Who dares to stop me?"

After seeing the token, the guards looked at each other and in unison slightly retracted their swords, not daring to move forward or backward.

Madam Han's expression became even uglier, as if giving a warning: "I have already made it clear that the emperor has ordered that you not to see anyone. The prince must also obey the emperor's order."

Si Yao was sweating profusely, but he still tried to appear calm: "But how do I know that it is the 'official order'?"

Madam Han sneered: "What do you mean by that?"

"My meaning is very clear. The emperor has not shown up for several days, and you are the only one who has been allowed to see him. So, the 'official order' is what you say, right?" Si Yao took a deep breath and solemnly emphasized his words.

"You dare to doubt me?"

"I am the eldest princess of the Great Qi Kingdom, and you are just a concubine sent to the palace by a small official. Why shouldn't I dare to doubt you?" When talking about his background, Si Yao finally had some confidence.

However, Mrs. Han didn't care at all and said with a smile: "But what I conveyed was the "official order."

Meng Hong, who was standing behind Si Yao, could no longer hold back and shouted to Mrs. Han, "Since you said it was an 'official order', show us the evidence!"

Other Meng clan members also started to make a noise: "Yes, show us the evidence!"

Madam Han shook her body, raised her head slightly, and sneered again: "It's really incredible. Now even cats and dogs dare to run to the Shiqian Palace and roar?"

When these words were spoken, all the members of the Meng clan were furious.

"Princess, why are you still nagging her?" There was a sound of gnashing teeth in Meng Hong's words.

How could Si Yao be willing to be scolded? So she gave an order: "Charge!"

Members of the Meng family drew out the daggers hidden in their boots, shouted and slashed forward. The row of guards standing in front of Madam Han had to draw their swords to meet the attacks.

Everyone outside was watching with bated breath, thinking that this would be a fierce fight. However, not long after the two sides started fighting, some members of the Meng family suddenly caught fire for no reason!

One, two... more than three hundred, in just a blink of an eye, all the Meng family members suddenly caught fire, frightening the guards of Shiqian Palace so much that they stepped back one after another. A few guards were accidentally caught on fire and rolled on the ground a few times to put out the flames.

But no matter how the Meng clan members rolled on the ground or slapped themselves, the fire only grew more intense.

As for the six members of the Bai family who were traveling with the Meng family, they had disappeared long ago.

At this moment, Tao Ye suddenly realized that the small stones that she saw outside Wang Jing's room last night and that Wang Jing asked Si Xiu to put into the lining of his clothes - should be white phosphorus!