My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

The Queen Mother was extremely anxious and could not pick out a trustworthy candidate for a while.

After all, we must keep it a secret from the emperor at this time and not let any news leak out.

Lu Xingcheng saw that the opportunity was right in front of him. He had already gained the favor of the Empress Dowager by imitating Lord Yu during the year since he came to the Cining Palace. However, no matter how much the master liked and favored him, it was not as good as the word "trust".

"If the Queen Mother can trust Lan Baoer, Lan Baoer is willing to share the Queen Mother's worries. Tonight, regardless of life or death, regardless of whether I can deliver the letter to the Thirteenth Prince for the Queen Mother, Lan Baoer promised the Queen Mother that she would never let anyone know about this. If..."

Lu Xingcheng looked at the Queen Mother's expectant gaze and directly played a very powerful emotional card.

"If Blue Baby cannot complete this task for the Queen Mother tonight, and the Emperor has noticed something, then Blue Baby will die to apologize to the Queen Mother. I just hope that the Queen Mother can take good care of herself. From now on, Blue Baby will no longer serve the Queen Mother."

So touching!

The Queen Mother immediately held his hand tightly and said, "Lan Baoer, my love for you over the past year has not been in vain. You are a sensible and good child."

"Lan Baoer... I really don't deserve such praise from the Queen Mother. I feel ashamed... Queen Mother, to make a long story short, time is running out. I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave the city tonight! Queen Mother, please think of a way to let Lan Baoer tell the Thirteenth Prince the news as soon as possible."

The Queen Mother nodded repeatedly, thinking carefully...

"There is only one way to leave the city now. Just tell them that I have been having trouble sleeping at night lately and need to see Zhang Yifu who lives outside the palace."

Zhang Yifu was the Empress Dowager's imperial astronomical observatory. He was very old and had left the palace and lived outside it since the year before last.

"Yes!"

Lu Xingcheng nodded quickly and agreed, leaving the city without delaying for a moment.

On the city wall, Ye Guitu's cape fluttered slightly, and his eagle eyes stared at the main gate of the Forbidden City...

After returning to Kyoto, he also took off the mask he had worn for many years!

In the night, this ancient man who is as perfect as a sculpture is breathtakingly beautiful to anyone who takes a look at him.

"General Ye!"

The voice of the Fourteenth Prince suddenly sounded behind him, and he turned around calmly on his way home at night.

Back then, the two had only met a few times and were looking at each other from afar.

Today is just around the corner, and the Fourteenth Prince feels that his years of confidence are somewhat shaken at this moment.

I have to say that Ye Guitu’s aura is too strong, the kind of aura that only a god-like general on the battlefield can possess.

The Fourteenth Prince swallowed his saliva and walked awkwardly to Ye Guitu: "I never thought...you are Niansheng...Oh no, Niansheng is General Ye. Last year, I neglected and offended you. Please forgive me, General Ye."

Ye Guitu looked at the Fourteenth Prince and raised the corner of his mouth: "Your Highness is too polite. How can it be considered as neglect or offense? I was the junior last year, and the Fourteenth Prince was very tolerant of me."

"Ha ha……"

The Fourteenth Prince raised his eyes and looked towards the gate of the Forbidden City.

"I never thought that today I would be standing on this tower with General Ye, waiting for... my Thirteenth Brother."

"Some things are always unexpected. At the beginning, this general also planned to marry Qiqi when he returned to Beijing in triumph."

He sighed, "I never thought that I would be tricked and almost lose my life, and also lose my memory. If anyone is wronged, it's Qiqi who is wronged."

"Now, General Ye, have you remembered everything?" the Fourteenth Prince asked hurriedly.

If General Ye could rekindle his relationship with Qiqi, he could also marry Diejiu with peace of mind.

"Some of it I remembered, some of it I forgot. This general has done his best."

Ye Guitu looked at the Fourteenth Prince: "As a man, I think you know how I feel. If I deceive Qiqi now and marry her to make up for her years of grievances, I will really let her down."

He paused, looking at the somewhat disappointed Fourteenth Prince: "Qiqi has been waiting for me to remember everything this year. Her thoughts coincide with mine... If I can't go back to the beginning, she feels that it's too much of a stretch."

"Hey……"

The Fourteenth Prince sighed, "It's fate, but men should always be loyal to their country. Tonight, you and I shouldn't think too much about love. General Ye, I guarantee with my title of Prince and General that if the Thirteenth Brother leads his army to attack the city, I will only wait for the General's order and will not care about past feelings. I only want peace and prosperity for the country and the people!"

Ye Guitu nodded and said, "I'm just saying that the Fourteenth Prince is having a hard time, but all of this is the fault of the Thirteenth Prince. At the beginning, I never thought that he would plot against me."

Back then, the Thirteenth Prince, the Fourteenth Prince, and General Ye each led their own troops. Although they were far apart on the battlefield, they had to support each other and cooperate along the way...

Ye Guitu never imagined that the Thirteenth Prince, a royal relative, had already planned to collude with Dongcheng, subvert the world and seize the imperial power!

"Time has passed, and everything depends on the Thirteenth Prince's decision tonight! One thought is Buddha, one thought is devil, and it is all your own fault!"

Besides, the wait tonight was exceptionally long. Even until the morning star appeared in the sky, there was still no sign of a single soldier from the Thirteenth Prince's army.

"General Ye, the situation has changed! The Thirteenth Prince has already led his army on their journey..."

Ye Guitu's men hurried back to Ye Guitu's side, panting and saying, "We had already changed direction and headed for the capital, but for some reason..."

"What?" Ye Guitu immediately realized that someone had made a sound.

The Fourteenth Prince was also quite shocked!

"How dare someone secretly tip off the enemy! The gates of the Forbidden City are strictly guarded tonight. Anyone entering or leaving must be checked to make sure there are no mistakes!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the list of people entering and leaving the Forbidden City tonight was drawn up.

In addition to the Forbidden City's imperial guards on routine patrols, there were also maids buying groceries and returning imperial doctors coming in and out.

Because the Emperor did not want the Empress Dowager to notice, these daily matters of coming in and out remained unchanged and everything remained the same.

But these people would never know the secret deployment of the emperor and General Ye...

"I guarantee it with my own life..."

The Fourteenth Prince became anxious and was about to raise his hand to swear, but Ye Guitu grabbed his arm.

"Your Majesty, if this general did not trust you, he would not have allowed the Emperor to tell you the matter tonight."

The Fourteenth Prince finally breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

"But how did these people who entered and exited the city gate know about tonight's deployment? This king really wants to know who leaked this news..."

"Check again! Check in detail! Even if an ant crawls out of the Forbidden City tonight, it must be written on this list!" "And... there is also a young eunuch, who seems to be from the Cining Palace. He said that the empress dowager has been having nightmares recently, so he went to help the empress dowager to ask the Imperial Observatory!"

The soldier at the gate suddenly remembered: "Because they are from the Cining Palace, we didn't ask in detail. The Empress Dowager has asked the Imperial Observatory several times late at night, so... so it's normal."