"Your Highness! Someone attempted to assassinate the Emperor last night..."
"Is Father Emperor alright?" Zhongli Mingye was greatly shocked. These people were really crazy!
Immediately, Song Chuyu advanced his journey to the capital. Naturally, he went there with the Tiger Guards.
Early in the morning, Mrs. Xiang carried the baby and went to find Song Jinyu.
"Jinyu, I'm a bit worried."
After learning that Prince Yu had sent her elder brother to the capital, Song Jinyu anticipated that there would be great upheaval in the capital. She was also very concerned. However, her elder brother was a general and he had to go.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry. Brother will surely have a blessed life."
Actually, she was not at ease. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to Prince Yu's Mansion. Come to think of it, she hadn't seen Zhongli Mingye for several days. As soon as it got cold, she became even lazier to go out.
She only sent some tonics to him and then there was no more interaction.
Therefore, when Zhongli Mingye saw her after finishing his work in the study, he immediately pulled a long face. "Well! If I don't go to find you, you won't come to find me!"
What an ungrateful woman...
"Didn't I already say that it's not suitable for us to meet before the wedding?" Song Jinyu laughed at his childishness and stepped forward to tidy up his cloak.
"Did you come to see me?"
She paused in her movements. "Sort of!" She came to ask about her elder brother's trip to the capital to reassure her sister-in-law.
What did "sort of" mean? He was not satisfied with her answer. He put his arm around her slender waist and threatened, "Humph! If I don't discipline you for three days, you'll start to get out of control!"
After saying that, he was about to kiss her, but she blocked him. "I have something important to discuss!"
He had no choice but to stop his amorous thoughts.
Zhongli Mingye told her the situation in the capital. He didn't intend to hide it from her in the first place, but he was afraid of scaring her.
Unexpectedly, this woman was even more daring. "Oh? It seems that they are going to stage a forced abdication?"
"Would the Emperor just sit back and wait for death? Are these people tired of living?" Those who had been in high positions for a long time were most taboo about others coveting their positions.
The Prince Duan'an's Mansion was so blatant. Whose backing did they have?
Seeing that she was getting closer and closer to the truth, Zhongli Mingye had no choice but to interrupt her. "What you said is all true, but..."
"I don't want to talk about these things with you!" A smile flashed across his phoenix eyes. In these days, only when he saw her did he feel relaxed.
"What's this?" Song Jinyu looked at the big box in front of her.
Could it be that he had prepared something for her again? Thinking of this, her face blushed involuntarily.
Zhongli Mingye smiled. "Open it and have a look!"
Song Jinyu lifted the lid of the box. Inside was a whole set of bright red wedding dresses. "I asked them to make it overnight..." What he didn't say was that in the Great Xia Dynasty, which woman didn't embroider her own wedding dress by herself? Even the daughters of noble families, if they couldn't finish it, would still symbolically embroider some flowers.
Only Song Jinyu didn't care at all. But just as she had said, "Anyway, it's for you to see..."
Looking at the exquisite dress, Song Jinyu felt that her face was tinged with a blush by the bright red color. It was impossible not to be touched.
This man, how considerate he was, or how much he was looking forward to their wedding.
"Didn't you say it's for me to see?" After a long time, that man whispered in her ear with a soft smile.
After saying that, he took it out of the box and said with a smile, "Try it on, okay?"
Song Jinyu was too shy to control herself. She took it and said, "You go out..."
Actually, Zhongli Mingye really wanted to help her put it on himself. However, he was afraid that this little woman would really hit him, so he had no choice but to go out.
After he drank a cup of tea, he finally heard the woman's soft call from the bedroom. "Okay!"
He pushed open the door. She was lowering her head and fiddling with the complicated mandarin duck ribbon.
"This seems a bit awkward?"
At the first sight, he couldn't take his eyes off her. Zhongli Mingye knew that she usually wore light-colored clothes.
Today, the bright red wedding dress on her made her look even more charming and extraordinary, like a celestial maiden from the ninth heaven.
The young girl was about to reach the age of fifteen. Her delicate and charming temperament was exuded. Her eyes were as clear as water and as bright as stars, showing innocence and purity. Her long black hair cascaded down on the wedding dress, making her look even more breathtakingly beautiful. Her cherry-like lips were so red and charming that people couldn't help but want to kiss them.
In fact, he did just that. "Mmm..." Before Song Jinyu could get an answer from Zhongli Mingye, the next moment she fell into his arms and melted into his passionate kiss.
Song Jinyu's soft body could hardly stand steadily.
Simply, Zhongli Mingye put his arm around her slender waist that was too thin to hold. His burning eyes almost melted her.
"You..."
Being kissed until she could hardly breathe, the blushing girl had no choice but to hide in his arms.
Feeling the warmth on her little face and her slightly disordered breath, Zhongli Mingye found it more and more difficult to control himself.
After a long time, he let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I really hope today is the auspicious day!"
Knowing that a storm was coming, Zhongli Mingye indulged in this moment of peace and no longer worried about the situation in the court.
Yu Huai calculated the days and gradually sent the Yu Family Army into the area of the capital.
The map of the capital's defense that he had obtained a few days ago was like a tiger with wings added. He originally planned to wait until Yu Duanya gave birth, but now the situation was urgent.
They couldn't wait any longer. If they didn't take action,
the Emperor would take action first!
Although the map of the capital's defense was obtained too easily, Yu Huai didn't think much about it.
After all, Prince Cheng still had a deep network of contacts in the court. He didn't know that this map came from Ming Ruyi's hands and would also become the key point of his failure in the future.
After getting the news, Ming Ruyi rushed to the capital overnight. He could ignore the Emperor's life, but the Empress Dowager was still in the palace.
Even if he wanted to do something, he had to be cautious.
Therefore, the map of the capital's defense that finally fell into Yu Huai's hands had been tampered with.
When the news of the Emperor's assassination spread, the defense in the capital became even stricter. Prince Cheng paced back and forth in his mansion. He never expected that someone would attempt to assassinate the Emperor at this critical moment.
Was it the Crown Prince? Or the King of Zhongzhou? Or was it arranged by the Emperor himself?
Impossible. Zhongli Shuoyi comforted himself. "Father Emperor is indulged in pleasure. He should not have done such a thing."
"Then who on earth is so bold?"
"Is it the Supervisor?" Prince Cheng's attendants guessed one after another.
Liao Zhengye?! It was possible... Just thinking of his dirty background, Zhongli Shuoyi couldn't help but want to kill someone.