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At night, Ye Zhen was still asleep when she heard a noise coming from outside. She was awakened.
"Hong Ying, what happened outside?" Ye Zhen sat up and asked Hong Ying, who was on night watch.
"It seems to be the sound from the city gate. Miss, this servant will come out." Hong Ying lit the lights in the room and put on Ye Zhen's clothes.
Ye Zhen was shocked. Was Liu Wenxue already attacking the city?
"I'm going to find Dad." Ye Zhen put on her clothes and shoes.
Hong Ying could not stop her at all. The master and servant walked out of the house together. Although it was already spring, the weather was still cold at night.
Ye Zhen went directly to Ye Yiqing's study and saw him and Cao Yu coming out.
"Dad, what happened outside?" Ye Zhen asked anxiously.
"Liu Wenxue led his troops to attack the city. I'm going to the wall. Yao Yao, don't leave the house. Don't take a step out. There will be people outside to protect you." Ye Yiqing looked at Ye Zhen and said.
Ye Zhen nodded. "I know, Dad. Be careful yourself."
Cao Yu said, "Yao Yao, rest assured, I will protect the teacher."
"Is your martial arts better than mine?" Ye Yiqing raised an eyebrow and asked Cao Yu.
"Teacher, I'm doing this to reassure my junior sister." Cao Yu said with a smile.
Ye Yiqing took a deep look at Ye Zhen and left the prime minister's residence with Cao Yu. Ye Zhen called Xue Lin and Wu Chong over and asked the latter to protect Ye Yiqing in secret. She was still worried that her father would be in danger.
Wu Chong looked at Ye Zhen hesitantly. His duty was to protect her. If he left here, what danger would the princess be in?
"Xue Lin will protect me here, and I will not go out. There are guards left by Dad outside. I will be fine." Ye Zhen said, "Go quickly."
"Yes, Your Highness!" Wu Chong answered and turned to leave.
Ye Zhen called the housekeeper over and asked him to order that no one should leave the prime minister's residence without permission. The men in the house should also be vigilant. In case something happened, they would be able to bear the brunt.
When she returned to the backyard, she saw Zhao Yang coming out.
"Princess Zhao Yang, sorry to disturb you." Ye Zhen stepped forward with a smile. "There is some turmoil outside. You should stay in the house for two days. You can't go outside."
"Unrest?" Zhao Yang was surprised, "This is the capital city, how could there be unrest?"
Ye Zhen whispered, "So what if it's the capital? If the city is broken, I don't know what the result will be."
"Where's your father?" Zhao Yang asked with a frown.
"My father went to the wall to resist the traitors. You can rest assured that he has arranged everything. There will be people guarding the house. Nothing will happen." Ye Zhen said.
Zhao Yang's heart tightened and he anxiously said, "Lord Ye is only a Prime Minister, what does resisting the traitors have to do with him? Isn't he afraid of danger? "
When Ye Zhen heard that Zhao Yang was so worried about her father's safety, she didn't think much about it. "My father knows martial arts, he will be fine."
Zhao Yang just looked at Ye Zhen coldly and did not say anything more. She turned back to her room.
In the second half of the night, the noise outside became more intense. Ye Zhen seemed to hear the sound of fighting and killing, but it sounded like the city had not been broken yet.
Soon, it was dawn. Ye Zhen asked Xue Lin to go out and inquire about the situation. The whole capital city had been under martial law. Usually, the people on the street hid in their homes and did not dare to come out. The Liu family was under control. Even if the Liu family was taken to the city wall to negotiate with Liu Wenxue, it would be of no use. Liu Wenxue was determined to rebel, but his excuse was good.
It turned out that he wanted to get rid of the emperor's side! He also said that the First Prince's house arrest was framed by Ye Yiqing, and that he brought troops back for the emperor and the First Prince.
It was ridiculous!
When Ye Zhen heard this reason, she had a further understanding of Liu Wenxue's shamelessness.
"How many people did Liu Wenxue bring to attack the city?" Ye Zhen asked Xue Lin in a low voice.
Xue Lin said, "Twenty or thirty thousand people. The villages outside the city have been occupied. I heard that the reinforcements will not arrive for another day."
Ye Zhen nodded heavily. She was still worried about whether Liu Wenxue would break the city gate in the end.
Not long after, someone from the palace came to see Ye Zhen.
"The Empress is worried about your safety and asked us to take you into the palace." It was the imperial guards from the palace who came to pick up Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen shook her head. "Thank you for the Empress's kindness, but I can't leave the prime minister's residence alone. There are guards left by my father here. I will be fine."
"Miss, why don't you enter the palace? We are here." Hong Ling said. She felt that the palace was the safest place to be now.
"No, I'll stay at home and wait for my father to come back." Ye Zhen said resolutely, sending back the imperial guards who came to pick her up.
About noon, the news that Imperial Concubine Liu and Lady Wan were killed came from the palace.
The sky was gray, and the first spring rain fell. Everything was moist and silent, but it could not stop the murderous aura outside the city.
"Hasn't your father come back yet?" Zhao Yang came to Ye Zhen at some point and stood outside the door, looking at her.
Ye Zhen smiled faintly at her. "Liu Wenxue hasn't withdrawn his troops yet. Naturally, my father won't come back so soon."
"Aren't you worried at all?" Zhao Yang asked coldly.
"I'm worried." Ye Zhen nodded. "But worry can't bring my father back now."
Zhao Yang suppressed her anxiety and looked at the gray sky. "Haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?"
Ye Zhen was actually more anxious than anyone else, but she remembered Ye Yiqing's words. If she went out and couldn't help, she could only wait at home. Otherwise, she would become a burden.
Reinforcements …
What worried her most was that there would be no reinforcements.
However, things were obviously more serious than she thought. When Jinwu fell from the west, news came from the palace that a traitor of the Liu family had sneaked into the palace and intended to kidnap the empress. Although he failed in the end, the empress was alarmed. Li Heng sent someone to pick Ye Zhen up.
Alarmed the empress? Was it because of the fetus?
Ye Zhen really couldn't refuse this time. She could only follow the people who came to pick her up into the palace.
The carriage moved forward. Ye Zhen lifted the curtains in the carriage and saw the empty street outside. It was very different from the usual people coming and going.
"This is not the way to the palace!" After looking for a while, Ye Zhen immediately found something wrong.
Hong Ying had already lifted the curtains and found that the palace servant who drove the carriage had been killed. Now, it was someone they had never seen driving the carriage.
"Who are you?" Hong Ying asked sharply to the four men dressed in imperial guard uniforms in front of her.
The man walking in the front turned his head and grinned at Ye Zhen. "Miss Lu, I've heard of your name for a long time. Today, we finally meet."
Ye Zhen's face was cold. She looked at the man for a while. "You are Liu Hebin!"
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