Being a Lady of an Influential Family

Prince An's Mansion is still as quiet as usual, but this quietness seems to be completely different from the past, and there is a bit of tension and chill in the air.

It was already dark, and the lanterns under the eaves had already been lit. The old housekeeper bowed his head and stood at the door of the study. Not far from him stood two rows of people with guns.

The butler looked at the two lines of soldiers, then at the people standing outside under the eaves and in the yard, and looked back at the closed door of the study room, with a hint of worry and anxiety in his eyes.

Prince An was still wearing a plain long gown. As the weather got hotter, his clothes were changed into thin silk clothes. Just looking at the appearance, no one would think that this person was once a generation of emperors, but he is more like a distinguished scholar who came from a scholarly family.

Prince An was writing slowly with a brush in his hand. Standing not far from the desk was a short middle-aged man in his forties or fifties in uniform.

The epaulets on his shoulders showed his extraordinary status and power. At this moment, he was staring at the man standing behind the desk writing, with a look of impatience on his face.

"Your Majesty," the middle-aged man finally couldn't help it, and shouted in a deep voice.

His Royal Highness Prince An paused slightly, raised his head and threw the pen into the brush washer next to him. ,

Slowly put down the rolled-up sleeves, and said calmly, "General Zeng, Your Majesty is in the palace, you have found the wrong person." General Zeng Rong, the commander of the Sixth Army.

Zeng Rong lowered his eyes to hide the contempt in his eyes, but his words were impassioned, "We only recognize you as An Xia's real majesty, and we are willing to take the lead in clearing away the evil for your majesty and helping your majesty regain the throne."

Prince An chuckled lightly, as if he didn't care about his impassioned speech, he shook his head and said, "In that case, I have already abdicated back then, and the emperor in the palace is a justifiable emperor, why don't you listen?"

Zeng Rong was taken aback for a moment, and quickly said, "I'm weak and incompetent today, but I'm just a puppet, how can I compare with His Majesty's literary and martial arts? Could it be that Your Majesty is willing to let Xiao Shi be treated like this by those in the cabinet?" Manipulate at will? Be a clay sculpture Bodhisattva in the temple? Hasn't Your Majesty ever thought of helping the country and restoring the old glory of the Xiao royal family?"

Prince An sat down, looked at the man in front of him and sighed softly, "General Zeng, I don't understand."

Zeng Rong was stunned, "What?"

Prince An said: "If someone in my Xiao family wants to help the royal family, I understand, but for you, it is clearly more beneficial now, right? Why... are you more active than the Xiao family?"

Zeng Rong said, "We were former ministers of Anxia, ​​so we must repay the emperor's kindness and be loyal to His Majesty. We have only endured the humiliation these years, and please Your Majesty to learn from us."

Prince An shook his head with a gentle smile, "You know I don't believe this."

"..." Zeng Rong was momentarily at a loss for words and didn't know how to answer.

Although one of the most powerful generals in the capital, Zeng Rong had never really had contact with Prince An before. At most, he just had a glance at him when he was in the Zen seat, but he was not a big man at that time, so it was naturally impossible to get close to talk.

Originally thought that Prince An was a weak and incompetent person, that's why he announced his abdication directly when he couldn't stand the chaos, but he didn't expect that Prince An, who lived in a deep house after so many years, could speak so well.

Prince An looked at him a little far away, "Actually, you don't care whether the Xiao family has real power, what you care about is... An Xia's power is not in his own hands. Given the current situation and the distribution of power in various places, it will only last ten years at most. The power of all parties in Xia will be further reduced, and in the end it will probably be... Fu Long's two families will fight for the front. The Song family will either stay in a corner or become the weight that decides the outcome. Where An Xia will go in the end is beyond your control."

These words were a bit embarrassing, Zeng Rong took a deep breath and said, "Since Your Majesty understands, don't you worry about how the Fu Long family will be in power in the future, and how the Xiao family will deal with themselves then?"

Prince An thought for a while and said, "I can still trust Fu Zheng and Long Xiao. I have met the two young marshals of the Fu family and the Long family, so there is nothing to worry about."

This is obviously not going to be soft and hard, Zeng Rong is no longer polite, "But, the one in the palace has already agreed to cooperate with us."

Prince An lowered his eyes and said nothing, Zeng Rong smiled and said, "Prince An can be at ease with the current situation, how do you know that others will be willing? Do you think that when you gave the Zen seat to that person in the palace, he would really appreciate you? ? You did give him a throne, but it's a pity that the throne is useless."

Prince An said: "Since that's the case, why are you looking for me? You've also seen that I'm just an ordinary person with no power."

Zeng Rong said, "If we can, we would naturally prefer to cooperate with you, Your Majesty, but it doesn't matter if you really don't want to cooperate, please... hand over the key to the royal treasure house and the token of the royal guard."

Prince An said: "You have found the wrong person."

Zeng Rong sneered, "Does Your Majesty think that you can deal with us perfunctorily?"

Prince An said: "I don't know where you heard the rumors, all the property of the royal family is stored in the private treasury of the palace, and what I took away when I left the palace was only my own private property when I was the prince. As for the Imperial Guard... Hasn’t the Imperial Guard been disbanded and reorganized long ago? This is after I left the palace, and the original token is still in the palace.”

A stern look flashed across Zeng Rong's face, "We treat Your Majesty with courtesy, Your Majesty had better not test my patience."

Prince An leaned against the back of the chair and closed his eyes, ignoring him, as if he was listening and respectful.

Zeng Rong gritted his teeth and wanted to move forward, but he only moved a step and stopped abruptly. He stared at Prince An coldly for a while, then turned around with a sneer and opened the door to go out.

"Master?" the butler outside the door called cautiously.

Prince An said lightly: "I'm fine, there's no need to come in, I want to be alone for a while."

The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes."

Prince An was sitting in the study room staring at the lamp on the table thinking about something, when Zeng Rong's exasperated voice came from outside and ordered the troops to withdraw. Soon there was a sound of footsteps outside, apparently those who blocked the door followed Zeng Rong and retreated.

But Prince An knew in his heart that although the people in the palace had left, there would never be fewer people outside.

Since he is not willing to cooperate, those people will never tolerate him going out of the palace to spoil them.

Some helplessly sighed, "If this continues, when will I be tall?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, it will be over soon." A voice suddenly sounded above his head. Prince An was taken aback and quickly looked up, only to find that several tiles had been removed from the roof in the corner of the study.

A person poked in from the roof, hooked the beam neatly, and then slid down to the ground without a sound.

The courtyards of the Wangfu are all old houses from the past, and it is not difficult to remove the roof tiles, but all of these things are carried out quietly, which shows the skill of the person who came.

"Young Madam Fu?" Prince An looked at Leng Sa who landed silently in surprise.

Leng Sa glanced at the direction of the study door, Prince An got up and walked inside, while whispering, "Don't worry, everyone outside has left."

Entering the inner room of the study, the warm yellow light illuminates the room and also illuminates Prince An's handsome face.

Prince An sat down behind the desk and smiled at Leng Sa, "Please sit down, Madam Fu, do you want some tea?"

Leng Sa smiled helplessly, "Thank you, my lord, I won't drink anymore. Please forgive me for disturbing my lord so late."

Prince An shook his head, "It's okay, it's good for me to have someone to talk with me when I have nothing to do, besides...it's not easy for the young lady to come in, right?"

It was indeed not easy. Zeng Rong really sent heavy troops to besiege Prince An's Mansion. One of the choices and reconstructions of the Prince's Mansion back then was to prevent Prince An from escaping. If you can't escape, it will be difficult to get in. Leng Sa also observed outside for a long time, and then came in when the sky was getting dark and the other party was changing shifts.

Prince An didn't go around in circles with her, "How's it going outside?"

Leng Sa told the story again, it happened so suddenly, not to mention the specific situation, even Fu Fengcheng and Long Yue were at a loss.

But it doesn't matter, they just need to know who their opponent is.

Prince An was silent for a long time after hearing this, and sighed softly, "In the end, there were hidden dangers left in the past, but back then... I really didn't want to let the capital flow into rivers of blood, I just hope that there will be time and opportunity to solve these problems in the future if we take a step back. It's something. I don't want to... Arlene asked you to come to me?"

Leng Sa nodded, and offered the box that Zhuo Lin gave her with both hands.

Prince An looked at the small box in front of him with a complicated expression, stared at it for a long time before saying in a deep voice, "You can take it to First Young Master Fu."

Leng Sa was taken aback, and Prince An smiled and said, "Madam Fu, hasn't seen what's inside?"

Leng Sa nodded honestly, "Sister Zhuo entrusted me to send this to the prince."

Prince An laughed and said: "You call her sister? She will take advantage of others. This is something I asked her to keep for me back then. Since I didn't use it back then, I certainly don't know how to use it now."

Speaking of which, Prince An reached out and opened the box, which contained a key.

Leng Sa suddenly remembered the conversation between Zeng Rong and Prince An just now on the roof, and was a little surprised, "Is there really a royal treasure house?"

Prince An shook his head and smiled when he heard the words, "Where did the treasure house come from? The emperor stayed in the palace well, why did he put his treasures outside the palace? It can't be because of the fear that one day the country will perish and take him with him to escape? Even if that's the case , How much can a troubled emperor take away? Is the bank draft inconvenient, or is the bank draft worthless?"

Leng Sa blinked, looked at the key and said, "Then what is this for?"

Prince An said in a deep voice, "This is a batch of the most advanced weapons I bought from abroad, including various guns and ammunition, and dozens of heavy artillery. It was originally intended to reform Anxia's soldiers and horses. It's a pity that it's useless. Although it's been almost thirty years, these weapons... shouldn't be too far behind."

The iteration of weapons is not so fast. These weapons are definitely not as good as Anxia's most elite soldiers and horses now, but they are definitely not hips in the whole of Anxia.

What's more, there are those gunpowder and shells. No matter how backward these things are, their power is still real.

"How many... are there?" Leng Sa asked.

Prince An thought about it for a while, and said somewhat uncertainly, "It should be able to equip 70,000 to 80,000 people, right?"

"..." Master Leng was shocked!

No wonder so many people are worried about His Highness Prince An, who has been under house arrest for nearly thirty years, and still has such a ferocious weapon under his hands.

70,000 to 80,000 people don't seem to be many for the entire six southern provinces, but it is enough to turn the capital into ruins if one really ignores it.

Prince An sighed, pulled a piece of paper from the side and picked up a pen to start writing. When Leng Sa came back to his senses, Prince An had already written the three letters and sealed them separately.

"I still have a few old friends in the capital. You give these letters to them. It would be best if they are willing to help me out of my face. If they don't want to sell my face, you can only ask yourself What a blessing, after all, so many years have passed..." Prince An said in a deep voice.

Leng Sa hurriedly said, "Thank you, my lord, I will trouble you."

Prince An smiled, took out another jade pendant from the drawer, pressed it on the letters and pushed it to Leng Sa, "Give this jade pendant to Prince Mu, he knows what to do, I'm not safe here, so I won't I'll keep you longer."

Leng Sa hesitated, "My lord... don't you want to leave?"

Prince An waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, they won't touch me now. On the contrary, if they really succeed, then it's time for me to die. My old life, I will leave it to you guys what."

Leng Sa nodded and said, "I understand, my lord, take care."

Prince An smiled and said, "Go."

Leng Sa put away her things and turned outside, but still didn't go through the door and went out the way she came.

In a building across the street from the military building, there was rumble of guns and guns outside. The electricity in the building had already been cut off, and people could only use primitive oil lamps and candles for lighting.

When Fu Fengcheng came in, Long Yue and Lou Lanzhou were discussing matters around a table.

Long Shao saw that everything was fine, but Lou Shao looked a bit embarrassed. The clothes that are always neat and tidy on weekdays have long been stained with a lot of dust and blood, and there is even a bloodstain on the handsome face. It can be seen that they were killed from the enemy, and it looks a little more than usual The brutality of the soldiers.

Seeing Fu Fengcheng coming in, Long Yue asked bluntly, "What's the situation with you?"

Fu Fengcheng said, "All senior cabinet officials are blocked in the Yizheng Building."

Long Yue raised his eyebrows, "Don't you think of a way?"

Fu Fengcheng said calmly, "What do you think? I'll break in alone? Even if I can get in, how many people can I bring out?"

His eyes fell on Lou Lanzhou, "Master Lou?"

Lou Lanzhou said with a helpless wry smile, "Grandpa has a secret operation around him. His old man was kidnapped. The Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Army participated in this matter. Now only the Sixth Army has all entered the city, and the Eighth Army still has more than half of it." Outside the city, someone has already stopped it. The Fifth Army has not moved yet."

"No action?" Fu Fengcheng raised his eyebrows.

Long Yue said, "The first regiment under Fei Cheng's command of the Fifth Army was the first to break into the military building. They are Fei Cheng's absolute confidantes. But the Fifth Army is stationed in Ning County, seventy miles southwest of the city, and there is no movement at present. It seems I don't intend to participate in this matter."

Fu Fengcheng said, "Then don't worry about him for now."

No matter what happened, the fact that the Fifth Army didn't make any movement in this situation meant that at least the Fifth Army didn't listen to Fei Cheng's orders very much, which was a good thing for them.

"What's the situation here?" Fu Fengcheng glanced at the opposite side from the window, because there were no tall buildings around the military headquarters, even though they were standing upstairs across the street, they could still see the military headquarters building opposite. The lights over there are brightly lit now, and one can guess at a glance from a distance that there are many soldiers and horses hidden in the night.

Long Yue said, "There are too many troops in the central area, and we don't have enough manpower. It is almost impossible to break through the Yizheng Building and the Military Headquarters Building. Mr. Lou and I are preparing to retreat to the periphery."

Lou Lanzhou also nodded and said, "The soldiers of the Lou family are entering the city from the west gate, let's join them."

Fu Fengcheng nodded and said, "Then let's go."

Long Yue glanced back at the military building opposite, and said coldly, "Ren Nanyan, right? It's best not to let that old thing fall into my hands."

Today's situation is quite aggrieved for a proud man like Long Shao. Even if Ren Nanyan had been his teacher, he couldn't help but want to deceive his master and exterminate his ancestors.

Lou Lanzhou smiled and said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to catch him so easily. Do you still remember what Mr. Ren was best at teaching?"

Young Master Long looked disgusted, "That's why he set up a suspicious battle, concealed the truth, and killed people with a knife." Back then, he didn't like the old man's lecture style very much.

The three of them went downstairs and were about to walk out when they heard the roar of a car motor not far away. The guards at the gate immediately became vigilant, Fu Fengcheng glanced at the car speeding up from a distance and said in a deep voice, "My own people."

"Madam Fu?" Lou Lanzhou was a little surprised, he had already seen that the driver was a woman.

Leng Sa has always been driving very fast, but in an instant he rushed to the front. She slammed on the brakes, and if the two people sitting in the back seat hadn't been used to her driving style, they would have been prepared to almost hit their heads.

"You are indeed here." Leng Sa opened the car door and got out, smiling at the three of them.

Lou Lanzhou smiled and said, "Madam Fu came here specially to find Fu Shao?"

Looking at Fu Fengcheng who was already walking towards Leng Sa, Lou Shao suddenly became a little envious.

Looking at Long Yue next to him, he really looked a little envious.

After all, at such a time, it is indeed a joyful and happy thing to have a girl who is worried about your safety and comes to find you regardless of her own safety.

Leng Sa glanced sideways at Lou Lanzhou, and couldn't help laughing, "Young Master Lou, you're in a bit of a mess."

Lou Lanzhou was helpless, "Young Madam made me laugh."

Fu Fengcheng took Leng Sa's hand to look around, and then said, "Why are you here, madam?"

Leng Sa directly took out something from the pocket of the windbreaker and stuffed it into Fu Fengcheng's hands, "No, Prince An gave it to me, see if I can help you?"

Long Yue was a little surprised, "Young Madam went to Prince An's Mansion? Isn't it hard to leave there now?"

Leng Sa smiled and said, "Entrusted by others."

Long Shao raised his eyebrows slightly, and soon figured out who was entrusted.

Fu Fengcheng looked at the things in his hand, and handed the letter to Lou Lanzhou, "Brother Lou, please."

Lou Lanzhou looked down and saw that the name of the deputy chief of the Fifth Army was written on the first envelope. The remaining two letters are from the chief of the second army, and the other is from a famous man in the capital, whose reputation in the army is not much worse than that of Ren Nanyan.

The most important thing is that two of these three people have a good relationship with the Lou family, and one of them is even considered close. It's no wonder that Fu Fengcheng gave him the letter. If Lou Lanzhou came to persuade him for help in person, the chances of getting a response would indeed be greater.

Lou Lanzhou didn't shirk, put away the letter and nodded, "No problem, you three, please rest assured."

Lou Lanzhou took the people away, Fu Fengcheng said, "Zhang Jingzhi will gather the police and some forces in the capital to help, but he has no experience in leading troops, so I'm afraid he will trouble Brother Long." Then he threw the key and the box to Long Yue ,"Thanks for your hard work."

Long Yue raised his hand to catch the box, and looked at Fu Fengcheng with deep eyes, "Brother Fu, are you really not worried?"

Fu Fengcheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "What are you worried about?"

Long Yue smiled, and stuffed the box into his pocket casually, "It's nothing." Since Fu Fengcheng is not afraid of giving him a weapon that can equip tens of thousands of people, of course he has nothing to say.

He, Long Yue, had his own arrogance, no matter what, he would not hit Fu Fengcheng's black spear at this time.

Several parties gradually withdrew from the block, and the sound of guns and guns around them gradually quieted down.

Seeing Long Yue lead the people away, Fu Fengcheng turned his head and said to Leng Sa, "Let's go too, the rebels will soon surround us."

Leng Sa nodded and didn't say much, the two got into the car and drove away in the night.

The second watch is still before 9:00 p.m.

happy new year~