In front of the palace gate, a carriage stopped. The curtain opened and a man with an outstanding appearance stepped out. The moment the guard saw him, his expression changed slightly and he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"His Royal Highness King Ning."

The guard saluted him.

Gong Yu raised an eyebrow, glanced at the guard, and said concisely: "I want to enter the palace."

"Yes."

The guards retreated quickly. Gong Yu glanced at the man driving the carriage and motioned for him to follow quickly.

The little guard quickly jumped off the carriage and followed Gong Yu's footsteps.

The guard of the palace just glanced at him, but did not stop him. Instead, he asked: "The prince rarely brings guards with him. Why did he suddenly bring guards with him today? Is there anything special about this guard?"

"Yes, it's a bit extraordinary." Gong Yu nodded casually, then turned to scold the guard, "Why don't you hurry up and follow?"

"Ah, yes."

The guards followed Gong Yu carefully.

The guard glanced briefly, then continued at his post.

After passing the jade steps, Gong Yu walked onto the corridor. The guards followed him step by step, seeming to be protecting him every step of the way.

Under the eaves of the corridor, there was no figure of the palace maid or eunuch. Gong Yu stopped and glanced at the short guard, "Okay, stop pretending."

"Your Majesty..." The guard paused and seemed to glance around with some vigilance.

Ignoring the guard's reaction, Gong Yu pointed to the end of the corridor and said, "See that there? Just keep walking and then turn right. You will see a high wall. If you look to the left, you should see it." You can find the back door of Baihua Palace, which is relatively hidden. Once you enter, you can go straight through and find your eldest daughter."

The guard... ah no, it was Yunzhu. She glanced in the direction Gong Yu pointed, and then saluted Gong Yu, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for bringing me into the palace today."

"There is no need to say these words. If you want to go, hurry up. Come find me here in half an hour and I will take you out." Gong Yu waved his hand, "Hurry up and remember, don't let anyone find out. "

"Okay, thank you, my lord."

Yunzhu bowed to Gong Yu one last time and immediately turned around and left.

Looking at Yunzhu's leaving figure, Gong Yu stood there and narrowed his eyes slightly. He did not stay here, but turned his head to the direction of the imperial study.

……

Just as Gong Yu said, there is a back door to Baihua Palace, which is extremely hidden. If Gong Yu hadn't pointed it out, Yunzhu might not even know how to get in.

I'm afraid no one in the palace knows about this back door except Gong Yu.

Yunzhu met his master smoothly.

Ye Lan was very surprised to see Yunzhu appear, and couldn't help but said: "Yunzhu, why are you here suddenly? Who brought you in, Prince Ning?"

"Girl..." Yunzhu walked over and hugged Yelan quickly, "I finally see you. How are you doing in the palace? You are not bullied, right?"

Yelan paused for a moment, then stretched out his arms to wrap around Yunzhu, and sighed: "Can I still let others bully me? Don't worry, I'm living a good life in the palace, but I'm not very free."

Hearing this, Yunzhu sniffed: "Why is it that you, the girl, have to encounter such a thing? This is so unfair, Your Majesty..."

In order to prevent Yunzhu from talking nonsense, Ye Lan quickly interrupted Yunzhu and said, "You suddenly came over today. Do you want to see me for something?"

Only then did Yunzhu react, "Girl, I do have something to ask you. Please wait..."

As she spoke, she took out a map and a confession letter from her arms.

"The map... and this is..." Ye Lan glanced at what Yunzhu took out, and then realized, "Is this a move by Ye Hongbai?"

"Yes... the second girl forced the third master to say everything on the condition of reinstatement." Yunzhu nodded, "The second girl has her own tricks."

Yelan smiled happily, "She didn't disappoint me."

"But girl, these are not important. What is important is another thing." Yunzhu quickly spread the map in front of Ye Lan, "Look here."

"What's wrong?" Ye Lan looked in the direction of Yunzhu, and when he saw the mark drawn on the map, his expression changed slightly, "This is..."

"The prince suddenly sent a message saying that there was a village where everyone disappeared for no reason. He suspected a fraud, so he sent someone to send the message back overnight. The second girl looked at the nearby map and suspected that someone was doing something shady around there. But I can't make up my mind and want me to go to the palace to meet the girl."

Yunzhu replied.

Yelan took a breath and said, "You did a good job."

Just by seeing this map, she knew what all this was about.

She and Gong Yu had been investigating the matter of raising private soldiers, but they didn't expect that this clue would suddenly appear in front of them.

"Girl, is it possible that you have seen something wrong?" Yunzhu couldn't help but asked when he saw that there was no expression of surprise on Yelan's face.

Yelan pointed to one of them and said: "Yun'er is right, there are indeed ghosts around here. I guess there are probably people raising private soldiers nearby and training in the mountains. They are afraid that the villagers in the valley will find out, so they put them there." The people in this village give..."

Yunzhu's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief: "Girl, raising private soldiers? Who dares to do such a bold thing here?"

"Why don't you dare? Think about it carefully, such a big risk must bring very high returns. If you raise an army here, you can go directly to the capital. However, the army at the border needs to resist the Qiao country and cannot spare any effort to suppress the rebellion. Army, when the people at the border receive the news, maybe the people in the capital have already been replaced." Ye Lan shook his head and sighed.

Yunzhu swallowed, "But...who would be so bold?"

"The two factions in the DPRK and China, the Aristocratic Faction and the Emerging Faction, are secretly accumulating strength to seize the heir, but neither side dares to go too far because they are watching each other. If anyone dares to take the lead, the other side will not hesitate. If you report it to the public, the gain will outweigh the loss, and all the previous efforts will be wasted, so they must do it quietly and cannot kill people at will."

"According to what the girl said, this was not done by the Aristocratic Family Sect and the Emerging Sect. Could it be that it was done by King Xiao?"

This is the only possibility.

Ye Lan smiled and said, "Don't you think it's different?"

Yunzhu shook his head, not knowing what to say.

Although she had followed Ye Lan, she had already known that King Xiao seemed not to love power on the surface, but in fact he wanted a share of the legitimate rights and interests.

But I never thought that this King Xiao would be so bold.

Ye Lan had experienced the previous life, so she was not surprised at all. She thought for a while, then looked at Yunzhu, "It was Gong Yu who brought you in, what about others? Why did he only let you come to me? Why didn't he come himself? ?”

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