At the gate of the palace.

"Mr. Lu, why did you come here with a large army?"

The guard leader of the arch guard asked carefully, looking at the thousands of elite soldiers in front of him.

Lu Zhi looked at the guard leader in front of him with a expressionless face and said calmly: "Today I am here to announce the edict, so please accept the edict."

"This..." The guard leader looked surprised.

He is an old man in the palace, so he naturally knows the rules in the palace. He usually sends an eunuch here to send an eunuch here. Why did he bother Lu Zhi this time?

Although I couldn't figure it out, the guard leader did not dare to neglect it. He took his subordinates to respectfully salute Lu Zhi and said, "We will listen to the emperor with pride, and I will be there for you."

"Yes," Lu Zhi nodded expressionlessly.

Then, he took an imperial edict from the side, spread it out and recited: "Zhao said:

The captain Liu Jie was not in good condition and ordered the thieves to enter the palace many times. He was obsessed with the hard work and did not give him heavy responsibility. He was removed from his post as the captain to observe the future.

Lu Qing led his troops to station in the palace, and no one else was allowed to stop him. If there were any violations, he would be punished as a rebellion!

You are so proud."

After reading it, Lu Zhi looked at the trembling guard leader in front of him and said, "Get the order."

"I... I will thank you for your kindness." The guard leader hesitated for a while before he tremblingly.

Of course he could see that there were many strange things about this imperial edict.

However, he was low in position and was low in office, so he did not dare to do anything, so he could only pretend not to notice.

After seeing the commander of the guards, Lu Zhi waved to the army behind him: "Go to the palace to change the defense."

After Lu Zhi brought thousands of troops into the palace, an eunuch hurried over and shouted loudly at Lu Zhi: "You are waiting with others, how dare you break into the palace privately?!"

Lu Zhi looked at the person in front of him and said expressionlessly: "Shi Shi Zhao is right. I am on the order of Your Majesty to take over the guards of the palace. I hope that Shi Zhao will not stop him, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Nonsense!" Zhao Zhong retorted loudly when he heard this: "Our family was serving Your Majesty just now, why didn't we know about the imperial edict?

It must be you who want to plot against rebellion!”

Zhao Zhong knew what Zhang Rang did, and he had already boarded Zhang Rang's ship.

He came here to stop Lu Zhi just to delay time.

Before this, he had sent someone to notify Zhang Rang.

"Planning for rebellion?" Lu Zhi pondered for a while and nodded: "You are right to say that. For this "Your Majesty", what I do is to plot against rebellion."

After saying that, Lu Zhi waved his hand behind him: "Catch this abusive person first!"

"Who dares?!" Zhao Zhong shouted with a stern voice when he heard this: "Our family is Zhao Zhong, the Central General Serviceman. Without His Majesty's order, whoever dares to touch our family will be a serious crime of treason!"

"This..." The guard who was about to capture Zhao Zhong, was stunned when he heard this. After hesitating for a while, they turned their eyes to Lu Zhi.

Seeing this, Lu Zhi pulled out the sword on his waist with a "brush" and pointed it at Zhao Zhong and said, "You can recognize this sword?"

"Gudu!" Zhao Zhong swallowed hard and said carefully: "Is this sword the snake-slaying sword?"

"Hmph! You have the eyesight." Lu Zhi nodded, put the sword on Zhao Zhong's neck, and threatened: "Since you know this sword, you must know it too.

If I use this sword to kill you, even if I go to His Majesty, I will not be punished. Do you still want to stop me now?"

"Haha..." Zhao Zhong smiled with difficulty: "What is Mr. Lu saying? Isn't we afraid of thieves entering the palace?

Of course, our family is not suspicious of Mr. Lu. As long as Mr. Lu can produce an imperial edict, our family will never care about this matter again."

"Hmph!" Lu Zhi snorted coldly, then took the sword down and returned it to the sheath, took the imperial edict from the side and threw it to Zhao Zhong: "Look at it well!"

After Zhao Zhong received the imperial edict, he opened it carefully and started to watch it carefully.

The more I looked, Zhao Zhong's face became more ugly, because as the attendant of the imperial edicts who had been in contact with imperial edicts for many years, he did not see where the imperial edict was fake.

He originally thought that this was Lu Zhi's false edict, and as long as he could point out the flaws in the edict, he could delay time.

But he never expected that the imperial edict in Lu Zhi's hand was real, and that would be difficult to deal with.

"Oh..." After watching for a long time, Zhao Zhong took a breath and respectfully returned the imperial edict to Lu Zhi: "Please forgive me, Mr. Lu, it's because our family misunderstanding."

After saying that, he slowly stepped aside, bowed to Lu Zhi, and made a gesture of invitation.

Seeing this, Lu Zhi snorted coldly and then led his army to the palace quickly.

The matter was urgent, and Lu Zhi dared not delay any delay. After all, Li Zhi was still trying his best to drag Zhang Rang. If Zhang Rang reacted, then things would be really bad, so he didn't have much time.

Looking at the army traveling to the palace, Zhao Zhong sighed and murmured to himself: "Mr. Zhang, our family has done everything we can do. Whether you die or live depends on your own."

After saying that, Zhao Zhong turned around and left. He wanted to go back and prepare for it so that he could deal with the major changes in the future.

After Lu Zhi brought the army to the harem, he waved to the army behind him: "Go and surround the harem, don't let anyone go!"

"Here!" Guan Yu, who was following Lu Zhi, responded and then walked towards the harem with great strides.

Guan Yu was on duty in the Northern Army today. After hearing the summons from his mentor, he rushed over immediately.

But he didn't expect that Lu Zhi was looking for him to control the palace.

If Lu Zhi hadn't explained this to him, he would have dared not be presumptuous in the palace.

After Guan Yu surrounded the harem, a shout of scolding came from inside: "Bold! Who are you who dares to break into the palace privately?!"

When Guan Yu heard this, he stroked his beard and said proudly: "I am the captain of the Northern Army. He is the order of His Majesty to take over the guards of the harem.

You should quickly open the door of the inner palace, otherwise, don’t blame me for showing mercy!”

"Hmph!" As soon as Guan Yu finished speaking, a beautiful female voice came from inside: "What a big tone!"

When Guan Yu heard that there was a woman replying inside, he was stunned for a moment.

Then, his face became serious because he knew that there were only a few women who dared to speak loudly in the palace, either the queen or the queen. Others really didn't have the courage to scold a captain loudly.

After thinking about this, Guan Yu hurriedly bowed inside and asked in a warm voice: "I don't know..."

Speaking of this, Guan Yu paused for a moment. He didn't know what to call the person inside, so he said in a general way: "I wonder which noble person is inside?"

"Hmph!" The woman inside snorted and said, "The Ai family is the queen of the Han Dynasty!"

When Guan Yu heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed: "It turned out that the Empress was coming. He finally put the armor on his body and was inconvenient to salute him. I hope the Empress would forgive him."

"It's okay." Queen He didn't say anything after hearing this.

After a long time, she replied: "You go back, you don't need to guard the Ai family."

"This..." Guan Yu immediately frowned when he heard this. He was in a dilemma now, and he came to take over the palace guards with orders.

If you turn around and leave, it is against Your Majesty's will, and that is the crime of deceiving the king.

However, this is the harem, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Empress. If you do not listen to the Empress's words, it will be a serious crime, so Guan Yu was also a little at a loss.

Just when Guan Yu was in a dilemma, Lu Zhi hurried in and asked loudly: "My disciple, what happened? Why didn't you hurry up and take over the harem?"

Seeing Lu Zhi coming here, Guan Yu breathed a long sigh of relief. When Lu Zhi came, it was easy to deal with. I was an old minister of the dynasty and was qualified to talk to the queen.

Thinking of this, Guan Yu hurriedly told Lu Zhi in detail.

After listening to Guan Yu's explanation, Lu Zhi thought for a while and said to the gate of the inner palace: "Old minister Lu Zhi, I have seen the Empress."

"Why is Mr. Lu coming?" He heard Lu Zhi's voice, Queen He asked in surprise: "Did Your Majesty really do it and ask you to wait for the will of the palace guards?"

"It was" Lu Zhi didn't care about his virtue in order to rescue Liu Hong, and he just lies: "The old minister dares not deceive the Empress.

Your Majesty did give the old minister an order to take over the guards of the palace.

I hope the Queen can open it

Open the gate of the inner palace and don’t make it difficult for the old ministers to do.”

"This..." Queen He pondered for a while and said, "The Ai family cannot make the decision. Why don't you wait here and ask Your Majesty for advice."

"No!" As soon as Queen He finished speaking, Lu Zhi stopped him loudly.

Afterwards, Lu Zhi also knew that his tone was a little too anxious, and he was afraid that Queen He would be suspicious, so he said softly: "Forgive me, Empress, Your Majesty is the king of Wan Cheng. Don't bother him with some trivial matters.

If the Empress still does not trust the old minister, there is something that can win the trust of the Empress.”

"Oh?" Queen He asked curiously: "What is it?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhi took off the snake-killing sword from his waist and said respectfully towards the gate: "Qi Bi, the sword held by the old minister is the snake-killing sword left by Taizu of our dynasty. This thing is enough to prove it to the old minister."

"What?!" Empress He was shocked when she heard this: "Your Majesty has even given you the sword to kill the snake?!"

"It's right" Lu Zhi responded and said to Queen He in the door: "If Empress Do Not Believe in the Old Minister, the Old Minister can hand this sword over the wall, and the Empress Can You Know at a glance."

"Okay," Queen He nodded and said, "Since that's the case, just hand over the sword."

When Lu Zhi heard this, he nodded, handed the sword in his hand to Guan Yu, and asked him to hand the sword inside the wall.

After Guan Yu stepped on the ladder and handed the sword into the wall, Queen He grabbed the sword and watched it carefully.

After a long time, Queen He sighed: "It's really a snake-killing sword, that's right. Come on, open the door."

"Cruff..." With the sound of opening the door, the door of the inner palace slowly opened.

At this moment, a little eunuch ran from afar, shouting while running: "Your Majesty has an order, don't open the door, there are traitors outside the door..."
Chapter completed!