The news that the city gate was sealed off early in the morning spread instantly with the wind, and everyone was talking about the rare confrontation between the Ministry of War and the Imperial Guard, their faces filled with anxiety.

  Mrs. Song had just come out of Old Lady Song's courtyard when she heard the news - after thinking deeply for a whole night, she finally understood where she was wrong and what had touched the bottom line of Old Lady Song and Mr. Song. Once she had figured things out, she quickly sorted out her current situation and how to deal with it.

  Early in the morning, she came over to pay respects to Old Lady Song as usual. Fortunately, this time Old Lady Song did not make excuses to reject her again and accepted her service and had breakfast.

  Just as she was feeling a little more at ease, she turned around and heard such shocking news that she couldn't help but feel stunned. Last night her husband had specifically reminded her that the situation had changed and told her to be careful with everything. Although she believed him, she hadn't expected things to have escalated to the point where they were on the verge of breaking out into the open.

  Jinling called out to her in a low voice, and she came back to herself. After coming back to herself, she immediately ordered Jinling: "Go to the gatehouse and order that except for the kitchen staff who are going to buy groceries and follow the old masters to court, no other servants are allowed to enter or leave today!"

  Mrs. Song also heard the news, with a serious look on her face, watching Mr. Song who had just entered the room, calling Yu Shu to help him take off his coat, and sighing anxiously: "I'm really afraid that something will happen."

  This is no child's play, once the Ministry of War clashes with the Imperial Guards, neither side will be a soft persimmon, I'm afraid that when two tigers fight, one must be injured.

  Song Chengnu, although he was on duty at the Western Garden that night, also barely slept a wink, worried and frightened for the whole night. At this moment, hearing Old Lady Song say so, he couldn't help but laugh first, then went to change his clothes in the clean room, washed his hands and turned back to look at Old Lady Song: "Last night I was on duty with the Prime Minister at the Western Garden, I'm afraid the Prime Minister also heard some news. He directly pointed out that Zhang Gong lao did something excessive. Since he said so, my attitude towards him in my heart is also somewhat ambiguous."

  Old Lady Song keenly heard the meaning in Old Man Song's words, thought for a moment and was somewhat surprised: "So to say, this time the Grand Preceptor is also standing on the side of the Ministry of War?"

  "Qian Bilang's granddaughter married his grandson, and she will be the future matriarch of their family." Old Master Song replied vaguely, then continued: "Moreover, they are fellow jinshi from the same year, and have a very good relationship. Last time when the Emperor personally inquired about the Tongzhou affair, he didn't immediately make a decision, and didn't remove him as Minister of War. The Grand Chancellor also exerted considerable influence behind the scenes."

  So, with interests and kinship involved, it's inevitable that the prime minister won't let Qian Bilang suffer. But Old Lady Song still had some worries: "Even so, he may not be willing to offend Xingfu and Duanwang."

  "Why would he offend the King? This matter has nothing to do with the King from start to finish, and it's not even related to him. The Prime Minister has been in office for so many years, he himself is as slippery as a loach, and he can still tell what's important and what's not." Old Man Song chuckled: "Besides, Xingfu and the King don't have any obvious connection, the Prime Minister is just getting rid of evil for the people and eliminating eunuchs."

  It turns out that after so many years of mixing in, the old oil strip is indeed much higher than the old fox at home. Song Old Lady felt a little relieved and lowered her voice to ask him: "In a few days, when entering the palace, Rong Xian Taifei was the emperor's mother-in-law, and all her daughters were married to noble families. The emperor and empress regarded her as their mother, and many things were done for the sake of filial piety, so they couldn't afford to disobey her. If she really insisted on pinning it on Little Yi, I'm afraid the emperor and empress wouldn't have a way out either."

  When it came to this matter, Song Chengnu's expression also became serious. He had carefully considered these days, and now that Old Lady Song asked about it, he spoke of his own plans: "Although the emperor and empress cannot be disobeyed for the sake of filial piety, all things in the world must follow reason. Little Yi is after all the daughter of the Duke's manor, even if Empress Rongxian is the empress, without a convincing reason, she can't lay hands on Little Yi. I reckon that with her usual way of doing things, it would be nothing more than framing Little Yi for some crime."

  This is indeed the style of Rong Xian, the Empress Dowager. Song Old Madam sneered: "She loved to use these tactics when she was in the inner chambers back then, and now she still hasn't changed her old ways. This time entering the palace, I will keep a close eye on Xiao Yi, trying not to let her leave my side."

  If Rong Xian wanted to make a move, she must have made thorough preparations. Especially in the palace, which was her territory, just watching Song Chuyi was not enough. Old Master Song shook his head and was about to say something else when he heard a commotion outside. He furrowed his brow and stood up, and then heard Yu Shu and others calling out "Young Master" in unison.

  Song Jue indeed entered the door with this sound, his face was serious and tired. After greeting Song Lao Taigong and Song Lao TaiTai, he said in a low voice: "The city gate has been surrounded by Jin Yiwei, they want to forcibly take away Shi Tongzhou and Ye Jingchuan, someone from the Ministry of War has died."

  What you fear will come true, and unexpectedly, it has resulted in loss of life.

  Mrs. Song looked at Old Man Song in shock, and saw that he had already asked Song Ke questions: "Someone died in the Ministry of War? Who?"

  Chen Xiang actually went all out and came here, did he really dare to kill the Ministry of War's people?

  "It was Xing An's people who made the first move, and one of the Wu Ku Si's deputy officers under Lord Cen's command died." Song Jue briefly recounted the events to Old Lady Song and Old Man Song: "Lord Cen was extremely enraged, and both sides had a fierce fight. There are probably five or six dead and injured. The Yu Lin Wei and the Five City Troops of the Golden Guard all heard the news and rushed over. I stayed at the scene for a while, saw that I couldn't intervene, and slipped away first."

  It turned out to be Xing An, this guy who was not good at doing things but good at causing trouble. Song Chengnu immediately reacted and couldn't help but laugh in surprise. If Xing Fu knew that the one who had sent him to his death was actually his nephew whom he had always regarded as a worthy successor, I wonder what he would think.

  Mrs. Song didn't know why Mr. Song was laughing, her expression serious: "The Imperial Guards are numerous and powerful, with high martial arts skills, how can the Ministry of War be their match? I'm afraid the Ministry of War will suffer a loss."

  This matter has already alarmed the five cities of the Imperial Guard and the Golden Armor Guard, and soon the people from Shuntian Prefecture will also rush over. Whether or not it will cause a disturbance is another story, but with such a big commotion, the Prime Minister cannot possibly take no action at all.

  Your Majesty will probably hear the news soon.