Forcing me to keep vigil for your childhood sweetheart? Then I'll leave you.

Chapter 144 Stealing the Imperial Seal

"Royal brother, the matter is quite urgent."

Huangfu Qingling frowned slightly as she spoke, "The jade seal is still in the palace."

Upon hearing this, Prince Qing also frowned, but after glancing at Lin Yi, he immediately relaxed a little.

"Let's go inside and talk."

Having said this, Prince Qing arranged for his men to set up camp nearby, and then came to the lobby of the hotel.

This place has been arranged by Lin Yi and is temporarily used to receive Huangfu Qingling and others.

In the center of the hall is a sand table with a miniature imperial palace.

"According to the information received from our spies, Xiao Changyun has already closed all four gates of the capital."

"It looks like we have to hold on."

Prince Qing said as he surrounded the capital with models of his soldiers. "My men are now defending three sides, and I have spies stationed in the south to prevent them from escaping at any time."

"Why not just attack directly!"

Huang Chang was a little impatient. He knew how powerful Prince Qing's army was. Even the Yan army would suffer losses in night battles. With such combat power, they could easily capture the capital by force.

"Don't attack by force."

Lin Yi rejected it immediately.

"That's right, there are still civilians in the capital, and even if we take back the capital, we still have to continue living."

Yang Jian also nodded.

“That’s also what I find most troublesome.”

Prince Qing sighed and said, "If we want to storm it, it will definitely be no problem. With the Molotov cocktails and bombs we have now, we can easily break through the city wall."

Although it has not been tested in the battle with the State of Yan, Prince Qing has such confidence.

Because just during the test, some marks could be blown out on the cement wall, and the effect was even better than that of a sword or bow.

"But even if we win by blowing up the city wall, we still have to bear the cost of repairs."

Prince Qing continued, "When the Prince of Qi rebelled, we could have just trapped him to death after we had conquered the capital."

"Now we can continue to trap them to death."

Lin Yi said, "They were so trapped that they couldn't help but surrender."

"They probably won't surrender."

Huangfu Qingling spoke slowly, "If the imperial seal was still in their hands, they could completely..."

Suddenly she had a very bad guess.

If I forge an imperial edict and ask nearby troops to come to the rescue, I'm afraid Prince Qing will be regarded as a rebel...

"No, there is something urgent right now."

She changed her words and said, "Take out the jade seal and tourmaline."

"General Yu, are you familiar with the Imperial Palace?"

Then she questioned Yu Jin, "Although I haven't summoned you many times, the palace should..."

"Xiao Changyun would never leave anything in the palace."

Lin Yi interrupted, "He should put the things where he feels safest."

"I found out when I was talking to Chen Chong."

As he spoke, he brought Chen Chong up.

Based on Chen Chong's long observation of Xiao Changyun, Lin Yi knew that Xiao Changyun was actually a very cautious person.

Even though Chen Chong had been extorting money from Xiao Changyun, he was unaware of Xiao Changyun's big plan.

It can be seen that he is sufficiently wary of people from different backgrounds.

"Based on this, Xiao Changyun would definitely not place the imperial seal in the palace."

"There are imperial guards inside. Even if he bribed them, they won't be completely trusted."

After finishing his analysis, Lin Yi came to a conclusion.

"Then just sneak in, find the jade seal in Xiao Changyun's place, and then come out to solve the urgent problem first!"

Yang Jian spoke up next, and immediately volunteered, "Let me go."

"General Yu, thank you for your hard work."

Lin Yi looked at Yu Jin and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Yu Jin is more familiar with the capital, so General Yu should be in charge of this operation."

Following Yu Jin's lead, Yang Jian and Huang Chang joined, bringing another thirty elite men and entering the city lightly equipped.

"But... I don't think we can go back through that passage."

Yu Jin shook his head and said, "This is the only secret passage into the capital that I know of."

"Lin Yi, I remember you designed the hook handle?"

"Yu Jin, you can take a look at my soldiers' equipment. I brought a few extra sets with me anyway."

Prince Qing spoke immediately. He didn't have much confidence in sneaking in, but he was still confident in flying into the city at night.

These elite soldiers were able to attack the city with flying ropes even with such heavy armor. If they were lightly equipped, their mobility would be even greater!

As they were chatting, Prince Qing called two soldiers over to show Yu Jin the current equipment of the elite frontier troops.

When Yu Jin saw the equipment of these elite soldiers, he was instantly shocked.

"Where did you get so much money?"

"No, you...how could you be so..."

As he became more and more surprised, he was so surprised that he was speechless.

Judging from the equipment of these elite soldiers under Prince Qing, even the Imperial Guards may not be their match.

If they were at the same level, the Imperial Guards would be crushed just due to the difference in equipment.

"This was designed by Lin Yi."

"By the way, Lin Yi, I also asked the craftsmen to make the smoking thing in your design."

Prince Qing took out a smoke bomb and said, "This thing should also help with infiltration, right?"

"Then take off the armor. You can bring two more smoke bombs. This time the target is the Prime Minister's Mansion. Once we find the jade seal, we will retreat."

Lin Yi looked at Huangfu Qingling as he spoke. She nodded in agreement before he continued, "We don't have to succeed in one go, but we must find out clearly."

"What if it's not in the Prime Minister's Residence?"

"Then go to the Imperial Palace. The soldiers in the capital should be focusing their attention on His Royal Highness Prince Qing's siege troops."

……

At the same time, Xiao Changyun in the city already knew that he could not afford to waste time, as the King of Qi was destroyed in the same way back then.

Therefore, he sent people out long before Prince Qing surrounded him.

Two boxes of thirty thousand taels of silver, emergency letters, and even a tiger talisman taken from Yu Jin's house!

This is enough to mobilize troops.

That's why he can sit back and relax in there without any worries.

At this moment, he was holding the jade seal in his hand, his face full of joy.

"Huangfu Qingling, oh Huangfu Qingling, if you run away with the imperial seal, I will send an army to hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"

As he spoke, he admired the jade seal, then slowly stood up and placed it in a compartment in his study.

"Prime Minister Xiao, the latest news is that General Sun is on his way and it will take him fifteen days to arrive."

After putting the imperial seal away, a guard came to report.

"Why so late?"

"Isn't thirty thousand taels enough?"

Xiao Changyun frowned, "Didn't I tell him that after the siege is lifted, the capital will give him another two million taels!"

"Prime Minister Xiao, General Sun said that the soldiers still need to be assembled and are being reorganized in the south."

"It may take some time before we set off."

The guard answered with his head down.

"Well, pass the order down, we will defend the city!"

After saying this, Xiao Changyun snorted coldly, with some anger on his face.

What he didn't know was that someone had sneaked in from outside.

Relying on his knowledge of the capital and the Prime Minister's Mansion, Chen Chong was hiding outside the window at the back and peeking.