After everyone listened, they all felt that this was no ordinary situation. Now, Beijing was probably in deep turmoil.
Without further delay, leaving behind the main force to proceed slowly, Gu Youyou, along with Jin Zijin, Yue Rujing, and more than ten others, rode swiftly back towards Beijing.
...
Inside the Lu Residence, General Lu was completely crippled, and as of now, the Emperor did not know; but when the Empress Dowager learned of it, she felt as if the sky had half collapsed.
And Madam Lu was still unaware of the consequences her uncontrolled violent actions had brought about.
She was placing all her hopes on her son, Lu Tianning.
"Tianning, do you understand now? What should we do?"
Madam Lu recounted, embellishing the conversation Madam Cheng had with her a few days ago, to Lu Tianning.