When Marquis Wenxin and Xiao Yan hurried into the palace, Emperor An was furious. His wrists were wrapped in white cloth, and the ground in front of him was littered with debris.
The second prince and several other princes and princes rushed into the palace overnight when they heard that an assassin had escaped into the Forbidden Palace. Even Cui Lin, Grand Master Liang, Cao Dejiang and others rushed there, fearing that something might happen to the Holy Driver.
However, the person who set the fire in anger during Emperor An's reign was not caught, and even the assassins only captured a few "corpses." Yu Yanfeng, who was in charge of palace confinement, was scolded bloody, and the second prince and others who were also attentive were also severely punished. After a meal, he stood in the hall with a disgraced face.
"What do I want you to do? The assassins have come under my nose and even dared to burn down the Fengxi Palace. Shouldn't the next step be for them to burn down my Yulong Tower? I will keep this head available for you at any time. Waiting for those people to come and take it whenever they want?!”
Yu Yanfeng knelt on the ground, and Canglang was also hit by the wind.
As if Emperor An hadn't scolded him enough, he turned around and scolded the second prince: "And you, you unfilial thing. I usually treat you very well, but it's better for you. When you enter the palace, you first go to Feng Lai to ask me what happened. No, you still dare to stop the black-armored guards, why, you are waiting for me to make way for you so that you can sit on the throne, right?"
"Do you want me to wipe my neck now so that your Highness, the Second Prince, can ascend the throne immediately?!"
The second prince's face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground: "I don't dare, father, I don't dare..."
Suddenly something went wrong in the palace, and there were rumors that Emperor An had been assassinated. He just wanted to find someone to find out the news.
Feng Lai was from Shengqian. What was wrong with him asking about his father's safety? As for stopping the black-armored guard, it was even more unjust. It was obviously Canglang who took the initiative to greet him after seeing him and told him to be careful tonight. Because he was talking to Xiao Yan Hehe took the opportunity to ask Cang Lang a few more questions about the palace affairs, but unexpectedly he was bumped into.
Emperor An was furious and looked at everyone as if they had bad intentions.
The second prince had a big blame on his shoulders, but he couldn't explain himself. He couldn't tell Emperor An that he had been in contact with Xiao Yan for a long time, and that Canglang and Heijiawei were both his, right?
It would be strange if Emperor An didn't just pick off his head, he didn't want to die.
The second prince kowtowed: "My sons are just worried about my father's safety, so I asked them a few questions. I definitely don't dare to have any disobedient intentions. Please let me know..."
boom! !
A piece of jade was thrown towards him, and the words in the second prince's mouth were instantly cut off.
"You don't dare? I don't see anything you dare not do. Don't think that I don't know about your dirty things."
"You assassinate your brother, you have a mediocre intention, and your biological mother is from a humble background. Yet you dare to tolerate the favors of courtiers and seek imperial power..."
Emperor An shouted angrily and cursed in a very serious tone. His words "his biological mother is despicable" made the second prince's face suddenly turn pale, and the expressions of Cui Lin and others on the side also changed slightly.
Seeing that Emperor An continued to say this, he was afraid that the possibility of the second prince seizing power would be completely eliminated.
Cui Lin hurriedly took a step forward and wanted to speak, but at this moment, Feng's inner servant from outside quickly walked in.
"Your Majesty, Governor Xiao and Marquis Wenxin are here."
Emperor An stopped cursing. After tonight's incident in the palace, he felt that everyone else was extremely incompetent. Suddenly, he missed Xiao Yan who was thorough and decisive in everything he did. He quickly raised his head and said, "Let them in."
The two people stepped inside. Cao Dejiang felt relieved when he looked at Xiao Yanshi, whose face was slightly pale but as stern as usual.
Canglang raised his head in surprise: Has the governor returned to Beijing?
When Xiao Yan and others arrived in front of the saint, they each bowed.
"Kowtow to Your Majesty."
"stand up."
After Emperor An asked them to stand up, he looked at Xiao Yan: "Aren't you seriously injured and don't want to enter the palace?"
Xiao Yan said indifferently: "Wei Chen just doesn't want to get involved in external troubles and doesn't want to embarrass His Majesty. But tonight someone is trying to bully me. He wants to put Wei Chen to death. Even the forbidden area of the palace and the important places in the capital dare to become his hunting ground."
"If I continue to be patient, I'm afraid the grass on the grave will be three feet high in the coming year, and Your Majesty will be deceived and even killed."
An Di's face darkened: "What do you mean by this?"
Xiao Yan glanced at Marquis Wenxin, and Marquis Wenxin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, tonight when the palace is in danger, there are also riots everywhere in the capital. Thieves appear out of nowhere and come and go. Wei Chen led the people from the Beijing patrol camp to search the capital."
"I thought it was a small disturbance, but later I realized that someone had done it deliberately, just to distract the people patrolling the capital at night. The minister noticed that something was wrong and asked people to disperse and patrol around, and found the mansion of Governor Xiao in Jiuyun Lane. A large number of thieves have entered and colluded with the people under Governor Xiao to murder Governor Xiao."
Marquis Wenxin was a smart man. He did not mention Uncle Luyang, nor did he say that he was deliberately lured to Jiuyun Lane. Instead, he said that someone deliberately lured away the people who were patrolling the capital in order to take the opportunity to cause trouble.
He was sure that even if Uncle Luyang knew what he said, he would not dare to refute it, and since Xiao Yan wanted to disturb the Lu family, he had made some secrets on the way here.
Although he couldn't help openly, and he didn't want to side with anyone, he hated Lu Chongyuan, and it was a favor to add fuel to the flames and sell Xiao Yan a favor.
Marquis Wenxin said without changing his expression: "When Wei Chen led people to rush over, the Xiao Mansion's gate was broken down, and there were heavy casualties in the manor. Princess Xiangning was almost captured by the thieves, and even Governor Xiao was trapped in the manor. A place to recuperate, if someone hadn’t happened to break out from outside and kill some of the thieves, Governor Xiao might have died."
Not to mention the shock on Emperor An's face, even Cui Lin and the others looked shocked.
Who is so brave that he dares to directly kill people in Jiuyun Lane?
There are many people in the capital who want Xiao Yan's life, and there are countless people who wish he would die early, but he is the first to dare to be so reckless.
Emperor An said angrily: "Can we catch the person who did it?"
The sick look on Xiao Yan's face faded slightly, but his eyes were gloomy: "It was a close aide named Yue Fengcheng under my command who took advantage of Wei Chen's serious injury to collude with outsiders. Fortunately, Wen Xinhou and his men arrived in time to help. Wei Chen captured the people and also captured a few living dead soldiers."
Emperor An's eyebrows jumped when he heard the name "Yue Fengcheng", and his face became extremely ugly following Xiao Yan's words.
"When Yue Fengcheng saw that things were being betrayed, he started to bite His Majesty, saying that he was executing the ministers according to His Majesty's order, and also said that everyone in Jiuyun Lane would be killed without mercy..."
"He's so presumptuous!" Emperor An yelled angrily: "I've never seen this person before, so when did I ever give such a decree?!"
Yue Fengcheng was a good person for him, but he just asked him to stay with Xiao Yan and monitor Xiao Yan's actions. When did he let him kill Xiao Yan without mercy?
Moreover, it was clear at a glance that what happened tonight was that Yue Fengcheng colluded with others and wanted to put Xiao Yan to death. At this time, he absolutely could not admit that he knew that guy.
