King Ji's expression changed, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Princess Ji, glaring at her with a stern look of "What are you talking about?"
Princess Ji turned her face aside. She hated Song Tangning for embarrassing her and Yu Yan in public earlier. She even hated her for being arrogant and domineering because of Xiao Yan, forcing the majestic princess of the royal palace to apologize to her as an orphan whose parents had died long ago.
Now that someone has uncovered Xiao Yan's skin, it is more likely to drag the eunuch down. If Xiao Yan had really colluded with Empress Lu, then His Majesty would definitely not tolerate him!
Princess Ji naturally wanted to add insult to injury, so she avoided King Ji's eyes and said:
"Your Majesty, you'd better investigate carefully. Governor Xiao is your most trusted minister. He has always been the one to investigate the affairs of the Lu family. How could he violate the holy will and communicate with the queen privately? Could it be that someone used his name to deceive him? Queen."
"In this case, please don't accuse Governor Xiao unjustly."
As soon as these words came out, the silence in the palace could be heard.
Princess Ji kept saying that she wanted to find out so that Xiao Yan would not be wrongly accused, but she hinted that Xiao Yan had been in private contact with the queen for a long time.
He was the one who investigated the Lu family's affairs from beginning to end, and now it has been completely eradicated. So when did Xiao Yan collude with Queen Lu?
Is it before His Majesty checks the Lu family, or after checking the Lu family?
Princess Ji almost told Emperor An that Xiao Yan had a problem. Prince Ji looked at Xiao Yan's cold face and almost lost his temper. When he looked at Princess Ji, he wanted to curse.
What does the matter between Xiao Yan, Cui Lin and the aristocratic family have to do with their Prince Ji's Mansion? !
Even if someone really sets up a trap to kill Xiao Yan tonight, who can guarantee that Xiao Yan will definitely die? At this time, the best thing to do is to wait and see what happens. No matter who wins, Xiao Yan or Cui Lin, it has nothing to do with Prince Ji's palace.
But she rushed to add insult to injury. If things happened again and nothing happened to Xiao Yan, then their Prince Ji's Mansion would be doomed!
Princess Ji, this stupid woman!
Prince Ji wanted to strangle Princess Ji to death, but Emperor An was obviously more suspicious because of Princess Ji's words. He cast his gaze on Xiao Yan's face and spoke calmly.
"When did I let you say such a thing?"
Xiao Yan frowned: "Wei Chen doesn't."
"No, then why did the Queen mention Governor Xiao's name before she died?" Cui Lin said, "Could it be that Governor Xiao did something behind His Majesty's back?"
He looked at Xiao Yan with a sinister look on his face, and there was a bit of mockery on his still sick face.
An Di's face became more and more gloomy.
Everyone in the hall looked at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan stood in front of the steps, feeling all kinds of eyes, and he didn't say anything for a while.
"It's just a few casual remarks from others. Could it be that Your Majesty is suspicious of Wei Chen?"
Cui Lin said before Emperor An could say anything: "Why should Governor Xiao care about other things? If you and the queen had not had a sworn relationship, why did she say those words before she died? Now that someone has heard it with her own ears, doesn't Governor Xiao explain?" one time?"
"What do you want me to explain?"
"Of course it's between you and the queen."
Ah.
Xiao Yan chuckled softly: "What can I have with the deposed empress? She was sent to the cold palace by my own hands. If there is really a connection, why is it like this? But Cui Shangshu, you seem to really hope that this governor will have any contact with the deposed empress?" "
Cui Linton was angry: "I only said this because of Mrs. Xuan's words, please stop slandering me!"
"Yeah."
Xiao Yan glanced at him with a half-smile but no concealment of sarcasm.
Before Cui Lin could come back with a glare, Xiao Yan said directly to Emperor An:
"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether what Cui Shangshu said is true or false, and regardless of what the queen said before she died, the most important thing right now is to capture the two palace men who scared Madam Xuan first."
"There are a lot of guards patrolling the Imperial Garden, but two palace men dared to brazenly kill the wife and the female envoy in the Queen Mother's Palace. Such a big movement did not alarm anyone."
"There are also countless guards outside the Zichen Palace. Anyone who comes near will be blocked. Mrs. The courtiers attending the banquet were alarmed."
"If it wasn't for Commander Yu's instructions, someone might have tampered with the palace's imperial defense."
"I didn't!" Yu Yanfeng said urgently.
"I certainly believe in Commander Yu."
Xiao Yan looked at Emperor An: "It doesn't matter if a minor minister is slandered by others. Anyway, the minor minister has enemies all over the place, so he has long been accustomed to it. But if something goes wrong in the imperial army, and some people can even dispatch them at will, then your majesty and everyone in the palace will be endangered." A considerate lady."
Yu Yanfeng's expression changed instantly, and he knelt down suddenly.
"Your Majesty, the imperial guard in the palace is the responsibility of the minister. Whether it is in the imperial garden or outside the Zichen Palace, the minister has to send people to patrol for twelve hours."
"There is a banquet in the palace tonight. Without His Majesty's orders, I will never allow anyone to break into the Zichen Palace, unless the Imperial Army is tampered with!"
An Di narrowed his eyes with an unpredictable expression, but he did not suspect that Yu Yanfeng had done anything.
He alone arranges the defense inside and outside the Zichen Palace, and the imperial guards in the palace obey his orders. If someone really commits an attack in the palace, the imperial army will not notice it, and the imperial guards in front of the palace cannot even stop a woman.
Yu Yanfeng, who was the first to bear the blame, would not be able to hold on to his position as deputy commander of the Forbidden Army.
When Emperor An's thoughts changed slightly, he glanced at Cui Lin with a cold face, and then said:
"Yu Yanfeng, you immediately lead a search for the palace and bring those two bold palace men to me. If they escape, I will not spare you!"
Yu Yanfeng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Weichen is going now!"
When he stood up, he glanced at Xiao Yan and couldn't help but feel a little grateful.
Even though Emperor An spoke harshly, he obviously knew that what happened today had nothing to do with him, and that it was all because of Xiao Yan's words just now.
If Xiao Yan hadn't spoken out and cleared the air for him, he wouldn't have been able to explain it clearly even if he had 800 mouths.
Yu Yanfeng remembered Xiao Yan's feelings, and after he swept past Cui Lin with hatred, he strode out to lead people to arrest him.
On the Zichen Palace side, the banquet stopped, the dancers in the palace retreated, and not a trace of the previous cheerful atmosphere remained.
Emperor An didn't ask Mrs. Xuan to get up. Mrs. Xuan was kneeling on the ground, crying, and her voice became softer involuntarily. The whole hall was eerily quiet because of this sudden change.
Emperor An remained silent, and everyone else held their breath and did not dare to speak.
It wasn't until a long time later that there was a commotion outside the palace. Yu Yanfeng strode in carrying a man wearing eunuch clothes, followed by a man wearing armor.
Except for the first few people who were carrying the two corpses, the others were holding more than ten men who were tightly bound, stuffed in their mouths, and stripped of their light armor except for the white lining.
When a group of people entered, the women and girls in the palace could not help but exclaim. Fortunately, although those people were not dressed appropriately, they did not expose their skin, so the screams were suppressed.
