Su Xuening frowned; of course, she couldn't possibly stab herself twice.

Seeing that Long Jiaojiao dared to humiliate Su Xuening like this, Xuan Yuanzhan was furious and rushed forward to fight with Long Jiaojiao.

Long Jiaojiao hadn't expected that even with Su Yun'an choking her, Xuan Yuanzhan would still dare to step forward. Caught off guard, she let him get close and was forced to engage in a fierce struggle.

Long Jiaojiao's martial arts skills were already inferior to Xuan Yuanzhan's, and after being unconscious for so long and not eating much, her limbs were weak, so she was naturally no match for Xuan Yuanzhan.

While desperately attacking Long Jiaojiao, Xuanyuan Zhan exchanged glances with Su Yun'an.

Su Yun'an understood the signal in Xuan Yuanzhan's eyes and stared intently at Xuan Yuanzhan's moves.

Knowing that Su Yun'an understood his meaning and his moves, Xuan Yuanzhan suddenly launched a fierce attack on Long Jiaojiao.

Now!

Caught off guard, Long Jiaojiao instinctively tried to free her hand to parry Xuan Yuanzhan's attack. Su Yun'an not only seized the opportunity to escape using the move Xuan Yuanzhan had just taught him, but also struck her in the chest.

"Pfft!" Long Jiaojiao suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Her eyes widened in shock. She never expected that this little brat knew martial arts and dared to ambush her!

Enraged, Long Jiaojiao slapped Su Yun'an in the back.

With a loud "boom," Xuan Yuanzhan's palm met Long Jiaojiao's palm, and Long Jiaojiao's palm force rebounded directly onto her, causing her to spit out another mouthful of blood.

Xuan Yuanzhan then pulled Su Yun'an over and pushed him toward You Yi and Pei Luo.

Seeing that Xuan Yuanzhan had rescued Su Yun'an, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you alright?" Pei Luo looked at Su Yun'an with concern and checked his body.

Su Yun'an shook his head: "I'm fine."

His voice was very hoarse because he had just been choked badly.

Everyone was relieved to hear that Su Yun'an was alright.

Su Xuening also ran to Su Yun'an's side, looking at him worriedly: "She didn't feed you any weird stuff, did she?"

Su Xuening wasn't worried about anything else, except that the vixen Long Jiaojiao might have given Yun An some strange and unusual poison.

Su Yun'an understood what Su Xuening meant and shook his head, saying, "Probably not."

After the woman captured him, she flew directly towards the palace. She didn't say anything to him, feed him anything, or take out anything strange. She probably didn't use any spells on him.

It wasn't that Long Jiaojiao didn't want to, but after she was captured, Xuan Yuanzhan took all the bottles and jars from her body, so she had no way to use her Gu techniques.

Knowing that Long Jiaojiao hadn't placed any Gu on Su Yun, Su Xuening felt relieved.

The opposing dragon, Jiaojiao, was severely injured twice in a row.

She clutched her chest, looking sadly at Xuan Yuanzhan: "Xuan Yuanzhan, I, the Holy Maiden, love you with all my heart, why are you so cruel to me? What is it about me that I lack compared to that woman!"

Seeing that she still had the nerve to compare herself to Ning'er, Xuan Yuanzhan felt disgusted and said with revulsion, "What right do you have to compare yourself to Ning'er? Even a single strand of Ning'er's hair is better than yours. Besides, you just want to use me to practice your evil arts, but you're self-righteously thinking that you love me. What does a woman like you know about love? The word 'love' coming out of your mouth only makes people feel disgusted!"

Xuan Yuanzhan's merciless words completely disheartened Long Jiaojiao: "Xuan Yuanzhan, how dare you humiliate this Holy Maiden like this? Then don't blame this Holy Maiden for being ruthless!"

After making his threats, Long Jiaojiao activated the Puppet Gu within his body.

A beam of eerie green light burst forth from Long Jiaojiao's body. At the same time, Zong Jiu, inside the inner palace, was startled to see Xuan Yuanpeng suddenly sit up on the bed: "Your Majesty..."

Upon hearing Zong Jiu's shout, Bai Shi immediately ran into the inner hall.

"Xuanyuan Peng!" Seeing that Xuanyuan Peng had finally woken up, Bai Shi said anxiously, "You're finally awake."

Xuanyuan Peng, who was sitting on the bed, seemed not to hear Bai Shi's shouts. His eyes were dull and his expression was wooden. He went out without even putting on his shoes.

"Your Majesty, you haven't put on your shoes yet!" Zong Jiu hurriedly grabbed Xuan Yuanpeng's dragon boots and chased after him.

At this moment, Bai Shi noticed that something was wrong with Xuan Yuanpeng and hurriedly followed him out.

The people outside were also stunned when they saw Xuanyuan Peng suddenly emerge from the hall.

Although the Imperial Guards and palace attendants were all on duty at Chengqian Palace, they hadn't seen the Emperor for several months. Now, seeing the Emperor so thin and emaciated, like a walking corpse, they were all terrified.

What happened to the Emperor? He looks terrifying!

Seeing that Xuan Yuanpeng's eyes were devoid of any light, Xuan Yuanzhan knew that he was being controlled, and immediately attacked the dragon Jiaojiao who was casting a spell.

This time, Long Jiaojiao was no longer afraid of him. She said coldly, "If you want him to die, go ahead and do it. This Holy Maiden will make sure he dies a very ugly death."

With just one sentence, he completely controlled Xuan Yuanzhan.

Xuan Yuanzhan glared at Long Jiaojiao with burning anger: "Immediately remove the curse from him, and I might be able to leave you with a whole corpse!"

"Hahahaha!" Long Jiaojiao laughed wildly, his eerie green eyes sweeping over Xuanyuan Peng once more.

As if meeting Long Jiaojiao's gaze, a green glint appeared in Xuanyuan Peng's eyes, and he suddenly spoke: "Everyone, listen to my command, kill the Holy King immediately!"

Xuanyuan Peng's command stunned everyone instantly.

The Emperor wants to kill the Holy King?

No way, is the Emperor being controlled by that vixen?

But it's just the emperor's order, should they obey it or not?

Xuanyuan Zhan and the others also looked at Xuanyuan Peng with furrowed brows.

It seems this puppet gu is indeed powerful; he has truly been controlled by this gu worm.

Just as the Imperial Guards hesitated, Xuanyuan Peng spoke again: "Anyone who dares to disobey the imperial decree shall be killed without exception!"

Left with no other choice, the Imperial Guards obeyed orders and surrounded Xuan Yuanzhan.

Actually, they were also very afraid of the Holy King, not only because of his identity, but also because of his martial arts skills.

The Holy King's martial arts skills are unfathomable; they have just witnessed them firsthand.

The Holy King just fought his way from the palace gates to Chengqian Palace, and he clearly held back. If the Holy King had used the same moves he used against the demoness to deal with them, they would probably be lining up in the Yellow Springs by now.

The Imperial Guards surrounded Xuan Yuanzhan and his group. While protecting Su Xuening, Xuan Yuanzhan raised his voice and said, "Can't you all see? The Emperor has been controlled by this witch. This is not the Emperor's order, but the witch's order. Are you going to listen to this witch?"

Zong Jiu also shouted, "The Holy King is right. The Emperor has long been controlled by them with puppet Gu. The current Emperor has no consciousness of his own. This is not the Emperor's will at all."

No matter what Xuanyuan Zhan and Zong Jiu said, the Imperial Guards dared not disobey the imperial decree: "Your Highness, we apologize, but we cannot disobey the imperial decree."

Disobeying the imperial decree would result in the execution of their entire family. They all had elderly parents and young children to support, how could they dare to disobey this decree!

Just as the Imperial Guards were about to attack Xuan Yuanzhan and his men, Cao Qi arrived just in time, holding up the imperial edict: "His Majesty's edict is here. Who dares to touch the Holy King!"