Chapter 128 He is the Emperor’s biological son

The woman's appearance caused such a huge reaction in his father that Yan Xuanjing's heart sank.

He will be thirty years old after the Chinese New Year. As the eldest son, he is not even the crown prince yet!

Whether in terms of merit or power, the Ren family is a top-notch existence in the Southern Yan Kingdom. Unfortunately, he has a second royal brother by his side who has been competing with him for everything since he was a child!

And... as each year passed, the emperor's dissatisfaction with him grew deeper and deeper. On the contrary, his second brother had been increasingly valued in recent years.

No matter what means he used to stop him and make him fail, it still did not change his father's satisfaction with him.

The Southern Yan Emperor ignored his thoughts. After listening to the eunuch read the imperial edict, he said in a hoarse and weak voice, "Prince Dingbei, you will interrogate the people from Northern Frontier and investigate the mastermind behind the assassination. For the time being, all state affairs will be jointly discussed by the First Prince and... the Second Prince. Prince Dingbei will supervise government affairs on my behalf. If anything arises, he will report to me alone!"

His voice became lower and lower.

As the last word fell, the Emperor of Southern Yan fainted.

Several imperial physicians had gathered around and hurriedly had the emperor sent to the Yangxin Palace for further treatment.

This is the Golden Palace, and the imperial doctors cannot perform their duties here.

Yan Fengxiao stood in front of all the civil and military officials, looking at the emperor who had fallen into a coma. He slowly turned his eyes and gave orders to the commander of the imperial guards.

"Except for the imperial physician, no one is allowed to visit the emperor while he is still unconscious!"

"Yes, sir!"

The commander of the imperial guards is the emperor's confidant and is loyal and will never betray him.

Therefore, Yan Fengxiao entrusted the emperor's safety to him.

What the Emperor of Southern Yan said before he fell into a coma has already made one thing clear.

That is, there is now a traitor within the country of Southern Yan!

Moreover, the traitor was in a high position, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and he joined forces with the assassins arranged by the Northern Frontier to attack the emperor.

And when the Emperor of Southern Yan was seriously injured and at his weakest, the person he trusted most was not his son or concubine, but... Yan Fengxiao!

Yan Xuanjing stood in front of the hall, trembling all over.

He stared at Yan Fengxiao intently, but he had no way to deal with it.

Even if his father was poisoned and unconscious, he would still hand over power to Yan Fengxiao... Even if he didn't want to speculate about this result, he couldn't.

Yan Fengxiao is...his father's biological son!

Yan Fengxiao narrowed his eyes, his expression extremely calm.

Although he only brought thousands of soldiers back to the capital, he was once the governor of Yanjing Prefecture, and all military deployments in the entire capital were under his control.

Now that the emperor has personally handed over power to him, Yan Fengxiao naturally would not be polite. He turned around and looked at the civil and military officials below.

At this moment, all the ministers were silent.

"Your servants, we pay our respects to the King of Dingbei!"

As one of the few kings of a different surname in the entire Southern Yan Kingdom, his value is quite high.

Yan Fengxiao nodded slightly and said calmly: "This matter cannot be spread casually to avoid confusion."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"From today onwards, the entire city is under martial law. All persons in the palace are under house arrest. All entry and exit of the palace and the imperial city must be registered."

"Yes, sir!"

Yan Xuanjing watched Yan Fengxiao arrange many matters in an orderly manner.

He, the eldest prince, has almost become a transparent person.

All the civil and military officials in the court bowed their heads and dared not fart.

Even high-ranking officials like Taifu Zhao acted like grandsons at this moment.

After all, Yan Fengxiao is the one who can control their life and death and holds great power.

Over the years, the Emperor of Southern Yan has laid the foundation for Southern Yan, allowing the people of Southern Yan to live and work in peace and contentment.

But he also has his flaws.

That is... too kind.

This may be the reason why he became a benevolent monarch. Although there are many benefits, it also inevitably left many disasters.

For example, the eldest prince has done many wrong things over the years, but the Emperor of Southern Yan gave him chances again and again.

For the sake of stability of the country, the position of crown prince has not been decided yet.

For example, Prince Lian has been secretly doing things over the years, raising war horses and having private soldiers.

Because he relied on the fact that he was the emperor's younger brother and was favored by the empress dowager, even if the emperor had found out and talked to him over the years, it would still be useless.

Prince Lian was not worried about falling out with the Emperor because he understood his brother and valued blood ties too much...

As long as he does it secretly, does not cross the emperor's bottom line, and does not let others get direct evidence, the emperor will not do anything to him, and will not lead to a brotherly feud.

Yan Xuanjing suddenly walked to Yan Liuchen's side.

Looking at his silly second brother with a smile on his face, he suddenly felt a sense of superiority in his heart, as if he had seen through everything, but the other party was still kept in the dark.

He suddenly spoke, "Yan Liuchen, Yan Fengxiao is so highly regarded by our father that he has even been crowned a king and has a fiefdom. He is truly at the pinnacle of power. Aren't you jealous?"

Yan Liuchen was stunned. He didn't expect that his elder brother, who always looked down on others, would take the initiative to talk to him.

"Why are you jealous? Isn't it good for the Southern Yan Kingdom to have such a brave general? I heard that now the Northern Frontier Army is terrified and their legs tremble whenever they hear Yan Fengxiao's name..."

"That's not what I'm saying. He's certainly very powerful, but aren't you afraid he might rebel?"

Yan Liuchen, however, looked at Yan Xuanjing as if he were a fool.

"Why did he rebel? Did my father and the Southern Yan Kingdom oppress him, or did they kill someone important to him?"

Yan Xuanjing sneered, "He now commands a large army and holds great power. He is fully qualified to sit on the supreme throne, don't you think?"

Yan Liuchen was silent for a moment.

"Is your Royal Brother worried about this?"

Yan Xuanjing's voice instantly became subdued and low, even tinged with anger. "Aren't you worried?"

"I'm not worried."

Yan Liuchen crossed his arms across his chest, looking very relaxed.

He looked at Yan Fengxiao's figure and narrowed his eyes slightly.

At the beginning, he went to the army without knowing his own capabilities, and wanted to lead the army in person. As a result, he was almost pierced through the throat by an arrow. If Yan Fengxiao had not been next to him, he would have died at that time.

Yan Liuchen will remember this favor for the rest of his life.

The most crucial point is that if Yan Fengxiao really wanted to rebel, he would have had the ability to do so four years ago. However, even if his father withdrew his military power and forced him to stay in the capital and be trapped in a corner, he still did not resist at all.

It seems that he is just doing his job to the best of his ability...

Yan Xuanjing sighed and shook his head slightly. His eyes were extremely deep and vicious.

"My poor second brother, you didn't even know you were being used these years. Why did Yan Fengxiao work so hard for the Southern Yan Kingdom? Why is he so valued by our father? Have you ever thought about it carefully?"