At this moment, how could Su Yan care about the pain?
Behind the Second Prince stood nearly a thousand Imperial Guards on duty in the palace tonight, their swords drawn, solemn and dignified.
Standing beside him was Chen Jingfei, his birth mother, who was beaming with pride.
"Prime Minister Su, I admire your great talent. Please step aside now, and when I ascend the throne tomorrow, the position of Prime Minister will still be yours!" the Second Prince said in a low voice.
Su Yan walked up to the Imperial Guards and bowed to the Second Prince, saying, "Your Highness, His Majesty has just woken up."
Consort Chen's smugness vanished in an instant, replaced by her usual calm smile. "Xu'er was drunk tonight and was just talking nonsense. Prime Minister Su, please don't take it to heart!"
Su Yan looked at Ning Xu, then stepped aside and gestured for him to enter. "Your Highness, now that you're here, why don't you come in with me to see His Majesty?"
Ning Xu glanced at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, then looked closely at Su Yan.
How could she wake up so quickly?
One of the imperial physicians clearly told him that His Majesty would not wake up anytime soon!
But if he hadn't woken up, how could Su Yan dare to let him into the Hall of Mental Cultivation?
His eyes darted around, and finally he took a step forward.
Su Yan smiled faintly and continued walking inside, his hands, hidden in his wide sleeves, were covered in sweat.
Ning Xu was deflated and stopped walking. "Father has just woken up, so I won't disturb him."
With that, he turned and backed away.
Consort Chen turned and followed, and the Imperial Guards also left.
Li Gao then came out. "Lord Su, please go in quickly! His Majesty is summoning you!"
Ning Xu's expression suddenly changed, and he turned around.
If His Majesty were truly awake, why would he have listened to the sounds of swords clashing with his coup d'état and merely casually allowed Su Yan to enter the palace?
Why not announce that he, the rebellious prince, should go in and rebuke him?
It's clearly fake! His Majesty hasn't woken up at all!
Su Yan clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, then leaped forward to engage Ning Xu in combat.
The wound on his arm reopened, and with each opening and closing, blood splattered onto Ning Xu's eyes.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he struck Ning Xu hard on the back of the neck with a palm strike.
Ning Xu's eyes widened, and he slowly collapsed.
Su Yan swayed, and blood seeped from his feet.
Consort Chen screamed in fright, grabbed a sword from a nearby imperial guard, and stabbed it at Su Yan.
"Traitorous officials, how dare you kill a prince!"
Su Yan tried to dodge, but all his strength seemed to have been drained, and his movements were extremely slow.
"Bang!"
An arrow struck Consort Chen's sword but missed.
"Surround them all! Don't let a single one escape!" Sheng Ping's cold and stern voice rang out.
Behind her was Minister Lin leading 20,000 imperial guards from the capital region.
With synchronized steps, they quickly formed a line and surrounded the area.
Minister Lin rushed forward to support Su Yan, "Prime Minister Su!"
Su Yan asked, "How did you get the news so quickly?"
Minister Lin hurriedly replied, "It was Miss Ye who rode to my residence at top speed and told me to quickly lead the troops into the palace. I rode at top speed and met His Highness at the palace gate."
Su Yan closed his eyes and nodded.
If Pan Jiu hadn't been quick-witted, he would have really been finished this time.
The empire, which he had been plotting for so long, was about to fall into the hands of the second prince.
The second prince is too ruthless; with such an emperor, the people of the world are nothing but weeds.
Then there's Chen Jingfei, who's even more difficult to deal with. She's like a venomous snake, lying in wait, ready to bite you down at any moment.
Sheng Ping looked at the group of imperial guards with swords and shouted, "Put down your weapons and surrender!"
The general on duty tonight is Wu Cheng. He glanced at Consort Chen Jing.
Chen Jingfei's eyes sharpened.
Wu Cheng shouted, "Tonight's events were all my idea, and I did them all by myself!"
After saying that, he picked up the knife and slit his own throat.
Blood splattered very high.
Sheng Ping had no time to react and stared at the corpse with his mouth slightly open.
Chen Jingfei was kneeling on the ground, supporting Ning Xu, and crying her heart out.
"Your Majesty! This is your son! And he's been killed by traitors!"
Sheng Ping felt a headache coming on. If Su Yan really killed his second brother, even if his father woke up again, he would never tolerate him.
Su Yan said calmly, "Your Highness, I only knocked the Second Prince unconscious. Please have Your Highness call the imperial physician."
Sheng Ping breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Looking at his father, who was lying on the dragon bed with his eyes closed, he couldn't help but feel his eyes redden.
"Send out four imperial physicians to treat the Second Prince and Prime Minister Su!"
The imperial physicians hurriedly went out, thinking to themselves, "What a busy night!"
Sheng Ping strode to the dragon bed and grasped Ning Xuan's arm, "Father!"
"Father, you must wake up!"
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy bowed and said, "Your Highness, please do not worry. His Majesty is suffering from a sudden attack of anger and has been feeling weak for a long time. He has already taken medicine and should wake up tomorrow."
Sheng Ping nodded, but did not leave; he stayed by the dragon bed.
That night, the palace was brightly lit, and even the chirping of birds seemed tense.
Su Yan stayed in the palace. The imperial physician re-bandaged his wounds and prepared medicine for him to take internally.
The second prince was woken up by having his philtrum pinched. Upon seeing Wu Cheng's corpse, he understood that everything was over.
No! It's not over yet!
The Emperor only has two sons, him and Ning Yao. He forced the Emperor to abdicate, but Ning Yao's maternal family, the Wang family, committed such heinous crimes. How could they possibly ascend the throne?
He was the only option!
People in the palace were filled with anxiety.
Ye Panjiu didn't sleep either. Ever since the fire at the Wang family's house started, she had keenly sensed that something bad was about to happen.
When a series of major events occur, colliding and happening together, that point in time becomes the most important.
Su Yan settled her in his study.
The study was filled with books, and the air was filled with the fragrance of ink.
When she was alone, she was afraid of the dark, so she lit many candles in the study.
He sat upright at his desk, his eyes lowered as he ground the ink.
Since she went to Yangzhou, human lives around her have been scattered by the winds of fate, like weeds.
This is a tragedy of our time.
Peace under imperial power is based on the absence of rebellion and treason, and the absence of border uprisings.
But ordinary people grovel, only hoping for peace and prosperity, so that they won't be taken away by the powerful and wealthy.
On the way back to Yangzhou, how many of the people who came to kill her and Su Yan were born with wealth that others could not obtain even after a lifetime of hard work?
However, they were all ordinary people who, in order to make a living, either joined the army or were taken in as confidants by this general.
Who would have thought that my life would end here?
How many households will hang white cloths and flutter white paper?
She was a compassionate modern person who witnessed these scenes unfold before her eyes.
The blood splattered on her was warm; how could she not react?
After grinding the ink, she picked up her brush, dipped it in the ink, and practiced writing on the paper.
The word "quiet" was written repeatedly.
She didn't know what would happen tonight, but she hoped that Su Yan would return safely.
After writing for an hour, she finally succumbed to sleepiness, her head went limp, and she fell asleep on the table.
As dawn broke, it was time for another morning court session.
The main hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
All the officials knelt down, and no one dared to speak.
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