Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. The people in the outer city of Kyoto have all closed their doors and windows, and the dignitaries and officials in the inner city are also waiting for an outcome.
Thick blood dripped from the spear tip. Xiao Feng, dressed in armor and looking very majestic, sat upright on his horse and walked on Suzaku Street in Kyoto.
Yu Song came rushing out from the darkness, "Master, the old master, the old lady, and everyone in the mansion are in the sky prison."
Wan Jinlan turned his head to look at Xiao Feng, "I'll go to the Sky Prison first."
Xiao Feng nodded and said to Li Mazi behind him, "You take the others with you and go with my wife. Make sure they are safe."
Li Mazi had followed Xiao Feng since Liangzhou. He was extremely brave on the battlefield and was considered the leader of Xiao Feng's personal guard.
Li Mazi wiped the blood off his face, answered "yes" loudly, and then spurred his horse to catch up with Wan Jinlan.
When Wan Jinlan arrived outside the prison, he happened to see his grandparents, mother, and others coming out in shackles, with more than twenty officers and soldiers escorting them.
Li Mazi brought more than a thousand people following Wan Jinlan and blocked the entrance of the sky prison tightly. It looked really grand.
"Grandfather, grandmother, mother." Wan Jinlan dismounted with a spear in hand, looking at Guan Yanghou with vigilance in his eyes.
Wan Jinlan had met Guanyang Hou. His grandmother was also a royal princess, and could be considered Xiao Feng's great-aunt. Guanyang Hou was also a royal relative, and Wan Jinlan had met him at a palace banquet.
Seeing Wan Jinlan staring at him with murderous intent and cold eyes, Guan Yanghou, a grown man, trembled in his heart.
The old Duke said, "Jinlan, don't be rude. Marquis Guanyang is here to release us."
Wan Jinlan relaxed his tension until the shackles on everyone were opened. Then Wan Jinlan rushed to his grandmother and grabbed her mother's hand again.
"Jin Lan is unfilial and has caused you to suffer."
The old Duke's wife patted the back of her hand and said, "Let's go back home first. Your mother hasn't been feeling well these days and needs to see a doctor."
Wan Jinlan looked at his mother carefully and saw that she had indeed lost a lot of weight. Compared to when she left Beijing last year, her previous plump and plump figure had disappeared.
She turned around, clasped her fists towards Marquis Guanyang and said in a serious tone, "Jinlan will remember your kindness, Lord Marquis."
The palace's red walls and green tiles, jade steps and red courtyards are the same as before. Lanterns are all lit, illuminating the area outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Concubine Chen Shu was holding the little emperor in her arms and trembling in the corridor as she watched Xiao Feng, with a stern and imposing look, dismount from his horse a few feet away.
She let go of the little emperor and rushed forward, "Hao'er is innocent. I hope King Qi can spare his life."
When Xiao Feng looked at her, he saw that the anxious, fearful and pleading expression on her face turned into hatred. She took out a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed it fiercely at Xiao Feng.
"Give me back my son's life!"
Xiao Feng kicked the dagger out of her hand.
"Lock them up in Changmen Palace and keep them under guard."
After saying this, Xiao Feng ignored Concubine Chen's angry curses and was about to step into the Golden Palace.
Chen Congbai and Li Yue led the soldiers to clear the way.
There were hundreds of candles lit in the Golden Palace, making it as bright as day. Li Fu stood beside the dragon throne with a whisk in his hand and a sullen look on his face. The huge golden palace was silent. Emperor Jian'an, wearing a dragon robe, sat quietly on the dragon throne, looking down with a ferocious look in his eyes.
Xiao Feng looked at him quietly for a moment and realized something was wrong.
Li Yue said: "It seems to have lost its vitality."
Li Fu's shrill, sorrowful voice echoed in the Golden Throne Hall, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has swallowed gold and committed suicide."
Xiao Feng's dark eyes were cold and gloomy. He felt that it was worthy of him to die on this dragon throne.
A moment later, blood flowed from Li Fu's mouth and he fell to the ground and died.
He was the emperor's confidant. No matter who the new emperor was, there was no way he could survive. He had already drunk the poisoned wine half an hour ago.
Xiao Feng's men attacked from the west gate of the imperial capital. He led his men into the imperial capital, but did not relax the north gate.
Under the artillery fire, Prince Su voluntarily laid down his weapon and was brought into the palace by Wan Zhijing.
In the mansion, the doctor had just left, and Wan Jinlan was standing by Shen Qing's bed and talking to her.
Chen Qing was already weak, and he was worried every day and couldn't sleep in the prison, so his body was inevitably weak, and he had to be carefully cared for for a long time.
"Ruirui is as fair as her brother. Mother will surely be very happy when she sees her."
Shen Qing's eyebrows and eyes were all smiling, "Even if it's a clay monkey, I will like it."
She grabbed Wan Jinlan's hand and said, "Are you injured? These days must be difficult, mother..."
As Shen Qing spoke, she burst into tears, and Wan Jinlan almost cried again.
"My daughter is back safely now. Please take care of yourself, mother. Don't cry."
After stopping her tears, Shen Qing asked, "Is the King of Qi good to you?"
When he was in the prison, he was worried about his daughter's safety. Now that he has returned home, he has new worries. If the King of Qi ascends the throne and takes a concubine in the future, how will his daughter live?
Wan Jinlan smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother. He treats me very well and has said that he won't take a concubine. Besides, even if he takes a concubine, I have my own way of living with one. It's better if I don't."
Only after coaxing Shen Qing to sleep did Wan Jinlan return to his former Yilan Courtyard.
Chuntao and Fang Biqiu will wait until they are completely settled before entering the imperial city. The former servants of the mansion have not been dismissed and have been trapped in the mansion. They have already cleaned her yard.
Xiao Feng was busy until the end of the Yin hour. Seeing that Wan Zhijing was going back to the mansion, he followed him.
Wan Zhijing asked, "Why doesn't Your Majesty rest in the palace?"
Xiao Feng rubbed the corners of his sore eyes and said without any guilt: "If I weren't here, Jin Lan would definitely not be able to sleep well."
Wan Zhijing didn't want to hear about what happened between the two in the boudoir. Thinking of Fang Biqiu and his daughter whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Wan Zhijing missed them very much.
When the two entered the mansion, the housekeeper saw the King of Qi and was about to go in to report. Xiao Feng said, "Don't alarm others. Take me to my wife's courtyard."
Wan Zhijing's mouth twitched when he heard his words. He was the son-in-law of the Wan family, but he came to their house so openly and wanted to live in the same courtyard. He really didn't follow any rules at all.
In the Yilan courtyard, Wan Jinlan tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep.
This was clearly the place where she had slept for more than ten years. She had been running around these past few days and was extremely tired, but she just couldn't fall asleep on this bed.
The sound of steady and powerful footsteps was accompanied by the voice of the maid, and Xiao Feng's words "step back" made her sit up straight.
Xiao Feng's blood-stained armor was left in the palace. He was now wearing a brocade robe, which also had a strong smell of blood.
Wan Jinlan asked the maid to light the candle in the outer room, and the servant went to boil water. She also sent the maid to get a new undershirt from her brother.
After a busy period, the sky was completely bright, and the two of them fell into a deep sleep in each other's arms.
Three days later, officials in the capital knelt outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony and asked Xiao Feng to ascend the throne.
As for Prince Su, he claimed to be guilty in front of the ancestral temple and was stopped by Xiao Feng when he wanted to commit suicide. Now he is in the clan house.
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