A few days later, Li Yanlin entered the emperor's bedroom.
Lou Jinchuan stood outside the door and sent everyone away.
Li Yanlin took the imperial edict prepared in advance and forced the emperor to affix the imperial seal. The emperor, who was so seriously ill that he could not speak clearly, was so angry that his face turned purple, but he refused to obey.
Just at this critical moment, Li Yancheng led his troops to protect the emperor.
At the same time, at the general's residence.
After taking the medicine, Yan Xi followed Doctor Qiu's instructions and took a walk in the yard to bask in the sun.
But not long after he started walking, his vision started to blur again and he had a severe headache.
Seeing this, Mingzhu, who was following behind, hurried forward to support him and said anxiously, "Master, would you like me to go and ask Doctor Qiu to take a look at you?"
"No need." Yan Xi refused weakly. He squinted his eyes and looked towards the pavilion. "Help me sit over there for a while."
"Okay!" Mingzhu hurriedly helped him over.
But seeing Yan Xi's painful expression, he could not hold it in any longer, and hurriedly asked Shi Yi to call Doctor Qiu, and ordered another guard specially sent by Lou Jinchuan to protect him to bring the painkillers that Yan Xi usually took.
Who knew that as soon as the two men left, Yan Xi fell to the ground with a thud and completely lost consciousness.
Mingzhu was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he cried anxiously, "Master! Don't scare me! Someone come, my master has fainted!"
Mingzhu was carrying Yanxi on his back while calling for help. Before he could leave the pavilion, he suddenly felt a dull pain in his head. He didn't know who hit him with a stick. Mingzhu's eyes went dark and he fell to the ground with Yanxi.
Before closing his eyes, he felt his body lighten and someone took Yan Xi away.
Mingzhu tried hard to open his eyes wide, but it was no use. Darkness completely descended upon him.
Young Master... Dangerous...
On the other hand, Li Yanlin was completely caught off guard by Li Yancheng's arrival because he had handed over all his affairs to Lou Jinchuan.
Especially when he saw Lou Jinchuan behind Li Yancheng, his pupils trembled and he was furious. However, he smiled coldly for a long time, glanced at the sword on his neck, and said with a confident smile: "Li Yancheng, my good brother, General Wang, are you sure you have won?"
Li Yancheng and Lou Jinchuan exchanged a glance, understanding each other's expressions. Their faces suddenly changed, and they asked in a deep voice, "Where is he?"
"Don't be anxious, let me go, and you will know where he is. Otherwise, if I die, He Yanxi will die too! Hahahaha..." Li Yanlin laughed like a madman, extremely wildly.
Lou Jinchuan and Li Yancheng's faces turned pale, looking extremely ugly. "Don't touch him!"
"Haha...sure, but I have a condition." Li Yanlin curled his lips into a smile, looking at Lou Jinchuan and Li Yancheng with a look that was as if poisoned. "How about you two stab each other with your swords? Whoever wins, I'll tell him where He Yanxi is."
Hearing this, Lou Jinchuan and Li Yancheng looked at each other.
The two men held swords, took a step back, and pointed their swords at each other.
Li Yanlin clapped his hands as if he was enjoying a show, "Let's start."
Upon hearing this, the two men's eyes focused and they prepared to swing their swords.
"Wait!" a familiar voice came.
Lou Jinchuan and Li Yancheng looked outside the bedroom door at the same time, their hands trembling.
Yan Xi walked out slowly, coughed twice, and looked completely unharmed. He looked at them with a smile, "Oh, sorry, I'm late. I hope I didn't disturb you."
Li Yanlin, who was just too proud of himself: "..."
"Why are you here?!" Li Yanlin finally panicked.
Yan Xi patted his sleeves and looked at him with disgust, "When the Second Prince sent people to kidnap me, could he have checked who my master was in advance?"
With just those few secret guards whose martial arts skills are not up to par, who does he look down upon?
After saying that, he cast a comforting look at Lou Jinchuan and Li Yancheng, "Don't worry about me, do whatever you want, just pretend I don't exist."
Yan Xi went through the motions and slowly left the emperor's bedroom, but the moment he turned around, a fishy-sweet taste suddenly surged into his mouth. He pretended to be calm, swallowed it back, endured the pain, and walked away with heavy steps pretending to be relaxed.
Not long after Li Yanlin's men took him away, he woke up in pain due to a headache. He then endured the discomfort and dealt with them and hurried over.
Now, his body has probably reached its limit.
…
Lou Jinchuan and Li Yancheng breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Yanlin coldly.
Without his trump card, Li Yanlin was like a stray dog, unable to recover. After struggling for a while, he finally gave up resistance and knelt down to beg for mercy.
However, how could the emperor let go of such a traitor and villain? He demoted him to a commoner and forbade him from entering Lin'an for nine generations.
Li Yanlin's biological mother, the queen, came to plead for mercy, crying heart-wrenchingly.
The emperor thought that he had demoted Li Yanlin to a commoner out of consideration for the empress's face. However, the empress, who doted on her child, was not satisfied and asked him to forgive Li Yanlin, the rebellious son.
The emperor refused to see her, and the queen threatened to commit suicide.
Upon hearing this, the already frail emperor passed away without even catching his breath.
The second and third princes born to the queen had accidents one after another, and the other princes were still young. As the eldest son, Li Yancheng was naturally pushed out.
The other ministers who were originally not optimistic about Li Yancheng found that Lou Jinchuan stood on his side and dared not raise any more objections.
A month later, Li Yancheng successfully ascended the throne. The first thing he did was to clear the name of the Lou family. He apologized to the Lou family in his own name on behalf of the entire Li family. Lou Jinchuan also returned to the public as the son of Lou Ji.
This move shocked the entire Li Dynasty, but Li Yancheng also won the hearts of the people and was given the title of wise ruler.
The second thing that shocked the people was that Lou Jinchuan confessed his love to Yan Xi in front of everyone. From the moment Yan Xi appeared in the dilapidated temple to save him from danger to every little thing afterwards, every word he said was sincere.
When the people heard that Lou Jinchuan's life was saved by Yan Xi, they all became even more respectful of him.
Yan Xi, who was forced to increase the task progress by 3%, said: "..." Thank you so much.
Seeing that the task progress was 99%, Yan Xi quickly covered Lou Jinchuan's mouth and dragged him away in a hurry.
"Brother... mmm..."
"Damn, if you want to stay with me for a few more days, shut up!"
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