Chapter 664 The Queen Mother is determined to die, so I will naturally fulfill her wish
The man had his arm broken off. He looked down blankly and found that he was stabbed in the chest. He screamed and fell to the ground. Yue Jian did not stop at all. After kicking the man away, he swung his sword to stop the person who attacked Yu Yanfeng and cut the man's neck.
Yu Yanfeng felt something light behind him, and saw that Jinyun had come in at some point. Without the people surrounding him, he was no longer at a disadvantage when facing Liu Tongen.
With Jinyun's cooperation, he raised his hand and chopped Liu Tong'en on the shoulder. While Liu Tong'en was staggering in pain, Yu Yanfeng turned around and jumped, kicking Liu Tong'en hard in the heart.
Liu Tong'en flew backwards and crashed into the hall behind him. He spat out a mouthful of blood when he landed.
Emperor An's expression changed: "Protect..."
“Swish!!”
Before he uttered the words "protect the emperor", a ray of cold light shot straight into the hall, pierced through the golden crown on Emperor An's head, and nailed it to the chair with a "clang".
The magnificent golden crown of the emperor broke into two pieces, and a few strands of gray hair fell off.
Emperor An, with his bald head and pale face, slumped down in a chair, and subconsciously loosened his arms that had been holding the empress dowager's body.
"Empress Dowager!"
Nanny Ran screamed in shock and tried to reach out to pull the person away, but it was too late. Instead, the Queen Mother's body pulled both of them to the ground, and after landing, they rolled down two flights of stairs.
"Hmm."
Nanny Ran tried her best to protect the Empress Dowager and couldn't help but groan. She was dizzy and dazed by the collision with the Empress Dowager.
Although the Empress Dowager had someone take the blame for her, she still fell to the ground. The severe pain woke her up, and her face turned even paler. Her body, which was already unable to bear the pain, seemed unable to hold it back any longer. She turned her head and spat a mouthful of blood on Nanny Ran's face, groaning in pain.
"Empress Dowager!" Nanny Ran hugged the Empress Dowager in panic.
Emperor An looked outside the palace with a pale face, and when he saw the man putting his arm around Tang Ning, he blurted out.
"Xiao Yan, why are you..."
Emperor An suddenly shut up halfway through his words, but the people around him could hear it clearly.
"What about me? Are you asking why I am in the palace?"
When Xiao Yan supported Tang Ning, he could smell the blood on her body, which overwhelmed the sweet fragrance that the little girl always liked.
The person in his arms was in a disheveled state, with messy hair. The short crossbow in his hand had been cut in half at some point, and the wound on his wrist was bleeding.
Xiao Yan's phoenix eyes drooped slightly, as if frost condensed in the bottom of his eyes, and his black eyes were gloomy with a biting cold light.
He swiftly took the remaining half of the crossbow and threw it away, then used a handkerchief to tie Tang Ning's wrist to stop the bleeding. After taking off his cloak and wrapping it around the disheveled girl, Xiao Yan finally looked inside the hall.
"You didn't hesitate to have someone assassinate General Yin, causing unrest among the rebel forces in the South, and even conspired with Lu Jiuan to lure me out of the capital and trap me in the suburbs, just to cause this kind of scene in the palace?"
"Xie Tianyong, I really underestimated you."
There was a hint of panic in Emperor An's eyes, and even Liu Tong'en, who was lying on the ground, had a look of fear on his face.
Emperor An tried his best to remain calm: "What nonsense are you talking about? What about assassinating General Yin? Did General Yin get into trouble? And Lu Jiuan, did that traitor show up?"
Seeing Xiao Yan's expressionless face, Emperor An tightly grasped the handle of the chair:
"I know you favor Song Tangning, but you can't just slander me because of her. Song Tangning offended the Queen Mother today, so much so that she vomited blood and fainted. The Qian family girl even killed the Crown Prince and plotted to murder the heir apparent. I simply want to apprehend them and interrogate them thoroughly."
"As for you, you brought people into Shoukang Palace without permission, what should you do..."
Bang!
Before Emperor An could finish his words, he heard a sound of breaking air. He covered his neck and screamed, and blood flowed from between his fingers.
Gu Helian arrived a step late and sneered when she heard this: "Little Haitang offended the Queen Mother and made her faint, yet you, as her own son, don't seem to care much for your mother. The Queen Mother vomited blood, and you didn't call the imperial physician, but instead rushed to punish my little Haitang and the young lady from the Qian family?"
He put away his sleeve arrow and said coldly to Xiao Yan:
"I've told you long ago, you're giving this dog emperor too much face. That's why he can talk nonsense, confuse right and wrong, and even resort to unscrupulous means. He's worse than a beast!"
Xiao Yan rarely refuted Gu Helian's words. He just said calmly, "Maybe I let him go before, so he thought I have a good temper."
When Emperor An heard this, his face turned pale, and he felt cold all over when he looked at the people surrounding Shoukang Palace.
It shouldn't be like this. He had clearly planned it all out. Xiao Yan should be led to Lucheng and die in the trap he had set up in advance. The traitor Lu Jiuan would definitely find ways to keep him here.
Even if Xiao Yan managed to escape by chance, it would definitely be several days later. Song Tangning had already been captured by him for plotting to murder the empress dowager. He could then take advantage of the situation to wipe out Xiao Yan's forces and use Song Tangning to threaten Xiao Yan and force him to surrender.
But how could Xiao Yan return to the capital so soon?
That waste Lu Jiuan!!!
The Queen Mother collapsed on the ground in the arms of Nanny Ran. She looked haggard and her eyes began to become cloudy.
After the effects of the large amount of medicine she had taken before wore off, her internal organs began to ache, but the current situation was completely different from what she had expected. She should be angered to death by Song Tangning, and the girls from the Rong and Qian families should be held responsible for the crime of murdering the royal family.
But now Song Tangning is standing there unharmed, and Xiao Yan has also broken into the palace to threaten Emperor An.
Feeling the vitality slipping away from her body, the Queen Mother clutched Nanny Ran's arm tightly, gasping for breath.
"Save...save me..."
She couldn't die like this.
Nanny Ran's eyes were red: "Your Majesty, quickly call the imperial physician, call the imperial physician!!"
Seeing this, Emperor An hurriedly said, "The Empress Dowager is in trouble. Someone, quickly call the imperial physician!"
There was a eunuch in front of the door who wanted to go out, but he had just taken half a step when Yuejian chopped off his head with a sword.
Seeing the man's head fall to the ground and roll around before finally stopping in the hall, the others who were about to move at the command suddenly became quiet.
Nanny Ran hissed, "Duke Dingguo, you're preventing people from calling in the imperial physician. Are you trying to kill the Empress Dowager?!"
Emperor An suppressed his panic and spoke, "Xiao Yan, no matter what misunderstandings you have with me, or what you intend to do, the Empress Dowager's health should be prioritized right now. Send someone to fetch the imperial physician first..."
"What?"
Xiao Yan raised his thin lips slightly, a cold arc flashing across his face: "The Empress Dowager is determined to die, so naturally I must grant her wish."
The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly widened, and Nanny Ran's pupils shrank even more.
Prince Ji's concubine couldn't help but ask, "Duke Dingguo, what do you mean by this?"
What does it mean that the Queen Mother is seeking death?
Xiao Yan didn't answer, but someone walked out from behind him.
Mu Feng carried a middle-aged man straight to the front of the hall. As soon as he loosened his grip, the man instantly collapsed to the ground.
"Doctor Wu?" Madam Cui exclaimed in surprise.
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