Chapter 569 Shameless
Tang Ning looked up at Xiao Yan in disbelief, his voice tense.
"Brother, Liu Tong'en is the person Emperor An trusts the most. He must be aware of Emperor An's current situation. He has been hiding in the capital for many years and no one knows his true identity. Even you were deceived at one point. How could he be so stupid?"
When the Lu Jiuan incident broke out and Emperor An sent Liu Tong'en to investigate the matter, the Lu family had already been in trouble. At that time, the person who was trusted by Liu Tong'en and sent to the Pingshan Palace must have been his confidant. He would never send a few ignorant fools to handle such a big thing.
Then how could they fall into the trap set by King Pingshan and Lu Jiuan so easily, without any defense at all, and hand the evidence over to those two people?
Xiao Yan obviously thought of this as well, his face full of frost.
"Thank! God! Yong!"
He acted weak and pretended to be unconscious, and had people stir up rumors outside, seemingly wanting to win the hearts of the people and plot against him, but in fact it was all a cover. Emperor An's intention was never in the capital.
This shameless guy.
In order to deal with him, he even joined forces with the rebels!
Doesn't he know what civil unrest at this time means to the Wei Dynasty?!
Xiao Yan stood up quickly, and Tang Ning also stood up nervously.
"Brother..."
"I'm going to Cao's house."
"Then I'll go with you..."
Before Tang Ning finished speaking, Jin Yun, who had left earlier, hurried in from outside and said to Xiao Yan urgently, "Master, the palace urgently summons you."
Xiao Yan's eyes turned cold: "You only summoned me?"
Jinyun said, "No, all the ministers in the court have been summoned. Many people from the palace have come to the south of the city. There was quite a bit of commotion outside just now."
Xiao Yan and Tang Ning looked at each other and felt a chill in their hearts.
Emperor An had been recuperating in the palace since he fell into a coma. In the past few days, he seemed to be in poor health and had not been taking care of the government affairs. The crown prince was in charge of everything. It was probably not a good thing for him to urgently summon so many people into the palace at this time.
Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Tang Ning, go to the academy and find Shi Changan."
He stepped forward and whispered a few words in Tang Ning's ear. Seeing Tang Ning looking up in surprise, he whispered, "You have said this to Shi Chang'an. He knows what to do."
Tang Ning nodded: "Then brother wants to enter the palace?"
Xiao Yan sneered, "Emperor An has already set up the stage and the Hongmen Banquet. If I don't enter the palace, how can he finish the show?"
He walked to the side, took down the cloak hanging on the screen fan, put it on Tang Ning and tied it up for her.
"Yue Jian."
Someone came in from outside: "The servant is here."
"You and Tianqing accompany Tang Ning to the academy and protect her."
"yes."
Xiao Yan and Tang Ning came out of the house almost at the same time. When Xiao Yan climbed onto the horse, Tang Ning, sitting in the carriage, suddenly remembered Wang Yuzhen's father and quickly lifted the carriage curtain: "Brother!"
Xiao Yan reined in the reins and steed his horse closer: "What's wrong?"
Tang Ning whispered about what Wang Yuzhen had reminded her of today, and then whispered, "You said you were going to find someone to expose the matter of sending things to Jiangnan. Coincidentally, Miss Wang happened to be visiting today, so I told her and asked her to tell her father to speak to the emperor. It's been some time since she returned, so I guess she's already told Lord Wang about it."
"I originally wanted to use this incident to embarrass Emperor An and do Lord Wang a favor, but now that I know the palace is after the tiger talisman and military power, Lord Wang, will you send a message to stop them?"
Xiao Yan pulled the reins and said, "No need. Wang Huailu is a smart man with a decent character. He will naturally understand what you mean."
He was able to hold on to that position of neither high nor low for many years, and even though he had no children, he loved his wife and daughter dearly. He taught Wang Yuzhen seriously and never stopped her from going to school. Even when she later offended Prince Ji's Mansion, he never blamed her.
Although Wang Yuzhen said today that her father was unaware of her moving to the mansion, Xiao Yan guessed that Wang Huailu was probably aware of it and had acquiesced to it, otherwise he would not have told a girl who was still in the boudoir about the things he had heard in the court and in the government office.
Tang Ning protected Wang Yuzhen, and Wang Huailu wanted to repay the favor, but didn't want to get involved in trouble, so he asked Wang Yuzhen to come over as a private friend.
He is grateful and smart enough.
Xiao Yan said from his horse, "Wang Huailu has never had a chance to be promoted. Since you want to give him a chance to rise to prominence, there's no need to stop him. I'll give him a boost after we enter the palace."
Seeing Tang Ning looking at him with some worry, Xiao Yan bent down in the stirrups and tucked the hair that had fallen by Tang Ning's ear behind her.
"Don't worry, I'll go to the palace first to see what Emperor An wants to do. You don't have to rush to the academy. It's dark and the road is difficult to walk on. Go slowly in the carriage to avoid being bumped."
Tang Ning hummed, "Then you should be careful too."
"good."
Xiao Yan smiled with his eyes curved, let go of his hand and sat up straight, his eyes looking towards the palace with a stern and cold look in them.
He tightened the reins in his hands and lightly clamped his legs around the horse's belly.
"drive!"
Xiao Yan rode out at full speed on his horse, followed closely by Jin Yun and the other two.
Tang Ning watched them leave the alley, then he lowered the curtain, knocked on the car wall and said, "Tianqing, let's go."
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There was a curfew in the capital at night, especially after the previous "palace coup", the patrols in the capital were stricter, and the city was sparsely populated when the curfew approached. But tonight, it was probably because of an emergency summons from the palace. When Tang Ning was riding in a carriage to the academy, he met several carriages from the mansions of court officials on the way, all of which were hurriedly heading towards the palace gate.
Yue Jian was a little worried: "Girl, what happened in the palace? Why did you suddenly summon so many people into the palace in the middle of the night?"
"Emperor An is looking for trouble." Tang Ning said coldly.
Yue Jian was stunned. Didn’t Emperor An faint from kneeling in the Taimiao two days ago? What was he looking for?
Tang Ning didn't explain too much, he just lowered his head and frowned, thinking about Lu Jiuan.
She had been in and out of the Lu family for two lifetimes and had never paid attention to the illegitimate son of the Lu family. They had met a few times but had not had much interaction. She only vaguely remembered that Lu Jiuan had a very low presence in the Lu family, especially in the previous life when Lu Zhinian had not had any accidents and the Lu family had not fallen to its current state. Lu Jiuan was almost like a transparent person in the Lu family.
In this life, the Lu family had suffered misfortunes because of her and her brother. Lu Zhinian was deposed early, and Lu Jiuan was never brought to the public eye. He was always hidden in the dark by Lu Chongyuan as the Lu family's trump card. It was not until the incident with Queen Lu that she and her brother noticed that there was such a "capable person" in the Lu family.
Tang Ning has known Lu Chongyuan for two lifetimes and knows too well how much he values clan inheritance and family status. She always feels that considering how much Lu Chongyuan values Lu Jiuan and even entrusts the entire future of the Lu family to him, Lu Jiuan should not be the kind of person who would kill the Lu family. After all, in order to preserve the bloodline of the Lu family, Lu Chongyuan was willing to compromise with his brother even if it was just a side branch. How could someone who had been carefully trained and cultivated by him for many years betray the clan?
But it is a fact that the Lu family was destroyed, and this matter is only beneficial to Lu Jiuan and King Pingshan.
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