Chapter 322 Hostage
"Don't worry, this is not poison." Xiao Tian turned around and took the bowl from the eunuch, then slowly walked towards the emperor. "This is a mute drug that can make people speechless. It will burn a person's vocal cords and cause unbearable burning pain. People will wish they could... just hit their heads against the wall and die."
Death is too easy. How could he let him die so easily?
What he wants is for his life to be worse than death.
The emperor's pupils widened and he looked at Xiao Tian in disbelief.
"After all, I am your biological father."
"Haha..." Xiao Tian pulled the corner of his lips mockingly, "You are not. In my eyes, you are not even as good as a hair of my eldest brother."
Xiao Tian knelt on the dragon couch with one leg, raised his hand and grabbed the emperor's neck fiercely, and was about to force the emperor to drink the bowl of medicine.
"Before your fourth son comes to save you, I will make you suffer all the pain in the world. Even death will be a luxury."
The emperor closed his lips tightly and turned his head to the inside of the bed.
Zhang Yuanpan watched this scene, his head buzzing and his palms covered with sweat. He glanced at Xiao Yuan beside him inconspicuously, and immediately closed his eyes again, feeling a sense of sadness as if he was about to die.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Tian suddenly stopped moving, looked back at Zhang Yuanpan and the other man with a playful look, and stood up. "Master Zhang and his apprentice are experts in this area. How about we let you two take care of feeding the medicine?"
Judge Zhang's face turned pale, and his legs trembled slightly, "Your Majesty, I dare not." He almost gave in and knelt down, but considering that the Fourth Prince was beside him, whether he knelt or not would obviously tell others that there was something wrong with them, so he could only try to hold back.
"I'm not talking about you, let him come." Xiao Tian pointed the bowl of medicine to Xiao Yuan on the side.
A chilly air lingered in the palace. After a brief silence, Xiao Yuan walked forward with an expressionless face.
"Wait, or... or let me do it, I'll do it." Zhang Yuanpan trembled, and walked slowly forward to take the bowl of soup from Xiao Tian's hand, but was kicked to the ground by Xiao Tian, "I said, I want him to do it."
Judge Zhang rolled on the ground for several times and happened to fall at the feet of the young eunuch.
His eyes widened and he held his breath as he watched Xiao Tian hand the bowl of soup to Xiao Yuan. He suddenly stood up and took a few steps back to stand behind the little eunuch.
Xiao Yuan held the bowl of soup and glanced at the emperor on the dragon couch.
The emperor still glared at him, "If you dare, I will kill all nine generations of your clan." He raised his body with great effort and threatened Xiao Yuan.
He wanted him to do as Xiao Tian said and save the Xiao family's kingdom!
Xiao Yuan closed his eyes tightly and stood in front of the dragon couch. His hand holding the soup bowl turned blue and white from the force.
His figure completely blocked Xiao Tian's sight. The emperor was still cursing angrily, but when the sound faded away, he opened his mouth silently and said something to Xiao Yuan.
The overall situation is important!
"What are you still standing there for?" Xiao Tian urged from behind, staring at Xiao Yuan with narrowed eyes.
Xiao Yuan knew that Xiao Tian was suspicious of his unfamiliar face. As long as he drank the bowl of medicine, he could dispel his suspicion.
He bent down and clamped the emperor's jaw with one hand. The emperor was still struggling, but not very hard. There was a mixture of relief and sadness in his eyes as he looked straight at Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Tian frowned. Could it be that he guessed wrong?
That's right, he guarded the palace very tightly, how could Xiao Yuan's people sneak in?
But just when he relaxed, Xiao Yuan, who was feeding the emperor medicine, suddenly threw away the soup bowl, pressed the bed with both hands, and kicked back hard, hitting him in the chest.
His pupils dilated, and before he could react, a shadow that almost left an afterimage quickly flashed behind him and caught his falling body, without letting him make a sound. Immediately, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck.
His vision went dark and he closed his eyes without even having the chance to say a word.
"Fifth Emperor..." The eunuch looked at this sudden scene and wanted to shout, but Zhang Yuanpan became nervous, pulled out a silver needle from his sleeve, gritted his teeth, jumped up, and stabbed it into the back of the eunuch's head.
The last word was stuck in the young eunuch's throat and he never uttered it again. Zhang Yuanpan hugged him and moved towards the ground little by little, trying not to make any sound, with sweat on his forehead.
Fortunately, he predicted the result and was prepared.
"What's going on? What happened? Fifth Prince?" The Royal Guards knocked on the door and asked.
"It's nothing. The Fifth Prince is being given medicine. You guys stay away and no one is allowed to come in," Zhang Yuanpan pinched his throat and made a shrill voice like a drake.
"Yes." The figure left quickly. Judge Zhang fell to the ground, breathing in the air in big gulps. He was really scared.
The emperor's old eyes were filled with tears. He trembled and climbed up from the bed and looked at Xiao Yuan, "Yuan'er, you shouldn't have been exposed."
He has been tortured into this state. Even if he was rescued, he would not have the face to continue living in this world.
It was just a bowl of mute medicine, and that was the punishment he deserved.
Xiao Yuan had a cold expression. He didn't even glance at the emperor, nor did he say a word.
He hated him and wanted him dead, but he could only stand by and watch, unable to kill him himself.
"What should we do now?" Zhang Yuanpan said, "We can only last a few hours without being discovered. If the Fifth Prince doesn't show up, the Imperial Guards will definitely notice it."
They couldn't go out either, otherwise the Fifth Prince would be immediately discovered by the palace servants outside.
All three of them fell silent.
Although the fifth prince was captured, the royal guards outside were a big problem. They had already worked for Xiao Tian and there was no turning back. It was absolutely unreasonable to say that they would only save Xiao Tian and attack them.
How could he and the Fourth Prince deal with so many imperial guards?
"Take the man away and hide him in the closet." Xiao Yuan ordered Zhang Yuanpan.
"...Yes." Zhang Yuanpan's face wrinkled with some bitterness. As an imperial physician, how could he have so much strength? But in this room, except him, it seemed that no one else could do it.
Judge Zhang was pulling it towards the closet with great effort. He was afraid that he might bump into something and be discovered. His forehead was covered with sweat.
Xiao Yuan stood by the window frame, squinting at the imperial guards patrolling back and forth in the courtyard. It was almost impossible to escape from this level of surveillance.
The emperor leaned on the couch, his eyes almost fixed on Xiao Yuan.
Suddenly he asked, "Yuan'er, you have waited for so many years, why do you suddenly take action?" In his understanding, the fourth brother has always been a master of strategies, and he would not be so impulsive without troops and absolute victory.
Xiao Yuan lowered his eyes and glanced back. He knew that the emperor was asking why Xiao Tian was prompted to rebel.
"An An is pregnant."
His tone was calm, even mixed with a hint of joy.
The emperor was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he was ecstatic, "You... have a child?"
"Yeah." Xiao Yuan nodded lightly.
The emperor tightly grasped the quilt, his face full of joy, his Xiao family, there is a successor, "Can you let the imperial physician check it out to see if it is a boy or a girl?"
Xiao Yuan naturally knew what he was thinking. He turned around and looked at him, but ignored him.
The emperor felt a little embarrassed.
Zhang Yuanpan finally stuffed both of them into the closet. Xiao Tian leaned his head heavily against the closet. His eyelids moved immediately. Zhang Yuanpan was shocked and hurriedly picked up something and smashed it on Xiao Tian's forehead.
The man's head tilted again and he fainted completely.
He was worried that the two would wake up, so he simply sat cross-legged next to the closet and kept watch.
The palace was very quiet, and for a moment the only sound was the breathing of the three people.
The emperor had been nervous for a while, but because he felt at ease with Xiao Yuan around, he couldn't help but fall asleep.
Until the evening.
Xiao Tian stayed in the house for too long, which finally aroused the suspicion of the commander of the Imperial Guards. He knocked on the door, but no one responded, so he planned to force his way in.
Xiao Yuan held a soft sword in his hand, ready to face the bloody storm that was about to come, but at this moment, an officer hurriedly ran from outside the palace to the side of the commander of the Imperial Guards, "It's bad, it's bad, boss, they're coming in, they're coming in."
"What's coming?" The commander was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed, "Is it the Fifth Prince's troops that have returned?"
The officer shook his head vigorously, "No, it's... Duke Li and the eldest son of the Shen family."
Duke Li knew that the eldest son of the Shen family had stunned the commander for a while, "Nonsense, Shen Changhe died a long time ago, where did the eldest son of the Shen family come from?"
The report was still submitted personally by the Ministry of War and presented to the emperor.
"I dare not. I am absolutely not mistaken. I can guarantee with my life that he is indeed the eldest son of the Shen family. The troops have already entered the palace and are about to reach the Fengtian Palace."
There was a moment of confusion on the commander's face.
Instead of their troops arriving, they waited for a person who had already died.
"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap." His expression suddenly changed, and he began to bang on the palace door frantically, "Fifth Prince, this is bad, something has happened."
Xiao Yuan inside naturally heard the conversation between the two, and a ripple appeared in his calm eyes.
The commander was beating frantically outside but there was no movement. He couldn't help but frown, and a bad premonition quickly spread in his heart.
He took a few steps back and began to bang on the door.
In the palace, the emperor had been awakened by the noise. Zhang Yuanpan didn't know kung fu, so he huddled beside the wardrobe with his head in his hands. Only Xiao Yuan walked slowly towards the door, holding a sword.
After the door was hit again, the bolt showed signs of cracking, and Xiao Yuan suddenly reached out and pulled the bolt.
The man outside rushed over again, and the door suddenly opened without warning, and he fell in heavily due to inertia.
Before he could see the situation in the room clearly, a sharp sword flashing with cold light was placed on his neck.
He looked up and saw an unfamiliar face.
"How dare you! Who are you? Where is the Fifth Prince?"
The commotion here attracted many imperial guards, who rushed into the palace. Xiao Yuan raised his sword and aimed it at the commander's Adam's apple.
"Get your people out."
As soon as he opened his mouth, the commander was dumbfounded.
He stared at Xiao Yuan in disbelief, his lips trembling slightly. As the commander of the Imperial Guards, he and Xiao Yuan had naturally come into contact with each other. He recognized the chilling voice as soon as it rang out.
"You...are the Fourth, the Fourth Prince."
"Tell your people to get out." Xiao Yuan repeated it again, and the sharp tip of the knife had already cut a trace of flesh on his neck.
The commander of the Royal Guards had no doubt that if he dared to say no, the tip of the knife would pierce his throat without any explanation.
The terrifying thing about the Fourth Prince is that even if one is in an advantageous position, facing him will still make people terrified, because the fear of him has long been ingrained in the bones of all officials in the court.
He raised his head with all his strength, waved to the deputy general, swallowed hard and said, "You all, retreat."
"head…"
"Back off." The commander raised his voice, and the deputy general waved his hand unwillingly and left the palace.
He turned to look at Xiao Yuan and moved back a few times, "Fourth Prince, can you let me go?"
"What do you think?" Xiao Yuan asked calmly, but the commander gave a bitter smile and hung his head.
The answer, of course, is no! !
He never thought that Zhang Yuanpan would be Xiao Yuan's man.
Anyone who can reach the position of the commander of the Imperial Guards is not a fool. They can immediately connect the dots.
Therefore, everything they did these days, including the troops outside, was all planned by the Fourth Prince long ago.
A chill spread from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and his lips trembled slightly.
He knew that he would not be able to escape death today, and his face turned pale and ugly.
"President Zhang." Xiao Yuan said lightly, and President Zhang, who was hiding in the closet, immediately trotted forward with a silver needle in his hand.
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