There is no evidence for what Yunshu said.
But Yan Shang doesn't actually need evidence.
The only people who can suppress a party are its political enemies.
The prince's political enemy was the King of Qin.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin had been recuperating for a long time due to the confinement at the beginning of the year. Now he was thinking about where to find trouble so that the court would know that he had not been defeated and that he was back again. Since October, because of the Ministry of Justice's investigation of Luo Xiu's death, the Prince of Qin had been dealing with Yan Shang much more than before.
So this time Yan Shang asked the King of Qin to meet in Beili, and the King of Qin gladly accepted the invitation.
What followed was the suppression of the prince.
The King of Qin was surprised, but was happy to see it happen, and watched Yan Shang and the Prince's forces split. If Yan Shang's plan could weaken the Prince's power, why wouldn't the King of Qin help Yan Shang?
With such a mentality of watching the fun, the King of Qin sat in a wine shop in Beili in broad daylight and had tea. Sitting opposite him was the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice. And those standing or hiding in the dark of the wine shop were all officials from the Ministry of Justice who were handling cases.
Everyone waited attentively, waiting for the King of Qin's order.
When the King of Qin was getting impatient, he suddenly heard the noise of a man and a woman tangling with each other downstairs. He slightly lifted the bamboo curtain, and the King of Qin and the Minister of Justice looked over and saw that it was the famous prostitute called Chunniang arranged by Yan Shang, and Zhang Shiyilang from the home of the Minister of Revenue, who were entangled with each other.
After Zhang Shiyilang returned to Chang'an, he spent a lot of money on Chunniang many times and became Chunniang's lover.
However, a year later, Chunniang was no longer the ordinary prostitute Zhang Shiyilang knew last year. Now Chunniang could play and sing, and her poetry was improving rapidly. She was invited by the scholars of Chang'an to be the "Duzhi" at banquets many times. The requirements of the Wei Dynasty for the poetry writing skills of prostitutes in brothels had reached an extremely exaggerated level.
Chunniang's status at the banquet rose steadily due to her talent, and her voice in Beili was naturally incomparable to usual times.
The most obvious example is that Chunniang's lover is not only Zhang Shiyilang. Moreover, Chunniang is ambiguous with Zhang Shiyilang and does not let Zhang Shiyilang get her. Now these two people are standing on the stairs, arguing over a man.
The man they were arguing with was standing on the other side of Chunniang, holding her wrist.
Zhang Shiyilang had been drinking, and when he grabbed Chunniang's other wrist, he was even angrier than usual: "How many times have you made me succumb? You are just a prostitute, do you really think you are a great talent? You don't give me face like this? You must come with me to this banquet today!"
Chunniang was in a dilemma.
The man on her other side took the opportunity to say, "My dear, how can you be so rude to a beautiful lady? Chunniang, you have to take my turban and leave with me."
Chunniang frowned and looked at Zhang Shiyilang apologetically: "My dear, I have made an appointment with someone..."
Zhang Shiyilang couldn't stand it: "It's always like this! You must come with me!"
He restrained himself at first, because after all, he was sent out of Chang'an by his father to avoid disaster because of his unruly behavior in Beili. This time he finally came back and his father's official position was restored. Of course, he didn't dare to act recklessly as before. But this time, he didn't want to act recklessly, but someone tempted him to do so.
Chunniang covered her face and cried softly, while her husband on the other side was furious and pushed Zhang Shiyilang.
Zhang Shiyilang pushed him back and cursed at the drunkenness.
Chunniang said timidly: "My two gentlemen, please stop quarreling..."
During the quarrel, the two began to push and hit each other. Chunniang leaned against the stairs with her back pressed against them, shivering as she dodged. She stared at the two people fighting, her handkerchief in her hand was clenched so tightly that it was about to drip with water, and her heart was beating so fast that it was about to burst out of her throat.
The man she chose to compete with Zhang Shiyilang had a hot temper and was prone to quarrels with others. When Zhang Shiyilang got drunk, it was easy for the two of them to...
Suddenly, Zhang Shiyilang pushed the other man down the stairs. The man rolled down the stairs, screaming for help at first, and then fell down the stairs, startling everyone in the building, but he didn't get up for a long time.
As Chunniang screamed, Zhang Shiyilang began to sober up.
He began to get scared: "I didn't use any force, I just pushed it..."
Chunniang: "You killed someone! Quick, quick, someone come and save him..."
Fearing that someone might die, everyone in the building surrounded him. Zhang Shiyilang retreated in fear, saying that he did not use much force. Chunniang was crying, and the King of Qin upstairs felt that the heat was finally enough. He gave an order, and the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice who was sitting opposite him stood up and said, "Who is disturbing me while I am drinking?"
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice was surprised: "What? Someone died?"
Zhang Shiyilang looked up and saw the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice walking out of the building with his hands behind his back. He suddenly had an idea and saw other case officers from the Ministry of Justice quietly surrounding him from all directions. He was suddenly terrified and thought of how he was hunted down by Princess Danyang's men here last year.
Without looking back, Zhang Shiyilang turned around and ran out.
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice immediately said: "Chase!"
Regardless of whether the man Chunniang was holding was really dead or not, the Minister of Justice was very determined: "Kill someone and pay with your life!"
Zhang Shiyilang, who turned around and ran out of the building as if he was desperate, was even more certain that he had killed someone when he heard the words "killing someone means paying with your life". Now that the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice was here, he might really kill him, who currently did not hold an official position.
Zhang Shiyilang ran for his life and the officials from the Ministry of Justice chased after him.
He left the pavilion and went out of Beili, then rode his horse along Chang'an Street, chasing wildly all the way.
None of the criminal case officers caught up with Zhang Shiyilang, who was riding a horse and hiding at home like a headless fly, because everyone remembered the order of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin: "Don't catch up with him, let him run. We are not targeting him."
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Zhang Shiyilang ran into his own mansion.
The streets and alleys where the residence of the Ministry of Revenue Langzhong was located welcomed the officials from the Ministry of Justice and suddenly became very lively.
Opposite the residence of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is the residence of Doctor Zhang. When the officials from the Ministry of Justice came to the alley, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue stood at his doorstep for a while, stroking his beard and sighing with a smile: "It seems that Doctor Zhang's son Xiaoyi has gotten into trouble again. This son is really an unjust sin."
The eldest son of the Minister of Revenue followed beside him and said respectfully: "Father, you are right."
The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue used the excitement of the neighboring family to teach his eldest son a lesson: "Be careful, don't learn from the boy next door, Shiyilang. If you make a mistake like Shiyilang, I won't save you like Doctor Zhang did. Your father is in a difficult situation now, so you must be more vigilant."
His eldest son respectfully said yes.
The Minister of Revenue went back to his residence to continue drinking tea, preparing to finish this cup and wait for the people from the Ministry of Justice to leave before going to the Ministry of Shangshu to do some work. At this leisurely moment, his eldest son hurried in, sweating profusely.
The young man's clothes were in disarray and one of his shoes was missing.
The Minister of Revenue was about to reprimand his son for his misbehavior when he heard his eldest son panic, "Father, this is bad! The people from the Ministry of Justice said that Zhang Shiyilang and his accomplices escaped to our house by climbing over the wall. They started knocking on the door and asked us to cooperate with the investigation. I saw that they were not here for good, so I closed the door immediately. They actually started to bang on the door!
"Father, what's going on? You are the Minister of Justice, a high-ranking official of the fourth rank! How dare the people from the Ministry of Justice knock on our door? Aren't they afraid of being reported?"
The Minister of Revenue's face changed instantly.
He murmured, "Not good!"
He stood up suddenly, his face turning pale.
Almost instantly, with his years of political acumen, he realized that the Ministry of Justice's blatant smashing of the door could not be directed at Zhang Shiyilang, it could only be directed at him... Zhang Shiyilang!
The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue did not immediately figure out how Zhang Shiyilang was connected to him, but he was keenly aware that the Ministry of Justice must be plotting a conspiracy.
The Minister of Revenue immediately instructed: "They must be coming for my father. You go to the front door to block them, and I will escape through the back door first."
The eldest son was stunned: "They are just arresting Zhang Shiyilang..."
The Minister of Revenue rebuked: "Stupid! No matter if it's a doctor or a doctor's son, they are not worthy of being knocked down our door. I am a fourth-rank official, are you looking at me like a joke? They must be trying to divert the blame... I hope I am overthinking, but the most urgent thing is for me to go out and hide first!"
He ordered again: "Send someone to the East Palace for help!"
His eldest son quickly agreed and helped his father to block the people at the front door.
The officials from the Ministry of Justice who were knocking on the door were very quick, but they didn't expect that the Minister of Revenue was an old fox and would react so quickly. When the door was broken open, they only saw the eldest son of the Minister of Revenue, who had already fled the mansion.
This time, the official from the Ministry of Justice really changed his expression and shouted, "Chase!"
The officials beside the leader held down the captured Zhang Shiyilang, but the leader did not even blink: "Zhang Shiyilang's accomplice has escaped! Since we have seen this in public, how can we not give the people an explanation? We must bring this accomplice to justice!"
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The Minister of Revenue fled out of the streets and alleys in panic. The officials behind him were chasing him. The Minister of Revenue knew that his ominous premonition had come true.
As expected, the person the Ministry of Justice was really targeting was himself.
Although he didn't know what crime he had committed, he knew that the King of Qin and the Crown Prince were political enemies, and if he fell into the hands of the Ministry of Justice, he would be in danger of death. The Minister of Revenue was sweating all over, and without thinking, he fled to the mansion where Princess Danyang's princess's mansion was located.
Because of his current image, even if the imperial city gate is opened, the palace gate behind the imperial city gate is another barrier. And even if you pass that barrier, the door of the East Palace cannot be easily opened to everyone immediately.
The Crown Prince was unable to come to the rescue in time, so the Minister of Revenue followed his instinct and went to seek refuge from Princess Danyang!
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Princess Danyang was on her way out of the city.
Yan Shang did not go to investigate the case of Luo Xiu today, but came to the princess's mansion and had breakfast with Mu Wanyao. Mu Wanyao was in a bad mood recently and did not look very happy when she saw him, but when Yan Shang suggested that they go out of the city to play by the Qujiang Lake, Mu Wanyao did not object.
Because Yan Shang said, "Because of recent events, the relationship between Your Highness and I has become much colder. I didn't even get to enjoy the coming-of-age ceremony that Your Highness had promised to prepare for me. It's really a pity. Your Highness, why don't you accompany me out of town for two days, just as if you were accompanying me for the coming-of-age ceremony?"
Mu Wan hesitated: "Your teacher should help you with your coming of age. I'm not your elder. Why would you come to me?"
Yan Shang said: "However, I just want to spend some time with His Highness in private and don't want to trouble too many people."
When he said that, Mu Wanyao softened her heart. She felt that because of the incident in Yizhou, Yan Shang's coming-of-age ceremony was hastily performed by Liu Xianggong, and it was not properly celebrated. Moreover, he said that he wanted to spend two days with her in private, which touched Mu Wanyao's heart.
Mu Wanyao felt that because of the recent events, the two of them had drifted apart. He took the initiative to express his feelings, and she naturally agreed happily.
However, Mu Wanyao didn't know that Yan Shang was looking at her with an apologetic look, but what he was thinking in his heart was - to get her out of this matter.
After two days of leaving Chang'an, the things that happened in Chang'an will be settled.
He didn't want to be Mu Wanyao's enemy, and didn't want Mu Wanyao to be involved. The best way he could think of was to get her out and leave Chang'an with her.
The Ministry of Revenue doesn't need Yan Shang now. Yan Shang wants to go out of town for a trip. The Ministry of Revenue is eager for him to leave. Mu Wanyao and Yan Shang rode out of the city on horseback, and the attendants and maids of the Princess's Mansion followed behind on horseback. A low-key person like Yan Shang is now less and less willing to hide his relationship with Mu Wanyao. Mu Wanyao tilted her head to look at him with a smile in her eyes, and she no longer kept a distance from him as before.
When they were in front of the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city wanted to see the fish-shaped jade plaque from the princess's mansion.
When Fang Tong went to take over, one of the soldiers guarding the city smiled and greeted Yan Shang: "Yan Erlang, are you leaving the city?"
The polite smile on Yan Shang's lips paused for a moment before he politely replied, "Yes."
Sure enough, Mu Wanyao, who was riding on a horse next to him, turned his head towards him.
Mu Wan shook: "Do you know him?"
Yan Shang explained: "I have been dealing with His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin a lot today, so I have inevitably met this brother a few more times."
The young general guarding the city boasted to Mu Wanyao: "Yan Erlang is very elegant and doesn't look down on people like us who practice martial arts. We are naturally willing to make the acquaintance of Yan Erlang."
Yan Shang obviously didn’t want to communicate more: “Yeah.”
He turned to Mu Wan and whispered, "Let's go quickly."
Mu Wanyao did not respond.
She remembered Yan Shang complaining that she never cared about his friends and didn't understand his circle. She had time to find out. So, although she was still riding on the horse, Mu Wan shook her head and looked down at the young general, with a smile on her lips: "It must be very hard to guard the city for a whole afternoon, right?"
The young general was stunned, flattered by the princess's care, and said quickly: "No, no! In fact, I just took over the rotation, and I didn't guard the city for noon."
Yan Shang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he hinted again that Mu Wanyao could leave the city.
Mu Wanyao insisted on her chat with the young general: "How could it be? This hour shouldn't be the time for the rotation of guarding the city. It's obviously still half an hour away before you can rotate."
The young general answered foolishly: "Because His Royal Highness the King of Qin temporarily transferred some soldiers and took away those he was skilled in. I was sent here..."
Yan Shang once again: "Your Highness, let's leave the city."
Mu Wanyao was displeased and glared at Yan Shang. He was the one who said she didn't care about his circle, and now she cared once, but he urged her twice and three times. Mu Wanyao felt that something was wrong, but she didn't think clearly for a while, so she was urged by Yan Shang to go.
Mu Wanyao didn't want to embarrass Yan Shang in public, so he ended the conversation with the young general and left the city with Yan Shang.
Yan Shang breathed a sigh of relief.
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The King of Qin mobilized people from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War to capture the escaped accomplice to the murder.
The whole city of Chang'an was in chaos. The Minister of Revenue was furious that he had inexplicably become an accomplice to murder, but he did not dare to stop, for fear that the other party was cheating and would definitely put him in jail.
The Minister of Revenue could not hide in the Eastern Palace, but the news from the Eastern Palace was not slow to spread. The Crown Prince received a request for help from the eldest son of the Minister of Revenue in the Eastern Palace, and his face changed immediately. Compared with the flustered Minister of Revenue, the Crown Prince was calmer.
The prince knew that Yan Shang had been hanging out with the King of Qin recently. If this matter was related to Yan Shang, the prince guessed Yan Shang's purpose in an instant -
There is no evidence that the Ministry of Revenue accepted bribes.
The accounts were also filled in by them, and it was impossible for a minor official of Yan Shang's level to find any evidence.
But the Ministry of Justice can arrest the Minister of Revenue on other charges and put him in jail. Under torture, he will confess and reveal the Ministry of Revenue's affairs. As the second in command of the Ministry of Revenue, what he says will surely become a major case by the end of this year!
The prince immediately ordered: "Where is Yaoyao! Ask her to save the minister from the Ministry of Justice! Ask her to use her identity as a princess to buy time, and never let the minister be taken away by the Ministry of Justice!"
The prince was anxious.
He issued a second order: "Let the Dali Temple lead people to fight them! Let the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice fight for the man! No matter what the crime is, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue must be on our side!"
After receiving two orders in a row, the prince still felt uneasy.
He just hoped that he was overthinking and that Yan Shang would not do this. After all, Mu Wanyao had promised him that Yan Shang had reconciled with them. Yan Shang would not cooperate with the King of Qin...but if Yan Shang cooperated with the King of Qin!
The prince's face was distorted, and he felt a surge of hatred in his heart!
If anything happens to the Ministry of Revenue, he will definitely ask Yan Shang to die to apologize!
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In the Minister of Revenue's mansion, someone actually spread the news that the Assistant Minister of Revenue was being chased all over the street.
Although the Minister of Revenue is a Buddha who keeps his eyes closed and does not speak all day long, he is the real head of the Ministry of Revenue after all. There are some things that must be told to the Minister even out of courtesy.
The Minister of Revenue was playing chess with his son, and both of them were talking about their father's retirement the year after next.
The news about the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue came in. The Minister of Revenue, who was sitting in the courtyard, was reluctant to put down the whisk in his hand.
After a while, the Minister of Revenue sighed: "It should be that Yan Shang and the King of Qin are cooperating."
His son said, "We can just watch them fight each other. Yan Er is young after all, and he goes back on his word. Even if the crown prince falls this time, he will be skinned alive. Father is going to retire soon, so don't get involved in their internal fighting."
The Minister of Revenue, with white eyebrows and beard, had a frown on his face and a pair of dim eyes. He looked very old and lifeless.
The Minister of Finance said, "The Crown Prince is an ambitious and scheming man. I'm afraid that the Vice Minister has not figured out why the Ministry of Justice is targeting him, but the Crown Prince has already figured it out and is ready to take action."
His son nodded: "I heard that Yan Suchen just came of age? He is so young, what a pity."
He invited his father to continue, but the Minister of Revenue did not drop the chess piece in his hand, so he threw it back into the chess basket.
The Minister of Revenue spoke slowly in an old voice, "I have paid my respects to Prime Minister Liu before, and have also met Yan Suchen. Now we are all old, and the future of Wei does not depend on us, nor on people like the Minister of Revenue, but on young people like Yan Suchen.
"The future of Wei Dynasty lies in people like Yan Suchen. His teacher said that he is talented and extraordinary. When he came to the Ministry of Revenue, his teacher privately asked me to look after him. But Yan Suchen is so capable that he never needs my help.
"Although the Ministry of Revenue is in a mess now, I think it's not a big deal when I think about young people like Yan Suchen taking over in the future.
"Yan Suchen is good in every way. However, he underestimated everyone in the world! He is not the only smart person in the world!
"The Crown Prince will certainly ask the Dali Temple to snatch the man away now. As long as the Dali Temple is one step faster than the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Revenue will still not suffer any loss."
After saying this, the Minister of Revenue stood up, turned his back, and walked out.
His son stood up after him, suddenly panicking, and called out to him from behind: "Father! What are you going to do? Are you going to help Yan Suchen? Father, no! This is making an enemy of the Crown Prince, this is making an enemy of the Ministry of Revenue! There will be no good end to this!"
His son, with tears in his eyes, stopped the Minister of Revenue, knelt in front of his father, and begged: "Father, I will retire soon, why do you have to come out for such a thing? Why don't you retire peacefully, why do you have to get into trouble, why do you put yourself in a sea of fire and swords?"
The Shangshu looked down at him, put his hand on his shoulder, and said slowly: "Zicheng, in this world, there are some things that can be left undone, and some things that must be done.
"As an old man like me who is about to enter the grave, isn't my role to support you all?
"We will support you from below... As your father saved Yan Suchen today, he is also saving all of you. The greatest sin is not death. As your father has been an official for decades, people often say that you are a clay Buddha, but you don't care about this or that. As your father, you should also take care of this matter today..."
"It's time to let the world know that the Ministry of Revenue is not a one-man show!"
He walked around his son and walked out of the courtyard with his hands behind his back. He was naturally going to the Dali Temple to stop the Dali Temple Minister so as to buy time for the Ministry of Justice and Yan Shang.
His son knelt on the ground with his head bowed.
Suddenly, his son knelt down in the direction where his father was leaving, raised his sleeves to salute, and said loudly: "Father! I'm waiting for you to come back and finish this game of chess! For this game of chess between father and son, your son will always wait for you to come back!"
Shangshu looked back at him, his eyes showing both relief and sadness. He looked at his son kneeling in the midday sun, and vaguely seemed to see his eldest son when he was just learning to speak.
A mixture of emotions, a heart full of sorrow.
In the end, I am speechless.
With just a forced bitter smile, the Shangshu waved his hand to let his son go back, and walked out with a staggering step.
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Mu Wanyao and Yan Shang had already left the city. Mu Wanyao lowered his head, wondering what was wrong.
She suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Yan Shang who was ten feet away.
He held the reins and was exceptionally quiet.
Something is even more wrong.
Although Yan Shang was a shy and quiet person, he was always very proactive in trying to get close to her. If she took the initiative, he would back off; if she didn't take the initiative, Yan Shang would urge her to take the initiative... and he was very quiet from beginning to end today, and didn't say much.
Could it be because the two of them had a fight recently?
Mu Wan frowned, still feeling something was wrong. She recalled all her memories of today, pulling out the vague fragments from her mind.
In the morning, Yan Shang stayed at her place and refused to leave. Although his tone was gentle and his voice was calm when he invited her to go out of town, he was obviously a little nervous. After she agreed, he was so nervous that he didn't even smile.
Just now when they were at the young general guarding the city, Yan Shang had been urging her to leave the city.
Wait... that young city defender!
The young general guarding the city was very familiar with Yan Shang, but Yan Shang acted coldly, which was obviously different from his usual attitude towards his friends. This meant that he knew the young general, but he didn't want Mu Wanyao to know.
The young general said that he had just been replaced because the King of Qin had transferred some people away. Why did the King of Qin suddenly transfer people in broad daylight?
After the young general finished speaking, Yan Shang urged her to leave again...
Mu Wan shook the reins and stopped. Yan Shang turned to look at her. Mu Wan shook her head and stared at him for a moment, then slowly tested him and said, "I remembered that I forgot to bring something. I need to go back to the mansion to get it."
The veins on Yan Shang's hands that were holding the reins were bulging, and Mu Wanyao saw it all.
He suggested calmly, "What's not there over at Qujiang Pond? Why do we need to go back to get it? We've already gone so far out of the city, why do we need to turn back halfway?"
Mu Wan raised the corner of his lips and said, "I want to turn back halfway."
After that, the horse she was riding turned around, and the girl's skirt was gently lifted up on the horse. She was about to return to the city in an instant. Yan Shang immediately rode to her side and blocked her way: "Why don't you tell me what you forgot to bring, and I will go there for you..."
Mu Wan shook her head coldly: "Get out of the way."
Yan Shang still spoke softly: "Your Highness is a princess, how can you do everything by yourself? Why don't you let me..."
Mu Wan shook his head and laughed sarcastically: "You don't even dare to let Fang Tong do it for you, so you have to do it yourself?"
Yan Shang’s eyes narrowed.
Mu Wan shook her head and stared at him: "What did you arrange in the city that makes you so afraid of me going back?"
He dodged slightly.
She stopped talking nonsense with him and immediately bypassed him to continue riding back to the city. Yan Shang followed her again and tried to stop her. Mu Wanyao became more and more impatient and shouted, "Fang Tong!"
The guards like Fang Tong who had been following behind sighed in their hearts, but still rode their horses left and right, stopping Yan Shang on the left and right, trying to take Yan Shang away from the princess. But Yan Shang refused to leave, still wanted to follow Mu Wanyao, and tried to persuade him: "Your Highness!"
Mu Wanyao: "Don't talk nonsense! You can't stop me from doing what I want to do!"
Yan Shang pursed his lips and said, "You can't stop me from doing what I want to do."
Mu Wanyao's eyes were about to spit fire, and he tried to persuade her: "As long as Your Highness leaves Chang'an for a few days, all these things will have nothing to do with Your Highness... Even if Your Highness goes back now, it will be too late."
Mu Wan shook: "Too late?!"
She approached him. "What have you done? What have you arranged? Why do you say I'm too late? I'm a great horseman, and I can get back to the city twice as fast as you. Is it too late?"
Yan Shang looked into her eyes and said softly, "It's too late. Because... this is an open conspiracy.
“Whether you go back or not, what is going to happen will happen.
"I just want you to stay out of it."
Mu Wanyao interrupted him: "Whether I want to stay out of it is my business, you don't have to make the decision for me! Do you think you are so smart that you can predict everything about everyone? If you are really so sure, why are you stopping me now?
"Yan Shang, you are just afraid that I will ruin your plan!
"Fang Tong! Let's go back to the city!"
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Yan Shang was unable to stop Mu Wanyao, so he could only ride his horse and try to follow her. And as she said, her riding skills were indeed amazing. She guessed that Yan Shang must have done something to let her down, and she was extremely anxious. Her riding skills were so fast that not only Yan Shang, but also Fang Tong and others were left behind.
The people from the princess's mansion left in a hurry, raising clouds of dust on Chang'an Street!
When they reached the alley where the princess's residence was, Mu Wanyao dismounted, and Yan Shang followed with difficulty. He still tried to persuade him, but Mu Wanyao strode away and ignored him. In front of them, a dishevelled, stumbling man appeared.
The Minister of Revenue was in a panic when he saw the princess rushing back from outside the city!
He rushed over and hugged the princess' thighs, screaming: "Your Highness, help me! Your Highness, help me!"
Mu Wan raised her eyes and saw the officials from the Ministry of Justice surrounding the place. Yan Shang's face was slightly stiff, but Mu Wan did not change her expression. She put her hand on the shoulder of the Minister of Revenue who was kneeling on the ground and stared at the people from the Ministry of Justice: "With me here, I want to see who can take him away!"
No one dared to touch the princess, and the scene was frozen for a moment.
The Minister of Revenue breathed a sigh of relief.
He was helped up by the princess, knowing that he was safe. He showed a somewhat smug, mocking smile, but when he turned around, he met Yan Shang's eyes. In an instant, Yan Shang took a step towards him. When the princess faced the Ministry of Justice, Yan Shang put a knife on the shoulder of the Minister of Revenue.
The Minister of Revenue was furious: "Yan Suchen! How dare you!"
Mu Wan shook her head and saw what Yan Shang was doing. She was so angry that her face turned pale: "Yan Shang! How dare you!"
The tense atmosphere gathered again and took a sharp turn!
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