"You just appeared in front of me and admitted that you were the 'young master'. Aren't you clearing the air for Prime Minister Yuan? I never thought that you would be the one who saved Prime Minister Yuan in the end."
Ye An was trying to provoke Cui Lan again. The fact that Cui Lan came to him in person showed that he was greatly provoked by the title of King of Chu. Relying on his excellent martial arts, he came to take his life in a hurry. People tend to lose their rationality when they are extremely angry. Ye An wanted Cui Lan to continue to lose his mind. Now that he had backup, the others who were sent out would arrive soon. Even if Cui Lan was a master, he couldn't fight a hundred alone.
"You're looking for death!"
Cui Lan was enraged and decided to take the emperor's life. Soon the guards who were trying to stop him in the palace were knocked down one by one. Cui Lan himself was slightly injured, but he still didn't care and continued to kill.
Ye An had been standing in front of the tent, not moving at all, as if waiting for him. Cui Lan instinctively sensed something was wrong, but he was so furious that he had no time to think about it.
Just when he was about to touch Ye An's sleeve, a figure flashed out from behind the tent. It was a masked black-clothed secret guard who blocked his blade with a shining sword.
Cui Lan was brave and his opponent was no pushover either, and was more skilled than the guards he had just sent away. Cui Lan fought with him for several rounds, but the winner could not be determined. Are there really so many masters around the emperor? Cui Jingming, who was in the way, is no longer here.
Cui Lan seemed a little anxious, but the secret guard was always at ease. After a long time of unsuccessful attack, Cui Lan came up with a vicious plan. He threw a razor blade at the emperor as if it were a flying blade. His accuracy was always very good. The emperor was too close to dodge. The secret guard, who was already confident of victory, jumped to save him and used his sword to pick up the flying blade in the air. This revealed a flaw in front of Cui Lan. Cui Lan curled his lips and revealed another razor blade in his sleeve, ready to hurt the secret guard's vitals.
It turned out that he was afraid of accidents when entering the hall, so he secretly broke the blade into two pieces.
If the secret guard didn't hide, he would be seriously injured. If he hid, he would kill the emperor.
But the secret guard never dodged, and Cui Lan's blade pierced the man's chest, but he was caught in the hand. The secret guard broke his arm in one breath, and the sword changed direction at this time and pierced Cui Lan's abdomen with incredible accuracy.
Cui Lan spat out a mouthful of blood. He had delayed long enough and it should be accomplished. The word must have spread outside that an assassin had entered the Xuande Hall, and a large number of people were heading towards the Xuande Hall, so the guards in the Changle Palace would definitely be left empty.
He originally wanted to bite the poison bag hidden in his mouth and commit suicide, but the seriously injured secret guard seemed to guess what he was thinking, raised his palm and injured his jaw.
Cui Lan fell to the ground, coughing continuously. Despite the pain, he couldn't help but laugh softly.
"Brother Aci, you're injured! I...quickly go get the imperial physician!"
Ye An ran over screaming, and saw the blood on Mu Ci's body, feeling heartbroken.
Mu Ci waved his hand, gritted his teeth, pulled out a heart-protecting mirror from his clothes, shook it in his hand, and threw it hard on the ground.
Cui Lan: “…”
Ye An was overjoyed. Brother Aci was indeed a former soldier. He had all the equipment. He had just felt weak in the knees.
Mu Ci took a breath and said, "Xiao An, be careful. The 'Young Master' came alone, so there must be something fishy going on."
Ye An reacted and said quickly: "Brother Aci, don't worry, I will order the secret guards to rush to Changle Palace!"
In this palace, those with the surname Cui hate the emperor and the empress dowager the most. If Cui Lan makes a feint to the east and attacks in the west, there is no doubt who he will attack.
Cui Lan: “…………”
Ye An said: "Brother Aci, there is no time to lose, let's rush to Changle Palace, maybe we can meet that person."
That person, who?
Princess Cui Lan of Huainan, who was sentenced to death by the previous emperor, is still alive. What about Ye Zhi, the Prince of Huainan, who was declared dead by a single piece of mourning paper?
After all, this is the Prince of Huainan, who knows the benefits of faking death better than anyone else! If the Princess of Huainan really risked her life to fight for an opportunity for someone, then it must be for the King of Huainan.
"Brother Aci, please take me there!"
Ye An wanted to see Mu Ci's light skills and be a little affectionate with him at the same time, so it wouldn't be a waste at all. Mu Ci didn't need him to repeat himself, he just picked up Ye An and jumped into the air.
Cui Lan lay on the ground, watching the two people's backs as they left. He finally remembered who the secret guard was. It should be Mu Zhaoyi from Zhaoyang Palace. After all his calculations, he had missed Mu Ci.
But so what? He doesn't care what happens, as long as His Highness can get what he wants...
Cui Lan crawled twice towards the palace gate, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.
"What's the situation in Xuande Hall?"
There were only a few people left in Changle Palace. Li Yao had just come to report that thieves had entered Xuande Hall. The Queen Mother guessed that it was the Cui family's culprit, and ordered all her trusted confidants who were good at martial arts to rush to Xuande Hall for support.
The Empress Dowager was restless. The Emperor told her that a trap had been set for tonight. She was still worried and decided to go to Xuande Hall in person.
The Queen Mother called for her personal eunuch, but no one in Changle Palace answered. He raised his head alertly and saw that there was a person sitting there in the large shadow cast by the candlelight beside the desk opposite him.
The Queen Mother asked, "Who?"
The man said, "Old friend."
The Queen Mother was nervous all night, but after the shock, she calmed down: "Is it Cui Lan, or Ye Zhi?"
The man lit a candle with his own hands. He was originally wrapped in a cloak, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes. After the candlelight came on, he took off the cloak, revealing a handsome face with clear outlines, which was 50% similar to the late emperor.
The Queen Mother sighed: "Ye Zhi, you really faked your death."
Ye Zhi smiled slightly: "If not, how can I come to see you...Father?"
Ye Zhi paused, then said with disgust: "How can you be my father and queen? The late emperor never made you his legitimate wife until his death. You can be the queen mother thanks to your good son. I am the daughter of Empress Gongsu, and my father and queen is only Empress Gongsu, and you are just a despicable villain."
"Whatever you say." The Queen Mother straightened her clothes and said, "I have waited for this day for a long time."
Just as the Queen Mother was about to stand up, dozens of swords suddenly appeared around her, with the tips of the swords pointed at her.
Ye Zhi smiled: "The people around you right now are all your enemies. If you move again, I can't guarantee what they will do."
The Queen Mother sighed, "You have indeed colluded with Cui. It was your idea to kidnap the Emperor outside the palace."
Ye Zhi said with disdain: "Cui is my family, how can there be collusion? Your son's experience is all due to you, the father and queen. That day, I sent people to kidnap him and gave him aphrodisiac. It's a pity that I couldn't let you see him being raped with your own eyes."
The Queen Mother was so angry that her face turned pale and she was shaking all over: "How could you treat him like this? He is your brother..."
"Brother?" Ye Zhi sneered, as if he had heard a huge joke: "I don't have such a brother. His father, the queen, killed my father, and he occupied the throne that should have belonged to me. I didn't take his life directly because of the face of the late emperor."
Mu Ci and Ye An came to the outside of Changle Palace, which had been surrounded by a group of men in black of unknown origin. The secret guards who followed soon engaged in battle with the men in black.
Mu Ci protected Ye An and knocked down several men in black who came to stop them. He hid under the window with Ye An and heard people talking about kidnapping inside.
Ye An: “…”
Although he had never seen Ye Zhi, he could guess Ye Zhi's identity by listening to the conversation.
It turned out that the person who claimed to be his enemy, told him that he had been drugged, muttered a lot of things, and then left first was Ye Zhi.
It’s no wonder that Ye Zhi didn’t do anything to him. After all, they are blood brothers, and Ye Zhi is not crazy enough to do that.
Ye An thought of the pain of desire that day and shuddered involuntarily. Suddenly he felt warmth on his waist. It was Mu Ci hugging him tightly.
Brother Aci...
Ye An held Mu Ci's hand and felt relieved. The empress dowager was surrounded by Ye Zhi's men, and swords were so close. Ye An didn't dare to enter without permission. He asked people to mobilize archers while continuing to listen to the movements inside and take action when the opportunity arises.
Then he heard about the past events of the late emperor, the empress dowager and Empress Gongsu. The empress dowager and Empress Gongsu had deep resentment against each other. If Empress Gongsu's son Ye Zhi ascended the throne, he would certainly have no way to survive. It was no wonder that the empress dowager chose to attack the Cui family, Empress Gongsu's greatest helper.
In fact, not only him, but Ye Zhi inside also thought so.
The Queen Mother said, "It was indeed me who reported the Cui family, but did the Cui family really have no intention of rebellion? Were all the charges fabricated by me?"
Ye Zhi said: "The person is gone, so it doesn't matter what you say - I won't believe anything you say anyway."
The Queen Mother shook her head and said to Ye Zhi, "There is something on the top of the Eight Treasures Box in the East Warm Pavilion. You will know when you take it out. It is my last words."
Ye Zhi didn't believe it: "What tricks are you thinking of? Are you trying to get rid of me and take the opportunity to escape?"
The Queen Mother said coldly, "I am already in this state, how can I escape? Why don't you send someone to get it?"
Ye An winked at Mu Ci, he also wanted to go to the East Warm Pavilion to take a look.
Mu Ci took him to the east warm room as he wished. Ye Zhi's men also came over and rummaged around in the eight-treasure grid, taking out a bright yellow brocade box.
Ye An stared at the box closely. The bright yellow color was actually for the emperor's use. The size of the box reminded him of something he often used.
The box was finally handed to Ye Zhi.
Ye Zhi said: "After you have read it, I will send you on your way. Then I will send your son down to meet you - but who knows, he may be waiting for you down there."
The Queen Mother dug her nails into her palms tightly. She had finished her dying request and did not utter another word.
Ye Zhi took out a piece of bright yellow cloth from the brocade box and read it quickly. In an instant, his face changed drastically and his eyes were full of horror.
"Impossible, this must be forged by you..."
The Queen Mother sneered, "There are both the Imperial Seal and the seal of the late Emperor on it, how could I fake it? And if I could have foreseen this day, you would not have been able to walk to Changle Palace alive, so why would I fake it like this?"
"You lied to me!"
Ye Zhi threw the cloth out with shaking hands as if he was holding a charcoal fire.
At such a critical moment, he actually lost his mind and stood there in a daze. This was a good opportunity. Outside Changle Palace, An Er had already dispatched archers. Mu Ci personally took a longbow, aimed at Ye Zhi, and drew the bow and shot an arrow.
Ye An whispered to the secret guards: "When Ye Zhi is injured, you rush in."
Ye An had just finished his explanation when Mu Ci shot an arrow, hitting Ye Zhi in a panic. The secret guards immediately rushed into the hall and fought with the people brought by Ye Zhi.
Ye An wanted to save the Queen Mother, but in the blink of an eye, he saw that the Queen Mother had snatched the knife from someone beside her and chopped down another person to the ground at the same time that Ye Zhi was shot by an arrow.
Ye An: “…”
Ye Zhi's situation was hopeless and he suffered a huge blow, so he fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
Ye An picked up the cloth that Ye Zhi had dropped on the ground, and saw the words written on it: "I have noticed that Empress Gongsu has ulterior motives, which may be detrimental to the country. The Cui family is powerful, and you must help me get rid of them..."
Both the jade seal and the official seal were there. It turned out that this was a secret order from the late emperor to the empress dowager. The empress dowager had reported the Cui family to the late emperor at the instruction of the late emperor. It was the late emperor who first suspected the Cui family and Empress Gongsu, but had no excuse to investigate, so he asked the empress dowager, who was a noble concubine at the time, to come forward and report them. Only the Empress Dowager and the late Emperor knew about this imperial edict, and the Empress Dowager never let anyone else know.
Ye An suddenly felt that Ye Zhi was a little pitiful. He had been living for revenge all these years and came here with a heart of revenge, but when the battle came, he found that he had chosen the wrong person.
He was about to speak when he saw Mu Ci frowning and covering his chest. Ye An lowered his head and found that his casual clothes were stained with blood where Mu Ci had hugged him.
"Brother Aci!!"
Ye An was almost scared to death.
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Don't worry, Mu Ci only has minor injuries. Thank you to the little angels who cast their votes for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution~
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