“Princess, I met with Princess Xiyan’s son, Master Luo. He told me that Princess Xiyan is seriously ill and can no longer see anyone.”
Princess Yurong understood that with the Empress Dowager dead and the Wei family fallen, Princess Xiyan had also lost all her support. Luocheng would not allow her to live a happy life.
While she claims to be seriously ill, she is likely preparing for both possibilities: if the Wei clan is completely defeated and the deposed crown prince is ineligible for the throne, then Princess Xiyan might die suddenly, or if the Wei clan rises to power and all the princes are killed... Princess Xiyan might have a sliver of hope.
In critical moments, no one can be relied upon. What use is a prince consort? It's better to have a few servants of the emperor himself.
Princess Yu Rong summoned more than ten people for a private meeting in a secret room.
He went in with his four bodyguards, Shen Su, and Liao Yun, along with the dozen or so people.
After a private conversation that lasted for most of the hour, everyone came out.
Their complexions varied.
As night fell, a troop of soldiers went to the imperial mausoleum.
Several dark figures headed towards the Xie residence.
In the dead of night, the Xie family's Wutong Garden was filled with the sound of firecrackers, the wooden doors and windows caught fire, and the whole courtyard was in a panic, filled with shouts.
"Fire!"
The sound was especially loud in the quiet night, and servants from both the front and back yards rushed to the old lady's yard to put out the fire.
Several dark figures took the opportunity to go to Xie Anfeng's study.
Before they even got close, they were surrounded by a group of people.
Both sides are highly skilled.
The Xie family had too many experts, so they used a rotational approach. The newcomers were no match for them and were quickly killed or crippled.
He bit down on the poison in his teeth and committed suicide.
Xie Anfeng came out of the study, looked at the corpses, and said, "Take them away and send them to Dali Temple at dawn."
I thought that after the assassination attempt, they wouldn't come again. However, at dawn, more than a hundred people arrived.
This time, they forced their way into the study; if they couldn't get in, they scattered gunpowder, poured tung oil, and set it on fire.
How could we possibly give them a chance!
The visitors were surprised to find so many experts at the Xie residence, and it seemed as if they were there specifically to wait for them.
The two sides fought fiercely, and many people from the Xie family also died.
Three groups arrived in one night. The first group had more than ten people, the second group had more than a hundred people, and the third group, surprisingly, came in a dark mass of no less than three hundred people.
The Xie family showed no mercy; aside from the first group, they didn't allow any of the later ones into the mansion and killed them outside.
At daybreak, bloodstains and corpses littered the area outside the Xie residence.
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