Chapter 213 Very capable
The wind pounded against the white marble stele. Xie Chengyan knelt before the altar, three incense sticks flickering in his hands. He stared at the cinnabar-painted characters on the stele: "Princess Xiaoming Jing Yuan'an." The corners of his mouth tightened for a moment, barely perceptible.
Xie Zhaohe was wary of him, but he also treated him well.
All he could do now was to avenge her.
"Your Highness, it's time to offer your final tribute." He Qiumao said from the side. "Now that the eldest princess has passed away, the royal family is in decline—"
"Manager He is talking too much today." Xie Chengyan sneered and suddenly raised his voice, "Could it be that you know that I will not survive this day?"
Before he finished speaking, the clash of armor suddenly echoed on both sides of the sacred path. Dozens of imperial guards emerged from behind the stone statues, the leading general holding high a gilded token: "Prince Rui Xie Chengyan has colluded with Southern Xinjiang to commit treason. By the Empress Dowager's decree—"
A crossbow arrow suddenly flew past Xie Chengyan's ear and hit the cypress tree behind him. Xie Chengyan saw the arrow coming and squatted to avoid it.
"Lord Xu is so majestic." Xie Chengyan slowly stood up, and the black sacrificial robes rustled in the wind.
The man was wearing a black bullfighting suit and a white jade belt with a lion pattern inlaid on it. He had striking eyebrows and eyes, with the corners of his peach-shaped eyes slightly tilted upwards.
Xu Yubai stepped forward with a smile. "Your Highness, there's no need to delay. The three hundred palace soldiers you stationed outside the city should have become hedgehogs by now." He waved his hand fiercely, "Capture them!"
Four soldiers rushed over and held down Xie Chengyan's shoulders. He pretended to struggle and let them press him to his knees in the snow.
"Prince Rui's Mansion should be bustling with activity right now." Commander Xu leaned forward, his breath spraying white air on Xie Chengyan's face. "Is there someone close to the prince in Prince Rui's Mansion?"
Xie Chengyan's pupils suddenly shrank. He didn't expect the Xu family to act so quickly. After all, his troops had not yet arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion.
Ye Lanzhou is still in the mansion.
"The Xu family is very calculating." He sneered, "We are well prepared—"
Xu Yubai stood up proudly and took out the imperial edict from his arms. Before he could speak, a sound of breaking air suddenly tore through the wind and snow.
A feathered arrow precisely grazed Xu Yubai's throat, pinning the unfinished imperial edict he had just read to the pillar of the pavilion. Countless arrows flew over immediately afterwards, and the imperial guards on both sides of the sacred road fell to the ground one after another, screaming in agony.
Dozens of black shadows flew down from the forest of steles. The person leading the group was wearing a green shirt. Lin Yan was standing behind a stone statue on the side.
Seeing this, Xie Chengyan seized the opportunity to break free from the grip and snatch the sword from the guard beside him. With a flash of the sword, two heads fell to the ground.
"Imperial Mausoleum Guards, listen to my orders!" He raised his bloodstained sword and said loudly, "Xu is plotting to murder the eldest princess and falsely conveying the imperial decree. Kill them—"
Shouts and cries of killing came from behind the mountain. Several teams of elite soldiers suddenly rushed out from behind the originally solemn stone statues. There were not many of them, but each of them was tall and mighty. In a short while, they suppressed Xu Yubai's army.
Xu Yubai was startled, stumbling back, clutching his throat, his eyes filled with disbelief: "You...how could you be in the imperial mausoleum..."
As he spoke, Xie Chengyan had the tip of his knife against his throat. "This prince is very capable. The Xu family must have underestimated me."
"There are things Lord Xu couldn't imagine."
A group of people wearing Feiyu uniforms and embroidered spring swords on their waists were seen coming in from the side road of the imperial mausoleum. They arrested all the troops of the Xu family and also took He Qiumao into custody.
The leader is tall and thin, with some feminine looks.
Before Xie Zhaohe died, he told the truth about the Ning Wang case to those who were implicated at the time. Chu Xiu's family was wrongly killed because of the Ning Wang case. Chu Xiu's sister Chu Shi, as the Ning Wang's wife, was even involved in the war.
Therefore, after learning the truth, Chu Xiu resolutely chose to follow Xie Chengyan.
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