"What did you say?"

Emperor Yanwu stood up from behind the table.

A pair of stern eyes stared at the little eunuch, and the sense of oppression made the little eunuch's legs tremble with fear.

"Reply...Reply to Your Majesty, General Xiang said he is ill and cannot...cannot respond to the call."

The young eunuch was crawling on the ground, trembling all over, and his words were stuttering.

"What a mess!"

With a "bang", Emperor Yanwu kicked the table away and it fell heavily on a pillar.

"Huff, huff~"

He was breathing heavily, his face as cold as ice in the coldest days of winter.

"Xiang Wudi was not sick earlier or later, but he got sick just when I needed him?"

"Does he treat me like a three-year-old kid?"

"Damn it!"

Emperor Yanwu paced back and forth anxiously, with a feeling of depression burning in his heart, making him extremely uncomfortable.

"Someone come!"

As his voice fell, two armored guards walked in.

"Take this thing that is incapable of doing anything but always causing trouble down and chop it off!"

Emperor Yanwu pointed at the young eunuch crawling on the ground and spoke in a cold tone.

"Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty, spare my life!"

Hearing this, the young eunuch threw his head to the ground, begging for mercy frantically.

However, Emperor Yanwu just snorted coldly, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.

Finally, amid the little eunuch's miserable wails, he was dragged out of the hall by two guards.

Soon, a scream came from outside.

After killing one person, Emperor Yanwu's mood inexplicably improved a lot.

He looked at the Second Emperor who had been standing below without saying a word:

"Tell me, what does Xiang Wudi mean by this?"

"Shouldn't he actively show his loyalty to me and share my worries and difficulties?"

"Why did you get sick at this time?"

Obviously, Emperor Yanwu did not believe the nonsense that Xiang Wudi was ill.

How could a top-notch master fall ill so easily?

The Second Emperor knew that this was Emperor Yanwu testing him.

After he pondered for a moment, he bowed and said, "Father, I think General Xiang must have been frightened by the words on the stele."

"Before the stele was unearthed, General Xiang was eager to marry his daughter to me."

"But after the contents of the stele spread, his attitude changed."

"From this, we can see that General Xiang must have believed the words of the stele, and that my marriage to his daughter would bring disaster to Da Yan."

"In order to avoid this from happening, General Xiang probably also wavered in my marriage to his daughter."

If Xiang Wudi heard the Second Emperor's explanation, he would definitely applaud him.

After all, even he couldn't come up with such a perfect excuse to shirk responsibility.

The reason why he claimed to be ill and could not come was that he wanted to wait for the right time to ask Emperor Yanwu to withdraw his sacred intention.

Originally, he had prepared himself to be hated by Emperor Yanwu. After all, this was somewhat like taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

But the second emperor's explanation completely absolved him of all responsibility.

It seems to have affirmed his loyalty to Dayan.

Emperor Yanwu thought about it for a moment, then nodded imperceptibly:

"You have some truth in what you say."

"If the Xiang family can marry into the royal family, they will definitely be able to straighten out their ties with the emperor. Xiang Wudi cannot have failed to think of this."

"Now that he is unable to come due to illness, he must have known what I want him to do."

"But he was concerned about the contents of the stele, fearing that your marriage would bring danger to the destruction of the Great Yan nation, so he thought of this helpless act."

"If Ye Hongtu could be half as loyal and courageous as him, why would I need to do that?"

If Ye Hongtu heard what Emperor Yanwu said, he would definitely be so angry that he would point his finger at him and curse his mother.

Saying that he is not as loyal as Xiang Wudi, isn't this an injustice?

If he hadn't forced them like that, how could the Ye family have the intention to rebel?

"Father is right!" The Second Emperor nodded in agreement.

With these few words, the father and the other two rationalized Xiang Wudi's behavior.

I even sighed at how loyal he was to Da Yan.

Therefore, life is impermanent, and the large intestine wraps around the small intestine.

Prejudice was like a mountain, weighing heavily on the Ye family.

However, now that Xiang Wudi is unwilling to contribute, Emperor Yanwu can only send other people to quell the rebellion.

After a while, he said quietly:

"You go and personally convey my order to appoint Chang Ronghao as the general of Pingnan, commanding 100,000 troops and annihilate all the rebels in the southern region. Leave no one alive."

"Your son obeys your order!" The Second Emperor quickly accepted the order.

After the Second Emperor left, Emperor Yanwu said to himself:

"Haha, you want to force me to take back my decision? That's a nice thought!"

"Once I have wiped out all these traitors, I will definitely find out who is behind this."

"I want to see who has such great ability to force me like this!"

........

When Ye Hongtu and his father returned to the Ye Mansion, it was already noon of the next day.

Their abilities did not attract anyone's attention when they returned.

"Master, how is my precious daughter?"

"She wasn't hurt, was she?"

Ye Hongtu had just returned to the Ye Mansion when Mrs. Xiao came to greet him and questioned him.

"What did you say, Madam? How could I let my precious daughter get hurt?"

"Look, she's in good spirits this time!"

As he spoke, Ye Hongtu handed Ye Chuyao to Madam Xiao.

At this moment, Ye Chuyao had just woken up, and the moment she saw Madam Xiao, a bright smile immediately appeared on her face.

[I'm home! I finally saw my mother. 】

【Mother, please be with me! 】

[However, why does mom seem to have such dark circles under her eyes? Did you not sleep well last night? ]

Hearing her thoughts, Mrs. Xiao thought:

{My dearest ones, how can I sleep peacefully if all of you run away?}

{Besides, you were still so young, and you traveled over 2,000 miles. Do you know how worried your mother was?}

Ye Chuyao couldn't hear what Mrs. Xiao was thinking, but she could tell from her concerned look that her mother must be very worried about her.

[Don't worry, mother. Yaoyao is fine! ]

【Dad and his two brothers took good care of Yaoyao.】

Ye Hongtu also nodded to Mrs. Xiao and gave her a reassuring look.

Mrs. Xiao held Ye Chuyao in her arms and gently pressed her face against her fair and tender little face.

"Master, don't bring Yaoyao with you when you go on a long trip from now on."

"She's still too young. She always makes me nervous!"

Hearing this, Ye Hongtu nodded quickly: "I will follow Madam's instructions."

Seeing his attitude, Mrs. Xiao was quite satisfied.

At this time, she brought up the main matter:

"Master, what was the result of this trip?"

Speaking of this, a smile suddenly appeared on Ye Hongtu's face:

"Hey, big win!"

"One top-grade grandmaster and two half-step grandmasters, all destroyed!"

"I'm sure Emperor Yanwu and Gu Changhe will be heartbroken."

[Mother, you don’t know how exciting it was at that time. ]

[The eldest and second brothers rushed into the crowd and started killing people! ]

[Feng Tang relied on the strength of a half-step master to kill three strong men of the same realm in one fell swoop.]

[To be honest, I have to praise my second brother. He actually beat that vicious woman Mu Qingyi to death with his own hands. ]

[Hehe, in this way, Gu Changhe has lost a capable subordinate. ]

[The threat of Tsing Yi Building to our Ye family will also be greatly reduced...]

Ye Chuyao was like a chatterbox, chattering non-stop.

Mrs. Xiao wanted to ask Ye Hongtu for some details, but she spilled all the beans on the table.

"If that's the case, then my Ye family has indeed won a great victory."

Mrs. Xiao showed a gentle smile on her face.

"By the way, where are Yun Ge and Yun Wu?"

Up to now, Mrs. Xiao has not seen her two sons.

"Yun Ge has some other things to deal with!"

"As for Yunwu, that brat said he wanted to go to Zuixianlou to have some fun."

"He killed a lot of people this time, and he really needed some red dust to dilute his murderous intent. I didn't stop him."