The ministers dared not object, and so they left their seats one after another and walked out of the hall.
Yu Chuxuan and Yue Lang also walked out of the palace in turn.
As Yue Jiang was leaving her seat amidst the departure of others, An Chenghuan suddenly called out to her.
"Princess Yuejiang, please wait a moment and speak with me."
...
An Yunrui was so drunk that he was dizzy and disoriented. After leaving the palace, he was supported by eunuchs, but he was still walking unsteadily and vomiting repeatedly.
The eunuchs, exhausted from finally escorting him back to the palace, watched as An Yunrui collapsed onto the couch and fell silent.
Everyone in the hall was greatly frightened by An Yunrui's unrestrained speech, and they all harbored resentment.
"The retired emperor has been emperor for too long and has no sense of propriety. He dares to provoke His Majesty frequently, and our lives are in grave danger."
"That's right. I finally managed to get to the Emperor's side, and now that I've become the Empress, I don't even know how many days I'll live."
...
The group grumbled incessantly, but in the end, none of them wanted to stay there, since they knew the Emperor Emeritus was too drunk to wake up.
Once an agreement was reached, they were about to leave the palace to rest when, as soon as they opened the door, a group of guards carrying ropes rushed toward the eunuchs.
Before they could even cry for help, several people were strangled and killed instantly.
The guards dragged all the eunuchs' corpses to An Yunrui's bedside and quietly left.
Just after the guards left, a dark figure leaped into An Yunrui's room. An Yunrui was completely drunk, but he couldn't withstand someone pouring scalding hot water on his face, and soon a series of thumb-sized blisters appeared.
He covered his face, scalded, and cried out, "How dare you! How dare you burn me!"
When Jing Yan saw that the person had woken up, the hot water in the teapot in his hand was still not finished. He had heard the insults he had made to Yue Jiang in the main hall.
It was a pity that he couldn't come out and protect it himself. Jing Yan didn't throw down the teapot until he had poured out all the water in it, and then he spoke up.
"The Emperor Emeritus is still sleeping soundly, which shows that his days are numbered."
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