Tanxi escaped from Suiyang a month ago. After thinking it over and over, she didn't know where was safe. After several days of deliberation, she decided to come to the East Palace and possess Xiao Yi's body.
No one expected him to hide here, especially Yuan Qi and the newly appointed Imperial Advisor.
He was smug and enjoyed a carefree life for several days.
Tanxi grabbed Emperor Ren'an by the back of the neck and threatened, "Yuan Qi, if you dare to come over and do anything to me, I'll kill this old bastard."
He pulled out a black soul-suppressing bottle from his person and held it in his hand, arrogantly threatening Yuan Qi: "The Crown Prince's soul is also in my hands. If you interfere, I will make these two die on the spot!"
Tanxi was seething with hatred. He looked around and saw no one else coming in. That damned Hong Sibao was so stupid. He couldn't even kill a little girl with an imperial decree. All he did was eat and drink for free. These useless trash.
“Yuan Qi, how dare you defy the imperial decree? Do you want to drag the entire Jiang family down with you? If you offer your neck for execution now, I may spare your family.”
He raised an eyebrow. Outside the Xuanzheng Hall, imperial guards held knives to the necks of Jiang Zhengqing and Jiang Juncai. In fact, it wasn't that those imperial guards wanted to kidnap the two; it was just that they were completely under Tanxi's control.
Otherwise, if the emperor is held hostage and all the civil and military officials are controlled, and Jiang Juncai is the leader of the Imperial Guards, how could the Imperial Guards listen to Tanxi?
Yuan Qi shrugged: "To tell you the truth, last time I meddled and killed Xiao Zhen, guess what? This old emperor not only didn't reward me, but he didn't even say a word of praise. He's so stingy. This time I don't plan to meddle anymore."
Upon hearing this, the dejected Emperor Ren'an immediately beckoned to Yuan Qi: "No, whatever reward you want, I'll give it to you. Seventh Miss, you can't just ignore this..."
Tanxi exerted sudden force, nearly crushing Emperor Ren'an's neck.
Emperor Ren'an let out a miserable scream, no longer daring to utter any more outrageous words, and repeatedly begged for mercy.
Yuan Qi felt contempt for Emperor Ren'an's spineless behavior. He thought that such a cowardly bully was not worthy of being an emperor!
"As long as you release my father and brother, I won't interfere in this matter. Today, I'll just watch the show." Yuan Qi tilted his head and looked at Tan Xi.
Tanxi pondered Yuan Qi's words, then burst into laughter: "Only a fool would believe you, don't try to fool me!"
The next second, a golden light flashed, and several more people appeared in the hall. They were people dressed in white: Daoist Guangcheng and his disciple Yuan An, as well as the National Preceptor Xuan Qing, who was also dressed in white, and two young men in white, who were Xuan Qing's newly accepted disciples.
Xuan Qing seemed to have been forced to come here. As soon as the teleportation array disappeared, he angrily flung his sleeve and said, "Who said I was hiding away and ignoring the Emperor! Don't make false accusations!"
With a gentle wave of his hand, Daoist Guangcheng removed the knives from Jiang Zhengqing and Jiang Juncai's necks, and the two subdued the Imperial Guards who were holding them hostage.
“Disciple, I’ve invited that old man Xuanqing here. Today, let’s not meddle in their affairs; let them clean up their own mess!”
Xuanqing released his two disciples from their restraints and led them to Emperor Ren'an: "Your Majesty, I am late. Please forgive me."
A little color returned to Emperor Ren'an's pale face, but his expression remained terrified. He was truly afraid that this reckless evil spirit would kill him in the next second.
Tan Xi sneered, his cold eyes filled with arrogant smugness: "You really don't care about other people's business? Hahaha, today I will slaughter this entire court of officials and become the emperor!"
Daoist Guangcheng pulled Yuan Qi to the doorway, sat him on the threshold, and asked Yuan Qi with great interest, "Disciple, who do you think is more powerful?"
Yuan Qi curled his lip: "I think the two sides are evenly matched. Tanxi also has the Crown Prince's soul in her hands. The Grand Preceptor is going to have to fight for three days and three nights this time."
Jiang Zhengqing and Jiang Juncai glared at Yuan Qi. Jiang Zhengqing asked, "You really don't care?"
Yuan Qi rolled his eyes: "I don't care. The Emperor has the Imperial Advisor and tens of thousands of Imperial Guards. Why would he need me to meddle?"
Jiang Juncai sighed heavily, found the glass sword that had been thrown into a corner, and shouted towards the outside of the hall: "Imperial Guards, listen up! All on alert!"
He then rushed to the side of the Imperial Advisor Xuan Qing: "Imperial Advisor, I will fight alongside you!"
Xuan Qing didn't care about Emperor Ren'an being held hostage, nor did he care about the Crown Prince's soul in the Soul-Suppressing Bottle. It wasn't a big deal. The emperor was dead, but the emperor still had sons; the crown prince was dead, but the crown prince still had brothers. As long as the Xiao family wasn't wiped out, that was fine.
However, he still feigned concern and asked the Emperor, "Your Majesty, if you were to pass away, which prince would you wish to appoint as your successor?"
"You...you...you..." Emperor Ren'an was furious; he didn't want to die!
"Your Majesty!" Xuanqing urged.
Among the court officials in the main hall, there were also several adult princes. Upon hearing this, their eyes lit up, and they stared intently at their father.
Yuan Qi saw that the outside, which had been empty just moments before, had been transformed into a scene of imposing imperial guards in just a few breaths. They roared with great force, "Be on guard! Be on guard! Be on guard!"
That roar really can intimidate bad guys and inspire people.
Even Tanxi felt a moment of guilt.
Yuan Qi chuckled: "Master, senior brother, why do you think the Imperial Preceptor didn't save the Emperor and the Crown Prince? Is he planning a rebellion?"
Guangcheng Daojun shook his head: "He doesn't want to rebel. It's just that for him, it doesn't matter who is the emperor. He only needs to kill Tanxi. As for who becomes the emperor, that depends on his mood."
Yuan Qi drew out an "oh" sound.
Yuan An also asked, "Junior sister, who do you want to be emperor?"
"It doesn't matter who becomes emperor, it has nothing to do with me."
Tu Shanli and Wen Zhujun also sat down. Tu Shanli kindly lifted the restrictions on the court officials so that they could help the Grand Preceptor.
The person with the highest martial arts skills in the main hall was General Wang Feng Aotian. However, since it was not allowed to bring a sword to court, he asked the Imperial Guards for a knife and went to stand side by side with the Imperial Preceptor.
He glanced at Yuan Qi and even secretly winked at her, signaling her to make a move in secret.
But Yuan Qi acted as if he hadn't seen it and completely ignored his hints.
Xuanqing held a whisk and swung it forcefully, unleashing a tiger-tail whip.
Tanxi then released Emperor Ren'an and began to fight with Xuanqing.
Yuan Qi asked Daoist Guangcheng, "Master, is he really your junior brother?"
“He won’t admit it and is playing dumb with me. I’m not sure anymore. His appearance is very different from before, and his cultivation has improved a lot. If I hadn’t used your talisman to ambush him, I wouldn’t have been able to bring him here.”
Guangcheng Daojun said helplessly, "If it really is him, he hasn't been idle all these years. I think he is much more powerful than Xuanji. My disciple, you must be careful when dealing with him. He has cultivated evil magic and is not easy to deal with."
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