Chapter 254: Those who achieve great things are most afraid of romantic relationships
Helian Feng was so angry that he wanted to kill Xiao Nanyue with a sword.
Xiao Nanyan, carrying Xiyan, dodged left and right without fighting back, and retreated to the edge of the hunting platform:
"Helian Feng, I don't have time to show off my bravery with you. I'm just here to pick up my woman!"
He lowered his head to glance at Helian Cong, whose face was ashen, and then glanced at Su Qinyao, who was not far behind Helian Feng, and curled his thin lips slightly:
"Your Majesty is now completely protected by me. Aunt, Your Highness, what should you do next?"
Helian Feng's handsome face suddenly changed, and his eyes almost spit out fire:
"Xiao Nanyan, how dare you hold the emperor hostage? This is such a heinous crime that your entire clan should be exterminated!"
"Exterminate the nine clans?"
Xiao Nanyan suddenly burst into laughter: "If I remember correctly, my aunt, you, and even Your Majesty are all on the list of these nine clans!"
Su Qinyao's teeth chattered as she looked at Helian Cong, who was being "guarded" by Han Xiao and Mo Ren with knives. She then glanced at her daughter, whose face was filled with fear as the knife was at her neck, and quickly calculated in her mind:
In the current situation, if you want to save them from death, you have to agree to Xiao Nanyan's conditions. Xiao Nanyan clearly wants to blackmail the emperor to control the princes. Maybe he will want the military token and the imperial seal next. This is absolutely not allowed!
If Xiao Nanyan plotted to usurp the throne and secure his seat in Yandu, she and her son Helian Feng would no longer have a place to stand.
Besides...
Well, that's all! In Helian Cong's heart, there has never been a place for her. If it weren't for that bitch Su Xianrou, why would he fall into the hands of others? This is his own fault. It's a pity for his daughter Helian Shu.
However, her son Helian Feng is her future. Shu'er, don't blame your mother for being cruel!
"Feng'er!" she shouted sternly:
"Those who achieve great things must avoid sentimental relationships! You hold the military command and are the crown prince of a country. If you let the tiger go back to the mountains today, and Xiao Nanyan sits firmly on the throne one day, will there be any hope for us mother and son to survive?"
"But, Father, the Emperor, and my younger sister and brother..."
Helian Feng staggered half a step. How could he not understand the meaning behind his mother's words? He looked at his father and his brothers and sisters who were being restrained, and his voice trembled slightly.
"That's enough!" Su Qinyao angrily swung her sleeves.
"Feng'er, one day, you will understand your mother's painstaking efforts. Quickly order the arrows to be shot! As long as Xiao Nanyan is killed, today's chaos will be resolved. As for His Majesty and Shu'er and the others..."
Su Qinyao fiercely forced back the watery light in her eyes, and her voice suddenly became cold and hard:
"Kill Xiao Nanyan and I will avenge them!"
Helian Feng looked at the cruelty in his mother's eyes in panic, and the sword in his hand almost fell to the ground.
For some reason, he suddenly remembered that when he was seven years old, his mother Su Qinyao strangled his favorite canary to death with her own hands and said that he was "losing his ambition due to playing with things."
He knew that his mother was thinking about his great cause, but... after all, the people being held hostage were his father, brothers and sisters. How could he have the heart to be so cruel?
Xiao Nanyan, however, had a calm expression on his face. He turned his head and glanced at Helian Cong, chuckling softly:
"Your Majesty, have you seen clearly? Your Queen and Crown Prince are currently plotting how to use your blood to stain the steps leading to the new Emperor's ascension to the throne red."
Helian Cong's dragon robe was already soaked with cold sweat. He was so angry that his whole body was shaking. His fingers pointed at Su Qinyao and trembled like sieves:
"Su Qinyao, you vicious woman! You actually want to use my life and the lives of my children to exchange for power—"
"Your Majesty, you have been emperor for over twenty years. That's long enough!"
Su Qinyao simply tore off the last layer of disguise, her eyes as cold as ice blades, and interrupted Helian Cong's words:
"Feng'er is the crown prince, and he deserves to be trained. As a descendant of the Helian clan, Your Majesty should understand that the kingdom is more important than one's own flesh and blood, and that one should sacrifice the chariot to save the king when necessary. Do you want your Helian clan's kingdom to fall into the hands of the Xiao clan?"
"You...you're crazy!"
Helian Cong staggered half a step, but was speechless.
"Mother!" Helian Shu screamed heartbreakingly, her eyes filled with terror through the layers of sword array.
"Shu'er is your daughter! For your brother, do you really not care about Shu'er's life or death?"
Su Qinyao gritted her teeth, trying hard to suppress the pain in her heart:
"Shu'er...it's your mother who has wronged you...but if you want to blame someone, blame Xiao Nanyan and his group of traitors! This is the man you've been thinking about so much! In his heart, there's no place for you at all."
Su Qinyao turned her head suddenly, staring at Xiao Nanyan with bloodshot eyes, and the golden hairpins on her temples shook violently:
"Xiao Nanyan, if I don't tear you into pieces today, I will never be able to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
"Oh?" Xiao Nanyan raised his eyebrows and gently stroked Xiyan's lower abdomen with his big hand, causing her body to tremble slightly:
"Auntie is truly a heroine. Nan Yan truly admires her!"
Su Qinyao looked at her son Helian Feng, who was in a dilemma and refused to make a decision. She glanced at Xiyan's beautiful face, which was as bright as the autumn moon, gritted her teeth secretly, and when she faced Helian Feng, her expression changed:
"Feng'er! As long as you kill Xiao Nanyan, the country will be yours, and the woman will be yours too. When you ascend the throne, if you want to keep Xiyan, it's just a matter of a word from you! As long as the Queen Mother doesn't object."
But what she was thinking in her heart was: Once the situation is settled, there are plenty of ways to make that little bitch disappear.
How could her son, a dragon among men, marry a lowly maid who was pregnant with a traitor's child!
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