Chapter 275 A Country Cannot Be Without a Ruler for a Day
Xiao Nanyan's voice was filled with a sigh of relief:
"Since you wish to repay this favor, I will grant your request."
Helian Feng looked at the two people hugging each other, and felt his blood instantly run cold.
The moonlight he once thought he cherished turned out to be just a cold and empty shadow.
The night wind passed through the cloud hills, blowing off the dead leaves on his temples and also blowing away the last bit of gentle light in his heart. Suddenly, a trace of hatred flashed across his eyes, deep into his bones.
Xiao Nanyan kicked away the long sword in Helian Feng's hand and said coldly:
"Helian Feng, you killed your father and harmed the country. Your virtue is unworthy of your position. It seems that you can no longer sit on the throne of Crown Prince."
"You want to replace me?" Helian Feng's eyes were blazing with fire.
Xiao Nanyan sneered, looking at the Sixth Prince Helian Ji who was cowering behind Fu Yunqing——
The child was only seven years old. He was clutching the collar of a guard, wiping his tears and trembling.
"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day," Xiao Nanyan said loudly to the ministers:
"Your Highness the Sixth Prince is intelligent and benevolent, and he deserves to inherit the throne."
"How clever and kind!"
Helian Feng suddenly coughed up a mouthful of dirty blood:
"Xiao Nanyan, you are truly cunning. You pushed Ji'er to the throne simply to silence the world's gossips. You first sought a puppet, and when the time was right, you would imitate Wang Mang and usurp the Han Dynasty. Your schemes may deceive others, but not me!"
"As a prisoner, I can barely protect myself. Does it matter to you who takes the throne?"
Xiao Nanyan looked up at Su Qinyao, who was slumped on the steps, with a hint of the coldness and indifference of a superior on his face:
"Does your Majesty know that the sins you have committed are enough to destroy the entire Su clan?"
Su Qinyao's face was as pale as paper, and she trembled as she grasped the corner of her phoenix robe.
"You, what do you want?"
Xiao Nanyan's voice was frighteningly cold, and his eyes swept over the officials who were silent as a cicada on the hunting platform:
"She had an affair with a treacherous minister, gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock, brought shame upon the Tianqi imperial family, and even attempted to murder Your Majesty, disrupting the government. Which of these crimes is not punishable by death?"
"You, what do you want?"
Su Qinyao saw her son fall into Xiao Nanyan's hands, and more than half of the soldiers she brought with her were killed or wounded, and the defeat was irreversible.
Xiao Nanyan snorted coldly:
"Hand over the military token, and I will let you and your two children leave Yunqiu. I will also reward the deposed Crown Prince Helian Feng with Liangzhou as his fiefdom, where you can live out your days in peace. Otherwise, I'm afraid your entire army will be wiped out today!"
Su Qinyao looked at the murderous intent in Xiao Nanyue's eyes, and glanced at her son Helian Feng, whose throat was held by a sword, with a look of dejection on his face.
What can I do if I'm unwilling to accept this? As long as I survive, I still have a chance to make a comeback. Otherwise, I will surely die here today.
Victory and defeat are common in the military. What's more, she has been secretly training militia and death squads in Chiyu Peak outside Yandu City without Helian Cong's knowledge over the years, where she also hides tens of thousands of her troops.
After thinking about it, she slowly stood up, holding the railing:
"Okay, I promise you, but I beg you to let Feng'er go."
Xiao Nanyan sneered:
"Never say anything wrong."
Xiao Nanyue slowly raised the long sword that was pressing on Helian Feng's neck.
"Go away!"
There was no emotion in his voice, as if the life-and-death fight he had just experienced had merely wiped away the dust from his sleeves.
Helian Feng staggered to his feet by supporting himself on the ground. Mingying and Zou Xu immediately rushed forward to support him, but he pushed them away.
He glanced at Xiao Nanyue coldly, his gaze slowly moving across Xiyan's face, unspoken hatred rolling in his throat, which eventually turned into a hoarse cold snort, and he staggered towards Su Qinyao.
Seeing her son escape from trouble, Su Qinyao took out the military token from her sleeve.
She knew that if she didn't hand it over now, both she and Xiao Nanyan would be destroyed, so she simply threw the military token fiercely at Xiao Nanyan:
"then!"
Han Xiao leaped up upon seeing it, his black robe spreading its wings like a roc, and the moment his fingertips were about to touch the military talisman—
A gray shadow shot out from the darkness, and the wind from his sleeves, darker than the night, swept past, and the military talisman fell into his palm.
Everyone was shocked, but they saw that the man's body had already landed steadily on the eaves of the hunting platform. It was actually Xiao Beicheng.
He twisted the tassel on the tiger talisman with his big hand and glanced at Su Qinyao beside him:
"You really know the current situation!"
Su Qinyao's face froze, and she stammered, her eyes trembling: "What do you want?"
Xiao Beicheng snorted coldly: "There's plenty of time to settle the account with you, but not now."
When Helian Shu saw Xiao Beicheng coming back, she hurried over, her face full of embarrassment:
"Dad... Dad, are you... are you here to save Shu'er?" She changed her words quite quickly.
Xiao Beicheng's lips curled up slightly when she called him that.
He looked down at Helian Shu, and the inexplicable depression in his heart caused by Su Xianrou's death dissipated a little.
He rarely softened his edge and reached out to brush away the loose hair on her forehead:
"Don't be afraid, Shu'er. With daddy here, no one can hurt you."
Helian Shu let out a long sigh. At this moment, in her heart, she inexplicably regarded Xiao Beicheng as her support.
Seeing Xiao Beicheng intercepting the military talisman, Xiao Nanyan slowly loosened his arms around Xiyan, took a step forward, and said loudly:
"Are you hiding in the dark just for this military token? Even if you get it, given the current situation, can you get out of Yunqiu?"
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