Chapter 5: Plan before taking action
Fu Yunqing smiled cunningly, with a hint of teasing in his eyes, as if he was deliberately trying to tease Xiao Nanyan's emotions:
"Really? This girl is so beautiful. If you don't have any other ideas, you can bring her to my house and make her a concubine."
As he spoke, he shook his head, and the cynical look on his face became more and more obvious:
"Xuesha Xiyan, you are as cold as ice. I wonder if you will be as passionate as fire in bed? I really want to give it a try!"
Xiao Nanyan smiled coldly, raised his eyes and looked at Fu Yunqing, his eyes as sharp as a hawk:
"Fu Yunqing, do you think you can covet what belongs to me? Even if she's just a servant, she's still a member of the Regent's Palace. How can you have such a say in this?"
Seeing his old friend's sullen face, Fu Yunqing suddenly felt bored and spread his hands:
"Come on, come on, forget I said anything! You're the regent, and you're so stingy. It's just a maid. Keep her for yourself and enjoy her!"
"This woman, I still have a use for her. If you dare to have any thoughts about her, don't blame me for being heartless and turning my back on you! If you have nothing to do, turn right when you leave!"
Obviously, Xiao Nanyue ordered them to leave.
Fu Yunqing, however, sat upright on the chair, as steady as a rock.
I have known Xiao Nanyan for more than ten years and I understand his temperament and character very well.
Xiao Nanyan's father, Xiao Beicheng, led an expedition to Nanzhao eight years ago, but failed and was accidentally hit by a poisoned arrow and died.
The Tianqi Emperor Helian Cong, in recognition of his merits, allowed his fourteen-year-old son Xiao Nanyan to take over as regent, which shows the emperor's great grace.
On the surface, Regent Xiao Nanyan is indeed extremely powerful. However, his achievements are so great that they threaten the emperor. He only has the title of Regent but no military power.
However, Xiao Nanyue had no gratitude towards the emperor at all. On the contrary, in the past few years, he secretly trained assassins and trained troops in an attempt to rebel.
On the surface, the Regent is in great power, but in reality, he does not have much real power.
Helian Cong was a shrewd man and did not dare to let the Xiao family dominate alone.
He used the balance of power in the court as a means to place Prince Helian Feng's confidants in the cabinet.
In terms of military power, Helian Cong controlled it extremely strictly.
The capital garrison was the key force to protect the capital Yandu. The commander was also the prince's confidant. He went to the palace to report on his work every day and only obeyed the emperor Helian Cong's orders.
All the real power that Xiao Beicheng had when he was alive was quietly and bit by bit taken away by Helian Cong ten years ago on the pretext that Xiao Nanyan was still young.
Now, Xiao Nanyue seems to be standing at the pinnacle of power, but in fact he is restricted everywhere.
The prince's party regarded him, the regent of a different surname, as a thorn in their side.
How could Xiao Nanyan not hate him?
His father was originally a sworn brother of Helian Cong. Back then, he fought wars in the south and the north to ensure the eternal stability of the Tianqi dynasty and made great military achievements.
However, Helian Cong had secured his throne and was afraid that his generals would become too powerful and threaten his sovereignty, so the first person he wanted to get rid of was Xiao Beicheng.
Tianqi and Nanzhao had lived in peace for many years and had no hatred against each other, but Helian Cong ordered Xiao Beicheng to personally lead an expedition to Nanzhao to seize the precious land of Yiling.
Yiling is backed by the Yunjiang River in the north, screened by the Jianghuai River in the south, connected to the Central Plains in the west, and faces the Weihai Sea in the east. With four rivers converging, it has been a military base since ancient times.
If Tianqi captured Yiling, it would be like Nanzhao opening its doors to the world, and they would mobilize the entire country to fight against Xiao Beicheng's Tianqi army.
Originally, Xiao Beicheng had fought on the battlefield for many years and was good at commanding his troops, so he would not necessarily lose.
However, during the fight, a poisonous arrow flew from somewhere. He was unable to dodge and fell to the ground. When he was rescued, he had already died.
The general was killed in battle and his message was sent to Yandu in an urgent manner over 800 miles. Helian Cong then ordered the troops to withdraw and stop the war immediately.
At that time, Xiao Nanyue was only fourteen years old, and he had no doubts about his father's death.
Until he went to Nanzhao in disguise and came back, he hated Helian Cong to the core and his character gradually changed.
After repeated questioning by Fu Yunqing, Xiao Nanyan revealed the truth. He found out that the death of his father Xiao Beicheng was closely related to Helian Cong.
It is said that when Xiao Beicheng attacked Yiling, Helian Cong appointed the imperial teacher Chu Shang to accompany him.
This man is proficient in using poison and also understands astronomy and geography. Xiao Beicheng trusts him very much and regards him as a capable assistant, keeping him by his side at all times.
Later, Xiao Beicheng died of poisoning. It was heard that it was a deputy general of Nanzhao who took advantage of his father's battle and launched a surprise attack.
Xiao Nanyan was still young at the time and believed that his father was killed by Nan Zhao. He vowed that when he grew up, he would lead his troops to wipe out Nan Zhao and avenge his father.
However, later Fu Yunqing's father Fu Mingyuan secretly told him that it would be better for him to secretly open the coffin and perform an autopsy to find out the real cause of Xiao Beicheng's death.
Fu Mingyuan and his father were close friends and were well versed in medicine. He believed that Fu Mingyuan must have seen some flaws but did not dare to say it out loud.
Sure enough, after he opened the coffin and examined the body carefully, he found that all the bones and blood in his father's body were blue.
Fu Mingyuan told him that the poisoned arrow that hit his father was not fatal. What really took his life was a strong poison called the Blue Bone-Eroding Death.
The bones and blood of people who died of poisoning were blue, but there was nothing abnormal on the surface.
There is no doubt that Xiao Beicheng was poisoned by the Blue Bone-Eroding Poison.
And this poison is the secret recipe of Chu Shang’s Poison Sect!
Xiao Nanyan was horrified. He later eloped to Nanzhao and conducted an in-depth investigation, only to learn that the poisoned arrow that had struck his father was indeed shot by Nanzhao's vanguard, Nie Zheng. However, the poison on his arrow was just ordinary snake venom, and the real killer was the Blue Bone-Eroding Sorrow.
Chu Shang was sent by Helian Cong. He and Xiao Beicheng have no grudges against each other. The truth is self-evident!
Xiao Nanyue's hatred for Helian Cong also reached its peak.
Later, after years of feigning flattery with Helian Cong, he understood that Helian Cong must have long wanted to get rid of his father and eliminate dissidents. It was a pity that his father, out of friendship, helped him build an empire, but was poisoned by him instead.
Since this is the case, Helian Cong, Helian Cong, you can never hold on to your throne.
However, there was one thing that Xiao Nanyue couldn't understand.
Although his mother, Su Xianrou, was deeply saddened by her father's death, she always advised him to keep quiet and not to pursue the matter.
She herself moved directly into the ancestral hall, ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures, and was unwilling to show up in public.
In his opinion, his mother was timid and must be worried that he would go against Helian Cong and lose his life.
However, the hatred for killing his father is irreconcilable, and Xiao Nanyan must get to the bottom of it!
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In recent years, Xiao Nanyan claimed to be ill and rarely went to court.
However, he secretly clashed with Prince Helian Feng and his party several times.
The prince has the emperor's instructions behind him, so Xiao Nanyue's situation is not optimistic.
However, Xiao Nanyan was a prudent young man, and he cleverly resolved crises time and time again with his extraordinary strategy.
His hatred towards the Helian clan grew stronger as time went by. He waited for an opportunity, ready to strike, always waiting for the chance to break the deadlock.
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