"Oh!" Xu Yixing covered his face with his hands again and drew a big cross on his stupid behavior.
But in fact, even if he refused to admit that the Emperor's Sword was his private possession, the emperor probably wouldn't believe it. It was a pity that Lu Anyuan's painstaking plan to whitewash his family was not only useless, but now he had to be labeled a traitor to help the emperor lure out the enemies in the dark.
Xu Yixing had been confined to the secret room for a long time, relying on the scant information from Eunuch Kang to speculate on the events outside. Now that everyone thought he had escaped, and his father had woken up at just the right moment, it would be disastrous if he, convinced the situation was sealed, went crazy and used his men to harm His Majesty.
It was a shame that the Emperor's trick of luring the snake out of its hole was so sudden that I didn't even have a chance to spread the news. I wondered if Ying Jiu would make the same mistake if he couldn't find me when he entered the palace again. It was really a headache!
But Xu Yixing couldn't understand who the emperor was targeting with this move, whether it was the prince, the prince, or even the empress dowager. Even if you really found out that these people had rebellious intentions, could you kill them all?
It's a pity that I'm now imprisoned. The emperor is satisfied with Lu Anyuan, but he is very dissatisfied with me, Xu. I'm afraid that after the matter is over, I may be able to escape, but my father will...
Xu Yixing waited and waited for a long time in the secret room. Five days passed before he finally saw everyone except Eunuch Kang again.
"Who are you and what are you doing?" Xu Yixing eyed the group warily. There were four of them, all dressed in Imperial Guard uniforms, but she had never seen them before. Anyone who could appear in the Emperor's secret chamber must be a trusted confidant. How could she not have seen them before?
"In compliance with the emperor's order, we are taking you out." The man in the lead came straight forward, first tightly wrapped a cloth strip around Xu Yixing's mouth, and then led two people on each side to carry him out. They walked in a hurry, but no one knew where they were going.
Xu Yixing was terrified. This clearly wasn't a request to take her out of the palace; perhaps it was more like a trip back home? She struggled repeatedly but was eventually shoved into a sedan chair. When she opened her eyes again, she seemed to have arrived in another secret room.
This is the end of a corridor. A man in white clothes stands at the front with his back to me, motionless. The entire corridor is silent, as if he is listening to something outside.
Xu Yixing wanted to whimper a few times, but when he was brought in, he saw a group of people hiding at the corner not far away. They were wearing face scarves and the knives on their waists were sharpened to the point of shining. Even in this dark tunnel, the sharp cold light could be seen.
Hearing the noise, the man in white in front turned around. After seeing the man clearly, Xu Yixing had to be thankful that he did not speak rashly.
The Emperor is here. Although he didn't know why he was dressed like a gangster today, nor why he pretended to be eavesdropping, Xu Yixing immediately knelt down and prepared to greet him.
"Shh." The emperor waved his hands impatiently, and the people who were holding Xu Yixing on both sides did not let go, not allowing her to kneel down.
After the emperor finished his sigh, he turned his back and listened quietly to the movement above.
Xu Yixing bit the cloth strip hard, suppressed his breathing which was a little loud due to panic, and listened along with the emperor.
I could only hear sporadic noises from above, and it seemed that there was indeed some movement.
"Empress Dowager, please come with your grandson. You will not feel unsafe in Yi'an Palace."
Lu Anyuan? Xu Yixing's breath, which had just been adjusted, was disrupted again. What does this mean? We are all in the basement of Yi'an Hall, eavesdropping?
And Lu Anyuan had already led the "rebels" into the palace? How could it be so fast?
Xu Yixing glared at the emperor's back and said, "It's all your fault. In order to catch the parasite behind you, you actually asked your own son to join you in staging a rebellion for the whole world to see. You are not a good person!"
Logically, there should be floor tiles above, but the sound insulation is not good at all. Every word can be clearly heard through the tunnel. I don't know how they do that.
"Humph, Yuan'er, you've really become something now. You even dare to imitate your wicked and ambitious second brother! Why don't you surrender immediately and apologize to the world!"
The empress dowager's voice above her head was like a loud bell, which showed that the old lady was very confident. Even though the rebels were blocked in her own palace, she could still remain calm and composed.
"Why does the Queen Mother need to talk to this traitor? Where are the Royal Guards? Capture them!"
The voice wasn't familiar, but Xu Yixing remembered it. It was the nanny who had picked a fight with him that day. He couldn't help but roll his eyes. This old woman was really courting death.
"Once I have captured you, the Empress Dowager, I will then go to my father and force him to write a letter of abdication and pass the throne to me. Then, you, the Imperial Grandmother, will have fulfilled your duty. You will still be the Empress Dowager whom your grandson respects the most. Why should I bother with this?"
Lu Anyuan's voice was a little rough and fierce, completely different from what Xu Yixing usually heard. Although he knew he was probably putting on an act, the emperor was listening to everything he said. He really wasn't afraid of the emperor settling the score with him later...
"Hmph, forget it!" The Queen Mother said, and then they heard chaos in the palace, as if real fighting had begun. Xu Yixing saw what was happening and was very worried. Although the Emperor was watching the show and must have let Lu Anyuan go, there were countless masters in the palace. Maybe someone close to the Queen Mother could really hurt Lu Anyuan, which would be too dangerous.
Thinking of this, Xu Yixing's gaze naturally fell on His Majesty in White, but he stood still, still maintaining this posture, as if he didn't care at all that there were his mother on one side and his son on the other.
The sound of the fighting gradually died down, and suddenly someone shouted, "Don't move! If you take another step forward, the Queen Mother will die!"
It seemed that Lu Anyuan's men arrived at the Queen Mother's side first. Sure enough, after that sound, a vacuum-like silence and dead stillness suddenly appeared in the hall above, and then there was the sound of someone in heavy armor walking from one side to the other.
"Grandmother, I told you not to resist unnecessarily. Why are you doing this?"
Xu Yixing couldn't see Lu Anyuan's expression when he said this, but he guessed that it was a kind of ferocity or indifference that he didn't usually see, and suddenly felt a little distressed.
"Thief, thief!"
The Queen Mother's scolding could be clearly heard, but the domineering Nanny Han seemed to have stopped moving, and it was unknown whether she was still alive.
"Grandmother, there's something I'm not sure about. Last year, my father was poisoned. Do you know the details?"
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