Chapter 399 Power is truly dazzling.
After Chen Jie's death.
The corpses inside the main hall and outside the palace were quickly cleared away, and eunuchs and palace maids carried basins of water to splash the bloodstains on the bluestone floor.
He was wiping the floor tiles with a gray cloth.
Only Xiao Yu and Pei Yanchuan remained in the main hall.
"A-Chuan," Xiao Yu called weakly, coughing a few times while covering his lips with a handkerchief.
When the handkerchief was removed, it was stained with black blood.
Looking at the blood-stained handkerchief, Xiao Yu gave a bitter smile, "This throne, this power, is truly dazzling."
"You saved me from danger many times on the battlefield. In difficult times, we shared a frozen biscuit."
"In the end, it was this throne that blinded me. I have failed you."
Pei Yanchuan listened calmly without responding.
Xiao Yu continued, "My body can't hold on much longer. Is the Empress carrying a boy?"
Xiao Yu asked Pei Yanchuan because he knew that Jiang Wan Ning must have already found out.
"yes."
Pei Yanchuan said calmly.
Xiao Yu smiled. He already had a princess, but this smile sounded like that of a new father. "Heaven has been kind to me."
"At least an imperial heir was left behind."
"The Southern Li Kingdom betrayed us at the last minute, so Yan Chenyu has actually helped us this time."
"No matter who she is, I cannot order her to be killed." Xiao Yu seemed to know something, yet also seemed not to.
Pei Yanchuan knew that the only condition for Nanli Kingdom to agree to betray the country and help Pei Yanchuan was to spare Yan Chenyu's life.
"Yan Chenyu neither returned to Nanli nor wanted to live in Dongling under the name of Chen Jie's wife."
Xiao Yu thought for a moment, "It seems she's forcing me to give her a life-saving talisman."
Pei Yanchuan remained silent. "Then let her live in Dongling as an envoy of Nanli. If she wants to go back in the future, as long as she leaves the territory of Dongling, Achuan... I will not question what you do."
The princess of Nanli Kingdom, being both an envoy and a subject of the emperor, could not be killed arbitrarily.
This Yan Chenyu might be the person behind her, and who knows what new schemes she has up her sleeve.
"Achuan, I entrust this country and the people of Dongling to you."
Xiao Yu slowly closed his eyes and waved his hand, "I'm tired, you may leave."
Pei Yanchuan bowed and turned to leave.
No sooner had the man arrived at the Langya Prince's Mansion than Wu Panpan arrived with the imperial edict.
The contents of the imperial edict were exactly as Pei Yanchuan had imagined: the emperor was seriously ill, and during this period, the Prince of Langya would serve as regent, temporarily managing state affairs on behalf of the emperor.
There was another secret decree, which Wu Panpan handed to Pei Yanchuan alone.
The contents of this secret decree were known only to Xiao Yu, and now, besides Xiao Yu, only Pei Yanchuan and Jiang Wanning know about it.
"His Majesty knows that his days are probably numbered, so he specially wrote this secret edict and had this old servant deliver it to him."
The secret decree stated that after Xiao Yu's death, the prince born to the empress would inherit the throne, and Pei Yanchuan would continue to act as regent in charge of the court.
Until the crown prince comes of age.
If the crown prince is of questionable character, the regent may depose him at any time and select a new, suitable successor.
This candidate could be the heir of another prince, or the Prince of Jin, or the Prince of Jin's son, or Pei Yanchuan's own son or himself.
If he wants to.
The reason Xiao Yu issued such an imperial edict was to completely eliminate his own paranoia at the last moment.
This is also compensation for Pei Yanchuan.
Little did they know that Pei Yanchuan had no need for such compensation at all.
......
Yan Chenyu moved into the royal villa, which was both a reward from the emperor and a way to keep an eye on her.
Yan Chenyu was pacing back and forth in the room when a man dressed as a servant walked in, turned around, and closed the door.
Upon recognizing the person who had arrived, Yan Chenyu immediately knelt down and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."
“Your Majesty, I have done as you instructed, betraying you at the last minute to save Jiang Wan Ning and the Empress.”
"They also released the ministers and let Pei Yanchuan's reinforcements in."
The man straightened his back. "You're not convinced?"
Yan Chenyu lowered her head, "This servant dares not. This servant just doesn't understand, didn't His Majesty intend to join forces with Chen Jie to kill Pei Yanchuan?"
"Why did you choose to help Pei Yanchuan in the end?"
"What I do is none of your business to question."
"This servant dares not; this servant only wishes to serve the king better."
Yan Chenyu lowered her head and said, "I hope Your Majesty will instruct me on what to do next."
The man said coldly, "If they need you to do something, someone will tell you. Just one thing: put your mind at ease and don't think about dealing with Jiang Wan Ning."
"I've already said it, if she gets hurt, I'll make you wish you were dead."
"Yes," Yan Chenyu kowtowed.
After the man left, Yan Chenyu slowly got up. She lived for revenge, and her enemy was Jiang Wanning.
Why can't we kill him?
Since we can't kill Jiang Wan Ning, we can at least humiliate her and make her experience what she went through.
Yan Chenyu's mind raced, and a cold smile slowly crept onto her lips.
......
"Your Highness, Your Highness." Mo Ran rushed in, then immediately turned around, "This subordinate didn't see anything."
Jiang Wan Ning carefully untangled the strands of hair that were wrapped around Pei Yan Chuan's buttons before separating from him.
But Pei Yanchuan seemed to be doing it on purpose, and he reached out and put his arm around Jiang Wan Ning's waist, and before she could react, he kissed her neck.
Jiang Wan Ning didn't dare to make a sound, and nudged Pei Yan Chuan.
After a long while, Pei Yanchuan slowly raised his head, looking at his masterpiece with satisfaction.
Jiang Wan Ning cleared her throat and said to Mo Ran, who was secretly turning her head to peek, "It's not what you see."
Forget it, what's the point of her explaining?
"Um, what's the matter? You tell me, I'll go out first." Jiang Wan Ning said as she walked out.
Mo Ran hurriedly called out, "Your Highness, it's about Miss Shen."
Jiang Wan Ning stopped when she heard about Zhi Zhi. "What is it?"
Mo Ran then said, "News has come from the Western Xia that after Tuoba Xiong passed away, he passed the throne to Miss Shen, but Tuoba Wenjing joined forces with a group of ministers to rebel."
"I'm afraid Miss Chen is having a hard time these days."
“Miss Shen doesn’t want you to worry, so this message came from Young Master Yu.”
As soon as Mo Ran finished speaking, there was a commotion outside, and someone rushed in. Judging from the voice, it was Chen Zhao.
No one stopped them.
As soon as Mo Ran opened the door, she gave Shen Zhao a warm hug.
"Lord Shen." Mo Ran quickly helped the person up, it was obvious that they had come because of Shen Ruzhi.
Shen Zhao nodded perfunctorily, and was about to speak when he saw the red marks on Jiang Wan Ning's neck. He changed his words, "If Your Highness is busy..."
"I'll come back in a bit."
Jiang Wan Ning was confused, but Pei Yan Chuan stepped forward from behind her and said, "I was so busy that I forgot. Please speak freely, Lord Shen."
Finished...
What are you done with?
Jiang Wan Ning looked at Pei Yan Chuan with a puzzled expression. What were they busy with just now?
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