Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Tuoba Changhuan knelt in front of Wu Tianci obediently.
Wu Tianci picked up the teacup, opened the lid and blew on it. "No need to thank me. When you go back, tell your father that I need a group of warriors... warriors who are loyal to me!"
"Western Xia Autonomous Region, I allow your father to establish a private army. I will provide him with weapons and equipment, and ask him to manage this army for me. It must at least have the combat effectiveness of the Great Xia Army!"
"Also, I need some martial arts masters... I'll have your father take care of this for me as well. They must be delivered quietly, and no one else can know about it!"
"By the way, don't show up again after you go back. After all, it wasn't easy for me to get you out."
"Liu Jin,"
"The servant is here!"
"Use my handwritten order to send someone to escort Master Tuoba out of Chang'an."
"I obey your command!"
Tuoba Changhuan kowtowed three times: "I thank the emperor!"
"You don't need to thank me. Tell your father to complete these tasks for me... The Western Xia Autonomous Region belongs to your Tuoba family."
"I understand!"
Liu Jin took Tuoba Changhuan away, and Wu Tianci took a sip of tea. He put down the teacup and stood up, walked a few steps in the garden, looked up at the blue sky, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Are you going to sideline me?
I am the Son of Heaven!
I am the rightful master of this Great Xia!
you……
His eyes slowly narrowed, and a sinister look appeared on his face, which should have been full of youthful sunshine. "Three years... Give me three years, and I will definitely kill you all!"
"This is my kingdom, and no one of you can take it away from me!"
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The Ministry of Justice office.
When Yan Xiwen arrived, he saw a corpse lying on the ground.
The corpse was not wearing the official uniform of the Ministry of Justice, but the casual uniform of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Yan Xiwen frowned and asked, "Who is this?"
"Prime Minister Yan, this man is Tang Huaiyun, a physician from the Imperial Hospital." Chen Baiqiu bowed and said, "A few days ago, Tuoba Changhuan suddenly suffered a headache. According to prison regulations, the prison department sent someone to the Imperial Hospital to invite a physician to treat him. It was Tang Huaiyun who came."
"Tang Huaiyun treated Tuoba Changhuan for three days, but his condition showed no improvement and seemed to have become even more serious."
"This Doctor Tang said that Tuoba Changhuan needed to be taken to the Imperial Hospital for further examination. The Prison Division didn't suspect anything was wrong, so Zhao Xiaochun, the Chief of the Prison Division, personally escorted Tuoba Changhuan to the Imperial Hospital."
"As a result, Zhao Xiaochun waited in the Imperial Hospital for a whole day and night, and only found out early this morning that something had happened—"
"Prime Minister Yan, Tang Huaiyun told Zhao Xiaochun that our people were not allowed to follow Tuoba Changhuan during the test. As a result, Tuoba Changhuan disappeared in the Imperial Hospital, but Zhao Xiaochun saw that he was dead in Tang Huaiyun's room in the Imperial Hospital."
"The coroner has confirmed that Tang Huaiyun died from a severe blow to the back of the head. The time of death should have been... around midnight last night."
Yan Xiwen thought for a moment, "When was Tang Huaiyun's body found?"
"Return to Yan Xiang, Chou hour."
"Have you sent anyone to search?"
"Yes, we sent people to search the entire palace...except for the harem...we also sent people to block all the exits of the palace."
"But, but no trace of Tuoba Changhuan has been found so far... I suspect..."
Chen Baiqiu swallowed and didn't say anything else.
Yan Xiwen certainly knew who Chen Baiqiu was suspecting, because he too suspected that it was impossible for a living person to leave Chang'an City within an hour.
Adding to that what happened a few days ago, the emperor had a falling out with Yan Xiwen over a small prisoner!
"I understand. Keep investigating... Send people to guard the palace. Also, although Chang'an City has no gates, the main roads out of the city must be guarded. We absolutely cannot let Tuoba Changhuan leave Chang'an!"
"If we are short of manpower, please ask the garrison commander Huo Huaijin to send people to assist in a city-wide search!"
"I obey your command!"
Yan Xiwen turned and left, and went to the imperial study.
However, the door of the imperial study was still closed, and only a new eunuch was standing at the door.
As the messenger between the inner and outer courts, the eunuch bowed politely and said, "Prime Minister Yan, you are here again?"
"Xiao Xuanzi, open the door. Go inside and tell him that I am waiting for the emperor in the imperial study today."
"...Okay, then, Prime Minister Yan, please sit down for a moment."
Yan Xiwen sat anxiously in the imperial study. He was not worried about Tuoba Changhuan being able to escape from Chang'an City. He was thinking that if this was really done by the emperor, then the emperor's action would completely deviate from the Constitution and trigger the impeachment procedure for the emperor stipulated in the Constitution.
But……
After all, he is Fu Xiaoguan’s son!
Even if Yan Xiwen was disappointed with the current emperor, he didn't want Fu Xiaoguan's son to become the first emperor to be impeached in history.
This is a disgrace to Fu Xiaoguan!
He was the son of the wise and powerful Emperor Shi Huang of the Xia Dynasty and the successor he chose, but he ended up in such a situation. How would the people of the world view him?
How would he feel when he came back and knew about these things?
Yan Xiwen was thinking in the imperial study about how to get Wu Tianci back on track. What he didn't know was that Liu Jin took Tuoba Changhuan and successfully left the palace with the emperor's handwritten order and came to Chang'an City.
He did not send Tuoba Changhuan out of Chang'an City just like that, but went to Yinhe Jiutian in Nevernight Square.
No one knew that Tuoba Yu was here.
No one knew that Tuoba Changhuan got off the carriage in the backyard of Yinhe Jiutian and went to the side yard.
Liu Jin went to the West Market and bought two jade bowls and returned to the palace. Tuoba Changhuan lived in the backyard of Yinhe Jiutian and did not leave Chang'an City.
The Ministry of Justice mobilized a large number of personnel, and all three squads of detectives from the Chang'an prefecture were dispatched. Huo Huaijin even mobilized 20,000 soldiers from the garrison to block the six main roads out of the capital.
Suddenly, the people of Chang'an City sensed a storm brewing. Where had they ever seen such a scene before? Some of the elders from Guanyun City seemed familiar with it, thinking it was a bit like the prelude to the bloody incident at Shili Pinghu during the Wu Dynasty long ago.
"In this bright and clear world, who is causing trouble again?"
"Alas, we've only been enjoying these good times for a few years, and look how nervous those detectives are. I heard those thugs in Sifang Market are so scared they dared not leave their caves today... I'm afraid this is no small matter."
"You don't know yet, but the garrison troops outside the city have already sealed off the city. This has never happened since the founding of Daxia, so it's naturally a huge matter."
"It seems only the Emperor's presence here can keep those scoundrels in check... Hey, how long has he been gone? Such a thing has actually happened in Chang'an City! Dark clouds are filling the city, and I'm afraid a rainstorm is coming. I wonder who this bastard is?"
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Imperial study.
Wu Tianci walked in wearing a dragon robe.
The sky outside was getting a little dark, and suddenly there was a muffled thunder, "Boom..."
"Crack..."
A bolt of lightning struck, and Wu Tianci turned around abruptly, only to see that a corner of the imperial study had been struck down by the lightning, and the eaves fell to the ground. It was a dragon head carved so vividly!
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