The fake Tang Chen didn't expect that the real person who was supposed to provide the news would actually show up. Just as he was about to escape, he was slapped aside by Wang Yanzhou.
...When Qinghe and Ouyang Ming rushed over after hearing the news, they happened to run into Chen Xin coming out of his room. Seeing the blood-stained gauze in his hands, Qinghe and Ouyang Ming were almost stunned. "How's Chen?"
Shen Xin said: "The princess is fine, but the prince and the king..."
The two followed Chen Xin's gaze and saw Wang Yanzhou and Wang Nianqing standing upside down in the courtyard. Li Xinzhai, the supervisor, sat nearby, sipping tea, eating snacks, and humming a tune, watching them with amusement.
"...It's normal, anyone would be angry. Let her vent." After saying that, Qinghe handed the wheelchair to Lianqiao: "Husband, you and Lianqiao go see Achen first, I'll go see the other two."
"Um."
When Lian Qiao wheeled Ou Yangming in, Tang Chen was sitting on the bed, propped up against the pillow, lost in thought. Lian Qiao coughed twice before Tang Chen finally came to his senses. "Oh, Lian Qiao, I'm glad you're okay!"
Lian Qiao pushed Ouyang Ming to the bedside, bowed to Tang Chen, and said, "I'm fine now, but you've suffered."
Tang Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's okay, it's okay, sir, you came to see me too!"
Ouyang Ming gestured for Lian Qiao to leave first, then asked softly, "Why, are you still angry?"
When he mentioned this, the smile on Tang Chen's face gradually disappeared: "If I'm not angry, I won't be named Tang!"
Ouyang Ming sighed slightly and said, "Alas, they're like this because they're scared. From the time you disappeared until now, it's only been twenty-four hours, and a whole bunch of imposters have appeared. The first one almost injured Yan Zhou. Everyone's scared, that's why they're like this."
Tang Chen lowered his head, clutching the quilt as he spoke, "...I saw all of this in prison. Shangguan Bing'er had someone knocked me unconscious, and Lian Qiao had me knocked unconscious. If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet a friend, I'm afraid I would have been carried to Beimo in a box. No, I should have suffocated to death before I even got there."
Ouyang Ming disagreed. There was no definitive evidence pointing to Shangguan Bing'er. "Shangguan Bing'er alone couldn't possibly have found so many people with similar body types. Who's behind this and what the conspiracy is, let's not discuss it for now. Let's let them both rest for a while."
Tang Chen stretched his neck and looked at the two people standing upside down in the sun outside and laughed: "Okay, let them go this time."
...After Ouyang Ming and Qinghe returned to the princess's mansion, Wang Yanzhou and Wang Nianqing brought some delicious food to Tang Chen's room. After Wang Nianqing put the food down, she walked away quickly.
Tang Chen glanced at Wang Yanzhou, and the anger in his belly rose again: "Where is that girl who looks exactly like me?"
Wang Yanzhou quickly replied, "I have someone watching over me. Don't worry."
Tang Chen pulled Wang Yanzhou to within a breath of his face, forced a smile and said, "Please show me clearly what kind of temper and what kind of person I am, your wife. Please take a good look at me, okay?"
Wang Yanzhou said seriously and in shock, "I promise that this will never happen again."
Tang Chen nodded in satisfaction. She would let it go this time. But next time, no, she couldn't let this happen again. She didn't want to become a self-harming person. "It's better this way. If I'm pushed to the limit, I'll run away from home and never come back!"
Just days after the Beimo troops left the city, the Nanyue side received the news. At what seemed like the umpteenth meeting, held without Yan Chongmao's knowledge by the Nanyue emperor and his ministers, the ministers assigned to their missions declared, "Your Majesty, the army has assembled a hundred miles south of Liang State, awaiting your command."
The Emperor of Nanyue excitedly slammed his desk and said, "Great! Pass the order down, all troops, rest and regroup. In seven days, we will march directly to the southern border and catch them unawares."
"yes!"
Xing Liang, who was in charge of secretly preparing military supplies and did not attend the meeting, was drinking tea and waiting for people in a tea stall on the outskirts of the city with his men.
As they expected, Yan Chongmao often sneaked out of the city alone, just as the secret report said.
Before Yan Chongmao could carry his bag and dive into the woods outside the city, Xing Liang and his men suddenly appeared, blocking his way. "Brother Yan, where are you going?"
Yan Chongmao didn't have time to think about it, and nodded and said, "Isn't this Lord Xing? I'm just strolling around."
Xing Liang said with a smile, "Since you have nothing else to do, Brother Yan, why don't you come to my house for a cup of tea?"
Yan Chongmao saw that the road ahead was completely blocked. With no other choice, he could only take things one step at a time and agreed with a smile: "...In that case, I'll bother you."
However, even though Yan Chongmao said so, after Xing Liang took a step back, the group of guards surrounding him rushed up and tied him up.
"Master Xing, what do you mean?"
Xing Liang said with a smile, "Brother Yan, you will know if you follow me back. Take him away."
After being taken away by Xing Liang, Yan Chongmao wasn't taken to the Xing Mansion, but rather to the Ministry of Justice's prison. After searching his bag and confirming he couldn't find what he was looking for, Xing Liang had him tied to a tiger bench. "Brother Yan, the Liang State wiped out your family. It's truly heartbreaking that you're helping them like this."
Yan Chongmao was no coward. Facing these torture instruments, he showed no fear at all and continued to answer each of Xing Liang's questions calmly: "Master Xing, I really don't know what you are talking about. If I have committed any crime, please tell me clearly."
Xing Liang held the red-hot iron and said with a smile, "Don't know? Then tell me honestly, who did you go out of the city to meet so many times?"
Yan Chongmao said, "They are just old friends."
Xing Liang was a notorious cruel official in Nanyue. If he wanted to know something, no matter if you had done it or not, he would always find a way to make you admit it. "That's all? Ha, since Brother Yan doesn't want to elaborate, don't blame me for being ruthless."
...On Yaochen's side, after Xihe once again perfectly adapted to the darkness in front of him, he also began to take action.
They had been in the capital for some time, but Xihe and the others had never heard Yaochen talk about his specific purpose and plan for returning. The master was worried about Wang Ruo, so he took the initiative to ask, "The people from Beimo have left. What are you going to do?"
Yao Chen said: "Let's call Shu Yang out first. Before we do anything, I have something to ask her."
After the master arranged for someone to notify Liuying, Liuying told her the news of Yaochen's return. That night, Liuying skillfully exchanged clothes with Shuyang, disguised herself as her, and stayed in the palace just in case.
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