No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 299
The atmosphere in the hall was a bit dignified. After King Ning came in, Xue Ya sat there expressionless, without any fluctuation in the expression on his face.

He obviously didn't care about what Luo Junyao said just now, which was close to sowing discord, he really didn't need to care, anyway, what happened to King Ning was no longer his concern at this point.

"My lord, Su Taifu and all the adults are asking to see you." The guard outside the door came in to report.

Xie Yan nodded and said, "My lords, please come in."

The guard clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and left, and a few moments later, several important court officials headed by Mrs. Su came in.

They walked in by themselves, but the others behind them, headed by Ruan Ting, were escorted in.

Fortunately, the main hall of the Empress Dowager's Palace is spacious, and it doesn't look crowded when so many people rush in at once.

"Grand Tutor." Xie Yan and Luo Jun shook their heads to greet Su Taifu.

Old Madam Su shook his head and said, "My lord and concubine are so polite."

Xie Yan said: "The Grand Tutor was disturbed tonight. It was Xie Yan who didn't think carefully. I hope the Grand Tutor will forgive me."

Old Madam Su said with a smile: "My lord is serious, this matter can be settled so quickly, thanks to my lord's strategizing." It's just that he doesn't like to discuss in advance, which almost scares the old man.

The people who were with Old Madam Su also agreed repeatedly, and looking at the former colleagues on the side, they couldn't help feeling a little bit superior in their hearts.

This is the difference between being on the right team and being on the wrong team.

Everyone sat down, and those who had no place to sit stood behind.

Xie Yan looked at Wei Changting and asked, "What's going on outside?"

Wei Changting said: "The rebels outside the palace have basically been cleared out. Prince Ancheng took people to the Queen Mother's bedroom. Gu Jue, Second Master Luo and others are still continuing to clear the rebels in the palace."

Xie Yan nodded in satisfaction, and turned his gaze to King Ning.

King Ning sneered, turned his head away from Xie Yan, as if he was sure that Xie Yan couldn't do anything to him, and there was a bit of arrogance in his eyebrows.

Some of the officials who were brought in were silent, but some were confident.

The ones who are confident and confident are naturally those die-hard royalists. They don't think they are plotting rebellion, they only think that they are helping the royal family and resisting the regent's plot to rebel.Although it is now proven that this may be false, they were just deceived by King Ning.

The leading elder couldn't help but said at this moment: "His Royal Highness, I am loyal to the ancestors and His Majesty, and I wish I could do my best and die. What do you mean?"

Wei Changting sneered and said, "Are you devoting yourself to conspiring against the palace?"

The old man trembled with anger, glared at Wei Changting and said, "Zizi is rude! Old man, old man..." Before the third old man could speak, the old man rolled his eyes and fell back straight.

The person standing behind him quickly stepped forward to support him, "Master Yang? What's wrong with you, Mr. Yang?"

Xie Yan glanced lightly, not interested in the commotion, and waved his hand to take these people away together.

These people didn't know how Xie Yan was going to deal with them, and several people quickly shouted that they were wronged.It's a pity that the prisoners under the rank were no match for the soldiers of the Zhen Guojun, so they were quickly dragged down.

Xie Yan asked: "Master Su thinks, how should these people be dealt with?"

Old Madam Su said with a smile: "These people, if you say they are all trying to conspire, the prince will not believe it. I'm getting old, so it's up to the prince to decide how to deal with it." After finishing speaking, Old Madam Su's eyes fell Arriving at Ruan Ting who was standing next to King Ning, he sighed heavily and shook his head without speaking.

Ruan Ting's ability, Old Madam Su, has always praised him, otherwise he wouldn't have become the Prime Minister of Dasheng at this age.

What a pity.

Facing Old Madam Su's regretful eyes, Ruan Ting slowly moved his eyes away, then lowered them.The people present couldn't see the expression in his eyes clearly, and they didn't know what he was thinking at this moment.

Xie Yan thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Put King Ning and Ruan Ting in the prison first, and those who just left, have the third division interrogate and thoroughly investigate, and then see how to deal with it."

Officials from the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate hurried forward to take orders, all of them looked a little dignified.This is a case of treason, involving so many officials at once, I am afraid that blood will flow into rivers.

Some people couldn't help but think of what happened five years ago, even if they stood in the right position, they couldn't feel at ease at all.Not to mention, officials from all three of their judicial divisions were involved.The Ministry of Punishment lost a Zuo Shilang, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate also had a few.

At this time, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who stood up was bitter in his heart, and he was not at all happy that he might be promoted after his boss finished.

The majestic Dali Temple minister participated in the rebellion, and it was lucky that the entire Dali Temple was not torn off by the regent.

Sure enough, without waiting for them to retreat, Xi Ying who was standing aside offered a box.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice with the highest rank hesitated for a moment, but reached out to take it.

The heavy weight made the box in Shangshu's hand almost hit the ground, "This is..."

Xi Ying said: "My lord, this is a rough list of the people who participated in the rebellion. As for more details, I need to have my lord Lao."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice only felt that his eyes were dark. Just as the rebellion broke out in the forefoot, the Prince Regent's Palace sorted out such a heavy box of things in the back.

What does this mean?
It means that His Royal Highness the Regent has been watching these things from beginning to end. It is a joke that King Ning made such a big fight last night.

Thinking of this, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice broke out in a cold sweat again.

Fortunately, although he has a good relationship with King Ning, he has not been involved in these matters, otherwise...

Taking a quick glance at the stern-looking Prince Regent on the throne, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment quickly put away all his little thoughts, holding the heavy box in both hands and respectfully said: "Your Majesty, take your orders."

Xie Yan quickly dismissed all the officials.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the court had to appease the people immediately after such a disturbance last night, and clean up and repair the damaged places in the capital.

Also, all parts of the palace need to be restored as soon as possible. Fortunately, there are no masters in the palace now, and the chaos last night did not affect the concubines living in remote corners.

In addition, the death of the Queen Mother is also a major event, and the affairs after death are naturally to be dealt with.

After seeing off Mrs. Su and others, Yu Mingqiu also stood up and left.

He wanted to go back to see his wife first, he didn't know if he was frightened by the chaos in the city last night.

Xue Ya still refused to confess, so naturally the Master Mingyin couldn't take him away.He had no choice but to allow the soldiers of Zhen Guojun to push Xueya down first, then he sighed and followed with Miss Qing.

The hall quickly became quiet, only Xie Yan, Luo Junyao, Wei Changting and Luo Jinyan were left.

Luo Junyao leaned on Xie Yan's arm, looking a little tired.

I haven't slept all night, and now that things are over, I will inevitably feel a little tired after completely relaxing.

Xie Yan patted her lightly and said, "Go to the side hall to rest for a while?"

Luo Jun shook his head, "Forget it, we'll talk about it when we go back later. By the way, where is Ah Cheng?" After not seeing Ah Cheng all night, Luo Junyao was sure that Xie Cheng was not in the palace at all last night.

Xie Yan said: "At the Luo family."

"Ah?" Luo Junyao looked at his brother in surprise.

Luo Jinyan nodded, "The Luo family is protected by the Xuanjia Army's personal guards." For Luo Yun's safety, Luo Jinyan did not bring the most elite guards of the Dingguo Army with him last night.If it was said that the safest place in Yong was last night, probably the Luo family was the only one.

Even though King Ning sent troops to besiege the Luo family, he didn't dare to break in and offend the Luo family to death.Of course, if King Ning succeeds without any scruples, the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army can also take Luo Yun and Xie Cheng out to fight.

"That's right." Luo Jun shook his head and said.

Although the Prince Regent's Mansion is considered safe, but she and Xie Yan were not at home last night, at least someone from the Luo family can accompany Xie Cheng.

Wei Changting sighed and said, "Last night there was quite a commotion, the officials of Shangyong, this time, at least [-]% less?"

Luo Jinyan said lightly: "Isn't the imperial examination coming soon?"

Wei Changting twitched the corner of his mouth: Do I mean that?

Xie Yan said in a deep voice: "From Gaozu to the late emperor, there has been no effort to rectify the court system for so many years. There are everything in Shangyonghuang City. This time I just took the opportunity to clean it up, so that they will not get in the way in the future."

Wei Changting said: "Which family of these people doesn't have a bunch of relatives? Are you attacking too hard because you're worried that those people aren't afraid of you enough? Don't talk about you in secret?"

Now that things happened so suddenly and so chaotically, many people haven't reacted yet.After a while, when you come back to your senses, these people will always come back.

This rebellion, which was like a joke, was simply an opportunity given by Xie Yan on purpose. If you think too much about it, you may even feel that Xie Yan is deliberately leading it.Although people like King Ning deserve what they deserve, in the eyes of some Taoists, Xie Yan is by no means an upright and good person.

Xie Yan said coldly: "So many people's minds are floating. Nearly half of the generals of the Wuwei Army and the Yulin Army defending Shangyong are in collusion with King Ning. It can be seen that they are not afraid of me."

Wei Changting shrugged and said, "Okay, you just don't care." Anyway, the reputation belongs to Xie Yan, not him?Oh, no, isn't he going to be called the Regent's minion or something one day?
"I leave it to you and Jinxing to search for the remnants of Luan Yisi hidden in the palace city." After Xie Yan finished speaking, he looked at Luo Jinyan and said, "Shangyong's defense is temporarily taken over by the Dingguo Army and the Zhenguo Army. The Wuwei Army will start immediately." You and Yu Mingqiu are in charge of reorganizing everything."

Luo Jinyan nodded slightly in agreement, and asked, "Where's the Royal Army?"

Compared with the Wuwei Army, the Yulin Army is the most serious.They are closer to the center of the royal family, perhaps because of this, the two commanders before and after will be won over by King Ning.

Xie Yan said: "The king of Ancheng County will temporarily serve as the commander of the Yulin Army, as well as Cheng Guogong, Lu Guogong and other young people from the families of the old generals. It's time for them to join the army."

Luo Jinyan thought for a while, "The Yulin Army is indeed a good place to go, and the old generals must also feel relieved." If they want their children and grandchildren to have a bright future, these old men will naturally do their best.

Wei Changting looked at Xie Yan and hesitated to speak, Xie Yan looked sideways at him, as if asking: What else do you want to say?
Wei Changting gritted his teeth and said, "I'm the servant of the household department!" Why did he also take care of the task of hunting down the remnants of Luan Yisi?Is this what civil servants are supposed to do?

Xie Yan said: "Why don't I ask the Marquis of Lingchuan for help?"

"No, use it." Wei Changting turned his head away bitterly.

If his father knew that he had pushed the task to him, wouldn't he kill him?

Luo Jinyan and Wei Changting also got up and left quickly, Xie Yan called Die Ying to send Luo Junyao back to the mansion, and he had to go to court.

It is necessary to attend the morning court this morning, otherwise the people in the court will be even more panicked.

Luo Junyao watched with sympathy as Xie Yan, who hadn't closed his eyes and even changed his clothes all night, went out to the Great Hall of the Outer Court.

Princess Changling came out with her things, and sighed softly when she saw Luo Junyao who was still sitting in a daze.

Putting a cup of soup in front of Luo Junyao, he said, "I've been busy all night, let's have something to eat."

Luo Jun shook his head and smiled at Princess Changling, "Thank you, sister, you didn't scare me last night, did you?"

Princess Changling smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's not that I haven't experienced it before. It's just..." Thinking of Empress Dowager Zhu, Princess Changling sighed softly in her heart.

She has always disliked this sister-in-law of the emperor, but now that she is suddenly gone, she feels a little sad in her heart.

Luo Junyao drank the soup made by Princess Changling himself, and asked, "The Queen Mother..."

Princess Changling said: "The emperor's wife's coffin is now parked in the nearby palace. When the palace settles down, it will be moved to the Yukun Palace. Later, I will let Chang Zhao come into the palace to help take care of it. Don't worry. It’s just Ah Cheng’s place…”

Luo Junyao was also a little silent. How would they tell a child who was only six or seven years old that his mother died?

Princess Changling rubbed the center of her brows, "It's fine, why did Uncle Ning..."

Neither of them knew what to say, King Ning was so old, why did he think of treason?Or had he always thought of it?After all, those courtiers and military generals cannot be won overnight.

Luo Junyao bid farewell to Princess Changling, and walked out of the palace with Die Ying and Ling Lan. The early morning air was filled with the smell of blood.

The servants and maids who came and went in the past disappeared, only the soldiers in armor patrolling back and forth.

In some roadside corners, there were even corpses that hadn't been cleaned up in time. Under the morning light, the whole palace seemed more cold and gloomy than before.

"By the way, where did Qu Fang go?" Luo Junyao suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked.

Duoying said: "They were taken into the sky prison together."

"Can Qu Fang be locked up in the prison?" Can Qu Fang be locked up in a place where even Wang Fan can't be locked up?
Dou Ying said: "Qu Fang is seriously injured, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape, unless someone breaks in to save him."

Qu Fang was able to hold on, originally he had been standing still, and the people who went up to arrest him were still very vigilant, after all, it was only a snap of the fingers for such a master to deal with ordinary people.

It wasn't until Duoying went to check that Qu Fang had serious internal injuries. Not to mention a first-rate expert, even a third-rate expert could kill him.Qu Fang probably knew that Folding Shadow had seen his injury, and finally stopped holding on, and passed out directly after spitting a mouthful of blood.

Dou Ying guessed that Qu Fang might be having a hard time right now, not because of the physical pain, but because of the humiliation of losing to Xie Yan.

After all, Qu Fang originally agreed that he and Xie Yan were evenly matched, and it was even possible that Qu Fang was slightly better.

Tonight, the two of them really let go of a fight, only to find out where the gap is.

Luo Jun said: "Qu Fang's apprentice is still in the capital."

Die Ying laughed and said, "It's him who we've been waiting for. Bai has caused so much trouble for us. There is an agreement between the two countries on her and she can't be moved, so we can't just let it go?"

Luo Jun raised his eyebrows and said, "Is this what A Yan meant?"

Die Ying laughed and said, "Of course, if it wasn't for the lord's will, how would the subordinates dare to make their own claims?"

"Ok."

Just as Luo Junyao and Linglan got into the carriage parked at the gate of the palace, Qin Yao'er got in from nowhere.

Luo Junyao looked at her messy hair and smiled, "Where did you go last night?"

Qin Yao'er said angrily: "Where did I go, I went to help the prince. And that Musa!" Qin Yao'er's eyes sparkled when he mentioned this name.

"What happened to Musa?"

Qin Yao'er snorted softly and said, "He wanted to poison the palace, but luckily this girl saw through."

"What about the Musa?"

Qin Yao'er said a little wearily again: "Run away."

Oh, yesterday was another day when Miss Qin failed to completely defeat the poisonous scorpion.

Luo Junyao patted her on the shoulder comfortingly and said, "It's okay, you are still young, and you will still have chances in the future."

Qin Yao'er nodded emphatically, "Princess Wang is right! Shall we go home now?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Go to the Luo family first." She wanted to see if her father and Ah Cheng were all right, and about Empress Dowager Zhu...

Luo Junyao leaned in the carriage and raised her hand to rub the center of her brows. She was a little dizzy after not sleeping all night.

It suddenly occurred to me vaguely: It seems that there is something that they have forgotten.

But... what is it?
(End of this chapter)