Chapter 96: The Struggle for the Throne (16)

An Lu looked at everyone present every time she coughed and covered her mouth, and at first glance, she saw Concubine An who looked at her from time to time, and the worry and concern on her face were overflowing. Seeing Zhong Taishi's vicious and spicy expression in his eyes, his hatred doubled, and he could only suppress it bitterly.

The singing and dancing on the field continued, the cups and cups at the banquet were staggered, the laughter and beautiful words were endless, and the praise was endless. An Lu looked at Mrs. Su on the seat, I haven't seen her for a few years, she has been too old, at this time she is already an old man who has entered the last years of the wind and candle, how much gratitude and respect in her heart, it is not enough at this time, and she will be repaid in the future.

There was a person who once confused him after entering An Lu's sight, and this person was Zhan Li. An Lu thought about it, but he was not sure, and kept observing him for a while.

Yu Li also felt where An Lu was, and sensitively caught his gaze, so he had to smile to himself, thinking in his heart what kind of expression An Lu would have if he knew that it was me who had come and was still helping him.

An Lu really didn't want to understand, so he had to give up, glanced at the audience, and stopped at the Owl Flame, not only because it happened that his eyes met, giving An Lu a kind and strange feeling, but also a vague deterrent. An Lu guessed his identity, and the one who could correspond to it was the Nine Emperor Princes, Xiao Yan, his nephew. An Lu felt a little comforted in his heart for a while, this nephew is very good, just by the dark light in his eyes, he knew that it was definitely not a thing in the pool, and suddenly there was a lot of hope, and there were a few more rays of brilliance in his eyes, An Lu, you have a successor, look at that kid is much stronger than Xiao Ji, he can understand both proportion and forbearance at a young age, it is really rare.

The song and dance paused, and An Lu coughed even more, coughing up blood, which frightened several eunuchs around the guards. At the banquet, everyone looked at An Lu, waiting for Xiao Ji to speak.

"Li Xiang, call a doctor to take a look", Xiao Ji turned his head and instructed Mr. Li.

Manager Li originally wanted Imperial Doctor Shen to take a look, but he was stopped by Taishi Zhong and ordered one of his most trusted Imperial Doctors to go with him for diagnosis. Manager Li looked back at Xiaoji, and Xiaoji acquiesced, so he walked towards An Lu with him.

After the imperial doctor finished checking An Lu's pulse, Manager Li asked, "How?"

"Mr. Li, you are very sick and your days are numbered," replied the Imperial Doctor.

"Seriously"? Zhong Taishi looked unwilling to believe it.

"Hui Taishi, it is true", the imperial doctor nodded and replied solemnly.

When Taishi Zhong heard this, he glanced at a eunuch behind An Lu.

The eunuch got the intention of Master Zhong, secretly slapped An Lu's waist with a black hand, and An Lu fell to the ground, vomiting blood, coughing so much that he couldn't breathe, and fainted.

Seeing this, the imperial doctor was shocked, and hurriedly squatted down to check, his hands kept trembling, and seeing that An Lu still had a breath left, he breathed a sigh of relief, came to Taishi Zhong's side, and whispered: "Taishi, people are dying."

When Taishi Zhong heard this, he was overjoyed, glanced at An Lu, turned around and left, and the imperial doctor followed

Manager Li saw everything in his eyes, and had to admire Taishi Zhong's ruthless methods, glanced at the eunuch who was in the black hand, and turned to leave.

Concubine An had been paying close attention since they came towards An Lu, and when she saw An Lu falling to the ground at the moment, she didn't care about her identity and ran over directly.

Mrs. Su also looked at An Lu's side and got up to look around.

"Your Majesty, An Lu is no longer good, you see", Mr. Li leaned in front of Xiaoji.

"What"? Xiao Ji was stunned for a moment.

"An Lu is very sick, and I'm afraid I don't have much to live," Mr. Li added.

Hearing this, Xiao Ji stopped talking, and the wine glass in his hand was almost crushed by him.

Xiao Yan pretended to be unconscious, and squinted at An Lu, trying to find out what was going on.

Yan Li sat firmly in his position, as if everything had nothing to do with him, but he was worried about An Lu in his heart, took a piece of mountain treasure and chewed it in his mouth, and his eyes only paid attention to the wine glass in his hand.

Concubine An came to An Lu, helped An Lu up, stroked An Lu's painful and distorted face, and wiped the blood from An Lu's mouth for An Lu, tears fell down.

"Brother... How are you, does it matter"?

"Ahem... cough, I'm fine, don't worry", An Lu gasped at this time, thinking to himself what was this medicine he was taking, not only spitting blood from his mouth, but he didn't have any strength at all, but he didn't feel uncomfortable, it was really strange, but the palm of his lower back was hard to bear, and it hurt so much at this time.

"Your Majesty, An Lu is already like this, Your Majesty is generous and benevolent, let him go back to the house to recuperate, and live the rest of his life in peace", Su Ke said earnestly.

Zhong Taishi glanced at Su Ke, and this time he didn't refute his words, but just snorted a few times.

Seeing that the matter had come to this point, Taishi Zhong didn't say anything, and the others didn't have any opinions, so he said: "Passing the decree, the criminal minister An Lu, remembering that you have contributed to the community, and now you are seriously ill, go back to the house to recuperate as appropriate."

When Concubine An heard this, she helped An Lu to kneel, bowed her head and thanked: "Concubine Xie Your Majesty Longen."

An Lu also whispered: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Someone's coming, send An Lu back to the house", Manager Li called someone to carry An Lu down.

"Brother...", Concubine An reluctantly pulled An Lu's hand and refused to let go, An Lu patted the back of Concubine An's hand to show reassurance, and in the end Concubine An could only look at the back of An Lu's departure, crying silently.

Xiao Yan watched An Lu leave, and lay down on the desk, thoughtful.

"Brother Jiu, what's wrong with you"? Xiao Huang walked over from his desk and asked.

"I'm afraid the Nine Emperors are a little drunk, I'll just let him go back, won't the Thirteen Princes go to see Concubine An?"

"Mother Concubine...", Xiao Huang looked at Concubine An's physically and mentally tired appearance, with a sad face.

"The Thirteenth Prince, let's go, we will send the Ninth Princes back to Lingcang Pavilion safely."

"I'll send the Nine Emperors back," Xiaoping walked over and said.

The eunuch glared at Xiao Ping, and the more Xiao Ping felt that something was wrong, he did not back down and insisted on sending the Nine Emperor Princes back. In the end, the eunuch couldn't resist, so he had to let Xiaoping follow and send the Nine Emperor Princes back to Lingcang Pavilion.

"Okay, let's just send the Nine Emperors in, you can go with your business", the eunuch blocked Xiaoping at the door, not letting him in, and he brought someone to help Xiao Yan in, and after entering, he was dumbfounded, the person who was sent in not long ago was gone, and the bed was empty. The eunuch asked the other two to throw Xiao Yan on the soft couch first, and began to look around the house, and after looking around, there was really no one, so he went out and looked for it in the courtyard.

Xiaoping took the opportunity to enter the bedroom, and saw Xiao Yan lying on the soft couch sideways, so he pulled over a silk soft blanket and covered it, and withdrew.

The time for a cup of tea passed, and the three of them didn't find it when they met, so they called Xiaoping to come over for questioning.

Xiaoping replied that he had just come back with them and had never seen anyone.

The three of them looked puzzled, hung their heads and left.

Xiao Yan stood in front of the window and watched the three of them leave, a sarcasm came out of the corner of his mouth, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he called Xiaoping to come up and let her pick up Xiao Huang.

"Yes...", Xiaoping was still puzzled for a while, but the next moment he knew that the Nine Emperors were pretending, and it seemed that the Nine Emperors were not at all what outsiders saw, no wonder Yue Gongzi also valued the Nine Emperors so much, so he smiled and agreed, and withdrew.

After Xiaoping left, Xiao Yan turned around and lay back on the soft couch to close his eyes and recuperate.

The coming-of-age banquet of this day has passed like this, and behind the seemingly lively and peaceful intrigues and tricks have been staged, no one else knows except the parties involved.

Xiao Yan saw that it was already night, so he called Xiaoping up and said, "I'll go out and lie down, do you know what to do"?

Xiaoping already knew that Xiao Yan must have something to do, so he nodded and agreed: "Master rest assured, the slave will not let anyone know, including the thirteen princes", and retreated.

Xiao Yan nodded with satisfaction, thinking that it was really a smart and clever girl, so she changed her suit and flew out of Lingcang Pavilion.

Xiao Yan came to Mingqiongyuan and looked at Concubine An, sitting on the terrace blankly, frowning and contemplating, no matter what Qu Niang next to her said, it seemed that she didn't hear it, so she was not sad. Xiao Yan couldn't stand it anymore, and felt uncomfortable in his heart, and flew away.

The former Marshal's Mansion was deserted in front of the door, and naturally it was no longer the situation it used to be. Xiao Yan sneaked into the mansion, and just after taking two steps, he felt someone attacking from the side, with a sharp palm and a sharp shot. Xiao Yan spun and flew up to avoid it, and another person from behind hit him with a long punch, and after taking two steps back sideways and dodging around the man, he shot extremely quickly and with moderate force, he slapped the man in the back, and the man rushed forward, just hitting the companion in front of him.

The two glanced at each other, opened the posture and attacked again. Xiao Yan expected that the two of them must be the guards in the mansion, and he didn't want to do anything with them, so he stretched out his hand and made a stop movement, and slowly said, "I want to see An Lu"?

"Master, how can you see it if you want to see it", An Lu had already made a move after speaking. Seeing this, An Shou had no choice but to step forward to help.

The three of them fought for more than a dozen rounds, and Xiao Yan really didn't want to hurt the two of them for the sake of the two of them, but it was too much trouble to fight like this, and the skill in his hand was increased by a few points, and after a few moves, the two were knocked to the ground.

"I'm the Nine Emperor Princes, I want to see An Lu", Xiao Yan coldly reported his name.

An Lu and An Shou were stunned, looked at each other, hurriedly got up from the ground, and saluted respectfully.

"I don't know if it's the Nine Emperor Princes, it's a lot of offense, please forgive me", An Lu stood up and arched his hand and said: "Nine Emperor Princes, please come here."

An Lu led Xiao Yan into the house and asked An Shou to go and spread the word.

An Lu's medicinal properties have passed, and then he took some medicine to strengthen Peiyuan, bathed and changed clothes and took a nap for a few hours, and then woke up and was talking to An Fu about the Nine Emperor Princes, and asked him to find an opportunity to inform the Nine Emperor Princes that he wanted to meet him. Who knew that An Shou came in to report to the Nine Emperor Princes that Xiao Yan had passed over the mansion and asked to see An Lu.

An Lu smiled and said, "Did you come alone?"

"Exactly, we don't know it's the Nine Emperors, so...".

"You're in the hands"?

"Yes".

"How"?

"Although the Nine Emperor Princes are young, their martial arts are above the two of us, and their moves are weird, and their subordinates can feel that the Nine Emperors' internal strength is by no means weaker than ours", An Shou reported truthfully.

"Oh... It's strange to say that kid is not weak or weak", at this time, An Lu was even more exploratory.