Chapter 99: The Struggle for the Throne (19)
Sure enough, the people who were watching from outside the marshal's mansion came to find out, and they were cleaned up by Anfu and they were thrown into the fire to destroy the corpses.
Yan Ziyue saw Yan Li at a glance, so she greeted him and said, "Father-in-law, you're back."
He saw the fire in the Marshal's Mansion from a distance, and when he thought about it, he knew that it might be Yan Ziyue's doing, and he was very surprised and appreciative of Yan Ziyue's method, so he took Mrs. Su into the mansion calmly through the back door.
"I've seen Mrs. Su", An Fu came over and bowed.
"What's going on"? Mrs. Su looked at everyone with a puzzled expression.
Anfu looked at the house that was about to burn to ruins, and smiled helplessly, not knowing how to explain.
"Mrs. Su, please come here", An Fu arranged for others to save and led Yan Li and Mrs. Su to An Lu's house.
Yan Ziyue looked back at the sea of fire in front of her, shrugged her shoulders and pursed her lips, and trotted to follow.
When Mrs. Su saw An Lu for the first time, she had a feeling of being in a different world, and she was sad for a while.
"Mrs. Su...", An Lu owes and gestures.
Su Ke hurriedly went over, excused An Lu's courtesy, looked at An Lu's face that was already too thin and angular, and asked with concern: "Marshal An, are you okay?"
"Mrs. Lao Su is worried, everything is fine with An Lu".
"That's good, that's good...", Su Ke muttered.
An Fu and Yan Ziyue stood with their backs against the door, smiling at each other.
Su Ke first responded to An Lu's question, explained the causes and consequences of his departure, and emphasized that he played a key role in helping An Lu solve his difficulties.
Although An Lu didn't want to owe him a favor, he really owed it this time, thinking that he would definitely pay him back if he had the opportunity in the future, but in fact, he didn't hate it in his heart, but he appreciated it a little, but he was his own master, or because he was the high priest of the Fire Wind Country, after this incident, he had a better view.
"Zhan Li, I am a person who thinks of kindness, I owe your kindness, if he needs it in the future, as long as it violates his conscience and morality, even if he says it."
Yu Li looked at An Lu and said with a smile: "Marshal An, it's serious."
The three of them chatted a little more, and also recalled some things ten years ago, and analyzed some of the things that happened in the past ten years, An Lu mentioned that he had seen the Nine Emperor Princes Xiao Yan, and also analyzed the current situation, weighing the pros and cons, and finally An Lu and Su Ke reached a consensus to help the Nine Emperor Xiao Yan, and never let the Nine Emperor Xiao Yan be the queen. And Yan Li didn't want to be involved anymore, indicating that he hoped to get out as soon as possible and go back to Huofeng.
An Lu and Su Ke were inconvenient and reluctant, and Zhan Li also said that he would do his best to help them before leaving.
Yan Ziyue listened on the sidelines, looked at Yan Li several times, and wanted to say something, but in the end she held back.
Not long after, Lan Jia, the chief of the guard who was in charge of the security of Xiaojing, brought a team of guards over.
After An Fu got the news reported by his subordinates, he relayed it to An Lu and others, and then went out to deal with it first.
Yan Li felt that it was inconvenient for him to show up, so he took Yan Ziyue and Su Ke together and left through the back door first.
At this time, the Marshal's Mansion was already a lot more lively, and there were more people coming and going, and it seemed that this fire really alarmed many people.
"Father, am I doing something wrong"? Yan Ziyue looked up at Yan Lidao.
"No, Yue'er's method is very good."
"Yes, so the old man can gather with His Majesty tomorrow morning, and the guard will be responsible for the security of the Marshal's Mansion, and Lan Wei is an upright person, so naturally he will not embarrass Marshal An, and I can also use this justifiable name to control the situation", Su Ke said with a smile and twisted his beard.
The three of them walked in the streets and alleys at night, talking or laughing, and after sending Su Ke back to the house, they took Yan Ziyue back to the inn.
"Father-in-law...".
"What"?
"It's nothing", Yan Ziyue really didn't think about it, so she didn't dare to say it.
"Yue'er... Do you have something on your mind"?
"No", Yan Ziyue didn't look at Yan Li, and walked with her head down.
Yan Li looked at Yan Ziyue's way of concentrating on walking, and thought that Yue'er had grown up, and she had something on her mind.
This night, Lingcang Pavilion was not idle, Xiao Yan asked the three of them to explore the names of the people on the roster, starting with the little people who were relatively familiar with him but not very inconspicuous, and this didn't catch several people back to Lingcang Pavilion.
Xiao Yan looked at them coldly, and after some scheming, he grasped their handle even more, forced them to write confessions, left tokens, drew charges, and appeased them, analyzed the interests and disadvantages for them, promised to reward and protect them, and only after seeing the gambling curse and swearing allegiance did he let them go.
An Lu and the three of them saw everything in their eyes, and they all admired Xiao Yan's methods, and they couldn't imagine that he would never be soft when he should be ruthless, and he would never be ambiguous when he should be desperate.
Xiao Yan accepted the confessions of these people, looked through them a few times, and then handed them to An Ludao: "These people will be handed over to you in the future."
An Lu nodded and took the confession, smiled, I don't know why I feel particularly warm, maybe I am also a little convinced of him now, in short, at this time, I value Xiao Yan's trust and recognition of me.
"Nine Emperor Princes, what do you want to do next"? An Lu asked.
"You guys go back and rest first, you should try Mr. Li tomorrow", Xiao Yan pursed his lips and smiled.
An Lu knew that Xiao Yan was referring to Li Xiang, the number one celebrity in front of the Emperor of the Emperor, and suddenly he was inexplicably excited and excited in his heart, and he really wondered if he had lived too calmly and idlely in the past ten years, and he was particularly eager for this kind of exciting turbulent waves and ups and downs in his bones.
The next day, Xiao Yan specially found an opportunity, so he took Xiao Huang to Mingqiongyuan to see Concubine An, and deliberately let Manager Li see it.
"Master, you see that these are the Nine Emperors and the Thirteenth Princes, are they going to enter Mingqiong Garden?" Yifu, who followed behind Mr. Li, said.
"Eventful...", Manager Li reprimanded coldly.
Sifu glanced at Yifu, and a chuckle flashed at the corner of his mouth.
Manager Li sighed and said: "Your Majesty just grounded Concubine An, didn't let her see people privately, and didn't decree that no one should visit, besides, Concubine An's food and clothing and the number of slaves are the same as before, do you know why?" Manager Li tilted his head to look at Yifu Dao.
"Master, why is that?"
"You ask me, I ask who to go, Your Majesty's thoughts, how can people like you and me guess it"?
The sweat in Yifu's heart, what he knows is naturally that the master and his old man stop talking to the point, and those who don't know think that this is making fun of people.
Mr. Li took Yifu and Sifu and left from a distance, but Quan Dang didn't see them.
Xiao Yan saw Manager Li's move, and he had some considerations in his heart.
"Brother Jiu, aren't we going in?" Xiao Huang's immature voice sounded.
"Oh, go ahead, I'll be waiting for you outside".
"Aren't you going, what about the last time my mother asked about you"?
Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Huang's expectant eyes and hesitated.
Xiao Huang didn't care, he dragged Xiao Yan's arm and walked in, it was like pulling fiber.
Concubine An and Xiao Huang were drowning happily, Xiao Yan was faint on the side, Concubine An asked, and he answered.
Concubine An felt very uncomfortable, since Xiao Yan disappeared and came back ten years ago, she was not very close to herself, but she also heard that he would fight with other princes because of herself, which means that he still recognizes his mother in his heart. Concubine An wanted to know what happened to her child who disappeared that time, but she didn't know anything about it, and Xiao Yan didn't want to say it, so she was very entangled and distressed about it, and she could only blame herself for not protecting him at that time.
Xiao Yan has been thinking about Mr. Li's affairs, recalling that Mr. Li has always treated every subtle performance in the events related to himself or his mother's concubine, as well as his performance in the An Lu incident, Zhongzheng is not biased, never falls into the ground, and will speak for the An family without marginality.
Almost half an hour passed, and Xiao Yan got up and said, "Huang, let's go."
Xiao Huang obviously looked very reluctant, but seeing the serious expression on Xiao Yan's face, he had no choice but to get out of Concubine An's arms and walk to Xiao Yan's side.
"Mother, the sons will retire first", Xiao Yan finished speaking, turned around and left, without dragging his feet.
Xiao Huang had no choice but to look back at Concubine An's tearful eyes step by step, and couldn't help but call out to Concubine An: "Mother, Brother Jiu and I will find another opportunity to see you."
Concubine Zhong finally grasped the evidence that her brother Zhong Sheng had an affair with Concubine Li, and she still had a little hope that it would be confirmed as a fact, but she still had some disbelief, how could her brother be so ignorant, her brother was not a lustful person, she must have been seduced by Concubine Li's slut, and at this time, she hated Concubine Li and couldn't strangle her immediately.
"Linglong, if you go to Concubine Li, just say that I have something important to discuss with her."
"Yes...", Linglong withdrew.
Concubine Li hadn't thought too much about it when she received Linglong's message, but judging from Linglong's attitude towards herself along the way, she felt that something was wrong, and she was afraid that something bad would happen, so she sent her personal maid Taohong forward to talk.
Peach Hong stepped forward and walked in parallel with Linglong, almost pulling it up, and wanted to ask something many times, but Linglong's tone was very tight, and she always deliberately avoided and diverted the topic.
Peach turned her head and gave Concubine Li a look, telling her that she couldn't ask anything.
Soon, when they arrived at Yuqiong Garden, Linglong directly led Concubine Li to a quiet place and sent someone to invite Concubine Zhong to come.
"Sister Zhong, you're here", Concubine Li saw Concubine Zhong coming, got up and greeted her.
Concubine Zhong treated her coldly, sat down opposite her, glanced at her hatefully, and said, "You still treat me as a sister, aren't you a sister-in-law?"
When Concubine Li heard this, she was shocked and sweated, and said in silence for a long time: "It's good to believe it, the people in this palace just want to make trouble and spread rumors."
"Hmph... Don't pretend to me, since I have asked you to say this, there must be substantial evidence."
After Concubine Li heard this, her legs were weak, and she sat down for a while.
Concubine Li didn't speak for a long time, just lowered her head, and after a while, she raised her head and said to Concubine Zhong's eyes: "Then what do you want"?
Concubine Zhong didn't expect Concubine Li to be frightened, and actually asked directly, that's fine, it saves a lot of words.
"You help me ascend to the back seat, and swear never to see my brother privately again, and if you break off your relationship, I will not pursue it again", Concubine Zhong said, but the onion fingers hidden in her sleeve were clenched tightly because of hatred.