Yan Henian came to meet Jixiang and Prince Ning, and also brought the news that Aunt Lin and Jixiang's younger brother Jiqing had been released.

Yan Henian said that Jiqing was tortured badly by Prince Duan's men. He was afraid that Jixiang would be upset if he saw it, so he asked people to send Aunt Lin and Jiqing back to Ji's house first.

Jixiang then asked about Zaohua and her children.

Yan Henian said to release them as well.

Then, Yan Henian looked at Jixiang without saying anything, but there was an obvious questioning look in his eyes.

Jixiang knew what he wanted to ask, so he said, "I rescued my father. Now Guard Li is taking people to take care of him. When the Sixth Uncle is found, he will probably come back."

Yan Henian understood, "Then, my lord and princess, do you have anything for me to do now?"

"We want to know how the Sixth Uncle got into the city in the first place?" Tian Muyu said.

Yan Henian thought for a moment and said, "I can only tell you what I know. There are some things I really don't know. Although the court officials are discussing it, they still haven't figured out the real situation as to how the capital city suddenly had tens of thousands of soldiers overnight."

Tian Muyu looked at Jixiang. It seemed that, in addition to the passage in the Lan Mansion, there might be other places in the capital that could lead to the outside of the city.

Otherwise, how could tens of thousands of troops enter the city overnight?

So, Yan Henian told the story of how Tian Qiquan controlled all the court officials and the northern and southern imperial guards after entering the city, and said that all of this was supported by Lan Xing'an.

Afterwards, the leaders of the Northern and Southern Imperial Guards and the Weicheng Army were replaced by Lan Xing'an's men. The original leaders of the Northern and Southern Imperial Guards were exiled to the Northwest Military Camp on the pretext of Tian Qiquan.

The leader of the Weicheng Army, Zhao Jian, quickly changed sides and was willing to serve Tian Qiquan. So in the first month after Tian Qiquan ascended the throne, more than a dozen officials disappeared in the capital. These officials, without exception, were people who opposed Tian Qiquan's ascension to the throne.

Jixiang sighed, it turned out that among the officials of our Great Holy Dynasty, there are always some people with strong character.

She asked Yan Henian to write down all the names of the missing officials, and then looked at them carefully and memorized them one by one.

Those missing included Wang Ming and Li Kunchen, censors of the Censorate, Kang Yu, vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Tian Chaoping, vice minister of the Ministry of War.

Each of them is the backbone of the Great Holy Dynasty.

Jixiang put the list away and asked Yan Henian to make a list of all the people who followed Tian Qiquan.

Finally, looking at the names on the list, she became more convinced that Tian Qiquan's disappearance this time was planned. Of all the people who followed him, except Kou Peilin who died outside Xuzhou City and Qi Xiaodi who was by her side, they have not caught any of the others.

Jixiang thought for a moment and looked at Tian Muyu, "You continue to discuss with Lord Yan. I want to go back to Ji's house."

Tian Muyu nodded, "Let General Xiong go with you."

As long as Tian Qiquan is not seen, the risk outside cannot be eliminated.

"Okay, it's a good time for Brother Xiong to go back and see Sister Zaohua and the two children." After saying that, he turned around and left, calling Xiong Er to leave.

After Jixiang left, Yan Henian looked at Tian Muyu solemnly, "Your Majesty, a country cannot be without a king for a day, and a family cannot be without a master for a day. Although our Great Saint Dynasty is powerful, the surrounding small countries did not dare to covet it in previous years. But in the past year, there have been two consecutive turmoil, which may make people have evil intentions."

"If a neighboring country really becomes greedy and invades our land and people at the border, who will command the world and protect the people of our Great Saint Dynasty?"

He looked at Tian Muyu eagerly, and the hope in his eyes was obvious.

He almost said, "Your Majesty, you should quickly ascend the throne. Your Majesty, this throne is yours, you should quickly take it."

However, Tian Muyu did not respond to his words, "The prince will move into the East Palace tomorrow, and then the matters in the court will be ..."

Before Tian Muyu finished speaking, Yan Henian suddenly stood up and knelt down, "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Tian Muyu hurried to help Yan Henian, "Master Yan, what do you mean?"

Yan Henian knelt down and refused to get up. "Your Highness, I have already found out that the princess was murdered that day, and the decline of the Ji family is all related to the prince. The prince was easily deceived by the former Minister of War Kou Peilin for his own selfish reasons, and he rashly took someone's life. He is not worthy of this great responsibility!"

"Who do you want to replace the prince?"

"My Lord, you! Please take the throne!" Yan Henian said earnestly, "The Crown Prince is feminine by nature and can't accomplish great things. The Second Prince is not the late Emperor's biological son. The Third Prince's in-laws are rebellious and the politics are not clear. Although the Fifth Prince has done nothing wrong, he is still young. Therefore, only you, My Lord, can take on the great responsibility."

"I beg Your Majesty to understand the sufferings of the people of the Great Saint Dynasty, take the welfare of the people of the Great Saint Dynasty as your own responsibility, stabilize the country, and ensure the safety of our Great Saint."

After Yan Henian finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily to the ground again and refused to raise his head for a long time.

Tian Muyu thought for a moment, "Master Yan, please get up first. Let me think about this matter again."

"Your Highness!" Yan Henian wanted to say something, but Tian Muyu stopped him with his hand. "This matter needs to be discussed carefully. Let's talk about it after I meet the Crown Prince."

Seeing that Tian Muyu refused to agree in person, Yan Henian had no choice but to stand up, but still looked at him earnestly, "Your Majesty, if you want the Great Saint Dynasty to be stable as soon as possible, this is the only way!"

On this side, Tian Muyu was forced to ascend the throne by Yan Henian, and on the other side, Jixiang took Jiang Peipei to Ji's house.

This house was bought by Jixiang when he first arrived in the capital. Later, because Jirian's residence was deserted, he gave it to him.

Now that they have returned, Aunt Lin and Jiqing have already returned.

The Crown Prince's concubine Ji Meir was also there.

"You still have the nerve to come back?! Where's Dad? Where's his body?!" Ji Meir wiped her tears and was about to tear Jixiang apart.

Jiang Peipei stepped forward in time and blocked Ji Meir's outstretched hand.

"You came out of Lanxiufang? Do you know that if the prince and I hadn't come into the city, you probably wouldn't be able to leave the Tenth Prince's Mansion now?"

"You are the reason why the prince and I were locked up in the Ten Kings' Residence! You caused us to suffer so much, and I want compensation from you!"

"Oh, you want compensation from me? What kind of compensation do you want?" Jixiang was not angry at all when facing the angry Jimer. Instead, he looked at her with interest, as if he was watching a monkey performing.

Aunt Lin was watching Jixiang from the side. Seeing her like this, her eyes were full of resentment. "Jixiang, your sister is right. We were imprisoned by the emperor because of you and Prince Ning. We suffered for you, and you should compensate us."

"This house is too small. We are going to live in your other house!"

"Oh?" Jixiang smiled, "You want my five-courtyard house?"

"Yes, since you live in the palace now, that yard is just sitting there idle anyway!" Aunt Lin didn't even blush when she talked about this, she really had the right thing to do.

"Your father died because of you. What will he do without Jiqing? Jiqing will bring honor to the Ji family in the future. He needs to study and get a good reputation. Without a good place to study, it will affect his future. You don't want your Ji family to decline and have no one to support it, right?"

Jixiang turned to look at Jiqing who had been looking at him coldly, "Jiqing, do you also want my sister's five-courtyard house?"

Ji Qing turned his head to the side and said, "That was originally our Ji family's house. I just took it back for my father."

Jiang Peipei, who had been silent, laughed out loud, "You are so shameless! My cousin has rescued you from the Dali Temple prison, but not only are you ungrateful, you are even asking for too much and forcing her house!"

"Do you think you have the ability to ask my cousin for something?"

"She owes us that!" Ji Qing shouted, "If it weren't for her, how could the Ji family be in such a predicament today? How could I, the young master of the Ji family, lose my father and the dignity I once had? This is all caused by her, she owes us that!"

Jiang Peipei looked at Jixiang and said, "Cousin, you shouldn't have come to see them."

Jixiang smiled, "It's okay, I just came to see if they are still alive." Then he turned around and walked out, "Pepe, let's go."

"Hey, give us that house first!" Aunt Lin shouted from behind, but Jixiang didn't want to waste any more time talking to her and strode away.


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