Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

Xu Yixing opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything. Did she say it didn't matter? But originally, all this didn't have to happen. But to say I hate you, this was really not her true intention.

After another long stalemate, Xu Yixing spoke, but not in response to Lu Anyuan's words, but instead expressed his own guess.

"You handed over the Emperor's Sword before leaving the capital. When you arrived in the northern border, before you reported it, my father's spies had already revealed your discovery of the Emperor's Sword to the Queen Mother's people. This was to force you to rebel. But unfortunately, my father and the Queen Mother didn't know. The Emperor had been on guard from the beginning, so he gave you the tiger talisman. After you arrived in the northern border, my father's people would definitely contact you, and then you would catch them all in one fell swoop."

Lu Anyuan hummed and said, "That's about it."

"Then I was imprisoned in the palace and told the emperor where the Emperor's Sword came from. The emperor wanted to use this as evidence to prove your crime of rebellion, but he was afraid that I would leak the news if I went out, so he imprisoned me. Then the whole capital started to spread rumors that you led the northern troops to attack the capital and that I had defected. In fact, you didn't arrive near the capital until you used the tiger talisman to mobilize the Weiwei army to pretend to be a rebel, and then you entered the palace to 'force the Queen Mother and Prince Cheng to show up.'"

"Correct."

"Alas." Xu Yixing didn't want to say more. The whole story was too clear and there was no need to say more. It was a pity for the Queen Mother, Prince Cheng, and himself. They were all fools and were figured out by the Emperor.

"But the emperor doesn't seem to trust you that much, otherwise why would he tie me up and eavesdrop on me?" If Lu Anyuan had shown any reluctance to hand over the tiger talisman in the morning, both he and he would probably have died at the hands of the people in the tunnel.

"Well... my father never really trusts anyone. This is necessary for him to be the emperor. If you want to blame someone, blame me. I should have taken you with me." Lu Anyuan couldn't say that he was worried that something would happen to you, so he rushed day and night and people said that he was leading troops to rush through the pass. He couldn't say that he could actually do the opposite. He could only take all the blame on himself.

Anyway, it’s good enough to see that you are okay now.

"Tsk, in the final analysis, your father won." Xu Yixing's face sank. He was extremely dissatisfied when he thought of the conversation with the emperor that day. But there was nothing he could do. After all, the other person could decide his life and death with just a word.

"Puchi." The night gradually darkened, but the lights were still not on. Lu Anyuan smiled in the darkness, and his heart suddenly relaxed a lot.

"My father is dead. I sent him away personally."

"Hmm?" This expression was strange. What did he mean by send him away? Didn't the emperor send Bai Yu to kill people? Why... Lu Anyuan suddenly felt a little cold.

"To be honest, this time he has brought it upon himself. He was too ambitious and had to die." Xu Yixing looked out the window and quickly looked away. The night was as dark as ink.

"Feel sorry."

"I don't blame you. He and I were... Never mind. When this is over, maybe, maybe the emperor will feel at ease to make you the crown prince, and then you will get what you wish for."

Fortunately, the lights were not on, otherwise he would have seen her expression of having eaten fly shit, as if the position of crown prince was something disgusting.

But Lu Anyuan was also a little distracted at this time, he was thinking about another thing. This afternoon, he went to report, but he did not see his father summon him, and the decree to Prince Cheng and the Queen Mother had not been issued. I don't know if something went wrong, or...

Forget it, there is no point in thinking too much. In the current situation, it is best to pray that my father is okay. Otherwise, before I can clear my name, I will really become a traitor.

"Madam, since our father has let you leave the palace, I think General Xu's affairs will not implicate you. I will ask our father to grant you a favor, don't worry." Speaking of which, Lu Anyuan was still somewhat grateful to General Xu in his heart. Even if he had selfish motives in supporting him, which minister didn't have this selfish motive?

In the final analysis, this time I really screwed my father-in-law. If my father wasn’t so suspicious and strong-willed, maybe he could have done it. . .

Lu Anyuan's eyes were distracted for a moment, but Xu Yixing had already taken up his words: "I dare not ask for any mercy. The emperor would think of the daughter of a guilty minister as soon as he saw me. How can it be good?" Xu Yixing sneered at this so-called compensation. After all, from the emperor's perspective, he did not kill the traitor's daughter and let her maintain the honor of a princess, which was already extremely tolerant.

"this..."

Xu Yixing stood up and lit a candle. The dim candlelight cast the two people's shadows into strange shapes, like two monsters.

"Actually, I want to ask, if I go to the North with you this time, will you rebel?"

Lu Anyuan was stunned, and a glimmer of light flashed through his mind. As expected of Yixing, he even figured out his thoughts. "Of course not."

Xu Yixing smiled knowingly. After all, Lu Anyuan's ambition could not be satisfied by the position of a prince.

In November, on the new moon after the palace coup, the emperor's edict was issued as expected.

The decree was very long, and the list of punishments alone was a full page long. The ministers finally understood the whole story from the emperor's decree.

The one who rebelled was not Prince Xiaoyi, but Prince Cheng, the emperor's own brother! It is said that Prince Cheng pretended to obey the imperial edict on that day and actually dared to change the secret passage to directly lead into the Yian Hall, and even brought troops directly into the palace to force abdication!

The emperor was furious, not only because of Prince Cheng's betrayal, but also because Prince Cheng threatened his own mother, the Queen Mother, during the process of forcing the emperor to abdicate, and even injured the Queen Mother, causing her to be bedridden and unconscious. He was truly a traitor who had no father or king!

Therefore, Prince Cheng had to die. He was carried out of the palace covered with a white cloth and drank a cup of poisoned wine. All his family members were exiled and were never allowed to return to the capital even if they were pardoned.

The charges against the Xu family were ambiguous. After all, the emperor was concerned about his son's face and did not want him to have a rebellious in-law family. Therefore, he only said that Xu Xianshan had a relapse of poisoning and died, and rewarded them with 100 taels of silver to pay for his funeral.

After receiving the longest imperial edict in history, Xu Yixing gently rubbed his eyes. Was the Queen Mother injured by Prince Cheng? The Emperor was really bold to make up a story. I'm afraid the old lady is already a corpse, just waiting for a suitable time to announce the funeral in the future.

However, she also read a strong warning from the imperial edict. It was not that the emperor was not angry with the Xu family, but he did not want to embarrass Lu Anyuan and wanted to give him a clean background. After all, she was also lucky. Otherwise, she would not be able to escape the blame just for hiding the Emperor's Sword and not reporting it.

The regulations on the punishment stipulated that some should be killed and some should be arrested, but there was no decree of reward. It seemed that the emperor was not in a hurry to reward at the moment and would make plans after the situation had calmed down a little.

"Siqin, tell someone to prepare the horses. I want to go back to the Xu Mansion." After something like this happened at home, I have to deal with the aftermath myself.