Save the villain and become the villain [Quick Wear]

Qi Yang wandered around the city with a tail that was getting longer and longer behind him, until all the pieces of paper were scattered. He loosened his hand, and the flowing gauze in his hand flew backwards with the wind, blocking the sight of the pursuers.

In just that instant, he disappeared from the spot, took advantage of the chaos to return to the palace, not forgetting to replace the empress dowager's incense burner, and then leisurely returned to the Zichen Palace.

After changing out of his nightgown, he entered the inner hall and glanced at Xiao Jinglu.

He was sleeping restlessly, and Qi Yang wanted to rub his brows, but changed direction halfway and just picked up the quilt and covered him.

Xiao Jinglu had been through a lot that day and was very tired, but his years of vigilance made him subconsciously reach under the pillow. When he didn't find anything, he suddenly woke up and noticed who the man in black in front of him was.

"Chongyang, you're back?"

"Well, go to sleep."

Qi Yang returned the confiscated dagger to him.

Seeing that he was about to go out, Xiao Jinglu asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to sleep in bed today?"

"No, I have something else to do, you can go to sleep."

Xiao Jinglu pursed his lips and watched his figure disappear, feeling a little annoyed.

But Qi Yang's words were not entirely coaxing.

He just felt that the poisonous insect in his heart was moving again, so he planned to hurry up and finish reading the two books written by the national teacher, and study out a method to lure out the poisonous insect.

……

Prince Qi's Mansion.

The King of Qi had just finished reprimanding and comforting his wife and daughter. He was about to rest in the main courtyard when he heard about the incident at Chunjiang Huayue Tower.

He was troubled by the matter of his second daughter. Seeing that it was getting late, he didn't want to move at all, so he asked someone to call his eldest son Wen Zhao and asked him to handle it.

No one in the Wen family is smart. The reason why they can have such a grand occasion today is mainly because the whole family is brave and they can slay the dragon if they say so.

Wen Zhao was not a smart man and lacked sensitivity to the situation. He was sleepy in the middle of the night and when he dragged himself to Chunjiang Huayue Tower, a fire had already broken out there.

After the commander of the imperial guards sent someone to inform King Qi, he took control of the entire brothel despite the fierce looks of the clients.

He used the title of King of Qi as his banner. These people were dissatisfied, but they suppressed their temper and stayed here.

Everything went well at first, except that the brothel owner and the courtesan were missing.

But not long after, the cry of a night owl seemed to be heard outside, and all the prostitutes, pimps and maids in the building started to attack together, and a fire broke out in the backyard.

The fire was so big that the imperial guards were entangled by the people in the brothel and were unable to split themselves. The officials or wealthy businessmen took the opportunity to escape.

By the time all the people in the brothel were dead or had retreated, the imperial guards went to put out the fire, but it was too late. They could only watch as the entire brothel was engulfed in flames, burning away all clues.

The man in black who caused the trouble was not caught, the imperial guard who took the pieces of paper away was killed, and all the pieces of paper were burned.

When Wen Zhao arrived, he heard a series of bad news and became extremely angry.

Thanks to the concerted efforts of the imperial guards, the fire was put out before dawn.

A charred corpse was found in the backyard. Judging from the remaining clothes and accessories on the body, it was Minister Lin of the Ministry of War. After the autopsy, the coroner said that the neck was cut with a knife and then burned.

Minister Lin was probably afraid of being discovered by the imperial guards and letting the King of Qi know that he had visited a brothel, so he took advantage of the initial chaos to hide in the backyard, but was discovered and killed by the brothel owner who had disappeared.

Xiao Jingchen lost an important intelligence gathering site and discovered a waist badge of a guard of Prince Qi's palace. Prince Qi lost Minister Lin and discovered that someone was secretly plotting against the Great Qi and wanted to seize power from him.

Qi Yang didn't need to do anything else, the two of them started to fight each other, and continued to involve forces such as the Prime Minister's Mansion and Prince Zheng, but that's a story for later.

……

The next morning at court, Xiao Jinglu appeared in the Golden Palace in good health, which surprised the King of Qi.

He heard from the princess that there was a lot of blood in the room at that time, and he suspected that the emperor had hurt himself in order to stay awake. Because so many things happened last night, he forgot about it for a moment.

After careful observation, the emperor's gestures and movements were seamless, and apart from his unusually pale face, there was nothing unusual about him.

He frowned slightly, planning to test it out after the court session and then ask the Imperial Medical Bureau whether the Zichen Palace had summoned the imperial physician last night.

Minister Lin died in disgrace. When asked about his funeral arrangements, Xiao Jinglu said impatiently, "He died in a brothel. It's good enough that he wasn't thrown into a mass grave. Do you want to make a big fuss about it?"

The King of Qi was also quite dissatisfied with Minister Lin, but he did not object at the moment. The others also remained silent, so the matter was settled.

Speaking of the successor to the Minister of War, Xiao Jinglu remembered what Qi Yang said before he came out, and did not speak immediately. He watched them clamorously recommend their own people.

Now that the Queen Mother is away, the Wen family's control over him has weakened, but he still cannot place someone in his place as he pleases.

If there is no power behind it, it will be difficult to play a role even if it is forcibly inserted.

After a long time, this group of court officials finally seemed to remember that there was an emperor sitting on the dragon throne.

The King of Qi asked hypocritically, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Xiao Jinglu straightened his clothes and said with a stupid and arrogant look on his face: "Since you are appointing the Minister of War, you must find someone who can fight a war. I think we should find a military general."

The King of Qi narrowed his eyes and asked with a fake smile, "Your Majesty, do you have a candidate in mind?"