"The minister obeys the order!"

Shen Yan, Xie Huaijing, and Yan Qing took their guards to the Minister of War's Mansion.

As soon as the aristocratic family moved, the capital city surged.

Concubine Wan's Palace.

"Lin'er, your father has abandoned Yan Zhaoyue, we have to make other plans!" Concubine Wan said.

"What does the mother concubine mean?" Of course Xie Chenglin was not reluctant to leave Yan Zhaoyue. A person like him who lingered among the flowers would not have true love for any woman.

"Whether it's Yan Zhaoyue or the child in her belly, you will treat them as if they don't exist from now on. When the child is born, drive her out immediately!" Concubine Wan's eyes were stern.

"Yes, Concubine Wan." Xie Chenglin has never objected to Concubine Wan's orders. "Concubine, does the Yan family have no chance to rise up?"

"No more." Concubine Wan was well informed, "Your uncle sent someone to bring the news. The emperor is determined to eradicate the Yan Mansion this time."

"My son and I don't even know such secret news. How could my uncle know about it?" Xie Chenglin looked curious.

"Money can make all the difference. Your uncle spends a lot of money on these relationships every year. As long as the information is not too secretive, he can always find out some information."

Concubine Wan looked at Xie Chenglin, hating that iron could not become steel, "If you can be more angry, your uncle and I won't have to worry so much."

Xie Chenglin smiled and said flatteringly, "I have my mother, concubine, and uncle to worry about me, so why do I need my children to worry about me?"

Concubine Wan looked at Xie Chenglin, who gave birth to this terrible son? He has no ambition and no desire to improve, so he has only himself to plan for him.

Compared with Xie Chenglin, Xie Chengxuan is much more impressive.

"Mother, the capital is going to change. It is estimated that there will only be two of the four major families left in the near future." Xie Chengxuan and the Queen said.

"This is a good thing. In the past, there were four families. They worked together and were not afraid of anyone. Now there are only two families left. They are extremely frightened. They must be eager to find a backer. Looking at the people in the capital who can be their backers, besides you, there are Who could it be?”

The Queen spoke earnestly, "Son, you must seize the opportunity."

"Er Chen thinks so too." Xie Chengxuan looked confident, "As soon as the Yan Mansion incident is over and Princess You Ning leaves the capital, I will start working on this matter."

The queen nodded.

Concubine Yu looked at Xie Chengze who was devouring the food with a gentle face, "Ze'er, slow down, these are all yours, no one will snatch them from you."

"The crispy meat made by my concubine is delicious." Xie Chengze looked innocent with a smile on his face.

"There are a lot of things going on in the capital recently, please stay with me more and don't get involved." Concubine Yu said with a loving look on her face, "Only one person can sit in that seat. Concubine I don't expect you to sit in that seat. I only hope that you will. Ping An, even if he is just a prince by then, he will enjoy endless glory and wealth in his lifetime."

"My son, listen to your mother and concubine." Xie Chengze was so obedient that even Concubine Yu didn't see the viciousness in his eyes when he lowered his head and bit the meat.

The most deserted ones were Xie Chengrun and Concubine Ruan. Mother and son sat far apart.

Concubine Ruan kept drinking tea, one cup after another.

The cup of tea in front of Xie Chengrun had not been touched from the beginning to the end.

"This is already the fifteenth cup of tea you have drunk!" Xie Chengrun looked at Concubine Ruan and said.

Concubine Ruan smiled, with an embarrassed look on her face. She said nothing and looked very uncomfortable.

"Don't you have anything to tell me?" Xie Chengrun asked again.

Concubine Ruan shook her head and said cautiously, "You have done a good job, much better than me."

Xie Chengrun felt like he was being pricked by needles. No one in this huge world could give him warmth, not even his biological mother.

He stood up and said coldly, "I'm leaving!"

Concubine Ruan pursed her lips, but the words "Be careful" were stuck in her throat and she did not say it.

She wanted to get up and see Xie Chengrun off, but before she left the chair, Xie Chengrun had already left the palace door, so she sat back down.

After Xie Chengrun's figure disappeared completely, Concubine Ruan drank another cup of tea.

The palace man next to him didn't speak either.

The whole hall was lifeless and oppressive, making people breathless.

Xie Chenglin, Xie Chengxuan, Xie Chengze, and Xie Chengrun appeared at the palace gate one after another, watching Shen Yan and the others go out with their guards.

The four of them looked at each other with different thoughts.

"Brother, where are Princess Youning and the others going? Could it be your father-in-law's house?" Xie Chengze asked with a smile.

"What about my father-in-law? I have nothing to do with him!" Xie Chenglin walked away with a puff of sleeves.

Xie Chengxuan's lips curved into a sneer.

Xie Chengze looked innocent and asked Xie Chengxuan, "Fourth brother, eldest brother won't be angry, right?"

"Don't you want him to be angry?" Xie Chengxuan asked back.

Xie Chengze was stunned.

Xie Chengxuan smiled coldly and left directly.

"...I..." Xie Chengze didn't know what to say. Why did he still pretend to be innocent this time like before, but no one took his trick?

"Sixth brother, you're right, I'm just caring about my eldest brother, why am I wrong? We are all brothers, can anyone be so rude?"

Xie Chengze asked Xie Chengrun, who had been silent.

Xie Chengrun raised his eyes, opened his mouth, and said cautiously, "Everything Brother Five said is right."

At this moment, his tone and demeanor were very much like his mother-in-law.

After saying that, he hurriedly left, fearing that Xie Chengze would question him again.

He hated Concubine Ruan, and he also became Concubine Ruan.

Xie Chengze's expression gradually turned cold, and finally turned into ice. He gritted his teeth and left the palace.

As the current situation and everyone's environment changed, even the most basic harmony between the brothers could no longer be maintained.

Yan House.

Yan Chonghou was sitting in the study, with a cold look on his face.

If today's matter had happened in the past, Ning Zhengxun and Nan Bancang would have brought other aristocratic families to come to him to discuss matters.

When he came back from the palace, no one came to greet him from dawn to dusk.

Could it be that they sensed something and deliberately distanced themselves from him?

He doesn't think that Yan Mansion will never have a chance to turn around!

At this moment, the housekeeper ran over and said, "Master, master, it's not good!"

"Why are you so panicked?" Yan Chonghou asked sharply.

The butler shouted, "There's an assassin!"

"What?!" Yan Chonghou slapped the table and stood up, about to walk out.

He only took a few steps and quickly stepped back. He looked at the butler, "Is the assassin coming for me?"

The butler nodded, "Master, please run away quickly."

Yan Chonghou instantly understood that someone was here to kill him and silence him.

He took off the sword hanging on the wall and walked out with the sword in hand.

"Master, what are you doing?" The butler looked puzzled, "Escape is the most important thing now!"

Yan Chonghou snorted coldly, "Am I, Yan Chonghou, that kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? I want to see who wants to attack me with a knife today!"

He rushed outside the house, and the assassin happened to be heading towards the academy.

"Over there!" The leading assassin pointed at Yan Chonghou and shouted, "Kill him!"

Yan Chonghou raised his sword and pointed it at the leading assassin, "Who ordered you to kill me and silence me? Call your master out and confront me!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Today is the day you die!" The leading assassin shouted sharply and stabbed Yan Chonghou directly.

As the head of the Yan family, Yan Chonghou naturally possesses martial arts skills.

However, he was getting older after all.

Moreover, the other party wanted his life, and all the assassins they sent were masters.

After more than a dozen rounds, Yan Chonghou was surrounded by assassins.

He was seriously injured.

"Master Yan, let's get on the road!" The leading assassin thrust his sword, but his sword was knocked off before it even touched Yan's thick clothes.

Everyone looked up and saw Shen Yan, dressed in red, standing there quietly in the firelight.

His expression was solemn and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

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