Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

Gu Yanbai frowned slightly and realized something in an instant.

"I can go with you and release Jiang Qingwu."

"You are not qualified to negotiate terms."

Shen Wanrong shouted angrily, and the blade scratched Jiang Qingwu's neck, immediately leaving a mark of blood.

"No, don't do anything rash." Su Wenli shouted anxiously and turned to look at Gu Yanbai.

Seeing this, Gu Yanbai handed the flute to Su Wenli and said, "I'll go with you."

Seeing Gu Yanbai walking over, Su Wenli grabbed him and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Go with them. If I don't go, it will only hurt Gu Qing, and many people will be heartbroken."

As he spoke, Gu Yanbai gestured to Su Wenli, "Tell Yan Xiuchen that I will protect his people."

……

When Yan Xiuchen received the news and rushed over, it was already too late.

Su Wenli, Wanyue and the others were afraid of Jiang Qingwu and did not dare to act recklessly. They could only watch Shen Wanrong take Jiang Qingwu and Gu Yanbai away.

"Where are the people? Where is Gu Qing, and where is Gu Yanbai?" Yan Xiuchen asked.

Upon hearing this, Wan Yue knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I...I failed to save the person."

As she spoke, Wanyue handed over a flower card.

Yan Xiuchen looked at the flower cards and frowned in confusion.

Seeing this, Jiu Ye on the side came over to him and said, "Godfather, it's Chunyue, the courtesan of Xifeng Tower."

"Brothel, the courtesan?" Yan Xiuchen murmured, and squeezed the flower cards in his hand hard, breaking them into pieces.

As night fell, Yan Xiuchen, dressed in casual clothes, took Jiuye Jiuhan to Xifeng Tower.

The Xifeng Tower is bustling at night with beautiful women, singing and dancing.

"Hey, three gentlemen, this is your first time here..."

As soon as I entered the door, my mother came to greet me enthusiastically.

Seeing this, Jiuhan and Jiuye took a step forward and blocked the man two meters away.

Yan Xiuchen held the golden bronze fan in his hand, looked up at the building, and threw a gold ingot at the madam.

"Jin, Jin, you are so generous, is there any girl you like?"

The madam bit the gold ingot and asked Yan Xiuchen from a distance of two meters.

Yan Xiuchen didn't say anything, so Jiuhan uttered a few words in a cold voice.

"The Oiran, Haruzuki."

The madam was startled, and she looked at Yan Xiuchen for a while, hesitating a little, "Well, it's really not that I don't give you face."

"This Miss Chunyue has been chosen by someone, and she is serving... How about you, Master, choose..."

"Where is the person?" Yan Xiuchen asked.

"Upstairs, the third floor, Chunyue Pavilion." The madam pointed upstairs and blurted out.

Yan Xiuchen didn't argue any further and turned around and went upstairs.

Seeing this, Jiuhan Jiuye quickly followed.

One was in front and the other was behind, sandwiching Yan Xiuchen in the middle, blocking all the attractive women.

The three of them stopped at Chunyue Pavilion on the third floor.

Jiuhan knocked on the door, but didn't hear anyone talking inside, so he pushed the door open with his palm.

Just as he was about to go in to explore the way, Yan Xiuchen took the lead and strode into the door.

"Oh, your hands are so beautiful... Can I touch them?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Yan Xiuchen's heart sank.

"Hey, Uncle Wang is here. He's been waiting for you for a long time."

Yan Lin was wearing a dark brocade robe that was stained with alcohol and women's makeup.

Yan Xiuchen waved to Jiu Ye and Jiu Han behind him, and the two of them quietly left the room.

"Sit down, Uncle Wang. I specially ordered some good wine. Look, what do you think of this girl..."

Before Yan Lin could finish his words, Yan Xiuchen waved his fan, and a silver needle hit the woman's neck, and she fell on the table with a plop.

Yan Lin was startled at first, then he clapped his hands gently, "Uncle Wang is so powerful, this golden bronze fan is indeed the most powerful weapon in the world today."

"You dare to be here alone? I'm not afraid. I will kill you."

Yan Lin chuckled upon hearing this and poured himself a glass of wine. "Uncle Wang, you are joking. If you really dared to kill me, you would have hit me with the blow just now."

"You know very well that if I dare to come, I will not be afraid."

"Because..." Yan Lin smiled smugly and moved closer to Yan Xiuchen, "If something happens to me and I lose contact with the Shen family..."

“Gu Yanbai and Jiang Qingwu’s lives…I’m afraid, are gone.”

"You would rather them live than for me to die."

Yan Xiuchen secretly clenched the golden bronze fan in his hand, feeling helpless.

He was right. If he really dared to kill Yan Lin, he would have done it just now.

"Tell me what you want and what you want in exchange for letting them go."

Yan Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, poured wine for Yan Xiuchen, and leaned gently on the chair behind him.

"Uncle Wang, you know what they want. I am no longer useful and am just a pawn."

"There are wanted posters for me all over the city. I have no hope of turning over a new leaf, but I still need revenge...

"Two for two, how about that?"

Yan Xiuchen looked at Yan Lin steadily, snorted coldly and said, "The Shen family wants Shen Chengshan, who do you want?"

"Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, Uncle Wang."

"It's not two people for two people, it's two people for two conditions."

Yan Xiuchen looked at Yan Lin who was confident and suppressed his anger. "Speak."

"First, I heard that you want to execute all the members of the Shen family. Release them including Shen Chengshan. As for how to release them reasonably, it is up to you."

"Second, I want you to...kill the emperor."

Upon hearing this, Yan Xiuchen's eyes changed color and he looked at Yan Lin in disbelief, "Are you crazy? He is your father?"

"Hmph, Father? Are you sure?"

Yan Lin frowned slightly, with murderous intent in his eyes, then he sneered and staggered to his feet with the wine jug in his hand.

"Father? Oh, he is worthy."

"He's just a womanizer."

"When I traveled to Jiangnan, he took my biological mother by force."

"She is not a prostitute at all. She is just a musician who teaches prostitutes how to play the zither."

"He was the crown prince at that time, but he visited brothels and raped women."

As Yan Lin spoke, a light laugh came out and he turned around and pointed at Yan Xiuchen.

"You have been in charge of the secret cabinet records over the years. You should know the inside story."

Yan Xiuchen didn't say anything, his eyes slightly lowered, thinking of the records he had seen in the secret archives, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic.

"My mother refused, so he sent people to rob and beat my mother, brother and their family to death."

"Afterwards, they kidnapped her parents and forced her to submit."

"But when she was brought back to the capital, the late emperor rebuked him for bringing disgrace to the royal family, saying that her mother was just a prostitute."

"In order to cover up the truth, they secretly sent people to Jiangnan to massacre the entire village."

"He, he knew it, but he didn't dare to say a word."

"After my mother gave birth to me, he also...strangled my mother to death with his own hands."

Yan Lin gritted his teeth and muttered, sneering a little crazily, "He, that cowardly idiot, actually had the guts to kill someone."

"I have been waiting for this day for a long time. I wanted to kill him with my own hands after I firmly took the throne."

"Unfortunately, there is no chance."

As Yan Lin spoke, his thoughts were gradually pulled back. He sighed softly and staggered towards Yan Xiuchen.

"The late emperor, my grandfather...he died early, otherwise, I would have killed him too."

"They, father and son, are the best at covering up the truth and killing people to silence them."

"You...Uncle Wang, you should know best."

“I’m helping you.

"Kill him, and you will be the only candidate to be the emperor. I helped you, and you should thank me."

Yan Lin said as he poured the wine into his mouth.

Yan Xiuchen stared at Yan Lin and asked in a low voice, "Where are Gu Yanbai and Jiang Qingwu?"

"In a place you'll never find."

"If you don't agree to these two things, you won't even be able to see their bodies in this lifetime."