Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

That night, Concubine Xijia was placed under house arrest, and the man was unable to escape and was thrown into death row.

Jiang Qingwu was taken to the Shangyang Palace and knelt. There were not many people in the palace except Yan Chong's close guards.

After kneeling for an unknown amount of time, Yan Xiuchen hurried over.

"Big brother……"

"Shh... Remember, you saw nothing, you know nothing..."

Jiang Qingwu was frightened. She looked at Yan Xiuchen in panic and nodded repeatedly.

"The Ninth Prince, please accept the order..." The eunuch's loud shout brought Yan Xiuchen and Jiang Qingwu back to their senses.

"My sons and ministers accept the order."

"Your Majesty has ordered the Ninth Prince to bring my personal soldiers to Lu Changqing's residence immediately."

"The entire clan will be killed, leaving no one alive."

Yan Xiuchen stared at the eunuch delivering the imperial edict in astonishment, and suddenly stood up, "Impossible, this is impossible..."

"Ninth Prince, the imperial edict is here. If you don't believe it, you can take it to see His Majesty."

"But His Majesty said that if the Ninth Prince disobeys the Imperial Order, he will be guilty of the same crime as a traitor, and King Suqing will be sent there immediately."

Yan Xiuchen thought for a moment, then took the imperial edict and went to the inner hall.

Jiang Qingwu didn't know whether Yan Xiuchen had gone to Lu Changqing's house.

But that night, Lu Changqing's entire family was massacred, and the same thing happened to Gu Yanbai's grandfather's family and Duke Gu's mansion. Countless people were killed or injured, and those who survived by chance were thrown into death row.

In the palace, Jiang Qingwu knelt in the hall for a whole night.

Early the next morning, Emperor Yan Chong was carried into the palace. His face was still ugly, as if he was terminally ill, but his eyes were full of anger.

Jiang Qingwu took just one look and shrank back in fear.

Also going to the palace were the man who was arrested yesterday and Jiang Ruhai who hurried into the palace.

"Lu Changqing, I... have good news for you." The emperor looked at Lu Changqing who was tied up tightly and sneered.

"I have already thrown that evil creature into the furnace and burned him alive..."

"And Gu Xijia, I have also ordered people to dig out her eyes..."

"Everyone in your Lu family is dead. The Gu family is also finished..."

Lu Changqing struggled with his eyes glaring and roaring at the emperor, "You dog emperor, you plotted treason and regicide, killed your brother and took his wife, and invaded my wife."

"You are a tyrant who goes against the will of heaven and has a ruthless heart. Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go."

"Hahahaha...Okay, I'll help you. Come, chop him into pieces and send them to Xijia."

"Also, today, I am happy to send you off. Seal the Langting Palace and Xifeng Palace for me and burn them down completely."

At Yan Chong's command, his personal soldiers dragged Lu Changqing out.

"You damned eunuch, you dog emperor! Haha, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost! You will die a miserable death..."

"Kill him, kill him...chop him into pieces for me..."

When Lu Changqing was dragged out, Yan Xiuchen was just coming in from outside, looking exhausted, wearing a white robe stained with blood.

"Your Majesty, I have accomplished your mission."

"Okay, good job, good job. I'll give you another task. Kill this little girl for me."

"don't want……"

"Your Majesty, please be merciful. My daughter is young and ignorant. Please spare her life."

Yan Xiuchen fell to his knees on the ground and pleaded for mercy at the same time as Jiang Ruhai.

"She saw it, heard it, knew everything, and had to die."

"No, Father, she is still young, she doesn't know anything..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will immediately send her out of the capital and back to the countryside..."

The emperor sneered sinisterly, grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at Jiang Ruhai, "You want to keep this daughter, right? Well, you know about this anyway."

"Help me do something, and I will spare her life."

"Yes, I am willing to serve your majesty."

Upon seeing this, the emperor waved his hand to the eunuchs beside him and said, "Pass on my order. All the Zhou, Li, and Wei families who are in good terms with the court and the State Councilor Gu...are to be arrested and executed on a chosen day."

"The Gu family is rebellious, and all nine clans will be implicated. They will be executed at the Western Suburbs execution ground in three days."

"All those who have any dealings with the Gu and Lu families will be arrested and killed without mercy."

"You, Jiang Ruhai, are supervising the execution..."

Jiang Ruhai was startled and looked up at the emperor, "Your Majesty, this..."

"Father, this is not possible. There are so many families and so many people. If all of them..."

"Those who beg for mercy will be punished with the same crime. I will kill them all..."

As the emperor spoke, his eyes fell on Jiang Qingwu, and he sneered, "This girl is really pretty. She should stay in the palace for the next few days. If General Jiang can't do a good job for me."

"Your entire Jiang family is guilty of the same crime, as well as this girl. I will throw her into Xifeng Palace and burn her together..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will obey your command..."

When leaving Shangyang Palace, Jiang Qingwu only felt scared. At that time, she did not understand how many people Yan Chong said he wanted to kill.

I don’t understand how many people will die.

She only knew that Concubine Xijia and that man had done something wrong and hurt the emperor, so she suffered a devastating disaster.

And because she was a witness, she also implicated her father.

"General Jiang, Gu Qing will stay in the palace. Don't worry, I will take good care of her."

"Yes, my daughter, I will entrust you to your Highness."

Jiang Ruhai saluted Yan Xiuchen, then leaned over and squatted in front of Jiang Qingwu, "Gu Qing, remember, for what happened in the past two days, just pretend you didn't see anything and you know nothing."

"Please, please, don't mention it again."

"My daughter knows, Daddy, I'm scared..."

Jiang Ruhai looked at Jiang Qingwu who was crying, stood up, bowed to Yan Xiuchen again, and then hurried away.

"Brother, have I gotten into trouble?"

"It's none of your business. It's me. I shouldn't have asked you to come to the palace today..." Yan Xiuchen murmured in a low voice, holding Jiang Qingwu's hand tightly.

"Oh no, Your Highness, Your Highness, the Tenth Prince... The Tenth Prince has gone to Xifeng Palace..." The eunuch trotted over to report from behind. Yan Xiuchen's face immediately changed, and he pulled Jiang Qingwu towards the direction of Xifeng Palace.

In Xifeng Palace, there was a rumbling fire, like a purgatory.

The gate was closed tightly, and the personal guards were standing guard outside, and no one dared to approach.

The cries for help and wailing coming from inside were very harsh.

When Jiang Qingwu and Yan Xiuchen arrived, Gu Yanbai was being stopped by his personal soldiers.

The prince's uniform was in disarray and he looked extremely dishevelled.

"Mother... Mother, let me go, let me go, Mother..."

"Put out the fire, put out the fire, mother... your son is here, mother... let me go, you bastards."

Yan Xiuchen saw Gu Yanbai in the distance and immediately stopped, "Xiao Shunzi, take her back to my palace, hurry up."

"Yes, come on, girl, follow me."

When Jiang Qingwu was dragged away by the eunuch Xiao Shunzi, Yan Xiuchen rushed towards Gu Yanbai and grabbed him tightly...