[R18] Brother as husband – “Brother as Husband” Chapter 63 [English]

63 Fell into the trap

This heavy rain has been falling intermittently for less than half a month, and the whole Yecheng has been shrouded in haze. The weather in early autumn suddenly turned cold…

In just ten days, the Yan family and the Wang family started to fight, and the government and the opposition were divided into three factions. One was headed by Wang Yong, the other was naturally led by Yan Jing, and those who neutrally respected the royal family formed their own faction.

Just when the two factions were incompatible with each other, Queen Mother Chu suddenly fell ill in the palace and showed signs of critical illness.

“Why did she suddenly become ill? I think the Queen Mother is doing well…” Queen Mother Chu is not yet forty years old this year, so she is still considered young. Yan Luan really can’t think of why she is critically ill.

The Imperial Hospital was actually helpless. If it was just a pretense, people outside the imperial city began to post imperial lists looking for a miracle doctor.

Yan Tao flipped through the military book that Yan Jing threw to him. He was dizzy after reading all the plans on it. To be honest, he thought he was capable of being a general, but he was really not suitable for this brain-intensive military strategy.

“Sick? If my eldest brother hadn’t arranged for someone in the palace, she would have died.”

Yan Luan was teasing the koi carp in the glass tank. His pale ankles dangling under the beauty’s bed paused for a moment. He turned his head in disbelief and threw himself into Yan Tao’s arms. He asked curiously, “What’s going on?”

“She raised a white-eyed wolf. The poison administered by that bitch of the Chu family, if my eldest brother hadn’t said it was still useful, she would have died of the poison long ago.”

White-eyed wolf?There are not many women who can be called a bitch by Yan Tao. He is obviously talking about Chu Yunshang. The last time he was in Prince Liang’s Mansion, he had murderous intentions towards Chu Yunshang, and he is still resentful about it now.

“She really did this?”

Jiang Fuyuan said that sooner or later, Queen Mother Chu would raise a white-eyed wolf, but she didn’t expect it to come true so soon.By doing this, Chu Yunshang was probably siding with Wang Anzhi. In order for Wang Anzhi to ascend to power, she even broke off with the Chu family.

Throwing away the military book in his hand, Yan Tao hugged Yan Luan, who was nestled in his arms, and smoothed his long black hair. His stern face softened a little, and he said, “You are not allowed to run around these days. My eldest brother planned to kill Wang Yong’s brother. A crazy dog can do anything.”

The Wang family has no bottom line in doing things, and there is no guarantee that they will attack Yan Luan, so Yan Jing has kept Yan Tao in the house for protection these days.

“Yeah.”

…

In early November, Empress Dowager Chu passed away in Changle Palace at the age of 35. She was posthumously named Empress Dowager Wuying Zhaolie, and the whole country mourned her for three days.

Yan Luan was wearing mourning clothes and sitting with Jiang Fuyuan in the main hall of Qifeng Palace. He watched her playing with the phoenix seal in her hand and frowned: “You should be more careful in the palace from now on, especially when it comes to food.”

“I know, what happened last time was a wake-up call for me. Alas… this imperial palace is really not a place for humans.”

After experiencing the attempted miscarriage, Jiang Fuyuan was extra careful every day. She even personally checked the food served by Emperor Qi Ling. This time, Empress Dowager Chu was poisoned and died, which made her even more vigilant.

But living like this for too long is really frustrating.

After the national mourning, the strange cause of Queen Mother Chu’s death began to be secretly spread in Yecheng. Some people even wrote a book, made it up and down, and publicized it in several restaurants and teahouses. It was nothing more than someone assassinating the Queen Mother, and the arrow pointed directly at the Wang family.

In the past few days, there have been a lot of people coming and going in the Marquis of Huaiyin’s mansion. When Yan Luan went to find Yan Jing for several days, he encountered them discussing things, and occasionally he would stand quietly outside the door and listen.

“Now that the time is ripe, the Marquis should mention His Majesty’s personal administration. Once the old thief Wang Yong’s strength is reduced, we will have an opportunity.” The retainer said with certainty.

“I received a message the day before yesterday that there have been changes in the military affairs of Weicheng. It is the nearest military garrison to Yecheng under Wang Yong. The Marquis made preparations early in the morning to prevent him from raising troops.” The party minister added.

Then came the voice of Yan Jing giving orders. The deep voice was strategizing and decisive. Yan Luan could not help but listen for a while. She was particularly obsessed with Yan Jing like this. The domineering power of controlling the country was really not something ordinary people could have.

…

During dinner, the three of them were in the dining room together. Yan Luan cooked the Ganoderma lucidum chicken soup and served a bowl to each of Yan Jing and Yan Tao.Looking at her busy little movements, a smile flashed across Yan Jing’s gentle face, and she took her slender waist and hugged her into her arms.

“Our Aluan finally knows how to care about people.”

Next to him, Yan Tao had already finished a bowl and smacked it in his mouth: “Don’t tell me, this tastes really good.”

It was rare for Yan Luan to cook, so he made arsenic poison. Both of them probably had to drink it all, but they didn’t expect it to be unexpectedly delicious. Yan Jing didn’t forget to check her hands and found that they were fine, so Yan Luan fed her a bowl.

“After some time, Yecheng settles down, let’s go to Miyang to live for a while.” Knowing that Yan Luan liked the main palace in Miyang, Yan Jing came up with this plan.

Yan Luan’s eyes immediately brightened, and he raised his dimples and kissed Yan Jing’s lips. With this initiative, Yan Jing naturally deepened the kiss.

…

Winter has arrived in a blink of an eye. She took off her autumn skirt and put on a winter skirt with black fox fur trim. Yan Luan, who was afraid of the cold, didn’t like to go out. Today, Yan Jing and Yan Tao were not in the house, so she, who had nothing to do, leaned in the Fanghua Pavilion to learn embroidery in the afternoon.

“My lord, this is Eunuch Li from the Queen’s Palace. I asked you to come to the palace.”

“Really? Let him in.”

Soon the maid led people in, calling Qian’er’s eunuch a very respectful voice. Yan Luan looked sideways and saw that it was indeed Jiang Fuyuan’s father-in-law in charge of the palace, so he ordered people to prepare the carriage.

“Did the Queen say what happened?”

Eunuch Li laughed along with him: “This servant doesn’t know. The queen only said to invite you to the palace. It seems to be related to your majesty.”

Your Majesty?Could it be that something happened?Yan Luan did not dare to delay, so he changed his clothes and left the house. Remembering the instructions of Yan Jing and Yan Tao, he specially brought more guards with him.

However, something happened after all.

When the convoy arrived at Xuanwu Street, it was surrounded by a group of men in black. There was a quick fight at the end of a remote alley. By the time Yan Luan opened the curtain, more than half of the guards of the Hou Mansion were dead or injured. The target of the well-trained killer was obviously her.

“Oops, I’ve fallen into a trap!” Yan Luan knew that he had been deceived when he saw the eunuch claiming to be from Jiang Fuyuan’s palace also drew his sword and slashed at the guards around him.

As the swords collided, the smell of blood filled the air. Yan Luan hurriedly jumped out of the car and fled to the alley with the guards, but he was still surrounded and outnumbered. Watching the people around him fall one after another, she calmed down.

“Stop, I’ll go with you!” These people are deadly in every move, but when they confront her, they seem intent on catching her alive.

The leader of the men in black narrowed his eyes, and there was a lot of dark blood on his black face towel. He snorted coldly: “It’s rare that I am so sensible, so just come with us.”

No one noticed how violently Yan Luan’s hands hidden in the sleeves behind him were shaking. It wasn’t until he crushed the small thing in his hands that his tight heartstrings relaxed a little.Soon her hands and feet were tied up, and even her eyes were tied with a black scarf. After being thrown into the carriage, she could only pray that Yan Jing and Yan Tao would come over quickly.

In the dead silence, only the soft sound of the carriage shaft could be heard. After about half an hour, the carriage finally stopped, and she was taken off.