113 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” Abacus

“Your Majesty!” An anxious voice suddenly sounded in the Yangxin Palace. While Yan Huai was still weighing the pros and cons in her mind, Cheng Ying, who had always regarded her husband as her god, did not look at Yan Huai at all. She went straight to the emperor above the dragon and said: “Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has assisted the deposed emperor for many years.Although you may not have made many contributions to this prosperous dynasty like your Majesty, you are still very devoted and loyal to the Sheng Kingdom.Please forgive the Prime Minister for his many years of hard work and please do not involve the mistakes made by Yan Zhiyi to the lives of hundreds of people in the Yan family and the position of Prime Minister!”

Yan Huai’s expression suddenly changed, and she calmly tugged on her sleeve, signaling her to shut up and stop talking.He was about to ask Xie Ciyan not to listen to what Cheng Ying said, but he did not expect that Cheng Ying, who had always been obedient, ignored his obstruction, straightened his back, and continued with an unyielding look.He said, “Since Yan Zhiyi has entered the palace as a concubine, she is a member of the imperial city in life and the soul of the imperial city in death. How can her mother’s family be implicated in the mistakes she made? This is really unfair to the Yan family. Please think again, Your Majesty!”

“Bold Mrs. Cheng, please don’t disgrace yourself in front of the palace!” Yan Huai felt even more horrified when she saw that everything she said excluded Yan Zhiyi from the Yan family. Regardless of the fact that she was still in front of the new emperor, she grabbed Cheng Ying’s wrist and stared at her with a pair of warning eyes.

Looking forward, Cheng Ying would have been so frightened when she saw Yan Huai looking so furious that she would not dare to say another word, for fear that he would dislike her.But today, Cheng Ying didn’t know where she got the confidence, but she ignored him again and again, struggling to open her mouth to continue speaking.

Now is the only good opportunity to get rid of the thorn in Cheng Ying’s side. As long as Yan Zhiyi dies in the palace, Aunt Yuan will have no one to rely on. Then her husband will see how good she is as the mistress of the house, and there will be no need to worry about the husband and wife not being harmonious in the future, with the piano and the piano playing in harmony.

“What if what Yan Zhiyi committed was a capital crime that implicated the nine clans?” Xie Ciyan sneered. His words just now were all probing words. He just wanted to see how powerful the current prime minister was. But now, it turned out that the deposed emperor was too cowardly, so that Yan Huai felt that his network had spread all over the imperial city, and he was omnipotent.But now it seems that it is nothing more than that. He has no idea what Yan Zhiyi has done and he just wants to protect her.

Yan Huai’s face turned even uglier. When Zuoji was thinking about how to reply, Xie Ciyan’s words were already stuck in her throat before she even left her mouth.”Yan Zhiyi used poison to murder the Queen Mother, and then planted a love poison on the deposed emperor to control him. These two crimes alone are enough to send the entire Yan family to hell! Does Mrs. Yan still think she can stay out of the matter?”

The two people below had different expressions. Although Yan Huai’s face was slightly shocked, Xie Ciyan saw the flash of clarity in her eyes, and it became clear in an instant that Yan Huai might know about this.On the other hand, Cheng Ying’s face suddenly turned pale, and she covered her mouth in disbelief, as if she really didn’t know about this.

Cheng Ying, who just now was still categorically clearing the relationship between the Yan family and Yan Huai, now lowered her eyes in horror as if she didn’t dare to speak in front of the new emperor, for fear that she would be the next one to be implicated.She then thought of something, suddenly raised her head, and cast a pleading look at Yan Zhaozhao, who was sitting under Xie Ciyan, as if hoping she would ask for a way out for the Yan family.

The eyes were so intense that Yan Zhaozhao couldn’t ignore them, but she couldn’t bear to turn her head to meet her mother’s gaze.If she asked Xie Ciyan to handle this matter lightly, she would treat Xie Ciyan as nothing. Now is the time when he needs to establish his prestige in front of the courtiers. She is here just to see what choice her father will make. She will not interfere with any of Xie Ciyan’s choices, let alone plead for him.

Cheng Ying was even more shocked when she saw this, but now she no longer dared to act rashly in front of the new emperor, so she could only bear it with resentment.

“Now, there are only two ways before the Prime Minister. One, resign, I will keep you alive, but the Yan family and its people will not be allowed to enter the Sheng Kingdom again, let alone enter the official career.” Every time Xie Ciyan said a word, Yan Huai’s expression became uglier., he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and his face was ashen, but he did not dare to say another word, and then heard him continue: “Second, keep your position as prime minister, but Yan Zhiyi and the Yan family will all die, leaving only your Yanhuai lineage.”

Xie Ciyan’s sharp eyes stared closely at Yan Huai, who was kneeling tremblingly below, with a very light smile on his lips, “Prime Minister Yan, what choice should you make?”

There is no choice at all. No matter which path he chooses, he will be forced to a dead end!He has lived in a position of dignity for many years and is used to people looking up to him. If he resigns from his position, how can he have the face to face the clansmen? Those profit-seeking clansmen may compete with him for the position of the head of the Yan family.

However, if he wants to keep his position as prime minister, he must kill his beloved daughter and all his clan members. If the Yan clan is exterminated, he will die in the future, and he will have no face to see his clan members in the underworld.

Seeing him hemming and hawing for a long time, Xie Ciyan, who still couldn’t say a word, frowned slightly, and his tone was a little sharper, “I don’t have the patience to wait here for the Prime Minister to think about it. Tell me, do you choose one or two.”

“Your Majesty!” Yan Huai was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said without hesitation: “Please forgive me, Your Majesty! How do you want me to make this decision? I promise your Majesty that as long as the Emperor is willing to let me go and be close to my family, I will do my best to assist the Emperor and obey the Emperor’s orders. I just ask the Emperor to leave a way for me to survive!”

Xie Ciyan was even more impatient, “Yanhuai, this is the way of survival that I have left for you. People have to make some sacrifices. You can’t want both glory and glory. How can there be such a beautiful thing in the world?”

Yan Huai was even more anxious. She suddenly raised her hand and pointed directly at Yan Zhaozhao on one side, “If I resign and leave the Sheng Kingdom, Yan Zhaozhao will also leave with me. Even so, does the emperor think it doesn’t matter?!”

After spending many years in the court, how could he not see that Yan Zhaozhao was in love with the new emperor? What he said was to use Yan Zhaozhao to blackmail the new emperor. If he was really desperate, he would take Yan Zhaozhao and leave the Sheng Kingdom together. He didn’t believe that the new emperor would be so indifferent.

Xie Ciyan’s face remained as usual, as if he didn’t take what Yan Huai said into consideration at all. He put one hand on the handle of the dragon chair and said lazily, “Ai Qing is really confused. Zhao Zhao will be my queen, the mother of a country in the prosperous dynasty. Unlike ordinary concubines, how can my wife leave with you?”

Yan Huai and Cheng Ying both shrank their pupils, their eyes widening with shock.They thought that the new emperor just took a fancy to Yan Zhaozhao’s beauty, and at most he would be included in the harem and raised as a concubine, but they never thought that the new emperor actually planned to accept Yan Zhaozhao as the new queen!

Yan Huai’s eyes couldn’t help but fall on Yan Zhaozhao on the side, and there was a little more meaning in her eyes. For a moment, she couldn’t help but sigh that Yan Zhaozhao had an excellent destiny. Even if the dynasty changed, she still sat firmly on the throne of the queen.On the other hand, his beloved daughter Yan Zhiyi, who he had invested a lot of effort in, could not help but end up in a complete defeat, and even got involved with him. It was really… useless!

He was constantly weighing things in his mind, thinking quickly about how to use Yan Zhaozhao as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the new emperor.The safe way in Yan Huai’s mind is to first agree to the emperor’s resignation and save Yan Zhiyi and her clan, and then when Yan Zhaozhao sits on the throne of the queen, let her persuade the new emperor to let them return to the prosperous dynasty.In this way, he can stand in this court again, even if he has no chance of becoming the prime minister. With Yan Zhaozhao, who dares to offend him?

It’s not that he can’t let go of Yan Zhiyi, but he feels sorry for A Yuan. If something happens to their only daughter, she will shed tears day and night, and he will only be the one who feels bad for her.

Yan Huai pretended to sigh softly, “Your Majesty, I… know that I am incompetent and can no longer fulfill the post of Prime Minister, so I asked the Emperor to resign as Prime Minister. I will find a quiet place to spend my old age with my family, and ask the Emperor for your permission.”

He was confident in his heart, and there was no dissatisfaction on his face. He believed that one day he would definitely step into this prosperous country again.Yan Huai glanced at Yan Zhaozhao unintentionally, with deep meaning in her eyes. He had raised her to be so beautiful and beautiful, and had been favored by emperors of two dynasties, so there was no need to worry that Yan Zhaozhao would not support her mother’s family.

In this world, a married woman can only gain a foothold in her husband’s family by relying on her mother’s family. She will not be looked down upon by others. If her mother’s family is prosperous, the woman will naturally follow the glory.As the legitimate daughter, Yan Zhaozhao should understand the truth. As long as she is favored, why should the Yan family not enjoy all the glory?

But Yan Huai, who was indulged in it, seemed to have forgotten that all this was just his own imagination.He may have forgotten that when Yan Zhaozhao was struggling in the palace, he did not help her at all, but she was still the queen of the Sheng Dynasty.Even though she was about to be sent to an enemy country by the deposed emperor to marry the old emperor, his father never extended a helping hand. She was separated from the Yan family in her heart at a very early age. She had never received a glimmer of glory from the Yan family, nor did she rely on the Yan family to gain a foothold in the palace, which was on thin ice.

Now, how could she regard the Yan family as her backer and say a word for their prosperity?

Yanhuai’s wishful thinking will only come to nothing in the end.