144 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” chips

A trace of unwillingness flashed in Yan Huai’s eyes, but he still said harshly: “I don’t know what the emperor means, so please don’t slap a hat on my head.” He paused for a moment, then looked directly into the emperor’s cold eyes, “I am scared.”

Xie Ciyan glanced at Yan Zhaozhao without trace, and saw that her face was a bit paler than before, and her heart suddenly hurt. She stopped beating around the bush with the Yan family in front of her, and turned her head to look at Huo Sui, who was standing to one side.

Huo Sui understood, stepped forward and walked behind Yan Bai, and took a closer look at his waist. It was indeed the token Wang Lei said.He stretched out and hooked the token on his fingertips, and then twirled it casually between his fingers a few times before lazily speaking, “Since I can catch you all here, there won’t be any evidence at all.” He presented the token to Xie Ciyan, condescendingly.He went down to the ground and looked at Yan Bai, who could not hide his guilt, “The person who poisoned the porridge did anything. He said it was you. Young Master Yan gave him a large sum of money and ordered him to poison the emperor’s porridge. Wang Lei recognizes you and cannot deny it.”

“Impossible! How could he know about me…” Yan Bai blushed. Hearing Huo Sui’s words, he couldn’t hold back and shouted out the words. This sentence basically confirmed his accusation.He himself seemed to realize what he had said and quickly shut up, but it was too late.

“Next time, remember to be smart before doing something bad.” Huo Sui’s face was full of ridicule, and he said words full of contempt in a nonchalant tone, “You have a Yan family brand on your body, and you don’t cover your face to instruct people, and you still want to avoid being recognized? Do you think Wang Lei is a fool, or we are fools?”

“I, I…” Yan Bai hesitated for a long time, racking his brains but still couldn’t say a word to defend himself. A pair of eyes full of panic kept looking at his father beside him, hoping that he could save her.

“Your Majesty misunderstood, my son just asked for directions from a man, and was not ordered to poison as General Huo said.” Yan Huai’s eyes remained calm, without even the slightest hint of guilt, as if he was sure that he and his family could walk out of the inn safely.”The dog has a pure nature, how could he do such a thing? How can we believe the words of an innkeeper? He must have exposed the matter after poisoning, and then he bit my son at will.”

“That’s it.” Xie Ciyan pretended to understand, but the look he looked at them was even colder than before, as if he wanted to freeze them. “But I don’t know something, so I would like to ask the Prime Minister to clarify my doubts. Since you said that you asked the young master for directions, why did you know that the person he asked was a waiter in the inn? I have never said who poisoned the person.”

His words were sarcastic, blocking his last avenue of excuse.”Prime Minister, please don’t tell me that your son will tell you even such a small thing as asking for directions.”

Yan Huai choked. He was so sure that the emperor would not do anything to him that he did not notice that the truth was already revealed in his words.

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Xie Ciyan put away the fake smile at the corner of his mouth and coldly stated all the guesses in his mind.”Yan Bai is just a cover. The one who really wants to poison me is you, Yan Huai.” The old man in front of him opened his mouth to retort, but was interrupted by him, “You can arrange all this on the day I leave the palace. It shows that you have been stranded in Chang’an.However, for a period of time, you hid there and waited for an opportunity.Fortunately, I was released by you at this time. I came out of the palace on a whim, and you conspired with another person to murder me outside the palace.”

At this point, the coldness in his eyes became even more intense, and he stared directly at Yan Huai with a pair of frost-filled eyes, “Think about it, it’s not only you who poisoned me, but also the person behind you who couldn’t come forward.” Xie Ciyan said lightly, “In other words, that person can’t come forward at all, so I can only use your hands to get rid of me!”

“I don’t understand what the emperor means. I didn’t poison you. The emperor knows it for sure!” Yan Huai denied it. She straightened her body and looked like she could do nothing to him. She was extremely calm.

“The heartbroken grass is extremely poisonous, and one plant can kill a person. But it is a rare thing. Even the prosperous doctor Chang’an has never seen the broken heart grass. How could Wang Lei have such a precious thing.” He gently rubbed the raised patterns on the token with his fingertips, his gaze like a sword, exuding an invisible oppression.”The precious heartbroken grass in the palace is just used as a common medicinal material. It is not difficult to get. You Yanhuai is just a prime minister with a false reputation. How can you have a broken heart grass in your hands? The only person who can get the broken heart grass in the palace day and night longing for my death is…”

“Deposed Emperor.”

Xie Ciyan and Yan Zhaozhao said in unison.

Yan Zhaozhao suddenly stood up and slowly walked to her blood relatives with a slightly heavy step.”You and the deposed emperor will not cooperate without reason. I think the person who pulls the strings is your beloved daughter Yan Zhiyi.” She chuckled softly, but it was full of sadness, “Is it worth my father’s risk and all his efforts to poison the emperor for Yan Zhiyi? Have you ever remembered that I am also your daughter?!”

“Wrong!” Yan Huai shouted suddenly, glaring angrily at Yan Zhaozhao, who was enjoying the endless glory in front of her. “As early as when my tribe and I were driven out of the capital and could not return without being summoned, you were no longer my Yan Huai’s daughter!”

Yan Zhaozhao suddenly froze, the expression on her face froze, her red lips slightly opened, all the words she wanted to say were choked in her throat, and she could no longer make a sound.She had long known that her father didn’t care about her as a daughter, but the moment these words came out of his mouth, she still couldn’t help but feel pain in her heart.

But when Yan Huai saw the beautiful Yan Zhaozhao sitting next to the emperor, she couldn’t stop the resentment in her heart. Her eyes were like daggers tempered with poison, piercing her heart one after another, cold and vicious.”If it weren’t for you, how could I end up in this situation?! If I could do it again, I would definitely let Yu’er enter the palace and become the queen. Only her becoming the queen will bring supreme glory to the Yan family, unlike you who drove your relatives and clan members out of Chang’an!”

“If it weren’t for Zhao Zhao, the Prime Minister would not be kneeling here talking to me now, but he would have been sentenced to be beheaded, and his head would be buried under the loess!” Xie Ciyan’s voice was bone-chilling, like ice from a thousand-year cold cave. It conveyed unquestionable pressure and made people feel nervous.”The Prime Minister must have forgotten that what you committed was a capital crime, a capital crime that could implicate the entire clan! For Zhao Zhao’s sake, I only allowed you to move out of Chang’an, but I never treated you unfairly. You are never satisfied.”

Hearing this, Yan Huai didn’t realize that she was wrong at all. She still choked her neck and broke the jar and said: “My Yan family has been glorious for many years. I, Yan Huai, have been prime minister for many years and hold a high position. No matter the common people or officials in the same dynasty, they all bow to me when they see me. What a sight! But now you want me to work as a farmer in the countryside. From daily delicacies to coarse grains that are hard to swallow,How can I bear it?” He glanced at his son who was shrinking into a ball next to him. He felt that he could not bear to lose the Yan family in his hands. He looked at Yan Zhaozhao and gritted his teeth and continued: “Because of you, the Yan family will fall into your hands!You ignore the father who raised you and the mother who gave birth to you, but you cannot ignore your brother!”

Yan Zhaozhao followed Yan Huai’s gaze and glanced at the submissive Yan Bai, and her heart couldn’t help but feel cold.Yan Bai is a concubine, and his mother never treats him badly. However, his father and Aunt Yuan treat him as a treasure. Even if he gets into trouble since he was a child, his father will protect him.Because he was carefully protected, he developed a timid temperament. He didn’t want to do small things but couldn’t do big things. His father didn’t think there was anything wrong with Yan Bai’s temperament, and he had already made plans in his heart for him to inherit the position of prime minister in the future.

Now, the Yan family has moved out of Chang’an, and Yan Bai is truly ruined.However, Yan Huai did not want the Yan family to decline, so she tried her best to return to Beijing and make Yan Bai an official to restore the glory of their Yan family.But he forgot that Yan Bai was just a straw bag without any ink in his belly. It was only how he saved the Yan family that was about to sink.

“So… did my father do this to the emperor just to return to the court?!” Yan Zhaozhao pondered for a long time, with disappointment in his words.

“Yes.” He looked directly at the safe and sound emperor in front of him, knowing that his plan had failed. He thought that the poison had not been eaten. Since there were no casualties, it would not be that simple to convict him. Moreover, with Yan Zhaozhao as the biggest bargaining chip in his hand, he was not afraid that Xie Ciyan would convict him of death.”After the emperor succeeded to the throne, he eliminated all the traps I had planted in the palace, but he left me with a few remaining people. They were loyal to me and volunteered to serve Yu’er in the Xuanji Palace. Because of this, I got the news about Yu’er, and used her as an intermediary to reach a cooperation with the person in the palace.”

Yan Huai glanced at Yan Zhaozhao and saw that she looked uneasy, which made him feel even more happy.He, his legitimate daughter, has wanted his love most since she was a child. As long as Yan Zhaozhao lets him return to the court today, he can love her a little more so that she can rely on the Yan family.

Since Xie Ciyan is still alive, it would be extremely difficult to do anything again.Yu’er is already a useless chess piece, and the only thing that can be used is this respected bargaining chip.

Today, he will use Yan Zhaozhao as a bargaining chip to return to the court and regain his position as one person below others and above ten thousand people.