Chapter 20: Absolutely Lawless

After paying respects, Hu Yushi began to complain indignantly, accusing the princess of various treasonous crimes, with an excited look and spitting everywhere.

Xiao Chongshan looked angry, and waited patiently for Hu Yushi to finish speaking before he continued: "My daughter just followed her mother to the princess's mansion to see her brother, but the princess ordered someone to kill her! I feel so upset. Yingxue is only sixteen, and her best years have just begun. The princess kills people as if it is a common thing. It is really chilling. Please ask the emperor to make the decision for me and give justice to my daughter!"

Xiao Chongshan's tone was angry and tough, and he seemed to be determined not to give up until he gave him an explanation.

But it is understandable.

He is a military general with military power. First, his son was caught cheating, detained, caned, and imprisoned, and then his daughter was killed. How could he swallow this breath?

If Yan Qing was not known to everyone as a star of bad luck, not liked by the empress dowager and the emperor, or if such a thing was done by the emperor, he might have rebelled without any problem.

Yan Chen was in a state of panic, but at the same time, his doubts about the Xiao family had unconsciously disappeared.

Yan Qing even killed the daughter of the Xiao family, which shows that it is impossible for him to collude with the Xiao family.

"To be honest." He sat on the chair, his face looked like a layer of frost, "Yan Qing also poisoned me."

What?

Xiao Chongshan and Hu Yushi were stunned, looking up at the emperor in disbelief, and then slowly turned their heads and saw several imperial doctors in the imperial study.

"The princess...how dare she?" Censor Hu seemed to be stunned. "This is regicide. She dares to regicide? She actually dares to regicide?!"

Yan Chen closed his eyes, and his tone was more cold: "For now, we can only see the attitude of the regent."

The emperor had just ascended the throne and his foundation was unstable. Even if he wanted to deal with Yan Qing, it would not be so easy. If he sent out the imperial guards, he was more worried that Yan Qing's Qilin Guards would confront him directly.

If Xiao Chongshan was asked to send troops - to deal with a princess, he actually needed to send out regular troops. I'm afraid he would be ridiculed by the world.

If he just ignored it, it would seem that the emperor was afraid of trouble.

The regent held military power and had deterrence in the court. He was more effective than the emperor Yan Chen. As long as he was willing to come forward, Yan Qing would not be his opponent.

"I have known too little about Yan Qing over the years." The Queen Mother sat on the chair, unwilling to hide the disgust between her eyebrows, "I didn't expect that she would become so rebellious and rebellious after being exiled for a few years, without any awe."

Xiao Chongshan was silent for a while: "I have a suggestion, I don't know..."

"Go ahead."

"Cancel the marriage between the eldest princess and Jing Han, and order the eldest princess to return to Suzaku City." Xiao Chongshan lowered his eyes, and the color in his eyes was dark and deep, "Find an excuse in the future, saying that the eldest princess colluded with the Suzaku King and conspired to rebel, and sent people to attack Suzaku City. In this way, we can get rid of the Suzaku King and punish the eldest princess, killing two birds with one stone."

Several capable generals who followed the founding monarch of Dayong to conquer the world four hundred years ago were granted the fiefdoms of the four kings of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu, and each guarded the four directions of east, west, south, and north.

Over the past hundreds of years, the power of the four kings has gradually grown, each holding military power, and the fiefdoms are fertile and rich, which has already posed a threat to the imperial power.

Before his death, the late emperor appointed Yan Cang as the regent because he was the only prince who could suppress the ambitions of the four vassal kings.

However, now that Dayong is facing internal and external troubles, there is a rebellious princess, and the regent is the uncle that Yan Chen is afraid of. It is really a dilemma and difficult to move forward and backward.

Yan Chen did not speak.

He was indeed considering Xiao Chongshan's proposal, but this idea is too early for now.

The plan given to him by his father is to use Yan Cang to intimidate the four kings, and then use Yan Qing to contain the regent Yan Cang, giving him enough time to consolidate the throne and win over the people.

When the throne is stable and there are enough civil officials and generals available, first slowly take back and weaken the power of the regent Yan Cang, then get rid of Yan Qing, and finally deal with the four kings.

Once the marriage between Yan Qing and Xiao Jinghan is cancelled, the plan of the father will be completely destroyed, and the painstaking chips of the father before his death will also be in vain.

Sitting quietly and thinking for a while, Yan Chen suddenly realized that he was too anxious about Yan Qing. It would not be good for him to turn against her so early.

During the ten years of exile, he didn't know what Yan Qing had experienced outside, let alone where her confidence came from.

If it was because of the support of the Suzaku King... Yan Chen's eyes were delicate, so he couldn't touch her for the time being.

"General Xiao's suggestion is very good." Yan Chen stood up and personally went over to help Xiao Chongshan and Hu Yushi up. "I will give you an explanation for what happened today. I will not let Miss Xiao die in vain, and I will not let Yan Qing abuse the legitimate son of the family. I will order her to release the young master Hu as soon as possible."

This is as good as saying nothing.

Although Hu Yushi's youngest son can be released, the daughter of the Xiao family is already dead. Even if an explanation is given, the person can no longer be resurrected. However, the emperor never mentioned how to deal with the eldest princess.

Xiao Chongshan's face was not very good, but he could not express his dissatisfaction, otherwise it would be disrespectful.

"I will discuss this matter with the Regent." Yan Chen said, "My two beloved ministers, go back first and wait for my news."

Xiao Chongshan was dissatisfied, but he could only bear it.

He was a military general, and he had to be extremely careful in his actions. Unlike civil officials who could risk their lives to advise, if he dared to force the emperor with a tough attitude, he would be suspected of having his own troops and being disloyal.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Xiao Chongshan lowered his head and said, "Yes, I will leave."

After walking out of the Imperial Study Room, his face instantly darkened, and the hands hanging by his sides slowly clenched.

"General Xiao, please forgive me." Hu Yushi sighed and lowered his voice, "Now the situation in the Yong Dynasty is unstable, and the emperor has just ascended the throne, so it is inevitable that he will not be able to do things as he wishes. What's more, the eldest princess has just returned from Zhuque City, and her behavior is also It’s really something no one has ever thought of…”

Xiao Chongshan said nothing, his brows and eyes were filled with a layer of gloom.

Since the eldest princess came back from Suzaku City, first Jing Han was imprisoned, and then Ying Xue was killed. He had to doubt whether Yan Qing was deliberately targeting the Xiao family?

Otherwise, a mere visit to a brothel would have led her to do such a dangerous thing?

But during the ten years that Yan Qing had been in Suzaku City, the Xiao family had never had anything to do with her. Where did her hostility come from?

Xiao Chongshan couldn't figure out what went wrong no matter how hard he tried.

When the two of them left the palace, they happened to meet the regent. He was dressed in a light black robe and had a cold and intimidating demeanor. He was obviously only twenty-seven or seventy-eight years old, but it made even a general like Xiao Chongshan feel palpitated.

Yan Cang got off his horse and walked to the palace gate. Xiao Chongshan and Hu Yushi saluted him respectfully: "See the Regent."

"No need." Yan Cang walked into the palace gate directly, his voice was as soft as talking to the air, he didn't even look at the two of them, he was so aloof and almost arrogant.

Hu Yushi couldn't help but sigh again: "Everyone in the Dayong royal family has such a bad temper, it's not easy for the emperor. General Xiao, we should be more considerate of the emperor."

"What Hu Yushi said is really ridiculous." Xiao Chongshan's face darkened, "It's not your son who was beaten with a stick and imprisoned, or your daughter who was killed. Of course you can understand."

Hu Yushi frowned: "Why did General Xiao talk like that? My daughter was not killed because my daughter did not go to the eldest princess to scream. If your daughter did not offend the eldest princess, the eldest princess would never rush to your home. Kill someone?"

After a pause, "Besides, why wasn't my son imprisoned? Wasn't he forcibly taken to the princess's mansion as a slave by the eldest princess?"

Xiao Chongshan rolled his sleeves and left coldly, too lazy to say anything more to him.