The Evil Emperor's Favorite: The Sickly and Poisonous Concubine Goes Crazy

The deadlock between the father and son was not broken until a guard dressed in black Beiyang Dark Guards came hurriedly in.

"Shadow Guard Daolie greets the prince, the crown prince."

The secret guard saluted Prince Beiyang and Gu Yan'an.

Dao Lie is the commander of the shadow guards he sent to various places in the imperial capital. He would not suddenly return home without any reason.

"Dao Lie, why are you back? What happened?" he asked.

Gu Yan'an glanced at him, then lowered his head and continued to eat his breakfast slowly and gracefully.

"Your Highness, Prince. Last night, the Queen Mother was assassinated in the Royal Zen Temple. Her death is unknown. All the imperial doctors in the palace have been transferred to the Royal Zen Temple."

"Assassinated?" King Beiyang frowned slightly. The demon queen had so many experts around her, how could she be assassinated? Who had such high skills?

"Do you know who did this? Doesn't the Queen Mother have a ghost messenger by her side?"

Dao Lie bowed his head and replied, "I don't know who he is. I only heard that he has a cursed ghost mask. He comes and goes without a trace. He hurts people and then disappears. But he didn't take the Queen Mother's life. I don't know where the Netherworld Envoy went. He was not by the Queen Mother's side last night."

After hearing this, King Beiyang looked a little regretful, with a cold look in his eyes.

She was just injured, it's a pity she didn't die.

Dao Lie continued, "The Queen Mother is in a coma. The Nether Guards learned from somewhere that Young Master Mo Linyuan is treating the prince's injuries at the mansion. The Nether Envoy personally brought people to ask Young Master Mo Linyuan to save the Queen Mother. They should be arriving at the prince's mansion soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, a palace guard hurried in.

"Your Highness, the Netherworld Guards suddenly brought several teams of soldiers and blocked the gate of the mansion without saying a word, saying that they wanted to see Your Highness and invite some miracle doctor."

King Beiyang frowned and said to the attendant beside him:

"Send someone to tell Mr. Song not to come to the mansion today and not to let anyone disturb him."

Then he looked at the guard, his face full of anger.

"Go tell those shady people to get the hell out of here! There is no miracle doctor in my palace."

"Yes!" The guard also felt that the Netherworld Guards dared to block the gate of the palace, which was simply too much.

"Wait." Gu Yan'an called him, took the wet towel on the table and wiped his hands before standing up.

"Since they have come knocking on our door, let's treat these Nether Guards well."

"Go get the new batch of eagle crossbows from the warehouse. We haven't tested their power yet, so today is a good time to try them out."

The guard seemed to understand what Gu Yan'an wanted to do, and said with joy:

"Yes, my subordinate will go right away."

Gu Yan'an looked at King Beiyang and said, "You don't need to show up if your old illness hasn't healed yet. I'll go take a look."

King Beiyang seemed to understand what he was going to do, and the anger on his face lessened a little. It was indeed not easy for him to show up, so he nodded and warned:

"If that dark ghost dares to attack you, don't show mercy. If anything goes wrong, I will take the consequences!"

"Yeah." Gu Yan'an replied with his eyes lowered, a hint of blood flashing under his eyes. This was the dark ghost he was waiting for today.

"Let's go and meet this Netherworld Guard."

In front of the Beiyang Palace, the Netherworld Guard cavalrymen wearing ink-black iron armor and with Rakshasa ghost masks on their faces surrounded the front of the Beiyang Palace. The leader was holding a huge sword, not wearing iron armor, but was burly and strong, with a red ghost mask, and his murderous aura could not be concealed.

"Please tell the prince that we have no intention of offending you. We will leave immediately once we have invited the medical immortal." He spoke in an old, hoarse and somewhat harsh voice to the guards standing guard at the gate of Beiyang Palace.

Although his words were polite, the spears in the hands of the Netherworld Guards behind him were pointing directly at the Beiyang Palace.

"The person you are looking for is not in the palace. Please leave."

The dark ghost sneered when he heard him say that: "Oh? Really? Then we will wait here and see if we can wait for the person I am looking for, how about that?"

"You!" The leader of the guards was a general of the Beiyang Army. Seeing that he was so arrogant, he wanted to chop him with a sword.

But thinking that they were now in the imperial capital, he held back for fear of causing trouble for the palace.

He shouted to the Beiyang Palace soldiers behind him: "Guard the gates, the Beiyang Palace is not for anyone to enter!"

"Yes!" The soldiers behind him drew their swords and pointed them directly at the Netherworld Guards, showing no sign of retreating.

Under the dark ghost mask, his eyes were cloudy and he looked at them with impatience in his eyes.

If it was an ordinary official's residence, he would have broken in, but this was a super first-class duke's residence, and no one was allowed to break in without a royal order. If they broke in by force, they would be shot to death by the owner of the residence, and they would not be in the right.

But if she doesn't force her way in, the Empress Dowager might be in danger of her life.

"Squeak-"

The heavy door slowly opened from the inside.

"Xiao——" A short arrow made of black iron shot straight towards his heart with the speed of lightning.

His eyes turned cold, and he quickly leaned forward to dodge. But as soon as he dodged the dagger, he realized something was wrong, because the moment he leaned forward, another dagger seemed to have predicted his movement and shot straight at his face, leaving him no chance to dodge.

"Squeak..." Metal collided with metal, making a harsh sound. A very light cracking sound rang in his ears. His mask must have cracked.

An Gui sat up straight, his eyes cold, looking at the blue figure walking out of the palace.

The young man had a stunning appearance, a refined and noble appearance, and his calm and lazy black eyes looked at the dark ghost sitting on the horse, with a hint of provocation in his eyes.

He held a small black crossbow in his hand and waved it towards him, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with coldness.

"I'm sorry, Lord Nether Envoy, this new eagle crossbow doesn't work very well yet."

An Gui glanced at the palace guard behind him who was holding an eagle crossbow and had a stern expression on his face.

Prince of Beiyang? That's quite interesting indeed.

"Since the prince doesn't know how to use this eagle crossbow, it's better not to take it out. Otherwise, it might hurt someone by mistake." He said in a hoarse voice.

Gu Yan'an seemed not to have heard his warning. He still had a smile on his face. He fiddled with the scabbard in his hand and asked him:

"I haven't asked the Nether Envoy why he surrounded my house with such fanfare. Could it be that the Nether Guards are confiscating my property and are planning to raid Prince Beiyang's mansion?"

Dark Ghost knew that the Prince of Beiyang was extremely intelligent, so he decided not to make things too awkward. He bowed to him and said, "We have no intention of offending the Prince of Beiyang Palace, but the Queen Mother was assassinated last night and the imperial physician was helpless. We heard that the Doctor Immortal was treating the old prince at the mansion, so we came to ask him to heal the Queen Mother. The situation is urgent, so please don't embarrass us."

Gu Yan'an sneered, then stopped smiling, his eyes were cold. He raised the eagle crossbow in his hand and aimed at the dark ghost.

"But you led the troops to surround the Beiyang Palace without orders, which is already an offense. Tell me, if I want to shoot you now, will His Majesty punish you or me?"

"Besides, the Beiyang Palace doesn't have the person you're looking for."

Seeing him like this, An Gui's eyes turned colder: "Please don't embarrass us, my lord. If something happens to the Queen Mother, the consequences will be something that the Beiyang Palace cannot afford."

Gu Yan'an sneered, put away the eagle crossbow in his hand, and took a step back. Looking at the dark ghost, he raised a smile and said coldly:

"Fire arrows!"

Following his order, the palace soldiers behind him immediately pulled the trigger of the eagle crossbow and shot at the Nether Guards. No one knew when he had deployed people in the palace courtyard, but in an instant, short arrows fell like rain, and the Nether Guards in front of the palace gate were surrounded.

In just a short while, some of the Netherworld Guards were defeated and injured.

There was murderous intent in An Gui's eyes. He didn't expect that the Prince of Beiyang would be so bold as to shoot arrows at them.

"You ignorant boy! You must bear the consequences of what you did today!" he said angrily.

Seeing that most of the Netherworld Guards were injured, Gu Yan'an's ruthlessness eased a little and he raised his hand to ask his men to stop shooting.

He looked at the dark ghost again, no longer restraining his aura, with a terrifying and cruel look in his eyes, bloodshot:

"Oh, really? What consequences does the Nether Envoy want me to suffer?"

"The Nether Envoy has been away from the capital for many years. Could it be that he treats the Beiyang Palace as an ordinary mansion, allowing you to surround it and break in as you please?"

"You!" What An Gui did today was already in the wrong, and he was speechless for a moment.

"Today, you must hand over the Doctor Immortal!" He threatened Gu Yan'an in a hoarse voice. There was an urgent look in his eyes. He could not delay any longer. He had to bring the Doctor Immortal back as soon as possible.

Gu Yan'an looked at him coldly without saying anything. Instead, he fixed his gaze on the ancient wooden carriage on the street not far behind them.