An Xuan held his beard and panted heavily. The scorching sun shone on him. The expert guards in front of him stared at Mu Jinan. A smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he was calm and composed:

"I don't know any Madam Shen. The handwriting in the letter can be forged. Please don't slander me."

"Minister Mu, a little beauty, is so capable of mobilizing the imperial guards. I, An Xuan, am convinced. But I heard that when you and King Liang raided Shen Yuzhong's mansion, you executed him first and then reported to him."

"Since it is an imperial decree, where is the eunuch who delivered it?"

"If it was really His Majesty who sent the Imperial Guards, they should be the Northern Yamen Imperial Guards. Who ordered you to do so?"

Mu Jinan knew that this man was no ordinary person as he could instigate wars in history.

Almost no one knew about the confiscation of Shen Yuzhong's property. He was far away from Chang'an, but he knew about it. He must have a very powerful secret agent in the court.

Mu Jinan drew his sword. Since the rebel had already arrived in Chang'an, how could he let him leave? His eyes were cold, he raised his eyebrows and said in a loud voice:

"An Xuan, have you ever heard of luring someone into a trap and then closing the door to beat the dog?"

"You should think about when I knew you would kill Mrs. Shen"

An Xuan laughed loudly and turned his head to the sky. He put his hands behind his back and glanced at his counselor Zhang Jie. A gleam of light flashed across his deep eyes:

"I, An Xuan, have ten sons. If you dare to frame me, they will never let you go."

General Guo Yi sneered. In his eyes, An Xuan was nothing but a traitor. He showed contempt:

"Really? Ten sons, eight of them are useless."

"As long as this general is here, no one will dare to harm Minister Mu."

"Take it for me"

General Guo Yi is Mu Jingyi's master. During the previous battle of Nanzhao, he learned that Mu Jinan had seen through the traitors such as Shen Yuzhong who were causing the chaos, and reminded him to be careful of the traitors in the army and stop the war in time. He then began to appreciate Mu Jinan a little more.

We served in the same court and got along well with each other, and I knew that she was a loyal and capable person.

Mu Jinan glanced at General Guo Yi. He used to think that among his elders, his father Mu Chen was the most handsome and heroic. But today he felt that General Guo was so overbearing and deep.

"Am I going to be the group's favorite?"

Mu Jinan's eyes showed some evil and evil charm, and the sword in his hand was pointed at An Xuan:

"I haven't killed anyone in a long time. Let's see whether my sword is stronger or your mouth is harder."

Mu Jin'an Tao flew straight towards Shen Yuzhong on his sword, followed closely by General Guo Yi, and the two sides started fighting.

The guards around An Xuan were highly skilled in martial arts and were experts in fighting one against a hundred. More than ten of them surrounded Mu Jinan.

They stabbed at her abdomen together. Mu Jinan raised his sword and struck their swords with his palm while hanging upside down in the air. Guo Yi moved like a flash and broke up their formation.

The imperial guards dealt with dozens of guards separately. Mu Jinan pierced the leading guard's head with a sword, and he fell to the ground and died with his eyes wide open.

"what--"

It's heart-wrenching and painful.

General Guo Yi's sword was stained with the blood of those masters, and they covered their necks and hearts.

“Ah…Ah…”

The blood spread like a long river, the sun was scorching, and there were flashes of swords.

Mu Jinan watched An Xuan flee, opened the mechanism on the hilt of the sword, and a silver needle burst out from the rib and pierced An Xuan's back.

He stopped running and slowly collapsed to the ground. Looking at Mu Jinan approaching him, he raised his eyes and smiled strangely:

"Minister Mu, you are the one who deserves to be the queen. You are so cruel and ruthless."

Mu Jinan waved his hand, his eyes were full of disdain: "Take him away"

A dozen imperial guards tied up An Xuan from head to toe, with the ropes wrapped around and around, and carried him to the palace.

The counselor Zhang Jie was also taken away, and the dancer was sent to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation.

When Mu Jinan thought about the killing just now, he did not feel nauseous, dizzy or crazy as before. He could not see those heads or sea of ​​blood in his mind.

At the palace banquet that day, when Mu Jinan saw Madam Shen and An Xuan looking at each other, he knew that all men are lustful, and some of them prefer to covet the women of those in high positions.

Shen Yin was no pushover either. After her husband died, she had a son who was in love with her elder brother and Emperor Ming.

He was jealous of his sister Shen Yuyuan.

An Xuan wanted to be the emperor, but he also liked other people's wives, so how could he not take action against the emperor's women?

Outside the Zhaoyue Palace, Emperor Ming was still drowsy. Mu Jinan had asked the eunuchs to inform twice. Finally, when Emperor Ming got up, several people came into the palace, accompanied by Song Hao from the Ministry of Justice.

Concubine Shen Yuyuan was not in the palace.

I heard that he was sick and bedridden.

Emperor Ming was groggy, holding his head with his hands, looking at An Xuan who was tied up and gagged, and pretended to be puzzled and asked:

"What's going on here?"

Mu Jinan knelt down:

"Your Majesty, you have been in poor health recently, feeling sleepy and weak, and occasionally dizzy and having heart blockages. The imperial physician has been unable to cure you, so you ordered people to find a folk doctor."

Emperor Ming nodded, and became even more suspicious. How could a minister know the exact condition of the emperor's body so clearly?

"Well, you know it well."

Song Hao from the Ministry of Justice stepped forward, knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty, Madam Shen died suddenly in the pond. The Ministry of Justice has found out that she was poisoned and then tortured and her body was dumped."

"Mrs. Shen left a suicide note, accusing An Xuan of plotting rebellion and asking her to mix poison into the incense burner in His Majesty's bedroom."

Song Hao found the letter under a loose floor tile under the bed in Shen Yin's room.

"Your Majesty, please ask the imperial physician to examine this poison."

Emperor Ming had never taken An Xuan seriously. Now that Concubine Shen had adopted him as her godson, she trusted him even more. But recently, he had heard people talking about rebellion, and he became suspicious.

Although Emperor Ming set up a trap for Mu Jinan, he was worried that An Xuan wanted to harm him, so he might as well take the opportunity to test the poison and see how loyal An Xuan was.

He pretended to be frightened and stood up, his face changed, his fingers trembling:

"What? Quick, call the imperial physician, get all the imperial physicians here."

An Xuan was extremely anxious, his mouth was still blocked. Although Emperor Ming was old, he still had some strength, and kicked him in the chest:

"You, a Hu child, the governor of three towns, are still not satisfied and dare to murder the emperor."

An Xuan weighed about two or three hundred pounds, but he didn't move a single step.

He knelt on the ground, begging with his eyes, shaking his head, and stammering:

"Your Majesty, it's not me..."

Although Emperor Ming has ulterior motives today...

Emperor Ming pressed his temples, paced back and forth in the hall, and trembled with anger.

If An Xuan really rebelled, and I let him serve as the governor of three towns and recognize Concubine Shen as his godmother, wouldn't people all over the world laugh at him for inviting a wolf into the house and being incompetent?

After a while, more than twenty imperial doctors came and checked the incense burner together.

Several people frowned, unable to tell, and shook their heads:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me."

“This fragrance is indeed non-toxic”

Although there were many people in the hall, it was too quiet. Everyone was nervous as they had their own thoughts.

Mu Jinan, Guo Yi and the people from the Ministry of Justice were staring at the imperial doctors.

Mu Jinan was worried, wondering if An Xuan had bribed the imperial physician, so she asked several other imperial physicians to check.

The few people smelled it carefully, their faces solemn, and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, this incense is indeed non-toxic"

There are several imperial physicians who are highly skilled in medicine and are loyal ministers, and it is impossible for An Xuan to bribe all of them.

Mu Jinan looked back at An Xuan, and thought of his weird smile today. She felt a chill down her spine. Seeing this, Emperor Ming ordered the eunuch to remove the coarse cloth from An Xuan's mouth.

An Xuan felt disgusted at first. He had experienced many storms and waves, but he was not afraid at all. He followed his plan and begged for mercy:

"Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of treason or regicide. Even if you give me ten thousand lives and ten thousand courages, I would not dare to do it."

"It is clear that Minister Mu colluded with the Ministry of Justice and teamed up with Guo Yi to frame me."

"Your Majesty, please understand and make the decision for me."

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