Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

The sudden shouting and screaming outside the hall startled everyone inside who was unaware of what was happening.

Xiao Yan and the others all breathed a sigh of relief. However, there was one person in the hall who frowned, with a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.

Soon, the palace door was violently opened, and a group of soldiers in armor rushed in. The leader was Chen Jingwen, the deputy general of the state-guarding general Mu Jingfeng. Behind them was a group of aggressive soldiers.

It turned out that after Mu Lingxuan sent out the signal flare, the Mu family army that was originally hiding among the people immediately gathered together, with the majority of the force heading towards the palace gate, and a small part going to the residences of important officials of the court.

After arriving at the palace gate, they almost got into a fight with the garrison in the suburban camp. Fortunately, Chen Jingwen had the emperor's edict in his hand.

General Pei was furious when he learned that the one who was plotting to usurp the throne was the Fifth Prince who had delivered the message to him.

He immediately attacked the palace together with the Mu family army, killed the generals of the Imperial Guards on the spot, left some people to deal with the Imperial Guards who had surrendered, and then rushed to the mourning hall with his men.

Seeing that Xiao Rui had besieged the hall with thousands of imperial guards, he immediately ordered the capture of the rebels.

At this moment, Liu Donglai was leading his men to fight with Xiao Rui's men outside, while General Pei was leading his subordinates to chase and capture other imperial guards.

"I am sorry for being late in coming to your rescue. Your Highness, the general and all the others please forgive me." Chen Jingwen knelt on one knee to apologize.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan immediately stepped forward, helped the man up with both hands, and said solemnly: "Deputy General Chen, please stand up quickly. You showed up at the right time, and Yan should be grateful."

Chen Jingwen thanked him and stood up. Mu Jingfeng then stepped forward and patted his confidant on the shoulder to show encouragement.

"Uncle Chen, Liu...where are the others?" Mu Lingxuan wanted to ask Liu Donglai, but it would be better not to expose their relationship with the Liu family in this kind of occasion.

"General Pei is leading his men to capture the Imperial Guards scattered in other places in the palace, and Lieutenant General Liu is leading his men to capture the Fifth Prince and his entourage." Lieutenant General Chen knew what his major general wanted to ask.

"How many people does Lieutenant General Liu bring with him?" Mu Lingxuan asked hurriedly.

"Young General, don't worry. The leader of the Imperial Guards has been executed, and the few who resisted stubbornly have surrendered. Now the rebels are only a few thousand people around the Fifth Prince. Lieutenant General Liu leads 10,000 people, so it will be no problem to capture them." Deputy General Chen explained.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the faces of Mu Jingfeng and his son, as well as His Highness the Ninth, had changed. His heart skipped a beat and he asked, "Your Highness, General, is there something wrong?"

"Wait a minute, Xuan'er, bring people to provide support!" Mu Jingfeng ordered urgently.

Mu Lingxuan nodded, and rushed out with Xuan Yi and the Mu family secret guards who had previously disguised themselves as followers.

Xiao Yan also gave Yan Yi a wink, and about twenty royal secret guards flew out.

Seeing this, Deputy General Chen wanted to follow, but Mu Jingfeng stopped him, "Take your men here to protect His Highness, the princes, and the ministers. We don't know how many of Xiao Rui's men are assassins, so we need to prevent any fish from slipping through the net."

What Mu Jingfeng didn't say was that he and Yan Yi didn't leave because they found out that there seemed to be someone behind Xiao Rui.

This man had already made plans before Emperor Jing ascended the throne, such as the group of people in Yongshun Prefecture and the disaster relief funds that were embezzled during the Yongkang flood. This man was even involved with the aristocratic families in Yongze Prefecture.

But this person hid very deeply, and many clues were lost when they reached Xiao Rui. It was a bit annoying that we knew there was such a person but couldn't be sure who he was.

However, judging from the few clues, it should be one of the princes. Therefore, although there are no rebels outside now, Mu Jingfeng and Yan Yi still dare not relax.

When someone in the hall saw this, his eyes flickered slightly, and then he fell silent.

The mourning hall was set up in Linghua Palace, the bedroom of Emperor Jing. When Liu Donglai and others arrived, they forced people to go towards the Imperial Garden.

At this moment, they were already one mile away from Linghua Palace.

Xiao Rui watched the situation reversed, feeling unwilling and angry. He gritted his teeth and glared at Mu Lingxuan and the others who had just arrived, "I didn't expect you to have a backup plan!"

Fortunately, Mu Lingxuan arrived in time, otherwise Xiao Rui might have run away.

After all, he not only had many assassins around him, but also two masters who looked like the secret guards he trained. In addition, his own kung fu was not weak either. When Mu Lingxuan came, Xiao Rui almost broke through the siege.

Mu Lingxuan ignored her and helped Liu Donglai, who was injured by Xiao Rui, and gave him a pill for internal injuries that Han Duoduo had prepared for them. Seeing that Liu Donglai's breathing had stabilized, he handed him to Xuan Yi.

Then the young marquis stood up and said coldly, "I didn't expect you to be so stupid! Just surrender!"

There were not many imperial guards left around Xiao Rui, some were dead, some surrendered. The remaining twenty or so people should all be dead soldiers.

The soldiers quickly surrounded Xiao Rui and his followers. The officials who had originally submitted to Xiao Rui were now trembling with fear and regretting their decision.

"Oh, impossible! Mu Lingxuan, doesn't your Mu family army claim to value the people over the emperor? Then what does it matter who sits on the throne? Isn't it enough as long as you are good to the people? Why, have you changed your original intention now?" Xiao Rui sneered.

"No, it's just that you don't deserve it." The young marquis remained calm and composed.

"Hahahaha, I'm not worthy? Does that mean that the little brat who hasn't even fully grown Xiao Yan's hair is worthy? Aren't they all his sons? Why can the old thing only see them?" Xiao Rui looked a little crazy.

When Xiao Yan and others arrived after receiving the report from the secret guard, they heard this sentence. They immediately felt complicated, but when they thought of everything he had done, they became very angry.

"You really don't deserve it! You killed your brother and father, formed a clique for personal gain, colluded with the enemy country to kill loyal people, disregarded human life, and were unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, and unjust. Tell me, how do you deserve it!"

Xiao Yan spoke as he walked, each word becoming more serious and louder than the last, and finally he shouted and questioned.

"Hahahaha, don't I want to! Xiao Yan, all this is because of your mother! If it weren't for the old man's doting on her, if it weren't for the fact that he only saw you and your sister, I..."

"Just get out of here! You shameless bastard, just like your mother, who is so heartless and shameless!" Before Xiao Rui could finish his words, His Royal Highness the Prince rushed forward and started cursing.

If Mu Lingxuan hadn't held him back, he would have rushed directly into the encirclement.

Our Prince Heqin was seen with a bulging belly, one hand on his waist, the other pointing at Xiao Rui, his eyes as fierce as a she-wolf protecting her cubs, cursing, "I tui, of all the women and children in the whole mansion, oh no, now of all the women and children in the palace, you and your bitch mother are the least qualified to say this!"

If Liu Xu were here, she would definitely say, is this a male version of the "tui, tui, tui" auntie? Don't be too graphic, okay!