Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

The carriage waited outside the city for an hour but there was no sign of Concubine Yun and the others. Xiao Zuochen was worried and planned to turn back to look for them, but was stopped by Chu Yao.

"No, with your mediocre skills, you'll be a burden if we get into trouble."

"But it's already been an hour. I'm afraid something might happen to my mother and the others. If we fail this time, we really won't have a chance."

Chu Yao thought about it.

"Then I'll go, and you wait here, so don't go."

After saying that, Chu Yao flew away and returned to the palace.

Another half an hour later, Concubine Yun and others arrived outside the city.

"Mother concubine!"

Xiao Zuochen ran over excitedly, looked around Concubine Yun, then looked at Yun Qian who was put down by Yun Feng.

"My mother should be..."

"Well, the witchcraft has been lifted, you can rest assured~"

Xiao Zuochen suddenly thought of something and asked.

"What took you so long? My eldest brother has already sent me a signal and has led Father away for a long time."

"Everything was going smoothly, but for some reason I encountered a few secret guards when I was about to leave the palace. They were very skilled, so it took some time."

Xiao Zuochen frowned slightly.

"Secret guards? Or several of them?"

A bad premonition came to his mind, and Xiao Zuochen immediately looked at Yixing again.

"Where's your master? He went back to pick you up. Where is he?"

When they heard this, they were stunned for a moment.

"I didn't see my master. Wasn't he with His Highness?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence. After a while, Xiao Zuochen spoke again.

"No, I have to find him!"

Xiao Zuochen was about to stand up but was stopped by a person of the opposite sex.

"Since my master has left Your Highness here, he must be worried that Your Highness would be in danger if he went there. Now that Concubine Yun has been rescued, Your Highness should proceed according to the plan. I will go back to find my master, and we will reunite later."

"No! I can't..."

"Chen'er, what he said makes sense. If you go back now, you will undoubtedly walk into a trap. Chu Yao and Yixing are good at martial arts, and they can still protect themselves."

Xiao Zuochen clenched his fists tightly, but finally had to let go.

"You must come back safely!"

"it is good."

So Xiao Zuochen and others set out for Wangyan City first.

As for Chu Yao——

The moment he entered the city, he realized that he was being watched. Yes, the emperor deliberately sent his four secret guards to stop Yun Feng and others. Although Concubine Yun might have been cured of the poison, his purpose was not to keep Concubine Yun. His target this time was Chu Yao.

They had originally thought of stopping Concubine Yun and delaying her for a while, waiting for Chu Yao and Xiao Zuochen to get restless, and then they would naturally lose their composure and turn back to look for her. They had originally sent a few more people to contain Xiao Zuochen, but he didn't even enter the city, so everyone went all out to besiege Chu Yao.

Once Chu Yao was lured away, the secret guards received the signal and delayed for another half a quarter of an hour before deliberately revealing a flaw to allow Concubine Fang Yun and the others to leave.

Although those guards could not defeat Chu Yao in a one-on-one fight, they were outnumbered and after a few hours, they managed to wear Chu Yao out to the point of exhaustion. His body was covered with wounds, and he finally knelt on one knee, holding on to the ground with the sword he had snatched in his hand.

At this time, Emperor Mingren walked out from the side, and Mu Dai followed behind him, holding a rope in his hand. A person was tied to the other end of the rope. It was Yixing.

The moment Chu Yao saw Yixing, his eyes, which were about to close due to excessive blood loss, opened wide again.

"Yixing! Dog Emperor, let him go!"

Chu Yao still wanted to stand up and kill him, but he was unable to do so. Even standing up became a problem for him.

"What qualifications do you have to talk to me like this?"

Yixing's mouth was blocked and he could only cry out.

Emperor Mingren took a sword from a young eunuch behind him, slowly drew it out, then turned around and cut a gash on Yixing's calf. Blood immediately flowed down his calf. He knelt on one knee because he had no strength to support his injured calf.

"No!"

Chu Yao didn't expect that Emperor Mingren would suddenly attack Yixing. He struggled to stand up again, but suddenly several guards appeared behind him and lifted him up.

Emperor Mingren ignored Chu Yao, with an expression of enjoyment on his face, and waved his hand back to Yixing's other leg.

"Puff-"

Yixing knelt completely on the ground, but he bit the cloth in his mouth tightly and tried not to make any sound, but his forehead was covered with sweat.

"Dog Emperor, what on earth are you going to do!"

Chu Yao shouted at Emperor Mingren and tried to break free from the hands of the guards behind him, but was kicked in the knee and fell to his knees.

"Look at how you two look now, you look like two abandoned dogs~"

After saying that, Emperor Mingren stabbed Yixing's arm with another sword.

"Hmm~"

Yixing couldn't help but cry out.

"I'm going to kill you, Dog Emperor! I'm going to kill you!"

Chu Yao roared, his eyes turned red and veins on his forehead bulged.

Emperor Mingren looked at him with an amused expression and asked back.

"Kill me? Why? With your crippled bodyguard?"

After saying that, he swung another sword at Yixing's only remaining intact arm, cutting it off directly.

"No! No—"

However, no matter how Chu Yao yelled, Emperor Mingren swung the knife without hesitation. Then he spoke while facing Chu Yao's murderous gaze.

"Just now you said you wanted to kill me. Ah~ I suddenly thought of a good place!"

So, the group took Chu Yao and dragged Yixing to the place Chu Yao was most familiar with - Prince Yun's Mansion.

The moment he got off the car, Chu Yao seemed to realize something and suddenly struggled violently until he was dragged under the car, with the guards pressing him down to keep him kneeling.

"What are you going to do!?"

Emperor Mingren sat in the carriage and did not get off. Mu lifted the curtain for him and signaled the guards to drag Yixing out.

"I heard that you and Lao Liu redecorated the Prince Yun's Mansion before you left. Lao Liu is a self-righteous person who always thinks that others can't guess his thoughts. But he is my son, how can I not know what he is thinking? I believe that you two have also spent a lot of time decorating the Prince Yun's Mansion, so I naturally want to take a good look at it."

"How could you..."

Chu Yao couldn't believe it. How could Emperor Mingren know so much?

Emperor Mingren smiled and said nothing. He waved his hand and several guards dragged Yixing to the gate.

"Let him go! He is just a subordinate. If you want to kill someone, kill me!"

"Heh~throw it in."

Following the order from Emperor Mingren, several guards joined forces to throw Jiang Yixing in. Yixing naturally knew what was ambushed in Prince Yun's Mansion. As soon as he hit the ground, arrows from all directions shot towards the center. Although Yixing's hands and feet were not tied, his limbs could no longer move. He knew that he was doomed today, so he raised his head and looked at Chu Yao. Chu Yao also looked at him with red eyes. Yixing forced a smile at him, and the next second, there was the sound of countless arrows piercing his flesh.

"No!"

Chu Yao roared helplessly, but no matter how much he roared, he could not change the outcome. The arrow was followed by an explosion, and in the end, Yixing was left with no complete body.

Emperor Mingren looked at the fire in front of him, said lightly, "It's boring", and ordered everyone to return to the palace.