You died to save me, I promise you a lifetime

An Bei smiled and shook his head.

"Anxi was supposed to be on duty tonight, but I switched with her."

"Alright then, let's go to bed early and get up early tomorrow morning. You've seen the battle between the palace's secret guards and the Dragon Shadow Guards. The gap between us and them is huge, so we need to train hard."

"Well, I will train hard and try to learn half of Ling Feng and the others' abilities."

Mu Yunge was a little confused, "Why is it only half of my ability?"

"I feel that my innate conditions are insufficient. I am afraid that I cannot learn to be like them."

"Everything depends on human effort. Hard work will always pay off. When you were a child, you often cried because you were slow in learning moves. But now, aren't you still as good as your sisters?" Mu Yunge encouraged.

"Yes, I will listen to you, young lady. I will train well and work hard to learn skills."

"Good job, go to sleep! Remember, at any time, no matter who you are, you can only protect yourself if you have the ability."

In the following days, Mu Yunge and others trained as usual.

The fact that the Great Yan Emperor was unkind and sent the Dragon Shadow Guards to massacre Prince Zhan's palace soon became known to everyone as the people spread the news by word of mouth amidst their outrage.

Some scholars began to criticize him: "Prince Zhan led the army to war at the age of fourteen, fighting in the south and the north, repelling Dongli and Nansang, and making great military achievements for the peace of Da Yan.

Now that he's the emperor, he wants to kill Prince Zhan as soon as possible. Everyone, tell me, do we agree to this?"

"No, no..."

"The War King is here to protect us, the people. We must support and protect him as well."

The people gathered around Prince Zhan's mansion to show their support for him.

In order to prevent the situation from escalating further, Chief Steward Qu stepped forward and said, "Fellow villagers, thank you for protecting our prince. Our prince is fine for the time being.

Everyone, go back. If you keep gathering here like this, someone might get angry and embarrassed if he finds out, which would be detrimental to our prince.

Please believe in us. Soon we will have a place to reason.

Everyone please go back, our family would like to thank you all here."

When the people heard this, they also thought it made sense. "We can't give that dog emperor a handle to harm the prince. Let's go and disperse!"

Everyone was holding a grudge, but gradually dispersed cooperatively.

The atmosphere in the capital was so oppressive that it seemed like it was about to explode at any moment; it was dull to the extreme.

After hearing the news, Emperor Yan flew into a rage in the imperial study, but he could do nothing. In an emergency, he couldn't kill the people to silence them.

In the blink of an eye, it was April 29th.

At the beginning of the Mao hour that day, Concubine Lin got up early and personally helped Emperor Yan to change his clothes as he was about to attend the morning court session.

Last night, she took great pains to invite the bad-tempered Great Yan Emperor to Jingyang Palace, and after some tenderness, she successfully kept him.

"Your Majesty, I have already ordered breakfast to be prepared for you. Please enjoy some before attending the morning court."

The Great Yan Emperor was very pleased with Concubine Lin Xian's service: "Well, my beloved concubine has won my heart!"

"Then from now on, Your Majesty, please come to my Jingyang Palace more often. Perhaps because I am getting older, I am increasingly afraid of being lonely."

Hearing what Concubine Lin said, Emperor Yan was actually moved. "I will definitely come to accompany my beloved concubine often."

As they were talking, Concubine Lin's personal nanny brought breakfast.

Concubine Lin Xian personally served him porridge, arranged dishes for him, and waited on him for breakfast.

The Great Yan Emperor looked at her gentle and considerate appearance and said, "You can use some too. I have prepared so much that I can't use it all."

"Your Majesty, please enjoy. It's a little early now, and I'm not hungry yet. I'll enjoy it after daybreak."

The Great Yan Emperor nodded, and under the persuasion of Concubine Lin Xian, he had a bowl of porridge, some buns, dumplings and pastries, and then went to the court contentedly.

After the people walked away, Concubine Lin gave the nanny a wink, and the nanny quickly took away the breakfast and hurried to the kitchen to deal with it.

He arrived under a tree, looked around to make sure there was no one around, then dug a hole and buried all the breakfast in it.

After daybreak, Concubine Lin ate breakfast in front of many palace servants in a high-profile manner: "Mammy, the breakfast you made today is really good. The emperor is very satisfied and said that he will come often in the future."

The nanny smiled and said, "This old servant made it according to your and the emperor's preferences."

"Well, there's a reward!"

in the hall.

An official named Chen from the Imperial Censorate submitted a memorial: "Your Majesty, I have received a secret report that the Second Prince has secretly opened a gold mine in Lingchuan County. Upon investigation, this is absolutely true. Here are the testimonies, evidence, and confessions from those involved."

Mr. Chen presented a memorial and a small bag of gold ore, and asked someone to bring a witness.

The evidence is conclusive and no one is allowed to disbelieve or question it.

After reading it, the Great Yan Emperor was furious: "Come here, arrest that rebellious son Zhao Hongyang and bring him to the palace. I want to hear his own story."

The court officials who had sharp eyes and ears quickly saw the situation clearly.

The matter of the Second Prince opening a gold mine was not revealed earlier or later, but was revealed at this time. If you say that there is no one behind it, I would never believe it even if you kill me.

It seems that something big is going to happen in the court. The second prince is finished!

Soon, Zhao Hongbo was dragged into the Hall of Supreme Harmony by the guards and thrown in front of the hall.

The Great Yan Emperor looked at Zhao Hongyang, who was unable to stand up due to the wounds he had received from the beating, and roared, "How dare you, a rebellious son, secretly mine gold? What is your punishment?"

Zhao Hongyang lay on the ground and used up all his strength to kneel down: "Father, I did not mine privately. After I found the mine, I wanted to report it to you.

But the gold mine is such a big deal, I'm afraid of making a fool of myself, so to make sure it's all right, I'm thinking of trying to mine it first and then reporting it to you, Father."

Seeing that the Great Yan Emperor seemed to be soft-hearted, Zhao Hongyi's men began to pressure him.

"Your Majesty, this gold mine has been mined for over three years. The Second Prince's statement is ridiculous. He's treating us all like fools.

According to the laws of our Great Yan, mining without permission is a serious crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the entire clan.

Although the Second Prince is a member of the royal family, if the emperor breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people. The people are already uneasy. To silence the public, I ask His Majesty to handle this matter impartially, severely punish the Second Prince, and give the world an explanation."

Several ministers deliberately mentioned the instability of public sentiment.

Because of Prince Zhan's incident, the emperor has already earned a bad reputation among the people as an unkind ruler. Could it be that he will also be branded as a tyrant?

The Great Yan Emperor's face turned pale and blue.

Someone in the court stood up and agreed.

Once one takes the lead, there will be a second, a third...

The other ministers quickly understood the current situation and sided with Zhao Hongyi. "Your Majesty, please punish the Second Prince severely and uphold the laws of Great Yan!"

"Your Majesty, please punish the Second Prince severely!"

"I second the proposal!"

Everyone knelt in the hall, and the court officials advised Emperor Yan while putting pressure on him.

The Great Yan Emperor was so angry that the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

The Third Brother's people are forcing me like this. Do they want me to deal with the Second Brother now and let me help him eliminate the dissidents?

The image of the eldest brother who was still unconscious flashed through his mind. It turned out that the third brother's methods were even more cruel than he thought.

Well, now that things have come to this, let’s just fulfill his wish.

"Zhao Hongyang's illegal gold mining is unforgivable, and he is demoted to a commoner! Come, immediately throw him into the Sky Prison and keep him there forever."

Two guards dragged Zhao Hongyang out.

Zhao Hongyang screamed for mercy, "Father, please forgive me, I am willing to go to my fiefdom and never return to the capital! Father, please forgive me..."

The sound faded away.

The matter was settled, and the court officials said in unison, "Your Majesty is wise..."