Time Travel: The Useless Prince, First Destroy the Princess

"Nishimiya?"

Liu Yan pretended to be a little surprised. He didn't expect his son to take the initiative to say that he had gone to the West Palace.

"Yes! I want to meet Lady Xie!" Liu Zhao replied, but his voice was obviously much softer, and he seemed a little lacking in confidence.

"Okay!" Liu Yan nodded, "Xigong, you can go there often! Don't be afraid!"

Seeing Liu Zhao looking a little timid, Liu Yan smiled.

"Yes, thank you, Father!"

Liu Zhao stood up again and walked to Liu Yan and knelt down.

"Your Highness has something to apologize to!"

Liu Yan smiled, feeling confident: "Go ahead!"

"I had the West Palace guard Shen Gang killed, and I also had Left Guard General Tang Dan replace all the West Palace guards, imperial chefs, and maids!"

"Oh? Why is that?"

Liu Yan didn't let him stand up. Although he knew it clearly, he still wanted Liu Zhao to say it himself.

"I went to the West Palace last night. Shen Gang, knowing my identity, deliberately obstructed me and spoke rudely to me. So, I was so angry that I killed him!"

Liu Yan nodded.

"I thought to myself, if the guards are so disrespectful to their Lordship and can be so rude to me, then they will be even more rude to Consort Xie. Therefore, I have the audacity to request that everyone in the West Palace be replaced!"

Liu Yan didn't say anything, but his mind was very excited.

Looking at my son's logic and thinking, there is nothing wrong with it!

Seeing Liu Yan remained silent, Liu Zhao's mind raced, and he continued, "I was impulsive and failed to report this to Your Majesty. I was wrong. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

This is called retreating in order to advance. Even if Liu Yan is a little unhappy, he will be punished less severely if he admits his mistake first.

"The East and West Palaces are originally your concubines, so there is nothing wrong with replacing the guards!" Liu Yan nodded.

However, Liu Zhao's attitude of admitting his mistakes proactively made Liu Yan feel very good!

Who doesn’t like to have an obedient son!

"Yes, father!" Liu Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

"But that Consort Xie is of humble origins after all. You cannot bring her to the Eastern Palace, understand?"

Liu Yan had to explain, and he was also worried that Liu Zhao might take Xie Chan to the East Palace on a whim, which would definitely cause some unnecessary trouble.

"Yes, Father, I won't!"

"Very good! Get up! Sit down so we can talk!"

"Father, I have something else to report!"

"Anything else?"

Liu Yan doesn’t know about Dong Daqiang’s matter yet.

"Two hours ago, I returned to the East Palace. The eunuch Dong Daqiang was carrying weapons and intended to harm me!"

"What? Dong Daqiang carrying a weapon is not good for you?"

Liu Yan's face instantly turned very ugly.

In the palace, if a eunuch carries a weapon, it is a capital crime!

"Yes, but Ma Zhuang, the fifth-rank Lieutenant General appointed by the Emperor, is here. Dong Daqiang has already been executed!"

"Ma Zhuang!" Liu Yan frowned. "Why would Dong Daqiang want to harm you? Could it be?"

Liu Yan didn't think about how Ma Zhuang killed Dong Daqiang, just a eunuch.

Instead, I was thinking about Dong Daqiang's motives.

Assassinating the prince in the palace is simply lawless!

How is it possible if there is no one behind the scenes directing it?

In an instant, Liu Yan thought of Dong Xian.

Another eunuch.

Dong Daqiang is his nephew, and he was the one who brought him into the palace.

"Zhang Hong!"

Liu Yan's voice was very loud.

"Go call Dong Xian over, I have something to ask him!"

Zhang Hong didn't know what was happening at this time?

But seeing Liu Yan's grim expression, he knew that this matter must be serious.

Ran out in a hurry.

But I am very happy!

Among the four eunuchs, Zhang Hong was of course the most favored.

But the other three people were always thinking about replacing Zhang Hong's position.

Now it’s good, I don’t have to do it myself.

The emperor will definitely help me get rid of one of them!

"What about the guards from the Eastern Palace? Didn't they stop Dong Daqiang?"

Liu Yan continued to ask Liu Zhao, his tone obviously a little bad.

"Reporting to the Emperor, Tang Dan ordered the guards to capture Dong Daqiang, but the guards didn't dare to act. Later, they were all killed by Tang Dan!"

"Humph!"

Liu Yan's face looked very ugly. The thing he feared most as an emperor was the monopolization of power by eunuchs, relatives of the emperor's wife and their clique.

This is a bloody lesson.

If the guards did not obey the prince's orders, they would be afraid of a eunuch.

That would be big trouble!

Originally, all the palace guards were managed by Yang Ke, but because Sima Yu was Sima Bei's daughter, Liu Yan gave Sima Bei the power to select all the personnel for the Eastern Palace.

Including Tang Dan, which was also recommended by Sima Bei.

This also made it difficult for him to get information about the prince from the East Palace.

This almost caused a big mess!

If it weren’t for Ma Zhuang, the consequences would be unpredictable.

It seems that Yang Ke has to arrange the palace guards!

Fortunately, I have just asked Yang Ke to prepare it, and it should be done soon!

"Get up and sit down to talk!"

Liu Yan felt a little distressed when he saw Liu Zhao still kneeling.

As soon as Liu Zhao sat down, Zhang Hong outside the door said, "Your Majesty, Dong Xian is here!"

"Let him in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a eunuch dressed similarly to Zhang Hong crawled in from the door on his knees.

Kneel down and move forward on the ground.

This posture stunned Liu Zhao.

Soon he arrived three meters away from Liu Yan.

He straightened up slightly and kowtowed while saying:

"Your servant Dong Xian pays homage to His Majesty!"

Liu Zhao looked at Dong Xian carefully, and saw a head full of white hair!

He looks much older than Zhang Hong.

"Dong Xian, you are so brave!"

Liu Yan didn't bang the table, and his voice wasn't loud, but he was very majestic.

"Your Majesty, I know my crime, I know my crime!"

"Know your sin? Do you know what your sin is?"

"Slave girl, slave girl, I don't know!"

"You don't know?" Liu Yan almost laughed out of anger.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise!" Dong Xian didn't know why the emperor was angry, but as a eunuch, as long as the emperor was angry, he was wrong.

No need to ask why!

No need to know!

"Is Dong Daqiang your nephew?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Did you recommend me to the Eastern Palace?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Do you know that Dong Daqiang intends to assassinate the prince today?"

"Ah? Your Majesty, I, your servant, don't know!"

Dong Xian thought that he had angered the emperor by not treating him well enough, but he didn't expect that Dong Daqiang was trying to assassinate the prince?

He kowtowed as he spoke.

"You don't know, your good nephew, don't you know?"

"Old slave, I really don't know. Your Majesty, please forgive me. Old slave, I accept the blame!"

Dong Xian obviously knew that this was a capital crime!

I didn't refuse at all.

"Oh!" Liu Yan sighed when he saw Dong Xian like this.

"Since you have served me for many years, go to Guyang and guard the mausoleum of my ancestors with the Prince of Hejian!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Dong Xian didn't say a word. He knelt down and took three steps back before slowly standing up and leaving.

Liu Zhao was indeed shocked. Let Dong Xian go to guard the tomb with Prince Hejian?

What does it mean?

Monitor the King of Hejian?

Zhang Hong closed the door gently again.

"Do you know why Father asked him to go to Guyang to guard the ancestral tomb?"

"I don't know!" Liu Zhao replied hurriedly.

"Did you know that the Prince of Hejian volunteered to guard the mausoleum in Guyang?"

"I know!"

Although I was pretending to be stupid at that time, I was not a complete idiot. I couldn't just say that I didn't know!

"Guarding the ancestor's tomb is not easy. He must be too lonely there alone. So, let Dong Xian serve him, so that he won't be accidentally infected by the evil wind or poison again!"

"Yes, Father!"

Liu Yan nodded. Some things cannot be said too clearly. He should figure it out himself.

It always sounds unreliable.

What you realize is yours.