After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Xie Xing didn't expect to run into Xie Yuze by chance.

"How did you get here? You're not dead?" Xie Yuze's face lit up with joy when he saw Xie Xing.

He grabbed Xie Xing's hand, and his face quickly turned serious. He said, "Let's go, it's not safe here."

With that, Xie Yuze was about to take Xie Xing away.

Xie Xing shook off Xie Yuze's hand and said, "I'm here to save my older brother."

As he spoke, Xie Xing prepared to run towards Song Qingyang.

big brother?

Xie Yuze didn't react at first, thinking Xie Xing was talking about Xie Yuhe. He killed the assassin who rushed up with his sword. Seeing Xie Xing about to rush into the crowd, he immediately ran over, grabbed Xie Yuze's hand, and said, "You don't need to worry about your brother."

"You're so weak you can't even kill a chicken, why would we need a frail woman like you to save us!"

Seeing that Xie Yuze was about to pull Xie Xing away again and fail to rescue Song Qingyang, Xie Xing's rescue trip was in vain.

Xie Xing felt anxious. Hearing Xie Yuze's voice, she turned around and said urgently:

"No, I have to go save my older brother!"

"An assassin has entered the village, intending to kill my parents. I must tell my elder brother this news!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuze's expression suddenly froze.

It turns out that Xie Xing wasn't referring to the Xie family, but rather the Song family.

Under the cover of the crowd, the emperor had already escaped through the back door of the Xie family's residence, with Song Qingyang following behind. The once peaceful wedding scene was now stained with blood.

Xie Yuze held Xie Xing tightly and said, "Song Qingyang will be fine. Everything is going according to plan."

"Xing'er, you'll only hold them back in the past."

"I'll take you away."

After saying that, Xie Yuze ignored Xie Xing's attempts to stop him, forcibly hoisted the person onto his back, and turned to leave.

They thought the situation was entirely under their control.

Jun Lanjin said that Luo Hanfeng chose to make his move today, but he was not the mastermind. Instead, he turned the Fourth Prince Luo Mian, who was originally imprisoned in the palace, against him.

Previously, Luo Mian had been plotted against by the Crown Prince and the Xie family, and he had long harbored hatred for them, wishing they would all die.

Meanwhile, Luo Hanfeng and Wen Yan pretended to support Luo Mian's ascension to the throne, allowing Luo Mian to join forces with his maternal family to force Luo Mian to abdicate and massacre the court.

On the day Xie Tongchen and the Fifth Princess got married, they killed a large portion of the court officials.

One was to carry out a bloodbath against the traitors who had already been planted in the imperial court.

Secondly, they only kept the ministers who supported them.

However, doing so would bring him widespread condemnation.

Luo Mian didn't care about any of that. He wanted to become emperor, and he just wanted to kill all those who didn't listen to him.

This is just the first step in Luo Hanfeng and Wen Yan's plan.

After using Luo Mian to kill the emperor, Luo Hanfeng will appear, claiming to be saving the emperor and upholding justice, and will eventually become emperor.

Jun Lanjin had somehow found out about Luo Hanfeng's plan and already knew about it.

He had the support of three powerful families behind him; after all, who wouldn't want the merit of supporting the emperor?

As for Jun Lanjin, with the combined strength of the three great families, it's impossible for him not to destroy the Jun family.

Therefore, they are very confident that they can win this time.

However, perhaps because Jun Lanjin had publicly announced his injury and rarely appeared in public, they overlooked one thing.

The Jun family was able to surpass the three major families and become the head of the four great families because Jun Lanjin alone possessed terrifying power, crushing the three major families to the point that they had no chance of rising again. This is why the other three families obediently submitted to Jun Lanjin as their leader.

Jun Lanjin's purpose is still unknown. At this moment, just as Xie Yuze was preparing to leave with Xie Xing, the entire Xie family was surrounded by soldiers.

The person in the lead was Wen Yan.

Wen Yan waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him surrounded the man.

"It's the young master of the Wen family!"

"The young master of the Wen family has arrived with his men!"

Many court officials, unaware of the situation, thought Wen Yan had come to rescue them and hurriedly and joyfully begged for help.

However, Wen Yan merely glanced at them indifferently, sat on his horse, looking down at everyone from a high position, and said, "Gentlemen, for your safety, I, the young master, have no choice but to temporarily confine you to this Xie residence."

"The Fourth Prince, Luo Mian, has plotted a rebellion to usurp the throne. I, the Crown Prince, should fulfill my duty to protect His Majesty, but—"

Wen Yan's gaze fell on these court officials, and he suddenly smiled and said, "I really don't know how many of these officials are from the Four Kings' inner circle."

"For the sake of His Majesty and for your safety, please stay here obediently."

That sounds very noble, but who among us isn't a shrewd person?

Everyone glared angrily at Wen Yan.

"Wen Yan, what do you mean by that?"

"I'm afraid you harbor rebellious intentions, which is why you've trapped us here!"

"It's so presumptuous!"

Hearing the curses and insults around him, Wen Yan's smile gradually faded, and he gave a look to the guard beside him.

The guard quickly went over and, with a swift and decisive stroke of his katana, killed the minister who had shouted the loudest with a single blow.

In an instant, the surroundings became completely silent.

He spoke slowly and deliberately: "I am a reasonable person. If you are talking nonsense, don't blame me for being impolite."

He smiled and said, "I fear that such a resistant person is a traitor who could threaten His Majesty."

Everyone: "..."

Wen Yan's gaze swept around the surroundings before finally settling on the Xie family.

Then I saw Xie Ansheng, Xie Tongchen, and Xie Yuze...

Ok?

Wen Yan's gaze fell on Xie Xing, who was being carried by Xie Yuze.

His expression instantly became very interested.

He dismounted and stared directly at Xie Xing.

Xie Xing met his gaze and silently hid behind Xie Yuze.

However, it was no use; Wen Yan had already seen Xie Xing.

The guards all pointed their swords at Xie Yuze until Wen Yan walked up to Xie Yuze and Xie Xing and pulled them out from behind Xie Yuze.

"Isn't this the Xie family's Fifth Miss, who should have been dead?"

"It's been so long, has Miss Xie come back from the dead?"

With a half-smile, Wen Yan lifted Xie Xing's chin.

As Luo Hanfeng's business partner, he naturally knew that Xie Xing had been hidden away by Luo Hanfeng.

I never expected Luo Hanfeng to be so useless, unable to even keep a woman by his side, and actually getting caught.

Everyone followed Wen Yan's gaze and fell on Xie Xing.

Xie Xing: "..."

She couldn't help but give Xie Yuze a resentful look.

If he hadn't arrested me, I wouldn't have been caught.

Xie Yuze, who heard his own thoughts: "..."

His original intention was for Xie Xing's good, but he never expected that Wen Yan would come over openly and just happen to discover Xie Xing's presence.

"You touched her!"

Xie Yuze knocked the man's hand away and firmly protected Xie Xing behind him.