After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Emperor Xianlong began to display his imperial power.
The Jieduzhi was a serious concern of the imperial court, so taking this opportunity to weaken the power in the hands of the Jiedushi was the most important thing. Wang Yan had already offered his advice, and Emperor Xianlong directly used the advice given by Wang Yan.
The majesty of the emperor is vividly displayed at this moment.
Those Jiedu envoys who killed without batting an eyelid on the battlefield were as docile as sheep in front of Emperor Xianlong.
Seize power?
Military power, financial power, the power to appoint and remove subordinate officials, no matter which one is lost, Jiedushi will feel heartache.
But what can be done?
When the order of favor comes from the mouth of the emperor, can they still jump out and refuse?
What's more, they are in Chang'an City now, and there are only a few dozen soldiers in the city.
If the emperor really wants to deal with them, all he needs to do is issue an imperial edict.
Then the Imperial Guards would swarm in, capture them and throw them into prison.
Even if they feel aggrieved at this moment, they can only break their teeth and swallow it.
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Zhao Xun obviously doesn't care about these things. All he can think about now is how to deal with Princess Xuanhuai.
But Princess Xuanhuai seemed to be aware of the danger and had no intention of taking action, at least not yet.
Is this guy waiting for an opportunity?
As expected of an old woman who has lived for seventy or eighty years, she has rich experience.
However, Zhao Xun did not dare to take it lightly.
Because he was in the light and the enemy was in the dark, even if Princess Xuanhuai took action, he would have time to react, so he must not be careless.
Of course there is another possibility...
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The imperial city, the yamen for bad people, and the dungeon.
In a spacious and clean single room, a man in his thirties sat cross-legged.
This man is Nanfeng, or Guyer.
The male favorite, face, and lover of Princess Xuanhuai of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
After he was sealed in a gourd by Zhao Xun with the help of the mountain chief and brought back to the imperial city, he was thrown into a criminal yamen and imprisoned.
Because it involves Princess Xuanhuai and other past events from the previous dynasty, the bad guys are very cautious about Nanfeng's trial and do not dare to be careless in the slightest.
If anything goes wrong in Nanfeng, they will not be able to report to the emperor.
Although they knew that this man had committed a heinous crime, if the emperor did not issue an imperial edict to kill him, they could only provide him with good food and drink.
Nanfeng seems to have felt the fear of bad people, and he eats and drinks when he should.
But today is different.
Nanfeng has been meditating, and no one knows what he is thinking.
Even Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng's mind-observation skills are not good, because Nanfeng's cultivation realm has three levels.
The mind-observation technique happens to be ineffective for practitioners of level three or above.
"Brother Wei, tell me, is Nan Feng really over eighty years old?"
"According to the inferences recorded in history books, he is really over eighty years old."
"This is really strange. This guy looks to be in his thirties at most."
"Ah, let's not talk about this anymore, drink, drink."
"Brother Wei, Mr. Feng has an order not to drink alcohol when detaining prisoners. Drinking will cause trouble."
"I asked you why you are so stubborn. There are only you and me here. If you don't tell me and I don't tell, who will know?"
"That's true..."
"How about two drinks?"
"Well, drink two drinks. Let's just drink two drinks. There is nothing wrong with drinking too much and causing trouble, but we are not greedy for drinks."
The two of them filled their glasses with wine and drank it down happily.
"Haha, this is so fucking enjoyable. This wine is very soft in the mouth and then becomes stronger. It's so refreshing."
The two of them were drinking happily when they suddenly felt a gust of evil wind blowing up. Then they felt a chill down their spines and were thrown towards the wall as if they were being sucked by something.
They instinctively waved their arms and kicked their legs to resist, but with little success.
Soon they were stuck to the wall, unable to move at all.
The two of them could clearly feel their souls floating out of their bodies, and they were stunned.
Soon their souls were completely sucked out by a huge force, leaving only two empty shells, as terrifying as mummies.
Nanfeng suddenly opened his eyes at this moment, quickly stood up and walked towards the cell door.
Sure enough, the face of Princess Xuanhuai that captivated the country and the city appeared in front of him.
"You shouldn't have come."
Nanfeng shook his head and said: "This place is full of traps. They deliberately relaxed their defenses and only asked two jailers to guard me, just to lure you into the trap."
"I know, I know everything you said, but I just can't sit idly by and watch you suffer in prison."
Princess Xuanhuai's delicate, wrinkle-free face was now distorted by pain.
"I will come regardless of whether it is a trap or not. Today is the best opportunity. The emperor held a banquet in the Furong Garden of Qujiang Pond, and all the major governors were there. In order to protect the emperor's safety, the Chang'an City Forbidden Army and the soldiers and horses of various yamen
Basically, they are all concentrated in the south city. I am taking action in the north city now, where I have the greatest chance of success."
Nanfeng nodded when he heard this and said, "You weren't stared at when you came here, right?"
"How could it be? I used air escape to enter the prison, and no one saw me except these two jailers. Now both of them have turned into mummies."
After seventy or eighty years of erosion, Princess Xuanhuai is now extremely cold and devoid of any emotions.
If there is even a trace of it, it is to the south wind.
"I'll get you out."
Princess Xuanhuai channeled her inner strength, and the powerful energy instantly shattered the prison door.
Nanfeng immediately walked out of the cell and hugged Princess Xuanhuai tightly.
"Let's go out first. This is not the place to talk. It's too dangerous."
Although she deeply loves Nanfeng, Princess Xuanhuai still remains very rational.
She knew very well that continuing to stay would be very risky.
The time left for her was only one hour, and she had to get out of danger as soon as possible.
"Is your cultivation still there?"
Princess Xuanhuai asked.
Nan Feng shook his head and said: "No more, not a drop left. All my cultivation strength was destroyed by the mountain chief."
Nanfeng looked very helpless when he said this.
Princess Xuanhuai's chest rose and fell sharply, and she clenched her fists in anger.
"Why would the mountain chief do this? This is our royal family matter. Why would he, a practitioner and an outsider, get involved."
"Maybe it's because of Zhao Xun."
"Zhao Xun? Is that the bad guy in the scarlet robe?"
"Why, you know him too?"
"I once met him at Yuzhen Temple in Zhongnan Mountain. At that time, he was ordered to investigate the case and found Yuzhen Temple. I had no choice but to kill him and wanted to get rid of him, but a smelly Taoist priest came out halfway..."
Princess Xuanhuai was very unhappy when she recalled this experience: "Why does this guy have so many backers, either Taoism or Confucianism?"
"That's all, let's go out first and then find a chance to take revenge."
Princess Xuanhuai grabbed Nanfeng's hand, recited a mantra, and activated the Buddhist air escape technique.
