In just a short moment, the Duke's Mansion, which had been warm and lively just now, completely changed. The third prince Yan Jiangrong stood in the courtyard with the imperial guards, and Sheng Nuan, Yan Jiangxuan and everyone from the Sheng family stood in the corridor.
Sheng Tingyuan looked gloomy: "Your Highness, what does this mean?"
Even though he led troops into the palace, Yan Jiangrong still looked gentle: "Your Excellency, someone reported to my father that you are communicating with Daliao. The letter even mentioned the defense of Dachu border.
The emperor ordered us to come and search."
"That's nonsense. Who framed me?"
Although he was asking, Sheng Tingyuan's eyes had already fallen firmly on the man standing behind Yan Jiangrong...it was his deputy general Zhao Yong.
His daughter had warned the people who told him to be on guard at the beginning.
Zhao Yong handed over his hand and said: "The Duke of Guo is as kind as a mountain to the last general. However, the last general cannot see that the Duke of Guo has done something wrong."
"Fart! You're such a bastard!"
Sheng Tingyuan looked at Yan Jiangrong: "You want to search our country's palace just based on the words of a general. Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of your ministers?" ⑧①ZW.????m
Yan Jiangrong nodded: "The Duke is loyal, and my father also wants to clear your name as soon as possible."
Sheng Nuan took a step forward and said, "Repay my father's innocence? Could it be that His Highness meant something beyond his words? Your Majesty has no doubts?"
Yan Jiangrong looked over and said warmly: "My father naturally trusts the Duke. However, people's words can be feared, so I have been specially sent to clear the Duke's innocence in public."
This is a must-have search... While saying that I believe you and that the search is to clear your name, I am constructing a frame-up plan.
Despicable and shameless!
Sheng Nuan sneered: "If Zhao Yong conspired to frame the Duke's Mansion out of thin air today, His Highness would bring people to search it. If Zhang Yong and Han Yong follow suit in the future, could it be that the door of the Duke's Mansion should be kept open from now on, so that His Highness can be separated from each other?
Has anyone come to search?"
Sheng Tingyuan was not good at words. When he heard his daughter's words, he snorted and said angrily: "Exactly."
Yan Jiangrong did not expect that the government's attitude would be so tough. According to common sense, anyone who is involved in treason and rebellion would be eager to clear the name and let him search. Unexpectedly, the government's government was not afraid of being arrested.
Reality.
But there is no evidence yet, so it is impossible for him to lead troops to break in.
After a moment of pause, Yan Jiangrong raised his hand to Sheng Tingyuan and said, "It was Zhao Yong who made the report. If the Duke's palace can be cleared after today's search, and it is proven that he deliberately set up a trap, this palace will make the decision and he will be killed on the spot."
Zhao Yong's expression froze slightly, and Sheng Tingyuan looked ugly but could not speak any more.
Next to him, Sheng Nuan sneered: "How can the head of a despicable villain be worth the reputation of our government, and how can it pay for my father's loyalty and patriotism!"
Sheng Tingyuan nodded again: "Exactly!"
The scene reached a stalemate again.
Yan Jiangrong looked at Sheng Nuan, who was standing next to Sheng Tingyuan, in gorgeous palace attire, and was extremely beautiful and noble, and then he noticed the strangeness.
When did Sheng Nuan gain such eloquence?
Moreover, she didn't panic at all?
The Sheng family refused to give in at all, and Yan Jiangrong could not break through even with the accusation of a deputy general. When the stalemate was reached, he was silent for a moment, and then slowly looked at Zhou Xiruo, who was standing next to the Sheng family.
Originally, he planned to place the chess piece Zhou Xiruo at the back, but if today's move fails, everything will be in chaos.
The next moment, Yan Jiangrong sighed: "Actually, the reason why my father ordered the search was naturally not just because of Zhao Yong's report, but because someone in your house had seen the Duke interacting with foreigners... I couldn't bear the Duke making the same mistake again and again.
Wrong, I just revealed the matter to this palace."
Almost instantly, Sheng Nuan realized what Yan Jiangrong was going to do.
Next to him, Zhou Xiruo met Yan Jiangrong's eyes, and his heart trembled. He gripped the silk handkerchief tightly and calmed down, and then took a step forward.
"Sister Xi Ruo?" Sheng Jingshuang subconsciously asked, but was pulled back by her mother.
Zhou Xiruo walked slowly to Yan Jiangrong's side, knelt down and saluted: "Your Highness, the Duke's Mansion is kind to me, but I can't just sit back and watch the Duke make mistakes again and again..."
Yan Jiangrong said warmly: "It's okay, tell me what you saw."
Zhou Xiruo raised her eyes and met the extremely cold eyes of the people in the Duke's Mansion. She lowered her eyes and said, "Xiruo once saw someone from a foreign country enter the study room to have a secret conversation with the Duke late at night."
"Zhou Xiruo!" Sheng Tingyuan gritted his teeth in a deep voice.
Sun Lanyi shouted directly: "You bitch, you are talking nonsense!"
Sheng Jingshuang was even more shocked and couldn't believe it...
Yan Jiangrong helped Zhou Xiruo up and looked at everyone in the Duke's palace: "Now, please understand, Duke, that this palace is trying to find a way to clear your name."
It was only at this moment that Sheng Tingyuan finally understood that if his daughter had not been prepared, today's visit to the Protector's Mansion would have been a disaster.
He had been loyal to the emperor and patriotic for half of his life for Chu, but he didn't expect that when he was old, the knife would be raised to his head.
Pathetic! Hateful!
Sheng Tingyuan closed his eyes and sighed and stopped talking. Sheng Nuan pressed his father's hand and took a step forward: "It's not a bad idea for Your Highness to search. Our Duke is not afraid of shadows or searches, but he is afraid of things that are not there in the first place."
, but after those who are willing to enter, suddenly more people appear."
Yan Jiangrong's eyes flashed slightly and he raised his eyes: "What does Lin'an want?"
Sheng Nuan raised her chin: "Anyone who wants to search the house must be searched first... If Your Highness still doesn't understand, then I will put it more bluntly: I don't believe you."
Something strange appeared in Yan Jiangrong's heart for no reason, but the situation had reached this point and he could not retreat.
After a moment of pause, he nodded: "Okay, let's start from this hall."
He raised his hand with a magnanimous expression.
Sheng Nuan smiled: "Of course His Highness is trustworthy, and the Duke's office does not dare to offend, but the same cannot be said for others..."
Next to him, Yan Jiangxuan, who had been silent until now, said, "Why don't we let the guards of Prince An's palace search you."
Yan Jiangrong nodded: "I'm sorry for bothering you, the Second Emperor."
The next moment, the guards of Prince An's Mansion at the entrance of the courtyard came forward and began to search for the imperial guards brought by Yan Jiangrong.
A man walked up to Zhao Yong. Zhao Yong had a cold face and wanted to scold him, but when he met everyone's eyes, he resisted and raised his hand with a dark face.
"I'm offended."
The guard began to search him...but when he touched Zhao Yong's chest, the guard paused, and then pulled out an envelope directly from Zhao Yong's chest.
Zhao Yong was startled: "What?"
He doesn't remember having this thing on him!
Next to him, the third prince's expression suddenly froze, and at this moment, the guard had already presented the thing to Yan Jiangxuan.
Yan Jiangxuan glanced at Yan Jiangrong, then at Sheng Tingyuan, and then opened the envelope slowly... After taking a look, his expression suddenly changed: "This... how bold Zhao Yong dares to hide it secretly
The letter is intended to frame the Protectorate!"
Yan Jiangxuan flicked the letter and held it up to show the public: "The letter contains the totem of the Liao Dynasty. Third brother, Zhao Yong's vicious heart is clearly exposed. He obviously wants to use you to frame the Duke of Guoguo."
Sheng Tingyuan suddenly raised his hand: "Here comes someone!"
The guards of the Duke's Mansion gathered around him, and Sheng Tingyuan finally showed the murderous aura of galloping on the battlefield: "Third Highness, if you don't give me an explanation for what happened today, even the 200,000 Sheng Family Army will not agree to it!"
Sheng Jingshuang took a step forward, clenched her fists and said, "I will never agree!"
On the periphery, hundreds of guards from the Duke's Mansion drew their swords: "No!"
The situation was tense instantly...
There was a surge in Yan Jiangrong's eyes, and it wasn't until this moment that he realized that what he thought was a surprise was actually something others had been prepared for.
He made a mistake.
Whether it was the Duke's Mansion or the Lin'an Princess... he had misjudged them all.
"Your Highness." Zhao Yong hurriedly said: "It's not me, that thing is not me..."
Before he finished speaking, Yan Jiangrong suddenly drew his sword and swung it over. With a pop, blood splashed everywhere, and Zhao Yong's head rolled to the ground with his eyes wide open...
