The reason why Liu Xiangnan was anxious to let the civil and military officials disperse instead of leading everyone to rescue the emperor was because he was afraid that Sun Yuliang's diehard loyalists might be hidden among them, which might be detrimental to the emperor.
Liu Xiangnan and Fang Zheng took Liu Ce and others back to the main hall.
He greeted Liu Rumei, pressed Sun Yuliang, and slowly walked towards the cold palace, where the emperor Xiao An was imprisoned.
The people guarding the entrance of Leng Palace were all Sun Yuliang's die-hard loyalists. When they saw him being escorted, they knew something was wrong, but they didn't want to give up yet and wanted to make a last ditch effort.
The leader of the team was named Li Guang. When he saw this scene, he immediately turned around and pulled Xiao An out of the cold palace. He also followed Liu Rumei's example and put his sword on his neck.
Seeing this scene, Liu Xiangnan pointed his right hand and yelled, "Li Guang, you don't want to live anymore, how dare you treat the emperor like this."
Li Guang looked up to the sky and laughed, "Mr. Liu Hou, you may have made a mistake. Now you are pointing your sword at the emperor."
The Lotus Leader and Huang Ying looked at each other and took a step to the side in tacit agreement.
After the Lotus Leader stepped forward and was almost face to face with Li Guang, she suddenly raised her hand.
This sudden move naturally attracted Li Guang's attention, and he looked at the Lotus Cult Master.
But the Lotus Master just raised his hand and then retracted it to straighten his hair.
Seeing that Li Guang was attracted to him, Master Lotus was secretly happy and gave him a flirtatious look again.
To use modern words, it means a bit of coquettishness.
Li Guang is a man after all, so he still needs to take this bite.
Someone suddenly glanced at him, and the kid couldn't help but feel an itch in his heart.
At this moment, Huang Ying suddenly raised her hand, and three points of cold light went straight to Li Guang's eyes and throat.
Li Guang noticed something strange in Huang Ying from the corner of his eye.
Oops, not good.
He hurriedly dodged back, but was still a step too late, and a flying needle hit his right eye directly.
"oops."
Li Guangah screamed, threw away the sword in his hand, covered his eyes and jumped up and down.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Lotus Cult Master rushed to Xiao An's side, dragged him and ran back.
Xiao An was rescued in just a flash of lightning.
Seeing that the situation was over, Sun Yuliang sighed helplessly.
Without Xiao An, he would have no last chance to save himself.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Ce stepped forward and slashed Li Guang into two pieces with his sword again.
As soon as the general died, the rest of the imperial guardsmen dispersed like birds and beasts.
After the scene settled down, Liu Xiangnan and Fang Zheng once again lifted their clothes and knelt down in front of Xiao An, "Old minister, my rescue was late, I hope your Majesty will forgive you."
With tears in his eyes, Xiao Anman stretched out his hand and helped the two of them up, "It's not too late, it's not too late. You two dear ladies are here at the right time. You are here at the right time."
The monarch and his ministers hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Liu Rumei and others stayed there silently until the three of them had vented their emotions.
Liu Xiangnan was the first to stop crying, wiped his tears, clasped his fists at Xiao An and said, "Your Majesty, you have suffered, go back and rest first."
Fang Zheng took the opportunity and clasped his fists and said, "The emperor's ability to defeat the rebels this time was all thanks to Liu Rumei. She sneaked into the palace with the prince's decree, captured Sun Yuliang, and killed Lu Jia."
Upon hearing this, Xiao An's eyes flashed with joy, and he looked up not far away.
Liu Rumei was still holding a long sword and pressing it on Sun Yuliang's neck.
Xiao An suddenly became angry and pointed at Sun Yuliang, "Chop this thief and hang it on the top of the city to show the public."
Liu Xiangnan hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Please listen to what I have to say."
"It's easy to kill Sun Yuliang, but it's hard to kill him and dig out his roots. This time, we must kill all his followers to avoid future troubles!"
After listening to Liu Xiangnan's words, Emperor Xiao An nodded, "Okay, let him live a few more days."
"Your Majesty, please go back to the palace to bathe and change clothes. We will summon the officials to discuss matters soon." Fang Zheng bowed again.
At this time, in the Imperial Master's Mansion.
Jueding Taoist, Sun Qi and others heard that the palace gate was opened, but after waiting for a long time, there was no sign of Sun Yuliang.
After further inquiries, we found that all the civil and military officials had gone home.
The top people immediately realized that the matter was probably a failure and Sun Yuliang was finished.
As the saying goes, when a tree falls, the monkeys will scatter. When Sun Yuliang arrived, there was no point in staying in the capital by himself. He had to find another supporter quickly.
Looking at Sun Qi, who was still busy, a Taoist master, his thoughts changed.
Taking Sun Qi with him might not be a bad choice. After all, the national master's banner is still useful.
Thinking of this, he called Sun Qi to stop and said, "Sun Qi, have you heard? All the civil and military officials have gone home, but the imperial master has not come back yet."
Sun Qi nodded, "Yes, maybe the Imperial Master was delayed by something."
However, Taoist Jue shook his head, "I don't think so. If the Imperial Guard is delayed by something, there is no need to withdraw the troops guarding the entrance to the palace."
Upon hearing this, Sun Qi scratched his head and said, "That's true. Taoist priest, what do you think is going on?"
Taoist Jueding sighed, "I think it's 80% likely that the Imperial Master had an accident. He couldn't have done anything wrong and has already lost."
A trace of panic flashed in Sun Qi's eyes, "What does the Taoist Master mean?"
Taoist Jueding smiled slightly and said, "We will leave the capital immediately and rush to Qingniu County to join Marshal Zhu."
"But if the Imperial Master comes back and can't find us, wouldn't it be..."
Upon hearing this, Sun Qi was also tempted. Taoist Master Jue knew that if he gave him another step, the matter would be done.
Thinking of this, he waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, there are so many servants in the family, it doesn't necessarily have to be just the two of us. Let's go meet Marshal Zhu and urge him to complete the mission given by the Imperial Advisor as soon as possible and return to the capital as soon as possible."
"I guess Marshal Zhu is not familiar with the terrain of Qingniu Mountain, so there has been no progress. I am very familiar with Qingniu Mountain."
"When the time comes, we will be the two men who have made great contributions to annihilating the crown prince."
After hearing what he said, Sun Qi was tempted.
Killing the prince is a great achievement.
"Okay, then I'll make arrangements and we'll go to Qingniu County."
Taoist Jueding tugged on his lapel and said, "What else are you planning? We can't live without you in such a big Imperial Preceptor's Mansion."
Just as the two of them were leaving in a hurry, Liu Xiangnan arrived with a large group of people.
Looking back, he saw that the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion was surrounded by heavy soldiers. The two looked at each other. Sun Qi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Fortunately, the Taoist Master made a quick decision, otherwise I would have died."
At this time, Chen Xiaobei was brought into the palace by Liu Rumei to meet Sun Yuliang.
Sun Yuliang was tied to a pillar in the main hall. His head was downcast, his hair was disheveled, and he looked as embarrassed as he wanted.
When he heard footsteps, he raised his head and saw a young man standing next to Liu Rumei, but he didn't recognize this man.
Chen Xiaobei looked at him and sighed, "Sun Yuliang, Sun Yuliang, you said it would be great for you to be your imperial advisor peacefully, but you have to dream of being an emperor."
Sun Yuliang looked at Chen Xiaobei and asked, "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to criticize me here?"