Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

"You said Concubine Hui is pregnant?" Li Longji was shocked and asked in disbelief.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Doctor Li took the pulse of the empress just now and said that she was pregnant with a dragon in her belly." Xiao Cui said with a smile.

"Great!" After coming back to his senses, Li Longji immediately put on his yellow robe and walked towards Hui'an Palace.

He was happier than anyone else. Although he and Queen Wang had a sincere relationship, they suffered from the latter's infertility.

So he especially wanted a few lively little princes.

Now Concubine Wu Hui finally made him get what he wanted.

Because he arrived in a hurry and did not show off, the few eunuchs guarding the Hui'an Palace did not see him.

"Don't you think it's strange? My wife and Your Majesty have been together for so long without any movement. She went to Zhonglie Mansion and she got pregnant right away."

"Hey, I heard that King Yan called the Queen to a secret palace, and no one knows what the two of them were doing inside."

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't dare let His Majesty hear you..."

Seeing that Li Longji's face was extremely ugly, Gao Lishi stepped forward and shaved the faces of several chamberlains.

He scolded with a livid face.

"You little bastards, are you tired of living? Give me a hard slap!"

"Ah! Master, spare your life!"

After several chamberlains were escorted away, Gao Lishi whispered to Li Longji.

"Your Majesty, you guys are talking nonsense, don't take it to heart, I will deal with them severely when I turn around."

Glancing at him, Li Longji smiled darkly.

"Gao Lishi, do you think the child in Concubine Hui's belly is mine?"

"Your Majesty, of course it is yours. Concubine Hui loves you so much, how could she have an affair with someone else."

Gao Lishi is a smart man, so naturally he will not add insult to injury in this matter.

If Concubine Wu Hui gives birth to a prince, won't the account be placed on his head in the future?

"Really?" Li Longji smiled incredulously, flicked his sleeves and walked into Hui'an Hall.

Seeing the emperor coming, Concubine Wu Hui came forward with a happy face.

"I have met Your Majesty. You are finally here. Just now, Dr. Li said that I am happy."

Looking at the happy-looking woman caressing her belly, a flash of anger flashed in Li Longji's eyes.

"Concubine Hui, when I entered the palace just now, several servants said that the reason why you were pregnant with the dragon species was because of Fan Xin. What's going on?"

Concubine Wu Hui's pretty face changed, and she forced a smile with some evasive eyes.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to the nonsense of those servants. I went to the Zhonglie Mansion to offer a scented incense stick to the imperial grandmother, and to ask her to protect the peace and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."

"How could it be related to King Yan?"

The secret recipe that allows a woman to have children is her biggest secret, and she must not admit it at this time.

Seeing her expression in his eyes, Li Longji became even more angry.

This pair of adulterers and adulterers actually deceived him.

It's just too much of a lie.

Forcibly suppressing the murderous intention in his heart, Li Longji sat with Concubine Wu Hui for a while, then returned to Tongzheng Hall and called the chief of the inner guard.

Since the last failure against Princess Taiping, the inner guards have been in a state of losing power.

Now that he was summoned by the emperor, hope was rekindled in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I wonder why you summoned me?"

"I heard that you have stayed in Prince Yan's Mansion before and are very familiar with it. Now there is something I want to entrust you with. Do you dare to do it?"

Zhou Tong was overjoyed when he heard this. He looked forward to the stars and the moon, waiting to regain power.

This time I finally waited.

So he spoke without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, just by your orders, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"Okay! I really saw you right. Once the matter is done, you can take over the Qianniu Guard."

"I thank your Majesty for your kindness. I wonder what exactly you asked me to do?"

Facing Zhou Tong's inquiry, Li Longji hesitated slightly and motioned for him to come closer...

a long time.

Zhou Tong returned to his original position and said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, Zhonglie Mansion is heavily guarded. There are 800 guards on the outer perimeter alone."

"Not to mention there are seventy-two Tiance Mansion masters, thirty-six Zhenwei Bureau bodyguards and eighteen personal guards inside."

"There's no way a top killer can get in."

Li Longji frowned and snorted coldly.

"It was precisely because of the difficulty that I found you. Otherwise, why would I entrust General Qian Niuwei to you?"

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Zhou Tong quickly lowered his head and said.

"Your Majesty, what I mean is that it is too difficult to take action in Zhonglie Mansion. We can only succeed when King Yan leaves the mansion."

"You can issue a decree to invite King Yan to the banquet, and the minister will find an opportunity to take action!"

When it came to taking action, Zhou Tong's eyes flashed with endless hatred.

"Okay, I will give orders to Fan Xin and Concubine Wu Hui later, asking her to bring her daughter to the banquet with Fan Xin."

"I really want to see if this daughter is my biological child!"

...

drive!

Several Yulin guards rode fast horses all the way through the busy city towards Zhonglie Mansion.

When he saw the three characters Zhongliefu on the plaque, he suddenly reined in his horse and jumped off his horse.

He took three steps at a time and arrived at the door of the house, hugging his fists politely.

"I, Yu Linwei, have come to invite His Royal Highness Prince Yan to the palace for a banquet on His Majesty's orders! Please let me know, brother."

After sizing up the visitor, the Qianniu Guard guarding the door nodded.

"Wait a moment, I'll go in and report to the prince!"

Ordering his subordinates to cheer up, the Qianniuwei leader walked through the levels and came to the study.

Kneel down on one knee and say.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty has sent someone to invite you to the palace for a banquet!"

"Invite me to a banquet?"

Fan Xin was startled, and then he frowned and thought about it. The execution of six sons could be described as water and fire.

I'm afraid it's not a good idea to invite him to a banquet at this time.

"Your Majesty, this matter is too strange. I think it's better to be careful," Li Lang reminded.

"Well, I have to be on guard. Send an order to bring a few more experts."

Putting on the python dragon suit, Fan Xin rode towards the palace on horseback.

Just in case, he brought more than thirty bodyguards with him.

Prince Yan's Mansion is about fifteen miles away from the imperial palace. After passing through the downtown area, the group came to the alley of Ping'anfang.

Walking out of here is the palace grounds.

Seeing that they were about to reach their destination, Li Lang and the thirty or so escorts all breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, it seems that I have over-worried about my humble duty. There was no ambush on the road. The danger should be at the Hongmen Banquet."

"Well, after entering the palace, I told everyone to be careful and never be soft when necessary."

After warning everyone, Fan Xin shook the horse's reins and signaled the donkey to move forward.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped into the alley with his front feet, dozens of men in black jumped from the rooftops on both sides of his back feet.

The tip of the knife emitting cold light was pointed directly at Fan Xin.

"No! There is an ambush, protect the prince!" Li Lang's expression changed, he pulled out his sword with a clang, and tiptoed towards the killer in the air.

During the long dance of sword shadows, several killers in black fell to the ground and died on the spot.

In the alley, more than thirty bodyguards snorted coldly. They each drew their swords and used the Bagua diagram as a formation to protect Fan Xin firmly in the middle.

Most of the escorts came from the martial arts world and were already somewhat famous masters before joining the Zhonglie Mansion.

Coupled with Liuzi's training, the whole body's skills are even more powerful. In just a few breaths, he killed dozens of attacking killers.

However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, two more waves of killers broke out of the window.

This time they changed their approach and fired darts at Fan Xin from different directions.

Because the alley was too narrow, the thirty-six escorts could not disperse with Fan Xin.

He could only block these darts with his sword, and the situation became increasingly difficult for a while.

But what no one noticed was that a masked man quietly appeared behind Thirty-Six Escorts, staring at Fan Xin with cold eyes.

The next moment, he sneered, jumped up, and shot towards Fan Xin's back.

Realizing that someone was approaching, Li Lang's expression changed, he killed the two killers with one sword, and returned straight to the original path.

At the same time, he shouted loudly.

"Tang San, Mi He, the earthquake palace is coming, protect the prince!"

"drink!"

The two people whose names were called shouted loudly, and the swords in their hands were like poisonous dragons, both piercing the hearts of the attacking assassins.

Seeing this, the assassin sneered, and his running body avoided his vitals like a loach.

And threw the gun tip in his hand towards Fan Xin.

"My lord, be careful!"

The expressions of the guards changed and they all chased after the gun head, hoping to block the fatal blow before it hit Fan Xin.

It's a pity that they underestimated the assassin's cruel blow before the sword tip could catch up with the gun tip.

The latter shot into Fan Xin's arm with strong inertia, then quickly retracted and disappeared into the crowd.

Seeing this scene, all the guards, including Li Langfeng, turned red-eyed and accelerated their attacks!

Finally, after half a stick of incense, all the assassins were eliminated.

After getting rid of the assassin, Li Lang came to Fan Xin in one stride.

"My lord, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's just a false alarm. Have the people following the murderer been sent out?"

Throwing the pigskin on his arm to his subordinates, Fan Xin frowned and looked at the corpse.

There were at least more than two hundred of these corpses. There was such a big fanfare in front of the palace to attack and kill the imperial officials, but the palace guards did not make any movement.

It's totally against common sense, unless the person behind the scenes tells them not to move!

"Back to my lord, according to your instructions, Old Thirteen and the others have secretly pursued us."

"It won't take long to capture everyone!"

"I will catch someone and send them to the palace soon. I will give them a big gift."

After saying that, Fan Xin greeted the Yu Linwei who came after hearing the news.

"Quick, seal off the scene immediately and catch the murderer!" After ordering his subordinates to seal off the scene, the leader of the Yulin Guards walked up to Fan Xin.

"I'm sorry, my lord. I met a group of thieves during my patrol and was delayed. Are you okay?"

"It doesn't matter. My arm is only slightly injured. I won't delay your search for the assassin."

Nodding his chin towards the leader of the Yulin Guards, Fan Xin flicked his sleeves and walked towards the palace.

According to the agreement, it will be time for the Hongmen Banquet to start in half an hour.

Royal palace, royal garden.

At this time, there were round tables with fruits and wine on them.

Dozens of palace maids wearing tulle red skirts shuttled among them.

"Your Majesty, what day is it today? Are you planning such a big battle?"

"Yeah, why are there so many delicious things on the table?

Looking at the palace maid passing by, Concubine Wu Hui and her daughter asked curiously.

Glancing at the two of them, Li Longji smiled and said meaningfully.

"Today I invited Fan Xin to let you get to know each other!"

Concubine Wu Hui was happy when she heard that Fan Xin was being invited to the banquet. She was about to leave the palace to thank Fan Xin, but she didn't expect him to come.

"It turns out to be King Yan. This is great. I have heard about many of his heroic deeds in the palace."

Seeing Concubine Wu Hui's expression, Li Longji smiled slightly, with an imperceptible coldness flashing in his eyes.

Are you even too lazy to hide it in front of yourself?

"You'll see something nice later!"

With a sneer in his heart, Li Longji walked to the table and sat down, gesturing for the palace to play music.

He is the emperor and there is no need to welcome his ministers, even if this person is Fan Xin, who has the most power in the world.

As the palace music sounded, dozens of graceful Hu Ji appeared on the stage and danced.

While Concubine Wu Hui and her son were not paying attention, Li Longji said to Gao Lishi on the side.

"Has everything been arranged?"

"Your Majesty, this old slave has deployed eight hundred swordsmen and axemen around the Imperial Garden. One order is enough to control the situation."

"Well, let's watch the singing and dancing after the arrangements are made. I personally arranged this scene for him."

When the sun was high in the sky, a loud roll call sounded in the Imperial Garden.

Then Fan Xin, wearing a black python suit, walked into the garden.

"I see your Majesty!"

"Haha, there is no need to be polite, King Yan. Today's gathering is to thank you for your generous gift in Bianzhou."

"The queen told me that it was you who took the initiative to transfer the dividends from the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce to the royal family."

Fan Xin smiled lightly after sitting down.

"Your Majesty, thank you. The welfare of the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce belongs to the royal family. It is just a routine matter."

Li Longji was noncommittal, turned his eyes and waved to Concubine Wu Hui.

"My dear concubine, come here and say hello to King Yan. This man is a rare figure in our Tang Dynasty."

Concubine Wu Hui glanced at Fan Xin, walked forward gently, and said with a smile.

"In the past, when the emperor's grandmother was here, I heard that the prince did not hesitate to go to the Turks, Khitan, and Tibet for the sake of the Tang Dynasty."

"When I saw the great reputation today, it turned out that there was no real talent. The prince is indeed a very talented person."

Fan Xin smiled politely at Concubine Wu Hui's compliment.

"Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. I just did my part."

Li Longji sat aside and looked at the two pretentious people with a smile.

In fact, I wish I could strip the adulterer and the adulteress together.

Seeing that the fire was almost done, Li Longji coughed and said to the two of them.

"By the way, I heard from Guo Yuanzhen that there is a secret method among the people that can identify the relationship between two people through blood."

"I have nothing to do today, why don't we have a bloody acknowledgment?"

Concubine Wu Hui didn't think much and urged with interest.

"Okay, I, this is the first time I have heard of such a thing, please act quickly!"

Fan Xin took a deep look at Li Longji, but also did not refuse.

"I also want to see this drop of blood to recognize my kin."

Seeing that the two agreed, Li Longji laughed.

"Okay, since you two have no objections, I will order someone to prepare."

"Gao Lishi will look at you next."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Gao Lishi bowed and came to the Shangxian Princess with two chamberlains.

"Your Highness, I have to take some blood from your fingertips. Please bear with it."

The young Princess Shangxian hid timidly behind Concubine Wu Hui, her big eyes staring closely at the embroidery needle in Gao Lishi's hand.

In the latter's smile, a drop of blood dripped into the bowl...

(End of this chapter)