Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look him in the eye.
Except for the one hanging on the door.
"Princess...Princess..."
Zhang Jin, who was pierced through the chest by the Fire Moon Spear and was hanging on the cell door, uttered these words in a trembling voice, and blood suddenly gushed out of his mouth.
Then his body went limp and he died!
He probably would never have imagined until his death that there was someone in this palace who dared to attack the Jinyiwei!
"I am Wu Bei, the captain of the Imperial Guard, and I am here to greet Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
After a brief moment of shock, Wu Bei immediately bowed down and silently put the knife he had drawn back into the scabbard.
Although the eldest princess is now in the palace, she still has the title of general. Although the Jinyiwei belongs to the imperial guards, they are also part of the army, so naturally she has to call her subordinates.
"Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
Upon seeing this, the prison guards and jailers sheathed their weapons and bowed in respect.
Nangong Huoyue turned a blind eye, dragging her fiery red skirt behind her, and quickly walked to the young man surrounded in the middle. She reached out and grabbed his wrist, and said sincerely: "Sir, I frightened you. This is my negligence. I apologize to you."
Qin Wenzheng and Qin Chuan, who were standing beside them, lowered their heads to the ground and said respectfully, "Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Only Xia Chan next to her stood there motionless, looking coldly at the majestic girl who suddenly appeared in front of her.
Wu Bei and the other guards in the cell were all secretly shocked when they saw this scene.
Luo Qingzhou glanced at his grabbed wrist, then broke free calmly, and said, "Your Highness, you are too kind. Your Highness arrived in time, and I should be grateful."
Nangong Huoyue reached out and grabbed his wrist again and said, "Sir, we are family, so why be polite. Come on, I will take you back to the palace to talk."
As soon as these words came out, Wu Bei's face suddenly changed. He raised his head hurriedly and said respectfully: "Your Highness, Princess, no! I obey your orders..."
“Swish!”
There was a flash of cold light, and the words stopped abruptly.
Yueying's sword suddenly came out of its sheath, flew out, and then returned to the sheath in an instant.
Wu Bei stood there with his mouth open.
After a few breaths, his head suddenly tilted and rolled off his neck!
The headless corpse stood there, blood gushing out...
The other guards and jailers nearby were so frightened when they saw this scene that their legs went limp and they fell to the ground.
In less than a moment, the two Jinyiwei captains were both beheaded!
"Anyone who dares to say no in front of me usually won't survive."
Nangong Huoyue glanced coldly at the headless corpse gushing blood with a cold tone, but when she turned around and looked at the young man in front of her, a hint of gentleness appeared on her face.
Her hand, still holding the young man's wrist, said gently, "Sir, would you like to follow me back to the palace to have a chat?"
Luo Qingzhou looked at her hand holding his wrist again, and then looked at the headless corpse. He did not struggle or hesitate any more, and said respectfully, "It is an honor."
Qin Wenzhen and Qin Chuan, who were standing next to them, were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
"Thank you sir."
Nangong Huoyue smiled, turned around, and pulled him to leave.
The other Jinyiwei guards in the field all knelt on the ground, lowered their heads, and trembled. They didn't even dare to raise their heads, let alone stop it.
But at this moment, a tall man wearing a Qilin costume suddenly walked out from the passage at the back.
The man walked closer and took a look at the corpse hanging on the prison door and the headless body that had fallen to the ground. His pupils shrank slightly, and then he bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor will be here soon. Please wait for a moment."
Nangong Huoyue sneered and said, "Luo Changtian, do you dare to stop me?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Changtian immediately stepped aside and made way, bowing his head and saying respectfully: "I dare not. I am just following orders and doing my job. I have no intention of offending Your Highness. I don't know what I did to make Your Highness angry today, and you actually made him do it yourself."
Nangong Huoyue stretched out her right hand backwards, and the Huoyue Gun that was inserted into the prison door suddenly went out like a flame, and then appeared in her hand again in an instant.
"You captured my people and you even used knives and guns on them. I was reluctant to touch someone, but you, those blind people, dared to touch him. Don't you deserve to die?"
Nangong Huoyue had a powerful aura and a dignified face. The gun in his hand was pointed in front of him, with flames jumping from the tip of the gun.
Luo Changtian lowered his head, motionless, and was silent for a while before saying, "He really deserves to die. Your Highness, calm down. I will explain to you when His Majesty comes."
Nangong Huoyue sneered and said, "Are you using His Majesty to threaten me?"
Luo Changtian said respectfully: "I dare not. It's just that this case was entrusted to me by His Majesty. These people are all suspects. Your Highness can take them away, but I hope Your Highness can wait until His Majesty comes before taking them away, otherwise it will be difficult for me to report to you."
"Bang!"
Nangong Huoyue swung the spear in his hand, and the tip of the spear suddenly hit his chest heavily.
Luo Changtian was knocked flying and fell to the ground in a mess.
Then he immediately got up again and continued to stand there hunched over, motionless and silent.
"Do you think I don't know? You applied for this case yourself to His Majesty, right? Your Luo family wants to take revenge and kill someone with someone else's knife, right?"
Nangong Huoyue said with a frosty face.
Luo Changtian still kept his head down and said nothing.
At this moment, a sharp eunuch's voice suddenly came from the corner not far away: "The emperor has arrived!"
Then, a large group of eunuchs and guards, surrounding a young man in a yellow robe, about fifteen or sixteen years old, hurried out of the passage.
Luo Changtian bowed and stepped aside, then knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty."
The young emperor glanced at him and ignored him. He walked past him quickly, then quickened his pace, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he said kindly: "Imperial sister, why are you here? I just went to look for you, and I thought you were with the Queen Mother."
Nangong Huoyue glanced at him, and the Huoyue Gun in her hand suddenly shrank and disappeared. She said calmly, "Your Majesty, your Jinyiwei arrested people at random without any evidence, and the people they arrested were my people, so I came to take a look."
As she spoke, one of her hands was still holding Luo Qingzhou's wrist.
Nangong Yang glanced at the young man behind her, then smiled and said, "I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be just this small matter. Why did my sister have to come here in person? Can't you just find someone to tell me?"
Nangong Huoyue said: "This is no small matter. Without any evidence, they arrested the Great Yan hero without authorization and planned to put him in jail and torture him. If the news gets out, everyone in Great Yan will be in danger. Your Majesty, none of the things the Jinyiwei has done recently are good."
"oh?"
Nangong Yang smiled, turned around and said, "Luo Changtian, come here."
Luo Changtian immediately bowed and came closer.
Nangong Yang asked with a smile: "Tell me, what's going on? Why do you want to arrest my sister's people?"
Luo Changtian lowered his head and said respectfully: "Luo Yu from Chengguo Mansion in Mocheng was admitted to Dragon and Tiger Academy this year, but was brutally murdered on the last day, and was brutally murdered in front of his parents. I brought back all the people with motives for interrogation. Because the Qin family has a special relationship with Chengguo Mansion and is a meritorious family, I finally found them. I brought them back today just to ask them, not to torture them as Her Royal Highness the Princess said. I..."
“Bang!”
Nangong Yang suddenly slapped him hard on the face, his expression instantly darkening: "What do you mean by what you just said? Are you saying that the Imperial Sister slandered you?"
Luo Changtian immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "I dare not."
Nangong Yang snorted coldly and said, "Let me tell you, I got the throne today because of my sister. Without my sister's ability to fight and conquer, my father would never have passed the throne to me. So, what do you mean by arresting my sister's people? Are you trying to embarrass me?"
Luo Changtian immediately kowtowed and said: "I was wrong, I was wrong."
Nangong Yang turned around, a friendly smile reappeared on his face, and said: "Royal sister, for my sake, please forgive him this time. Since they are my people, I will take them away directly. As for this case, let's end it here."
Nangong Huoyue looked at him with complicated eyes and said, "Of course the case cannot end here, but he is the eldest son of the Luo family, so he should not be left to investigate, so as to avoid gossip. Moreover, this is also clearly stipulated in the laws of my Great Yan."
Nangong Yang immediately lowered his head and said, "Yes, my sister taught me that after I return, I will read the Great Yan Etiquette Law again and remember it thoroughly without missing a word."
Nan Honghuoyue slowed down her tone: "I don't mean to teach you a lesson. You and I are siblings. I just want to tell you that as an emperor, you can't do whatever you want. You must care about the people, set an example, and..."
"Yes, what the emperor said is right!"
Nangong Yang bowed his head and admitted his mistake, with a sincere look on his face as if he was receiving a training.
Nangong Huoyue was silent for a moment, then said: "Okay, I won't say any more, I'll take the people away. If there is evidence, you can send someone to arrest them. At that time, I won't say anything more."
Nangong Yang lowered his head and said, "My sister, you are joking. How dare I arrest your people?"
Then he raised his head and smiled, "I will never forget that my throne was won by my sister. My father made it very clear when he was alive. The ministers, uncles, and everyone in and outside the palace know it."
Nangong Huoyue's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she said calmly: "Don't mention this matter again. Father passed the throne to you because you are capable of sitting on it. Okay, I'm going back."
After saying that, he pulled Luo Qingzhou away.
Qin Wenzhen and the other two immediately followed behind.
Outside the cell, silence suddenly returned.
The guards, eunuchs, and maids in the field all lowered their heads, and were silent, as frightened as a mouse.
Nangong Yang stood there, motionless, with the same friendly smile on his young and handsome face that lasted for a long time.
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