The battle to rescue the Emperor of Northern Yan ended quickly.
Huo Wei was the commander of this battle. With his reputation as the God of Slaughter who had wiped out the Liao Kingdom, it was extremely easy for him to deal with Zhao Chuhe, a commander of the imperial guards who had lived a life of comfort.
In just three days, the imperial guards under Zhao Chuhe either defected or died in battle.
Just hearing Huo Wei's name, the undefeated commander, those soldiers' morale was already broken.
Huo Wei stepped into the Zichen Palace in his blood - stained armor and sat on the dragon throne.
"Release the Empress and send her back to the Fengluan Palace immediately. Order the imperial physician to treat her at once. Behead the maid named Yu Zan on the spot."
Meng Tan replied, "Yes!"
Zhao Chuyan knelt on the ground with a disheveled hair bun. "Huo Wei, you really have an affair with the Empress. The Emperor is still alive, yet you dare to be so presumptuous!"
Huo Wei stretched out his cold and pale fingers and slowly untied the knot of his cloak. He said calmly,
"I'm the one who will inherit everything from my father, including his woman."
In his dark and deep eyes, there was arrogance and wildness, as if he no longer needed to hide it.
His sharp brow bone was slightly raised, and he looked at the defeated opponent kneeling at his feet with a mocking smile.
After taking the medicine, Murong Min fell into a deep sleep.
A few days later, when he woke up, there were many court officials kneeling in front of him. Grand Tutor Wei and Prime Minister Ning were kneeling at the front.
Prime Minister Ning held up the physical evidence. "Your Majesty, the Zhao family has wild ambitions. They slandered the Crown Prince, saying that the Crown Prince was plotting a rebellion, but in fact, they wanted to usurp the throne themselves.
This is the vermilion - inked official document written by the Crown Prince to assist Your Majesty before. It's obvious that the handwriting on this document and the one on this note were written by two different people.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince fought bravely against the rebels to save Your Majesty. He is truly worthy of being the heir apparent."
Prime Minister Ning used to be Murong Min's eyes, but later became Huo Wei's mouthpiece.
Before Dugu Luanyue had an accident, she privately found Prime Minister Ning and told him how Murong Min had schemed against him and wanted to control him, and successfully persuaded him to defect.
Seeing that Huo Wei had become the Crown Prince and Murong Min was in poor health, Prime Minister Ning didn't dare to offend the future emperor, so he became Huo Wei's man.
Murong Min lay in bed with half - closed eyes. He took the comparison of the handwriting and looked at it. They were indeed different.
But that day, he had also seen this note, and the handwriting clearly looked like Huo Wei's.
However, in the current situation, the Zhao family had been exterminated up to the ninth degree of kinship. The Wei family was related to Huo Wei by marriage, and he was still ill. So he just replied with a grunt,
"The Crown Prince has worked hard. Having the Crown Prince is a blessing for me and Northern Yan."
A few days later, Murong Min issued an imperial edict, ordering the Crown Prince to supervise state affairs.
Huo Wei led the civil and military officials and began to attend court to discuss state affairs. By then, he was already the one who took the imperial carriage and sat on the dragon throne.
In just a few months, he had risen from a prisoner to the Crown Prince who supervised state affairs, the real controller of Northern Yan.
One day after court, the imperial carriage stopped at the gate of the Fengluan Palace. Aunt Mei Jiang came out to greet him. "This old servant pays respects to Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Huo Wei walked into the Fengluan Palace without any hesitation. He walked into Dugu Luanyue's bedroom and looked down at her while she was taking medicine. "Are you feeling better?"
Dugu Luanyue wiped her mouth with a handkerchief. "I'm better. It's just a flesh wound. It's nothing serious."
Aunt Mei Jiang had already explained the matter to her that day, and later she heard that Huo Wei had raised an army. So she understood everything in her heart.
Her face was a bit pale. She raised her jade - like eyes and saw that Huo Wei had changed greatly from before.
Dressed in a bright yellow imperial robe, his tall and elegant figure looked more noble and graceful.
The aura of a military general left over from his days in the military camp had gradually disappeared. His fierce and valiant air had turned into a more profound imperial majesty. He looked awe - inspiring even without getting angry.
There was no expression on his extremely handsome face. It could be seen that even after becoming the power - holder of Northern Yan, Huo Wei was still unhappy.
He was suppressing himself, and his eyebrows were always furrowed.
Huo Wei put one hand behind his back. "You should rest well. I'll go back to the Eastern Palace to read the memorials first."
Dugu Luanyue threw off the quilt and got out of the phoenix bed.
"Huo Wei, it's just a flesh wound. I'm fine. I'm thinking of leaving Northern Yan in a few days. Can you let me go?"
Huo Wei raised his eyebrows slightly. His hand gently stroked her long and smooth hair beside her cheek. His voice was gentle yet filled with a hidden murderous aura.
"Sure, but Sheng Yunqi has to stay. I'm short of a eunuch by my side."
Dugu Luanyue reached out and pulled down his hand and threw it away. "What are you doing again? What did Sheng Yunqi do to offend you?"
Huo Wei's eyes turned cold and fierce. "Only one of you and Sheng Yunqi can go back. You choose."
Dugu Luanyue frowned.
"I don't understand why you have to go against Sheng Yunqi. Even if you're jealous, you shouldn't be jealous of him. I don't like him. I've clearly told you that."
Huo Wei said, "I'll believe for now that you don't like him, but you'll still get married when you go back together, right?
After getting married, you'll sleep in the same bed and have children, right?
I've made up my mind. I won't let anyone get what I can't have.
Moreover, I've been deceived enough in my life. I've always lived for others' goals and expectations. I still don't know what my surname is or whose blood I carry.
I don't care about so many things anymore. From today on, I'll do whatever I want, just to make myself happy."
Dugu Luanyue got excited and said coldly, "Stop being so childish, okay? I must leave. I have to go back. I don't belong here."
Huo Wei's soft fingertips pressed on her lips. "Don't be so excited. If necessary, Northern Yan will conquer Southern Chu, then I'll bring your father and mother to Northern Yan, and we'll live together."
Dugu Luanyue pushed Huo Wei away. "Huo Wei, you're going crazy again!"
Huo Wei smiled faintly. "I've been crazy for a long time. I've done the thing I hated the most just to keep you alive.
If I'm really of the Xie family's bloodline, wasn't the uprising a few days ago the greatest humiliation to the Xie family?
After I sat in the position of the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace, my life has been fixed here. I can never change my identity again.
I'm thinking that if I'm really Xie Jinyang's son, I'll never be able to return to my ancestral clan in this lifetime. I can only recognize the enemy as my father.
"Living with the surname of an enemy for the rest of my life, do you know how painful I am?
But at this moment, I'm not even sure whose son I am." He let out a soft laugh, his eyes full of mockery and extremely sinister.
Dugu Luanyue couldn't break free. The more she struggled, the more her wounds hurt.
At this time, Aunt Mei Jiang walked in. "Your Highness, this old servant comes in to apply medicine to the Empress. Please step aside."
Huo Wei took the ointment and held it tightly in his hand. "You go out. I'll apply the medicine to the Empress."
Aunt Mei Jiang refused to leave. "This is not appropriate. Let this old servant do it."
Huo Wei glared at her, his face looking wild and evil. "I'll live in the Fengluan Palace from now on. What's inappropriate about it?"