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Just as Duan Xingyi was about to reach the east gate, Duan Chen's voice came from behind!

"Yi'er!" "Stop right there!" No matter how overwhelming and undefeatable the former Duan Chen was, he was now an old man. In such a short period of time, he was already panting heavily.

Noticing Duan Chen running over, Duan Xingyi purposefully quickened his footsteps and hurriedly headed towards the city gate. When Duan Chen saw this, he rushed forward like an arrow and fiercely blocked Duan Xingyi's path!

"Yi'er!" You're not even going to listen to royal father's words? " Duan Chen's voice carried obvious anxiety and terror. He was truly afraid of losing his son!

"royal father! This son is unfilial, I was unable to say goodbye to royal father before I left! "Sorry …" Duan Xingyi immediately knelt in front of Duan Chen, lowering his head in dejection.

"Yi'er, royal father forbids you from leaving!" Duan Chen slowly supported Duan Xingyi who was lying on the ground. His voice was filled with determination!

"Father, your son has made up his mind!" Duan Xingyi spoke with a sonorous voice and firm eyes. When he looked at Duan Chen, he did not have a single trace of hesitation!

"Say the reason, only if you can give me a reasonable reason would royal father definitely not stop you!" Duan Chen's voice became even deeper, and the grip around his shoulders tightened.

"This son …" This son is too used to living outside without restraints, I'm not used to living in the palace! " Duan Xingyi said evasively.

"Xingyi, royal father knows why you left and he knows how to make things difficult for you! Right now, royal father has promised you, so everything should go according to plan. royal father does not force you to do so, but you must promise royal father one thing, and that is, you cannot leave! " How could Duan Chen not know what Duan Xingyi was thinking?

"Father …" Duan Xingyi was momentarily at a loss for words!

"You promised royal father?" Seeing the hesitation in Duan Xingyi's eyes, Duan Chen's heart slowly calmed down. At this moment, Duan Zitong stumbled over!

"royal father! Xing Yi! You left just like that, even ignoring your royal sister? Have you forgotten the days when we lived together? You don't care about your royal sister anymore? Xing Yi, royal sister begs you not to leave! " Duan Zitong pulled on Duan Xingyi's sleeve with misty tears in her eyes as she begged!

"Yi'er, are you really willing to give up on me and royal father? It wasn't easy for us to get together and royal father didn't even have the time to make it up to you and now that you're leaving, how can you endure?! " As Duan Chen spoke, a radiant light flashed past his eyes.

"royal father! This son was wrong! Your son will never leave you, your royal sister! In this world, no one is more intimate than you all! " Duan Xingyi knelt before Duan Chen once again, choking on his saliva!

"That's good! That's good! royal father will send you back! " Duan Chen supported Duan Xingyi up as he consoled him.

"Father, let this son accompany Xingyi! It has been hard on you. Let Eunuch Li help you back to the Imperial Palace to rest! " Duan Zitong anxiously pulled Duan Xingyi to her side.

"Alright, catalpa, give Xing Yi a good advice. Don't leave, your father is really old. I really don't want you two to leave your father's side again!" At this moment, Duan Chen no longer had any hesitation in his heart. He wanted Duan Xingyi to become the crown prince!

Looking at Duan Chen's fading figure, Duan Zitong couldn't help but sigh.

"Xingyi, this trick of yours really works. It looks like royal father is determined to make you Crown Prince!" Duan Zitong's cherry lips pursed as she said this in a low voice.

"Xing Yi thanks royal sister for being willing to help!" Duan Xingyi leisurely spoke as a dark arc flashed across his deep eyes!

"What are you saying? We are siblings, and your business is my business. Let's return to the Sage Storage Pavilion. This is not a place for us to talk." After which, he returned to the Sage Storage Pavilion together with Duan Xingyi.

Imperial study.

Xiao Yuxuan looked at Duan Chen in disbelief.

"Your majesty, there are still three days left. Why doesn't Your Majesty allow this humble subject to investigate?" Xiao Yuxuan looked at Duan Chen, who was sitting securely in front of her. She felt uneasy in her heart.

"The culprit has already pleaded guilty to the crime and the person behind the scenes has also admitted to everything. The case has been closed and you can't investigate it!" Duan Chen's countenance was expressionless. This was his final decision.

"The murderer has been executed? May I ask your majesty, who is the culprit? Who is the mastermind? " Xiao Yuxuan choked and his heart tensed.

"The culprit is naturally someone from the martial arts world, but he has been executed by me. As for the mastermind …" It's the First Prince, and he admitted it himself! " Duan Chen hesitated for a moment before finally replying.

"Impossible!" Your majesty! This had nothing to do with the First Prince! How could he admit it?! " The thing that Xiao Yuxuan feared the most had happened.

"Are you saying that I'm lying to you?!" Duan Chen disapprovingly said in a cold voice!

"This humble subject does not mean that, but this case is complicated and confusing. If we do not investigate it clearly, it will endanger the entire Mo River Mountain. This humble subject requests Your Majesty to give this humble subject some more time …" Before Xiao Yuxuan could finish, Duan Chen interrupted his.

"Xiao Yuxuan!" "I have made it clear that you can withdraw now that this case has been concluded!" Duan Chen ruthlessly spoke as he gestured for Xiao Yuxuan to leave!

"Your majesty!" Xiao Yuxuan was about to speak again, but was pushed out of the study by Eunuch Li! Outside the Imperial Study, Xiao Yuxuan held onto Eunuch Li's hand tightly.

"How can this be? This was impossible. How could the First Prince admit to this? He never did it at all! "

"Ping Wang, this old servant really doesn't know about these things. What this old servant can tell you is that this morning, the Second Prince wants to leave the palace, and the Emperor spent a lot of effort to stop him from coming back. King Ping, hurry up and leave. Enraging the Emperor is not a joke! " Eunuch Li fiercely sighed and returned to the imperial study!

Xiao Yuxuan did not hesitate for even a moment, and immediately rushed towards the courtyard. When he pushed open the door, a wave of alcohol filled the air as Duan Jingyang climbed onto the table. A dozen jugs of wine were scattered all over the place, some of them already on the floor.

"Jing Yang!" Xiao Yuxuan closed the door behind his and quickly walked to Duan Jingyang's side. He gently shook the door a few times before calling out to Duan Jingyang who was crawling on the table!

"Yu Xuan?" Good! Come! Drink two cups with me! I already know less than a thousand glasses of wine, hehe! Let me fill it up for you! "Ugh …" How come there's no wine left?! Someone! Get wine for this prince! " Duan Jingyang looked at Xiao Yuxuan and shouted loudly!

"Duan Jingyang!" What are you doing?! Why did he have to admit it?! You know how many people are running away over this! How can you face those people! Didn't you promise me that you wouldn't look for the Emperor? "Why can't you resist it …!" Xiao Yuxuan looked angrily at Duan Jingyang. He had spent the entire day and night searching the Imperial City, yet this was the result!

"I am not the one looking for royal father! Royal Father personally came to find me! The purpose of his first entry into Ting Ya Pavilion was to make me admit my guilt with Mu Yan's death! Jade Xuan! This is my royal father! The present Emperor of the Badlands Court! Can I have a choice? Even if I don't admit it, royal father will still blame it on me! As for Mu Yan, she would die! Why do you think royal father had Mu Yan locked up in the prison for so long? Duan Jingyang almost roared.

At this moment, Xiao Yuxuan's heart turned cold. He never expected that the exalted Emperor of the Great Mo would be so despicable that he would use his daughter's life and death to force him to live everything he wanted!

"Jing Yang …" Looking at the painful and tangled Duan Jingyang, Xiao Yuxuan was suddenly unwilling. He was unwilling for Duan Jingyang, and for Duan Moyan!

Royal Father has promised me that as long as I am willing to admit my wrongs, Mu Yan will be released. Yuxuan, you have seen that in royal father's eyes, Mu Yan and I are nothing, Mu Yan cannot stay in the Imperial City, or else the consequences will be unpredictable! Take her away! "Please!" Duan Jingyang threw down the wine jug and held onto Xiao Yuxuan tightly!

"I will! "I promise you that I won't let anyone bully Mu Yan, but you …" Xiao Yuxuan was determined that this time, she would definitely bring Duan Mu Yan away!

"I... I've already given up my position as crown prince, Duan Xingyi won't do anything to me. Father … Let them be! I don't care! Yu Xuan, help me look over Mu Yan. I am truly worried for her! " As long as Mu Yan was able to leave the Imperial City, he would not have anything to live for!

When Xiao Yuxuan left the palace, the first thing he did was to go to the Prime Minister's Estate.

"How can this be? The Emperor was going too far! No, we can't just let it go like this. If I hand the mountains and rivers into Duan Xingyi's hands, this old man will always feel that something isn't right! Furthermore, this old man also has the obligation to advise the emperor to be more vigilant with regards to the spy from the Northern Yue! " Zhu Xu decided on the last one!

"But right now, the emperor's attitude is too resolute. Yuxuan really doesn't know what else to do!" Xiao Yuxuan felt despair at the bottom of his heart. It wasn't that he had a holy will, but that he hadn't met the Bright Monarch yet!

"Don't be impatient! So what if Duan Xingyi is the crown prince? After all, he is not the emperor, and this old man has already sent people to investigate his background! " Zhu Xu said coldly.

"Is the Prime Minister doubting his identity?" Xiao Yuxuan was stunned.

"That's not true. The Emperor still doesn't recognize the wrong son. What this old man suspects is that he has been used!" In short, everything is still under suspicion, and without any evidence, neither of us can speak carelessly! " Zhu Xu reminded him.

"Prime Minister, don't worry. Xiao Yuxuan knows what to do." Xiao Yuxuan said firmly.

"In that case, two days later, after the Emperor has thought it through, we will face the Holy Emperor together and beg him to reconsider!" Zhu Xu promised. Xiao Yu Xuan nodded vigorously.

The Phoenix Storage Pavilion.

"Princess, are you trying to kill Duan Mu Yan?" Qing Lan looked at Duan Zitong in astonishment. In the end, she still received such an order.

"If you don't kill her, royal father will release her! Right now, there's still a reason for us to kill her. If we wait for her to come out, then we'll be in big trouble! " A cold light flashed through her sinister pupils. Duan Zitong could not let Duan Mu Yan come out alive. The chances of that happening were not something that could be found every day!

"Princess, I'm afraid Qinglan …" Qing Lan hesitated. However, she was stopped by Duan Zitong.

"I understand what you mean. Are you afraid that you will be unable to defeat Xiao Yu Xuan?" "Don't worry, I didn't want you to do it!" Duan Zitong said coldly. As she struck out with both of her palms, a wave of coldness spread out from behind Qing Lan! Qing Lan turned around and saw a middle-aged man dressed in black appear in front of her.

Qing Lan had to admit that the man in front of her had a vulgar appearance. She had a pair of small, narrow eyes that emitted a trace of an evil aura. Her lips were thin and thin, and although his long hair was like silk, it couldn't conceal his unsightly appearance! Perhaps she had been right about Duan Xingyi and Xiao Yuxuan every day. For the time being, Qinglan was unable to accept a man of such looks.

"Princess?" Qing Lan asked suspiciously.

"This is the famous Ghost Doctor Qian Ri!" Duan Zitong's cherry lips slightly pursed as his eyes bloomed with a resplendent brilliance!

"Money?" Even though she had never seen him before, the three words were still familiar to her. He was like his name, if she could get ahold of him, she would need ten thousand taels of gold, and if she didn't have gold, then she could have a beautiful woman. This money was like life's two hobbies, one was money, and the other was women!