The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

Chapter 613: Palace Fights Are All Scheming

Xiao Yufeng had long known that he was not a descendant of the Xiao family. This truth was told to him by a teacher in the academy when he was five years old and went to the academy for enlightenment. The teacher was also the son of the headmaster.

The principal of that academy was once the enlightenment teacher of the prince in the palace, and his status was very extraordinary.

The teacher also told him that his real identity was actually the fourth prince of the dynasty. Because of the infighting among the concubines in the harem, his mother was poisoned, and they sent him out because they were afraid that they could not save him.

The dancer who was said to be his biological mother was actually a maid of his mother's concubine. She was ordered to disguise herself and take him out of the palace, and designed to make him the son of the Duke of Zhenguo.

The fourth prince in the palace was just his shield, allowing him to accumulate strength and then clear his name when the opportunity arose.

Later, he began to live a low-key life, working hard to absorb all kinds of knowledge and prepare for the future.

Xiao Yun: ...This script is full of loopholes~

Xiao Yufeng, with his intelligence, shouldn't have believed such nonsense. After all, the late emperor attached great importance to his offspring. No matter how the women fought, no one was allowed to harm the children's lives. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many princes left. The empress dowager was not a soft-hearted person.

So the idea that he was afraid of being killed and sent out of the palace is totally untrue. Even if he was young and didn't know this at the time, he would be able to see it when he grows up, right?

Another thing is his leg disease, which is not fake. No matter how hard he tries, it is difficult for him to achieve much with this fatal flaw. This was a point of great importance in ancient times.

Moreover, he hadn't considered that if he was really the Fourth Prince, he might have been secretly sent out because of his leg disease. Because if a concubine gave birth to an incomplete child, it would be a huge mistake.

In ancient times, people didn't think it was a matter of chance or something they ate wrong, but rather a retribution from the gods and ghosts. For example, if a couple gave birth to a fool, everyone would say they must have done something bad and that was why they were being punished.

There is also the biological mother of his, the dancer. Because it caused quite a big uproar at the time, Xiao Dingyuan did not try to keep her mouth shut. After all, he could not stop Youyou from speaking out. So he only needed to make a little inquiries to find out that the dancer was indeed his mother. It was impossible for the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion not to find out this. However, the identity of his biological father remained to be investigated.

Moreover, his dancer wife is still alive. She found a farmer about a hundred miles away from the capital and married him as her second wife. Now she has a son and a daughter and lives a good life.

As for the eyes that looked very similar to those of the grandson of the previous emperor, Xiao Yun did not get the answer from him. Those people might have thought that he was still young and were worried that he would tell the secret without keeping his mouth shut, so they did not tell him.

Of course, it is also possible that he was just a pawn placed in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion by those people, and there was no intention of letting him know the truth.

Xiao Yun recalled the academy where Xiao Yufeng studied and quickly sorted out the relationships between the characters there.

She suspected that the principal of Kunpeng Academy might be a member of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and that he made up a story to trick this boy into working for them.

That headmaster should be the Second Prince's man, because the former Grand Tutor is the Second Prince's father-in-law, and the Second Prince does have a relationship with the previous dynasty. After all, his mother and his in-laws were loyal servants of the previous dynasty.

Therefore, it is very likely that the power of the previous dynasty has fallen into the hands of the Second Prince, and it is even possible that he is the descendant of the emperor's grandson. If this is the case, it explains why the other party lied to Xiao Yufeng that he was the Fourth Prince.

They probably wanted him to contribute as well, but didn't want to tell him the real reason, so they tied him together in this way.

For example, in the previous life, it was Xiao Yufeng who took control of the Duke's Mansion, which may have helped the Second Prince to ascend to the throne.

Even though the father and son of the Duke of Zhenguo died in battle at that time, their prestige in the army was not low and they died gloriously. With the emperor's open compensation as a mercy, Xiao Yufeng's status was also greatly improved. As long as he was willing, he could gain some connections in the army.

Even if those people look down on Xiao Yufeng, a disabled bastard, Xiao Yufeng will get married and have children in the future. As long as his children are capable, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion may be able to revive again, so those military connections can be used anyway.

But now that Xiao Yun is here, no matter what the other party's purpose is, there is no need to think about it in this life.

It let go of the already foolish Xiao Yufeng, patted the non-existent dust on its hands, and then turned and left.

She had to go back to the palace. She just sensed that the protective formation over there was being triggered. Someone must have attacked Liuyun Palace.

He used the speed talisman to its maximum effect and rushed back to the palace within two minutes.

Looking at the surrounding imperial guards and the wide-open palace gate, Xiao Yun used his spiritual sense to scan and found that the palace was in chaos.

The Imperial Guards split into two factions and started fighting among themselves. Of course, one side of the Imperial Guards had a red cloth tied on their arm to distinguish between friend and foe.

Emperor Yongkang, who was still in the Qinzheng Hall at this moment, was standing behind the imperial desk and confronting a man of about the same age as him.

After Xiao Yun "saw" the appearance of the other person, his eyes flashed. It was indeed the Second Prince. Was he taking action in advance?

However, she soon had no time to pay attention to that side. Dozens of men in black also surrounded Liuyun Palace and were fighting fiercely with Jiang Lin and others in the yard.

There were only a few people in her palace who knew martial arts. If it weren't for the formation plate, they would have probably broken into the palace.

But even so, the noise could be heard inside because the protective array was not soundproof. Seeing the little fat boy in the hall who was a little uneasy but pouting to hold back his tears, Xiao Yun's eyes turned cold. He quickly flashed behind a man in black who was waving a knife at the hall door and strangled his neck.

These men in black are highly skilled in martial arts. They are either professionally trained secret guards or assassins.

With Xiao Yun's stealth formation, the situation of the battle changed from being one-sided in favor of the men in black to being in their favor. Jiang Lin, Li Hong and other eunuchs had all practiced martial arts, and later they practiced the martial arts secrets given by Xiao Yun, combined with talismans and elixirs, they were able to hold on until now.

Soon most of the men in black were killed by them. Xiao Yun deliberately left two who looked like leaders and searched their souls before they committed suicide by taking poison.

"Miss."

Looking at their master who had appeared, everyone saluted in unison.

Jiang Lin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, these people came at three quarters past midnight. We heard faint cries of killing and came to the courtyard to see what was going on. We just happened to see them jumping in."

Xiao Yun nodded and said, "Well done. Chu Mingli is forcing the emperor to abdicate. We don't need to worry about it for now. We will see the outcome when the time comes."

After saying that, he gave him a bottle of medicine and asked them to apply it on their wounds. After all, they were outnumbered and everyone had wounds on their bodies.

Jiang Lin accepted it and went to the side to apply medicine to the other people.

Xiao Yun had no intention of getting involved now. It would be bad if she rescued Emperor Yongkang. She would rather be the one who got involved.