Chapter 517

Mu Mingtang remembered them one by one. At this time, a servant girl hurriedly walked over before stopping by the entrance of the room. She looked at Mu Mingtang with an anxious expression, "Your Highness."

Mu Mingtang's face turned dark because she knew that something big had happened. In a second, her face turned calm and said, "Thank you, Taoist, for your hard work. All of you, follow him to obtain the necessary medications and ingredients. If there are any other things I should take note of, remember to write it down before letting me know about it later on. Anxiang, send the Taoist Priest out personally."

Anxiang understood and a red envelope was packed for the Taoist Priest before she sent him out the door. After the other servants left, Mu Mingtang's facial expressions changed as she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your Highness, according to the latest news, His Majesty declared that by mobilising the troops privately and failing to comply with the royal decree, His Highness is deemed as intending to start a rebellion. As of now, he has been stripped of the title as Prince An and all the other soldiers from the country are ordered to chase and fight against him."

Mu Mingtang sighed tiredly after hearing it. It was about time this happened, anyway. She asked, "How is the situation outside?"

"The guards are firmly posted outside the wall. Not even a fly can approach, so please rest assured, Your Highness."

Mu Mingtang was somewhat eased with the knowledge before she continued, "When was this news relayed? When was His Highness's title stripped?"

The servant girl thought about it before she answered, "This humble servant remembers that the corresponder mentioned it was on the 15th."

"15th," Mu Mingtang said leisurely, "So it was 8 days ago. By now, he would have probably heard of the news as well."

Mu Mingtang expected that things wouldn't remain this calm, but she did not expect for all these issues to happen faster than what she had predicted.

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By the end of the month, Mu Mingtang suddenly received word that although Xie Xuanchen regained the seized land, the court regarded him as a rebel and was very cold towards him. He was forced into a situation where he could only raise the flag and go against the immoral Emperor.

At the same time, no one knew where the rumours came from, but word spread that Xie Xuanchen had gotten sick. Some even said that he wasn't ill, but was assassinated instead.

Plus, there was a new rumour going on. Back when Xie Xuanchen was said to have gone crazy like a mad dog, he had also been targeted and framed. That time, his words didn't help since his actions were indeed out of control. But now, there were accounts saying that back then, although he had indeed gone crazed, the one to blame was not him.

Anyone who could have stood up for Xie Xuanchen were all killed by those who wanted to cover up what happened. Once outsiders came to help, he was already in a comatose state, lying in a pool of blood. Hence, it was not hard for them to believe that Xie Xuanchen was the one who caused all this bloodshed. Plus, since everyone who knew what happened had died and he himself was still unconscious, no one could figure out what happened, which led to the truth being buried up just like that.

Also, there were people who theorised that the previous Emperor had violently broken down because he had found out what happened to his son, Xie Xuanchen. Realising that there was something wrong with the incident, the previous Emperor consulted his brother Xie Rui, who entered the palace to discuss who the person behind this extermination was. And it was on that day that the previous Emperor passed away.