The news that Mo Shaoye had been named the Seven-Bead King quickly spread throughout the palace.

It spread even faster to the residences of court officials everywhere.

In the Second Prince's residence,

Mo Shaoqing was furious.

He was placed under house arrest and forbidden from participating in government affairs.

All the scenery was stolen by Mo Shaojun.

Now, Mo Shaojun has been demoted to a commoner.

It was the perfect time for him to return to his peak, but he never expected that Mo Shaoze would suddenly appear.

“The offspring of a lowly slave. If I had known he would be a menace, I would have killed him along with the child.”

The advisor immediately analyzed, "Your Highness, Mo Shaojun has been demoted, and the Su family's high position has collapsed. The current situation in the court is chaotic, and all the officials have become leaderless and dissolute. If Mo Shaoze really takes the opportunity to rise to power, it will be hard to say what will happen when you return to the court."

"Currently, there are no other adult princes in the palace, and Consort Su has no children either, but you have the Empress as your support. When the Empress Dowager's coffin is placed in the imperial mausoleum, the Empress should accompany the Emperor to offer incense. At that time, there will be a vacancy in the capital, which will be a good opportunity for us to act."

Mo Shaoqing looked at him with a gloomy expression.

"What do you mean? Do you want me to rebel? Don't forget, Mo Yunhan is still in the capital. There's no way he could go to the imperial mausoleum with Father to pay respects to the Empress Dowager. With my strength, how can I possibly contend with him?"

The advisor hurriedly said, "Your Highness misunderstands. If you are to inherit the throne, you must do so legitimately and make everyone willingly submit to you. My idea is to take this opportunity to contact the court officials, consolidate your position, and then prepare a grand show for Mo Shaoze. He has never participated in politics, so how could he understand the intricacies of the game?"

Mo Shaoqing's expression finally softened slightly.

He looked at the mess of broken pieces on the ground and spoke coldly.

"I want him to never rise again."

...

In a village house on the outskirts of Beijing,

A mechanical bat flew down and landed on the shoulder of a middle-aged man digging in the distance.

With the clicking sound of the mechanism turning.

The belly part split open, revealing a section of bamboo tube.

The man braced the hoe against the ground, took out the bamboo tube with one hand, and opened it to take a look.

His desolate eyes suddenly brightened a little.

"Tomorrow, we'll be carrying the coffin? This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

...

Not far from the palace is a very secluded mass grave.

The stone pit was filled with white bones.

They were all unjustly killed people thrown out of the palace.

Many locals know this place and usually avoid it; very few people actually go there.

At that moment, at the bottom of the pit, the two recently deceased female corpses suddenly opened their eyes.

His eyes were pure white, without black pupils.

Its limbs stiffened and made strange cracking sounds, and it actually stood up from the pile of dead bodies, slowly crawling out of the pit.

The face, already showing signs of rigor mortis, had its mouth wide open.

It seemed to be able to smell something through its nostrils, and moved slowly and mechanically in a certain direction.

A horse-drawn carriage was also heading in this direction.

Through the half-open curtain,

A wisp of blue flame floated in Jiang Qingwan's palm.

It was that wisp of demonic energy she extracted from the body of the deceased Qin Run.

They are sensing their own kind.

She wanted to find Yun Xiaoran's residence, but the further she walked, the more she felt that she was in the wrong direction.

Qinghui realized this as well and whispered, "Your Highness, it seems like there's something ahead..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Hong and Xiao Hua, who were lying at Jiang Qingwan's feet inside the car, suddenly woke up, kicked off the car, and ran off in one direction.

The people on the road were so frightened that they screamed and retreated.

They clearly didn't expect there to be a tiger.

Jiang Qingwan hurriedly called out,

"Li Dou, Lian'er, go and see what's going on. Don't let them hurt anyone."

"Yes, Miss."

The two quickly ran after him.

As the crowd was discussing how a tiger could have appeared, a terrified scream suddenly rang out from ahead.

"Oh no, has a tiger eaten someone?"

"Go report this to the authorities immediately!"

Before the people around them could even react, a man suddenly darted out from in front, screaming, "A ghost! A ghost!"

There aren't many people on this road to begin with.

The people coming and going were mostly local residents.

There were only four or five people, and they weren't scared at all; they just looked curiously behind the man.

"Did this person get scared at a mass grave?"

"They're obviously not from the capital. They took a shortcut over there; it's no wonder they were scared."

Before the discussion had even died down, someone pointed behind the man and shouted, "Wait a minute, look what's that?"

The man had already run to the carriage when he was so frightened that his legs went weak. He stumbled and fell to the ground, his face pale, and kept shouting, "Ghost, ghost!"

The others also saw what was following the man at that moment.

They were all so frightened that they scattered and fled.

The two stiff female corpses seemed to have sensed the presence of living people.

His movements suddenly became more agile.

He pounced on the nearest person.

Its foul-smelling mouth emitted a shrill, piercing sound.

It's like a whistle, so sharp it hurts your ears.

Those who scattered and fled all covered their ears and collapsed to the ground in agony.

Jiang Qingwan said urgently, "Qinghui, save people."

Qing Sui quickly drew a short knife from her waist, leaped away, and kicked away the female corpse that was trying to bite her.

She kicked the other person, sending them flying. The person fell straight to the ground, but then suddenly stood up straight.

Even the bones weren't bent.

As if annoyed at being disturbed while eating, it opened its mouth wide and roared again.

The surrounding people were all writhing and groaning on the ground, covering their ears in pain. They couldn't even stand up, let alone run away.

Qingsui was also affected.

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