Seeing that Shen Xu had directly forgiven Yuan Shengjie and the four lackeys of Hua Guoshi, Captain Song frowned and whispered a warning: "Niece-in-law, they are all lackeys who followed Hua Guoshi to do evil, and they are also highly skilled in martial arts. It would be inappropriate to let them go so rashly."

But Shen Xu spoke quietly: "It doesn't matter, the world is bustling with people, all for profit, the world is bustling with people, all for profit.

They can't kill me right now, so what if they take the opportunity to escape? Can they guarantee a better life than now?"

Captain Song retorted, "But if we hand the Imperial City Guards over to them, what if they start to act against us..."

Shen Xu smiled gently and explained, “The Imperial Master alone controls the entire Imperial City and is in charge of 400,000 soldiers and horses of the Royal Army’s Iron Cavalry.

There are only four of us including Pei Zhiyuan. I don’t have any martial arts skills yet, but I can still kill people in the midst of thousands of troops.

If you want to harm us, you should consider whether you have the strength to compete with me."

As soon as she arrived in Beijing, she threatened to kill the Imperial Master in a big way. Her plan to snipe the Imperial Master from the sentry tower had already spread, and everyone was waiting to see her make a fool of herself.

Even the Imperial Master laughed at her arrogance and stupidity. He was confident that no one could assassinate him amidst the heavy guards, but he also wanted to see how this stupid and arrogant person would struggle to death and be defeated miserably.

Shen Xu seized upon the arrogant and conceited character of the Imperial Master, and from Qingzhou Prefecture, he allowed the Imperial Master's spies to pass on information to the capital, and widely publicized his plan to seize the Dzi Pearl and snipe the Imperial Master.

Ever since the Imperial Master didn't take her plan seriously, he had already fallen into the chess game set by Shen Xu.

She attracted the attention of the Imperial Master with her rock climbing diagram and enemy repelling strategy, earning him a chance to meet her. Next, she guided the Imperial Master to confidently place her in the Qimen Four Symbols Formation.

She used the dragon carp to hint to the Imperial Master to lock up the mother and drive out the father, and asked the Imperial Master to keep Song Lin by his side, find out and attract the attention of the secret guards around him.

The Imperial Master firstly wanted to find out the strength of the couple and whether they really had a plan to repel the enemy and solve the problem of the northern defense line; secondly, he also wanted to teach this arrogant person a lesson and make her young master cry and beg for mercy, crawling at his feet.

He would definitely place her in his most proud Qimen Four Symbols Formation.

But the Imperial Master didn't know that four years ago, a like-minded 14-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy read through ancient books and studied the mechanisms in order to protect their research results.

In a mansion somewhere in Yanyang Country, a Qimen Four Symbols Formation was built. Although she had lost her memory, she was familiar with these things by heart.

Mountains of swords and seas of fire, cavalry of iron and steel, poisonous fog and soul-stirring traps, mazes of fish and dragons...

These were all the things left over from her and Jiang Yu’s play.

Later, Jiang Yu was sent as an envoy to the Haoyue Kingdom, and the young emperor of the same age as him was responsible for receiving him.

The enthusiastic Jiang Yu gave the complete set of design drawings of the Qimen Four Symbols Formation as a gift to the young emperor, who was then the seventh prince.

This allowed the Imperial Preceptor, originally a retainer of the Seventh Prince, to research and construct the Alchemy Palace's Qimen. He modified the parts he didn't understand, but he didn't quite grasp the essence of the formation, and instead failed to unleash its full destructive power, leaving it as a half-finished product.

Show off one's skills in front of an expert.

As for the Dzi beads, they were originally a gimmick created by the national teacher to control power, but they were turned into a ready-made weapon for her to incite the military.

Just by using words and writing, you can kill people without them even noticing.

After the Imperial Master lost the Dzi beads, he was even more worried that someone would discover the secret of the Dzi beads and affect his control over his hegemony, which caused him to lose his composure.

But he didn't know that the real Dzi Bead had long been thrown into the formation by Shen Xu and destroyed without a trace.

These people still foolishly believed that the Dzi beads were still in her hands and were hidden somewhere by her.

Whoever obtains Dzi beads will obtain the king's teacher?

What a joke.

And that power spring crossbow was the ultimate weapon that truly propelled her to world fame.

How could she not be convincing when she actually accomplished something that everyone thought was impossible, such as being a national sniper on the sentry tower?

Only by standing at an impossible height and raising your arms to call for help can you attract people to respond.

Now, the overall control of the Rock Imperial City has shifted from the hands of the National Master to her hands. No one is stupid enough to think that just because they have a few soldiers, they can compete with this young woman who is more powerful than the National Master.

The four of them looked at each other and knelt on the ground. "We are willing to serve Madam Song at our utmost."

Shen Xu responded calmly, “Go.”

Several people stood up and walked behind Yuan Shengjie very cooperatively, waiting for instructions.

Yuan Shengjie also bowed respectfully and trotted away with his men.

"I am the king of a country, I am the supreme ruler. Are you all blind? Are you deaf? Why do you want to listen to a witch and a village girl pointing fingers at me?" The little emperor was so anxious that he jumped up and down, kicking the guards beside him hard, asking them to go forward and kill Shen Xu.

But now no one dared to disturb Shen Xu, and the guards could only remain silent and let the emperor go crazy and beat and scold them.

Song Lin's face was cold, and he loudly accused her without any hesitation: "If you hadn't messed up this country, how could Xiuxiu take such a big risk to come to the capital to kill the Imperial Master!

She is injured now and has to clean up this mess for you, but you only care about killing her. As the emperor, have you ever cared about the lives of the people in this country?

He was almost cursing the person for being so heartless.

The originally noisy open space in front of the Xuanhe Palace became quiet again. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the handsome man who bravely pointed at the emperor's nose and cursed him.

Seeing the people's scorching gazes, the emperor's face darkened and his voice trembled with anger. "Mr. Song, are you blaming me? Are you blaming me for not managing this court properly? This entire court is full of thieves who stole the country. How can I govern them?"

Shen Xu completely ignored the furious look of the little emperor and summoned several officers who looked like commanders. He ordered one by one: "Send people to seal off all the residences and mansions of the imperial master and control all the people involved. No one is allowed to enter or leave without permission. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy.

All the wounded were moved to the saltpeter ice pool in Xuanhe Palace, and all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital and the garrison were summoned to come to Xuanhe Palace to rescue them.

Order that all construction on the imperial palace dam, approved by the Imperial Master, be halted, and that mining operations cease. All detained individuals be counted first. Disseminate the news of the Imperial Master's murder to all prefectures and counties, and order the prefectural governors to report to the Imperial City in two weeks."

Several people took the order and trotted off.

Shen Xu called another person over and ordered, "Invite the Empress Dowager to Xuanhe Palace. Invite Concubine Yu to Xuanhe Palace as well. Have them wait in the side hall."

"Pei Zhiyuan, Pei Zhiyuan!" When the little emperor heard that she insisted on seeing Concubine Yu, he cast a cold and paranoid look at Pei Zhiyuan. He said sinisterly, "Did you instruct her to do this? Did you plan all this? You want to leave me, you want to betray me!"

Pei Zhiyuan frowned and stopped. He didn't know what Shen Xu's purpose was in meeting Concubine Yu. According to the clues left by Yu Qingzhu's last words in the Hongxiao Formation, Concubine Yu in Xinlan Garden should be his wife Yu Xinyu.

Then why did the little emperor repeatedly emphasize that he had killed his wife?