“Our William family has treated you well, so why did you do this? Has the William family and the Emperor-Slaying Alliance ever wronged you? Even the family's military power, I divided your share exactly the same as your brother's, but you actually rebelled against our William family!”

Alice sneered at these words: "Good for me? You keep saying you're doing this for my own good, but you've been using my mother as leverage at every turn. You even had William kill my mother. When I return victorious, William will try to wipe me and all my men out!"

"This is how you treat me? That's ridiculous! If you really cared about me, you wouldn't have tried to kill me!"

"What did you say?" A look of surprise flashed across the head of the William family's eyes, as if he had never expected Alice to say such things.

But Alice saw his gaze as feigning ignorance, which only fueled her anger.

A sinister smile crept across her face as she slowly pulled the trigger: "I used to hope you would treat me well, but now I don't care anymore! Once you're all dead, the William family will all be mine, and I'll take care of the Emperor-Slaying Alliance myself!"

With a bang, Alice pulled the trigger, and the head of the William family didn't even understand how he died.

Seeing her father fall to the ground, Alice felt only a sense of vengeful pleasure.

Her gaze swept over her countless subordinates inside and outside the room, as if she were looking at a victory that belonged only to her, and she involuntarily opened her arms wide:

"From this day forward, the William family belongs to me, Alice! From now on, you will all be my most loyal dogs!"

But as soon as she finished speaking, Alice felt as if countless worms were frantically gnawing at her stomach. The pain made her gag, and then she thrashed about on the ground like a dying worm, crying out, "Ahhh! Help! It hurts so much! Please help me!"

Countless subordinates wanted to rush up to help, but then it felt as if countless worms were crawling into their bodies.

Many people collapsed, foaming at the mouth, while others writhed in agony on the ground and banged their heads against the door. The entire William family was filled with wails and screams, as if it were hell on earth.

"What on earth happened? Who did this? Who came out right now!"

As soon as she finished speaking, countless subordinates from the Glazed Pavilion and the Dark Night Alliance rushed in from outside, completely surrounding the area.

Gu Momo and Li Zhanting walked towards Alice at a leisurely pace. Gu Momo couldn't help but kick a gun on the ground, a charming smile playing on her lips: "Long time no see, Alice. Didn't you say you weren't colluding with the Emperor-Slaying Alliance? How did things turn out like this?"

The moment Alice saw Gu Momo and Li Zhanting, she felt like her head was about to explode.

Why are those two here? Isn't tonight's operation something only the William family knows about?

Alice's eyes pierced through Gu Momo with hatred: "Gu Momo, Li Zhanting, you two were behind this poisoning, weren't you?! You two despicable women, you actually wanted to reap the benefits without lifting a finger, you're utterly shameless!"

"Despicable and shameless?" Li Zhanting's dark eyes flashed coldly. "Isn't it your William family that's despicable and shameless?"

"Guards! Seize them all and hand them over to the Queen!"

"Yes!" The subordinates of the Dark Night Alliance immediately rushed up and detained Alice, and all the other subordinates were also detained.

Gu Momo and Li Zhanting had contacted the Queen before they arrived, and now the palace guards had also surrounded them in a large force. Almost everyone in the William family was trapped and had no chance of escaping.

Alice watched helplessly as Gu Momo and Li Zhanting took away her hard-earned achievements, and she gritted her teeth in hatred.

As she was led away, she roared viciously, "Hahaha! How ridiculous! I, Alice, have been clever all my life, yet I never expected to be defeated by your poison, Gu Momo! Gu Momo, you are truly ruthless!"

Gu Momo laughed in anger, strode up to Alice, and slapped her without hesitation:

"If we're talking about ruthlessness, can I compare to your William family? You betrayed your own people, and even more so, you betrayed your dignity as royalty. How dare you talk to me about ruthlessness? Besides, to deal with ruthless people like you, you have to be even more ruthless than you!"

Alice gritted her teeth in frustration: "But I don't understand why we've all fallen for your tricks!"

Although she knew Gu Momo was capable, she didn't think she was capable of predicting the future!

Gu Momo didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "It's very simple. My intelligence network told me that almost all of your men come from the water-rich south, but the climate here is dry, and coupled with your long journey, you must be suffering from a dry cough. So I deliberately timed it perfectly and placed poison upstream of the river you'll be passing through. You'll definitely be unable to resist the lure of the river water when you pass by. I just used a little trick."

Alice stared wide-eyed in anger, seemingly unable to believe it.

She spent so much effort but failed in the end, while Gu Momo got what she wanted so easily!

"Gu Momo, you're really shameless." Alice couldn't think of any words to humiliate Gu Momo, so she could only grit her teeth and say.

A cold glint flashed in Li Zhanting's eyes, and his chilling voice suddenly rose: "Take her to the dungeon, and make sure to serve this Miss Alice well! Of course, if Miss Alice still likes to curse, then we'll add fuel to the fire!"

"Yes, Master Ting!" The subordinate nodded, genuinely admiring Miss Alice.

Miss Alice is really fearless, daring to curse Miss Momo like that in front of Master Ting. She's practically courting death!

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