Jing Mo took the tiger-head jade pendant in his hand and looked at it over and over again, trying to confirm whether it was real or fake. But then Jing Mo remembered that he had no idea what the jade pendant that Li Xiaoyuan wore all year round looked like, so how could he tell whether it was real or fake? Jing Mo smiled self-deprecatingly and gently placed the tiger-head jade pendant on the coffee table beside him. <>

Gu Xinglang said, "Let me move troops into the city? After the commanders of the two camps see this jade pendant, will they obey my orders?"

The supervisor knelt down and turned to face Gu Xinglang and said, "The commanders of the two camps outside the city are both from the imperial guards. When they see the jade pendant of my emperor, they will definitely obey the orders of the prince consort."

Jing Mo said: "Is there no possibility that they would betray the emperor?"

"No," the supervisor said firmly.

Jing Mo looked at Gu Xinglang and said, "Qinghui, should we give it a try?"

Gu Xinglang had a cold expression and said nothing.

Seeing that Gu Xinglang didn't say anything, Jing Mo said to the chief supervisor: "Eunuch Xun, this matter is of great importance. Please allow us to discuss it carefully. You go back to the palace and tell His Majesty that Qinghui and I will do our best to help him clear the emperor's test."

The supervisor nodded, then looked at Gu Xinglang and said, "Sir, my Majesty has issued an oral order, asking you to kill all the members of the Ai family."

"I understand," Gu Xinglang said simply.

The chief supervisor said to Jing Mo, "My Majesty also said that he wants to kill Concubine Long's mother."

Jing Mo nodded slightly and said, "Of course, everyone can punish traitors, but what about Fang Yan?"

The supervisor repeated Li Xiaoyuan's original words.

After Jing Mo finished listening to the supervisor's retelling, he immediately asked, "Then, Mo Wen, does His Majesty have any instructions?"

The chief supervisor lowered his head and shook his head, saying, "Your Majesty did not mention the Master Host."

Jing Mo sighed and said, "The monks in the White Horse Temple are not easy to deal with."

The chief supervisor kowtowed to Jing Mo and said, "I beg the emperor to help my majesty."

"After clearing the court of emperors," Jing Mo said, "Who among the emperors will do it?"

The supervisor froze when Jing Mo asked him.

Jing Mo said: "Why? Your Majesty didn't say this?"

The chief supervisor hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, my Majesty said that he will not treat the Queen and His Highness unfairly."

"Is that so?" Jing Mo smiled and said, "What about Concubine Yu and His Majesty the Seventh Prince?"

The Supervisor General said: "Of course, His Majesty will not treat Lady Yu Guifei and His Majesty the Seventh Prince unfairly."

Jing Mo tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers and said, "I understand. Eunuch, please go back to the palace to report. Qinghui and I will live up to his trust."

The supervisor kowtowed to Jing Mo and Gu Xinglang respectively, then stood up and walked out of the house.

Gu Xinglang suddenly said at this time: "If you go back now, you will most likely die."

The supervisor paused, bowed to Gu Xinglang and saluted again, saying, "Thank you for your advice, my Lord. I have to go back to the palace to serve His Majesty."

"Someone come here," Jing Mo said to the outside of the door, "Send Eunuch Xun out."

"Yes," Jingmo's guards responded outside the door.

After listening to the footsteps outside the door getting farther and farther away, Jing Mo and Gu Xinglang sighed: "This is a loyal servant."

Gu Xinglang sat upright in the chair with a cold expression.

"Zhuo Jun," Jing Mo called out to Jiang Zhuo Jun who was still standing behind the screen, "The slave is leaving."

Jiang Zhuojun walked out from behind the screen with a cold expression on his face.

Jing Mo pointed at the jade pendant he had placed on the coffee table and said, "Take a look to see if this is real or fake."

Jiang Zhuojun walked to the coffee table, picked up the tiger-head jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and said, "This is something your majesty wears all year round."

Jing Mo said: "Can we mobilize the troops from the two camps outside the city?"

"I don't know about that," Jiang Zhuojun put the jade pendant back to its original place and said, "That eunuch is a trusted eunuch by His Majesty's side, so his words should not be false."

"Will he not be bribed by the Dragon Concubine?" Jing Mo asked.

Jiang Zhuojun shook his head.

"If he is not accepted by Dragon Concubine, then what about Mo Wen's bribery?" Jing Mo asked.

Jiang Zhuojun was stunned for a moment and didn't answer.

Gu Xinglang said: "Even if we go to the palace to ask Li Xiaoyuan whether this is true or not, he may be coerced by Mo Wen to lie to us."

Jing Mo said: "Yeah, if you can't read minds, how can you tell whether it's true or not?"

Jiang Zhuojun looked at Jing Mo, then at Gu Xinglang, and said, "So what are you going to do? Are we still going to leave the city?"

Jing Mo asked Gu Xinglang: "Qinghui, what do you mean?"

Gu Xinglang said in a deep voice: "I will take this jade pendant to the military camp outside the city to gamble."

Jing Mo stroked the jade pendant on the coffee table with his fingers and whispered, "It's worth a gamble."

Gu Xinglang asked Jiang Zhuojun: "If I can really mobilize troops out of the camp, how can I and these soldiers enter the city?"

Jiang Zhuojun said: "Without the imperial edict, if this tiger-head jade pendant cannot make the generals defending the city obey orders, then we can only attack the city."

"Wouldn't that alert the enemy?" Jing Mo said, "Since Li Xiaoyuan said to mobilize troops, let's temporarily trust the commanders of these two battalions and have a way to lead the troops into the city."

Gu Xinglang said: "After entering the city, I will lead the troops directly to the Imperial Palace?"

"The Ai family is a family of scholars," Jing Mo said, "You don't have to send troops to the Ai Mansion. My guards can kill the entire Ai family."

Gu Xinglang nodded.

"How many soldiers are there in the two camps outside the city?" Jing Mo asked Jiang Zhuojun again.

Jiang Zhuojun said: "More than 10,000 people."

"There are 20,000 guards in the palace," Jing Mo whispered.

Jiang Zhuojun said hurriedly: "But these more than 10,000 people are all elite."

"There are still troops in the city," Jing Mo looked at Gu Xinglang and said, "Li Xiaoyuan didn't mobilize the troops in this camp, which means he doesn't trust this camp."

Gu Xinglang clenched his right hand into a fist and whispered, "The Dragon Concubine was able to force Li Xiaoyuan to beg us for help. Without the help of the Imperial Guards, the prison guard would not have been able to leave the palace."

Jing Mo said: "So there are people from Li Xiaoyuan in the Imperial Guard. Do you think it will be easy to lead troops to attack the Imperial Palace?"

"As long as the monks from the White Horse Temple don't come, I don't think this will be a difficult task," said Gu Xinglang.

"Okay," Jing Mo said, "Zhuo Jun, you follow Qinghui to mobilize troops outside the city. I will go to the White Horse Temple to meet Mo Wen. My guards will go to the Ai Mansion, and Xiong Xiong and the others will guard this place."

Jiang Zhuojun hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Then kill Concubine Long and Empress Li Lu?"

"The Dragon Concubine wants to kill Li Lu," Jing Mo looked at Gu Xinglang and said, "Don't kill this man. Let the Fourth Prince decide his life or death."

Jiang Zhuojun lowered his eyes. Another meaning of Jing Mo's words was that after the success, Li Luo would be the emperor.

Gu Xinglang nodded.

Jing Mo stood up, patted Jiang Zhuojun on the shoulder, and whispered, "The Fourth Prince should think about how he will thank me, Qinghui, and the Princess after the matter is accomplished."

A note to readers

The second update is here.

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