Xin Liangmu felt annoyed when he heard Xi Ya's voice, but he still pretended to sympathize and said, "The Empress Dowager wants to kill her. I'm only doing this because I feel sorry for her and want to help her."

Shia felt that Shinraki was kind-hearted and understood him very well, "This way, she can still be with the Regent."

As long as she wasn't with Long Xinghuang, Xia felt relieved.

After Xin Liangmu visited her in prison that day, Long Xinghuang also came to see her, but asked her when she had seen Lin Miao.

She thought Long Xinghuang had changed his mind and wanted to take her back to the palace, but she didn't expect him to be inquiring about other women.

This made her feel very uncomfortable.

So when Xin Liangmu asked her to smuggle Lin Miao out of the palace, she agreed without hesitation.

She secretly did not want Long Xinghuang to take Lin Miao as a concubine, especially when she learned that all the wooden figurines he treasured were carved by Lin Miao.

Shinragi's eyes turned cold upon hearing Shia's words.

With the Regent?

Impossible. No one can see her without his permission.

Xin Liangmu disguised Mu Tiantian as a palace maid who had been beaten to death by the laundry room manager.

It was all too common for a palace maid to die in the harem.

He placed the dead palace maid directly on Jingxi's bed, treating her as a bedridden imperial concubine, and then told the Empress Dowager that Lin Miao was hiding in Jingxi's palace and that she could dispose of her as she pleased.

Shea asked, "Don't we need to disguise the palace maids?"

Xin Liangmu was getting impatient. "No need. Just do what I tell you to do."

Xia didn't ask any more questions. She glanced at Mu Tiantian's face, which looked exactly like the dead palace maid's. She couldn't help but admire Xin Liangmu; his disguise skills were so good.

Xin Liangmu also disguised Shia's face as a palace eunuch to facilitate his actions.

She smuggled Mu Tiantian out of the palace, and no one noticed.

The ceremony is underway in the main hall.

Xin Liangmu disguised Jingxi's face as Mu Tiantian, making her smile as beautiful as a flower.

Long Xinghuang looked at the woman in front of him and desperately wished that she was the one holding his hand.

No matter how similar Jingxi's face is to the real thing, her eyes will never be the same.

After the wedding ceremony, the Empress Dowager instructed Jing Huaxiong to escort Long Fantian and Xin Liangmu away from the palace.

On his way back home, he was attacked by assassins.

Jing Huaxiong immediately chased after him.

However, not long after he left, a highly skilled assassin suddenly appeared.

Unexpectedly, Long Fantian, who should have been extremely weak, launched a counterattack.

Jing Huaxiong, disguised as an assassin, was shocked. He clearly saw Long Fantian drink the poisoned wine at the banquet table, and judging by the time, it should have been time for the poison to take effect.

Even if Long Fantian hadn't drunk it, his weak body wouldn't have been able to use martial arts.

Jing Huaxiong realized he had fallen into a trap and turned to run away.

Meanwhile, all the escorting guards slashed at Long Fantian to protect Jing Huaxiong as he fled.

The result was that the guards who wanted to kill Long Fantian were killed instead.

Jing Huaxiong was seriously injured and captured by four guards.

He knelt on the ground, knowing he could not escape, and looked at Xin Liangmu, "Grand Preceptor, I'm afraid I can't complete the task you entrusted to me."

The first thing he did after being arrested was to drag Rashinryogi into the water.

Xin Liangmu tried to escape in the chaos, but was stopped by Jing Huaxiong's men.

To put it bluntly, regardless of whether the assassination plan succeeds or not, Jing Huaxiong and he will become scapegoats for the Empress Dowager.

Despite his imposing and burly appearance as a general, Jing Huaxiong is actually quite dim-witted. Without his sister, Jing Huarong, he would never have held this position.

Therefore, Jing Huaxiong was destined to be a scapegoat.

“Your Highness, I have nothing to do with this matter. If Your Highness wants to know the truth, I have a way to make General Jing tell the truth.” Xin Liangmu no longer opposed Long Fantian as before, but respectfully offered his suggestion, “My insect gu can make Jing Huaxiong tell the truth.”

Upon hearing this, Qiu Feng stepped forward to block the Regent, worried that Xin Liangmu might use witchcraft.

Jing Huaxiong panicked upon hearing this, but he pretended to be calm and said disbelievingly, "I have taken medicine that can resist Gu worms, you can't control me."

Xin Liangmu's dark eyes were sinister, and a chilling smile curved his lips as he looked at Jing Huaxiong, who was being forced to kneel on the ground. "General Jing, I made the medicine you took. Do you think I have any way to make it ineffective?"

"You can't...cough cough..." Before Jing Huaxiong could finish speaking, a foreign object flew into his mouth, and he choked.

At the same time, Xia Yang's sword was pressed against Xin Liangmu's neck, fearing that he might make any unnecessary moves.

Xin Liangmu remained calm. "Don't be nervous. I'm just feeding him a Gu worm."

Long Fantian glanced at Xia Yang, who sheathed his sword and looked at Xin Liangmu warily.

Upon hearing that it was a Gu worm, Jing Huaxiong frantically tried to spit it out.

"Since the Imperial Advisor wants to prove that he has nothing to do with this matter, then let the Imperial Advisor ask the questions. I also want to hear the General's truth." Long Fantian looked at the two of them calmly and with a powerful aura.

Xin Liangmu began his questioning, "General Jing, who exactly ordered you to assassinate the Regent?"

His voice was like a spell, and Jing Huaxiong became somewhat delirious after hearing it. He began to speak incoherently, saying that the Empress Dowager had instructed him to carry out the assassination and then shift the blame onto Xin Liangmu.

Even during the hunt, it was the Empress Dowager who instructed Xin Liangmu to send someone to assassinate Long Fantian.

"Your Highness, you heard everything."

No sooner had Xin Liangmu finished speaking than Jing Huaxiong, as if possessed, drew a short sword from his waist and swiftly stabbed at Long Fantian.

Long Fantian remained calm and stood still, intending to knock Jing Huaxiong unconscious and take him back to the palace for further interrogation.

Unexpectedly, Shinryoku acted first, blocking his way.

Xin Liangmu was wounded in the shoulder, and blood splattered onto Long Fantian's face.

Xia Yang and Dong Xue quickly subdued Jing Huaxiong. Before long, Jing Huaxiong's body convulsed, and he finally vomited blood and died.

Xin Liangmu, clutching his wound, feigned concern and asked Long Fantian, "Is Your Highness injured?"

Long Fantian wiped the blood off his face and looked at him coldly, "Grand Preceptor, you just killed General Jing like that, aren't you afraid of the Empress Dowager's wrath?"

"I did this to save Your Highness. I only hope that Your Highness can take into consideration my utmost efforts and not pursue the matter of the hunting grounds." Xin Liangmu coughed a few times after speaking and said weakly, "If my wounds are not treated soon, they may easily cause my old ailment to recur."

"Xia Yang and Dong Xue, you two escort the Imperial Preceptor back to his residence." With that, Long Fantian turned and left, with Qiu Feng and Chun Yu following closely behind.

Xin Liangmu's guards watched Dong Xue and Xia Yang warily.

Xia Yang smiled and said, "Since His Highness has asked us to escort the Imperial Preceptor back to his residence, he will certainly not allow the Imperial Preceptor to make any mistakes. General Jing is dead, and the Imperial Preceptor can be considered His Highness's witness, so we will naturally strengthen our protection."

Dongxue stood silently to the side, her cold face a stark contrast to Xia Yang's smiling demeanor.

"Who knows if what you're saying is true or false?" the guard retorted defensively.

"Wuta Mountain," Xin Liangmu murmured.

Wutashan stepped aside and said no more.

"Then I'll have to trouble you two... cough..." Xin Liangmu was helped into the sedan chair by Wutashan and walked towards the direction of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion.

Winter snow and summer sun accompany it.

The deserted road was littered with corpses, and Jing Huaxiong lay among them, bleeding from all seven orifices.

It seemed especially terrifying in the moonless, deep night.

...

Upon returning to the Regent's Palace, Long Fantian immediately instructed Qiufeng to prepare a bath tub, intending to use the medicinal powder that Mu Tiantian had left for him.

Qiu Feng realized the problem and immediately went to make preparations.

He remembered that the powder was left by Miss Lin Miao to expel the Gu worms from his body, so the prince was unknowingly cursed by Xin Liangmu.

But when exactly?

Qiu Feng couldn't care less about anything else. He ordered people to boil several more pots of water and prepare everything for the prince. Then he urged Chun Yu to soak her in the medicinal powder as well.

Chunyu looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Qiu Feng, who was usually expressionless and taciturn, looked at Chun Yu with worry in his eyes. "Xin Liangmu can cast Gu without anyone noticing. His Gu technique is far superior to mine. The prince must have realized that he has been Gu-cast, so we may also have been Gu-cast by him without anyone noticing. Go and get some medicine powder to soak in."

"What about you?" Chunyu couldn't help but worry upon hearing this. "What about Ulana and Xia Yang? Wouldn't it be dangerous for them to escort Xinliangmu back to the manor?"

"I'll stay here and watch over the Prince. As long as Dongxue can bring Miss Lin back safely and Ulana succeeds in assassinating Xinliangmu, perhaps Xiayang and the others can still be saved." Qiufeng said no more and urged Chunyu to take a bath, and then try to force out the Gu worms using the method Mutiantian taught him.

I just hope that Ulana and Dongxue's trip will be successful.

at the same time.

Mu Tiantian woke up in a secret room with her hands and feet chained.

After observing the scene within the secret chamber, Qi Tong advised: "I advise you not to open your eyes for now."