Inside the Regent's Palace.

Mu Tiantian is drawing yellow talismans.

Seven Commanders: [The second volume of the Record of Gu Poisons was burned by Xin Liangmu a long time ago, and I can't find out the specific contents. Long Fantian has already subjected him to severe torture, and Qiu Feng and Wulana have tried every method, but they still can't get him to talk.]

Mu Tiantian: [Kill him.]

Qi Tong: [But the Soul-Capturing Gu in Long Fantian's body hasn't been completely removed, and there are still Long Xinghuang and Jing Huarong. Why don't you try hypnotizing Xin Liangmu?]

The Soul-Capturing Gu doesn't require brainwashing or bells; it only needs the voice of the person controlling the Gu to completely control their thoughts. No matter how strong a person's willpower is, they will be controlled.

It is a very powerful Gu worm, and it is very difficult to cultivate. Xin Liangmu only managed to cultivate three of them.

Mu Tiantian: [There's no other way. He himself has quite a few Gu worms controlling his body. If I forcefully hypnotize him, it's very likely he'll commit suicide.]

Qi Tong sighed, somewhat anxious. Long Fantian already knew the truth, so why hadn't his corruption level changed?

Mu Tiantian burned the yellow talisman she had drawn in water and drank it.

Seven Commanders: [Why are you drinking the talisman water?]

Mu Tiantian: [After I seal my heart meridian, my body will be in a state of suspended animation, and the talisman water will allow me to move briefly.]

Seven Unifiers: [Isn't this similar to a ghost possessing a corpse? This talisman must be from another world, so its effectiveness will be halved.]

Mu Tiantian: [That's enough.]

After drinking the talisman water, she went to find Ulana and asked her to kill Xinliangmu.

Ulana was worried about her health. "What about the symbiotic worm?"

"I have a way," Mu Tiantian said confidently.

She handed the poisoned sword to Ulana.

Inside the execution hall.

Long Fantian was still torturing Xin Liangmu. In the few days since returning to the manor, he had been in the torture hall almost the entire time, trying to force out the way to remove the symbiotic Gu.

No matter how much torture Xin Liangmu endured, he remained steadfast in his silence. Speaking out meant certain death, and remaining silent might also lead to death in the end, but at least someone would die with him, so it wouldn't be a loss.

Mu Tiantian and Wulana arrived at the punishment hall.

Xin Liangmu said weakly, "The longer it goes on... the more pain I suffer, the more she will feel it... Regent, aren't you afraid that she won't be able to bear this torture and will die prematurely...?"

Seeing how stubborn he was, Long Fantian really wanted to kill him.

Whether he was telling the truth or not, Long Fantian still made Qiufeng stop whipping.

"I have a way to remove the symbiotic Gu from my body." Mu Tiantian came to Long Fantian with a Gu worm in her hand.

Long Fantian was somewhat excited, "Really?"

"Of course, this is the Gu worm." This is a Gu worm that she casually raised after returning to the palace; it's a species that doesn't exist in this world.

"She's lying!" Xin Liangmu shouted with difficulty, his throat already hoarse.

His hands and feet were chained to the wall, and there wasn't a single patch of his skin that was unharmed.

This was the first time in days that he had panicked.

He didn't believe Mu Tiantian had a way to remove the symbiotic Gu, and shouted, "That's not a symbiotic Gu at all!"

Mu Tiantian approached him, and Long Fantian followed beside her, afraid that she might be in danger.

She stopped half a step away from Xin Liangmu, looked up at him, and said softly, "Didn't you say I'm a goddess? Then I must have a way to remove the symbiotic Gu."

Shin Liangmu noticed a clear hint of turbidity in her dark eyes, but only they could see it.

Therefore, he felt that she definitely wanted to die together with him.

He feigned composure and chuckled softly, "Aren't you afraid that if you kill me, they'll all die too?"

“Since I can remove the symbiotic Gu from my body, I naturally have a way to remove the Soul-Seizing Gu, so keeping you around is really useless.”

“Impossible, you can’t possibly get it out.” Xin Liangmu insisted on his opinion.

Mu Tiantian ignored him and instead looked at Long Fantian with a sweet smile, asking softly, "Do you believe me?"

Looking into her sincere and bright eyes, Long Fantian couldn't bring himself to refuse, but he felt inexplicably nervous.

He believed her. Ever since he was certain that she was the one who saved him ten years ago, he had never doubted her and always believed that she would not harm him.

He even narcissistically believed that she appeared to save him, so how could he not believe her?

When he recalled that Shinragi's painting of the goddess depicted her, he genuinely believed for a moment that she was the goddess.

But he discovered that her body was no different from that of an ordinary person; she could get hurt and feel pain.

Even though she knows a lot, she is not omnipotent.

So he was afraid, afraid that something might really happen to her.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Mu Tiantian asked again, "Do you believe me?"

"letter..."

Mu Tiantian smiled happily, pulled him out of the torture hall, and nodded to Wulana before leaving, indicating that she could deal with Xin Liangmu as she pleased.

Ulana walked up to Xinliangmu with her sword in hand.

Xin Liangmu sneered, seemingly unwilling to accept defeat, "She's lying to you. A symbiotic Gu is impossible..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ulana's longsword pierced Shinryo's heart.

At the same time, Mu Tiantian also felt a sharp pain in her heart, but she endured it so that Long Fantian wouldn't notice anything amiss.

She showed Long Fantian the Gu worm that she had secretly killed, saying, "Look, it's dead, so I'm fine."

After a while, Qiu Feng came out of the punishment hall to report, "Your Highness, Xin Liangmu has passed away."

At the same time, a system notification sound will be heard.

System: [World Notification: Ulana has become the world's female protagonist. Mission participants are advised to check their data and maintain distance to avoid interfering with her personal development.]

Even after hearing that Xin Liangmu was dead, Long Fantian was still nervous. Xin Liangmu had said that if one of the symbiotic Gu died, the other would die within a day.

As long as a day had passed, Long Fantian's heart remained in suspense.

Mu Tiantian threw away the Gu worms and discussed with Long Fantian how to rescue Long Xinghuang.

Jing Huarong's reason for placing Long Xinghuang under house arrest was that Mu Tiantian, on the night of her wedding, was instructed by Regent Long Fantian to assassinate the emperor, causing him to be injured and requiring constant recuperation.

Therefore, Jing Huarong took over the affairs of the imperial court.

However, some ministers, who did not see the Emperor's condition, questioned Jing Huarong's actions.

Jing Huarong made an example of someone by dismissing and investigating those who questioned her, and no one in the court dared to question the Empress Dowager anymore.

Meanwhile, Jing Huarong discovered that Xin Liangmu had switched Mu Tiantian with another woman, so she ordered a city-wide manhunt for Mu Tiantian, Shi Changbo, and Lu Ke, with no exceptions.

She couldn't move Long Fantian for the time being, but she was determined to deal with the three of them, master and disciples.

After Jing Huaxiong died, all the troops under his command fell into the hands of He Siyue's elder brother, General He Meng.

According to available information, He Meng is a generation younger than Jing Huarong and had an affair with her, essentially making him her male lover.

If we're talking about who Jing Huarong trusts the most, it's He Meng. Although Jing Huaxiong is her older brother, he's not very bright and his strength isn't as great as He Meng's.

He Meng essentially grew up under Jing Huarong's watchful eye, so his thinking has been influenced by her since his teenage years.

In Qi Tong's words, He Meng, under Jing Hua Rong's influence, became an exceptionally capable love-obsessed man. It must be said that this Empress Dowager is quite shrewd.

Therefore, even if Jing Huaxiong dies, it will have little impact on Jing Huarong, because Jing Huaxiong's real military strength is in He Meng's hands.