Unfortunately, that brat Lin Wanyue is really hard to deal with.

She was so young yet so protective of her life; she was almost always accompanied by adults and was never alone.

This made it difficult for him to make a move.

If Lin Weiming knew what Qi Xiao was thinking, he would probably spit in his face.

His daughter is so cute, who would bear to see such a cute daughter alone!

Although Qi Xiao had a bad temper, he was a very pragmatic person. Seeing that he couldn't deal with Lin Wanyue directly, he decided to start with the people around her and make them die one by one. Sooner or later, he would make this little girl die along with everyone else!

However, while the idea was good, the reality seemed to present considerable obstacles.

When he entered the palace that day, he happened to hear from the palace maids that Lin Zhongyuan, the eldest son of the Lin family, and Emperor Qi Yuan were going to the White Lotus Pond to escape the summer heat. So he turned around, made an excuse, and went there as well.

Sure enough, they encountered Lin Zhongyuan and his group on the road. While greeting them, Qi Xiao flicked the Gu worm he had prepared out from under his fingernail, which landed on the unsuspecting Lin Zhongyuan.

Once the Gu worm lands on the skin, it will burrow into the blood vessels and crawl along the bloodstream to the eyes. When the worm takes effect in the eyes, all the wandering ghosts within a two-mile radius around Lin Zhongyuan will gather on him.

By then, no matter how capable Lin Wanyue is, she won't be able to deal with so many wandering ghosts.

She could just wait and watch her beloved older brother die in front of her.

Lin Zhongyuan has indeed fainted, but news of his death has yet to emerge.

For Qi Xiao, this is hardly good news.

Could it be that Lin Wanyue resolved it?

Just thinking about this made Qi Xiao furious, and he kicked his trusted subordinate on the head again.

"Serves you right for ruining my plans! Serves you right for ruining my plans!" Qi Xiao gritted his teeth and kicked the man several times in anger, taking his frustration out on Lin Wanyue.

His trusted subordinate rolled on the ground in pain, clutching his head but not daring to move away, crying and begging, "Please spare my life, Your Highness! Please spare my life! I promise I will make sure they deliver the message! Please spare my life, Your Highness!"

Qi Xiao acted as if he hadn't heard him, kicking him not only in the head but also in the face.

Blood splattered out quickly, staining his shoes and clothes.

After venting his anger, Qi Xiao finally lost the strength that had been supporting him. He withdrew his leg, glanced at his henchman who was lying on the ground, his head covered in blood and panting heavily, and said mercifully, "Get down."

The subordinate's nose and eyes were bleeding from being kicked, and this time he didn't dare to say a word. He hurriedly stumbled and ran away.

When he ran outside, the other guards saw him in this state and immediately felt a sense of kinship.

She couldn't help but reach out to help him up: "Why did you upset the prince again?"

The man licked his chapped lip, then spat out a mouthful of blood, including two teeth mixed in with the blood.

"Hehe, it wasn't me who offended him, who knows what kind of madness he went through! With the prince's current temperament, who knows what he'll do in the future..." The man lowered his voice, but before he could finish speaking, someone next to him covered his mouth.

The guards nearby quickly looked towards the room, but it seemed they hadn't been heard, so they were relieved.

The person next to him also lowered their voice, but warned him fiercely, "You'd better watch your mouth. If that person hears you, you're really asking for trouble."

"Ha, if he hadn't been born into such a good family, and if my whole family wasn't under his control, I wouldn't be willing to work for him like this!" After saying this, the subordinate limped away.

The other guards had complicated expressions when they saw him like this, but they dared not say anything and could only stand in the study to guard the eldest prince who had recently become very temperamental.

They were guards, but they were also transferred from the Imperial Guard. Even if they were beaten so badly that they couldn't get out of bed, they still had to do their duty.

After venting his anger, Qi Xiao went to the bathroom to change into clean clothes before calmly sitting in the armchair to think.

He began plotting from the second year after Qi Yuan ascended the throne with Qi Sichen's support. So many years have passed since then. In another year or two, he should have absorbed all the luck from the emperor.

When Qi Yuan dies, he will possess the aura of good fortune and destiny, and will naturally ascend the throne as the new emperor, truly wielding power.

Instead of being a useless piece of trash like Qi Yuan, a puppet held in Qi Sichen's hands.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yuan went to Jiangnan and brought Lin Wanyue back, becoming an unexpected obstacle.

That little girl, only five or six years old, ruined most of his plans.

He hadn't originally planned to have Liu Shuhua make a move so soon, since he didn't have another weapon of this caliber in his possession.

But this human weapon was cleaned up by Lin Wanyue in just a few moves, leaving him not even a bone fragment!

It's infuriating to think about it.

Qi Xiao gripped the smooth, oily jade in his hand, let out a soft hum through his nose, and made a silent resolution.

Lin Wanyue, just wait and see.

What he didn't know was that Lin Wanyue, whom he was currently thinking about, was squatting at the foot of his house wall.

Lin Xiangwu ultimately failed to persuade Lin Wanyue. Instead, he and Laifu, along with Master Cui, led the way.

Fearing being discovered, Lin Wanyue found a piece of clothing she had worn in the village in her personal space. It was a bit small, tattered, and had some patches.

However, Lin Wanyue didn't mind at all. Her current body was that of a child, with a few arms and legs showing, so it wasn't a big deal. In fact, this appearance made her look like a little beggar, so no one would notice her.

She followed Lai Fu and the others' directions all the way to the back gate of the First Prince's house.

There was no one guarding the place; only two old women were eating melon seeds and snacks, fanning themselves with two large palm-leaf fans.

Seeing Lin Wanyue, a dirty little girl, come over, the two of them didn't even lift their eyelids, and went on to gossip about the inner quarters.

"Wanwan, you wait here, let's go in and take a look!" Laifu said, preparing to squeeze his butt into the wall.

But just as his buttocks approached the wall of the First Prince's house, he suddenly jumped up as if he were on fire, soaring high like a rocket.

"Ouch, my butt!" Laifu fell from the sky.

Lin Xiangwu and Master Cui immediately became alert. "What's going on?"