There is no better candidate than her!

After realizing that Lin Wanyue could also become a corpse gu, Qi Xiao was so eager to put her on a hot coal fire and rush over to capture her and refine her into a corpse gu.

Of course, Qi Xiao couldn't rush to the Lin family to arrest Lin Wanyue immediately, but he still activated his other Millennium Black Ink Stone Talisman.

He improved upon the Chenzhou talisman, and this talisman could reseal the soul of the deceased within the body, allowing it to move freely, thus turning the corpse into a living corpse. It could move with ease, even possessing immense strength, and was impervious to any harm.

More importantly, he acquired the thousand-year-old black ink stone from an overseas merchant. Over the years, he has only collected two such stones in total.

One of the talismans was used on Liu Shuhua, and the experiment was very successful. It was confirmed that this talisman could turn a person into a corpse gu, completely obedient to its master. Although it could maintain daily life, it would resolutely carry out any order given by the master, no matter how difficult.

If he had enough evidence, he wouldn't just target Lin Wanyue.

Qi Sichen and Qi Yuan will both become his prey, puppets completely subservient to him.

Unfortunately, after conducting experiments on Liu Shuhua, he only had this one piece of material left, so he had to use it carefully.

Otherwise, whether he attacks Qi Yuan or Qi Sichen, the other person will definitely not let him off easily.

But now that Lin Wanyue is here, things have changed drastically.

Given the current level of favor Lin Wanyue receives, it would be an easy matter for her to get close to Qi Yuan and Qi Sichen, and even killing them wouldn't be difficult.

After all, neither of them had ever been wary of Lin Wanyue.

Unfortunately, while the idea was good, realizing it was fraught with difficulties.

The most troublesome thing is that the Lin family is currently busy with funeral arrangements because of Lin Zhongyuan's death, and they are almost always surrounded by a bunch of servants to receive guests.

He also wanted to take the opportunity to secretly place the talisman on Lin Wanyue, but it was quite difficult.

His relationship with the Lin family was only so-so. Going to offer condolences was already a great favor to Qi Sichen. If he went many more times, those people would probably start to doubt him.

Qi Xiao had considered having his men do this, but the clever ones didn't have the guts, and the less intelligent ones didn't have the ability.

As for the others, Qi Xiao thought about it for a while and decided to give up.

Firstly, this thousand-year-old black ink stone is extremely rare, and he doesn't have a second talisman. If he loses it or it falls into Lin Wanyue's hands, he will regret it to the core.

Secondly, it's because he's a cautious person who doesn't dare to reveal the slightest flaw, fearing that someone might follow the clues and find out the truth, which would also mean all his previous efforts were in vain.

After much deliberation, Qi Xiao finally decided to focus his attention on his mother.

Having experienced palace intrigue before, Xiao Yuehan should have no difficulty in secretly luring Lin Wanyue to the palace.

I'll do it myself then.

With so many people in the palace, even if Qi Sichen and his group wanted to suspect something, they wouldn't have any evidence whatsoever.

But to Qi Xiao's surprise, as soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yuehan smiled and said to the head palace maid beside her, "Jinzhu, you should still have that talisman on you, right?"

"I still have it with me, so I'll let Your Highness take it back first. I'm with Your Highness, and Your Highness is blessed, so I don't need this." The head palace maid, Jinzhu, said as she took out a talisman that Lin Wanyue had distributed to them earlier from her purse.

Qi Xiao's face stiffened, and he hurriedly waved his hand, saying, "Mother, Aunt Jinzhu! How can this be used?"

Xiao Yuehan and the head palace maid Jinzhu both looked at Qi Xiao, not quite understanding why he had such a strong reaction.

"Aunt Jinzhu is like an elder to me. Besides, Aunt Jinzhu said before that carrying this talisman will make me sleep better at night. A gentleman always helps others to achieve their goals and does not take what others love. Although I don't consider myself a gentleman, I certainly can't take Aunt Jinzhu's talisman."

Qi Xiao quickly came up with an excuse and added, "Besides, I've heard that all spiritual things in the world recognize their owners. Since Aunt Jinzhu is using it well, it means that this thing is suitable for Aunt Jinzhu. If it were given to me, it might not have the same effect. Aunt should keep it."

The head palace maid, Jinzhu, was quite pleased to hear this, feeling that Qi Xiao had also thought of her, and was deeply moved.

Xiao Yuehan also said with a smile, "It's just a small matter, but you still come up with so many profound principles."

Qi Xiao realized that he might have overreacted, so he smiled and said, "I just wanted to ask Mother for a favor. If you find it difficult, I can think of another way. Or it's not a big deal if I don't carry it with me. I don't even know when I lost the talisman in my purse."

He used this as a pretext to back down, and Xiao Yuehan immediately agreed: "Don't worry, I'll take care of this little thing. I'll go and invite them over in a couple of days."

Having obtained his mother's consent, Qi Xiao knew that the matter was very likely to succeed, so he happily returned home.

But Xiao Yuehan sighed heavily.

"Your Highness, what's wrong? Why are you still unhappy? The First Prince has finally managed to come to the palace, and what happened was nothing more than a small matter. It's just asking the Little Princess to come to the palace and ask her for a favor. It's not difficult at all. Besides, we were able to get even Consort Su and Consort Liu to come. So, Your Highness, how could the Little Princess possibly refuse?" The head palace maid found it strange and comforted her from the side.

Xiao Yuehan sighed again and said, "I don't know why, but I just don't really like that little girl."

Xiao Yuehan actually felt that her son's logic was a bit strange. Why did he have to invite people to the palace? Why didn't he just quietly ask the Lin family for a ticket? Lin Wanyue, who was only nominally a peasant princess, could she really refuse?

But the son did not do that; instead, he went to great lengths to invite people to the palace.

As a former expert in palace intrigue, Xiao Yuehan instinctively felt that something was amiss, but she was unwilling to speculate too much about her son's situation, so she could only blame all the problems on Lin Wanyue, whom she didn't get along with.

He felt that it must be because he didn't like Lin Wanyue that he was so unhappy.

However, having already promised his son, he had to invite the person over even if he was unwilling.

So that very day, someone was sent to the Lin family to ask Lin Wanyue to come and take a look at her, saying that she was unwell and seemed to have encountered something.

As she had hoped, the Lin family easily invited them over.

Lin Wanyue promised to come and check her health tomorrow.