She shouldn't have saved him in the first place. Such a beast in human form deserves to die ten thousand times over... The efficacy of the secret medicine must have been exaggerated by hearsay. What medicine in this world can cure all diseases?
Besides, that secret medicine has been stored in the previous dynasty's treasury for decades, and its shelf life should have expired long ago!
He deserves to die for killing so many people because of this lousy medicine!
Xiao Ziwu lowered his eyes and looked at the little woman's face, which was flushed pink with anger. He felt a warm comfort and couldn't help but press her face to his heart and listen to the calm, steady beat of his heart.
She hugged him tightly around the waist, her heart aching, when a name suddenly flashed through her mind.
Tianyun asked, "Aren't Xiao Limin and Yao Mengchi, the younger sister of the deposed Empress Yao Mengxi, a perfect couple, like a match made in heaven?"
Perhaps because Xiao Limin was impotent, he deeply hated women, as evidenced by the gold-burning den he ran. In his eyes, women were less than dogs.
Why then did he pretend to be deeply in love with Yao Mengxi?
Gu Yi had heard a little about Yao Mengxi, but he didn't know the specifics, and Xiao Limin wouldn't tell him everything in detail.
Gu Yi simply said, "I don't know either."
The palace maid who served by the mother's side during her lifetime would mutter the words "Miss Mengxi" when she was delirious.
Yao Mengxi was the only noblewoman from a prominent family who was willing to speak a few words with her mother before her death, and she would visit Jinhua Palace from time to time.
Xiao Ziwu guessed that Xiao Limin was able to reach into his mother's palace and secretly administer a slow-acting poison to her, which must have been done through Yao Mengxi.
It now appears that Xiao Limin is also involved in the major treason case in which the eldest prince conspired with the right prime minister to rebel and the entire Yao family was executed.
After this case, the Right Chancellor, who had rivaled Mu Chengye, was removed from office, and Mu Chengye's power spread throughout the court and the country, making him the most powerful man in the world!
The eldest prince was also demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice prison. Not long after, he was beheaded and his head was displayed to the public. Xiao Limin lost a formidable opponent.
He also took the opportunity to force Yao Mengxi, who had poisoned him, to commit suicide, thus permanently silencing her.
This can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
The biggest beneficiaries of this case are Xiao Limin and Mu Chengye. Upon closer examination, there are clues to their success.
What a terrifying scheme, what insidious methods...
A strange, eerie wind blew by, and Tianyun couldn't help but shiver, shrinking even closer into the man's warm embrace.
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Unable to endure the torment of living hell, Gu Yi obediently handed over the letters he had exchanged with the Western Huan.
He originally intended to keep the evidence so that if the King of Qi broke his promise and refused to honor his commitment to make Bei Ye his queen, he could expose all these letters and let the people of the world jointly condemn this traitor who had seized the throne.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ziwu has benefited from this!
Tianyun kept his promise and gave the antidote to Gu Yi as soon as he received the letter, not afraid that Gu Yi would cause any more trouble.
He revealed Xiao Limin's entire scheme. Xiao Ziwu only needed to reveal a little bit to Xiao Limin, and their alliance would collapse on its own.
He'll be caught in the middle then!
Gu Yi wouldn't do a losing deal; he had no choice but to return to the Third Prince's camp.
As for the Empress's position... let's save our lives first.
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Three or four days passed peacefully.
Xiao Ziwu was fully prepared, donned his silver helmet, and was ready to return to the capital in triumph.
The man, draped in a dark fox fur cloak that fluttered in the cold wind, sat majestically atop his black steed. Behind him, a million mighty soldiers stretched out in a dark mass, like a black cloud pressing down on a city, blotting out the sky wherever they passed.
The only incongruous element was the bulging mass hidden beneath the man's dark cloak, with a small patch of pink peeking out, standing out starkly against the somber black!
Tianyun was unaware that he had become the center of attention.
She nestled in a warm embrace, fast asleep.
"Let's set off."
The man's pale lips touched his upper and lower lips, and the dark mass beneath them seemed to suddenly awaken a mirage, soaring through the clouds and sky.
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Kyoto has reached a point of dire straits.
The most unanimous thing was that neither side expected Xiao Ziwu to still be alive.
In order to appease Xiao Limin, Gu Yi lied in the urgent battle report, stating once again that Xiao Ziwu had died at the hands of the remnants of the Western Huan army.
Xiao Limin was convinced of this, and with the secret medicine in hand, he had all three conditions in place: the right time, the right place, and the right people! He could no longer suppress his wolfish ambitions, and secretly recalled 20,000 elite Turkic soldiers, who, under the pretext of protecting the Prince of Qin, surrounded the Forbidden City overnight!
In order to better "take care" of his seriously ill father, Xiao Ziyan abandoned the newly built Second Prince's residence and moved back to Yuqing Palace.
He was fast asleep when his concubine woke him up in a panic. Outside the palace, chaos had already broken out.
Countless palace maids and servants screamed shrilly, their cries echoing through the sky: "Murder! Murder!!"
The leaping flames illuminated the Forbidden City under the night sky as bright as day. The Imperial Guards who rushed to the scene fought fiercely with the rebels. The sound of swords clashing was incessant. Warm blood was sprayed on the lattice doors, and the pure white doors were covered with red slime!
Xiao Ziyan was terrified; he had never felt death so close to him!
Xiao Ziyan was so frightened that he forgot to put on his outer robe and fled through the palace secret passage under the cover of the eunuchs.
Fortunately, he still cared about Consort Lin and quickly changed direction, heading towards Chuxiu Palace.
Unfortunately, he arrived too late. When he got there, Lin Ruhong was half-lying on the edge of the bed with her black hair disheveled, in a truly strange posture.
Xiao Ziyan didn't think much of it and turned her over, intending to wake his mother. But he saw a huge bloody hole in her chest, as if someone had stabbed her with a sword and then, not wanting her to die completely, had twisted her around and widened the wound.
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