This woman is definitely not easy to deal with.
The Empress Dowager was indeed deeply entrenched in the palace and possessed a perfect facade.
But the opponent is Xie Yuan.
Even the Empress Dowager herself couldn't guarantee that she could successfully kill Xie Yuan.
Since she's old, even if she fails and loses her life, it wouldn't be too much of a loss.
Therefore, the Prince of Ruyang and his son had even more concerns.
If we can get Nanling involved and get her to help us deal with Xie Yuan, then we'll have double insurance!
"...Really? I...I can sit high on the throne like Empress Xie?"
After initial shock, sadness, and hesitation, Nanling's emotions eventually transformed into a burgeoning ambition.
"Of course! I can swear—"
"Heaven above, if I, Helian Qi, have failed Zheng Qing, may I never be able to become emperor in this lifetime!"
Well, Helian Qi's oath is much more reliable than anything like "having no burial place after death".
Nanling believed it.
Then, following Helian Qi's instructions, she wrote an invitation to Xie Yuan, inviting her to attend the birthday banquet at the Prince of Ruyang's residence.
Helian Qi carefully examined the invitation from Nanling and found that there were no "secret codes" on it.
There were none of them, such as acrostic poems or special symbols.
The only difference is that Nanling adds some "sentence breaks" when writing.
Helian Qi was aware of this as well. These so-called punctuation marks were invented by Empress Xie and were not officially promoted; they were only popular among her female officials.
Nanling was probably used to it, or perhaps she was deliberately using this method to continue to curry favor with Empress Xie.
Finding nothing amiss, Helian Qi ordered the invitation to be sent to the palace.
Xie Yuan stared at the obvious black dots on the invitation, and his heart sank—something had happened in Nanling!
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