Mu Tiantian asked Qi Tong to investigate Jing An and the situation in the palace.
System: [Found out. The current Jing An is actually Jin Hui, a general from the border kingdom, in disguise. He used a face-changing curse to cultivate his own army over the past six years. He plans to assassinate Dongfang Ziyi tonight in order to restore his kingdom. However, Dongfang Ziyi seems to have known about his plan and has set a trap in advance to capture Jin Hui and his men.]
Mu Tiantian: [How is things in the palace now?]
System: [Amidst the singing and dancing, a scene of harmony and joy, yet undercurrents surge and hidden dangers lurk...]
Mu Tiantian: [You've got a whole repertoire of vocabulary words; speak like a human being.]
System: [While the ministers are watching the dancers perform and indulging in food, drink, and entertainment, the Golden Emblem's men have already begun their operation.]
Inside the palace at this time, as Qi Tong had said, dancers performed and ministers toasted each other.
During the banquet, several dancers separated and danced, basically twisting and turning in front of each minister.
When one of the dancers turned in front of Jingjue, the two exchanged glances and acted intimately.
This was a show Jingjue deliberately put on for the Emperor and Princess, hoping to dissuade them from the idea of him marrying Zixin.
Zixin naturally saw this scene.
In her eyes, although Jing Jue was indeed a respectable man after removing his disguise, his current philandering manner really disgusted her.
Moreover, she already had feelings for Xiahou Yu, and now she only hoped that her brother, the emperor, would see that Jing Jue was so promiscuous and cancel their engagement.
Dongfang Ziyi drank his wine. He knew all about Zixin's little thoughts; after all, she was his younger sister.
If all the traitors can be captured tonight, he will naturally give in to her and let her choose her own husband.
At this moment, a dancer swayed her hips and came up to Dongfang Ziyi, using all her charms to flirt with him.
But he remained unmoved, his cold eyes fixed on the dancer.
The dancer laughed sweetly and twirled in front of him.
In an instant, a silver needle flew swiftly from the dancer's hand toward Dongfang Ziyi.
Ziyi quickly turned his head to the side, and the silver needle pierced directly into the dragon throne behind him, instantly creating a small hole.
At the same time, several other dancers swiftly assassinated several ministers.
"Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor!" Li Ding cried out in terror upon seeing this.
Two of the dancers screamed in terror and hid behind Jingjue when they saw their companions assassinate the emperor and kill his ministers.
Jingjue was also startled by the sudden assassination attempt.
This performance by the dancers was his idea, and these dancers were all from his Chang Le Fang.
His expression was solemn and somewhat fearful.
He pulled the two dancers aside and whispered, "What's going on with you two?"
"Young Master, we sisters know nothing about this." The two dancers cried in fear.
They really don't know anything.
Jingjue looked at Jingan.
Jing An slammed his fist on the table and stood up. Half of the ministers at the table also stood up, drew their swords, and began to stab at the man sitting on the dragon throne.
Meanwhile, the Imperial Advisor, sitting calmly at the banquet table below the dragon throne, seemed completely out of place in the chaotic banquet hall.
The banquet hall was in complete chaos.
Zixin panicked, and the guards around her shielded her behind them.
At this moment, Mu Tiantian, who was already in the palace in her sedan chair, heard the sounds of fighting, lifted the curtain at the sedan chair window, and peeked out.
The road was very clean, and the sounds of fighting were coming from another palace.
"Did you hear anything?" Mu Tiantian asked Xiahou Yu, who was walking beside the sedan chair.
"It sounds like swords clashing. Could it be that Marquis Ding'an has started a rebellion?" Xiahou Yu panicked. Zixin was still in the banquet hall.
Mu Tiantian knew what he was worried about; she was also worried about Yin Jiahan.
"Stop the sedan chair!" Mu Tiantian shouted.
But the sedan chair showed no sign of stopping.
"Can't you hear me?" Mu Tiantian asked the guards around her, lifting the curtain.
"By imperial decree, for Miss Mu's safety, the sedan chair cannot be alighted here," the guard beside her replied.
"Where are you taking this sedan chair for me?"
"You need not worry about the Emperor's palace, Miss Mu. The Emperor has arranged everything. The Princess and the Grand Preceptor will be safe. If the Crown Prince wishes to go to the banquet hall, he may do so now. However, Miss Mu is not permitted to do so. I hope Miss Mu will not put this humble servant in a difficult position."
Upon hearing this, Mu Tiantian first said to Xiahou Yu, "If you want to go, go now."
"and you..."
"Don't worry about me."
"Miss Mu, please be careful." After saying that, Xiahou Yu hurriedly ran to the banquet hall.
Mu Tiantian looked at the guard and asked, "What if I absolutely have to go?"
“Then I will be sentenced to death for failing to properly protect Miss Mu.”
Mu Tiantian could tell that the guard's voice trembled slightly when he said that, because he was genuinely afraid that the emperor would execute him.
Dongfang Ziyi, you're ruthless.
Seeing that Mu Tiantian was quite angry, Qi Tong quickly said a few words of comfort for him: "Dongfang Ziyi only gets a little extreme when it comes to things related to you. As long as you explain everything to him clearly and completely extinguish his hopes, there shouldn't be a problem."
Mu Tiantian: [Wasn't I clear enough about what I said three years ago? He threatened me, saying that if I didn't agree to marry him, he would give Xiao Han to his father, the Emperor. Otherwise, why would I have put a curse on him and lied to him that the curse would remain effective?]
System: [Who told you to exploit the bug?]
Mu Tiantian: [You said three years ago, Xiao Han had just turned eighteen, in the prime of his youth. Could you bear to let him be tortured and tormented by that perverted emperor?]
System: [I can't bear it.]
Mu Tiantian: [...You didn't say that three years ago. Once you store up your emotions, you really are like a machine, cold and indifferent.]
System: [There's no other way; it's all for the sake of world development.]
Mu Tiantian mimicked: 【Everything is for the sake of world development, tch, I'm ignoring you.】
System: 【...Okay, okay, I did say this three years ago. I couldn't bear to do it either. I gave you permission to exploit the bug, alright?】
Back then, as the system itself, it really couldn't bear to do it.
Mu Tiantian: [Looks like you still have some humanity after all.]
Mu Tiantian beamed with joy; she was indeed easy to coax.
System: [Once self-awareness is formed, it's very difficult to completely detach oneself from emotions. Getting down to business, while Dongfang Ziyi's luck value isn't as high as Yin Jiahan's, it's not low either. The more people with high luck values, the better for the world's development. Therefore, the primary focus should be on reconciliation.]
Mu Tiantian: [Alright, that's the only way.]
All Qi Tong can do now is hope that Dongfang Ziyi can let go of his obsession with Mu Tiantian.
...
Inside the banquet hall, most of the traitors had been captured.
Jing An... it should be Jin Hui, his face is now showing signs of decay.
The same was true of some of the other ministers who were arrested; they were all Jin Hui's men who had disguised themselves as ministers to enter the banquet hall.
Dongfang Ziyi walked imposingly to Jin Hui and coldly questioned, "Speak, besides you, who else is there?"
Jin Hui was captured and was unwilling to accept it. When he saw Dongfang Ziyi right in front of him, he was filled with overwhelming killing intent.
The next moment, he slid the dagger out of his sleeve, grabbed it, and stabbed at Dongfang Ziyi in an instant.
Yin Jiahan seized the opportunity and quickly stepped in front of Dongfang Ziyi, grabbing the dagger's tip tightly. His palm was cut by the dagger, and blood flowed freely.
Dongfang Ziyi was stunned. He hadn't expected Yin Jiahan to save him.
Yin Jiahan threw away the dagger, turned around, and stared at him with a cold smile, his eyes gleaming.
He said in a deep voice, "You want to fabricate a story that I conspired with others to rebel and sow discord between me and my sister? I won't let you have your way. When my sister sees me injured, do you think she will believe you or me?"
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