Chapter 427 Old Grudges
The guard nodded.
"Yes. But rest assured, Bai Yue committed suicide when he saw no hope of escape. He didn't leak any information, so no one will suspect your master."
These four guards were all poisoned assassins; anyone who dared to disobey them would suffer a fate worse than death. Moreover, their families were all under Mo Sixuan's control; anyone who dared to betray him would not only meet a miserable end themselves, but their loved ones would also perish.
They are not likely to be captured; if the operation fails, their only option is suicide.
Therefore, Mo Sixuan was not worried at all that Bai Yue would betray him; it was just a pity that he had lost a useful weapon.
"What a pity," Mo Sixuan sighed.
"Bai Yue said that Meng Lingge was very affectionate towards her personal maid, but now that it concerns her own interests, she still abandoned Chunhong. Women are just hypocritical."
"It's also that meddlesome Chunhong's fault. Otherwise, if it had been Wen Zhiming's daughter, Wen Woyu, who was poisoned, Wen Zhiming and Meng Lingge would have gone crazy. Even if they didn't reinstate the imperial concubine selection, they would have killed a few officials to vent their anger. If they did reinstate the selection but couldn't get the antidote, Wen Zhiming and Meng Lingge would have been even more furious and made wild guesses. In that case, it wouldn't just be a few officials who would have died."
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, the guards dared not say anything more.
After a moment of silence, the guard asked in a low voice, "Master, what should we do next?"
"Wen Zhiming isn't fooled; he hasn't been hurt enough yet."
Mo Sixuan stepped on the wine pot that had been thrown to the ground and crushed it with force. "Notify the remaining spies in the palace to keep a close eye on Meng Lingge. Once they discover that she has left the palace, they should report it immediately, and then Chi Yu and Xuan Kai will assassinate her. Chi Yu is good at light footwork, so let him distract the guards first. Xuan Kai is an accurate archer, so let him shoot her from the shadows."
The bronze wine pot had already been trampled and deformed. Mo Sixuan's eyes were fierce as he kicked the wine pot away.
"Ideally, it should be a fatal blow. If that's not possible, Meng Lingge should be injured as badly as possible so that Wen Zhiming will lose his mind."
For three years after ascending the throne, Meng Lingge remained the only woman by his side.
Wen Zhiming is truly a devoted lover; he certainly couldn't do that.
In this way, as long as he can seriously injure or even kill Meng Lingge, Wen Zhiming's personality will definitely change drastically, and all the civil and military officials will become suspects of Wen Zhiming. Once the situation becomes chaotic, he can take advantage of the situation.
Unfortunately, Meng Lingge is the Empress, and unless there is something important, she should not leave the palace.
It seems that it will take some more time. I need to send another letter to the Blue Feather Kingdom to give them some instructions.
"yes."
The guard stood up, and seeing that he had no other instructions, he was about to leave when he heard Mo Sixuan say something.
"Wait a minute, what about that girl I asked you to investigate a few days ago? Any progress?"
After he ascended the throne, he immediately took in more than a dozen women of all shapes and sizes, each with their own charm, and enjoyed a period of blissful intimacy for about half a month.
Once he arrived in the territory of the Golden Moon Kingdom, he abstained from sex for more than half a month. In recent days, he has been craving women intensely.
Strangely, although he occasionally thought of the women in the harem, what he thought of most was the female doctor from three years ago who would cry at the drop of a hat and pretend to be fierce.
To be fair, while Green Water was a rare beauty, many of the women in his harem were even more beautiful and charming. Perhaps it was a man's inherent weakness that made him yearn for the delicacies he hadn't yet tasted.
That girl would rather be a servant or a low-ranking female doctor than be his concubine. I wonder if she regrets it now.
Now that he has some free time, he'll grab that silly beauty and thoroughly ravage and abuse her. This will not only kill time but also settle the old score with that woman for being blind and looking down on him.
If you serve him well, take him back to Blue Feather Kingdom, throw him into the harem, and keep him as a plaything. If you displease him, play with him for a while and then kill him; it's just a matter of one stab.
The guard looked troubled and lowered his head.
"I have inquired and found that there is no maid named Lushui by the Empress's side, and the major pharmacies and clinics in the capital have not found the girl you mentioned."
After burying her brother Zheng Qingshan, Lu Shui changed her surname back to Zheng Lu Shui. Apart from a few acquaintances like Meng Lingge and Chun Hong, everyone else called her Doctor Zheng and didn't know her real name.
Furthermore, the guards mainly inquired from Meng Lingge's Fengyi Palace, so they did not find out where Lu Shui was.
"Serves you right." Mo Sixuan sneered.
"That blind woman thought following Meng Lingge would lead to a better future, but she'll just be used and discarded. Keep investigating. This woman has good medical skills; she can only make a living with that. Maybe she has a clinic in some dark alley in the capital. Once you find her, don't alert her."
He reached into his robes and took out the white jade gourd that had stolen Green Water, then held it in his hand and played with it.
Wearing such cheap jewelry, she must be of low status. It's already a great blessing for this girl to have caught his eye.
"She knows needles, and might even know some poison. I want to meet her myself and see if she's improved in the three years since I last saw her..."
Without Wen Zhiming and Meng Lingge's protection, let's see how this silly beauty escapes his clutches.
He kept that white jade gourd in his pocket for more than three years. No one knew what he was thinking, but he always felt that it would come in handy someday.
Now, it should be time for it to make its move.
Mo Sixuan's sinister eyes held a hint of amusement, his face full of the amusement of a cat playing with a mouse.
I thought it would take at least a few days for the guards to find out where Lu Shui was, but to my surprise, the guards returned excitedly the very next day after I gave the order.
“Master, we’ve found the girl you mentioned. You guessed it, she set up a stall at the entrance of the East Street market today to treat people’s illnesses. She doesn’t charge money to poor elderly people and children.”
Mo Sixuan was lying on his back on the bed, bored out of his mind, when he heard this he immediately turned over and jumped up.
"Did you look closely? It really is her. Is there anyone else with her?"
Refusing money from impoverished elderly people and children is indeed consistent with the behavior of that foolish woman, Green Water.
But this is too much of a coincidence. I just gave the order yesterday, and they found the person today.
Was it a coincidence, or was it fate that this woman was destined to have such a connection with him?
Or is someone manipulating things behind the scenes?
The guard nodded: "I saw it clearly, she looks exactly like the girl in the portrait of our master. There was no one else with her, but it was a busy street with many passersby, and there were quite a few people queuing in front of her stall."
Mo Sixuan was troubled by his thoughts. After thinking it over, he decided that no one knew he had come to the Golden Moon Kingdom, and even less would anyone know his treacherous intentions towards Green Water.
If we don't find her this time, fine. But if we do, we'll crush this woman who looks down on him into the mud no matter what.
The man's smile deepened, his eyes turning cold and venomous.
"lead the way."
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