The princess consort, who should have reprimanded and punished the man, felt a pang of unease upon seeing the anxious look on his face, and knew that a bad premonition was about to befall him.
"Fu, Fujin, something terrible has happened! Many of our people have been captured."
The princess suddenly stood up, exclaiming in disbelief, "What did you say?!"
The man repeated it again, even in more detail.
Upon hearing that her secret influence had been wiped out, and recalling the way the master had acted just now, the princess slumped into her seat.
"Madam!" the servants exclaimed, rushing to help her up and prevent her from collapsing to the ground.
In Taoyuan, after enjoying the meal she had prepared herself, Jiaming began to listen to Xiao Hezi talk about the so-called "not urgent" matter he had to report.
Xiao Hezi told him that the Fourth Master had just eliminated the influence of all the women in the harem, including his wife, Li Shufu's wife, and others.
Jiaming listened with a broad smile, and even laughed out loud, "Tsk tsk, what a good show."
After laughing for a while, she suddenly remembered something, and her smile immediately disappeared. "Our people, Master, you didn't clean them out, did you?"
"No," Xiao Hezi answered confidently. "Even if my men discovered that some of them were ours, they didn't take any action against them."
Upon hearing this, Jiaming immediately smiled again. "That's true. We have few people exposed and haven't crossed the line with Master. Given his personality, how could he possibly take action against them? However," she changed the subject and said seriously, "we still need to be more careful in the future and consider the worst-case scenario. If Master does take action against them, we should think of this possibility early and have a countermeasure in place to minimize our losses."
"Yes, this servant remembers," Xiao Hezi replied.
After speaking, Jiaming looked out the window and murmured, "The reactions of the Fujin, Li Shi, and Hesheli Shi must be quite interesting."
It was indeed interesting. Those who thought of the mastermind behind the scenes were all terrified, their legs went weak, and their faces turned pale. Those who didn't realize that the mastermind was the Fourth Master were all heartbroken by the heavy losses they had suffered and were furious.
When they found out that the mastermind was the Fourth Master, they were dumbfounded and couldn't come to their senses for a long time.
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