The news of the secret guard's action was soon known to King Xiang's men, who returned to report to him overnight.

King Xiang was a little annoyed when he heard the news, and asked someone to bring Xia Xuejian, who was still recovering from her injuries, over. Xia Xuejian saw King Xiang with an unhappy look on his face, and didn't know what had happened.

"Your Highness, what happened?"

"What's the matter? How dare you ask me? A servant of your Xia family escaped. How could you not tell me about such a big thing?"

I don't care about the mess in your family. But if you want to cooperate with me, then take care of your own backyard and don't let the fire burn me.

And you can't even handle a servant properly, your Xia family is really useless. If it weren't for you being the heroine, I wouldn't even want to look at you.

Xia Xuejian was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was angry because of her concealment: "It's just a family servant. My father has already sent people to chase him. It's okay. Your Highness doesn't need to worry about us."

I am worried that you won’t die.

"Did you catch up?"

Xia Xuejian shook her head, but didn't take it seriously: "A small servant can't cause any trouble."

King Xiang was almost laughing because of her anger. This woman was really stupid. He seriously suspected that Ye Qingwan had given her too much slack before, causing her to lose track of her own abilities.

"That servant is already on his way to the Ministry of Justice, and he's about to identify your biological brother. Do you still think he can't cause any trouble?"

When Xia Xuejian heard this, she jumped up and said angrily, "Since Your Highness has received the news, why didn't you intercept the person?"

King Xiang grabbed her neck and squeezed it hard. Xia Xuejian suddenly felt she couldn't breathe and kept slapping King Xiang's arms with her hands.

"I just choose to cooperate with you, not to be your slave. It is not your turn to challenge me and give me orders."

After saying that, he threw Xia Xuejian, whose face had turned red from holding back her anger, onto a chair beside him and said, "If I hear you yelling at me again in the future, I will kill you."

"You are so powerful, you can't be unable to deal with the Minister of Justice, right? I heard that you have a close relationship with the Minister of Justice."

Xia Xuejian covered her neck which was pinched so hard that it hurt, and coughed a few times with difficulty before she slowly caught her breath.

"The Minister of Justice is Liu Sheng's man. I have only worked with him a few times."

King Xiang said nonchalantly: "Then you should replace the Minister of Justice with your own people."

Hearing King Xiang's proposal, Xia Xuejian also smiled and said that it was not impossible.

There are currently three main forces in the court: the royalist faction represented by Liu Sheng, the succession-seeking faction headed by the Ninth Prince, and the conservative faction headed by the Prime Minister.

The distribution of power was relatively even, with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Rites and part of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in the hands of Liu Sheng, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue in the hands of the Ninth Prince, and the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Works and most of the old ministers with titles on the side of the Prime Minister.

When King Xiang returned to the capital, although he did not have any support from the six ministries, he had a large army under his command, and was no worse than the other three.

At that time, the court will be divided into four parts, and they will fight against each other and annex each other. The winner will move up to a higher level, and the loser will have to leave the stage.

She is now a double undercover agent, so she will not touch the Ninth Prince's people, and can only start with Liu Sheng and the Prime Minister.

Originally, her target had always been the Prime Minister. After all, the Prime Minister had the deepest foundation and was at odds with Liu Sheng. If she joined forces with Liu Sheng, she would definitely be able to bring down the Prime Minister.

But now it seems that Liu Sheng is not in a hurry to bring down the Prime Minister, so she will change her target and bring down Liu Sheng first.

"Is there a solution?" Seeing her smug expression, King Xiang didn't want to bother with it anymore, but he still asked in the end.

This guy is so smart, but his IQ is unbelievable.

Xia Xuejian immediately said confidently: "Of course there is. It might come in handy when Liang Yuanbo was assassinated last time."

Last time, she joined forces with the Minister of Justice to defeat Liang Yuanbo, but she didn't kill him. However, the Minister of Justice secretly killed Liang Yuanbo on the way to the Ministry of Justice.

Although Liang Yuanbo was guilty, his crime did not deserve the death penalty. As the Minister of Justice, he naturally knew this, so he killed him on the road.

The Minister of Justice assassinated an earl and broke the law knowingly. If His Majesty knew about this, I'm afraid it would not be easily resolved.

In addition, she also wanted to disclose this matter to the conservatives represented by the prime minister. If they knew that Liang Yuanbo was assassinated by the Minister of Justice, they would definitely go to the emperor in indignation.

The matter has become a big deal. Even if the emperor wants to protect him, he can't do that. I can't say anything else, but at least he can't be the Minister of Justice.

Once the position of Minister of Justice becomes vacant, they can take the opportunity to put their own people in.

Whether it's Prince Xiang's people or Prince Ninth's people, it's all good things for her.

And once the Minister of Justice fell, Liu Sheng would lose an important arm. If he still didn't surrender to them by then, they would just pull him down as well.

It's a good idea to clean them one by one.

Xia Xuejian already had a very clear idea at this time. In the past, she was determined to win over Liu Sheng and bring down the Prime Minister, but now it seems that this method is simply not feasible.

Liu Sheng was an old fox, even more cunning than she had imagined. He would not take action unless it was absolutely necessary.

Moreover, the Prime Minister's foundation is too deep, and it is too difficult to bring him down.

So she changed her strategy now. She first wanted to bring down Liu Sheng and take control of the two forces in Liu Sheng's hands. This way, it would be much easier for them to deal with the Prime Minister.

After clarifying her idea, a glimmer of excitement flashed in Xia Xuejian's eyes.

There is a sense of standing on a high place and controlling the overall situation.

King Xiang looked at her smug expression and couldn't help but mock her: "Don't be too happy too soon. As far as I know, it was my ninth brother who sent the servant back to the capital."

I thought Xia Xuejian would panic, but she said calmly: "I expected it. I met him at the quarry today. He is still very afraid of the strength of the Xiangfu. I guess he was afraid that Ye Qingwan would know about his encounter with me, so he had no choice but to hand over the servant."

Since the Ninth Prince could suddenly send the servant back to the capital, it was obvious that he had seen the servant a long time ago and had been hiding him.

He didn't send her back to the capital earlier or later, but he did it as soon as he met her. It was obvious that he was afraid that the Prime Minister would find out and was eager to get rid of the relationship.

When King Xiang looked at her, he always felt like he was playing with a monkey, a monkey that was being played around by Ye Qingwan. But he didn't care. As long as this woman could help him, it didn't matter if she was a tortoise, let alone a monkey.

Anyway, as long as he wins, the rest... doesn't matter.