The old man said calmly, "Oh well, that old man didn't get off too easy."
Ji Fengyao, Lin Shuang, and Bai Lu all looked at her.
"The man who attacked last night just kept hacking without doing anything to her. That old hag was so scared she fainted and didn't even have time to call for help. Nobody paid any attention to her, and she bled to death. If it weren't for that old hag, the Empress Dowager, sending Aunt Sun to find her this morning, she would probably have been sitting in the house smelling terrible, and nobody would have known," Xi Que said with satisfaction.
Ji Fengyao: "..."
Granny Chang is incredibly popular; as expected, evil people will eventually be punished by heaven.
The Duke of Chen's mansion was now in complete chaos.
Chen Shiyu and dozens of assassins carried the unconscious Duke Chen back to his residence. When the Duchess of Chen heard the news that the Chen family's secret treasury had been moved, she immediately fainted as well.
Chen Xiao also went to the Eastern Palace that very night to invite Crown Prince Shang Dongyang over.
At first, Shang Dongyang thought that the Chen family did not want to spend such a large sum of money. However, after seeing several imperial physicians rushing to the scene but failing to fully revive the Duke of Chen and his wife, he finally believed it and was greatly shocked!
A short holiday.
The private treasuries of several officials in the capital who were connected with him were emptied, as were the treasury of his Crown Prince's residence, the treasury of the Chen family, and their secret treasury!
And it did not alert anyone in the slightest, nor did it leave any trace.
Besides the Ninth Prince, who else in Kyoto has such a grand gesture?
No wonder the Ninth Prince handed over half of the beast token to the Emperor so easily;
With so much money in hand, he could easily recruit and support hundreds of thousands more soldiers. Why would he care about half a beast talisman?
(Your Majesty: I am suffering so much, I cannot say it, sob sob sob...)
Shang Dongyang was terrified after thinking about it carefully. At daybreak, he went to Qiwu Palace in a panic and told the Empress about the Chen State Duke's Mansion and his speculations: "Mother, what should we do? The Ninth Prince now has men and money, and his power is all over the world; if he starts a rebellion, how can we fight against him?"
The Empress was also shocked by the news. She clasped her hands together in front of her and paced anxiously back and forth in the room, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Suddenly, a cool breeze came from outside the palace, and two more people appeared in the room in the blink of an eye.
She was a woman completely shrouded in black clothes and a black robe.
Beside her was Jiang Zhenning, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, who had been tortured beyond recognition.
"What..." Shang Dongyang was about to shout loudly for someone when Chen Ziyun quickly stopped him: "Dongyang, quickly greet your Aunt Meizi!"
Shang Dongyang: "???"
Didn't all the late emperor's princesses marry out or be sent away to live elsewhere? Where did he get an aunt from?
"No need," the woman in black said in a cold voice, as if it came from a glacier that had been frozen for hundreds of years, with obvious disdain and anger: "He has protected you for so many years, and this is how you treat him."
Chen Ziyun looked at Jiang Zhenning, who was on the verge of death and covered in wounds, and was speechless.
She knew that Jiang Zhenning had sacrificed far too much for her in his life;
But she was destined never to repay him or respond to him in this lifetime.
These are things that all the bewitching purple people should know.
However, Chen Ziyun could not say anything because the important matters were still undecided, and there were many things she could not mention in front of Shang Dongyang.
"Guards, take Eunuch Jiang away!" Chen Ziyun summoned two trusted palace maids, preparing to take Jiang Zhenning away.
Mei Zi tightened her grip on Jiang Zhenning's hand imperceptibly, and a cold, sharp light flashed in her eyes hidden by her hood. She said in a low voice, "There's no need. The Emperor of Da Zhao has already become suspicious of you, which is why he wants to kill you. You can't let him live here."
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