"I didn't expect Jun Li's skills to become more and more sophisticated."

After knowing the whole story, Jiang Xue put away the red pill in her hand with a sarcastic smile on her face.

This time, she decided not to tolerate Jun Li anymore. It was time to take action.

"Mr. Cao San, do you want to know what Cao Zhiqing really thinks?"

Since Cao Zhiqing experienced all of this personally, she naturally knows the truth best.

Jiang Xue had already found a way to make Cao Zhiqing speak while treating the third princess.

Hearing this, Cao Ling looked at her in shock. What on earth was this woman talking about?

How could she make Zhiqing speak?

"Don't be so surprised, more surprising things are yet to come." Jiang Xue said.

"What? The person was rescued by Si Ruoxin? Cao Ling is missing too?"

It was not until noon the next day that the Fourth Prince's Mansion received the news. Shangguan Xi hurriedly put on his clothes, ordered his men to dispose of the body of the maid who had been tortured to death by him, and then hurried to Jun Li to discuss countermeasures.

Now that the Cao family is his important supporter, Cao Ling’s disappearance makes him feel very uneasy.

Without the constraints of these direct heirs, how could he deal with Shangguan Jin?

"Your Highness, please don't be anxious. Fortunately, we have weakened the power of the new faction before. Now we just need to stabilize the conservatives. As for finding Cao Ling, I have sent more people, and it will never affect Your Highness's plan." Jun Li comforted, but he was already planning a retreat in his heart.

The original plan was to rely on the two old men to suppress Shangguan Jin, but now that this bargaining chip has been lost, if he wants to abolish Shangguan Jin's position as crown prince, he can only make a desperate attempt.

It is said that the Emperor of Beixi has recently frequently summoned his trusted ministers to discuss the abdication issue. The abdication edict is about to be issued. If Shangguan Xi cannot ascend the throne, then Beixi's plan to assist Xichen in attacking Beiling will be in vain.

This must not happen. Among the ten countries he had contacted, only Shangguan Xi was willing to provide military funds and support to Xichen. Therefore, Shangguan Xi must ascend the throne no matter what.

The only way to bring down Shangguan Jin is to accuse him of treason and usurpation of the throne.

It seems that we can only take risks.

"Your Highness, Third Master Cao is back."

Less than a day later, Jun Li brought Cao Ling back. Cao Ling looked pale, and Jun Li mistakenly thought that he was frightened by the loss of the hostage.

Since Cao Ling's cooperation would be needed next, Jun Li persuaded Shangguan Xi not to pursue his fault for the time being, and after comforting him with a few words, he let him go home and rest.

As soon as he returned to the Cao family, Cao Ling went straight to Cao Zhiqing's room. As soon as Cao Zhiqing saw him, she rushed over and hugged him tightly.

Cao Ling looked down at Cao Zhiqing lovingly, took out a pill from his sleeve and coaxed her to swallow it.

"In an hour, she will wake up, and you can ask her what happened then. To ensure that Master Cao does not pose a threat to our house, please take this pill. It can temporarily suppress the snake venom in your body, but the effect can only last for three days. After three days, you need to come to me on time to get the antidote, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

Looking at the sleeping Cao Zhiqing, Cao Ling thought of Jiang Xue's words.

He gently pushed away the hair that was blocking Cao Zhiqing's face, gazed at his second sister affectionately, and stayed by her side without leaving.

Two days later, it was Imperial Noble Consort Mo Ying's birthday, and the Emperor of Beixi held a banquet in the palace to celebrate the imperial concubine who was pregnant with a dragon.

All the nobles and royal family members were invited to the palace to attend this grand banquet, which showed the emperor's special care for Mo Ying.

However, just when the banquet reached its climax, something unexpected happened: the dancers who were performing suddenly drew out hidden weapons and attacked the emperor.

The scene instantly fell into chaos. At the critical moment, the imperial concubine saw the blade approaching the emperor, and she screamed and rushed forward to block the sword with her body.

The sharp blade pierced her delicate shoulder, and she fell pale into the emperor's arms.

"Ying'er!" The emperor cried out in pain, kicked over the banquet table and forced the assassin back.

He hugged Mo Ying tightly and ordered loudly: "Come here, arrest them all and call the imperial physician quickly."

Seeing Mo Ying injured, the Mohists tried even harder to subdue the assassin.

A dozen assassins turned towards Jiang Xue and attacked fiercely.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhan acted quickly and rushed to where Jiang Xue was.

In addition to Jiang Xue, the assassins also attacked several officials, including the fourth prince Shangguan Xi.

Shangguan Jin, Jiang Chen and Si Ruochen fought together against more than thirty assassins.

In this bloody conflict, many noble women fled in fear, and servants hid in corners, trembling for fear of being injured by swords.

Before long, the originally joyful banquet venue turned into a bloody battlefield with corpses lying everywhere and blood flowing.

Due to the large number of assassins, the guards alone could not cope with them. When the situation was critical, General Mo decisively decided to transfer the Mohist Army into the palace for support.

The powerful fighting power of the Mohist Army quickly stabilized the situation. The assassins were subdued one by one. The last few assassins saw that the situation was hopeless. After looking at each other, they shouted: "I will protect the world and never regret it until I die!"

Then they committed suicide one after another.

"Your Majesty, please punish me!"

With the assassins' suicide, the fierce conflict finally ended. Commander Mo knelt on one knee and apologized to the Emperor of Beixi.

"The commander acted decisively in the critical moment and successfully rescued the siege. What's wrong with that?" The emperor looked at the injured Mo Ying with concern, and immediately ordered someone to send her to see a doctor.

Seeing the emperor's concern for Mo Ying, Wang Xiurong next to him felt extremely jealous.

It was just blocking a sword for the emperor, I could do it myself.

Just now, if she had not been so panicked, she would have been the one favored by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, General Mo dispatched troops into the palace without your Majesty's permission. According to the law, he should be charged with the crime of treason," said Wang Xiurong.

In her heart, she hoped that the Mo family would be punished, so that Mo Ying's position in the harem would be in jeopardy.

"Your Majesty, the situation is urgent. If the Mohist army had not entered the palace in time to quell the rebellion, the consequences would have been disastrous." The two noble leaders of the new faction immediately defended General Mo. Their position was obviously different from that of Wang Xiurong.

"Can we ignore the law just because the situation is critical? Then what's the point of making laws?" Wang Xiurong retorted, angry at the interruption of the two noble leaders.

"I have said many times that people in the harem are not allowed to interfere in state affairs." The emperor looked at Wang Xiurong sternly, and she immediately shut up.

"Mr. Mo, please stand up. You handled the assassination attempt properly and gave effective command, and you should be heavily rewarded. If anyone dares to slander a loyal minister again, they will be charged with false accusations." The last sentence was obviously directed to Wang Xiurong.

Recently, Wang Xiurong has repeatedly interfered in state affairs, which has made the emperor very dissatisfied.

This time, if she dares to do it again, she will be severely punished.

Wang Xiurong noticed the emperor's warning and dared not say anything more.

He stood aside with his head down, looking unhappy.

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