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After each of them had taken their seats, Mu Qianxue withdrew her wide sleeves and said, "If you want to protect the nine kings, you must make Emperor Zhou believe that someone else is directing the Eastern Ling assassins."

Dongfang Ze's thoughts turned and he understood what she meant. "Princess, you mean to find a scapegoat?"

Mu Qianxue nodded, then turned her gaze to Dongfang Shou, who was seated on the other side. "What does Your Highness think of the Xin King?"

"You want him to be the scapegoat?"

"After the death of Emperor Cheng, the messenger went out into the open. He was exceptionally low-key, but nineteen found that he had a force of darkness in his hands."

Dongfang Ze said, "I remember. The man in charge of assassinating Big Brother mentioned that someone missed his shot. That person must be the people the princess was talking about."

Dongfang Qing muttered to himself, "In that case, big brother really does covet the throne, but …" For him to bear such a crime just because of that, it is somewhat unjustifiable. "

"Once a person comes to a conclusion, he will not stop until the last step. The King of Conviction is no exception, moreover... "What he has done, is much more than what the Prince thought he had done." As she spoke, she took out a file and handed it over to Dongfang Shou. "I asked them to find this. Prince, please take a look."

Dongfang Wenshu took it with suspicion. When he finished reading the contents of the scroll, his face turned extremely ugly. "Big brother is actually secretly hoarding troops and horses and interacting with officials of the Qi Kingdom?"

Mu Qianxue nodded. "Just like the nine kings working together with Dong Ling, the messenger king is also secretly looking for assistance in winning the throne. However, he probably hasn't reached an agreement with the Qi Kingdom yet, so he has been enduring it silently, hiding his strength within the secluded residences."

"So, you've already planned this long ago?"

"That's not true. I sent Nineteen and the others to investigate earlier because I wanted to know about the various powers in Jinling City. Who would have thought that a letter sent by the messenger king would be intercepted and accidentally discovered?"

"Rather than letting the situation deteriorate, I might as well take this opportunity to put an end to it. Although this will cause the king to suffer grievances, with the king and the nine kings protecting him, my life will not be in danger."

"What if Dongfang Ru really does want to kill Big Brother?" Dongfang Ze asked with some worry. Although he didn't like the hypocritical and hypocritical King Xin, he was the one who had dug this hole. If the King lost his life because of this matter, he would inevitably feel uneasy.

Mu Qianxue said affirmatively, "Before we find the God of Fortune Camp, Emperor Zhou will still maintain his image of a benevolent lord and won't cruelly kill you. Although this matter will disappoint the King, it is not without benefits." After pausing for a moment, she turned her gaze and said, "Qianxue understands that Your Highness is a righteous and upright person and is unwilling to do such a small thing. However, due to scheming and scheming, there will inevitably be people who will die. This is unavoidable.

"I understand!" After interrupting Mu Qianxue, Dongfang Qin took a deep breath, and said with a slightly distorted face, "Do as the princess says. This king will fully cooperate." After saying that, he stood up and cupped her hands together, "It's already deep into the night, I won't disturb your rest any longer. Goodbye."

After he and Dongfang Ze's figures sunk into darkness, Mu Qianxue retracted her gaze and said with a sigh, "Xia Yue, was I pushing him a little too hard?"

"The princess is doing this for the prince's own good. This is something the prince is very clear about, otherwise he would not have agreed with your plan." Xia Yue closed the door to her room, scooped up a spoonful of Calming Incense and placed it in the golden incense burner with fine charcoal. Soon enough, a wisp of white smoke rose into the air.

"But I can see he doesn't want to."

"The prince has always been fair and square, and now that he's suddenly acting like this, it's inevitable that he'll need some time to get used to it. Don't worry too much." Seeing that Mu Qianxue was about to go get the file on the table again, Xia Yue hurriedly held it down, "For the matter regarding King Mu, you have been calculating day and night for the information that they have sent over. With your current condition, your body won't be able to handle it." No one was more clear than Xia Yue about the serious mental and physical exhaustion that lay behind Mu Qianxue's divination.

"I'm fine." As she allowed Mu Qianxue to speak like this, Xia Yue refused to let go. "This servant doesn't care. Anyways, tonight is not allowed to look. Otherwise, this servant will go and tell the king."

"You little girl." This was the first time she had slept since the assassination attempt on Dongfang Gu. Before this, she would usually stay up until the fourth or even the morning before taking a nap.

Lu Yi didn't know that the Glazed Workshop had already exploded in light. Following Dong Fang's instructions, she had sent people to keep an eye on the Mu King's Manor for a few days. However, the newly submitted report made her hesitate.

It was delivered by a person who was lurking within the Residence of Duke Xin. According to what he said, he had found a few slender East Soaring Knives in one of the bungalows at the back of the Residence of Duke Xin's residence last night.

As for the Mu King Manor, they remained quiet without anything abnormal happening. Besides going to the imperial court, Dongfang Ze was either going to stroll around the streets, or go to the Ministry of Justice to ask Ruan Niang about the progress of his case.

Could it be … The one who colluded with East Ling was the King of Conviction?

With this thought in mind, she reassigned some of her men to monitor the king of letters, and had the king of letters infiltrate her study to see if she could find any traces of his correspondence with the East.

Two days later, a few letters were sent to Lu Yi. After the latter read them, she didn't dare delay any further and immediately entered the palace to see Dong Fang.

After sending Wayne out, Dong Fang put down the red brush in his hand and looked up. "Have you found it?"

Lu Yi respectfully handed over the letters. "These letters were stolen from the king's study. This is enough to prove that the king and the East Ling people colluded to plan the assassination attempt many days ago!"

"The Trust King?" Dong Fang Qian raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Isn't it Ninth Brother?"

"This servant thought that it was the Ninth King as well, until news came from the messenger within the Xin King Manor saying that a few Eastern Lingblades had been found in a room that no one else would normally visit. This servant then realized that we might have suspected the wrong person, and recalled the shadow guard beside the messenger king, so I sent a few people to investigate the messenger king in private." At this point, Lu Yi kneeled down and said, "Please forgive me for not reporting this to Your Majesty in advance."

"Forget it, keep going."

"Yes." "Two days ago, a trusted aide of the messenger king went to a house on the west side of the city. That house was given to him by the late emperor and had been empty for many years, but strangely, every seven days, there would be a vendor selling noodles, vegetables, and even fish who would bring food to the back door. This servant would ask these people, and even though they didn't say much, they were still exposed by the servant.