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At this moment, a woman's voice came from outside the door. Princess Changle supported the empress dowager as she walked in.

"This son greets mother empress." Mu Zheng hurried forward to pay his respects.

"Greetings, your Imperial Majesty." Everyone bowed.

"Princess Changle is right. The Crown Prince had already annulled Xue Ruyun's engagement, how could he be kind enough to rescue him? Could it be that she was being criticized by the people because she was rejected by the crown prince? Could it be that she harbored hatred in her heart and took the opportunity to assassinate him? "Later on, I mistook the Crown Prince for never waking up and decided to claim the title of the Crown Prince's camel." Her Majesty added to her reasoning.

"I understand Xue Luoyun, she wouldn't be this sort of person." When Mu Zheng heard them slander Xue Ruyun, he immediately felt indignant in his heart. He understood Xue Ruyun's character the best. He could not possibly be a narrow-minded person like her.

"Why wouldn't it be? I heard that the Xue family's Third Miss' sister, Xue Muyun, and my son shared a mutual love. Xue Muyun definitely isn't used to seeing water like this, and because of the love of others, he has the heart to kill." The Queen stood up, wiping her tears.

"I beg the Emperor to avenge my son." The empress then gave him another grand bow.

Mu Zheng was put in a difficult position. Although he didn't believe that Xue Ruoyun would do such a thing, he had no choice but to say, "I'll definitely send someone to investigate this matter when I see the empress dowager's mouth. Before there's any evidence, no one is allowed to spout nonsense and sully a person's innocence."

Seeing the emperor like this, the empress and the others couldn't say anything else.

Mu Lingfeng was anxiously waiting in the manor when he saw Qin Degui hurriedly walk in, almost falling to the ground.

"How is it?" Mu Lingfeng walked up and grabbed his hand, asking excitedly.

"Third Prince..." Qin Degui hesitated for a moment, "I failed …"

"Ah!" Mu Lingfeng turned pale with fright. The plan was so perfect that he didn't expect it to fail.

"Trash, are they just a bunch of useless bums?" Mu Lingfeng flung his sleeves and kicked Qin Degui's body.

"Please calm your anger, Third Prince." At this moment, Qin Degui could only prostrate on the ground and speak such meaningless words.

"This plan is so perfect, but it actually failed." Qin Degui, who did you find and how do you do things? " He saw Xue Shaoli walk out from behind the curtain, roaring at Qin Degui.

"Please don't be angry, Third Prince. The people I'm looking for are all famous assassins in the martial world. The plan is absolutely foolproof." However, he had not expected that there was someone else on the mountain. This person is a master of martial arts. He saved the crown prince. Otherwise, this matter would have succeeded a long time ago. " Qin Degui hurriedly complained.

"Even now, you still have many excuses. The reason I spend so much silver every year is to raise all of you such useless things." Mu Lingfeng turned around and sat on a chair, and threw a wine jug on the ground to vent his dissatisfaction.

Xue Shaoli hurried forward and caressed Mu Lingfeng's back, calmly analyzing the situation. "Third Prince, now that the matter has been exposed, it has become a foregone conclusion. The most urgent matter now is to eliminate the evidence."

With Xue Shaoli's reminder, Mu Lingfeng thought of this point. "Yes, Mu Zhuo Ji has returned to the palace. Father will definitely send people to investigate this matter. Take this silver and tell them not to return to the capital for ten years. " Mu Lingfeng threw a bag of silver in front of Qin Degui.

"Yes, third prince." Qin Degui took the silver and was about to withdraw.

"Halt." Xue Shaoli suddenly stopped him.

"Miss Xue, do you have any other instructions?" Qin Degui was especially respectful because he saw that Xue Shaoli was heavily favored by the third prince.

Xue Shaoli walked up to Qin Degui and took the silver, returning it to the third prince. Mu Lingfeng held the silver and looked at Xue Shaoli, not knowing what she meant. Xue Shaoli took a bag of white powder from her waist and said, "Although they didn't succeed this time, there was still some hard work. Go today and say that the third prince thanks them for their drinks. I hope they can continue to serve you in the future." As she spoke, she placed the packet of powder in Qin Degui's hand and patted it twice.

Qin Degui understood and sighed inwardly when he saw Xue Shaoli's murderous aura. "This Xue Shaoli is indeed sinister and ruthless."

He glanced at Mu Lingfeng, asking for his opinion.

"These people are all desperate criminals. If you let them go, they will take the blame. It will be too much trouble for them. Only the dead keep secrets. " Xue Shaoli made a throat-slitting gesture.

"Do as she says. Do it cleanly." Mu Lingfeng said after hearing Xue Shaoli's words.

"Yes." Qin Degui quickly retreated.

"The Third Prince should not be soft-hearted in his actions. Since ancient times, people who have achieved great feats should not bother about trifling matters, and should not be distracted by a little bit of kindness. In order to accomplish great things, one must be ruthless, cold and tough. " Xue Shaoli warned him.

Hearing Xue Shaoli's words, Mu Lingfeng thought to himself as his eyes revealed an ominous glint. "You are absolutely right."

In a thatched cottage on the outskirts of the capital, several men clad in emerald green were seated. Sighing, they spoke, "I didn't expect that the third prince would be such a righteous man. We didn't manage this matter well today. We truly have a guilty conscience."

Qin Degui was all smiles, "Third Prince knows how hard it has been for you two to work, and today, you have caused many of your brothers to die. It's a pity, I've been ordered to come and comfort them."

"The Third Prince is indeed someone who does great things." The other one echoed.

"As long as all of you follow him loyally in the future, there will always be benefits for all of you." Qin Degui had a fake smile on his face.

"The Third Prince does not mind our crimes and instead treats us with sincerity. Afterwards, we will definitely be willing to pay the price." The leader was also honest and hoped to find a big backer.

"Good, good, good." Qin Degui nodded repeatedly. "Just based on your words, this toast is for you." Qin Degui said as he raised his glass.

"Alright, brothers, let's do it!" As the leader of the group finished his toast, everyone raised their glasses and drained it in one gulp.

"Steward Qin, why aren't you drinking?" The big man laughed heartily, tore off a piece of chicken leg, and asked as he ate.

Qin Degui wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and laughed sinisterly, "These are specially prepared for you."

"Is that so? Hahaha, why is the alcohol still on top?" After saying that, the person who looked like a big brother fell down. The others were all shocked as they stood up and shouted, "Big brother, what happened to you?" However, before he could finish his sentence, all of them fell to the ground one after another.

Qin Degui slowly stood up. "A bunch of useless trash. If you can't accomplish your task, you might as well try to get something to eat and drink with Third Prince." With a wave of his hand, his subordinates who had been waiting outside the entire time walked in and broke all the wine jars. Qin Degui sneered. Throwing out a handful of fire, he pulled on his clothes and left.

When Xue Ruyun woke up, it was already noon of the second day. She rubbed her sore forehead and stretched. Yun Zhi, who was busy with work, quickly passed a handkerchief to her. "Miss, you're awake."