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King Qin was an existence that could not be mentioned.

There were many sons of the late emperor, and most of them had been sent to the feudal fiefdom since birth. The King Qin was the oldest, and had been loved by the late emperor since a young age. As the legitimate son, he appeared to be much more ordinary than him. However, as he was the legitimate heir to the throne after all, he could not really speak the same words as he did now.

As for how he obtained the throne, there was not a clear conclusion made so far. Of course, no one would dare say that it did, but as time went by, it became a headless mystery. Whether it was good or bad, it all depended on the His Majesty's judgement.

King Qin ended up dying, but there were rumors that King Qin did not die, and did not escape from the capital. With the prestige and power that King Qin had back then, it was not impossible, as long as King Qin could escape, it was not a problem to him, as long as he could survive, he would be able to rise at any time and place, thus, for His Majesty, it was said that His Majesty had been secretly searching for him for many years, causing some people to suspect that there was some hidden motive behind King Qin's death, and the more they could not find him, the more troubled they would be.

Xie Jingxi had been sitting here waiting for the things to happen. She had taken the risk to bring up the King Qin, but now that she thought about it, even she herself felt that she was a little crazy.

Firstly, she did not know how strong the King Qin was. Whether it was within her expectations or the situation itself, she did not know. In other words, the so-called matter regarding the King Qin was all fabricated by her and she was gambling.

She was betting that the secret force outside the pass was related to the King Qin, betting that Gu Qing would take care of the power behind him, and only if it was completely chaotic, would Gu Qing appear, and the power behind him would be disrupted, even if she guessed wrong, as long as His Majesty was suspicious, regardless of it being the real King Qin, the His Majesty would not sit still and wait for death.

What she was betting on was His Majesty's suspicion.

It was already late into the night, and the night was destined to be in turmoil.

Gu Yun had finally managed to coax Xie Jingxi to sleep, but he had already put on his clothes and walked out of the house. Zhao Zhang was waiting for him outside early in the morning, but when he saw that had come out, he stepped forward and whispered to him, ”Elder, the Yongping Mansion has already been completely sealed, and the entrance and exit gates have already been sealed.

Gu Yun's face showed no expression, ”So what if you're in the capital?”

”According to Grand Mistress's orders, we have arranged for people to move in Changchun Hall and other places. If they move, they won't be able to escape our control.”

Gu Yun's fingers unconsciously pinched his sleeves, ”If there's any news, report to me at any time.”

Zhao Zhang looked at him worriedly. ”Elder, if we go up against Fourth Young Master, we'll …”

Gu Yun did not speak, the corners of his mouth curled into a line, his eyes were filled with deep and distant pain and hatred. Zhao Zhang thought that it was best not to ask, the Eldest Young Master had recently had some trouble speaking, Grand Mistress meant that it was their master's wish to kill, and she meant that they should not leave.

After an hour, Zhao Zhang returned. Seeing that Gu Yun was still standing in the same position as before, his heart thumped for a moment as he prayed for the various immortals to ensure that the old man was safe and sound.

”Master, our men have probably found a place to stay. It's in the outskirts of the capital, but they don't dare to approach us for the time being. They only sent some good agents to infiltrate us. Please give us some instructions.”

”Lead the imperial guards over. We just need to save them and leave the rest to them to deal with the aftermath.”

Before Zhao Zhang brought his men over, a majority of the people were waiting at the same place, other than the few who were proficient in mechanism techniques, only Fang Yu had taken the risk and followed a person into the place, this person did not know of Fang Yu's identity, and had followed him all the way from the Eternal Spring Hall. The reason why Fang Yu took the risk so arrogantly, was to save the Old Man Ji, but she also wanted to take revenge for Fang Dai.

She relied on her mental strength to work hard, following the person in front of her all the way to the so-called secret underground room that hid the universe. It was so unimaginably big, and as soon as she entered, she felt a bit of regret, because if she were to get lost here, she simply couldn't get out by herself. Thus, her eyes firmly locked onto the person in front of her.

Seeing that there was no one around, she focused on listening, and a man and woman's voice sounded from inside, the man was without a doubt Gu Qing, who was this woman?

Fang Yu was not sure if they had all run away or if they were hiding somewhere. However, she thought that since she had already entered, he might as well take a gamble if she were to stretch her neck and slash her head back with a knife.

The voice of the woman came out from the stone door. It was a little out of tune, but it was not hard to tell that her age might not be very old. She said in a stern voice, ”Who allowed you to act presumptuously and bring Mr. Jil here? The higher ups requested for medicine but did not let you snatch it away. Now that you have caused such trouble, the entire capital's plan will be affected. Even many people from the Yongping Mansion have been lost, let's see how many lives you have left to explain to the higher ups! ”