The side hall of Tianqian Palace was brightly lit with candles, and not a trace of rain could be heard from outside the hall.
Emperor Yuanwu watched Fu Qiwen's departing figure through the bamboo curtain, then shifted his gaze to look at a black shadow that had appeared at so unknown ti to his left front, and said, "How goes the investigation into the Eighth Prince's matter?"
The black shadow lowered its head and replied, "Your Majesty, no such person can be found."
The black shadow then explained, "Perhaps the other party already left after escorting the Eighth Prince to the Tianjin Guards headquarters, or perhaps the other party's concealnt techniques are so brilliant that this servant cannot find them."
Emperor Yuanwu's expression remained unchanged. He waved his hand, and the black shadow disappeared from sight.
At this ti, the old eunuch standing to one side like a candle flickering in the wind slowly spoke, "Does Master truly agree with Fu Qiwen's suggestion to take action against Falling God Peak?"
Emperor Yuanwu's face was dignified, his expression inscrutable as he said, "Since he had the courage to make the decision for and pledge his life to it, how could I not agree?"
The old eunuch's grizzled eyebrows furrowed slightly as he asked in a hoarse voice, "What if it fails?"
Emperor Yuanwu was silent for a mont, then said, "If it fails, I will not move against any martial world forces for five years. If it succeeds, I will pacify all martial world forces within Great Li's borders within three years."
The old eunuch looked at the figure sitting cross-legged on the bed and nodded lightly, "Then how many people does Master plan to send to help the Tianjin Guards?"
Hearing this, Emperor Yuanwu looked at the old eunuch but shook his head indifferently, "Companion Wu, I won't send a single person. I won't help Fu Qiwen."
"If he can lead the Tianjin Guards to destroy Falling God Peak, then that will prove the imperial court has the ability to completely eliminate the martial world in one stroke. Otherwise, even if I help him, it will be useless."
The old eunuch's turbid eyes flickered, and he nodded slightly, seeming to understand Emperor Yuanwu's aning. He then asked, "Then how should the Eighth Prince be dealt with?"
Emperor Yuanwu's gaze was deep as he said, "This boy sohow has sothing to rely on and isn't afraid of death. However, I will try my best not to let him die."
Hearing this, the old eunuch finally asked no more questions.
...
Six Doors headquarters.
In an antique room filled with curling sandalwood incense, Guan Shanxue, whose eyes were open and filled with bloodshot veins, suddenly trembled. Her entire body sat bolt upright from the bed.
She blinked her dry eyes forcefully, then circulated the true qi within her body that had finally opened up, flowing through her entire body.
"Cang Yinyue, you just wait!"
Guan Shanxue raised her arms, which were no longer stiff, and vigorously rubbed her fair and delicate face, grinding her teeth.
Her figure moved, transforming into a cold wind as she rushed out of the room.
After successively asking several constables in Six Doors, Guan Shanxue's cold face looked sowhat unpleasant.
The acupoints in her body had been sealed for a day, and the constables in Six Doors were all helpless. Her Divine Constable father had co to look at her, just nodded and left a single sentence, "Quite good, just let her settle down properly for a while."
Then he left without looking back, completely ignoring her.
And during the day she had been lying there, Cang Yinyue had actually stolen the lilight.
Not only had she captured three important wanted criminals, but she had also killed a remnant of Great Qi who had caused chaos at Aurora Pavilion.
It was said that her Divine Constable father even had thoughts of promoting Cang Yinyue to Gold Constable.
"A defeated opponent who used so strange acupoint-sealing martial technique from who knows where to ambush , making lose all face. Now that I'm prepared, I will definitely freeze you for three days."
Guan Shanxue rushed out of the Six Doors headquarters gate with a face like frost, wanting to settle accounts with Cang Yinyue, but happened to encounter a man dressed as a servant talking with the guard constable at the entrance.
"My family's Second Miss is about to be married. The Marquis has ordered her to stay at the manor to prepare for the wedding. She will not co to Six Doors for duty for the next several months. This is the Marquis's personal letter."
The servant handed an envelope to the guard constable. However, Guan Shanxue caught sight at a glance of the words "Cangyuan Marquis" written on it.
"Cang Yinyue, so you finally know to be afraid. However, do you think that by hiding in the manor, I have no way to deal with you?"
Guan Shanxue's eyes turned cold. She snorted coldly, turned around, and rushed into the torrential rain.
...
Night fell.
The pouring rain that had fallen for most of the day finally stopped as evening arrived.
The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing the scattered stars in the pitch-black firmant.
However, tonight's moonlight was extrely hazy, and the post-rain Shangyang City was still shrouded in a layer of coolness.
Li Musheng's figure moved, silently leaving the room in his residence.
Very quickly, his shadow landed on a rooftop within the Tianjin Guards headquarters.
Li Musheng narrowed his eyes and looked down at a dark corner below. There was a person sitting cross-legged in the shadows, facing the room where he had been staying.
However, the other party had not discovered Li Musheng standing overhead at all at this mont.
"This person has been secretly following since not long ago. They must be an expert sent by the palace."
"Their strength is at the half-step Heaven-Human level, which is still acceptable."
Li Musheng glanced at the other party, then lost interest. He lowered his head to look at an invisible true qi thread in his hand.
He recalled how earlier during the day, that Tianjin Guards' Han Li had found him and asked him to assist in investigating the case regarding his assassination.
But how could he have any interest in doing this work? So he had unhesitatingly refused the other party on the spot.
Although the scene had been sowhat awkward at the ti, this had also made Li Musheng realize that even though he had already beco a prince, he surprisingly had no one available around him to handle these trivial matters.
Thus, he thought of Cang Yinyue.
This girl was a talent, working for both Six Doors and the Hidden Intelligence Bureau simultaneously, and doing quite impressively. Her abilities were beyond question, extrely excellent.
So... he planned to poach from Six Doors and the Hidden Intelligence Bureau.
"However, why is this girl's direction wrong?"
Li Musheng looked at the true qi thread in his hand, furrowing his brows slightly.
He rembered that Cang Yinyue lived in Lanshan Ward, but at this mont her location was vastly different, and it didn't seem like she was working overti at Six Doors either.
"Tsk tsk, who would have thought this girl has quite a rich nightlife."
Li Musheng nodded lightly, then following the direction of the true qi thread, his figure flickered away.
...
At the sa ti, at Cangyuan Marquis Manor.
Beneath a rockery in the back garden was a privately built secret chamber.
The chamber's brick walls were all cast with molten iron, and the entrance was locked with several iron doors forged from refined iron.
Under the dim yellow lamplight on the corridor walls, Cang Yinyue sat up from the straw-covered ground and surveyed her surroundings.
"That wicked woman actually reinforced the secret chamber!"
Cang Yinyue's expression was not pleasant. She then focused her gaze on the iron chains on the iron door.
Several large refined iron locks hung upon them, and they were currently her only hope of escape.
Otherwise, this ti she might truly have to suffer the consequences of her own actions and be trapped here.
Previously, Cang Yinyue had often been locked in the secret chamber and had left hidden ans of escape within it, but now they had all been sealed off and were completely useless.
"No matter what, I must first escape before I can have a chance to find the secret manual."
Cang Yinyue pulled out her hairpin and looked at those large locks.
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