"There is no need to save him anymore. Do you want him to affect your plan?" A cold and hoarse voice sounded, making people feel goosebumps all over.

That dark tone, with the aura of looking down on everyone.

A figure is reflected on the screen inside the house.

Even if you go around the screen, you can't see the other person's face at all.

The Queen Mother has been in contact with this man for a long time, but she has never seen his true appearance.

"Are we just going to watch him die?" The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Besides, if we don't help him, will he betray us?"

"Then we can't keep it," the man said.

The Queen Mother was silent for a moment before speaking again: "Do you want to kill him first?"

"We don't need to do anything. Even if he wants to say it, he has to be able to say it. Not everything can come out of his mouth." The man said coldly.

King Cheng is just a chess piece to him. If it is useless, then there is no need to keep it and he can discard it at any time.

"If one day the Ai family is discovered, will they do the same to the Ai family?" the Queen Mother asked.

"You are the Queen Mother, and what you have accomplished is your great cause. What does King Cheng mean? He is just assisting you and getting his own benefits from it. Can these be the same?" the man said.

The Queen Mother listened to this, but her heart was not very stable. She had noticed back then that the other party was definitely not an ordinary person. Even the Queen Mother could not have the upper hand in this cooperation, but for the sake of her own power, she did not refuse.

"He wanted to assassinate Pei Jingyu. He said it was foolproof because he understood Pei Jingyu's situation and the group of dead soldiers would not betray him. But in the end? The success fell short." The man spoke again, his tone full of respect for King Cheng. Dissatisfaction: "I hope his behavior will not affect our plans."

"No!" the Queen Mother said hastily.

She didn't want to spend so long and get nothing in the end.

"King Cheng also chose to take action because he knew you were coming to Tianluan. He didn't want Pei Jingyu to become a stumbling block for us. The absence of Pei Jingyu would indeed be of great help to us. The previous arrangements were not comprehensive enough, but this time the assassination took place after many years. The plan should be foolproof." The Queen Mother also couldn't believe that Pei Jingyu was fine in the end.

Because in the palace, there was still a certain lack of news, so I still don’t know what happened that night.

"There is no need to mention this matter again. He can only bear the responsibility for the assassination of Pei Jingyu. Otherwise, you will be implicated. Don't say I won't help you then." There was no warmth in the man's words.

A chill could not help but feel on the Queen Mother's back.

A man who lets them do those things cannot be underestimated.

"The Ai family knows." The Queen Mother said.

As soon as she finished speaking, the shadow behind the screen disappeared.

The air was quiet, as if no one had been here just now.

The Queen Mother rubbed her forehead and sighed.

It seems that there is really no other way for King Cheng. He can only depend on King Cheng's own fate. If the emperor can let him go once, it will be King Cheng's fate.

otherwise……

Indeed, no one can save King Cheng.

The man also said just now that even if King Cheng wanted to tell the emperor about their affairs, he couldn't. She firmly believed that this was what that man was capable of.

"Yuanxiu." The Queen Mother subconsciously shouted.

It turned out that someone else came in. She was stunned for a moment before she remembered that the personal palace maid was still with Pei Jingyu, and she didn't know what was going on now.

She sent people to inquire, but there was no useful information at all. She only said that Yuan Xiu was teaching people rules in Pingding Palace. Apart from this incident, she did not receive any harsh treatment.

Pei Jingyu did not punish Yuan Xiu, which was beyond her expectation.

"Queen Mother, what are your orders?" asked the palace maid who came in.

"Make a new pot of tea for the Ai family." The Queen Mother said and then paused: "By the way, I sent someone to find out what's going on with Prince Cheng? How did the emperor deal with it?"

"Yes." The palace maid responded and exited.

Just as he reached the door, he suddenly exclaimed and turned back: "Your Majesty, Aunt Yuanxiu is back."

"What did you call when you came back?" the Queen Mother said, her heart skipping a beat.

Something must be abnormal, otherwise the palace maid wouldn't have that expression.

At this time, four eunuchs came in from outside, and Yuan Xiu was lying on the stretcher they were carrying, with a pale face and dark eyes.

"What's going on!" The Queen Mother stood up suddenly, walked to the door in a few steps, and stared at Yuan Xiu lying there. This was the old man beside her: "What did Pei Jingyu do to Yuan Xiu?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, King Pingding did nothing to Aunt Yuanxiu. Aunt Yuanxiu is so tired that she fainted," one of the eunuchs reported.

The actual words spoken by the girls who came to see Yuanxiu off were that Aunt Yuanxiu tried her best and took great pains to teach them the rules, but she didn't want her body to be overwhelmed and fainted, so they had no choice but to send him back quickly.

When the Queen Mother heard this, her chest felt tight with anger. What does it mean to feel faint from exhaustion?

What kind of things can make people faint from exhaustion? Yuan Xiu's body is absolutely healthy, not to mention how strong it is. He can faint at any time.

"Get the imperial doctor! The Ai family wants to see what Pei Jingyu did to the people of the Ai family." The Queen Mother ordered.

She didn't believe that Pei Jingyu didn't punish Yuan Xiu at all!

If she finds out, she must ask Pei Jingyu for an explanation.

After a while, the imperial doctor came over, but after diagnosis and treatment, he said that Yuan Xiu had fainted due to overwork, and had no other physical discomfort, let alone any external injuries.

Queen Mother:! ! !

Pei Jingyu would never be so kind!

Now she doesn't know what happened and can only wait for Yuan Xiu to wake up.

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Pei Jingyu only told Yuan Xiu that if she felt unwell or fainted, she would be sent directly back to the palace. No one in the Pingding Palace would treat her or diagnose her.

Therefore, when the group of women saw Yuan Xiu lying on the ground, they sent him back.

Of course Pei Jingyu didn't know about this.

At this time, he looked down at King Cheng who was kneeling on the ground, with a gloomy expression on his face: "Brother, what are you waiting for? Do you think that if you failed to assassinate me, will the Queen Mother come to save you? You are useless now, even if... It can’t be of any help.”

His words were like a knife piercing King Cheng's heart.

It's really uncomfortable to have someone say it openly when you have already roughly guessed it in your heart.

"You're talking nonsense!" King Cheng argued weakly.

"If they don't save you, you still want to protect these people?" Pei Jingyu said again.

King Cheng immediately raised his head and looked at the handsome man in front of him. His eyes with slightly upward tails were like a boundless black pool, unable to see the bottom or thoroughly at a glance.

But he heard the clues about what he said just now.

Pei Jingyu didn't use the Queen Mother, but them!

Does this mean Pei Jingyu knows something? As soon as the idea came up, King Cheng rejected it himself.

impossible!

Those people were hidden and mysterious. Even the matter of delivering a letter for him could bypass Pei Jingyu's eyes and deliver it without anyone noticing. How could Pei Jingyu find out?

"What did they ask you to do?" Pei Jingyu asked again.

King Cheng lowered his head in a hurry, refusing to expose his shocked expression to Pei Jingyu.

"How did you send those letters? What was the purpose of those things you did in the palace? Is the disappearance of the eunuch and the maid related to you and the Queen Mother?"

During Pei Jingyu's series of questions, King Cheng's heart became colder and colder.

I couldn't believe hearing these words.

How could Pei Jingyu know?

But if you don't know clearly and just rely on guesswork, it's impossible to connect these things together and tell him deliberately.

"I don't know what you are talking about." King Cheng lowered his head and could only deny.

Pei Jingyu sneered coldly: "Brother Emperor, your protection cannot be exchanged for them to save you."

King Cheng gritted his teeth tightly.

"Prince Cheng." The emperor said, "If you explain the matter, I can spare you the death penalty."

Pei Jingyu raised his eyes and looked at the emperor.

The other person nodded at him.

If King Cheng's life is saved, more things may be saved, so there is no harm in keeping him alive.

"Your Majesty!" King Cheng seized this glimmer of hope.

Since neither the Queen Mother nor that person came to save him and watched him die, then he could only protect himself, which is not too much!

"Your Majesty, I say!"

King Cheng raised his head again, his back slightly straightened. However, when he was about to speak, he suddenly froze.

For some unknown reason, it felt like there was a stone stuck in my throat, and I couldn't make a sound. The words I wanted to say were on my lips, but I couldn't say them.

King Cheng's face suddenly turned pale.

How could this be?

"Your Majesty, minister..." King Cheng was able to speak again this time.

He quickly prepared to tell what he knew again, but when he spoke, he was still unable to make a sound just like before.

Pei Jingyu and the emperor also noticed something was wrong.

King Cheng clearly wanted to say something, but there was no sound at the critical moment, and anxious sweat rolled down his face.

"I'm not pretending," Pei Jingyu said.

The emperor's face was full of shock. He was not pretending. What was the reason?

Is there anything else that can restrict people from speaking? To be more precise, it can restrict people from saying secrets that they don't want to be revealed. It doesn't matter if they say anything else.

"King Pingding, what's going on?" the emperor asked hurriedly.

Pei Jingyu shook his head, his eyes half lowered: "I don't know, it might be some kind of forbidden technique."

It's not surprising that he would have such thoughts. He was also under witchcraft when he was in the ghost realm of the human world, and he could indeed control people.

"Forbidden magic?" The emperor shouted loudly.

Xuantian Continent is an extremely ordinary continent. It is not the world of cultivating immortals in the story books. Even if there are some capable people and strangers, they are very few and can even be ignored. He also knows that Pei Jingyu has been exposed to witchcraft, but now there is another one that makes it difficult to The forbidden art of speaking surprised him.

"Yes." Pei Jingyu responded: "Although this kind of thing has never appeared in Xuantian Continent, it does not mean that it does not exist. The way King Cheng looks now is most likely that he has been hit by a spell that prohibits speech. "

But in Xuantian Continent, who can use this forbidden technique?

Even he was curious.

How could something like this appear in a continent without immortal cultivators? Witchcraft was already extraordinary.

Pei Jingyu had a bad feeling in his heart.

King Cheng was so scared that his whole body trembled. He knew that that person was special, but he never thought that it would be like this?

He couldn't even speak what he wanted to say.

So that's why the Queen Mother didn't come to save him, and the man didn't come either. They weren't afraid that he would tell the truth.

He couldn't tell anyone a word.

King Cheng was completely desperate at this time.

Those people ruined his last chance of survival, and he slumped on the ground helplessly, as if he had lost his soul.

"King Pingding, what should we do now? What should I do?" The little emperor looked at the city website like this and felt a little bit unbearable, but he knew that his kindness was not for this.

As an emperor, you must be cruel when you should be cruel.

He just couldn't make up his mind on the forbidden technique.

Pei Jingyu was more decisive: "Let's do what we did before."

"I understand." The little emperor nodded.

At this time, King Cheng had no intention of caring about what Pei Jingyu said to the emperor. He only knew that he was definitely going to die.

If he had known that this would be the case, he would not have chosen to assassinate Pei Jingyu. In the end, he would not even be alive. He might as well be grounded in the house, at least still enjoying the glory and wealth.

What was he doing those things for?

Isn’t it just for power and glory?

After King Cheng was taken away, the emperor asked again: "Uncle Seventh Emperor, what exactly is forbidden magic? Does such a thing really exist?"

"It exists." Pei Jingyu said: "King Cheng just proved it, but it's not clear why the forbidden technique appears. Maybe..."

Pei Jingyu didn't say the next words.

But the little emperor also understood.

It might have something to do with the things in the palace. He didn't know that many people had died in the palace over the years, and they disappeared quietly.

"When will those two places be moved?" the emperor asked.

"Wait a minute. We still don't know what it is or its purpose. We can't act rashly, lest it make things worse. Let me check again." Pei Jingyu said, his face already extremely ugly.

"I know, and I will continue to act as if I don't know what to do." The emperor said.

"Well, I'll take my leave now." Pei Jingyu bowed and turned to leave.

After coming out of the palace, Pei Jingyu's eyebrows have been twisted.

He really couldn't figure out why forbidden magic appeared on Xuantian Continent.

After returning to the house and seeing Yan Qianyin, his mood relaxed a little.

"What's wrong?" Yan Qianyin asked when he saw that his face was not good.

"Let's go to the study and talk." Pei Jingyu reached out and led Yan Qianyin towards the study.

After closing the door, he said: "A strange thing happened in Gongqi today. King Cheng originally wanted to tell the person behind the scenes, but every time he wanted to speak, he couldn't speak, like His throat was blocked, but everything else is fine, so I think he must have been hit by a forbidden spell."

"Forbidden technique?" Yan Qianyin was stunned.

This was the first time she heard this kind of thing in Xuantian Continent. Even in her time, it was just a legend, written in some bizarre books.

"Yes." Pei Jingyu responded lightly: "This is something that should not exist in Xuantian Continent."

Yan Qianyin was a little confused: "Why do you say it is something that should not exist on Xuantian Continent?"

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