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For Shen Dongsu, it would be a lie to say that she was not scared at all. She had narrowly escaped death during the assassination, and watched helplessly as Chen Xingzhen's hand was cut off and blood splattered all over her body.

But during her time in the North District, she had seen too many lives and deaths, and her courage seemed to have grown stronger. Although she was still frightened, she was not at the point where she needed to be comforted.

Besides, fear of this kind of emotion will only be expressed in front of the people closest to you.

Just like a child who falls, he will only cry in his mother's arms and will never cry with an outsider.

No matter how flustered Shen Dongsu was, he would still pretend to be calm in front of Jia Si and others.

unless……

She was a little embarrassed. If Ling Mo Xiao were here, she would tell her true thoughts.

After Jia Si left, she hurriedly tidied up and went to bed. Her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. She just leaned her head on the pillow and fell asleep.

Half asleep and half awake, she felt a dark shadow in front of her. She was startled, sat up suddenly, and pointed the dagger under her pillow at the dark shadow.

What she saw was Yue Jian's guilty and self-reproaching face. She put down the dagger feebly and fell down again.

He said softly: "Are you trying to repent like A4 and fail to protect me enough to put me in danger?"

Yue Jian nodded: "I shouldn't have left you, Princess. I will guard you every step of the way from now on."

Shen Dongsu rolled helplessly into the bed and patted the outside of the bed: "Then you go to bed and protect yourself."

"I'm really tired. Please, if you stand beside my bed like this, I will have nightmares."

Tsukimi hesitated for a moment, then took off his robe and got on the bed. She was stiff and didn't want to sleep, but as soon as she lay down, Shen Dongsu rolled over and held her arm.

"You're so warm! I'm worried about whether the bed will be warm or not. Don't think too much, it was an accident. Go to sleep."

Tsukimi felt his eyes were hot, it was the first time he felt like this. The princess should punish her!

She should be scolded, punished, and forced to reflect. Instead of sleeping holding her arms so trustingly like this.

Instead, he comforted her.

Yue Jian quietly turned her head and looked at Shen Dongsu's sleeping face. The bruises under her eyes were obvious. The princess had slept less than three hours a day since she entered the North District.

The princess is indeed very tired.

She gently covered Shen Dongsu with a tight quilt, and secretly swore in her heart that she would risk her life to protect the princess in this life!

Shen Dongsu slept soundly here, but in the palace, the queen was completely awake, and no news came back from the killer she sent out.

Was it a failure? This Shen is really hard to kill! Failed again.

The queen is not worried about what the killer will be found out on trial. They are all experienced killers. If they fail, they will commit suicide by taking poison.

She just felt too frustrated. How could she fail so easily? Neither did they find out the family clues behind the Shen family, nor did they introduce Ling Moxiao into the bureau.

She was really unwilling to give up like this. Could it be that all of Chang'an had to fall into a plague to expose that bitch's flaws?

The Queen decided to wait and see for a few more days to truly explore the effectiveness of the special medicine. If the plague could be cured, the medicine would cure the disease.

Then it would be useless for her to make a fuss about the plague, and she would have to think of another way.

But what the queen didn't expect was that the two killers not only failed, but also failed miserably.

In the morning of the next day, King Ling reported a piece of news that shocked the whole court. An assassin came from the restricted area in the North District last night.

Princess Ling and Prince Chen were assassinated. Princess Ling was slightly injured, while Prince Chen was seriously injured. He was beaten beyond recognition and had one of his hands cut off.

Ling Moxiao did not say anything about Chen Xingzhen being taken over for the time being, because it would take some time to see whether he had actually taken over.

He didn't want to cause uproar by saying it now. If his hands didn't grow well by then, public opinion would be extremely unfavorable to Shen Dongsu.

Chen Guogong, who was in better health, was so frightened that he cried bitterly in the hall and begged the emperor to allow him to take Chen Xingzhen out of the restricted area.

Naturally, the emperor was not allowed to do so. He only said that the powerful imperial doctors were in the restricted area, which would be conducive to Chen Xingzhen's recovery.

Chen Guogong then asked the Chen family to send someone to take care of Chen Xingzhen, and the emperor agreed.

The emperor ordered King Ling to investigate the assassination case in the restricted area with Dali Temple. Ling Moxiao specifically did not explain the purpose of the assassin.

Are you here for Prince Chen? Or is it Princess Benling? Or are they here to steal the special medicine to cure the plague?

The reason why Dali Temple was involved was because Ling Moxiao decided to fight back against the Queen and needed a witness.

Although there is no clear evidence in his investigation of the plague case, and no news has come back from the people who went to Jiangnan, he wants to let the queen get into trouble.

The more mistakes she made, the more likely she would be to catch the snake.

Ling Moxiao gave him the information he found out with his utmost trust in the Minister of Dali Temple.

He also said that he had been away from Chang'an for several years, and that Dali Temple was more professional in investigating cases.

The minister of Dali Temple was very satisfied with Prince Ling's attitude and asked them to cooperate with the prince in investigating the case in the future. The prince obviously didn't understand anything and loved to order people around. When things didn't go well, he put the blame on Dali.

If the prince knew the rules as well as Prince Ling, it would be much easier for officials like them to run their errands.

The Minister of Dali Temple was well aware of the intricate relationships between the noble clans, and he quickly caught something from King Ling's information.

That was the Minzhou patient who first discovered the disease. If he didn't come by land, there was only one possibility: by water.

But the waterway from Minzhou to Chang'an can only take the canal after reaching Jiangnan. The road before Jiangnan is not by land. There is only one possibility, by sea.

Discovering this truth, Dali Temple Qing suddenly felt that his previous thoughts were ridiculous. In the hands of the queen and the prince, how could the prince who broke in be innocent?

Prince Ling did not trust Dali Temple at all, but deliberately involved Dali Temple in the situation! Let them reveal the truth.

Only a few noble families can travel by sea, but Dali Temple cannot afford to offend any of them!

If he offends any of them, his official career will be over.

If God could hear it, if I retracted my last sentence, it would be easier for the prince to fool me!

The minister of Dali Temple decided to kick the ball and only told King Ling about the shipping matter, but said that there was no evidence, so they did not dare to report it to the emperor.

He thought that King Ling would argue and ask him to investigate, but to his surprise, King Ling said confidently that Dali Temple would be responsible for the investigation, and he would be responsible for reporting and exposing the matter.

He dared to offend people whom Dali Temple did not dare to offend! The cases that Dali Temple dare not try, he will come!

The Minister of Dali Temple looked up at the sky again, God, I was wrong again, it would be better to work with King Ling!

With King Ling's recognition, Dali Temple became more bold in investigating the case.

Then they found out that the place where the plague was first discovered in the North District was the district where Chen Xingzhen was hiding.

Well, Ling Moxiao could only say that it was God who helped him, because when he had Chen Xingzhen thrown into the North District, he just randomly found a hidden residence to imprison him.

Unexpectedly, the queen dumped the patient in that area.

Ling Mo was heartbroken and deliberately asked the Chen family: "Your Excellency, you suspect that Prince Chen is in the North District. In addition to escaping from Youzhou, he is also secretly responsible for spreading the plague?"

The Minister of Dali Temple laughed dryly: "But Chen Shizi was assassinated just now. This is contradictory!"

Ling Moxiao sneered and said: "How can there be a contradiction? It's either a trick to make someone suffer, or it's to silence them!"

Dare to destroy the mouth of the Chen family’s heir apparent! The Minister of Dali Temple's eyes widened. If the queen and the prince were really behind this matter, then their sacrifice would be too great.

Ling Moxiao made another point: "I wonder if Chen Guogong knows? Haha, no matter how close this nephew is, he can't compare to his son!"

"Chen Guogong has some misunderstandings about me. If I tell him this, he will definitely think that I have some conspiracy."

"Please take the evidence and tell Duke Chen Guo about this."

Seeing the hesitation in the eyes of the Dali Temple minister, Ling Moxiao said in a very sophisticated manner:

"If the mastermind behind this is really the one behind this, my lord, by doing this, you are betraying Chen Guogong's favor."

Dali Siqing's eyes lit up, yes! If she was really the queen, the queen would even kill Chen Shizi, obviously she wanted to abandon her car to protect the commander-in-chief.

But what did Chen Guogong think?

What did Chen Guogong think? He was thinking that when he sent his sister to the palace, he really should have strangled her to death on the first night.

Then randomly choose one of the concubine's sisters to enter the palace instead, so that the concubine's sister will be easy to control and obedient, and will not be as lawless as now.

You can say that what you did before was for the crown prince, harming the palace concubines and killing the prince. You can say that it was for the Chen family, harming officials and nobles who were opposed to the nobles.

But what you are doing now is purely your own madness!

At this time, Chen Guogong gritted his teeth and questioned her in the Queen's Palace. The queen didn't take it seriously at first and sneered:

"When I sent someone to invite you, you said you didn't have time to enter the palace. Why are you here gesticulating in front of me now?"

Chen Guogong asked angrily: "Were you the one who sent the assassin in the restricted area last night?"

The queen didn't intend to hide it from him. Her dead soldier, Guanlu, was originally from the Chen family. Even if she hid it, Chen Guogong could find out if he checked.

"Yes! I just want that bitch to die! Why, don't you want her to die?"

Duke Chen Guo fell down in anger: "Do you know that the person you sent failed?"

The queen nodded: "No news came back that night, so I expected it. Don't worry, they will commit suicide if they are caught..."

Duke Chen wanted to slap her, but she was the queen of the middle palace, so he couldn't do it. He interrupted her angrily:

"They are not dead! Now they are in the hands of Dali Temple."

When the queen heard this, her expression only changed slightly, and then she thought nothing of it. Bitch Shen is not dead, so even if the killer finds out something, she can still escape.

But what Duke Chen Guogong said next shocked the queen.

"Your people didn't hurt Princess Ling, but they killed Xing Zhen! They cut off one of Xing Zhen's hands!"

The queen's expression changed drastically, and the steady phoenix hairpin on her head shook a few times.

"Impossible! They all know Xing Zhen, how could they accidentally hurt Xing Zhen?"

Speaking of Chen Guogong, he was angry and helpless. He had already found out what happened last night. How could he have thought that such a coincidence would happen in the world!

Due to the plague, Chen Xingzhen lost a lot of weight and his body shape changed drastically.

His face was swollen beyond recognition because of eating celery, and in his desperation, the assassin didn't recognize him at all.

After Chen Guogong told the story of Chen Xingzhen's injury, he warned the queen bitterly:

"If you do this again, I will personally write to the Emperor and send you to the Xishan Palace to honor the Queen Mother!"

The queen was shocked and exclaimed unconsciously: "Brother, you can't do this!"

Chen Guogong scolded: "You still know that I am your brother! If you let you do whatever you want, the Chen family will be killed by you!"

As soon as Chen Guogong left the palace, he was stopped by the minister of Dali Temple, who politely told him what King Ling had told him.

Although Chen Guogong was angry with the queen, he knew that Chen Xingzhen's injury was not the queen's intention.

At the same time, an important piece of news was received. The Minister of Dali Temple found out that the source of the plague came by water, which would soon be traced to the Queen.

He thanked the Minister of Dali Temple and wanted to enter the palace again, but he was afraid that frequent visits to the palace to see the queen would arouse suspicion.

So he wrote a handwritten letter and sent it to the palace: "Dali Temple and King Ling have found out that people from Minzhou are traveling by sea."

When she saw this handwritten letter, the queen was instantly shocked. Other problems were minor, but spreading the plague was a big deal!

If we really find out that it is her, maybe the gentry will no longer support her. Even if the emperor cannot depose her, it is still very possible to send her to Xishan to be filial to the Queen Mother, as Chen Guogong said.

She thought about it and asked people to release Fang Rong.

Fang Rong, the queen's personal female officer, was imprisoned in Yeting for many days. All the maids and maids who had been harmed by the queen took their anger out on her.

She had been tortured all over her body, and when she was brought in front of the queen, the queen couldn't believe it.

How long has it been since then? How could someone be so injured?

Thinking of using her, the queen softened her voice and said:

"You have suffered. I am so angry. How dare those bitches do this to you? Don't worry, I will avenge you."

Fang Rong trembled and said with a very humble attitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I didn't suffer. It's because I'm useless. Your Majesty is the one who punishes me."

Seeing that her attitude was excellent and she didn't hold any grudge, the queen said with relief:

"I have an important matter for you to handle here. Once it's done, I'll reward you with a thousand taels of silver. I'll give it to you as a good citizen and allow you to leave the palace."

Fang Rong was overjoyed. This was her dream all along, to leave the palace and become a free woman.

He kowtowed repeatedly and said, "I would like to listen to your Majesty's instructions."

The queen then found out that the people coming from Dali Temple to Minzhou were traveling by sea, and whispered:

"You handled this matter single-handedly. I order you to silence everyone who knows about this matter."

"The boat belongs to the Lu family. Let the people of the Lu family stay."

Fang Rong instantly understood what the queen was going to do. She was going to completely frame this matter to the Lu family!

It is true that the Lu family is not clear either.

Fang Rong didn't dare to respond now. Last time, she just hesitated to agree, so the queen suspected her and sent her into the dark abyss.

This time, freedom is at her fingertips, how can she hesitate!

Immediately he said respectfully: "Don't worry, I will take care of those people."

The queen was very satisfied. Thinking about the few capable people around her, Aunt Shi went to Shenjia Village and never returned. Now she has gone to Dianzhou again.

Lu Fangzhou went to Shenjiacun, but found no useful information. She wanted to transfer him back to Chang'an, but he also said that he suspected there were clues hidden in Shenjiacun and wanted to investigate further.

Her brother was angry with her. She couldn't use the Chen family for the time being, and only Fang Rong could do some things.

What the queen didn't know was that Ling Moxiao had already found out about Fang Rong, and Aunt Fang was the queen's most trusted female official.

It happened that he was imprisoned in Yeting during the plague. This matter was inherently strange. How could Ling Moxiao let it go?

As soon as he heard that the queen recalled Fang Rong from Yeting, he understood that the snake was being frightened and the snake was trying to hide.

He did not do it himself, but asked the Minister of Dali Temple to send people to guard the sailors of the ships he found.

Dali Temple succeeded quickly and captured the assassin who came to kill him.

And Ling Moxiao caught Fang Rong who was leaving the palace to accuse him, and saw that the person who pushed the door open was not the contact person, but King Ling.

Fang Rong knew that she had lost. She was surprisingly calm. Seeing Ling Mo Xiao motioning for the guards to come forward, she even raised her hands and opened her mouth to let them see.

"I didn't hide any drugs or any sharp weapons."

This reaction was beyond Ling Moxiao's expectation. Aunt Fang's demeanor was really not that of a queen.