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Although Shen Qinglan has no evidence to prove it so far, evidence is not needed in many cases.

After you have eliminated all incorrect options, the last option left is definitely the final answer, whether you believe it or not.

Just like Xie Shaoshang at this moment, the reason why he couldn't believe it was exactly because of this.

Xie Shaoshang secretly followed the news from the delegation. Both Shen Qinglan and Xie Shaoshang were sure that Xie Shaoshang would never tell anyone easily.

To be on the safe side, Xie Shaoshang would definitely only tell his adoptive father, Ji Wuming.

After all, if Ji Wuming had not rescued Xie Shaoshang back then, Xie Shaoshang would have died long ago.

Not to mention, over the years, Ji Wuming has been helping Xie Shaoshang in every possible way both in public and private matters.

After this rectification, everyone believed even more in Ji Wuming's loyalty to Xie Shaoshang.

It was also because of this that, let alone others, even Xie Shaoshang himself, would not suspect that Ji Wuming had already harbored murderous intentions towards him.

Xie Shaoshang opened his mouth, but couldn't help but start to defend himself: "Perhaps, I made a mistake in other aspects, so I was assassinated?"

Xie Shaoshang was obviously unwilling to easily doubt Ji Wuming, who had been like a family member to him since he was a teenager.

Shen Qinglan glanced at Xie Shaoshang and was silent for a while before speaking:

"The assassins who are chasing you are from the Shadow Pavilion."

Just one sentence made Xie Shaoshang's pupils shrink and his face turned even paler.

Shadow Pavilion...

Although Xie Shaoshang was the young master of the Shadow Pavilion before, the real person in power is still Ji Wuming.

Ever since Xie Shaoshang ascended the throne, he has never asked about the Shadow Pavilion again.

But even so, the people in Shadow Pavilion should know his identity.

Knowing his identity and still attacking him, there is no other possibility except that Ji Wuming instructed it.

After realizing this, Xie Shaoshang seemed to have lost all his strength and leaned back on the chair.

In the past, Xie Shaoshang always believed that even if his own uncle betrayed him, at least there was still Ji Wuming who was like a father to him, standing behind him and making plans for him.

But now it seems that perhaps he was deceiving himself from the very beginning.

"The more capable a person is, the less satisfied he is with being subordinate to others. Maybe Ji Wuming saved you out of kindness at the beginning, but as time went by, when he gradually gained power, how could he give it up so easily?"

Lu Huaizhu sat aside and looked at Xie Shaoshang with some sympathy.

If we were to say who had a better relationship with Xie Shaoshang, it would be Lu Huaizhu.

After all, when Xie Shaoshang stayed in Prince Zhan's Mansion, he was in the name of Master Wu, so naturally he met Lu Huaizhu every day.

Seeing Xie Shaoshang smile bitterly, Lu Huaizhu pondered for a while and continued:

"Perhaps Ji Wuming never thought that you could return to Xinyi from the beginning. Maybe he had other plans, such as using your name to establish himself as king. Otherwise..."

"At that time, the Xinyi Royal Court dug a tunnel in Xinyi with such fanfare and sent troops here. Ji Wuming had been in the Xinyi Royal Court the whole time. How could he not have heard anything about it?"

Even though they didn't know Ji Wuming, they could understand that Ji Wuming was able to protect himself during the change of emperors in the royal court more than ten years ago, and was able to quietly save Xie Shaoshang and develop his own power over the years. How could he not be capable?

For such a capable person, how could Xie Shaoshang's uncle have hidden such a big fuss from him?

But Ji Wuming did not stop it, nor did he inform Xie Shaoshang. What does this prove?

This proves that Ji Wuming most likely took advantage of Uncle Xie Shaoshang's dispatch of troops to directly keep Xie Shaoshang's life in Dayong.

If Xie Shaoshang died, Ji Wuming might use Xie Shaoshang's name to publicly condemn or reasonably suspect that Xie Shaoshang's uncle was deliberately killing someone with a borrowed knife to eliminate dissidents, so as to become king himself.

Lu Huaizhu didn't say it explicitly, but the people present were not stupid. After hearing this, they all showed some expression of agreement.

Even Xie Shaoshang himself couldn't help but smile bitterly and said:

"Yes, yes, it was me who was in his way."

Shen Qinglan knew that Xie Shaoshang was in a bad mood, and no one would be in a good mood after knowing that they were betrayed by someone they trusted.

Huo Zhanting, however, seemed to have no feeling at all and just said:

"So, you want revenge?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Shaoshang immediately looked up at Huo Zhanting and said:

"No one can betray me, let alone he actually schemed against Shuwen."

This is something Xie Shaoshang cannot tolerate!

Besides, since the other party had already taken action against him, there was no reason for him to be merciful.

Over the years, Xie Shaoshang didn't learn much, but revenge was his only motto.

"Now, the Ninth Prince and Prime Minister Jiang have already colluded with each other. Ji Wuming is probably working with them, so if he wants to take revenge, he must eliminate those two."

Huo Zhanting's thoughts were flowing smoothly at this time. He paused and continued:

"The Ninth Prince and Prime Minister Jiang know that you must be on the side of Prince Zhan's Mansion, that is, the Crown Prince's side, so they will cooperate with Ji Wuming to eliminate you together, so that they can kill two birds with one stone."

"Now, in their view, three of the four countries are leaning towards them, but they don't know that you are still alive, so in fact, as long as we can win over Southern Xinjiang, it will be a 50-50 match."

If the Ninth Prince wants to gain the greatest merit in this visit by the four countries, he naturally has to let everyone see that the envoys representing the four countries are on good terms with him and are on his side.

In this way, even if he seems to be just an assistant to the prince, he can break free from his addiction and let everyone see his strength.

Not only that, as long as the Ninth Prince and his men take the opportunity to let Xinyi attack Xie Shaoshang's death, the Crown Prince will also be the first to bear the brunt.

Therefore, the first thing they have to do now is to get Xie Shaoshang back to the new delegation as soon as possible and shut them up first.

Secondly, they also need to win over the envoys from southern Xinjiang and see if they can instigate rebellion from the remaining two countries.

When Huo Zhanting said this, Shen Qinglan was the first to agree, and immediately spoke up and agreed:

"What the War King said is correct. The day after tomorrow, the envoys from the four countries will come to the palace to see the emperor. Therefore, we must complete these matters before then."

"Xie Shaoshang, Yan Ji and the others are here, I will lend them to you first, you can take them back and stabilize the Xinyi envoys."

Xie Shaoshang felt helpless when listening to Shen Qinglan's words.

It is obvious that Yan Ji and the others were originally his people, but now he wants to use them, but he has to rely on borrowing?

But in the end, Xie Shaoshang didn't say much, he just nodded and agreed.

As for Southern Xinjiang, Shen Qinglan looked at Gu Changqing.

Gu Changqing originally thought that he was just here to make a cameo appearance. When he saw Shen Qinglan's gaze on him, he shuddered and looked at Shen Qinglan nervously:

"Junior sister, why are you looking at me like that?"