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Chapter 179 Zhan Jing’s plan failed.

After Xuan Yi quickly dealt with the people around him, he rushed over and joined Pei Zhijin in dealing with Zhan Jing. Two fists were no match for four hands, not to mention that both Pei Zhijin and Xuan Yi were very skilled in martial arts, so Zhan Jing soon gained the upper hand.

Xuan Yi's eyes flashed fiercely, and he used all his brute force to charge towards Zhan Jing. Zhan Jing was caught off guard and was pushed back. Pei Zhijin stabbed towards Zhan Jing directly with the sword in his hand.

呲!

The sword stabbed towards Zhan Jing's chest without hesitation, and then was quickly pulled out. Zhan Jing spat out a mouthful of blood, and before he could recover, three or four guards put knives on his neck.

Zhan Jing's slender fingers gripped the ground tightly, with a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes. He shouldn't have ended up like this.

When the men in black saw their master being captured, they all gave in and surrendered.

Li Lingxuan glanced at Zhan Jing who was lying on the ground, then bowed slightly to Li Lingchen and said, "Your Majesty, this person is the instigator of the flower Gu, and he wants to use the people of the Southern Region to deal with Chi Li."

Li Lingchen glanced at Pei Zhijin, who nodded slightly. In an instant he understood that today's situation was a trap set by King Cheng using himself as bait. He lowered his eyes, hiding his concern for Li Lingxuan. When he raised his head again, he was steady as an emperor should be, and the look he gave Zhan Jing was intimidating without anger.

"Somebody come!"

Xuan Yi immediately knelt on one knee and saluted, "Your Majesty, please give your orders!"

"Mobei was the first to break the agreement. Cut off his head and send it to Mobei. This is a warning from Chili to the monarch of Mobei. If they do it again, I don't mind destroying Mobei."

"Yes."

Xuan Yi accepted the order, then stood up and told the guards, "Take him away."

Zhan Jing was put up on the platform. He was not panicked when he heard that his head was going to be chopped off. He just smiled and said, "It's worth it to have you, the people of Chili, buried with me."

"You..." Li Lingchen then realized that he was so angry that he lost his mind. The Gu of the people in the city had not yet been resolved, so he asked, "Tell me how to resolve the flower Gu, and I may be able to keep your body intact."

"Hmph, I don't care." Zhan Jing said disdainfully.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to keep his body intact." Jiang Xue's voice sounded from outside the palace.

Li Lingchen looked over and saw Jiang Xue and Lin Yiyi walking in with a middle-aged man wearing foreign clothing.

Jiang Xue pushed the middle-aged man in front of Zhan Jing and said, "You are a discarded pawn now."

Zhan Jing frowned and shouted at the middle-aged man, "Who asked you to come into the palace?"

The middle-aged man said nothing, his face was calm, he just silently took out a red gold wooden box from his arms, handed it to Jiang Xue and said: "This is the mother insect of the flower Gu, as long as the mother insect is destroyed, the people in the capital will be saved."

Jiang Xue took the box and opened it. Inside was a thumb-sized red flower insect. The insect sensed that the box was opened and flapped its wings twice. Then, when it was about to fly, Pei Zhijin quickly walked up to Jiang Xue, used his palm to deflect the insect's direction, and then grabbed the insect. When he let go of his hand again, the insect, which was still alive and kicking, had turned into red powder and scattered on the smooth ground.

Zhan Jing watched as the plan he had carefully planned for so long was easily solved by these people. His face turned red with anger, and he cursed at the middle-aged man: "Your Southern Territory deserves to be destroyed. You are all cowards. You still want to restore your Southern Territory. It's wishful thinking!"

Li Lingchen raised his hand in annoyance, and the guards prepared to take Zhan Jing away.

Jiang Xue stood in front of Zhan Jing and said coldly, "I forgot to tell you that Qing Ye also failed. Your plan has completely failed."

Zhan Jing was stunned after hearing this, and then he froze in a daze, mumbling, "It's over, it's all over."

"Yes, it's all over. You should have thought about the day when you would fail when you resorted to such despicable means." Jiang Xue looked at Zhan Jing and said.

Zhan Jing laughed absentmindedly, with unwillingness in his eyes, but what else could he do now? He could only wait for someone to send his head to the monarch and use himself as a warning to the monarch.

Zhan Jing closed his eyes in despair and said, "My lord, I have failed your expectations."

Li Lingxuan stretched and said lazily, "I am tired, Your Majesty, I will withdraw first."

Li Lingchen nodded, and after watching Li Lingxuan leave, he looked at Pei Zhijin and said, "I'm tired after making such a fuss for so long. Take him away."

Pei Zhijin nodded slightly and was about to have someone take the man from the Southern Region away when the middle-aged man suddenly vomited black blood. Li Lingchen frowned.

The middle-aged man looked at Li Lingchen weakly and said, "I have done a lot of wrong things. I am no longer worthy of being a person from the Southern Territory." Then he fell down.

Li Lingchen had no intention of killing him. After watching him commit suicide, he just shook his head helplessly and turned away.

The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was cancelled, and the ministers' families had already left the palace. In the Qinghua Palace, only the guards, palace maids and eunuchs were there to clean up the mess.

The Queen Mother had already returned to Yixiang Palace and asked Suyun to inquire about the news in Qinghua Palace. When she learned that Prince Cheng had deliberately set up the trap, she angrily threw the teacup in her hand away, "Humph, this Prince Cheng is really scheming."

"Queen Dowager, now that the flower poison has been resolved, we can all rest assured." Suyun whispered beside her.

"King Cheng has taken all the limelight. I hope the matter of the flower poison has not been resolved!"

Su Yun closed her mouth. The Queen Mother's expression changed and she asked again, "Have Jiang Xue and Lin Yiyi left the palace?"

"No, they are in Xuanzheng Hall."

The Queen Mother frowned after hearing this. "Xuanzheng Hall is a place for meetings. What are they doing there?"

"It seems like he is waiting for Master Pei."

The Queen Mother's eyes turned cold, and she said, "Since we can't kill them, then we'll use other means. I will prevent them from leaving the palace tonight."

Su Yun quickly lowered her head and said, "Yes, Queen Mother, I understand."

"Has Jiahe been sent out of the palace?"

"The princess has left the palace."

"Well, let's do it."

As soon as Suyun left, the empress dowager began to cough violently. The candlelight flickered and she felt dizzy for a moment. Then she saw a woman standing in front of her wearing dark red palace clothes. She had her hair combed into a bun for a concubine and a sachet of perfume hung around her waist that she had obtained at the Fahua Temple.

The Queen Mother was startled immediately and looked up suddenly to see the man's face clearly, but at that moment, the person in front of her suddenly approached, staring at her with a pair of resentful eyes, very close.

"Ah!" The Queen Mother screamed and threw everything on the table away. Then the face that was just so close to her instantly moved away.

"Mu Ning, you will go to hell after you die. You should repent for what you have done!"

"I didn't do anything, stop talking nonsense!" The Queen Mother pointed at the shadow and yelled.

The palace maid outside heard the noise inside and rushed in to check. She saw the empress dowager smashing things around like a madman.

The maid shouted anxiously: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?"