Chapter 123

"When useful, we are a knife in the hands of the Emperor."

"When useless, these knives of ours should all be sealed away."

Wang Jian finished saying this sentence calmly, and then let Wang Ben leave directly.

Since Wang Ben felt like intervening in this matter, he would not continue to sit and wait for death.

Li Si also soon learned the news of Liu Qizhong's death.

Upon learning this news, a vicious smile appeared on the corner of Li Si's mouth.

"Since I am not having an easy time, then don't think about having an easy time either."

A coldness appeared in Li Si's eyes.

He, Liu Qizhong, at best was just a dog of the Wang family.

He did not believe that the Wang family could really protect him.

Ying Mo naturally also heard about the recent situation in Xianyang City.

Upon hearing the news of Liu Qizhong's death,

"770" Ying Mo's eyebrows twitched slightly.

He did not expect that Li Si would actually strike so ruthlessly at Liu Qizhong.

But then again, Ying Zheng only gave him one last day of time.

If Li Si still had no clues by this afternoon,

I am afraid he would really have to bring his head to see Ying Zheng.

Ying Mo soon understood that this was definitely the pressure Ying Zheng gave to Li Si.

Only by making Li Si feel more and more pressure would he go and seek help from the people behind him.

These were just the first steps Ying Zheng took.

Soon, the second step began.

Inside the palace, news of Ying Zheng's critical illness soon spread.

After Hu Hai and Fusu received the news, they immediately headed into the palace.

Li Si had originally planned to go and find Donghuang Taiyi tonight to ask if they had intervened in this matter.

But he did not expect that before nightfall, he would hear the news coming from within the palace.

Upon hearing the news, Li Si's complexion changed.

"Send this letter out."

Afterwards, a letter was sent directly out from the Li Fu.

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"Ying Zheng's situation, what do you think on your side?"

Beimingzi looked at Donghuang Taiyi and asked.

There were too many eyes and ears around Li Si.

So the two of them simply ignored him and chose to cooperate directly.

"News has already come from Star Soul that Ying Zheng's body cannot hold on for much longer."

"Tonight, he even summoned Fusu and Hu Hai into the imperial palace."

Donghuang Taiyi stated all the news he knew.

"This is not safe; choose a time to enter the palace directly to scout for news."

Beimingzi was a very cautious person.

Although he calculated that Ying Zheng's vitality was very weak,

Ying Zheng was, after all, the Son of Heaven, with dragon Qi protecting his body.

Those of them who cultivate the Dao can only keep their distance from dragon Qi.

So wanting to calculate Ying Zheng's situation was still relatively difficult.

But without seeing it with his own eyes, he always felt uneasy in his heart.

"Then let's find an opportunity to enter the palace and take a look."

Donghuang Taiyi also nodded.

To prevent any traps, he decided that it would be better to investigate carefully this time.

Last time, using Zhao Mingqu as bait to try and lure out Ghost,

ultimately failed because they were not cautious enough.

But Donghuang Taiyi considered himself to have extraordinary talent and would absolutely not fall twice in the same situation.

"Someone sent a letter over."

A voice sounded outside the door.

"Bring it over."

Donghuang Taiyi looked toward the door, and then a servant walked in.

Donghuang Taiyi took the letter from the servant's hand and then opened it directly.

The letter was naturally written by Li Si.

"What does this Li Si want to say?"

Beimingzi did not see the content on the letter, so he asked directly.

"Ying Zheng is seriously ill, Hu Hai and Fusu have already entered the imperial palace to serve."

"Ying Zheng has even summoned several powerful ministers into the imperial palace."

"It seems this news should be true."

Donghuang Taiyi somewhat believed that Ying Zheng should not live much longer.

"Since Li Si is also entering the imperial palace tonight,"

"there is no time like the present, so let's go and investigate the situation tonight."

Beimingzi did not think too much and felt that tonight seemed like a good opportunity.

"Then let it be tonight."

Donghuang Taiyi also agreed.

On Li Si's side, he soon received the news sent back by Donghuang Taiyi and Beimingzi.

Upon knowing that these two were also entering the imperial palace tonight, his heart felt relieved.

Tonight was originally his certain-death situation, but he did not expect Ying Zheng to suddenly become seriously ill.

This could be considered as giving him an opportunity.

He hoped that Ying Zheng would not mention this case again; otherwise,

otherwise, even if Ying Zheng could not die tonight, he would not let Ying Zheng live past tonight...

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Li Si's eyes.

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"Your Majesty, are you sure you will act tonight?"

Zhang Han was somewhat puzzled.

He did not know why His Majesty wanted to spread the news of his serious illness everywhere.

Spreading it out would only cause national unrest; there was no benefit in this at all.

"You don't understand."

"I have already held a knife and placed it on his neck."

"As long as I die, the knife on his neck will disappear without a trace."

"But as long as I do not die, he will die under this knife."

"He will definitely try his best to make me die."

A cold sneer hung on the corner of Ying Zheng's mouth.

Just as the people under him understood him, he also understood the group of people under him very well.

"Have the arrangements that needed to be made been made?"

Afterwards, Ying Zheng's gaze looked toward Zhang Han.

Zhang Han nodded.

"Has he come?"

Afterwards, Ying Zheng asked another question.

When deciding on this plan, Ying Zheng had already let Zhang Han convey the plan to Ghost.

Since he cooperated with Ghost, in the closing stage, Ghost should also participate in it.

"News came from that side saying they already know about tonight's events."

Zhang Han did not give an accurate answer.

Because he also did not know whether Ghost had come to participate in tonight's arrangements.

1.2 Soon, movement came from outside the house.

Hu Hai and Fusu walked in directly.

When the two saw Ying Zheng, who looked withered, a trace of shock also flashed in their eyes.

"Father."

Fusu called out in disbelief.

After all, even if Ying Zheng was physically weak before, he was not weak to this extent.

Hu Hai's eyes flickered; clearly, he also did not expect Ying Zheng's body to be in such a poor state.

"What is there to be so surprised about?"

Looking at the appearance of his two sons, Ying Zheng glanced at them unhappily.

But he also knew that he was currently pretending to be in a state of exhaustion.

So this sentence was spoken with full momentum but lacking in breath.

Seeing Ying Zheng in this state, Hu Hai unconsciously licked his own lips.

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