Chapter 549 - Affectionate Eunuch, Merciless Arrow(2/2)
Although he had rested for a few days in Lady Sun’s boudoir, his present realm was still only an eighth of his full strength. In order to break into the Palace, he had no choice but to take this harmful medicine again to ensure that his power would be fully demonstrated.
The first time he took this medicine was for Xiao En, for the secret of the Temple in the old man’s mouth. The second time he took this medicine was to break into the Palace, for the territories of Qing Kingdom. There are many things in the world that are more important than health, Fan Xian thought to himself as he walked down.
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Jingdou was in chaos. Compared to the battle-less victory with the Ministry of Justice and Jingdou government, the attack on the Eldest Princess’s other manor sunk into a bitter battle from the beginning. The flames that Fan Xian and the Great Prince had seen from the palace walls were a cruel plan that the Overwatch Council had no choice but to use when attacking.
Fortunately, the Eldest Princess was not in the manor. Yuan Hongdao, the main Xinyang strategist, who was supposed to be organizing the defenses, seemed to have been terrified out of his wits by the attack. Thus, the aces and serving girls in the manor had eventually been turned into hedgehogs and poisoned into stiff corpses after the Overwatch Council had paid the price of 10 bodies.
When the Overwatch Council officials broke in, the head of the First Bureau, Mu Feng, received a deep cut on his left shoulder. The blood flowed freely, but his face had an uncaring expression. Viciously, he held the short sword across Yuan Hongdao’s neck.
What surprised him was that the strategist he had seized in the Eldest Princess’ manor did not seem to be overly scared. Instead, he was very anxious.
Yuan Hongdao gazed at Mu Feng’er and anxiously said, “I have an important matter to report to the Duke of Danbo!”
[JW1] Possibly six hours.