TPITWOHEF

Chapter 123

Smallpox was a malignant disease, one that even the Imperial Academy of Medicine had little confidence in treating.

The visiting Khan of Wu Yun Country, who had brought his entire family along, now faced a dire situation: his child had contracted smallpox while in Jing Country...

The mere thought of this made Xiao Yunzhou break into a sweat.

Such an incident could very well lead to war between the two nations.

What an unfortunate coincidence!

Nothing had happened until they came to Jing Country, but as soon as they arrived as guests in the royal palace, their prince fell ill with smallpox.

Xiao Yunzhou's face darkened.

It was as if the heavens wished to destroy his Jing Country!

Should this tragedy come to pass, he would have no way to defend himself. No matter how he tried to explain, no one would believe that Jing Country wasn't responsible.

[Alas, according to the plot, shortly after the Wu Yun Country's young prince dies from smallpox, a young eunuch in our Jing Country's royal palace is discovered to have contracted the disease.]

[Yes, it's the eunuch sent by Consort Li to take care of the Fourth Prince.]

"!"

Xiao Yunzhou's eyes widened.

As the date of Wu Yun Country's visit approached, Xiao Chuchu recalled all the relevant plot points.

[This young eunuch happened to request leave from the palace on Lantern Festival night, claiming he needed to handle his father's funeral affairs, but he was lying!]

[In truth, he is one of the hidden agents of the Earth and Moon Sect...]

Xiao Yunzhou nearly leapt from his dragon throne in an instant.

The Earth and Moon Sect still had people?

[According to the plan, after Jiu Xiao's assassination attempt on the Emperor, the hidden agents of the Earth and Moon Sect were to begin their operation, aiming to exterminate the princes of Jing Country!]

Xiao Yunzhou's pupils dilated in shock. This was a chain of attacks—these remnants of the previous dynasty were attempting to uproot the entire bloodline of the Xiao family!

[The young eunuch left the palace on Lantern Festival night, and the next day he would intentionally bring in clothes and pus fluid from smallpox patients, hoping to infect the princes.]

"!"

As he listened, Xiao Yunzhou's heart trembled violently, and every hair on his body stood on end.

This incident wasn't mentioned in the morning's interrogation results from the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review.

Xiao Yunzhou suddenly remembered that Zhang Wei had said the Earth and Moon Sect's elder had confessed, but the Vice Leader was stubborn and refused to say anything.

It seemed that only the Vice Leader knew about this smallpox plot.

He could imagine it all now.

If the assassin had succeeded and he, the Emperor, had perished, the ministers would urgently discuss the matter of the new Emperor's succession.

At that time, this young eunuch would enter the palace with clothes from smallpox patients, infecting the princes around him, and then infecting the new monarch...

What a vicious chain of plots by the Earth and Moon Sect!

[By calculation, this young eunuch should be returning to the palace today.]