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Chapter 18: Face Smacking Lan Wei

With a single blow, the wind threw everything into chaos. In the room, only Ling Xiao remained, and it was as if no one had ever entered.

Ling Xiao sat his bottom on the ground and rubbed his neck a little, still possessing some lingering fear. That feeling of a sword on his neck really was unpleasant.

However, he was amazed at his own luck. Lan Wei would actually send him a list of informers for Mo Qi. He had only just became aware of the informers within the palace, but the informers that were being used weren't many. Thinking about it a little, he knew who the list belonged to: the Prime Minister.

It was the Prime Minister's expenditure of many years!

And he would use it like this just for Mo Qi's future prospects?

Was the Prime Minister likely to agree?

No, the Prime Minister was an old fox. It was impossible for him to just hand over the list like this, so this list...

Ling Xiao closed his eyes, a faint notion in his mind.

On the second day, there really was a maid that delivered meals who squeezed the list into Ling Xiao's hand.

Ling Xiao silently accepted the list and when no one was around, he took it out for a look.

There were twelve names on the list. It was comprised of Chu Xiu Palace's Elder Lin, two other Elders, three maids, and seven eunuchs. Among the eunuchs, two of them were stockers.

Ling Xiao silently put away the list as he sunk into deep contemplation.

For several days after, Ling Xiao didn't take out the list again. Instead, he only told the five people from before to stay in their own positions and pay close attention to the maids and eunuchs that came and went.

Since they were greedy, they had the experience of passing on letters and knew which areas were particularly hidden.Lingg Xiao just told them to stay in areas they believed were suspicious and wait for an opportunity. This had really allowed Ling Xiao to grab a whole pile of people. During the process of secretly scouting around, they had even discovered that the high official of the Ministry of Appointments had helped plant the informers.

Altogether, there were seven: four maids and three eunuchs. Perhaps there were even more, but Ling Xiao could only find these seven for now.

All seven of them were by Concubine Ran's side.

Concubine Ran was the Ministry of Appointment Official's daughter. She had entered the palace as a concubine for two years now and was rather favored in the palace.

Since the Ministry of Appointment Official's daughter was favored, he had quite a bit of power within the assembly. His influence was equally matched to the Prime Minister's. The seven people he arranged around Concubine Ran could have been just to take care of Concubine Ran, or maybe to just make communication more convenient.

However, Ling Xiao did not care about these details, he just needed to get the list. The other matters were not for him to worry about. The Emperor could have a headache over them.

Apart from this, Ling Xiao felt that the defense of this palace should be strengthened much more. Don't even mention other areas, that new house of his that was awarded to him not too long ago must have its defenses reinforced.

Last time, Lan Wei had been in his room chatting with him for almost half the night. The sword had also come at him a few times, and no one was even aware of it!