Chapter 1657: Ruthless

The old eunuch's look made Zhao Mu wonder if he had let something slip.

He frowned slightly: "Old man, what are you looking at?"

"Hehe!"

The old eunuch suddenly laughed sinisterly: "Si Shang Gong, do you remember the slap you gave me three years ago?"

Zhao Mu stared: "What do you want to say?"

"Nothing, just want to tell you that things are different now."

The old eunuch said proudly: "Back then, you were more trusted by His Majesty than me, so I couldn't do anything when you slapped me."

"But now, you are sent to the Queen's side, while I can serve His Majesty and show my loyalty anytime and anywhere."

"It won't be long before I will become His Majesty's most trusted servant. When the time comes, I will definitely avenge that day."

"Hehehe, Si Shang Gong, do you like strong men?"

"When the time comes, how about I find a hundred men to play with you for three days and three nights?"

Zhao Mu shouted angrily: "You are looking for death!"

He disappeared from the spot in an instant, and the next moment he appeared in front of the old eunuch, and then slapped him.

Snap!

The old eunuch was caught off guard and was slapped and flew out, hitting the pillar of the corridor hard, and the pillar suddenly cracked with a three-finger-wide gap.

Every brick and tile in this palace was refined by immortal cultivators, and it is not an exaggeration to say that every part is a magic weapon.

Moreover, the entire palace is protected by formations, which can be said to be extremely solid.

But the old eunuch's collision directly cracked the magic pillar, which shows the power of Zhao Mu's slap.

"Old thing, I think you really don't want to leave alive today!" Zhao Mu said coldly.

The old eunuch's face was swollen like a pig's head, and his magic power was disordered. It was obvious that he had suffered a serious injury.

But he did not get angry, but stood up with a sinister smile: "You are really cruel, but this can prove that you have not been replaced. After all, Si Shanggong never shows mercy to our family."

As he said, he turned around leisurely and cast a spell to repair the cracked pillar, not caring about his own injuries at all.

It turned out that this guy was deliberately provoking Zhao Mu just now, wanting to test whether the Si Shanggong in front of him was a fake by the Queen's men.

Zhao Mu had a blank expression on his face: "Old man, you are really loyal to His Majesty. In order to test me, you even let yourself be seriously injured?"

"I am naturally loyal, so what I said just now was not entirely to test you."

The old eunuch grinned and said: "I am telling the truth. It won't be long before I will gain more trust from His Majesty. Then I will definitely seek revenge from you!"

After saying that, he stared at Zhao Mu and slowly stepped back. Finally, he silently sank into the pillar and disappeared.

Zhao Mu's mind swept over and confirmed that the other party had indeed left. His cold face suddenly relaxed.

"Alas, this is the bad thing about pretending to be someone else. You have to act with others all the time."

"This old eunuch is also a ruthless person. In order to test Si Shanggong, he actually risked his life and seriously injured himself."

"I think he will definitely be more valued by Shengshu Longchang if he goes back with a body full of injuries?"

"Tsk tsk, there really is no simple person in this palace."

"Forget it, he is just an old eunuch. I don't care about him. If it is really troublesome, I will just kill him one day."

"I'd better go back to Shi Xuanji first. I must tell her that Shengshu Longchang sent the old eunuch here, otherwise she will suspect that I am not controlled by her."

Zhao Mu shook his head and disappeared from the spot.

...

In the next half month, a large number of phantom jade slips suddenly appeared in various places in Shengshu Xianguo. The contents engraved in them were exactly the past when Shengshu Longchang poisoned other princes.

This move immediately caused an uproar in the entire Shengshu Xianguo.

I believe there are people who curse!

There are those who don't believe the rumor!

There are those who doubt it but don't say anything!

But no matter what the world thinks, Shengshu Longchang, who had just ascended the throne and whose prestige was not enough, was further humiliated.

Shengshu Longchang was furious and ordered local governments to investigate the traitors who spread the "rumors".

After the government took action, a large number of people were indeed arrested and the "rumors" were successfully suppressed.

But unfortunately, the loyalists of the princes and the forces dissatisfied with Shengshu Longchang's enthronement were constantly promoting the "rumors".

This made the "rumors" like the grassland, which was burned by wildfires and soon turned green again after the spring breeze.

And this rumor undoubtedly dealt a serious blow to the legitimacy of Shengshu Longchang's succession, and also caused those subjects who originally supported his succession to waver in their hearts.

Shengshu City, the palace.

The dark clouds in the sky were as black as ink, and they seemed to be right above their heads, making people breathless.

The emperor's mood recently was just like the dark clouds in the sky, so gloomy that it seemed that a storm would come at any time.

Such a depressing atmosphere made the imperial guards, eunuchs and palace maids do things very carefully, fearing that they would be dragged out and beheaded if they made a mistake.

Imperial study.

All the servants were driven out, and Shengshu Longchang sat alone behind the desk, his face distorted.

"Who is it, who is plotting against me?"

He gritted his teeth, and the anger in his heart seemed to burn through the sky.

Recently, he could clearly feel that

although everyone in the court was indignant and cursed the person who spread the rumors, they all showed their loyalty with great righteousness.

But Shengshu Longchang knew that all the ministers were affected by the rumors.

Some ministers who originally supported him were actually shaken in their hearts.

After all, a son of heaven who could poison all his brothers must be heartless and ungrateful. Could the lives of these ministers be more valuable than the princes?

Perhaps in the eyes of the ministers, no matter how loyal they were, Shengshu Longchang would not be soft-hearted when they needed to die, right?

And those ministers who did not support Shengshu Longchang in the first place were now gloating over the misfortune and waiting to see the joke every day.

But these ministers acted more loyal than everyone else, and did not show their gloating at all, which made Shengshu Longchang have no excuse to kill people.

After all, in this situation, he could not kill people for no reason, otherwise his reputation of tyranny would spread, and more people would probably believe that he poisoned other princes.

"No, we must not let the situation go on like this."

"I must find the instigator of all this as soon as possible. Only by cutting off the source first and then cutting off other branches can we completely calm the situation."

"But so many days have passed, and I can only do it myself."

Shengshu Longchang thought in his heart, spreading his palm, and a small tree as big as a fist appeared in his palm.

This is the treasure of the Holy Tree Fairyland - the Holy Tree of Heaven!