Chapter 476: The Situation of the Eight Trigrams (2)_1
Mo Yan had thought that the three beasts that consumed the Black Lingzhi would show some change or reaction, but after waiting a long time, nothing happened, leaving her anticipation in vain.
She did not know that the reason the three beasts had no reaction was that their bodies had been transformed by the Spirit Spring Water. Furthermore, they drank Spirit Spring Water daily, their bodies almost free of impurities, which allowed them to easily withstand the potent medicinal power of the Black Lingzhi. And consuming the Black Lingzhi wasn’t entirely useless; it’s just that the specific changes weren’t visible for the time being!
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The next day, the news of Crown Prince Xiao Ruiyuan’s assassination attempt on his way back to Jing City, and his moment of life and death, spread swiftly through the streets and alleys of Jing City like it had wings. In no time, voices discussing the matter were everywhere, and all sorts of rumors, true and false, proliferated among the people.
Guided deliberately by some with vested interests, the cries of injustice for Xiao Ruiyuan grew louder, and within three days, thousands of ordinary citizens spontaneously fell to their knees outside the palace gates, praying to Emperor Huian to thoroughly investigate the assassination attempt and provide an explanation for General Xiao, who had led the military to protect the nation and repel the Bai people.
If Xiao Ruiyuan had been assassinated while in his position as the Commander of the Five-City Bureau of Military Horses, or had suffered a defeat, these commoners might not have taken his side or spoken out for him. For this reason, more and more citizens began to protest in his favor, and some neutral officials also began to petition Emperor Huian to order a thorough investigation.
Emperor Huian, who governed the vast nation of Great Chu with order and had much praise among the people, often hailed as an "enlightened monarch," was clearly not a muddled emperor. Not only was he not muddled, but he was so angry when he received the news of Xiao Ruiyuan’s assassination attempt and his critical condition due to the same poison as the Crown Prince that he flipped the Imperial Case in fury. After calming down, he dispatched the best Imperial Physicians from the Taiyi Hospital to treat Xiao Ruiyuan in the Prince’s Mansion. At the same time, he sent people to investigate the assassination attempt quietly.
Although several days of investigation did not yield much of value, all signs pointed to a few Princes, making him suspect his sons who were constantly up to small tricks!