Jiang Yun had just come out of the Empress Dowager's courtyard and was walking briskly toward Consort Ling's courtyard when she passed by Consort Yu's courtyard.
Jiang Yun suddenly saw a dark figure appear on the roof of Consort Yu's room, and then the figure flashed and rushed towards the dense forest of Xishan Temple.
"Could it be an assassin?" Jiang Yun's heart skipped a beat. He then used his lightness skill to quickly catch up, secretly following behind the dark figure.
Jiang Yun kept a distance of several dozen meters from the man in black and followed him into the dense forest, passing through the thick woods.
The man in black stopped in front of the huge bluestone where Jiang Yun had previously devised a plan to capture Consort Yu.
The man in black suddenly stopped. Jiang Yun hurriedly dodged and hid behind a thick ancient tree, staring intently at the man.
Through Jiang Yun's eyes, Jiang Yun noticed that the man in black was looking around furtively. After confirming that no one was around, the man in black slipped away and disappeared behind the bluestone.
Jiang Yun glided forward silently a few steps and hid behind an ancient tree about fifty or sixty meters away from the bluestone.
At this distance, it's possible to secretly observe the other person's actions, but to clearly hear their movements would be extremely difficult.
However, Jiang Yun was no ordinary person. Even though the man in black spoke very softly, Jiang Yun still clearly heard his voice.
The man in black asked in a low voice with an unfriendly tone, "Hai Zi, your message via carrier pigeon has been received by the sect leader. She specifically ordered me to come here to hear your report in person."
"Yes, Chief Han." A respectful male voice came from behind the bluestone.
Upon hearing that voice, Jiang Yun froze, countless questions flooding his mind. That voice belonged to Lin Hai. Him???
Jiang Yun's doubts vanished in an instant, and then she perked up her ears and listened attentively.
Lin Hai then said, "Chief Han, the situation was like this—"
Lin Hai recounted the events in detail, giving a general account of what happened, which Jiang Yun heard in its entirety.
It turned out that on that day, Lin Hai, acting on the orders of the White Lotus Sect leader, instructed Cuilian, the maidservant of the Empress Dowager, to add a "soul-capturing pill" to the Empress Dowager's white fungus and lotus seed soup.
The aim was to manipulate the Empress Dowager in order to coerce Emperor Qianlong, who was renowned for his benevolence and filial piety, thereby gaining control of the Qing Dynasty.
Jiang Yun noticed that this so-called leader Han actually had a watch from the God's Space on his hand, so it seemed that this was a fake White Lotus Cult.
However, it must be said that although this method was despicable, it was effective. Emperor Qianlong always respected the Empress Dowager and he respected her words.
She was extremely obedient and rarely disobeyed orders. Therefore, using the Empress Dowager to coerce Emperor Qianlong might not achieve the desired effect, but it could certainly intimidate the Qing court.
Imagine the upheaval that would have occurred if the Empress Dowagers of the Qianlong era were all in their hands.
How can an emperor who cannot even protect his own mother have any prestige in the hearts of his ministers and the common people?
And they can use this to carry out many tasks. Jiang Yun had a strange feeling that Chu Xuan's style seemed to be in it!
Although the plan was brilliant, man proposes, God disposes. Jiang Yun's accidental inadvertently disrupted the opponent's scheme.
A potion originally intended for the Empress was unexpectedly delivered to the Empress Dowager on the same day and at the same time, along with the other party's Soul-Sealing Pill. The Empress Dowager then consumed a persimmon cake containing the potion.
He then drank the tremella and lotus seed soup made with Rongyoumi Soul Pill. The two medicinal effects were neutralized, and miraculously, it turned into the world's number one aphrodisiac, Silver Laugh Half-Step Stun.
Jiang Yun, through her youthful body, cured the Empress Dowager of her aphrodisiac.
This caused the two medicinal effects in the Empress Dowager's body to completely disappear, and the White Lotus Sect's overall plan also failed because it could not successfully control the Empress Dowager.
This... is perhaps fate.