Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 148 Mu Yongfeng's Speculation
Hearing Lu Ming refer to the supervisor of the Star Gazing Tower as an "old thing," Mu Yongfeng and Mu Yunyan immediately felt somewhat embarrassed.

Given the status of the Carefree King, it is indeed appropriate to call them "Old Man Supervisor".

It's not surprising that the Carefree King actually addressed him as such.

Their supervisor had learned so much from the old Prince Xiaoyao back then, but after the old Prince Xiaoyao passed away, he severed ties with the Prince Xiaoyao's mansion. It's normal for the Prince Xiaoyao to harbor resentment towards their supervisor.

However, since they were both members of the Zhenling Guard, which was a subordinate organization of the Guanxing Tower, they felt embarrassed when they heard Lu Ming scolding their superior and they had no way to refute him.

Mu Yongfeng then said, "The Director of the Imperial Workshops is currently at a critical stage of his breakthrough, so..."

Mu Yongfeng hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming chuckled, "A critical period for breakthrough? I'd like to know what kind of achievement he can make in his cultivation."

Lu Ming didn't dwell on the topic any further. "Alright, if there's nothing else, go ahead and do your work."

Mu Yongfeng quickly asked, "What about the deployment of defenses..."

Lu Ming said, "If you're willing to arrange for someone to guard it, then let them guard it."

Lu Ming didn't care much about it. Even if the Zhenling Guards saw him suppressing evil spirits, it wouldn't matter. He was a descendant of immortals, so it was normal for him to be able to suppress evil spirits, right?
Seeing that Lu Ming had agreed, Mu Yongfeng said no more, and then bowed and said, "This humble official takes his leave!"

Mu Yunyan also bowed, and then the father and daughter left Lu Ming's study.

Before leaving the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion, the father and daughter did not say a word. After leaving the mansion, Mu Yongfeng suddenly let out a deep breath, as if relieved of a great burden.

Seeing Mu Yongfeng like this, Mu Yunyan was a little puzzled. Her father seemed to be under a lot of pressure when facing the Prince of Xiaoyao.
Mu Yunyan said, "Is Envoy Mu Zhenling worried that the Carefree King harbors resentment towards the Star Gazing Tower?"

After the death of the old Prince Xiaoyao, no one from the Star Gazing Tower ever came to Prince Xiaoyao's mansion again. Even though Prince Xiaoyao was assassinated by assassins many times, the Star Gazing Tower pretended not to see it. If it weren't for the matter of evil spirits, they wouldn't be at Prince Xiaoyao's mansion at this moment.

Mu Yunyan thought to herself that her father, as a person of relatively high status in the Star Gazing Tower, might feel guilty towards the Prince of Xiaoyao.

Mu Yongfeng sighed and said, "We'll talk about it when we get back."

Now that we're at the entrance of the Prince of Xiaoyao's mansion, there are some things that aren't appropriate to say here, so Mu Yunyan immediately said, "Alright."

Immediately afterwards, the father and daughter returned home. After they entered the study, Mu Yunyan asked curiously, "Father, what did you discover?"

On his way back, Mu Yongfeng's expression remained serious, as if he was pondering something.

Mu Yongfeng then spoke up, saying, "I suspect that evil spirit is related to the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion."

Upon hearing this guess, Mu Yunyan froze on the spot.

Mu Yunyan was first shocked, then her eyebrows furrowed. "Father, you can't say things like that."

Even if the Prince of Xiaoyao is a playboy, he is still a descendant of an immortal. If the common people find out that the Zhenling Guard has framed a descendant of an immortal, the Zhenling Guard will probably be destroyed.

Mu Yongfeng continued, "I'm just guessing."

"The Empress and Prince Xiaoyao are so close, and the Zhang family was just purged from the court by the Empress. Although the Zhang family may not seem to be able to cause any trouble now, they are, after all, a thousand-year-old family with a deep foundation. In addition, they have the Iron Scroll of Immunity from Death. As long as the Zhang family is not destroyed, they may return to the court at any time." Hearing this, Mu Yunyan stood in front of the desk and fell into deep thought.

The best way to completely eliminate a political enemy is indeed to wipe them off the face of the earth. As for those old hands in the court, as long as they are alive, there is always the possibility of them being reinstated.

Take the current imperial court as an example. Many ministers who had been dismissed before were eventually reinstated.

Once a minister who was previously dismissed is reinstated, the faction behind that minister will make a comeback and then settle scores with the court forces that caused their dismissal.

The imperial court has always been in a constant cycle of change, with people being dismissed, returning to power, and being purged.

The Zhang family wields immense influence. If they were to return to the imperial court one day, they would likely seek revenge against the Empress's faction.

The current empress has no children, so her position is already precarious. If the Zhang family makes a comeback and joins forces with other ministers, the empress's position might really be in jeopardy.

It was the Empress, not the Emperor, who dismissed Zhang Hanwen from his position as Tian Shu. If the Emperor were to suddenly return to court one day, Zhang Hanwen would very likely be reinstated.

Although Mu Yongfeng had been staying at the Star Gazing Tower and had no interest in politics, he was still very clear about the intricacies of the situation.

It's no wonder he suspected that the Empress and Prince Xiaoyao were working together. Lu Ming's words gave him a hint: evil spirits are most afraid of dragon energy, but that evil spirit appeared at the entrance of Prince Xiaoyao's mansion and even stood there for a while.

Mu Yongfeng sighed again at this moment, "In the past, there have been cases in the capital where people used evil spirits to kill officials."

"I hope I'm overthinking it."

In the Zhenlingwei's case file warehouse, there are quite a few files on officials who were killed by evil spirits. Although evil spirits are difficult to control, they are not entirely impossible to deal with.

The martial arts world is vast, and there are countless talented and extraordinary people. Although the only official force that openly claims to be eliminating evil and protecting the righteous is the Star Gazing Tower, there are also some people in the martial arts world who can deal with evil spirits.

In the past, some officials would seek out skilled individuals from the martial arts world to kill their political enemies, and then use evil spirits to harm people. It was very difficult to find the mastermind behind the deaths caused by these evil spirits.

Mu Yongfeng had just thought about it and realized that the place with the most methods to control evil spirits was probably the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion, since their knowledge of evil spirits and methods for eliminating evil spirits came from the old Xiaoyao Prince.

It's hard to say whether the old carefree king left this knowledge to the carefree king.

Judging from the fact that the old Prince Xiaoyao has been in seclusion for so many years, it is possible that he left behind a lot of "precious legacies", but outsiders just don't know it.

After hearing her father's analysis, Mu Yunyan felt that Prince Xiaoyao did indeed have this motive, after all, the Empress was now getting so close to Prince Xiaoyao.

Mu Yongfeng continued, "What really made me suspicious was the assassination of the Prince of Xiaoyao by the Blood Cloud Tower. When the Empress joined forces with other ministers to bring down Zhang Hanwen, one of the pieces of evidence was that the Zhang family had instructed the Blood Cloud Tower to assassinate the offspring of immortals on multiple occasions."

"As a result, the most severe punishment the court could impose on the Zhang family was to remove their influence within the court. Apart from that, the entire Zhang family remained unscathed."

“Before, we didn’t know the true nature of the Carefree King, so we didn’t think too much about it. Now that we think about it, with the Carefree King’s deep scheming, would he really allow a family that once sent people to assassinate him to continue to exist?”

"Since the imperial court has no way to deal with the Zhang family, does the Prince of Xiaoyao have his own methods to deal with them?"

(End of this chapter)