Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 149 The Impeached Spirit Suppressor

Hearing her father's speculation, Mu Yunyan felt increasingly terrified.

The more they reasoned, the more suspicious the carefree king became.

After Mu Yongfeng's reasoning, the study fell into a deathly silence. Neither the father nor the daughter spoke. If their guess was correct, then it was undoubtedly a political struggle.

The Observatory has never participated in political struggles.

After a long pause, Mu Yongfeng continued, "I even suspect that the Supervisor didn't go into seclusion because of a breakthrough, but because he already knew something and chose to go into seclusion at this time."

If this were a political struggle, given Sikong Cheng's personality, he certainly wouldn't actively get involved.

Mu Yunyan said worriedly, "If everything is as you guessed, Father, then what should we do?"

"That evil spirit has slaughtered villagers from several villages. Are we just going to let it go unchecked?"

Political struggles have nothing to do with their Zhenling Guard, but the evil spirit is indeed harming people. So many people have already died at the hands of that evil spirit. If this continues, who knows how many more innocent people will be brutally murdered.

Mu Yongfeng said, "Sigh, let's see if that evil spirit will appear at the Prince Xiaoyao's mansion tonight. What I just said was just speculation, and it may not be true."

“That evil spirit has been standing at the gate of the Prince of Xiaoyao’s mansion for so long. If it’s not controlled by the Prince of Xiaoyao, it’s very likely to attack the mansion tonight.”

"Tonight, we'll mainly be keeping watch on the Zhang family and the Prince Xiaoyao's residence."

Mu Yunyan thought for a moment, then said, "Alright then, I'll wait at the entrance of the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion tonight."

Mu Yunyan was thinking that if the evil spirit was indeed controlled by the Carefree King, she must find a way to expose the Carefree King's evil side to the people. She could not let the Carefree King go unpunished just because he was the offspring of an immortal.

That evil spirit has killed so many people, how can we just let it go like this?

She has no political stance, nor does she care whether there is any conspiracy in this incident; her only stance is to stand on the side of humanity.

Using evil spirits to kill is, in her view, an unforgivable crime.

If the Prince of Xiaoyao only wanted to take revenge on the Zhang family and sent some assassins to wipe them out, then so be it. Even if she knew that the Prince of Xiaoyao was responsible for the Zhang family's massacre, she wouldn't say anything and would pretend that she knew nothing.

But Lu Ming used an evil spirit, and the key point is that this evil spirit not only attacked the Zhang family, but also slaughtered thousands of innocent people, and even newborn babies were not spared.

If the Prince of Xiaoyao really did that, no matter how difficult it was, she would collect evidence and expose what he had done to the public.

Of course, she also understood that this matter could not be rushed and had to be done slowly. After all, it was the offspring of an immortal, and the Prince of Xiaoyao and the Empress were likely political allies. If she wanted to expose the Prince of Xiaoyao's crimes to the public, she would inevitably face many obstacles.

As a prominent and powerful family, the Zhang family's attack by an evil spirit was naturally difficult to conceal. Early in the morning, the news spread throughout the capital, especially among high-ranking officials and nobles. Upon hearing that the Zhang family had almost been wiped out by a ferocious evil spirit, panic gripped the entire capital.

During the morning court session, court officials impeached Mu Yongfeng, arguing that as the Spirit Guardian, he had failed in his duties by allowing such a ferocious evil spirit to enter the capital.

Inside the Golden Palace, the entire hall was filled with the sounds of impeachment against Mu Yongfeng.

There were almost no officials in the court who were of the same faction as the Zhenling Guard, and in addition, Mu Yongfeng, the Zhenling Envoy, almost never attended court, which meant that no one in the entire court spoke up for Mu Yongfeng.

At this moment, the eldest prince, Ji Ming, who had been silent all along, stepped forward and said, "Your subject impeaches the Zhenling Guard's Zhenling Envoy for dereliction of duty, deliberately concealing the incident of the evil spirits massacring the village, and allowing the evil spirits to enter the capital, bringing great disaster to the capital."

Seeing that the eldest prince Ji Ming had taken the initiative to step forward, Wu Wanrong immediately understood why the officials in the court were so united in impeaching Mu Yongfeng.

It seems the eldest prince wants to get his hands on the Star Gazing Tower.

The Star Gazing Tower has always been Sikong Cheng's personal territory. It should be noted that the Star Gazing Tower is home to a large number of high-ranking martial artists, especially those of the first and second ranks. However, most of these martial artists are only responsible for slaying evil spirits and do nothing else.

Whether it was the faction of the eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince, or even Wu Wanrong, the imperial court had always kept the power of the Star Gazing Tower in mind.

Unfortunately, the Star Gazing Tower hadn't made any major mistakes, so they couldn't do anything about it. Now, the Star Gazing Tower's subordinate organization, the Spirit Guard, had actually let evil spirits into the capital and even concealed the fact that the evil spirits had massacred a village. This was an opportunity for any faction in the court to extend their reach into the Star Gazing Tower.

If they can bring down Mu Yongfeng, the Spirit Guardian, and then promote their own people to the top, they will have control of the Spirit Guardian.

At this moment, the Second Prince Ji Yuntao also stepped forward, "Your Majesty, I also believe that Mu Yongfeng is no longer suitable to serve as the Spirit Guardian Envoy. Your Majesty, I implore the Empress to remove Mu Yongfeng from the position of Spirit Guardian Envoy and let someone more capable take charge of the Spirit Guard."

As soon as the Second Prince finished speaking, the ministers present said in unison, "We implore Your Majesty to remove Mu Yongfeng from his position as the Spirit Suppressor!"

Seeing the kneeling crowd in the main hall, Wu Wanrong frowned. Now was the most critical time to deal with the evil spirits, but these people were thinking of removing Mu Yongfeng from his post. If he was removed from his post, who would deal with the evil spirits?
She is now even suspecting that someone deliberately lured this evil spirit to the capital in order to deal with Mu Yongfeng, the Spirit Suppressor.

Although she also wanted to extend her reach into the Zhenling Guard and turn it into her own power, the vicious evil spirit had not yet been captured. What if Mu Yongfeng gave up now and there was no one to deal with the evil spirit?
Most importantly, she knew very well that the one among the Zhenling Guards most skilled at dealing with evil spirits was not Mu Yongfeng, but Mu Yongfeng's daughter, Mu Yunyan.

If Mu Yongfeng is dismissed, will Mu Yunyan still be so proactive in dealing with evil spirits?

At this moment, Wu Wanrong released her dragon aura, instantly causing everyone present to feel a pressure. Although this dragon aura was not enough to suppress everyone, it still intimidated them to some extent.

For a moment, the hall fell silent, and Wu Wanrong's gaze fell on the four Heavenly Pivots at the front.

What do the four Heavenly Pivots think?

Wang Zhe said without hesitation, "Mu Yongfeng has always controlled the Zhenling Guard and treated it as his own power. Now he has even let evil spirits into the city, trying to use them to consolidate his position in the Zhenling Guard. Such behavior of raising bandits to enhance his own power makes him unworthy to be the Zhenling Envoy of the Zhenling Guard."

(End of this chapter)