Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 151 It seems the struggle for the throne is becoming increasingly fierce.
Mu Yongfeng didn't take the dismissal too seriously, after all, it was an imperial edict issued by the Prince of Tian Shu, not by the Emperor Zhou himself.

With the supervisor of the Star Observation Tower in place, the imperial court cannot reach into the Star Observation Tower. The supervisor is currently in seclusion, and once the seclusion ends, the supervisor will naturally find a way to reinstate himself to his original position.

Just as Mu Yongfeng put away the imperial edict and was about to go back to sleep, Mu Yunyan entered the courtyard angrily, "Father, something has happened!"

Seeing Mu Yunyan's serious expression and the chill emanating from her body, Mu Yongfeng knew that the imperial court must have appointed someone else as the Spirit Guardian.

Just as Mu Yunyan was about to say something more, she saw the imperial edict in Mu Yongfeng's hand, and her beautiful face became even colder.

"Father, have you received the imperial decree?"

Mu Yongfeng said, "I just received it."

Mu Yunyan spoke up indignantly, saying, "How could the court dismiss you from your post at this time? Without you, who will deal with that evil spirit?"

Mu Yongfeng asked, "Whom has the imperial court appointed to replace me?"

Mu Yunyan had just returned from the Zhenling Guard. She had most likely seen that the imperial decree appointing someone to the Zhenling Guard had been given, which was why she returned with a displeased expression.

Mu Yunyan replied, "Shen Hongfei."

Upon hearing Mu Yunyan's answer, Mu Yongfeng pondered for a moment before saying, "Shen Hongfei is quite strong, not much weaker than me. With him leading the Zhenling Guard, eliminating that evil spirit shouldn't be a problem."

Seeing her father's indifferent expression, Mu Yunyan said, "Father, aren't you even a little bit upset?"

Her father had worked diligently in this position for so many years, and now, just because an evil spirit broke into the capital, he was to be dismissed from his post.

There have been many times when evil spirits have appeared in the capital. Does that mean we should dismiss a spirit suppressor every time evil spirits appear in the capital? The Star Gazing Tower doesn't have that many capable people to serve as spirit suppressors.

Mu Yongfeng calmly asked, "Uncomfortable? Why would I feel uncomfortable?"

"This is clearly an attempt by some people in the court to extend their influence into the Zhenling Guard, and to use this evil spirit incident to test the Sikong Jianzheng."

"Rest assured, the Director of the Imperial Workshops will not let them succeed."

Upon hearing Mu Yongfeng's words, Mu Yunyan suddenly thought of something and said, "Do you think it's possible that this evil spirit incident was a conspiracy against you? The purpose was to get you removed from office?"

Although the father and daughter suspected this morning that it was an evil spirit created by the Carefree King to eliminate the Zhang family, if it was created by the Carefree King, there was no way to explain why the evil spirit had slaughtered several villages, and that the evil spirit had already been born a month ago.

But if the whole thing was a scheme orchestrated by Zhenling Guard and Mu Yongfeng, then some things can be explained.

First, the Zhenling Guard concealed the evil spirit massacre incident. For some vicious evil spirit incidents, the Zhenling Guard would choose to conceal them at the first time, and only make them public after the evil spirit incident was resolved, so as to avoid causing panic among the people.

Moreover, this evil spirit is so ferocious that it has massacred several villages. If word gets out, it will cause immense panic.

However, the fact that Zhenling Guard concealed this matter became a reason for dismissing Mu Yongfeng from his position.

Moreover, there are many doubts about how that evil spirit was able to enter the capital.

Not just anyone can enter the capital. Even if the soldiers guarding the city gates don't recognize the evil spirit, its behavior will inevitably be somewhat strange. If the soldiers guarding the city gates find anything abnormal about it, they won't let it into the capital.

Furthermore, Mu Yunyan didn't believe that an evil spirit would obediently queue up for inspection like an ordinary person. If that evil spirit were truly intelligent enough to know to queue up for inspection, it wouldn't have gone on a killing spree in the capital, thus attracting the Zhenling Guards to surround and kill it.

Therefore, Mu Yunyan suspected that someone had deliberately helped that evil spirit enter the capital, and the purpose was obvious.

Upon hearing Mu Yunyan's speculation, Mu Yongfeng calmly said, "What you said is not impossible, but we have no evidence, so any suspicion can only remain suspicion."

Mu Yunyan asked, "Father, are you still going to the Prince Xiaoyao's residence to keep watch tonight?"

Mu Yongfeng said, "Since I have been dismissed from my post, I should take a few days to rest. If I get involved in the affairs of the Zhenling Guard at this time, it will only cause trouble for the newly appointed Zhenling Envoy. At that time, I am afraid that someone in the court will impeach me for forming cliques and undermining the new Zhenling Envoy."

Having served as the Spirit Guardian for so many years, most of the Spirit Guardians were on his side. In addition, the Spirit Guardians were a place that only valued strength and not status. If he were to interfere in the affairs of the Spirit Guardians, they would definitely still listen to him. In that case, Shen Hongfei, the newly appointed Spirit Guardian, would not be able to command them.

Mu Yunyan said, "I understand, then I won't go tonight."

The Zhenling Guards obeyed Mu Yongfeng's orders first, and then Mu Yunyan's orders; the two deputy Zhenling Envoys were practically invisible.

Now that Mu Yongfeng has been dismissed from his post, Mu Yunyan is worried that if she goes to Zhenling Guard again, Zhenling Guard will listen to her instead of Shen Hongfei, which would be tantamount to putting Shen Hongfei on a pedestal, and this would give the court something to talk about.

Meanwhile, at the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion.

Lu Ming sat at the sandalwood table, listening to Yuezhi report on the events of today's court assembly, and couldn't help but chuckle.

He muttered to himself, "It seems the struggle for the throne has become increasingly fierce; they've even set their sights on the Star Gazing Tower."

The Star Gazing Tower has many talented people. If the prince could control the Star Gazing Tower and the Zhenling Guard, it would be a great help to him, and a very strong one at that.

The Star Gazing Tower, which has never interfered in court struggles, has also been drawn into the struggle for the throne, which proves that the struggle for the throne is developing in a direction that is out of control. At this time, Lu Ming and Mu Yunyan have the same guess. He also suspects that this evil spirit was deliberately released into the capital by someone with the purpose of removing Mu Yongfeng from office.

With such a big incident, someone has to take the blame. In this way, even the supervisor of the Star Gazing Tower can't say anything.

If the supervisor of the Star Gazing Tower insists on protecting Mu Yongfeng, some people in the court will definitely make a big fuss about it and incite the people to target the Star Gazing Tower.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming said, "That's a really good tactic. Now, that old bastard Sikong Cheng shouldn't dare to protect Mu Yongfeng anymore, right?"

Lu Ming glanced at Yuezhi and asked, "Does the Empress have any other messages for you to convey?"

Yuezhi replied, "No."

Lu Ming said calmly, "Go down."

"Slave, please leave!"

After Yuezhi left, Lu Ming got up and returned to his own courtyard.

After having dinner and washing up, he went to wait in the outer courtyard.

He is now very interested in this evil spirit that has broken into the capital, and he now thinks that this evil spirit may have been created by humans.

(End of this chapter)