Chapter 327: The Hidden Plan

Could it be that this person would become the prince’s future consort?

The guard did not dare to think further.

He only regretted that he had not clearly seen the face of the person earlier.

Now, he definitely did not have the courage to knock on the prince’s door again.

“Who wants to sleep with you!” Yue Mingxuan rolled his eyes. “I guess you’re not going to let Shang Zefeng off so easily. Tell me, what’s your plan?”

“I’m not sure if the plan will succeed,” Shang Qinghua sighed. “In any case, I cannot tell my father. Shang Zefeng usually acts harmless. Even if I told Father everything he has done, Father would not believe me.”

“Then what do you plan to do?”

“First, we must find Gongsun Long’s body and bury it,” Shang Qinghua said. “After that, we will purify the water source. As for Shang Zefeng, I will use other methods to make him pay the price.”

Yue Mingxuan nodded.

Since Shang Qinghua had said so, he did not ask any further.

He knew that Shang Qinghua would definitely make Shang Zefeng pay the price he deserved.

As for Shang Yuchen, he had already been sent by Shang Qinghua to the borders of Beirong.

Within ten days, Princess Shang Xueyin would also be returning to her country.

Yue Mingxuan believed that Shang Qinghua would surely find her a good marriage.

Putting everything else aside, both of them were like flowers raised in a greenhouse, but Shang Xueyin was far more sensible than Rong Yuelin.

Perhaps this was why Shang Qinghua showed extra care and affection toward this younger sister.

“Alright, don’t act alone. Whatever plan you have, you must tell me!”

After nodding, Yue Mingxuan still gave Shang Qinghua a serious warning.

“Alright, alright, I’ll tell you!” Shang Qinghua agreed.

However, that very night when Yue Mingxuan returned, he learned that he had to completely purify the water source of Huohua City within three days.

For Yue Mingxuan, purifying the water was not extremely difficult. He had already investigated before and found that the water source in Huohua City was flowing water.

Moreover, the corpse poison was limited; it could not possibly contaminate all the water.

So, he only needed to release the appropriate penicillium into the water.

The only uncertainty was how long it would take for the water to become completely clean again.

He could not help but feel that Shang Zefeng was truly cruel to use such a method.

He told Gongsun Xing about these matters, hoping that Gongsun Xing could offer some help.

But Gongsun Xing replied, “Now you are the sect master of Silver Needle Sect. The matter of the third and fourth elders should be handled by you.”

For a moment, Yue Mingxuan did not know what to do.

He was not a ruthless person, nor could he make overly harsh decisions.

After staying silent for a while, he said, “As for the collusion of the third and fourth elders, I have no evidence. I don’t know how to deal with it.”

“Since they are still in the sect, they will eventually reveal their flaws,” Gongsun Xing said. “So, we only need to wait and watch what happens.”

Yue Mingxuan felt extremely anxious.

When he learned that there was a traitor within the Silver Needle Sect, he wanted to get rid of those traitors as quickly as possible.

However, this was not something that could be done overnight.

Yue Mingxuan understood that it would take time.

“I need to come up with a plan to make these people expose themselves,” he thought.

He had just resolved the plague in Huohua City and his reputation within the Silver Needle Sect had reached its peak.

So, using this opportunity to reorganize the sect was actually a very good idea.

But there had to be a reason to do it, right?

From what he knew, the Silver Needle Sect was actually a self-formed organization.

There were many rules here, but the hierarchy was not very strict.

For example, unless someone was the sect master or the young sect master, ordinary members of the Silver Needle Sect were not allowed to leave the sect unless there was a major disease or disaster.

Otherwise, they would be expelled from the sect.

Yue Mingxuan sighed.

The Silver Needle Sect was a place one could enter but not leave.

Although the best doctors in the world gathered here, if they were not allowed to go out and treat patients, then locking a doctor inside for a lifetime to study medicine would only lead to empty research.

Also, if someone failed once in treating a patient, they would be forbidden from practicing medicine for the rest of their life.

Although this rule was meant to encourage doctors to improve their accuracy, it was far too harsh.

Yue Mingxuan thought about it and felt that he could use this rule as a starting point.

He knew that the poison in Shang Qinghua’s body was incurable.

For now, he could only suppress it and could not remove it completely.

If he invited the third elder and the fourth elder to treat Shang Qinghua, they would not be able to refuse.

However, they would definitely fail to cure him.

Even Gongsun Xing could not cure that cold poison, let alone the third and fourth elders.

If they failed, Yue Mingxuan would have a reason to forbid them from practicing medicine for life and expel them from the Silver Needle Sect.

At that time, he could force them to confess what they had done.

Their positions as elders would surely be lost as well.

He told this plan to Shang Qinghua, but Shang Qinghua looked at him in surprise.

“How did you guess my plan?”

Yue Mingxuan smiled. “That’s a secret.”

It turned out that the plan Yue Mingxuan had come up with without realizing it was exactly the same as Shang Qinghua’s.

Since that was the case, they decided to carry it out as planned.

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