Chapter 1046: The Extermination Operation Commences

“Your Highness. Just now, that Mu Clan’s Seventh Master from the Divine Province went to the Marquis of Jiayuan’s Estate to pay a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness.” Suddenly, Huifeng’s quiet voice broke Mo Lian’s train of thought in his writing.

His wrist paused, and the character underneath his brush turned slightly crooked as he pressed his lips together silently for quite a while. Afterwards, he finished penning and sealing the letter he was working on before querying, “What’s the situation.”

“We were not able to investigate the specifics. We only noticed that that Seventh Master Mu left hurriedly after staying at the Marquis of Jiayuan’s Estate for less than an hour.”

“Nothing cropped up. It was even the marquis who personally escorted that Seventh Master Mu out the door.”

Mo Lian creased his brows, unable to understand why Mu Jingrui of the Upper Three Provinces had sought out Qiaoqiao’s parents.

“Have you readied everything for Ping’an Town?”

“Everyone is already in order. Your Highness, will we be heading there tonight?”

“Mhm.” The red ink brush in Mo Lian’s hand cracked in half. “We want all of them exterminated.”

“Yes!”

At this time, inside an abandoned tavern in a small, rundown town just outside of Beilan City.

Indistinct stifled coughs came from a dark side room.

The candlelight flickered as Qiu San lit up a small, dim lamp inside the room. He quickly walked up to the bed and reported, “Sir, it is terrible. Black Cat and Her Highness Zheng both died inside the Pacification Pagoda. This subordinate investigated this with much difficulty! The king even ordered to whip Courtesan Zheng’s corpse for three days and nights! The king is truly heartless enough! In any case, a day together as husband and wife means endless devotion for the rest of your life. He is not even taking into account the least bit of this devotion.”

“Cough, cough-cough.” Liu Yizhi’s countenance had aged even more over these years.

Ever since that old fellow from the Holy Water Sect dra