The Keyhole Was Right!

Crown Prince's Mansion.

Even at night, Ju Zi was still reviewing intelligence.

Ju Zi truly was capable. Disguised as a man and acting as the crown prince's adviser, she had not only stabilized the crown prince's faction, but also made it more united, holding it firmly under her control.

Most importantly, no one noticed anything unusual about her.

To the outside world, Ju Zi was still that dazed, adorable genius Soul Engineer girl, with nothing else particularly special about her.

Her competence, however, put the offerings in the imperial palace, led by Kong Deming, in a difficult position. The offerings were still waiting for the crown prince's faction to make trouble so they could wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

Now that the crown prince's faction was sitting so calmly on the sidelines, the offerings could not help but suspect whether the crown prince's faction had caught wind of something.

Or perhaps... Xu Tianran was not dead?

But those were not things Ju Zi could control.

Of course, Ju Zi knew very well that the crown prince's faction obeyed her because she was borrowing Xu Tianran's authority, like a fox exploiting a tiger's might.

Once Xu Tianran returned, this force would no longer belong to her.

Ju Zi needed a force of her own.

In the past, she had never had the chance. Now that she held the Crown Prince's Seal, and with none of Xu Tianran's people at her side to restrain her, Ju Zi's ambition could no longer be kept in check.

Using the convenience brought by the Crown Prince's Seal, Ju Zi constantly "lined her own pockets." With Na Na's help, she secretly won over many talented people and formed her own team.

In truth, Ju Zi knew Xu Tianran would have predicted that she