"Please calm your anger, Your Highness."
Cui Shi cupped his hands as he spoke. Naturally, he knew about Shangguan Wan'er sending the invitation, and could even imagine why Wu Sansi was furious.
He, too, had an affair with Shangguan Wan'er, but Wu Sansi knew perfectly well-indeed, he could be said to have tacitly permitted it.
Consolidating power came before everything else. Private affairs were mere embellishments, of no consequence.
Cui Shi said solemnly, "According to our spies, last night beneath Jade Pillar Peak on Zhongnan Mountain, Her Highness Taiping did indeed... take the Blood Tai Sui. The Three Baleful Skeletons' theft of the Poison-Averting Pearl was merely a show of repairing the plank road... What deserves our attention is that Lu Changfeng was involved as well! That he could participate in something so secret shows how important he is to the princess. At present, we should not mobilize our forces against him."
At the mention of this, Wu Sansi's expression grew even darker.
While Taiping had the Three Baleful Skeletons stage the theft of the Poison-Averting Pearl to draw attention, she secretly brought in the Five Poisons Cult from the Miao Borderlands to break the formation. She had actually found someone capable of breaking the Ten Thousand Gu Heart-Devouring Formation and obtained the treasures left by the Two Zhang, including that spiritual wonder of heaven and earth, the Blood Tai Sui. All his years of scheming had become a joke!
Damn Taiping!
Damn Lu Changfeng!
Wu Sansi asked coldly, "Have you investigated the unusual events at the Sun-Burning Temple?"
Cui Shi shook his head. "Not yet. The princess publicly announced that Mingyang died suddenly after taking a pill. Beyond that, there is no news. The Princess's Residence seems to be conducting a thorough investigation as well. There must have been