With Zhuang Mohan entering the Capital, the success of the Qing-Qi peace talks also came to hinge on him.
The Overwatch Council had been ordered to protect Zhuang Mohan, and most of its forces had been dispatched.
Now the Overwatch Council's defenses were hollow, and the strongest force protecting Chen Pingping-the Black Cavalry-was absent too.
Some of those who disagreed with Chen Pingping began entertaining ideas, preparing to exploit this opening to surround and kill him.
Of course, this so-called rebellion had been a trap deliberately laid by Chen Pingping from beginning to end, with himself as the bait.
His aim was to eliminate the voices opposing him within the Overwatch Council, paving the way for a smooth handover of the council to Fan Xian.
Zhou Cheng put down the secret letter, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
The opportunity to obtain the One Heaven cultivation technique-
Hadn't it just arrived!
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
While Zhou Cheng was heading to Border Prefecture, Fan Xian had met Li Yunrui and heard her reveal that she was the true mastermind behind the Ox Pen Street Assassination Case.
Because Teng Zijing had not died, and Lin Gong was already dead, although Fan Xian was indignant that Li Yunrui wanted him killed, he had not developed any intention of killing her.
After all, Li Yunrui was Lin Wan'er's birth mother.
Fan Xian dared not tell Wu Zhu that Li Yunrui wanted him dead, fearing Wu Zhu would once again take it upon himself to kill her.
Fan Xian chose to force himself to swallow this grievance.
He did not even consider driving Li Yunrui out of the Capital.
All he wanted now was to marry Lin Wan'er, leave the Capital as soon as possible, and return to Danzhou to live his