They caused a great ruckus in the mansion, attempting to intimidate the two officials in this way. However, they were no match for these two men who had been scheming for years.
Finally, the two officials seized an opportunity one day. They sent people to capture the women, poisoned them, and casually threw their bodies into the mass grave.
As he said this, the expressions of the two officials had changed. It was no longer just a simple desire to survive; there was a glint of murderous intent in their eyes.
"Sure enough, bitches have tough lives. I didn't expect you to survive."
"You corrupt official! We came here today to push you into hell. Do you think your own hands are clean? Over the years, we don't know how many innocent women in our brothels have died at your hands."
Lord Sun didn't think the lives of those brothel women were important. Instead, when he heard their words, his tone was full of mockery.
"Since they entered this profession, they should abide by its rules. I just made them die happily. What's wrong with that? Moreover, after they died, I specially sent money to their parents to ensure they would have enough to eat and wear for the rest of their lives. These bitches got so much in return for their deaths. What's the problem?"
"The laws of the Western Region clearly state that those who harm the innocent, even brothel women, must pay with their lives. This has been the rule for generations. What? Is Lord Sun trying to evade punishment? Or do you have some dissatisfaction with the rules set by our ancestors?"
Lord Sun gritted his teeth tightly and was a bit exasperated. "You know too much. You shouldn't live any longer."
As he finished speaking, he suddenly took out a dagger from somewhere and stabbed it straight into the chest of the maid who had just spoken. Blood spurted out immediately, scaring everyone around, except for Concubine Rui's faction, who watched coldly.
After confirming that the maid had lost her breath, Lord Sun even incited his companion beside him.
"What? Are you still waiting for this one in front of you to reveal more?"
Hearing this, his companion could only suppress the fear in his heart, pull out the dagger, and stab it into the neck of the other maid.
Just like that, the people who had been loudly refuting here a moment ago had become cold corpses in the blink of an eye.
However, the perpetrators didn't think they had done anything wrong. The two of them bowed respectfully to Concubine Rui. "Your Highness, we two have survived. Can everything end now?"
The farce ended here. Concubine Rui clapped her hands and felt a bit bored.
"The two of you are really ruthless. However, I'm quite satisfied. Alright, I'm a bit tired. I assume the rest of you have no objections? If so, I'll go back and rest first. If there's any important matter, just send someone to the Kunning Palace."
After such a farce, even if the others had many grievances, they all swallowed them back.
"See Your Highness off."
The news of Concubine Rui's ascendancy quickly reached Shi Muyuan. She immediately spat out the tea she had just drunk, not caring at all that there were still people sitting below.
Fortunately, the people below were used to their mistress's careless behavior and didn't mind.
"She really dares to do this. I thought she would wait a bit longer. I didn't expect her to act so quickly. Where's the King of the Western Region? Doesn't he care about his throne at all? It's been several days, and there's no news. What, is he going to give his throne to a beauty?"
Xiao Xiao looked at the content of the letter and reported the recent situation to her mistress.
"The King of the Western Region has rushed back as fast as he could, but there's nothing he can do. The border is too far from the capital. He has exhausted several horses in these few days, but he's still unable to make it in time."
Shi Muyuan twitched the corner of her mouth. "How about we give him a hand from behind? Only when the King of the Western Region gets back earlier can we carry out our next plan."
Shi An beside her curled his lips and quietly exposed his little sister's true intention.
"You just don't want to miss the show later."
The young girl glared fiercely at her elder brother. "Brother, have you been too idle recently? I heard from White Rabbit that there are some interesting things on the back mountain."
Yes, this was what White Rabbit said. But after several previous tests, now everyone didn't dare to believe what this big white rabbit said.
Just thinking about the scene a few days ago, they couldn't help but shiver.
Every time White Rabbit said there was something fun, it must be related to poisonous snakes.
The last time they went out of curiosity, they almost didn't make it back. Fortunately, Zhao Jin had detoxified them.
It was also strange that White Rabbit seemed to be able to sense the location and number of all poisonous snakes within a hundred miles. Several times when the Western Region launched an attack, it led the poisonous snakes to fight back.
And Shi Muyuan was also quite strange. She seemed to be in telepathy with White Rabbit.
Only she could understand the silly actions of White Rabbit.
"Forget it, little sister. I just remembered that some of the soldiers need more training recently. I'll leave first."
He quickly left without giving the people behind him any chance to persuade him to stay.
Shi Muyuan pursed her lips and then looked at the others, but those people ran even faster than rabbits.
Helplessly, she could only shrug. In fact, she was just joking, but she didn't expect these people to already have a psychological shadow.
Forget it. The most important thing now was the situation in the Western Region. She propped her chin and looked in a certain direction, murmuring to herself.
"Sister, I wonder if you'll be happy when you see the reunion gift I've prepared for you."
...
A few more days passed in a blink of an eye. After a long and arduous journey, the King of the Western Region finally arrived in the capital.
He was extremely cautious along the way. He always felt that things were going too smoothly for him and suspected that he had fallen into the trap set by that bitch.
However, when he entered the capital and didn't find anything strange, he could only attribute it to his good luck.
The King of the Western Region slowly pulled his thoughts back. For him, the most important thing now wasn't just to be on guard against that bitch.
From the information he had gathered in the capital, that bitch had already ascended the throne with the little prince and would soon announce that he had died on the border.
If he couldn't take back the throne before this news was announced, then everything would be a foregone conclusion. He had to act quickly.
After much thought, the King of the Western Region decided to first look for the officials he had trusted before.
The first one he found was Lord Sun. Since Concubine Rui still intended to use court affairs to threaten Lord Sun, she hadn't spread the news of what had happened that day.
When he walked out from behind the screen, it really startled Lord Sun.
"Your Majesty! Why are you here? Shouldn't you be on the border?"
His expression showed a bit of panic, which was immediately noticed by the suspicious King of the Western Region.