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Qiu Tu washed up and then went downstairs.
Instead of doing her usual morning exercise, Tang Feifei just stood there blankly in the yard, then mimicked Qiu Tu by reaching out and grabbing at the air.
Because "getting something for nothing" was still running, Qiu Tu was still in the state of "absolute perception".
Therefore, he could clearly see that Tang Feifei... hadn't grasped anything. She hadn't even touched the edge of the catastrophic power; it was as if she was grabbing blindly.
So, Qiu Tu took the warm water the maid handed him, took a sip, and then asked, "What are you doing?"
Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tang Feifei snapped out of her reverie, shook her head, and said calmly, "It's nothing."
After saying that, she seemed to remember something, reached into her pocket, and then casually tossed something at Qiu Tu.
Qiu Tu easily reached out and caught it, and upon closer inspection, he saw that it was a ring.
Tang Feifei said coldly, "The 'exchange rings' you wanted."
Upon hearing Tang Feifei's words, Qiu Tu looked up at Tang Feifei in surprise.
He hadn't forgotten how Tang Feifei had gotten angry about the ring a couple of days ago.
So... even though this woman was furious, she still asked Old Tang for the ring because of her?
For a moment, Qiu Tu felt a warm feeling in his heart.
He had actually already planned out a way to coax Tang Feifei and get her to willingly help him get the ring.
Unexpectedly, Tang Feifei didn't need him to coax her at all.
Perhaps sensing Qiu Tu's emotions, Tang Feifei turned her face away, avoiding his gaze, and then said in a deliberately indifferent tone, "Don't misunderstand. It's just payment."
After saying that, she added, "This is your reward for last night. If you work this hard in the future, I will reward you again."
These familiar words brought Qiu Tu back to the New Territories. A smile involuntarily appeared on his face. "Since you're so generous, how about... I offer some after-sales service?"
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And just like that, the morning passed quickly.
At noon, Qiu Tu returned to his residence, where a new round of intelligence was delivered.
Qiu Tu hadn't even watched it yet, but he already guessed that there would definitely be a plot twist.
After all, given Kou Xuan's brilliant shrewdness, even if he was 99.99% certain that Princess Xi wouldn't break off relations, he would still have a backup plan even if there was only a 0.01% chance.
As expected, this was exactly what Qiu Tu had anticipated.
After Princess Xi labeled the Kou family as "traitors" and demanded "suppression of the rebellion".
The Kou family not only completed the change of the national political system in just one day, but also produced the original copy of King Kang's will and his secret decree.
The will was exactly what Kou Xuan had previously publicized: to change the political system from a dual monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.
The secret decree revealed a secret: "Princess Xi poisoned the Queen in order to rise to power."
When Princess Xi first joined Prince Kang's court, she was just an ordinary female official. However, through her relationship with the Queen, she gradually gained Prince Kang's trust.
Later, in order to win over Prince Kang, Princess Xi poisoned the Queen.
Unaware of the situation, the Queen, on her deathbed, asked King Kang to marry Princess Xi so that Princess Xi could take care of King Kang in her place.
In order to allow the queen to depart in peace, King Kang agreed to the request and kept his promise after her death.
Thus, Princess Xi became Prince Kang's second wife. (Chapter 490)
However, what Princess Xi did not know was that Prince Kang was still deeply troubled by the Queen's death, and thus he kept sending the Kou family to investigate.
Finally, the investigation led them to Princess Xi...
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I've been revising the text all day, and my head is throbbing. So I can only update one chapter today.
This is indeed due to force majeure, but I'm still sorry.
Tomorrow... we should be able to resume reading 10,000 words a day. Everyone should read and cherish this time, and it's best to keep reading.
Chapter 564 Zhao Ji: Could Qiu Tu really be a genius? (10,000 words, please vote!)
According to the Kou family's investigation, Princess Xi, as the Queen's close confidante, had always harbored ill intentions.
Even before the Queen died, Princess Xi had been secretly building her power in the Queen's name.
Later, as her power grew and she gradually no longer needed the Queen, Princess Xi began to use her Cataclysmic Abilities to secretly poison the Queen.
Because the Queen's health was not very good to begin with, and because Princess Xi used a very special slow-acting poison, neither the King of Kang nor the Queen noticed anything unusual.
And since the Queen is of noble birth, it's impossible for her to undergo an autopsy. So, Princess Xi managed to keep this a secret.
The Kou family has been investigating this matter for the past two years, but without much progress.
It wasn't until Princess Xi became pregnant and tried to poison Prince Kang again, then used her young son to seize power in the sanctuary, that the Kou family discovered many clues.
Later, the Kou family finally obtained evidence, but by then Prince Kang's health was deteriorating, and he was rarely lucid each day.
Meanwhile, Princess Xi, having gained power through her son, gradually began to take charge of various affairs of the 6th Shelter and started to place her own confidants in various departments.
Because Princess Xi is, after all, the "ruler" and the Kou family is the "subject," the Kou family had no way to stop Princess Xi's actions.
The situation only began to change after King Kang had a relatively long period of lucidity, during which the Kou family clearly explained the cause and effect of the matter.
From that day on, whenever King Kang was lucid, he gradually handed over government affairs to the Kou family.
It was only then that the cabinet of the 6th shelter gradually gained actual power over the shelter.
As for Princess Xi, when he was lucid, Prince Kang wanted to execute her several times.
However, since Princess Xi already held great power at that time, and Prince Kang was unsure when he would fall into a deep sleep, he ultimately left behind only this secret decree.
The secret edict clearly stated that if Princess Xi accepted the change of political system, the edict could be suppressed and not used.
If the Princess Consort of Xi remains obstinate, the secret decree can be announced to the world.
After reading the entire intelligence report, even Qiu Tu, with his composure, was filled with surprise.
This was truly a spectacular show...
If this matter didn't concern Qiu Tu himself, he would have liked to pull up a small stool, grab a few slices of watermelon, and start eating.
After all, this is much better than any TV drama from my past life.
This is a secret story of royal infighting, involving a king and two queens, a power transition, and a change in the political system.
It has violence, it has sex, it has politics—how exciting!
Qiu Tu believes that the high-ranking officials and their relatives in various shelters are probably just watching the drama unfold.
Unfortunately, Qiu Tu is someone who plans to get involved in the affairs of the 6th Shelter, so he can't just watch this with a detached, gossipy attitude; he has to analyze it carefully.
In summary, this secret edict actually had no intelligence value whatsoever.
During the last year of his reign, the Kang King was under the control of the Kou family. They could forge not just one secret edict, but ten.
The investigation results could be fabricated at will by the Kou family.
When it comes to the level of shelter leaders, what matters is real strength, who has more troops, more generals, and greater power!
How the Queen died and how King Kang died are both important and unimportant.
After all, history is written by the victors.
Even if it was really Princess Xi who did it, as long as Princess Xi wins in the end, there will be no record of it in the history of the 6th Sanctuary.
Or rather, even if they were to remain, all that would remain would be the statement, "The Kou family committed regicide and rebellion, framing Empress Dowager Xi."
At most... other shelters might leave a few lines describing the incident.
However, since none of them were involved, later generations could no longer determine the truth of the matter.
If this secret decree is not important, why did Kou Xuan make it public?
Regardless of whether this secret edict is genuine or not, it can undermine the political legitimacy of Princess Xi and Prince Kang.
Princess Xi murdered the Queen and Prince Kang, attempting to seize power by force. How could she and her child possibly still have a place in the Sixth Sanctuary?
From the moment this secret decree was revealed, it became almost impossible for Crown Prince Kang to become the monarch of the Sixth Sanctuary.
In this case, the bloodline of King Kang would no longer be able to inherit the throne, and the "monarch" of the "constitutional monarchy" in the 6th Sanctuary would cease to exist.
Whether the Kou family becomes the "ruler" or a parliamentary system is fully implemented, Kou Xuan has laid the groundwork for everything.
Moreover, once this secret edict is revealed, the royalists will likely hesitate.
After all, the royalists were protecting the bloodline of Prince Kang, not Princess Xi.
Now Princess Xi is in trouble. They only have three choices:
1. Go down a dead end.
2. He defected from the royalist camp and joined the Kou family.
3. Eliminate the mother and keep the son. Kill Princess Xi, leaving only Prince Kang alive, and then continue the fight against the Kou family.
These three options are enough to cause division within the royalist faction.
'Kou Xuan truly lives up to his reputation as a prodigy…' Qiu Tu silently praised. 'If I'm not mistaken, he must have prepared this combo long ago.'
'They're just waiting for Princess Xi to fall into their trap.'
Thinking this, Qiu Tu stood up, walked to the French windows, gazed at the garden view outside, and silently murmured to himself,
'It seems... Princess Xi is in trouble.'
'But it's a good thing...it'll be a good opportunity to test the quality of Princess Xi.'
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Thanks to Princess Xi's return to Shelter 6 and the re-establishment of communication channels, Shelter 6 is no longer an information island, but can now receive information immediately.
So Qiu Tu simply gave the "exchange ring" to the "captain" and told him to head to the 6th shelter ahead of time. He didn't make any other arrangements and just waited for the situation to develop.
After all, not only is Kou Xuan competing with Princess Xi, but Qiu Tu is also competing with Princess Xi.
Princess Xi is not asking for help and is not letting Qiu Tu take action, which is actually to gain the initiative in cooperation.
After all, there are differences between cooperation and cooperation.
The more optimistic the situation for Princess Xi, the less Qiu Tu's role will be, and the more dominant Princess Xi will be in the cooperation.
The more unfavorable the situation for Princess Xi, the greater Qiu Tu's role will be, and the more difficult it will be for her to take a dominant position in the cooperation.
Therefore, to some extent, Qiu Tu and Princess Xi are also competing.
Qiu Tu was waiting for Princess Xi to give up, while Princess Xi was trying to delay using Qiu Tu as much as possible.
Sure enough, less than a few hours after Kou Xuan issued the secret edict, Princess Xi launched a counterattack.
Princess Xi denounced Kou Xuan for not only imprisoning Prince Kang, but also forging a "last will and testament" and a "secret decree" in an attempt to destroy the legitimacy of Prince Kang's only bloodline.
Afterwards, Princess Xi listed ten crimes committed by the Kou family, including embezzlement, oppression of the people, selling official positions, and adultery with subordinates' wives and daughters, etc.
Finally, Princess Xi, in the name of King Kang, called upon the state council chairmen of the 6th Sanctuary to rise up in support of the king! She also promised them positions in the cabinet!
Qiu Tu gave Princess Xi's reaction a score of 70, which is just above average.
Because Princess Xi did not fall for the trick and went to explain the truth behind the two murders.
When the enemy is smearing you, if you try to explain things in the same way they do, you will only fall into the trap of proving yourself wrong.
Therefore, the correct approach is to act like Princess Xi and Kou Xuan, attacking the other party's "rule of governance".
Soon, a day had passed.
The situation at Shelter No. 6 is currently embroiled in a war of words between the two sides.
Because he didn't know the truth, Qiu Tu could only characterize it as a mutual mudslinging.
The current situation clearly shows that both sides have realized they cannot achieve a "quick victory," so they have begun to slow down, consolidate their core strength, and accumulate power to begin the battle.
If they weren't in a hurry, Qiu Tu was even less in a hurry.
After all, he is still in a period of rapid growth, and he will become much stronger with each passing day.
Qiu Tu also told Zhao Ji about the dispute at the 6th Shelter.
As a result, Zhao Ji, who was sitting cross-legged and cultivating with her eyes closed, didn't even open her eyes before coldly commenting, "If I hadn't killed Yaksha and Meirenfeng, there wouldn't have been so much trouble."