May this scumbag husband, who favored his concubine over his wife, rest in peace.

There's still a lot to do.

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Meanwhile, in the Embroidered Uniform Guard's office, Lu Chengyuan stared intently at the corpses of the spies.

The Embroidered-Clad Guard standing to the side didn't dare to breathe loudly: "Commander, I have failed in my duty."

On New Year's Eve, they followed instructions and let those people have a hot New Year's Eve dinner in the courtyard.

As soon as the sound of fireworks filled the air, some of the people were moved, and one even burst into tears on the spot.

These past few days, they haven't been idle either, constantly trying to break down their psychological defenses. Presumably, they'll have some success in another two or three days.

But no one expected that at that moment, those people would die!

"How did he die?" Lu Chengyuan's voice was unreadable.

“Poison was found in their food,” the man said. “The person who delivered the food was knocked unconscious, and he doesn’t even know who knocked him out.”

The food delivery person was an acquaintance who would greet them every time they came, but at that time, they didn't notice anything amiss.

Lu Chengyuan nodded: "Take care of it."

After saying that, Lu Chengyuan turned and left.

The oppressive feeling finally disappeared, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards breathed a sigh of relief before going forward to dispose of the corpse.

Lu Chengyuan strode away and returned to his usual place for handling official business.

The deaths of those spies, though regrettable, at least proved that they were colluding with the other force the emperor had mentioned.

To be able to infiltrate the Embroidered Uniform Guard's government office so quietly and do something so significant...

Lu Chengyuan tapped his fingertips lightly on the table, the rhythm not fast.

After a while, he summoned a guard in embroidered robes: "Go and find out if there are any people in the capital who are good at disguise. Keep it low-key."

"Yes."

The Embroidered-Clad Guards received their orders and withdrew.

Lu Chengyuan got up, took a bath and changed his clothes carefully, and then went to the general's mansion.

Holding Wen Yuanshu in his arms again, Lu Chengyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only when he was with Wen Yuanshu could he relax.

"What's wrong?" Wen Yuanshu looked up at him.

Lu Chengyuan was taken aback and subconsciously looked down at her.

Wen Yuanshu blinked: "Why do you seem... a little tired?"

Lu Chengyuan didn't rush to speak, but instead lowered his head and lightly kissed her lips before saying, "Those spies are dead."

"died?"

Wen Yuanshu was taken aback.

She roughly knew some of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's modus operandi and knew they must have been careful with their actions, so why did they kill someone?

Lu Chengyuan hummed in agreement: "We still don't know who did it."

Upon hearing this, Wen Yuanshu also fell into deep thought.

In her past life, the Wen family was wiped out. She only knew that it was the work of those barbarian spies, but she didn't know that there was a powerful force behind the spies.

Wen Yuanshu pursed her lips, and suddenly a thought flashed through her mind: "Before that, on the day the delegation left the capital, I went to a restaurant and heard someone stirring up trouble in the restaurant, trying to harm our family."

"Although I had people investigate back then, we found nothing."

She initially thought those people were just hiding well, but with such an incident even occurring at the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters, she suddenly realized that the matter was more complicated and dangerous than she had imagined.

“If anything like this happens again, just tell me,” Lu Chengyuan raised his hand and gently pressed down on the back of her neck. “The power behind this is probably greater than you and I think.”

Now that his opponent's identity is unknown, he fears that Wen Yuanshu may be in danger.

Upon hearing this, Wen Yuanshu's heart stirred slightly.

She suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with undisguised worry: "Are you in danger?"

When he met her gaze, Lu Chengyuan was startled again.

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Wen Yuanshu couldn't help but urge him, "I'm asking you, are you in danger?"

"Are you worried about me?"

"Isn't that obvious enough?"

Lu Chengyuan chuckled softly, seemingly relaxing completely in an instant: "With you here, I will be in no danger."

The spy operation has reached a dead end, but the girls' school project is progressing smoothly.

At the same time the notice for the girls' school enrollment was posted, the female official also sent someone to notify the women who had passed the examination, asking them to go to the girls' school five days later to familiarize themselves with the environment.