Reincarnated As a Fox With System

Chapter 939: Chapter 939: Sneak Back Into the Imperial Palace!

There was already a trading wagon waiting for them outside the inn.

That trading wagon should be prepared by the Blood God Cult so as not to arouse suspicion.

If any unknown carriages approached the Imperial Palace, they would definitely attract suspicion, but it would be different if it was the trading wagon.

In fact, there were several trading wagons entering and leaving the Imperial Palace every day to deliver goods, such as spiritual food ingredients, spiritual fruits, wine, tea, cultivation pills, spirit treasures, precious elixirs, and so on.

The Blood God Cult clearly planned to exploit this loophole to sneak Tang Li Xue into the Imperial Palace, then it would be her turn to lure the Second Prince out of the Imperial Palace.

After Tang Li Xue and Xiʼer followed Mo Rui and the Blood God Cultʼs people out of the inn, all of them rode the trading wagon, then trading wagon was heading straight to the Imperial Palace.

Before going out from the inn, Mo Rui had already disguised himself again, and now, he looked like an ordinary middle-aged merchant.

”You should have already used my Communication Talisman to contact the Fox Clan, right? Can you return it to me now? It would be bad if you lost it when you enter the palace later.” Mo Rui asked Tang Li Xue with his usual annoying evil smirk on his face.

Tang Li Xue took out the Communication Talisman she borrowed from Mo Rui yesterday and threw it back at him without bothering to say anything to him.

Anyway, it was just a fair transaction between them, so she felt that she did not need to thank Mo Rui for it.

However, Tang Li Xue suddenly had an idea to probe Mo Ruiʼs reaction to the rumor about the Blood God Cultʼs extermination caused by the Third Prince to avenge her death.

The rumor was already spread everywhere outside, so it would be strange if Tang Li Xue, Mo Rui, and the Blood God Cultʼs people did not know about it.

”Have you heard the rumors about the Great Wei Dynastyʼs move to exterminate your Blood God Cult actually being caused by my faked death? Do you and your people resent me for it?” Tang Li Xue asked in an indifferent tone.

”Pffft... Bwahahaha~! So what? Did you have trouble sleeping last night because you were worried about that, Little Cutie?” Mo Rui laughed at Tang Li Xue while mocking her with his question.

Tang Li Xue rolled her eyes and looked away from Mo Rui coldly. It was clear that she did not want to talk to Mo Rui again.

But Mo Rui seemed not to notice Tang Li Xueʼs reaction and talked to her again: ”It seems you do not know much about politics, huh, Little Cutie. Then let me explain to clear your doubt.”

Mo Ruiʼs explanation immediately opened Tang Li Xueʼs eyes. She had to admit that she was still lacking knowledge in many areas, and politics was one of them.

Mo Rui informed Tang Li Xue that the Great Wei Dynasty would definitely still take action to clean his Blood God Cult, even without Tang Li Xueʼs death as their excuse.

Why?

Because the Great Wei Dynasty had to do it in order to show their prestige to everyone!

The Blood God Cult was actually not the only anti-government organization in the Great Wei Dynasty. There were still the Black Lotus Sect, Yama Palace, the Samsara Temple, various gangs, and many more.

Almost all of these anti-government organizations were secretly funded and supported by the neighboring dynasties to weaken the Great Wei Dynasty from inside.

The Blood God Cultʼs act to forcefully break the Heavenly Prison in order to save Mo Rui had clearly ruined the Great Wei Dynastyʼs prestige in front of everyoneʼs eyes.

 If the Great Wei Dynasty did not do anything against the Blood God Cult, then the other anti-government organizations would definitely do the same thing as the Blood God Cult.

After all, it was not just the Blood God Cultʼs people who were imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.

Many important figures from the other anti-government organizations were also imprisoned inside the Heavenly Prison.

If all anti-government organizations looked down on the Great Wei Dynastyʼs power and imitated what the Blood God Cult had done by breaking into the Heavenly Prison to save their own people, then the Heavenly Prisonʼs guards and Jinyiwei would be extremely busy every day from now on.

That was the reason why the Great Wei Dynasty had to make the large-scale move to exterminate the Blood God Cult...

It was to scare away the other anti-government organizations so they would not dare to do the same thing as the Blood God Cult.

”I see... Sigh, the human world is really too complicated.” Tang Li Xue sighed helplessly.

Mo Rui chuckled in amusement after he heard Tang Li Xueʼs complaint.

Right at this time, their trading wagon had reached the Imperial Palace.

The guards hastily approached their trading wagon to check their goods.

After checking their goods carefully for a few minutes, and they did not find anything suspicious, the guards finally let them enter the Imperial Palace along with their trading wagon.

Tang Li Xue became very nervous as she saw their trading wagon slowly enter the Imperial Palaceʼs front gate.

She really never thought that she would come back here again on her own initiative after she spent so much effort to desperately escape from here before.

In Tang Li Xueʼs mind, this Imperial Palace was actually much more terrifying than the Heavenly Prison.

But it really could not be helped because if she wanted to get something from the ʼtigerʼ, then she had to enter the ʼtigerʼs denʼ first.

”Remember to never trust anyone after we enter this place. There are also too many hidden ears and eyes here, so you better not...” Mo Rui whispered to Tang Li Xue to warn her for one last time.

”I already know that better than you.” Tang Li Xue interrupted him halfway.

She had already lived in the Imperial Palace for a few days before after all, and she was pretty sure that Mo Rui should have never done it.

Mo Rui chuckled, but as he wanted to talk to Tang Li Xue again, someone suddenly called from in front of their wagon.

”Good morning, Mr. Fang. What kind of goods did you bring today?” The old man in the blue uniform shouted to their wagon.

”Hahaha, you look as energetic as usual, Manager Chen! I bring several boxes of spiritual fruits, a few boxes of Spirit Osmanthus Tea, and a jar of Scorching Flame Wine.” Mo Rui happily greeted the old man in the blue uniform.

Mo Rui and Mr. Fang said pleasantries to each other for a few minutes while several servants, Tang Li Xue, and the Blood God Cultʼs people were unloading the goods from the trading wagons to the warehouse.

There were also several guards watching over them in order to prevent them from stealing anything inside the warehouse.

Tang Li Xue approached one of the guards and whispered to him: ”Brother, I just saw a strange beast over there.”

The guard frowned and asked back: ”Strange beast? Is it a mouse?”

”Maybe... I did not see it clearly just now.” Tang Li Xue replied in an unsure tone.

The guard thought that he would be blamed if a mouse spoiled the goods stored in this warehouse, so he decided to go and check it.

Tang Li Xue led the guard to the corner of the warehouse, then suddenly...

BANG~!

Tang Li Xue launched a sneak attack on the guard!

The guardʼs cultivation was only at mid-rank Acupucture Opening Stage while Tang Li Xueʼs strength was strong enough to defeat high-rank Acupuncture Opening Stage cultivators.

Tang Li Xue easily knocked out the guard in one attack, then she swiftly threw the unconscious guard into the empty jar and sealed it.

Tang Li Xue activated [Myriad Manifestation Fox Mask]ʼs ability, [Thousand Myriad Faces], to disguise herself as the unconscious guard.

She did it in a blink of an eye so that the other guards and servants did not have time to notice.

But the loud ʼbangʼ voice was still attracting some guardsʼ attention, and they asked him: ”Hey, what was that loud noise just now?”

”Oh, that... I accidentally kicked a box over there. Fortunately, the box is fine.” Tang Li Xue replied with a random excuse.

”You should be more careful next time. We will get scolded by Manager Chen again if there are any damaged goods.” Another guard unhappily warned Tang Li Xue.

After the servants brought all the goods into the warehouse, the guards checked the goods for one last time before they locked the warehouse and gave the key back to Manager Chen.

Mo Rui said goodbye to Manager Chen and rode their trading wagon with his people, then they left the Imperial Palace, leaving Tang Li Xue alone in the Imperial Palace.

Of course, Tang Li Xue was not truly alone.

Xiʼer was still hiding inside the [Sword of Disaster], and Tang Li Xue stored her [Sword of Disaster] in her space pouch.

There were also Little Loki, Yaya, and Lucia, who were still resting in her Systemʼs pet space.

She could summon all of them out in an instant, but she would not do it now since it would only attract unwanted attention.

ʼAll right, now what? What should I do to attract that bast*rd Second Prince and lure him out of the palace?ʼ Tang Li Xue pondered carefully.

After a while, Tang Li Xue decided to pretend that she wanted to secretly get in touch to the Third Prince, then the Second Prince would ʼaccidentallyʼ notice her because his Earthly Desire Spirit could sense her Flame of Pride.

This plan should be the most feasible because the Third Prince was Tang Li Xueʼs only support, so it should not attract the Second Princeʼs suspicion if Tang Li Xue sneaked into the Imperial Palace to contact the Third Prince.

Letʼs see if Tang Li Xueʼs plan will really go smoothly in the next chapter~! (>w