Mo Lingxi truly didn't understand these things, but he was worried about Sheng Lengshuang, so he offered a suggestion, "Tell me what to do, and I'll sprinkle the powder as you say, okay?"
Sheng Lengshuang felt a touch of gratitude and warmth in her heart, but she did not forgive Mo Lingxi. She said indifferently, "I'll do it. Medicine is not like other things; there cannot be the slightest mistake."
Mo Lingxi naturally knew she was still angry about what happened that day. He touched his nose. It was indeed his fault that day; he hadn't considered his wife's feelings and had said such things.
"Alright, then be careful. If you need any help, tell me."
Sheng Lengshuang hummed and began to prepare the required powder, contemplating how to quickly stop the spread of the potent poison.
Suddenly, Sima Min's arrogant laughter echoed, "Sheng Lengshuang, this is just the beginning."
Sheng Lengshuang followed the sound and saw Sima Min on the rooftop to her front left, being attended to by several maids. She looked as if she were the Empress, with everyone expected to kneel at her feet.
"Oh, isn't this our wanted criminal, Sima Min?" she said with a chilling smile. "It's truly admirable that you have the nerve to show yourself. But it's good that you've come out. If you had stayed hidden in your shell, how would we have caught you?"
She saw Mo Lingxi shielding her behind him and gestured for him not to worry.
"Bitch!" Sima Min's face contorted with hatred. "You ruined me! If you hadn't used despicable and shameless means, how would I have ended up like this?"
Sheng Lengshuang picked at her ear, tutting. "I say, can't you all say something different? Everyone says I used despicable and shameless means to ruin them. I actually wish I had such methods."
"It's a pity I'm not like you, so deranged that you'd harm your own family. I have principles and a conscience."
Sima Min roared, "Shut up!"
Sheng Lengshuang spread her hands. "You want me to shut up, and I'll shut up? What makes you, a wanted criminal, qualified to say that?"
"I'm not a wanted criminal, I'm not!" Sima Min denied being a wanted criminal. "Sheng Lengshuang, I'm telling you, if you don't die before my eyes obediently, I will make everyone in Dongdu bury you."
Sheng Lengshuang laughed sarcastically. "Oh my, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You can make everyone in Dongdu bury me? Since when did the Eastern Jin Dynasty belong to you, Sima Min?"
These words struck Sima Min like a series of slaps, her face flushing with embarrassment. "The matter of Ghost Elder is an example."
Sheng Lengshuang's pretty face turned cold, her gaze like sharp blades fixed on Sima Min. "Sima Min, if you want to plot against me, come at me. But for your own selfish gain, you harmed your father and killed so many innocent people."
"It is their honor to die for me," Sima Min said, raising her head proudly, striking a grand pose. "Sheng Lengshuang, I'll say it one last time: if you don't die before my eyes immediately, more people will die because of you."
"Is that so?" Mo Lingxi said coldly.
Sima Min's expression instantly shifted to a smile. "Greetings, Your Highness Prince Mingrui. Your Highness Prince Mingrui, what I'm doing is not just for myself, but more for you and the Eastern Jin Dynasty."
"Your Highness Prince Mingrui may not know how many wicked things Sheng Lengshuang has done in secret..."
Before she could finish, Mo Lingxi interrupted her. "Are you talking about yourself? As far as I know, you've killed at least twenty to thirty people, all of them innocent."
Sima Min didn't consider these people innocent. "Your Highness Prince Mingrui has been deceived. Not a single one of those people was innocent; they were all wicked. I eliminated them for you and the Eastern Jin Dynasty."
"Was your father also wicked?" Mo Lingxi asked.
Sima Min was speechless.
"Mo Lingxi, why bother talking to someone like Sima Min," Sheng Lengshuang scoffed. "For someone like her, who believes everyone must revolve around her, talking to her is useless. In her mind, everyone else is wrong."
Mo Lingxi understood this point and stopped speaking to Sima Min. He said gently to Sheng Lengshuang, "Be careful, and guard against her playing dirty tricks."
Sheng Lengshuang glanced at Sima Min and said to Mo Lingxi, "She'd have to have the ability to play dirty tricks. Besides, this is such a good opportunity; we can't let her get away."
"You slut!" unable to reprimand Sheng Lengshuang, Sima Min grabbed the face of a maid to her right. "Sheng Lengshuang, I will personally ruin that face of yours and torture you slowly."
Sheng Lengshuang raised her hand to stop Mo Lingxi and said to Sima Min, "Do you have the capability for that?"
Sima Min's vision darkened with rage. "I can't deal with you for now, but that doesn't mean I won't be able to in the future. Remember this: as long as you are alive, I will continue to kill the citizens of Dongdu."
"Provided you can still jump around," Sheng Lengshuang said. As she spoke, she saw Sima Min and her companions surrounded by several hidden guards.
The nine-city military police, who had also arrived, blocked Sima Min's potential escape routes.
Sima Min's expression changed slightly. She glared at Sheng Lengshuang hatefully. "Do you think you can capture me by using such methods?"
Sheng Lengshuang wagged a finger. "No, no, no. I'm not trying to capture you, but to remind you of something. Think carefully about why you were so easily exposed, and whether your subordinates truly obey you."
"Logically, you shouldn't have been exposed so easily, and Prince Mingrui and I shouldn't have uncovered so much. Yet, you were not only exposed, but we also found out so much. It's all very strange."
Sima Min had considered this question before, believing it was due to Prince Mingrui's prowess. Now, hearing Sheng Lengshuang's words, it seemed the matter was not so simple.
"What do you know?"
Sheng Lengshuang smiled meaningfully and suddenly said, "Capture Sima Min, dead or alive!"
The suspense was enough; the rest had to be for Sima Min to investigate slowly and thoroughly.
The hidden guards immediately attacked Sima Min.
Sima Min pushed a maid towards the hidden guards and shouted, "Quick, save me!"
*Swish swish swish.*
Several masked figures appeared but were intercepted by some of the hidden guards and archers, preventing them from reaching Sima Min.
Watching the two sides clash, the flustered Sima Min, Sheng Lengshuang said coldly, "Sima Min, Sima Min, even a fool knows not to show up at a time like this, yet you foolishly appeared. What opportunity does this give me?"
Sima Min hid behind the maid, filled with regret and hatred. "Sheng Lengshuang, don't be so smug. I have many subordinates; these people can't do anything to me."
Sheng Lengshuang sprinkled various powders. "Mhm, mhm, you're the most powerful, so powerful that you don't even realize you're being used."
These powders made Sima Min's pupils contract violently. She screamed, "Take me away!"
A cloaked man appeared, hoisted her up, and ran.