My father, Gao Huan, is an invincible prince!

Chapter 43 Snatching chestnuts from the fire? It's like a death throes!

Gao Yang had walked away, but his undisguised mockery still echoed in Sima Ziru's ears, almost driving him to madness.

Sima Xiaonan stood to one side, looking at his father's appearance, his face as gloomy as water.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something comforting, but before he could speak, he heard a loud bang beside him: "You brat, you brat!"

Sima Ziru, however, snapped out of her daze, her eyes turning red with anger, and completely lost her composure.

"I am an old friend of King Gao, who was once a commoner, and we have served together for many years. How dare this brat deceive me like this? How dare he do this?"

He was so angry that his chest heaved violently, veins bulged on his face, and he shouted angrily.

Sima Xiaonan was startled by this and ultimately lost the courage to offer his advice.

So he timidly retreated to the side, trying to minimize his presence.

After Sima Ziru finished her tirade, she didn't bother to look at Sima Xiaonan again. Instead, she turned around, her anger blazing, and stormed off to the side room.

Having been humiliated repeatedly by the Gao brothers today, he could no longer contain his fury.

We must retaliate in the fastest and most ruthless way possible.

Otherwise, if one's thoughts are not clear, one will eventually lose one's vitality!

Meanwhile, inside the side room, Sun Teng, Gao Yue, and Gao Longzhi were also waiting anxiously.

Upon seeing Sima Ziru arrive in a hurry, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, rose to greet him, and asked, "Brother Sima, has Gao Erlang been seen off?"

Sima Ziru's anger had not yet subsided, and when he heard everyone mention Gao Yang, he became even more furious, gritting his teeth.

But not wanting to lose his composure in front of them, he could only say expressionlessly, "They're leaving, and before they left, they didn't forget to mock someone. That brat, he's really gone too far!"

The group of people were all shrewd enough to immediately guess what was going on when they saw Sima Ziru's attitude, so they tacitly moved on from the topic.

Sun Teng quickly changed the subject, saying, "Gao Zihui and Gao Zijin, those two brothers are both incredibly difficult to deal with. Brother Ziru, I'm afraid we can't wait any longer."

Upon hearing this, Sima Ziru nodded slightly, but did not respond immediately. Instead, he walked to the head seat and sat down, pretending to ponder for a moment.

Fang said to the crowd, "Gentlemen, think about it: what exactly is that Ugly Second Brother trying to achieve with his performance today?"

Upon hearing this, the other three looked at each other, their eyes filled with doubt.

After a moment, Sun Teng frowned and asked, "What does Brother Ziru mean?"

Sima Ziru took a deep breath and slowly said, "He made a big show of sending people out with secret messages, but the so-called secret messages turned out to be nothing but blank paper. Don't you all think this is illogical?"

Upon hearing this, the three were taken aback again, but in an instant, they seemed to understand something.

Gao Yue said thoughtfully, "Brother Ziru, are you saying that he did it on purpose, deliberately leading us to chase after him?"

Sima Ziru nodded: "That's right. At first, I thought he was just desperate, especially since his act of staying behind to stall for time made me lose my composure."

"But now that I think about it, it seems that Ugly Second Brother's actions were more like a charade, intended to make us focus on those secret letters... and thus ignore what's inside the city."

Gao Longzhi's expression changed: "Brother Ziru, are you saying that the real evidence never left the city?"

Sima Ziru did not answer, but his expression grew increasingly gloomy.

Sun Teng said in a deep voice, "If that's true, where is the evidence now?"

Sima Ziru slowly shook his head and said, word by word, "I don't know, but I suspect that in Ye City, besides Duan Shao, Huli Guang, and that ugly second son, there is a fourth group of people working for Gao Cheng."

Upon hearing this, the four felt a chill rise from the soles of their feet.

They thought they had a foolproof plan and had laid a trap, but they never expected that they would be led by the nose from the very beginning.

Sun Teng gritted his teeth, slammed his hand on the table, and said sharply, "No matter how many groups of people he sent, we can no longer sit idly by and wait to die!"

Gao Longzhi asked urgently, "Brother Sun, what good plan do you have?"

A cold glint flashed in Sun Teng's eyes as he lowered his voice and said, "Gao Cheng is impervious to reason and threats; ordinary methods won't work on him. In my opinion, we should take a risky move, otherwise, within three months, he will surely eliminate us all."

"Taking a risky move?"

Gao Longzhi was taken aback, and asked again, "What's the plan?"

Sun Teng said, enunciating each word clearly: "Try to sow discord between Gao Cheng and the Yuan clan."

Gao Longzhi was taken aback again: "Why would you provoke them?"

Sun Teng sneered: "Simple. Send assassins disguised as members of the Yuan clan to secretly infiltrate the governor's mansion and pretend to assassinate Gao Cheng."

The moment these words were spoken, everyone was greatly shocked.

Gao Longzhi exclaimed, "Assassination? How can we do that? What if something happens to Gao Chengzhen? Wouldn't we be courting death?"

"It wasn't a real assassination attempt; it was just a show!"

Sun Teng waved his hand and explained, "Gentlemen, you should know that although the Yuan clan has lost power, their hearts are not dead, and they think of restoring their former glory day and night."

"All we need to do is send out assassins to create a commotion, making the court and the public believe that it was the work of the Yuan clan. Then Gao Cheng will surely be furious with the Yuan clan and will have no time to care about us."

"At that time, we can take this opportunity to find the evidence and destroy the evidence."

However, even so, everyone was still somewhat hesitant.

Gao Yue hesitated and said, "This move might be feasible, but it's ultimately too risky. If it fails and Gao Cheng discovers the truth, wouldn't we be doomed?"

"Furthermore, what if Gao Cheng doesn't fall for it?"

Sun Teng sneered again, his face grim, and said, "It doesn't matter. As long as we clear up the mess, even if that brat doesn't fall for it, it's none of our business. After all, he can't just attack us based on guesswork, can he?"

"Moreover, the Yuan clan was already dissatisfied with the Gao clan. Even if Gao Cheng did not believe it, he would inevitably have doubts in his heart and would be even more wary and oppressive towards the Yuan clan."

"As long as the Yuan and Gao families fight each other, we will have a chance to profit from the chaos."

Upon hearing Sun Teng's plan, everyone had doubts and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

After all, Gao Cheng's attitude towards them today has already shown that there is absolutely no possibility of peaceful coexistence between the two sides.

If we don't come up with a solution, we'll be held accountable by that brat sooner or later.

At that time, everything they had built in Yecheng would vanish like a dream, a result they absolutely could not accept.

Just then, seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Sun Teng took another breath and added, "Moreover, gentlemen, don't forget that Gao Cheng's troubles are not just the two cases between us and the Yuan family, but also the matter of the Zheng family of Xingyang trapping Heyin, which urgently needs to be resolved."

"If we don't act now, are we going to wait until that brat has sorted out the government and pacified the powerful families before we confront him alone?"

Upon hearing Sun Teng's words, the three people who were deep in thought suddenly understood.

Yes, Gao Cheng is currently in deep trouble. If we don't strike him while he's down, when will we?

Are we supposed to wait until Gao Cheng has wiped out the powerful families and stabilized the imperial clan before they go and get beaten up?

Sima Ziru was the first to react, and suddenly stood up and said, "In my opinion, this plan is feasible, but it must be done cleanly and neatly, without leaving any loose ends."

Sun Teng nodded: "Of course, I will send my most trusted bodyguards to handle it, and there will be absolutely no mistakes."

Gao Longzhi and Gao Yue exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement.

Gao Longzhi gritted his teeth and said, "That's settled then. I want to see how many moves that brat can withstand!"

Sima Ziru nodded and said, "There's no time to lose, let's do it this way. Brother Sun will be in charge of selecting the assassins, and Brother Gao and Brother Gao will be in charge of gathering intelligence on the situation inside the Governor's Mansion. I... will be in charge of the cleanup."

After saying that, the four of them exchanged glances, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in their eyes.